VC & WG Side Meeting CEOS SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 th March 2013

VC & WG Side Meeting

CEOS SIT-28 MeetingHampton, Virginia, USA11th March 2013

SIT-28 MeetingHampton, Virginia, USA11-15 March 2013

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Welcome & objectives

Reinforced support and feedback for VCs and WGs

SIT-27 side meeting was productive and follow-up telcon series CEOS SEC VC report

SIT-28 meeting contents selected from VC & WG leadership suggestions – debating and progressing topics of common interest

VCs & WGs asked to moderate & contribute


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Agenda

Objectives & Actions VC Membership, composition & sustainability (SST, OST, OCR…)* VC Portals Study (CNES)* WGCV Collaboration with VCs (WGCV)

2015 deliverables (B Smith, GEOSEC, OCR..)* GEO Blue Planet Task (CEO, OST) Preview of Data Discovery & Access Topic @ SIT-28 (WGISS)*

Wrap selection of VC/WG choice topic for discussion at SIT-28 speakers & content readied for their topics (marked *)


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Action status

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ACTION to provide any comments on the VC portal email from Steven Hosford.


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Action status

SST

ACTION SST-VC to advise the SIT Chair team if there are any specific ways it can be of support in helping ensure GEO capabilities over the Indian Ocean. - SST-VC asks that the SIT Chair request that all space agencies with SST capabilities or SST interests actively participate in the SST-VC, especially those with GEO capabilities over the Indian Ocean.

WGISS

ACTION Steven Hosford to coordinate reporting back to Satoko Miura and the SIT Chair Team from the Ground Station Coordination Board meeting (through either Mirko Albani/ESA or Richard Moreno/WGISS Vice)

ACTION Steven Hosford to circulate any materials he has which might help to explain the ESA position on CWIC-HMA interaction


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Action status

WGCapD

ACTION Jacob Sutherlun to keep the SIT Chair Team apprised of the status of discussions on the release of SRTM data for the planned Kenya workshop (ongoing – inclusion of other types of high resolution DEM data being looked at)

ACTION Jacob Sutherlun and Hilcéa Ferreira to contact Humbulani Mudau, who’s secondment to GEOSEC is ending, and who will be returning to South Africa and has offered to support the EO e-learning course there.(Superseded – Nale Mudau is now contact)


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Action status

WGCV

ACTION Stephen Ward to ensure that WGCV is connected with Miriam Baltuck, who is leading the development of the GFOI Methods and Guidance


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Action status

OCR

ACTION Paula to summarise the feedback from discussion at IOCCG on the IN-SITU OCR, and the polar and GEO OCR requirements, and provide suggestions for the SIT Chair team for discussion topics at SIT-28. PROVIDED & UPLOADED

ACTION Paula to summarise the IOCCG response to the operational oceanography paper. COMMENTS PROVIDED

VC Membership, Composition & Sustainability

G. Dyke/SIT Chair Team, C. Donlon and K. Casey/SST-VC, M. Dowell/WGClimateCEOS SIT-28 MeetingHampton , Virginia, USA11-12 March 2013


Overview

• Update on VC membership status and gaps• Status of VC engagement with respective science

teams• Motives, perceived benefits and risks• Discussion


Key Questions for Discussion

• What is motivating the move for some VCs to engage related science teams?

• Are there lessons for other VCs & do we need a more systematic approach to engagement?


VC Membership Status

• Approximate VC Membership• PC: ~20

• LSI: ~20

• ACC: ~15 CEOS, ~100 more generally (academia, etc.)

• SST: ~10 (all members also GHRSST members)

• OSVW: ~20

• OST: ?

• OCR: ?


Changes in Gaps Since SIT-27

• PC:• No change (CMA, ROSHYDROMET)

• LSI:• Link to WGClimate established through John Dwyer

• Links to SDCG being clarified

• ACC:• Fuxiang Huang at CMA/NSMC indicated he will attend

• No progress with Russia

• SST• Added CSIRO/BoM and WGCV

• Still seeking ISRO, CONAE, NRSCC, NSMC/CMA,

Roskosmos, KARI, SANSA


• OSVW:• No change (SOA, CMA, ROSHYDROMET, ROSKOSMOS)

• No response to CEOS leadership letter last year to China

• EUMETSAT progress with SOA bi-laterally

• OST: SIT-27 Status• CNSA/China (OSTST participation, HY-2A, HY-

2B, SARAL/AltiKa)

• ESA (OSTST participation)

• OCR: SIT-27 Status• Instrument Science Teams – various CEOS agencies

Changes in Gaps Since SIT-27


VCs and Science Teams

VC Science Team(s)

VC-ST Interface Formal Coordination Status

SST GHRSST All SST-VC members are in GHRSST.

