WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION  COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS OPAG on DPFS  IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATION TEAM (ICT) ON DATA-PROCESSING AND FORECASTING SYSTEMS   MONTREAL, CANADA, 29 SEPTEMBER – 3 OCTOBER 2008

CBS/ICT-DPFS/INF. 1        (08.VII.2008)         _______ Item:    2 Original:  ENGLISH only

DOCUMENTATION PLAN
(updated, 29 September 2008)

Agenda Item	Subject	Doc. No.	Submitted by	Expected/ received
1	OPENING OF THE MEETING
2	ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING
2.1	Provisional Agenda Explanatory Memorandum Documentation Plan	2.1(1) 2.1(2) INF. 1	Secretariat	done draft done
n/a	Provisional List of Participants	INF. 2	Secretariat	done
n/a	General Information for Participants Hotel Information Template for Covering Sheet of meeting documents	n/a	Secretariat	done
	Relevant documents from previous meetings : - CBS OPAG on DPFS – Structure and Terms of Reference (CBS-Ext. (06)) and approved by CBS Management Group 7 (June 2007) - Report of ICT OPAG on DPFS (June 2006)		Secretariat
3	Introduction and Background
			B. STRAUSS Secretariat
4	Severe Weather Forecasting
	Report of Rapporteur Report of Chairperson of Steering Group, Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP)	4(1) 4(2)	J.-M. CARRIERE B. STRAUSS, Secretariat	done
5	Very Short-Range Forecasting
	Report of Chairperson of Expert Meeting on Very Short-range Forecasting	5(1)	J.-M. CARRIERE	done
6	EXTENDED AND LONG-RANGE FORECASTING
	Report of Chairperson of ET-E&LRF Activities and Future Plans of the Expert Team on Extended and Long-range Forecasting Cooperation with CCl Guidance on Establishment and Designation of WMO RCCs A Briefing of Long Range Forecast at CPTEC Request for Designation of the South African Weather Service (SAWS) as a Global Producing Centre (GPC) (pdf)	6(1) 6(2) 6(3) INF. 3 INF. 4	R. GRAHAM R. GRAHAM Secretariat (WDS & CLW)	done done done done done
7	Probabilistic Forecasting and Ensemble Prediction Systems, and Applications
	Report of Chairperson of ET-EPS NEW ! Cooperation with CAS/THORPEX	7(1) 7(2)	K. MYLNE K. MYLNE	done done
8	Emergency Response Activities (ERA)
	Report of Chairperson of CG-Nuclear ERA Report of Chairperson of ET-Non-Nuclear ERA	8(1) 8(2)	R. SERVRANCKX C. RYAN	done done
9	NWP Forecast Verification
	Report of Chairperson of CG on NWP Verification	9(1)	D. RICHARDSON	done
10	Status of the GDPFS
	Status and Evolution of the GDPFS	10(1)	Secretariat	done
11	Regional perspectives on NWP infrastructure
	Reports of the 6 Regional Rapporteurs on the DPFS Status Report for GDPFS in RA I RA VI Report on Regional Aspects of the DPFS Regional Perspectives for Global Data-Processing and Forecasting System in RA II	11(1) 11(2) 11(3)	Regional Rapporteurs: RA I  – B. HAMADACHE RA II – H.-D. YOO RA VI – L. PERRON RA III – R. CISNEROS RA IV – A. METHOT RA V – H.A. CHOO	done done done
12	FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME OF OPAG ON DPFS
	Strategic direction, Structure, Terms of Reference, etc.	In session	B. STRAUSS, chairs	n/a
13	OTHER BUSINESS
14	CLOSURE OF THE MEETING