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|Treat it like you are dealing with a continental (which you are) snow pack this year and you'll do ago. For a good portion of the west, I got a hunch the trophy lines won't go down until the spring freeze thaw sets in.
|the hayden creek incident is the same as the one posted by lonerider, their dog was also buried and thought dead, then showed up at their hotel in cooke four days later. Things arn't looking good here in montana, 26in base at the ski area, backcounrty is super sketchy, with a week of dry weather in the forecast. Lets hope for safer decisions when the snow falls again. Two avy deaths in montana all of last year, and two in the same day this year.
Besides for continuing on with plenty of warnings, sometimes that just happens...
The batteries were weak? They turned on their beacons after they reached the end of the ski track? Talk about bad mistakes. Your beacon should be "on at the car, off at the bar", end of story. Included in that should be a beacon check to make sure you have enough battery power. Talk about setting yourself up for failure. Batteries are not expensive people, keep them fresh in your beacon, and turn the damn thing on as soon as you step out of the car...
Another death
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Report: Mont. avalanche victim ignored warning - Nation - TheState.com
Two Montana men killed in avalanches near Cooke City last weekend knew the avalanche danger in the area was high, and one didn't heed a warning from two other skiers who had turned back after triggering a snow slide that buried one of them up to their waist, investigators said.
"We see it time and again," said Mark Staples with the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center. "It's rare that things are subtle. We see the clues, but we choose to ignore them. I've been guilty of it, too."
The report on the death of Dave Gaillard, 44, of Bozeman, said he and his wife, Kerry, had followed the tracks of two other backcountry skiers out of Cooke City on the morning of Dec. 31. About 1.5 miles into their trip, the Gaillards encountered the other skiers who said they turned around at the Wyoming border after triggering a slide on a steep hill.
The Gaillards continued to the end of the other skiers' tracks at the border, where they turned on their avalanche transceivers.
Kerry Corcoran Gaillard told investigators they were nervous because the snow kept collapsing as they skied, the report said. She said they were looking for a place to eat lunch when the avalanche hit at 2:20 p.m., burying her husband.
Kerry Gaillard turned her transceiver to "receive," but the unit's batteries were weak and she was unable to locate him. She went back to Cooke City to report the avalanche at about 5 p.m.
Wow my work would never let that fly. I think we are not able to accept gifts over 50 bones from a supplier.
The CAIC video is crazy. Looks like some super fun terrain though for sure. I am excited if I get to come out that way this year. If it ever snows enough to have a spring season.
I have been following the canadian avalanche center pretty closely for my trip this weekend. It appears they have more snow but they also have some problems in their snowpack as well on Rogers Pass. Hopefully this next storm comes in and nukes it and everything settles quickly.
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Nasty start to the season, the guy in Revy actually worked as VP of something-or-other at the same company as my wife. She tells me he was on a trip with & paid for by one of their customers. Seems odd, from a corporate risk management perspective, to take vendor/client employees on such an excursion but what do I know.
|Nasty start to the season, the guy in Revy actually worked as VP of something-or-other at the same company as my wife. She tells me he was on a trip with & paid for by one of their customers. Seems odd, from a corporate risk management perspective, to take vendor/client employees on such an excursion but what do I know.
Just got through watching the video. That guy is so damn lucky he's not dead. That is a rough ride he took.
The video report pretty much tells all.
Very lucky.
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Someone got busted up pretty decently in Second Creek on Berthoud Pass over the weekend. From the pics of the slide looks like they were a ridge over from Bride of Frankenstein. Not sure what that path is called, but I have no idea why you would choose an alpine line like that with the crappy snow pack structure we have. The potential for it to go big is very real as this rider learned. Sounds like he got some broken ribs and a compound fracture of his arm for his efforts. He did get to live though. Basically, anything that has snow and looks fun to ride, isn't safe right now. Even the below treeline stuff is going to have it's dangers when (if) the snow starts to fly around here. It's going to be touchy as these accidents over the weekend are proving. Time to dial it waaaay back for a good while. Especially when he snow starts to pile up. Give the pack time to adjust.
RIP to these souls we lost over the weekend.
CAIC: Colorado Avalanche Information Center
Silent Pass... is it just me, or is that a really creepy sounding place? I don't know why, just seems creepy.
Nice save with the tree grab. That was a lot of snow, but he was lucky it didn't take off on him. Really slow moving slide.
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the NFL in London
On this week in which I utter my annual prayer of thanksgiving that the Ravens are not headed to London to play a regular season game, the link provided is to a Shutdown Corner article with an interesting perspective on the NFL in London.
Basically it asks "where does the NFL think a London franchise would find 53 competitive players?" With apologies to the British posters:uk::haggis on here, I would have to agree w/ the premise of the article. I can think of nothing that would alienate the American fan base and player pool more than a full-fledged franchise located overseas. Nightmare logistics for its away games, as well as for the opponents at that franchise's home games. Short of players from the University of Hawaii, transoceanic team flights are not what the average potential NFL draftee is used to.
So glad that Pitts. drew the short straw (or whatever) this year and makes the trip in the midst of their potentially epic breakdown of a season. See ya, hope we never have to be ya.
Your thoughts on the NFL in London, either permanently or in its current annual one-off format?
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I'm guessing I'm one of the few fans that would love to see the Ravens play at Wembley. I think it'd be a great excuse for a vacation. Of course, I'm not a season ticket holder either, so I'm not losing out on a game that I paid for if we were picked to be the "home" team. I do think having a single regular season game in the UK is kind of a cool gimmick/draw and I don't mind them continuing it. Expanding it to multiple games is a little much though.
I do think having an actual team in London is nuts though. I'm sure they could get the players - they'd all be Americans though stocked from an expansion draft and the extra picks from the regular draft. As mentioned though, the big issue would be that it's a logistical and competitive nightmare with the time difference, especially if the London team were playing any of the west coast teams. Then you have to worry about whether the UK would even embrace an NFL franchise - the game is much longer and more stop-start than soccer, and there's no history or deep connection to the city like Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, and Fulham have. Then on top of that you'd likely have NO English players for the franchise.