GHRSST established SST-VC.

OSVW

IOVWST Paul Chang/NOAA Dialog initiated at 2012 IOVWST meeting in Utrecht.

OCR IOCCGCEOS Associate

Mark Dowell/JRCPaula Bontempi/NASA

OCR-VC members frequently presented at IOCCG. Coordination potential on ECV generation in support of GCOS

OST OST-ST Pascal Bonnefond/FranceJoshua Willis NASA JPL

OST-ST is part of the formal 4-party agreement covering up to Jason-3. OST-ST has expressed some desire to expand beyond current 4 parties.


VCs and Science Teams

VC Science Team(s) VC-ST Interface

Formal Coordination Status

PC NASA and JAXA PMM-STs, M-T IST, CGMS-IPWG, GEWEX

NASA, JAXA, U. of Nagoya, CNES, LEGOS-OMP/CNRS, UCAR, CSU

STs have participated PC-VC since its inception in 2007, contributing to the PC-VC IP, work plans and reporting, and CEOS GCOS IP response. PC-VC workshops held on the sidelines of the NASA PMM ST meetings to facilitate participation.

ACC SPARC, IOC, mission science teams, GCOS, European Carbonsat MAG

Ongoing collaborative efforts with SPARC, IOC and others

LSI Land cover mission STs, land-derived ECV groups, GOFC-GOLD

Informal Formative


Motivation

• OCR was well aligned; SST was aligned by design; OST & OSVW, are looking to better align with key science teams• PC also has links

• ACC and LSI more diffuse

• What is the motivation for this engagement?

• Is this indicative of a bigger issue with the current geometry for all VCs?


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Benefits

There are multiple benefits to links between CEOS VCs/WGs and domain specific international science working groups

• They provide the scientific underpinning to CEOS agency activities in the international context

• They can provide independent oversight on activities where this is required

• They provide a international consolidation of “scientific user requirements” for CEOS agency datasets and products


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Benefits

CEOS has implicitly taken advantage of these relationships through a variety of mechanisms

• Existing links with VCs WGs

• The international Science Working Groups being existing CEOS associate members

Do we need to define a systematic approach to addressing the relationship between CEOS and these organizations?

NB: there is no pre-judged opinion on this


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Mapping Existing Relationships

CEOS Entity ISWG Link

OCR-VC IOCCG Associate member

WGClimate WCRP activities Associate member

SST-VC GHRSST Catalyst for VC

OST-VC OSTST ?

OSVW-VC OSVWST?

PC-VC Precip. STs Formative and on going contributions to the VC

ACC-VC …

LSI-VC …


Discussion

• What is motivating the move for some VCs to engage related science teams?

• Is this indicative of a broader trend or issue?

• Do we need to define a systematic approach to addressing the relationship between CEOS and these organizations?

“VC Portals” Study

Steven Hosford, Pedro GonçalvesCNESCEOS SIT-28 MeetingHampton, Virginia, USA11th March 2013


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GEO Web Portal


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GEOSS Resources

• Access to GEOSS Resources (EC, Italy, Japan, USA, ESA, ICSU, IEEE, OGC)

• * ~430 components registered (datasets, systems & portals)

• Over 14M resources

• New: PANGAEA, WIS GISC DWD, GENESI-DEC,Compusult Catalog

• Gradual integration of DataCORE pledges


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GEOSS Data-CORE

• GEOSS Data Collection of Open Resources for Everyone

• Over 14’700 Data-CORE resources visible & accessible via GEO Portal

• Contributions need to increase

• Critical to advancing data sharing

• Data Sharing Principles

• Full and Open Exchange of Data

• Data and Products at Minimum Time delay and Minimum Cost

• Free of Charge or Cost of Reproduction


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VC portals study objectives

• Improve discovery and download access of space data collections• Identify and evaluate access to datasets belonging to each VC

• Which satellite/sensor combinations belong to each VC• What is the status of the data collections they generate

• compliancy with the GEOSS data access characterizations (e.g. DataCORE) – link to SEO Data policy study

