Workshop welcome. Workshop Welcome THE FIRST GLOBAL VEGETATION MONITOR

Workshop welcome

Workshop Workshop WelcomeWelcome

THE FIRST GLOBAL VEGETATION

MONITOR

GEOSS (Global Earth Observation

System of Systems)Earth

ObservationsSummit

Observationsto Users

to Benefits

BUT…….

Continuity of sensor platforms, algorithms

and data processing, distribution…VALIDATION

???

Global Fires for 10 Days

REDD – REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION AND DEGRADATION

NEE and Carbon

credits

Vs

NPP and Biofuels

It may be possible to do both and verify results

Would you invest $100,000,000,000Would you invest $100,000,000,000 based on this information??? based on this information???

WE MAY BECOME THE GLOBAL CARBON COPS

Alan Greenspan ( US House of Representatives testimony Oct 24, 2008 )“I discovered a flaw in the model that I perceived is the critical

functioning structure that defines how the world works”

WE UNDERSTAND THE GLOBAL CLIMATE BETTER THAN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY!!!

$30 TRILLION !!!