Goodell needs to drop his pipe dream of a London team. Not going to work. Having one game there is fine though.
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I like the idea of playing one or two regular season games a year overseas to promote the NFL world-wide. I would like to see the Ravens play over there as well. Granted, it would suck if it was at the cost of one of our home games, and it certainly should not be a division opponent.
With that said, there's no way the NFL places a team overseas. You're right that the logistics are to much to overcome. The timezone would not work for national TV. But a few games there a year I think is fine.
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Is Pittsburgh the "Home" team this year?
Does anybody know how that works for PSL owners? If (God forbid) the Ravens got picked and designated the "home" team, if I flew to London could I get in Wembley with my regular $70 ticket or would I have to pay more?If you break the rules you can't make the rules.
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As a Brit, no offence taken. There are very few Brits that think a London franchise would be a good idea (it's been discussed many of times over the years on the NFLUK forum and it's roughly 95% against it each time.).
I won't go into the logistical nightmares that have been brought up ad nauseum, and no doubt will be by others in this thread, but Brits aren't as dumb as we're made out to be and the majority already have emotional ties with teams and won't stop following the teams they already follow. It's very much in the British psyche that your team is for life, regardless of the sport.
Of course it's essentially a pointless discussion as it's just Goodell drumming up interest, it'll never actually be a serious proposal.
When it comes to the Ravens, it would actually be a big advantage to play a road game in London, as it's one less road game (although the home team does get a lot more support than you would think as most neutrals root for them unless they have a vested interest, ie a fan of the road team or divisional rivalries). Bisciotti is said to be interested in taking the Ravens over as the road team, and it would significantly increase the team's following in Europe. Whilst Ravens support is increasing over here, we're still nowhere near the numbers of the successful teams from the 80's like the Niners and Bears, or the Pats and Steelers and their more recent successes.
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In my mind the logistics issues are being overplayed. It's 3K+ miles for East Coast teams to go to the West Coast. It's about 3K+ miles from London to the East Coast. London to the West Coast would be a haul.
If a team were to be placed in London, it should most likely be paired with another Western European city. That was things 'could' be scheduled for the teams to make two week swings on either side of the Pond and minimize the excess travel. When you start to throw in Thursday and Monday games the scheduling gets a little sticker, as the European teams would not time slot to have home Thursday & Monday night games for the US night time time slot. A late afternoon European game would fall into the East Coast night time time slot.
Re: the NFL in LondonIf you break the rules you can't make the rules.
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Warning to others about 1st 3d shoot
I messed up my first day of shooting at an ASA 3d shoot, so I'd like to help others so they do not make the same mistakes I did.
Make sure you have everything packed. The night before I went through a checklist to make sure that I had everything. Arrows, Bow, Quiver, 2x Releases, Pens, Stabilizers, etc... I packed it all the night before and threw my bow in the back of the vehicle and was on my way. Much to my horror, when I had arrived neither of the two releases I had packed were in my case. I had left the zipper undone and my puppy pulled them out to play with them. Thankfully my brother's girlfriend had an extra and I got to shoot it.
Make sure all your equipment is tight. Two weeks before my shoot I had taken my bow to a "pro" shop as well as some arrows to be fletched. First off it took over a week and a half to get my stuff back, then I noticed I wasn't shooting too consistently. I chalked it up to pre-tourney jitters and went to the tournament. I shot horribly all day. Only two 12s, tons of 8s, and five 5s, FIVE 5s!!!
With these two things already under my belt I shot a 162 in my first tournament. The release was a finicky Tru-Fire, so I had a hard time getting used to it and when I got home to practice for the next day, my arrow rest was wobbling all over the place. The "pro" shop had only hand tightened the stuff I had asked him to square up.
MY brother and I then worked on tweaking and sighting for over two hours that evening. The second day of the tournament I went out there with my release and a properly tuned bow and shot a 194.
Let my horror story be a lesson to you and I hope you have success in your own shooting.
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Since I chronicled my first suomi-ish build that started out as a sgn-9 build I figured I'd start a new thread since build #2 is definitely going to be a suomi when I'm finished. I started with a suomi kit froms copes and 1.5"x.188" wall thickness 4130 steel tubing from wicks aircraft supply. I turned the approx 10-3/4" receiver tube down to 1.465" between centers and threaded the last .450" (the original suomi's have .4" threading) of one end 20 tpi for the end cap. I noticed that the front 2-3/8" section measured 1.455" diameter so I turned it this receiver down to that measurement. On my next one I will leave the front section full size until I weld in the barrel bushing. That way I can just turn down the welds and hide them. Next I took a cylinder hone and lightly cleaned out the receiver tube. I then took a 5" section of 1-1/4"x.250 wall tubing and cut it into a barrel bushing. The section that fits in the receiver tube needs to be 1-2 thousands over the i.d. of the receiver tube for a press fit. I copied the lug area from several different suomi receiver sections as well as using measurements from my first build for overall length. The length from where the barrel collar rests (not including the indexing nub) in the front to the back where the bolt is stopped on my first build was around 4.24" to obtain the proper headspace. I left this barrel bushing at 4.270" (with the extra length in the section that goes inside the receiver tube) so I can turn it down later to get the correct headspace. Since this is a blowback type gun it isn't as critical as a locking action, but on my first build if I let the leading edge of the bolt contact the barrel it would buckle the cases of my dummy rounds because of the short headspace. I used a max trim length 9mm dummy round as a guide and added a few thousands for good measure. This left me with 4.245" for my barrel bushing length.
The inside of the barrel bushing is around 3/4" and a suomi barrel is around .78". To keep from getting a sbr violation on my first build I: lengthened the barrel to 16-1/4"; turned the barrel shank down to 3/4"; enlarged the indexing nub to 1/4" and welded on the barrel jacket since I didn't cut the lugs into it. Even without welding on the barrel jacket there was no way an unmodified suomi barrel was going to fit in the receiver. On this build I am using the same larger indexing nub, reduced barrel shank and welded on extension to avoid a sbr violaton.