• discoverability from the GEOSS Common Infra or CEOS level infrastructure

• Provide feedback (guidance) and support to improve the catalogue and product access and registration (CWIC, HMA interoperability)

• Examine the need for a more proactive approach from CEOS leadership

• In collaboration with WGISS and SEO and with full buy-in from VCs this work should eventually lead to improved CEOS and Virtual Constellations footprint in GEOSS

• Initial recommendations presented at WGISS-35 (Brazil 6-10 May 2013)


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Virtual Constellations

• Space and ground segment capabilities operating together in a coordinated manner

• Overlapping in coverage and domains in order to meet a common set of Earth Observation requirements

• Demonstrate the value of a collaborative partnership in addressing a key observational gaps in order to achieve sustainability

• Constellations deal with several activities within CEOS and link directly into specific GEOSS space segment requirements, e.g. • Precipitation Virtual Constellation contributes to the GEOSS targets

of 3-hourly global precipitation measurements and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM).


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Potential impact of using VCs

• Improve search capabilities beyond free-text

• Mimic mainstream search engines with ordering/relevance of search results:• Geospatial and temporal domain • Usage patterns • Applications and linkages of collections

CEOS Virtual Constellations have great potential• in establishing link between data collections and application

domains• improve links between collections (find one, suggest another)• interoperability for cross-search / relation (link a product with data

and space-time equivalent product, link products with auxiliary data)• introducing domain “intelligence” into search and access


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Precipitation

• Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) • SSMIS instruments on U.S. DMSP satellites• AMSR-2 on JAXA’s GCOM-W1 satellite• MADRAS, SAPHIR - Megha-Tropiques (CNES and ISRO)• Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) instrument (NOAA-19)• MHS on the MetOp series of satellites (EUMETSAT)• ATMS instruments - NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP)• Microwave imager planned for the DWSS

Actions:• Confirm listing • Need to identify particular datasets from these missions• Data accessibility to be tested


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Land Surface Imaging

• Instruments/Datasets • CBERS, LANDSAT, RESOURCESAT, SPOT, ALOS,

RADARSAT, ENVISAT• Contributions to the deployment of GEO Forest Carbon

Tracking Initiative• Most of the collections have already a discovery mechanism• LSI data access portal• Challenges to come – seamless discovery and access to

Landsat-8/Sentinel-2 data

Actions• Confirm listing • Need to identify particular datasets from these missions


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Atmospheric Composition

• Appropriate UV/VIS and IR/microwave radiances of TOMS (1979~), SBUV (1979~), HIRS (1979~),

• GOME, GOME-2(1996~), MIPAS, SCIAMACHY (2003-2012)

• OMI (2003~), TES (2005-2010)• NASA GOZCARDS project • SBUV and Total Ozone Mapping Spectr. (TOMS) (1970~).• OMI / TROPOMI (2004~)• OMPS (Ozone Mapper Profiler Suite) (1982~)• IASi (IR At. Sounding Interferometer), Metop-A/B (2006~)

• Actions:• Confirm listing • Have already search and data access mechanism• Data accessibility and flow needs to be tested


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Ocean Surface Topography

• ERS1/2, ENVISAT and CryoSat Radar Altimeter • OSTM/Jason-2 (/1), SARAL (Satellite with ARGOS and

AltiKa) - ISRO/CNES, Haiyang-2A (CNSA)

• Several data distribution portals (AVISO, RADS, NODC, EUMETSAT)• Some collections are discoverable and online• Portals already distribute multi-mission products, added-

value of CEOS?• VC Near Real Time requirement ?


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Ocean Surface Vector Winds

• METOP (EUMETSAT)

• OCEANSAT (ISRO)

• Haiyang-2A (CNSA)

• Actions:• Confirm listing

• Need to identify particular datasets from those missions

• Common areas within the ocean related VCs (e.g. ocean topography)


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Ocean Colour Radiometry

• Particularity of focusing on upper level global data products (e.g. level 3, 4) instead of the instrument level products (level 1 and 2)

• SIMBIOS (NASA), GlobColour (ESA), ChloroGIN (POGO-GEO-GOOS), SAFARI (CSA/GEO)

• Actions:• Confirm list and data processing level • Evaluate data accessibility• Severals portals already exist (continuity?), CEOS

added-value?


