April 2008 Policy Committee Agenda

Resolution 1: The Policy Committee recommends that the Program Center continue to facilitate climate data services development
Resolution 2: The Policy Committee encourages the Program to explore the feasibility of delivering real-time air quality data to the community.
Action Items:
1. The Policy Committee recommends that the Unidata Users Committee explore the possibility of adding an NCAR representative to its membership, which could be ex-officio. (Complete.)
2. The committee recommends that Unidata proceed in coordinating with COSMIC and its sponsors the distribution of COSMIC data using Unidata technology. This would include a possible modification of the registration agreement currently in place. (Complete.)
3. The NASA and NOAA agency representatives will provide updates on new observing instruments associated with their respective agencies, e.g., EOS, NPOESS, and GOES. (Agenda item; without a NASA representative, EOS will not be discussed.)
4. The Committee requests that Unidata send a representative to EPA's data summit to be held in spring 2008. (Complete. Domenico attended.)
5. The Policy Committee requests that the Users Committee determine which of the available EPA data should be distributed using Unidata technology. (Users committee has initiated steps to identify the data.)