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March 22. 2014 6:58PM
The bottom line is that they love snow and all there is to do with it, on it and in it, but enough is enough. Well, look at the radar screen and the long-term forecast, friends and neighbors. More is on the way.
From an economic standpoint, at least where snow means money, every snowstorm that heaves over the horizon in late March and on into April is money in the piggybank. At this rate, snowmobiling aficionados and cross-country skiers and snowshoers and downhill skiers will be enjoying life atop the white stuff well into April when people around Boston are mowing their lawns.
Some of the snowmobile registration money that goes to the state comes back to snowmobile clubs to help pay for trail grooming, and Chris Gamache of the Bureau of Trails bemoaned the fact that the fund has run out. "You're at the point of increasing expenditures . without increasing revenues coming back in," he said.
The flip side of this snow-is-great scenario is what's happening with the deer, which is, in my book, likely to be disaster. Deep snow in late March (and probably on into April) comes when deer are on their last reserves of energy and vulnerable to predators, in the form of coyotes and free-running household dogs.
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Sad thing is, the Warriors won without Monta Ellis. Unbelievable.
Sorry guys, I completely forgot there was a game last night. For some reason, I thought there was a game Sunday, and went to bed early.
To late to teach him now. Ben FT% for his career is 41.7% and this year it is 40.4%. His best year was actually the 03-04 championship season when he shot 49%. The problem is Ben's FT shooting is getting worst now as he missing wide right and wide left and even the opposing announcers are laughing about it. As bad as Ben is, Kwame is actually worst at 37.3%, but he has not had the chance to experience hack-a-Kwame yet.
Really guys? It's 2010, this team is in the toilet, and Ben Wallace's ability to make FT's is THAT perplexing? The problem with hack-a-Ben is that idiot coaches pull him out of the game and all it does is open up the floor for the opposing team to run the paint at will while he's on the bench. That goes a long way toward helping the other team catch us, when they don't have any resistance in the lane. Fouling Ben just slows the game down and actually plays in our favor whether Ben makes or not. The other team can't run fast breaks when they are constantly stopping play. If they had any kind of rhythm or momentum, it's now gone. Furthermore, they STILL have to deal with Ben in the lane. Hack-a-Ben has never worked and it only looks successful when the coach pulls him and allows the other team to do whatever they want offensively for the next 2 mins. Just like Hack-a-Shaq never worked...it's a bad strategy and only works when you pull the targeted player out of the game allowing the opponent much more offensive freedom until they bring him back in. It's not rocket science...it's just panic. The coach employing it should be ashamed of himself and the coach falling for it is a fool.
Depends on how far behind the team is for the opposing coach to employ it. When Popovich tried it last week they were down more than 15 points and although a lot of points were shaved off, as Ben went 2-8, before being pulled, it was not enough to make up the difference. But last night, the game was close and Nelson figured he could squeeze out a rare victory over the offensively challenge Pistons and it worked. Guess there will be no more Podcasts until draft night
When I used to go to Pistons games really early in time to see the guys do their 1st warmups Ben Wallace used to can free throw after free throw. Even using an oversized training ball. So he can make them, just not under pressure. Its all mental.
Is it to late for him to try it underhanded?
There ya go showin' your age again Dre :^) Wasn't Barry like 95%
You make good points. What you're basically saying is that it's not as cut and dry as one would think because the other team's odds of scoring go do when they are forced into a half court set. However, I still think that it does make marginal sense for them for the following reasons... Since it is easy to figure out what Ben's expected value is from an intentional foul, I'll do the calculation to see what the other team's shooting percentage would have to be for it to make sense for them. Ben's expected value on a trip to the line = .404 + .404 = .808 points. Overall, opponents average a TS% of .548 against us, or 1.096 points per possession. So, on it's face, it would seem that every time teams hack Ben, they would be gaining about 0.3 points per possession and they would be extending the game by many more possessions than if they let us milk the clock. If a team is down 5 points, it would take over 15 possessions for them to catch up on average. It would still would be a good strategy for them, although the odds of coming from behind are still small. For hack-a-Ben to be a losing strategy for the other team in the long-run, their TS% would have to drop from .548 to .404 or lower. The missing piece of data for us to answer this question is:How man points per possession (or TS% x 2) do teams average when they are in a half court set and Ben Wallace is patrolling the paint? I'm guessing their TS% drops from .548 to about .450 or so.My conclusion is that leaving Ben in the game is an OK strategy for us. Taking him out is probably slightly better. The Pistons organization should have the data that we are missing.
Yep that is where I got it from....shame that not a single NBA player does it this way..unless they are afraid of being laugh out of the arena.....maybe Joe should have had Rick hired to teach this to Ben while his Jon Barry was on roster back in 02.
I would suppose that it also has do to with what Dre suggested...how far down the opponent is. I haven't down the research on this....moreover, how could you..but, I'd be interested in knowing the score and by how many points the pistons are leading when the "strategy" is employed.
Actually, this has more to do with my personal schedule than my interest level in the team right now. However, if given some time to prepare...I can work up a show....Can some of you give me your biggest topics or point of interests so I can address them (and make participation worthwhile)?
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True dat! ...unless I get some big ones in the free agent pool. And quit listening to YOUR A _ _
Let me get this straight...Slippy talked you out of Boobie???
Yeah...but he also convinced me to draft Horford, so I guess I'm still speaking to him.
One of my many misreads... I figured sasha's return would eat into Boobie's minutes and shots but I was totally wrong on that one. Thats why I'm at the bottom of the adv. league. :nerd2:
I think some gaudy Stats from Kaman is rotting your twisted dark side brain. You were in a bind between DALEMBERT and BEN GORDON. who? SAM DALEMBERT and BEN GORDON Now lets look at yahoo rankings for all three guys...Gordon is ranked #106. Dalembert #87. Maggette is #74. After he picks maggette, he blames me for not suggesting Kaman. Dude!
Friday night Shaun Marion rocked the rims like James Brown rocked the Apollo. Just like the Godfather of Soul, we put the cape around his shoulders and led him offstage while the Famous Flames took over: T.J. Ford----> career assist night with 14. Brandon Roy---> career high scoring with 32 points. Took an extra solo with 7 assists. Carlos Boozer---> Solid. 31 points and 7 rebounds. Shaun would like to say thank you, and goodnight... but you know he will be back for an encore.