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Sea Surface Temperature

• Large list of collections:• Meteosat, ERS , POES, TRMM, INSAT, OCEANSAT-1, Terra, GOES,

NMP , Envisat, Aqua, FY-1, Coriolis/Windsat, KALPANA-1, FY-2 , MTSAT , EPS, HY-1, FY-3 , Meteor, COMS, GOMS/ELECTRO, HY-2, SAC, NPP, GCOM-W, Sentinel-3, FY-4, GCOM-C, JPSS, MTG-I

Actions• Need of further analysis and input from VC to prioritize data

collections• Identify data portals and evaluate data accessibility


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Next Steps

• Establish contact with each VC (during the next 2 days hopefully)• Validate primary data collections listing• Validate specific requirements (NRT, processing level)• Define priority data collections

• Evaluate and test • Data discovery and online access methods (machine to

machine discovery and access)• Define data flows scenarios (discover collection to

access products)• Demonstrate workflow scenarios (access and process

data)


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Thanks for your feedback / thoughts on these proposals

Steven Hosford <[email protected]>Pedro Gonçalves <[email protected]>

WGCV collaboration with the VCs

Dr. Satish SrivastavaWGCV ChairCanadian Space Agency (CSA) CEOS SIT-28 MeetingHampton , Virginia, USA11th March 2013


WGCV-35 Plenary Outcomes

• The 35th WGCV Plenary, held jointly with the 34th WGISS Plenary, was hosted by ISRO in Hyderabad, India from 23-28 September 2012.

• Transition of WGCV Chair from Gregory Stensaas (USGS) to Satish Srivastava (CSA) for 2012-2014 period.

• Election of Albrecht von Bargen (DLR) as WGCV Vice-chair for 2012-2014 period and then Chair for 2014-2016 period.

• WGCV and WGISS agreed for some joint-efforts

Highlights of agreed joint-efforts:1.Evaluation of data quality metadata fields for sensors/products + definition of requirements 2.CEOS WGCV Test Site information access in CWIC/IDN 3.Develop CEOS Quality Indicators 4.Define ECV quality information and implementation process for metadata and associated documentation 5.Identify key players from VCs to support WGCV/WGISS tasks 6.Update current and develop new CEOS Showcases – DEM Quality Information System (DEMqis) proposed 7.Continue to work with WGISS on data and information access



Main Recommendations from WGCV-35 to CEOS:

1 a) CEOS agencies to support in developing and maintaining recommended instrumentation at the recommended CEOS Cal/Val test sites for IVOS, LPV, and SAR.

1 b) To provide routine data via sensor acquisition plans over the CEOS recommended sites

1 c) To provide free access to data acquired over CEOS sites to CEOS member agencies for calibration purposes, preferably via CWIC.

2 a) To provide a process for supplying resources/funding/support for ground networks and field campaigns

2 b) To provide resources required to enable comparisons of radiometers used for validation of 1) SST and 2) OC to be organized in 2014 (preparations to commence in 2013) in support of VCs and derivation of ECVs.



3) To encourage members to provide resource to lead and encourage widespread implementation of QA4EO principles within current and future activities of CEOS members facilitated by the new UKSA QA4EO Secretariat.

-> Some details, see below

4) WGCV and WGC to work together to establish consistent interpretation of GCOS ECV requirements and analysis methodology for accuracy and stability monitoring, and to support validation processes of ECVs.

-> Some details, see below

Main Recommendations from WGCV-35 to CEOS: ... continued


QA4EOA Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation

• QA4EO is a consequence from a known need for interoperability in quality and consistency.

• QA4EO is included in GEO work plan 2012-2015.

• QA4EO is a direct CEOS response to GEO Task DA-06-02 & DA-09-01a: GEOSS Quality Assurance Strategy, now in: IN-02 Earth Data Sets C1

• QA4EO implementation plan is currently in a revision process and will be discussed during the WGCV plenary.

• The interaction of WGCV and the other WGs and VCs wrt QA4EO is outlined.

• Side meeting with VCs and WGs to detail the way forward


Recent activities:• With funding support from UKSA and NPL, UK for two years a new QA4EO

Secretariat has been formed at NPL (Sec. Contact: Niall Origo, [email protected]) • Request for Participation into QA4EO: Letter sent on Jan. 22nd, 2013 to CEOS and

GEO members.• Two QA4EO Implementation meetings via teleconference were held on February 12

and 26, 2013

• QA4EO Team Structure now established: CEOS QA4EO Implementation Task Force

o Will have regular teleconference/Web-Ex communication to define action tasks as required for implementation.

