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World Meteorological Organization (WMO)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC of

UNESCO)

Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

(JCOMM)

Expert Team on Sea Ice (ETSI)

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ACTION SHEET ON DECISIONS OF ETSI-I (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 21-25 October 2002)

Ref. Subject Action proposed With whom Target Comments

Para 2.1.5 Sea ice data management To address to WMO Secretariat the ETSIconcerns on the decreased availability of datanecessary to support safety of navigation in icecovered waters that has resulted from the spaceagencies` data policies

Secretariat ASAP

Para 2.1.6 Sea ice training To prepare a document on training in the field ofsea ice activities to be submitted for information toJCOMM Capacity Building PA Coordinator

Members Intersessionalperiod

Para 2.2.48 Sea-Ice Information Services inthe World

To revise the WMO publication No. 574, 2000 WMOconsultant

JCOMM-II

Para 2.5.9 Electronic versions of WMOpublications

To publish on Internet electronic versions of allexisting sea ice publications, as official WMOpublications

Secretariat Intersessionalperiod

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Para 2.5.10 Requirements for sea iceobservations

To prepare requirements for sea ice observationsto be revised by JCOMM-II

Members,

Secretariat

15 November2002

Para 2.5.11

Para 2.5.12,2.5.13,2.5.14

WMO Sea Ice Nomenclature (i) To submit to WMO Secretariat agreedcorrections for WMO publication No. 259 forformal approval by JCOMM;

(ii) To revise prepared by AARI amendments, toWMO Sea Ice Nomenclature to be submitted forformal approval by JCOMM;

(iiI) To appoint an expert to prepare aconsolidated set of requirements and proposalsfor a revision of WMO publication No. 259

Secretariat

Members,BSIM, IICWG,Secretariat

Members

BeforeJCOMM-II

BeforeJCOMM-II

Intersessionalperiod

Para 2.6.6 Archive format for sea ice data To revise and comment the proposed archiveformat for sea ice data to be submitted forapproval by appropriate WMO bodies

Members,Secretariat,Nationalservices

Intersessionalperiod

Para 4.1 Relations to WMO/IOC and otherinternational programmes

To develop blended sea ice variables for globalclimate analysis and to prepare historical sea icedata information for the Southern Ocean

Members, SGGDSIDB

Intersessionalperiod

Para 5.1 Date and place of the nextmeeting

To finalize arrangements for the timing and venuefor the next ETSI-II and GDSIDB-X sessions indue course, and notify group membersaccordingly.

Secretariat,China,Germany

2003

Teammembers

Para 2.1.6 Sea ice training To prepare a document on training in the field ofsea ice activities to be submitted for information toJCOMM Capacity Building PA Coordinator

Chairman Intersessionalperiod

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Para 2.5.10 Requirements for sea iceobservations

To prepare requirements for sea ice observationsto be revised by JCOMM-II

Chairman,

Secretariat

15 November2002

Para 2.5.12,2.5.13,2.5.14

To revise prepared by AARI amendments, toWMO. Sea Ice Nomenclature to be submitted forformal approval by JCOMM;

To appoint an expert to prepare a consolidatedset of requirements and proposals for a newrevision of WMO publication No. 259

Chairman,BSIM, IICWG,Secretariat

Chairman

BeforeJCOMM-II

Intersessionalperiod

Para 2.5.16 International colour code for seaice charts

To submit agreed international standard for colourcode for sea ice to the JCOMM copresidents forformal approval on behalf of JCOMM to bepublished by WMO Secretariat

IICWG,Secretariat

BeforeJCOMM-II

Para 2.6.6 Archive format for sea ice data To revise and comment the proposed archiveformat for sea ice data to be submitted forapproval by appropriate WMO bodies

Chairman,Secretariat,Nationalservices

Intersessionalperiod

Para 4.1 Relations to WMO/IOC and otherinternational programmes

To develop blended sea ice variables for globalclimate analysis and to prepare historical sea icedata information for the Southern Ocean