Good Game roscoe. It could have gone either way. unfortunately for me...it went your way.
Two better scenarios - Sprockets get two fewer turnovers and score about 400 more points and we win Sprockets get two fewer turnovers and somewhat fewer than nine guys shoot less than 0.350 and we win Fortunately it's the Infirmary this week.
I'll spot you some bandages and a few cortizone shots. Lucky for us, its a slow day in outpatient care. Bring your guys though. As they crash into each other, we got spare beds while they rack up dnp's
Last year's stats show the average Sprocket shooting 0.483 from the field. So far this week... 0.379 including a whopping 0.154 from Duncan, 0.200 from David Lee, and 0.313 from Iguodala. Know of any players out there who shoot about 40 times a game and make 35 of them?
No one besides Darko...
Life is a box of chocolates...
Is there a feature on Yahoo somewhere that reports your team's season-to-date statistics?
Go to My Team, then click on Average Stats (in the bar above the player roster). You'll see some time period options. Is that what you are looking for?
Yes, thanks. But why don't they put a totals row at the bottom?
Go to League, click on Head-to-Head Stats, and then click on Totals.
Im quickly on my way to worst record in the Novice League (typical), so it's trading time. If anyone needs any players from Golden State or Utah, let me know!
What do you have in mind?
I meant a total for player stat averages, but thanks anyway...I hadn't looked at head-to-head owner stats B4.
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HARTFORD, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – Junior Tom Boockmeier (Green Bay, Wis.) carded a 1-under par 35 on the back nine on Monday, bouncing back from a tough front nine to card a 76 and lead the Green Bay men's golf team in the second round of the Erin Hills Intercollegiate hosted by Marquette. The Phoenix is in 11th place after two rounds with a team score of plus-29 605.
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OOOOh pretty! This is the EXACT set I wanted to buy.. and now I think I will! I gave my nails a good week and a half break of no polish but its totally time to change that. This combo makes me think of easter candy or marshmallows.
I'm thinking of a fun spring color to do as well, maybe a pink and blue combination or even a blue and white? If I have time I'll do an ombre but that needs not just time but setup too!
@dianabt - Thanks!! (PS, I still have them at my desk if you want to try 'em out. )
I want to do an ombre so badly, but given that it seems I only paint my nails at my desk these days (I know, tough life), that would be A LOT of work. :/
eeek! those little yellow triangles in the purple, that's sooooo cute!
I really look forward to the "Friday Mani" threads now, it really reminds me TGIF!!!!!
I hope the lemons somewhat make it through the weekend lol.
YAY lemons! I love! Did you use those fimo (sp?) slices? Did they come like that or did you have to chop them off the roll thing? (I'm so interested in those things, lol.)
In any case, they are SUPER cute, and I too am interested to see if they last the weekend. Although I feel like you at least have to take a picture with a glass of lemonade to get the full effect!
Ombre using a gold color by Nail Art and Read My Palm from Sephora by OPI
I have on the some picks from the recent Essie Resort collection - "First Timer" with "In the Cab-ana" for the accent nail.
Drinking white wine and hanging out on beauty talk while in the process of of drying my newly painted fingertips in the shade Tokyo Pearl by sinful colors it's a pamper myself kind of saturday afternoon.
I can't take a picture because my camera is acting up today and I'm sad because it looks so good! But, I have essie First timer on my nails and I did the tri accent like the show and tell pic but the triangle is at the top instead of the bottom. The triangle color is essie turquoise and caicos.
This just shows swatches of the colors so you can get the idea it looks amazing and so springy! I love it.
Okay heres my ombre sherbet nails that lasted all of 10 minutes before I realized I hated it and wiped them off. I know @kimmi115 asked me about them so I thought I would share.
Kat Von D's Mad Max.
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@candacebt Yep, they're fimo pieces! They came pre cut in a nail wheel, seperated by fruit type lol. I've never seen the canes in person, but there are so MANY of them on eBay! They didn't last through the weekend because they kept catching in my hair and it was driving me crazy lol. So, I picked them off. Each time they would get caught, that eerie feeling went down my spine.
@dianabt I think it's cute! It reminds me of the Super Man ice cream flavor that was super bright. I haven't had that flavor in years. Alright, we all need a glass of lemonade or a margarita with a bowl of Super Man Ice Cream! lol.
@Apocalyptica I love that blue! I bet your cat loves to be scratched with your nails lol.
Here's that Super Man ice cream.
@Apocalyptica - I love that blue too! Is it a holo?
@kimmi1115 - that's why I haven't tried the fimo yet...the best I can do with nail bits is studs because they are smooth. I had the Nails Inc skulls on for a while, and they were cute but they drove me NUTS.
And that is what Diana's nails look like, so cute! @Diana, I liked it, what did you put on in their place?
That ice cream looks SO good, i could definitely go for some right now
Candace you will be disappointed, I put on a boring nude-pink tone instead with one copper glittery nail. LOL, I was rummaging through all my polishes before saying "I have NO colors to choose from!"... we all know this is impossible hahaah
@candacebt - Not that I know of.
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People stockpile food and other essentials, learn to purify water, and learn other survival skills for a variety of reasons. Some of those reasons seem crazy, but when you consider the fragility of our food distribution networks, power grids, and other complex systems that we depend on, this kind of preparedness does not seem so crazy after all.
If you do your own shopping, youve noticed that every trip to the grocery store costs a bit more than the one before. The core inflation rate reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been under 2 percent for the last couple of years, but to many Americans that seems low. The primary reason for that is that food and energy are not included in core inflation rate.