CEOS QA4EO Management Teamo Will meet as and when required via teleconference/Web-Ex communication

to provide priority and guidance to the task force and in return be informed of new and on-going initiatives.

GEO Implementation Task Force o Will meet as and when required via teleconference/Web-Ex communication

to provide the interface with the CEOS implementation teams and helps coordinate CEOS+GEO efforts.




Output of teleconference:•Review of implementation plan

• Identify areas of with known issues• Either correct or comment on issues depending on how contentious they

are•Identify related activities

• NASA Earth Science Data Working Group• ISO standards• PROV-ES (Provenance Earth Science)

•Extend membership to these groups•Refocusing of QA4EO tasks and subtasks (outlined in the implementation plan) to be performed in the short term.•Identification of potential case studies and points of contact for those.•Examples of the use of Maturity Matrices (e.g. WGC).•Identification of outreach opportunities (both policy and technical level) – interaction with WGCapD.

For details and documentation, Visit http://www.qa4eo.org/


QA4EOInteractions and case study plans with VCs and WGs

Key Implementation strategy is to increase uptake through provision of example case studies and advice.

To establish a set of case studies:•WGCV (& QA4EO implementation team) request from agencies, VCs etc.

• examples of existing QA best practice consistent with QA4EO principles• Ideas where such activities are in progress and could be adopted• Activities in need of improved QA and where there is a desire and resource

to developQA4EO team (through secretariat):•Provide advise on how to implement QA4EO•Work with agency, VC, WG to write and promote short case study from supplied information Initial examples proposed:

- SST with VC-SST and WGC- LEO-GEO inter-calibration with WMO GSICS- Maturity Matrix as QA status check/reporting mechanism with NOAA & WGC- Sentinel 2 Radiometric calibration tool with ESA

More ideas/examples welcomed:


Interaction with WGClimate on ECVs

WGCV-35 Recommendation is

Develop WGCV and WGC interface group to establish consistent interpretation of GCOS ECV requirements and analysis methodology for accuracy and stability monitoring, and to support validation processes of ECVs

In detail:•WGCV can offer expertise on calibration to support the L1b data records by its

• sub-groups IVOS, SAR, and MS•WGCV can offer expertise on validation on product level with emphasis on

• Atmospheric ECVs by the AC sub-group• Terrestrial ECVs by the LPV sub-group

(Sub-group chair LPV has been invited to WGC meeting in Ashville 2012)•Oceanographic ECVs are also included in IOCCG which is also interacting with CEOS, currently with IVOS•An mechanism between both WGs for know-how exchange should be settled•WGCV will also internally discuss how to ensure the work-flow•WGC PoC to WGCV is currently WGCV Vice-chair


Upcoming WGCV-36 Plenary

• Hosted by the Academy of Opto-Electronics (AOE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, China, May 13-17, 2013

• Registration is now closed but late comers are welcomed.

• More information on WGCV website: please visit www.ceos.org

For more information, please contact WGCV-Secretariat: [email protected]

2015 Deliverables



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2015 deliverables

10-year implementation plan for the GEOSS ends in 2015

CSS study of VCs focused on their capacity and intentions to provide deliverables – SIT dialogue with VCs/WGs in 2012 has continued this discussion: what can we deliver to CEOS & GEO Member national governments?

The VCs and WGs are the delivery teams of CEOS

Delivery plans have been updated – this session takes a look at the combined output (from 1-pagers input for SIT-28) – with a view to considering standardisation and consistency in deliverables, milestones and activities for improved communication and management


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2015 deliverables – space segment

Space SegmentACC * Geostationary AQ Constellation Coordination (Sentinel-4, TEMPO, GEMS)

* Greenhouse Gas Constellation* Limb scattering ozone profile measurement coordination

LSI -

OCR -

OST * Ensure launch of Jason-3 in March 2015 latest, so as to preserve continuity of the reference measurement* Timely program approval of Jason-CS in Europe and in the US to ensure long-term availability of the reference measurement* Maintain focus on new technology as in SWOT and ensure its continuity with the Jason-series by including a Jason-class nadir altimeter in the SWOT payload

OSVW * In 2013 ASCAT-B becomes the primary operational mission and ASCAT-A remains in operations as a hot stand-by. Tandem operations beyond 2014 under discussion. Planning: absolute calibration of ASCAT-B and cross-calibration with ASCAT-A; potential revisit of phasing of METOP-A/METOP-B options.(* OSCAT F/O (Oceansat-3) and ASCAT F/O (EPS-SG) mission advocacy and coordination).

