MAGS Historical Milestones


Last Update: December 9, 2003

The following are some of the historical milestones that MAGS has acheived.

1989
Oct
Original Canadian GEWEX Workshop

1991
Green Plan funding secured

1992
Mar
AES-ECS MOU for GEWEX management
Mar Government projects begin - hydrological research basins established
Oct Secretariat staffed
Dec Workshop, Science Plan, and Conceptual Overview documents

1993
July
University Proposal I to NSERC

1994
April
Revised University Proposal I to NSERC
Sept-Oct BASE field experiment
Dec Revised Science Committee structure

1995
Jan
Revised Management & Advisory Structure
June Science and Implementation Plan

1996
Nov
Analysis & Planning Workshop #1
Dec
NSERC funding of University projects

1997
Mar
Analysis & Planning Workshop #2
Nov Analysis & Planning Workshop #3

1998
Feb Review Article on MAGS completed
Jun CAGES begins
Nov Science Analysis Workshop #4
Dec Review Article published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

1999
Aug CAGES ends
Sep Proposal to NSERC for MAGS-2 funding
Nov Science Analysis Workshop #5
Nov 1st GAME-MAGS Joint Workshop

2000
Mar CAGES analysis planning workshop
Jul Approval of NSERC MAGS-2 funding
Nov Science Analysis Workshop #6

2001
Jan MAGS Phase-2 begins
Mar Integration theme workshop
Jun Scaling theme workshop
Oct 2nd GAME-MAGS joint workshop
Nov Science Analysis Workshop #7

2002
Mar CAGES analysis and MAGS data workshop
Jun MAGS Special Issue in Atmosphere-Ocean
Jun MAGS WEBS workshop
Sep MAGS model cross-training workshop
Nov Science Analysis Workshop #8

2003
Jan MAGS-1 summary article published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Mar MAGS Modelling workshop
Jun Scientist-Stakeholder workshop
Aug CAGES Special Issue in Journal of Hydrometeorology
Nov Science Analysis Workshop #9

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