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SOA, a 30,000' view
By Dave Walz-Burkett
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Service-oriented architecture is more than just another IT buzzword. Most companies, large and small have heard of SOA and have either jumped on the bandwagon or have plans to do so in the near future.SOA in Practice covers a lot of ground and provides definitions and descriptions of the complex world of SOA. Initially, the book describes the motivation to adapt a service-oriented architecture. It then proceeds into a discussion of the elements of SOA and reiterates that SOA is no silver bullet.The author makes it clear that SOA is an ideal solution for a specific set of circumstances: "heterogeneous distributed systems with different owners." If that simple definition doesn't fit your organization, SOA may not be for you.If you are still committed to learning about or implementing SOA after understanding what it is and what it can (and can't) do for your organization, read on! The remainder of the book present an in-depth look at all elements of service-oriented architecture.I particularly enjoyed the chapters covering the enterprise service bus and message exchange patterns. In a nutshell, they show some of the many possibilities of how SOA can be implemented - indicating that there is no 'one right way' to do it.Web Services (not a requirement of SOA) is discussed, as well as the management of services, model-driven service development, and advice on establishing SOA in your enterprise.The book is light on technical details. This is obviously intentional as its core focus is not the nitty-gritty of how to make it work. It is more of a high-level, conceptual view of what SOA is all about and how it can help your enterprise solve difficult challenges when faced with integration of heterogeneous systems.
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By Anonymous
After more than a decade of being the focus of the industry's attention, SOA is still widely misunderstood at all levels, business and technical, and is still being successfully sold as a snake oil. This is why the publication of this book is extremely important. Being a rare objective survey of the entire SOA landscape, the book touches on numerous dimensions of SOA and services: service classification, lifecycle, management, performance, security, and governance. In the still over-hyped SOA landscape, the author stands out with his reasoning and pragmatism, which he showed in his earlier books (e.g. his excellent book "The C++ Standard Library"). On about 300 pages the author manages not just to cover numerous important topics at a reasonable depth, but to pause at important points and suggest a helpful practical advice from his own experience. The book reads well, the language is simple and straightforward. This book has a lot of thought and value per ounce, which is very unusual for a SOA book. Whether you are new to SOA or have been sick from reading mountains of nonsense about it for years, you MUST have this book on your bookshelf, next to "Enterprise SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture Best Practices" by Dirk Krafzig, Karl Banke, and Dirk Slama, and "Service Orient or Be Doomed" by ZapThink founders Jason Bloomberg and Ronald Schmelzer.
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A hitchhiker's guide to SOA
By joshSVUG
I found the book to be well written and the content draws on Mrs. Josuttis daily experience as a system architect. As a developer, I found value in the second half of the book (chapters 10-20) as the discussion revolves around specific aspects of running SOA, in particular Message Exchange Patterns (ch. 10) , Versioning (ch. 12) and Model-Driven Service Development (ch. 18).I have to agree with one of the quotes on the back-cover, "The book belongs in the hands of every CIO, IT Director and IT planning manager." --Dr. Richard Mark Soley, Chairman and CEO, Object Management Group; Executive Director, SOA Consortium The optimal audience for this book is most likely IT Management and not the rank-and-file developers of the SOA world.
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Whether data are numerical or narrative, removing them from their context represents an act of plagiarism
Andrew Gelman, Thomas Basbøll
"The distortion of a text," says Freud in Moses and Monotheism, "is not unlike a murder. The difficulty lies not in the execution of the deed but in doing away with the traces." —James Wood
Much has been written on the ethics of plagiarism. One aspect that has received less notice is plagiarism's role in corrupting our ability to learn from data: We propose that plagiarism is a statistical crime. It involves the hiding of important information regarding the source and context of the copied work in its original form. Such information can dramatically alter the statistical inferences made about the work.
In statistics, throwing away data is a no-no. From a classical perspective, inferences are determined by the sampling process: point estimates, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests all require knowledge of (or assumptions about) the probability distribution of the observed data. In a Bayesian analysis, it is necessary to include in the model all variables that are relevant to the data-collection process. In either case, we are generally led to faulty inferences if we are given data from urn A and told they came from urn B.
A statistical perspective on plagiarism might seem relevant only to cases in which raw data are unceremoniously and secretively transferred from one urn to another. But statistical consequences also result from plagiarism of a very different kind of material: stories. To underestimate the importance of contextual information, even when it does not concern numbers, is dangerous.
Perhaps the most prominent statistician to have repeatedly published material written by others without attribution is Edward Wegman, formerly of the Office of Naval Research and currently a professor at George Mason University. The case is especially interesting because Wegman has a distinguished record of public service and scholarship (he received the Founders Award in 2002 from the American Statistical Association) and because one of the plagiarized documents was part of a report on climate change delivered to the U.S. Congress. The ethical dimensions of this copying seem clear enough: By taking others' work without giving credit—even copying from Wikipedia at one point (see the appendix to this essay)—Wegman and his research team were implicitly claiming expertise on subjects in which they were not experts. Wegman continues to deny having plagiarized, even in the face of direct evidence that several of his publications (on topics ranging from network analysis to color vision) include unattributed material previously published by others.
We shall avoid speculating about the motives for plagiarism here. Generally, however, the ethical dilemma seems to be analogous to the person who robs a store to feed his or her family, or the politician who lies to achieve a larger political goal. In all of these cases, the behavior in question is generally recognized to be unethical, so if the broader context in which the action takes place is deemed ethical, it can only be thus because the unethical action serves some larger, more important goal. In Wegman's case, no such argument about a larger context has been made (perhaps because that would require admitting the ethical violation in the first place).
The Wegman case came to public notice after the Canadian blog Deep Climate found the first few pages of material in the report to be plagiarized from a book by Ray Bradley, one of the authors whose work was attacked in that document. The blog post stirred others to study this and other documents written by Wegman and his students, at which point additional incidents of copying without attribution turned up. In 2011, a related article by Wegman and a collaborator in the journal Computational Science and Data Analysis was formally retracted by the publisher on grounds of plagiarism.
Despite the human and political drama of the Wegman case, it may not appear immediately interesting from the standpoint of statistics. Perhaps counterintuitively, a purely qualitative example reveals why this appearance is wrong.