PC * GPM Constellation phase satellites - continuity for TRMM

SST * Sentinel-3 launch and advocacy (ESA) * Commissioning of METOB-B AVHRR/IASI (EUMETSAT)* Development of an SST- constellation requirements paper (work in progress) *Addressing the Gap in dual-view SST measurements since the loss of ENVISAT AATSR (ESA)* Inclusion of HY-2B into the Constellation (SOA)(Advocacy of: NPP/VIIRS (NOAA); COMS (KARI); continuity of passive microwave measurements (GCOM-W, JAXA); MTG (EUMETSAT); GCOM-C (JAXA); Oceansat-3 (ISRO))

WGCapD -

WGISS -

WGClimate (Once initial rendition of Physical Architecture is complete, first concrete recommendations on climate observation priorities for space segment will be provided. Undertaken in collaboration with CGMS, expected within 2015.)

WGCV -


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2015 deliverables – gnd segment/infosys

Gnd Segment/Info SystemsACC -

LSI * LSI Explorer (Cross-Catalog, Data Discovery, Data Delivery System)* LSI Web Site

OCR -

OST -

OSVW -

PC * PC Data Portal

SST * GHRSST framework for data discovery and access inc NRT data* Development of Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre and Ground Segment* Implementation of CWIC for SST holdings * Development of Global AVHRR HRPT rescue activity* Common format for SST products (implemented already for all GHRSST data streams and as part of the Sentinel-3 G/S from conception)(Cooperation with International validation teams (e.g Sentinel-3), Coordination of in situ SST radiometer validation activities with ISSI and WGCV (radiometer inter-comparison))

WGCapD * WGCapD web/GEONetCab/GEO portal - capacity building resources

WGISS * CEOS IDN: 14,000+ data collections – also via GEO Portal* CWIC: 1,700+ data collections – also via GEO Portal* FedEO: CEOS agency data collections discoverable via GEOSS* Portal systems: LSI, ACC & CEOS Water

WGClimate * Essential Climate Variable Inventory. First version and analysis available by Q1 2014.

WGCV -


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2015 deliverables – products & services

Products/ServicesACC * Multi Sensor Volcanic Eruption Alert System

* Total Ozone ECV supportLSI * Terrestrial ECVs

OCR * Ocean Colour ECV support: basin to global scale ECV/CDR. IOCCG ECV WG will prepare report on objectives by 2014OST * Provision and dissemination of SARAL, Cryosat 2 and HY2A altimetry products (and also assimilation into the multi mission DUACS product)

* Training programmes

OSVW * Consistently reprocessed ASCAT-A mission dataset* Consistently processed OSCAT mission dataset* Standard calibration/validation methodology in coordination with IOVWST* Course on the use of scatterometer winds for marine forecasting – based on needs assessment

PC * Precipitation ECV support

SST * Improved SST products (L2, L3 and L4) * Improved Multi-Product Ensemble SST L4 diagnostic system (GMPE)* Metrics for SST services, products and users * Development of SST CDR via ESA CCI and GHRSST* Improved CDR from MSG SEVIRI * Improved use of GSICS* Inclusion of QA4EO guidelines in GHRSST data sets (Formal link to WGCV) * Implementation and operation of Diagnostic Data Set (e.g., via the ESA Felyx project) to pilot Ocean SuperSite development.(Advocacy for Ocean SuperSites with Agency cooperation; Coordinate user requirements and feedback for SST Products and ServicesAdvocate for better access to CEOS Member data sets)

WGCapD * International Online Certificate Program in Remote Sensing* Inventory of capacity building activities focused on space-derived data* Digital Elevation Models workshops with high resolution DEM data

WGISS -WGClimate * Consensus system metrics for assessing ECV maturity end 2014.

* In depth Data assessment procedure and pilots Q2 2014.(Both undertaken with SST and OCR VCs (and their associated scientific bodies - GHRSST, IOCCG) and in collaboration with WCRP-DAC)

WGCV * GEO strategy for data quality assurance through a CEOS Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation (QA4EO)* QA4EO Implementation Pilots and Showcases for key GEO data/information/SBA efforts* Fit for purpose documentation related to system, data and product capability and accuracy* Quality parameter measurement and process guidelines for each quality definition* CEOS Test Sites for operational system of Data and Information Interoperability and Harmonization in CEOS and GEO* Operational collection of calibration data over these sites by agencies* Prototype pre-operational satellite to satellite (optical domain) bias correction


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Space segment

Significant variation, even internally, in defining and communicating what the VCs and WGs aim to achieve

VCs mainly deliver space segment coordination outcomes and products/services

“The Virtual Constellations are seen as one of the biggest assets of CEOS, and the primary mechanism for the coordination of space assets”

Isolating, defining, standardising the value added of the VCs for the space segment would help communication & management?