Chairman, SGGDSIDB

Intersessionalperiod

Others

Para 2.2.15 Sea ice monitoring in the Sea ofOkhotsk

To feed the result of JMA operational analysis ofsea ice in the Sea of Okhotsk to JMA`s NumericalWeather Prediction Model and Climate PredictionModel

JMA Continuous

Para 2.2.21 WMO Sea Ice Nomenclature To submit a draft of the revised Spanish versionof WMO Sea Ice Nomenclature to WMO.Secretariat to be edited and published

M.Picasso,

Secretariat

ASAP

Para 2.3.6 ETSI and BSIM collaboration To continue development of ETSI and BSIMcollaboration

ETSI, BSIM Continuous

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Para 2.5.12,2.5.13

WMO.Sea Ice Nomenclature To revise prepared by AARI amendments, toWMO Sea Ice Nomenclature to be submitted forformal approval by JCOMM;

Chairman,BSIM, IICWG,Secretariat

BeforeJCOMM-II

Para 2.5.16 International colour code for seaice charts

To submit agreed international standard for colourcode for sea ice to the JCOMM copresidents forformal approval on behalf of JCOMM to bepublished by WMO Secretariat

IICWG,Secretariat

BeforeJCOMM-II

Para 2.5.17

Para 2.5.21

Ice decay/stages of melting (i) To develop of appropriate amendments to theWMO Sea Ice Nomenclature for coding sea icedecay;

(ii) To compile the analysis of evaluation reportson presentation of ice strength informationreceived from ships

CIS, AARI

CIS

ETSI-II

Spring 2003

Para 3.11 Sea ice charts for the Southernhemisphere

To digitize and compile results of QC of sea icecharts for the Antarctic areas:

- from 1995 to 2000;

- from 2001 to 2002

- from 1973 to 1994

NIS

October 2005

August 2003

End 2007

Para 3.13,3.15

Contributions to GDSIDB (i) To transfer weekly sea ice charts for the BalticSea to the GDSIDB to be digitized during the nextintersessional period.

(ii) To make digital database of sea ice charts forthe Canadian Arctic available to users from CISwebsite

DMI

CIS

Continuos

ASAP

Para 4.1 Relations to WMO/IOC and otherinternational programmes

To develop blended sea ice variables for globalclimate analysis and to prepare historical sea icedata information for the Southern Ocean

SG GDSIDB Intersessionalperiod

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Secretariat

Para 2.2.21 WMO Sea Ice Nomenclature To submit a draft of the revised Spanish versionof WMO Sea Ice Nomenclature to WMOSecretariat to be edited and published

M.Picasso, ASAP

Para 2.2.48 Sea-Ice Information Services inthe World

To revise the WMO publication No. 574, 2000 WMOconsultant

JCOMM-II

Para 2.5.9 Electronic versions of WMOpublications

To publish on Internet electronic versions of allexisting sea ice publications, as official WMOpublications

Chairman Intersessionalperiod

Para 2.5.10 Requirements for sea iceobservations

To prepare requirements for sea ice observationsto be revised by JCOMM-II

Members,

Chairman

15 November2002

Para 2.5.12,2.5.13,2.5.14

WMO Sea Ice Nomenclature (i) To revise prepared by AARI amendments, toWMO Sea Ice Nomenclature to be submitted forformal approval by JCOMM;

(ii) To appoint an expert to prepare a consolidatedset of requirements and proposals for a newrevision of WMO publication No. 259

Members,BSIM, IICWG,

BeforeJCOMM-II

Intersessionalperiod

Para 2.5.16 International colour code for seaice charts

To submit agreed international standard for colourcode for sea ice to the JCOMM copresidents forformal approval on behalf of JCOMM to bepublished by WMO Secretariat

IICWG, ETSI BeforeJCOMM-II

Para 2.6.6 Archive format for sea ice data To revise and comment the proposed archiveformat for sea ice data to be submitted forapproval by appropriate WMO bodies

Chairman,Members,Nationalservices

Intersessionalperiod

Para 5.1 Date and place of the nextmeeting

To finalize arrangements for the timing and venuefor the next ETSI-II and GDSIDB-X sessions indue course, and notify group membersaccordingly.

Chairman,China,Germany

2003