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GCOS Implementation Plan 2016
The Global Observing System for Climate:
Call for Nominations:
The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), are looking for scientists to serve on the three Science panels:
Panel members are tasked with:
Working on strategies for developing and improving the sustained observing system, including harnessing new technologies Each panel meets once a year and interacts through the year to provide the needed advice and support. Financial support to attend Panel meetings is provided. Members are initially appointed for a 3 year term, with a possibility of extension by another 2 years. The next Panel meetings are currently scheduled to be:
The Panel member selection will be performed on the basis of:
If you are interested please send your CV and a brief statement of interest indicating the panel of interest to email@example.com before 15 December 2016.
Background :
GCOS has been recognized by the UNFCCC since 1997 as the programme leading the improvement of systematic observations to meet the needs of the convention (e.g. Decisions 8/CP.3, 14/CP.4, 9/CP.15). (See also unfccc.int/3581).
GCOS supports an internationally coordinated network of observing systems. It is designed to meet evolving requirements for climate observations, which are fundamental to detect, model and assess climate change, support adaptation to climate change, monitor the effectiveness of policies for mitigating climate change, develop climate information services, promote sustainable national economic development and meet other requirements of the UNFCCC and other conventions and agreements. GCOS addresses the total climate system including physical, chemical and biological properties, and atmospheric, oceanic, terrestrial, hydrological, and cryospheric components. In 2015, GCOS produced a report Status of the Global Observing System for Climate (GCOS-195) and has submitted a new plan The Global Observing System for Climate: Implementation Needs (GCOS-200) to the UNFCCCC for COP22. GCOS is now looking forward to implementing this plan.
The three science Panels were established to define observations needed in each of the three main global domains-atmosphere, oceans and land: to prepare and to make recommendations for improvements. The Panels' expertise is essential for assessing the capabilities, gaps and deficiencies of current climate-observing systems. Their work and discussions contribute directly to the regular reports to the UNFCCC about the status of global climate-observing capacities.
WCRP's mission is to facilitate the analysis and prediction of Earth system variability and change for use in an increasing range of practical applications of direct relevance, benefit and value to society. The two overarching objectives of the WCRP are to determine the predictability of climate and to determine the effect of human activities on climate.
For more information on GCOS, WCRP and GOOS, please refer to their respective websites: http://gcos.wmo.int, https://www.wcrp-climate.org, and http://www.ioc-goos.org.
Tropical Pacific Observing System 2020 First Report
The Tropical Pacific Observing System 2020 Project (TPOS 2020) was formed as a finite lifetime project to oversee the redesign of the Tropical Pacific Observing System.
The outcomes of the project will be presented through 3 reports in 2016, 2018 and 2020.
The first report is now available for public review: See: http://tpos2020.org/first-report/.
Deadline for comments is 23 September 2016.
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The abstracts of the presentations and of the posters are now available, compiled in the
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The GCOS Science Conference
Status of the Global Observing System for Climate
GCOS has released its report Status of the Global Observing System for Climate (GCOS-195) which has been submitted to the UNFCCC in December in Paris. The results of the global observing system have proved invaluable and have underpinned the IPCC fifth assessment report. However, as the IPCC identifies, there are gaps in the global observing system particularly with regional information. It is important for climate observations to improve understanding and prediction of climate change not just globally but also regionally. The needs of climate services, such as adapting to climate change and variability on regional and local scales, are adding additional requirements on the observing system.
The report reviews the overall status of each Essential Climate Variable (ECV), assesses progress against the latest Implementation plan, the Implementation Plan for the Global Observing System for Climate in Support of the UNFCCC (2010 Update), and identifies gaps. The report does not provide actions or plans to address gaps, deficiencies or additional requirements that have been identified: this is the role of the new GCOS Implementation Plan being developed for release and submission to the UNFCCC in 2016.
This report has been submitted to the 43rd session of the SBSTA, at UNFCCC's Conference of the Parties, COP 21, to be held 30 November to 11 December 2015, in Paris.
The Final Report is now available and can be downloaded here:
Status of the Global Observing System for Climate (GCOS-195) High Resolution
Status of the Global Observing System for Climate (GCOS-195) Low Resolution
Status of the Global Observing System for Climate: Executive Summary (GCOS-194_English) (GCOS-194_French)
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Global Climate Observing System - Sound Climate Plicy requires Systematic Climate Observation English Version
COP-21 Side Event: The Status of Climate Observations in Africa, Friday 4 December, 10 a.m., Africa Pavilion
This side event discussed the status of climate observations in Africa and presented some of the work being done by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) to fill these gaps. It was an opportunity for the participants to give their views in the future development of African climate observations and GCOS.
It introduced the GCOS 2015 Status Report of the Global Climate Observing System and presented some of its findings relevant to Africa. While this report outlines significant improvements there are still gaps and limitations in African monitoring. The side event also presented the support and assistance to fill some of these gaps, most recently in Madagascar, Zimbabwe and Zambia provided through the GCOS Cooperation Mechanism.
The speakers were:
ESA's Free Online Course - 30 November 2015
Run to coincide with the start of COP21, ESA's free online course on Monitoring Climate from Space starts on 30 November 2015. Sign up now!
Join leading experts and scientists to explore our planet from space and learn how Earth observations are used to monitor climate change. Aimed at a broad audience, this course takes participants through five themed weeks with online lectures, quizzes, and the chance to engage in discussions with the course educators and other learners.
The course can help decision makers, policy makers, educators and communicators, to gain a better insight into how satellite data can help them assess the state of our climate and its changes, in order to support climate science, and adaptation and mitigation decisions.
GCOS certificate of Recognition for GSN and GUAN
The GCOS Surface Network (GSN) is a subset of roughly 1000 baseline surface stations of WMO`s World Weather Watch. A select set of 150 upper air stations was designated as the GCOS Upper-Air Network (GUAN). GSN and GUAN became the initial baseline components of the atmospheric networks. Designation of these networks benefitted the GCOS and the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, NMHSs. For the GCOS, designation helped incorporate climate requirements into meteorological service procedures. For NMHSs, designation of a station as part of the global climate network helped sustain support for these long-running sites. These networks provided the foundation for the Regional Basic Climatological Network, which provides far greater spatial detail on the variability of climate.
