CEOP is Organized for the Future

As the newly appointed Chairman of the Global Energy and Water-cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Scientifi c Steering Group (SSG), I am pleased to have this opportunity to recognize the research being undertaken as part of the Coordinated Energy and Water-cycle Observations Project (CEOP) within GEWEX and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) International Climate Research Framework. Th e initial goal of GEWEX was to understand and quantify the global energy and water cycle. Th is led to the formation of three panels, the GEWEX Hydrometeorology Panel (GHP), the GEWEX Modelling and Prediction Panel (GMPP) and the GEWEX Radiation Panel (GRP), which were designed to address key elements of the global energy and water cycle. Th e need to understand regional processes produced the concept of combining water and energy datasets on the scale of large continental basins and sponsoring extended observing periods. Th ese activities spawned the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period. In 2007, the SSG agreed to the merger of the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period and the GHP into the Coordinated Energy and water-cycle Observations Project (CEOP). Th e intent of bringing increased focus on the development of integrated datasets, their application to fundamental scientifi c research and their use by diverse stakeholders.