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1. 4th Committee Co-Chairs Coordination (C4) MeetingGeneva, 17-18 June 2008Reflection on the role of the Science and Technology Committee
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Research effort to comply with the requirements under the INSPIRE directive and under the tasks overseen by the GEO Architecture and Data Committee
Science necessary to better assess the impact of energy exploitation on the environment, in coordination with similar requirements under the Energy tasks of the 2007-09 Work Plan of GEO
Necessary research to better monitor and observe oxygen depletion in all the components of the Earth System
Research contributing to capacity building efforts towards the new countries of the EU in the domain of Earth Observation
10. Environment monitoring: From GPS, EGNOS, GALILEO etcnavigation signals:
atmospheric profiles over wide areas
density, pressure, moisture content and wind patterns (weather forecasting and climate monitoring)
Ocean surveys with buoys floating on currents and tides.
tracking of recent glacier meltdown
prediction of the movement of the ice and flood water.
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