IGST 12 – August 2007 – St Johns

GODAE Special Issue (1)

GODAE Special issue to be combined with the Mersea special issue.

Ocean science (Journal of Marine Systems not feasible; new OO Journal as an alternative)

Scientific committee (TBC) (should be a subset from the final symposium SC)• Representatives from Mersea would be Y. Desaubies, N. Pinardi, J. Verron, • Representatives from GODAE would/could be T. Lee, P. De Mey, E. Chassignet, M.

Kamachi PY Le Traon and M. Bell• KWB to support communication

Editorial board: The Editorial board needs to be identified soon (depends on journal)

Timetable• Submission of papers before 15 June 2008 Provision of first list of solicited papers

earlier ?• Topics should be identified and papers joined up – more than one author • Research, observing system – no limit of papers (example 10-15 to be solicited) • Target date for refereeing to be finished by January 2009 (may be difficult ). • Links with symposium proceedings ?

IGST 12 – August 2007 – St Johns

GODAE Special Issue (2)

Outline of special journal issue:

Objectives: • record of project – legacy • Strengthening scientific credibility of GODAE - Quality assurance of products

Target audience: • Scientific community • Project managers, sponsors• OO users (Brochure might be better)

Structure: Joint papers on specific GODAE subjects are preferred. Some targeted papers.

Content: • Overview – GODAE aims; demonstrations; guide to structure of journal • Descriptions of operational (and other) GODAE systems • Assessments of performance of systems – including intercomparison results • Demonstrations of impact of observations • Scientific studies contributing to improvement of systems • Descriptions of “user communities” and services provided • Demonstrations of utility • Application areas