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Ground segment, products & services

WGs mainly deliver portals/info systems & products/services

SIT Vice Chair proposal seeks to standardise on the access to products and services relevant to VCs ‘(portals’)


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VC & WG deliverables – balance & consistency

In light of the consolidated responses, do individual VC/WGs wish to change their statement of deliverables? Should we more generally seek to sharpen scope of VC/WG deliverables and seek to standardise and improve consistency?

Clearer deliverables would aid communication and management?Better integration of the VC/WGs with the annual CEOS Work Plan

Not much guidance from the Constellations Process Paper (2008)Time for an update?


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Adequacy of the 2015 Deliverables for the GEOSS

Perspective from CEOS rep to post-2015 GEO WG Discussion

Perspective from GEO Secretariat Discussion


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Common obstacles and common solutions

“Modular”approach to implementation of VCs – how do agencies coordinate physical contributions to ensuring long-term ECVs?

What are the challenges to implementing the VC? (Legal?

Financial? Governmental?)

Are any of these issues that an agency sees as possibly surmountable through bilateral or other discussions?

Can the agencies identify investments, assets, or contributions they might make in ensuring ECV generation? (Even if the institution is not a space agency).

What is needed to move the ECV generation forward? (hardware, software, reports, money, etc.)

GEO Blue Planet Task



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SB-01 – Oceans and Society or “the Blue Planet Task”

New Task in the GEO 2012-2015 Work PlanRelated GEOSS Strategic Targets

Climate, Ecosystems, Agriculture, Biodiversity

Components:C1 – Global Ocean Information Coordination and Access• Lead (CEOS) – M. Dowell (need to provide new CEOS Lead as

Mark has been asked to lead on behalf of EU/EC)

C2 – Operational Systems for Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems

• Lead (CEOS) – P. Regner (ESA)

C3 – A Global Operational Ocean Forecasting Network

C4 – Applications of Earth Observations and Information to Sustainable Fishery and Aquaculture Management


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Oceans and Society Blue Planet Symposium 2013

19-21 November 2012 – Ilhabella, BrazilMain Outcomes/Actions:

Continue developing the SB-01 Task and establish further synergies between the various Task Components

Develop a White Paper to elaborate contributions of various programs and elements of Blue Planet

CEOS Presentation to Symposium highlighted: Initiatives at the international level to coordinate satellite observations of

the ocean that are relevant to the Blue Planet Task of GEO Examples (not meant to be exhaustive) include:

CEOS Working Group on Climate – ocean Essential Climate Variables CEOS Virtual Constellations – all main ocean observations! CEOS Carbon Task Force – ocean aspects covered in Strategy report Other transversal issues: e.g., QA4EO Cal/Val


ECV Global Products FCDR required

Sea-surface Temperature Integrated SST analyses based on satellite and in situ data records

IR, MW

Sea-surface Salinity Datasets for research on sea-surface salinity

MW

Sea Level Sea level global mean and regional variability

Altimetry

Sea State Wave height, other measures of sea

Altimetry

Sea Ice Sea-ice concentration, extent, edge, supported by thickness & drift

MW, VIS, radar, lidar, SAR altimetry

Ocean color Ocean radiometry, Chl-a Multispectral VIS imagery

Overview of Oceanic Products for ECVs


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Oceans and Society - Blue Planet at GEO-IX Plenary

Albert Fischer, UNESCO/IOC, presented


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Oceans and Society - Blue Planet at GEO-IX Plenary

GHRSST

Added Value of Blue Planet:•Provides new platforms to demonstrate importance of sustained in situ and satellite observations of marine and freshwater environments, and the value of integrating these with models

•Brings together a wide and diverse community of governmental and academic researchers and provides new platforms for integration of multiple streams of data into products that provide the real value to users

•Includes a dynamic, focused program in capacity building, complemented by a vigorous, global network of former scholars from developing countries.


