The WG will be responsible for planning the
monitoring activities in the PICES area, including proposing
priorities and schedules, and including physical, biological,
and chemical measurements;
The WG should cooperate with the GOOS Ocean
Observing Panel for Climate, the GOOS Living Marine Resources
Science Planning Group, the Scientific Steering Committee of
the PICES-GLOBEC Climate Change and Carrying Capacity Program,
and other such bodies as may be needed;
The WG will work with the PICES Technical
Committee on Data Exchange to ensure timely and open exchange
of monitoring data between participants and to external data
users, as a mechanism to control the quality and relevance of
the data;
The WG will report regularly to the PICES
Science Board.