TOGA COARE International Data Workshop 

To facilitate international cooperation and collaboration in the analysis 
and exchange of data sets from the Tropical Ocean and Global 
Atmosphere program (TOGA) Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response 
Experiment (COARE), there will be a TOGA COARE International Data 
Workshop, 2 to 11 August, at the Meteo-France Conference Center in 
Toulouse, France.  The workshop will involve reports and discussions 
in plenary session interspersed with periods of hands-on data analysis 
and exchange among smaller formal and ad hoc working groups.  A 
report of the workshop will include assessment of progress toward 
COARE goals, identification of key scientific issues, and actions 
required to address those issues.  The program will include a first day of 
data status reports, science updates, and setting of issues by leaders of 
the COARE science groups; two-day cycles of morning and afternoon 
working sessions with midday poster (hard-copy and electronic) 
sessions and a summary plenary discussion for each cycle; and a final 
day of summary, evaluation, and discussion of workshop issues. 
Workshop chairs are Stuart Godfrey, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific 
and Industrial Research Organization); Richard Johnson, Colorado 
State University; and Dunxin Hu, Academia Sinica, People's Republic 
of China.

The workshop receives support from the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Cosponsors 
include Meteo-France, Institut Fran¨ais de Recherche Scientifique pour 
le Dˇveloppement en Coopˇration, and Institut National des Sciences 
de l'Univers, within the framework of the French national program on 
climate dynamics.  Sun Microsystems France S.A., Hewlett-Packard 
France, and Silicon Graphics, Inc., will provide workstations and 
necessary peripherals and Racal-Datacom S.A. will provide network 
equipment.  UCAR's TOGA COARE International Project Office and 
the NCAR Research Data Program will provide support for the 
computing environment and will coordinate the use of COARE data 
sets and analysis packages at the workshop.  For more information, 
contact the TCIPO (phone: 303-497-8692; Internet: jones@ncar.ucar.edu; 
Omnet: COARE.OFFICE).