GEWEX SSG-38

Mar 23 - 27, 2026 | Bonn, Germany

Agenda (preliminary)

Monday 23 March 2026

Time Panel Presentations – Overview and Plans Presenter
08:15 – 08:30 Welcome Carlo BUONTEMPO and
Peter VAN OEVELEN
08:30 – 10:00 GDAP – GEWEX Data and Analysis Panel Tristan L’ECUYER and
Hiro MASUNAGA
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00 GASS – Global Atmospheric System Studies Panel Sandrine BONY and
Shaocheng XIE
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 CLIVAR/GEWEX Monsoon Panel Leila CARVALHO
15:00 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 16:00 DWD – Deutsche Wetterdienst Marc SCHRODER
16:00 – 16:30 EUMETSAT – European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites Jorg SCHULZ
16:30 – 17:00 C3S/COPERNICUS – Copernicus Climate Change Service Carlo BUONTEMPO
17:00 – 17:30 GPCC – Global Precipitation Climatology Centre Marcus ZIESE

Tuesday 24 March 2026

Time Panel Presentations (continued) – External Relations Presenter
09:00 – 10:30 GHP – GEWEX Hydroclimatology Panel Paola ARIAS (Remote) and
Rowan FEALY
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 GLASS – Global Land-Atmosphere System Study Nate CHANEY and
Volker WULFMEYER
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 CESOC – Center for Earth System Observation and Computational Analysis Susanne CREWELL
14:30 – 15:00 GRDC – Global Runoff Data Center Simon MISCHEL
15:00 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 16:00 CLIC – Climate and Cryosphere Project (WCRP Core Project) Keith ALVERSON
16:00 – 17:00 WMO – World Merteorological Organisation
WCRP – World Climate Research Programme Secretariat and Joint Scientific Committee
Hindumathi PALANISAMY
17:00 – 17:15 DE – Digital Earth (WCRP Lighthouse Activity) Andrew GETTELMAN (Remote)
17:15 – 17:30 EPESC – Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change
(WCRP Lighthouse Activity)
Kirsten FINDELL (Remote)

Wednesday 25 March 2026

Time Presenter
09:00 – 09:30 ESMO – Earth System Modelling and Observations
(WCRP Core Project)
Fanny ADLOF
09:30 – 10:00 APARC – Atmospheric Processes And their Role in Climate
(WCRP Core Project)
Olaf MORGENSTERN
10:00 – 10:30 Resources and Funding of our activities Nate CHANEY, Peter Van OEVELEN, Xubin ZENG and Jason EVANS
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Activities Review Xubin ZENG and Jason EVANS
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 17:30 Afternoon Team Building Program Excursion Ahr Valley
Courtesy of CESOC
17:30 – 21:30 No host dinner

Thursday 26 March 2026

Time Agency Reports and Discussion Presenter
08:40 – 09:00 DOE/ARM – Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program of the US Department of Energy Sally McFARLANE / Jim MATHER (Remote)
09:00 – 09:20 JAXA – Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency Riko OKI and Koduke YAMAMOTO (Remote)
09:20 – 09:40 NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration Craig FERGUSON
09:40 – 10:00 ESA – European Space Agency Diego FERNANDEZ
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 10:45 ECWMF – European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts Richard FORBES
10:45 – 11:00 CLIVAR – Climate Variability and Predictability Project
(WCRP Core Project)
Agnus SANTOSA (Remote)
11:00 – 11:15 My Climate Risk (WCRP Lighthouse Activity) Ted SHEPERD
11:15 – 11:30 GPEX – GLOBAL Precipitation Experiment
(WCRP Lighthouse Activity)
Silke TROEMEL
11:30 – 11:45 RIFS – Regional Information for Society
CORDEXCoordinated Regional climate Downscaling EXperiment
(WCRP Core Project)
Silvina SOLMAN/Naomi GOLDENSEN (Remote)
11:45 – 12:00 WWRP – World Weather Research Programme Chris DAVIS / Estelle DE CONING
12:00 – 12:30 New ECR SSG Member introduction Manon SABOT and
Cheikh Modou NOREYNI FAlL
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 GEWEX Strategic Direction and Activities Xubin ZENG and Jason EVANS
14:30 – 15:00 Global Water Monitor Jan POLCHER
15:00 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 16:00 Any Other Topics/Ambassadors/Awards Xubin ZENG and Jason EVANS
16:00 – 17:00 Ambassadors Corner (Review / Impression of GEWEX Claudia STUBENRAUCH, Michael EK (Irina SANDU)
17:00 – 17:30 International GEWEX Project Office Update Peter VAN OEVELEN

Friday 27 March 2026

Time Rapporteurs Reports Presenter
09:00 – 09:30 GASS – Global Atmospheric System Studies Panel Ruby LEUNG, MH AHN and
Gavin SCHMIDT
09:30 – 10:00 GDAP – GEWEX Data and Analysis Panel Richard FORBES and Suzanne CREWELL
10:00 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:00 GLASS – Global Land-Atmospheric System Studies Panel Martin BEST, Li JIA and Manon SABOT
11:00 – 11:30 GHP – GEWEX Hydroclimatology Panel Jason EVANS and Camila ALVARE GARRETON
11:30 – 12:00 CLIVAR/GEWEX Monsoon Panel Xubin ZENG and Cheikh NOREYNI FALL
12:00 – 12:30 Summary Action Items and Recommendations Peter VAN OEVELEN
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Wrap Up Peter VAN OEVELEN, Xubin ZENG
and Jason EVANS