THORPEX ICSC-8

Eight Session of the International Core Steering Committee (ICSC-8)

(Offenbach, Germany, 2-4 November 2009)

DOCUMENTATION PLAN

1.	ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING
1.1	Opening of the meeting (10 am, 2 November 2009)
1.2	Adoption of the Agenda
1.3	Working arrangements of the meeting
2.	REPORTS
2.1	Report of the Chair - to include a review of ICSC actions
2.2	Report from the President of CAS
2.3	Report from the ICSC Executive Committee
2.3.1	Scientific Leadership of THORPEX
2.4	Management Report from the THORPEX IPO (the report on THORPEX activities will be taken under agenda item 6.2)
2.5	GEO
3.	WORKING GROUP REPORTS
3.1	Report from the PDP Working Group
3.2	Report from the DAOS Working Group
3.3	Report from the GIFS-TIGGE Working Group
4.	THORPEX FIELD EXPERIMENTS
4.1	T-PARC
4.2	T-NAWDEX plans
5.	REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AND ACTIVITIES (2008-2010)
5.1	African Regional Committee
5.2	Asian Regional Committee
5.3	European Regional Committee
5.4	North American Regional Committee
5.5	Southern Hemisphere Committee
6.	JOINT SESSION WITH THE WORKING GROUP ON NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTATION (scheduled for 09.00 to 15:30 on Thuesday 3 November)
6.1	Introduction to the session
6.2	THORPEX Activities
6.3	Report from the Third Meeting of the WWRP/JSC including a presentation of the WWRP Strategic Plan
6.4	Report of the Joint Working Group on Verification
6.5	Outcome of the WMO/EC Research Task Team (ECRTT)
6.6	First outcomes of a WCRP survey on model development
6.7	Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC)
6.8	Hydrology - HEPEX, HYMEX and MEDEX
6.9	Strengthening the THORPEX-PDP and WGNE Connection
6.10	Input to CAS-XV (specifically for CAS-XV agenda items 7 and 8)
6.11	Collaboration and summary
7.	GIFS FORECAST DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
7.1	Organisation and management of THORPEX FDPs
7.2	GIFS FDPs
8.	IPY LEGACY
9.	PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR 2010/2011
9.1	Expenditure 2010
10.	ANY OTHER BUSINESS
11.	DECISIONS AND ACTIONS
12.	DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT MEETING
13.	CLOSURE OF THE MEETING