Past meetings : AST & ADMT meetings

1. Key points from the last ADMT (5 min). Catherine Schmechtig

2. Current status of flagging and QC at various DACs (45 min). Catherine Schmechtig & Ken Johnson

• One slide (sent one week in advance) per DAC stating where there are, advances and issues. Total time for all presentations (no questions, later in the discussion): 10 min


• Discussion: 30 min

3. Generation and hosting of derivative products of interest to modelers (20 min).

• Peter Strutton to organize and propose.

4. Float and sensor performance update – lifetimes.
Ken Johnson & Hervé Claustre

• Potential issues with Chla excitation. (5 min) Hervé Claustre


• Desirability of having a more standard mission: (5 min) Ken Johnson


• Upgrading float for having more energy for more flexibility (5 min): Hervé Claustre


• Response time correction for oxygen sensor (5 min): Katja Fennel / Ken Johnson


• Discussion (5 min)

5. Maintaining a BGC Reference Database (5 min) Ken Johnson

6. Strategy for the revision of the implementation plan (25 min):
Ken Johnson& Hervé Claustre

• What is an Argo float?


• BGC-Argo vs Argo-O2: potential synergies


• BGC-Argo program: an implementation roadmap

Contact

• All slides to be sent by Wednesday 15 April to Catherine Schmechtig: schmechtig@obs-vlfr.fr.

1. National BGC-Argo reports: (40 min). Hervé Claustre

• Reports (ppt of no more than 10 slides with audio of the presentation registered [easy to set up]) will have to be been sent to all one week in advance.


• During the meeting, these national reports will be summarized in one slide (also sent one week in advance). Total time for all presentations (no questions, later in the discussion): 10 min


• Discussion: 30 min

2. Plan for the future deployments, long-term implementation of the global array, coordination. (50 min). Ken Johnson

• One slide for short-term vision for near-future deployments (accepted proposal, submitted proposal) and one slide for the long-term vision and “political” actions. Both slides sent one week in advance. Total time for all presentations: 20 min


• Discussion: 30 min

3. Web site / newsletter / project office... (10 min). Hervé Claustre

4. How to better run the SSC, strengthen a shared vision, communicate (20 min): all

• Quarterly 2 hours-meeting? Which essential topics should be discussed?


• Good practices and “rules” for acceptance / replacement duty for new members?


• Suggestion welcome, one slide max per person

Contact

• All slides to be sent by Wednesday 8 April to Catherine Schmechtig: schmechtig@obs-vlfr.fr.