Both networks, GSN and GUAN, need continuous performance monitoring, regular maintenance and sustained technical and operational support. A dedicated GCOS System Improvement Programme managed by Network Manager Mr Tim Oakley, is assisting and supporting WMO members with these tasks. As a token of appreciation, the GCOS Secretariat has been handing out certificates of recognition to Members who have taken on the responsibility to operate GSN and GUAN stations.
Tim Oakley, GCOS Network Manager, attended beginning of October 2015 the expert team meeting on Surface Based Observations of the WMO Commission for Basic Systems in Tokyo, Japan. At the side lines he took the opportunity to present the Japanese Meteorological Agency, JMA, with GCOS' certificate of recognition for Japan's support of the GCOS Surface Network and GCOS Upper-Air Network stations, GSN and GUAN.
Tim Oakley (left) presenting the GCOS Certificate of Recognition to the Director General of JMA, Mr Noritake Nishide (right).
Carolin Richter, Director GCOS Secretariat, and Stephen Briggs, Chairman of the GCOS Steering Committee, presented the Certificate of Recognition to Linda Makuleni, Chief Executive Officer of the South-African Weather Service (SAWS) at the side-lines of the GCOS Steering Committee Meeting, from 29 September to 1 October 2015, in Simon's Town, South Africa.
(from left to right): Stephen Briggs, Linda Makuleni, Carolin Richter
Public Review of 2015 GCOS Status Report
The public review period of the 2015 GCOS Status Report, Status of the Global Observing System, has now finished.
Review comments are now being considered and a revised draft will be presented to the GCOS Steering Committee at the end of September for their approval.
If there are any late comments please send them to email@example.com as soon as possible so that they can be addressed before the meeting of the GCOS Steering Committee.In November 2012, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change invited GCOS to submit a report on the assessment of the adequacy of the global observing systems for climate. The GCOS Secretariat and leading key experts have prepared a draft Status Report of the Global Observing System for Climate for submission to GCOS' sponsoring organizations and Parties to the UNFCCC. It reviews the overall status of each Essential Climate Variable, assesses progress against the GCOS Implementation Plan and identifies gaps. This report will be submitted to the 43rd session of the SBSTA, at UNFCCC`s Conference of the Parties, COP 21, to be held 30 November to 11 December 2015, in Paris. It is important for climate observations to improve understanding and prediction of climate change. The needs of climate services, such as adapting to climate change and variability, are evolving. In addition, the upcoming UNFCCC meeting in Paris will be important for future climate policies. Therefore, we would like to invite as wide a range of reviewers as possible to review this report in whole or the parts relevant to you, and submit comments to us. All comments will be considered by the authors.
The report of the joint GCOS - UNFCCC - IPCCC workshop held on Bonn, Germany 10'12 February GCOS Workshop on Enhancing Observation to Support Preparedness and Adaption in a Changing Climate - Learning from the IPCC 5th Assessment Report (GCOS-191) is now available. The final version of this file will be released as soon as possible.
GCOS Programme Review
After 20 years of operation, a review of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) programme was long overdue. The GCOS programme sponsors accepted the proposal for review, and in December 2012 the WMO Secretary General Michel Jarraud appointed a Chair and invited the sponsors to nominate a Review Board.
The Review Board gathered evidence in four ways: 1) a self-assessment by current and former GCOS Steering Committee Chairs and former GCOS Secretariat Directors, 2) a survey questionnaire distributed to the broader GCOS community, 3) a number of targeted personal interviews with senior representatives of the GCOS programme sponsors, and 4) active and considered appraisal and interpretation of results by the Review Board members. The findings were summarized thus:
"There is no doubt that the GCOS programme should be continued. It is indispensable. If it ceased to exist it would need to be re-created. To make GCOS fit for the future, the GCOS Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) should be redrafted on the basis of careful consideration of all its chapters and annexes. A revised MoU should reflect all items that were previously included, along with new understandings and commitments by sponsors, such as a better cooperation mechanism and an optimized structure for the Secretariat, Steering Committee and its Panels. This should be supported by a more stable financial foundation as a prerequisite for everything else."
The main outcomes of this review are summarized in a synthesis report:
GCOS Review synthesis report - english GCOS Review synthesis report - spanish
GCOS Review synthesis report - french GCOS Review synthesis report - russian
GCOS Review synthesis report - chinese
New GCOS panel brochures
GCOS has published new information brochures for both the GCOS/GTOS/WCRP Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate (TOPC), as well as the GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC). The science panels have been established to define the observations needed in the domains of atmosphere and land, to prepare scientific programme elements and to make recommendations for implementation.
Please find the new brochures here:
Brochure for the GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC)
Brochure for the GCOS/GTOS/WCRP Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate (TOPC)
The concept of ECVs in support of climate research, applications, and policy
In September 2014, the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society has published a paper written by the GCOS community that describes the concept of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) developed under the Global Climate Observing System for a range of applications, as well as to provide an empirical basis for understanding past, current, and possible future climate variability and change.
The paper can be found here.
Adrian Simmons handing over GCOS Steering Comittee Chair to Stephen Briggs
Adrian Simmons, who recently retired from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), has completed his four-year term as Chairman of the GCOS Steering Committee. Stephen Briggs (ESA) has accepted to chair the GCOS Steering Committee with effect from 1 March 2014. Carolin Richter (centre), Director of the GCOS Secretariat, met Adrian (left) and Stephen (right) for a brief hand-over ceremony at the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT), based at the Harwell Science, Innovation and Business Campus in Oxfordshire, UK, on 3 April 2014.
Joint GCOS/GOFC-GOLD Workshop on Observations for Climate Change Mitigation
The Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), in collaboration with the Land Cover Project Office from the Global Observation for Forest Cover and Land Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD), is organizing an international workshop from 5-7 May 2014 at WMO Headquarters in Geneva to consider the climate observation requirements to support mitigation to climate change. The workshop will bring together approximately 25 representatives of sectors in which mitigation to climate variability and climate change is, or is likely to become, an important concern. These also include the communities of agriculture, forestry, and land use.
The goals of the workshop are to identify observational requirements for mitigation, to review the Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) and associated guidelines to determine their adequacy for mitigation, and to develop a plan to address these gaps and deficiencies identified. The workshop results will directly feed into the preparation of the next GCOS Progress Review and the new GCOS Implementation Plan, to be developed in the 2015-2016 timeframe.
Workshop documents and further information can be found here. The final workshop report can be found here.
GCOS Reports by National Climate Observing Systems
The reports, prepared by National Climate Observing Systems, were developed in response to conclusions FCCC/SBSTA/2005/10 Paragraph 95 (2005) and FCCC/SBSTA/2007/L.14 (2007) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). They present the progress made in the implementation of GCOS on a national level, and give an overview of the observations made according to the list of GCOS Essential Climate Variables (ECVs).
Four reports have been published so far:
|FINLAND - National Activities with Respect to the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Implementation Plan, Finnish National Report on Systematic Observations for Climate, Finnish Meteorological Institute, November 2013
GERMANY - German Climate Observing Systems, Inventory report on the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), Deutscher Wetterdienst, January 2013
GERMANY - Third Report of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on Systematic Climate Observations in Germany as a contribution to Germany's Fifth National Communication under UNFCCC, August 2009
|JAPAN - Japanese National Report on Systematic Observations for Climate - National Activities with Respect to the GCOS Implementation Plan, Japanese Meteorological Agency, August 2014
|NETHERLANDS - Climate Observation Systems in the Netherlands - National activities contributing to GCOS, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), October 2014
SWITZERLAND - The National Climate Observing System, GCOS Switzerland, MeteoSuisse,October 2007
UNITED STATES - The United States National Report on Systematic Observations for Climate for 2008: National Activities with Respect to the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Implementation Plan, Working Group of the US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) on behalf of the US Government, September 2008
UNITED STATES -The United States Detailed National Report on Systematic Observations for Climate: US Global Climate Observing System (US GCOS) Program,National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on behalf of the US Government, August 2001
GCOS encourages the use of Digital Object Identifiers
Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) attribute a unique reference to an electronic data set. They provide a permanent identifier that links the user to the current version of the relevant data sets. In view of the growing importance of data sharing, scientific experts from both the Atmospheric and Terrestrial Observational Panel for Climate recently discussed DOIs, as these can help researchers to discover relevant data more easily and attribute the data in a way that appropriately acknowledges its source. DOIs will in future enable to measure data usage to estimate its impact and influence. GCOS Panels encourage international data centres to introduce DOIs for their data records of Essential Climate Variables and recommend dataset producers in general to follow this practice.
For more information on this topic, read the discussion paper from the 2013 Session of the Terrestrial Observing Panel for Climate (TOPC): PDF
GCOS newsletter
The following GCOS reports have been published recently:
Report of the 22nd Session of the GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC-22), Exeter, United Kingdom, 27-31 March 2017
|Indicators of Climate Change Outcome of a meeting, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland, 3 February 2017
|GRUAN Implementation Plan 2017-2021, February 2017
|Report of the Twenty-Fourth Session of the WMO-IOC-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee for GCOS, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 3-6 October 2016
|WMO/GCOS Report of the Fifth Session of the CBS Lead Centres for GCOS Coordination Meeting, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 7-9 September 2016
|Report of the 18th Session of the GCOS/GTOS/WCRP Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate (TOPC-18) Boulder, United States, 25-27 April 2016
|Report of the Nineteenth Session of the GCOS/GOOS/WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC-19), Esporles, Majorca, Spain, 6-8 April 2016
|Report of the 21th Session of the GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC-21) Asheville NC, United States, 5-8 April 2016
|Report of the Seventh GCOS Reference Upper Air Network Implementation and Coordination Meeting (GRUAN ICM-7), February 2015
|Minutes of the working Meeting for GCOS Reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN), Geneva, Switzerland, 18 November 2015
|Report of the Twenty-Third Session of the WMO-IOC-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee for GCOS, Simon's Town, South Africa, 29 September-1st October 2015
|Status of the Global Observing System for Climate - Full Report
|Status of the Global Observing System for Climate: Executive Summary
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|GCOS Workshop on Enhancing Observation to Support Preparedness and Adaptation in a Changing Climate - Learning from the IPCC 5th Assessment Report. Bonn, Germany, 10-12 February 2015
|Report of the 20th Session of the GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC-20) WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland 17-20 March 2015
|Report of the 17th Session of the GCOS/GTOS/WCRP Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate (TOPC-17) WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland 16-18 March 2015
|Report of the Twenty-Second Session of the WMO-IOC-UNEP-ICSU Steering Committee for GCOS, Geneva, Switzerland, 1-3 October 2014
|Report of the Seventeenth Session of the GCOS/GOOS/WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC), Barcelona, Spain, 21-23 July 2014
|Summary Report of the Ninth Session of the GCOS Cooperation Mechanism Board, Bonn, Germany, 3 June 2014
|Report of the joint GCOS/GOFC-GOLD Workshop on Observations for Climate Change Mitigation, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-7 May 2014
Report of the Tropical Pacific Observation System 2020 (TPOS 2020) Workshop, Vol.1 - Workshop report and recommendations, Vol.2 - White papers, La Jolla , United States, 27-30 January 2014
|Summary Report and Recommendations from the Nineteenth Session of the GCOS/WCRP Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC), Ispra, Italy , 9-11 April 2014
|Workshop on the review of the GCOS Surface Network (GSN), GCOS Upper-Air Network (GUAN), and related atmospheric networks, Ispra, Italy, April 2014
|GCOS Programme Review - Synthesis Report, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2014
|Report of the Fifth GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network Implementation and Coordination Meeting (GRUAN ICM-6), Greenbelt, USA, 10-14 March 2014
|Summary Report of the Sixteenth Session of the GTOS/GCOS/WCRP Terrestrial Observation Panel for Climate (TOPC), Ispra, Italy, 10-11 March 2014
|Scoping Meeting for the Assessment of the Adequacy of the Global Observing System for Climate, Geneva, Switzerland, 12-13 December 2013


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