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CEOS 2013 Work Plan

Expected Outcomes for 2013 – CEOS Support to Key Stakeholder Initiatives6.5 – Determination of the level and scope of engagement of the four ocean-related Virtual Constellations in the GEO Blue Planet Task

Ocean VCs and WGClimate “will participate in a CEOS Oceans Summit to address key activities where CEOS entities can make significant contributions to the newly developed Blue Planet Task.”

“Additionally, CEOS will consider how best to capitalize on the existence of the four ocean-related Virtual Constellations by reviewing and investigating the feasibility of creating an overarching entity for operational oceanography.”

- Tabled for the moment

WELCOME to the Oceans Summit!


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What is Needed from OCR, OST, OSVW, and SST

CEOS Actions in Support of SB-01!!!!


2013 CEOS-GEO Actions NEW ACTION

GEO Work Plan Task and Component

SB-01-C1_1 (in reality addresses all of SB-01)

Description Contribute to the definition of the Implementation Plan/white paper for the Oceans and Society: Blue Planet Task, evidencing the significant contributions offered by CEOS ocean Virtual Constellations , the ocean contributions on ECVs and the ocean component of the Carbon Task Force.

POC(s) Mark Dowell-WGClimate/EC-JRC ?? (NB: I may have to switch to EC representation on this GEO Task, we may need to identify an alternate, I am happy to continue to represent CEOS as well for now)

2013 Milestones/ Deliverables

Implementation Plan / whitepaper paper for Ocean and Society: Blue Planet overarching Task, reflecting significant CEOS contributions

Comments

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Why Are CEOS Actions Important?

Highlight the commitment of Space Agencies to implement the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Actions focus exclusively on space segment

aspects and efforts of Space Agencies to implement Components of the GEO Work Plan and GEOSS

Captured in the annual CEOS Implementation Plan

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TAKE TWO: SB-01 – Oceans and Society - Blue Planet Task

Components:C1 – Global Ocean Information Coordination and Access•Lead (CEOS) – M. Dowell (need to provide new CEOS Lead as Mark has been asked to lead on behalf of EU/EC)

C2 – Operational Systems for Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems•Lead (CEOS) – P. Regner (ESA)

C3 – A Global Operational Ocean Forecasting Network

C4 – Applications of Earth Observations and Information to Sustainable Fishery and Aquaculture Management


CEOS Actions Remapping to GEO Priority Actions for SB-01 Components

Each of the four Components has a number of Priority Actions identified. The following is a list of possible CEOS-relevant actions: C1: Promote activities of the IOCCG and applications of remotely-sensed

ocean-colour data through coordination, training, liaison between providers and users, advocacy and provision of expert advice. Coordinate with CEOS climate activity plans to optimize its marine elements ACTIONS??

C1: Develop vulnerability and integrated management of coastal zones in order to inventory, protect, and monitor coastal lands in the context of climate change and associated risk (DI-01 connections) ACTIONS??

C2: Fully engage the four ocean-related CEOS Virtual Constellations (see also IN-01) ACTIONS??

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1. Execution requires the cooperation of at least two CEOS Agencies1

2. Execution requires a “significant” level of effort and good coordination (e.g., publication of an article does not need to be followed as an action. The article might be published on www.ceos.org)

3. Significant and citable benefits towards meeting societal needs

4. Needs to be “Actionable” (properly described, feasible with Lead Agencies (or WG, VC), at least one Contributor, clear Milestones and Deliverables, potential support might be indicated

1 WG and VC considered “multi-agency’” group

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CEOS Actions Remapping to GEO Priority Actions for SB-01 Components – con’t

CEOS Ocean VCs and GEO Blue Planet – one

way forward

Eric LindstromNASA Headquarters


• Better coordinate near-real time ocean remote sensing data to improve and enhance oceanography applications. Do this as a CEOS contribution to GEO Blue Planet.

• Give common cause to four CEOS Ocean Virtual Constellations currently working largely in isolation.

• Intelligently apply coordination lessons learned from CEOS Climate WG for Essential Climate Variables to NRT applications for four Essential Ocean Variables.


Four Ocean VCs Sample of NRT Appl.

• Sea Surface Temperature – weather, fisheries, coral reef health

• Ocean Vector Winds – weather, safety at sea, ocean forecasting

• Ocean Surface Topography – storm surge, tides, hurricane intensity forecasts, ocean forecasting

• Ocean Color – fisheries, HABs, human health


GEO Blue Planet needs CEOS VCs!

• Global Ocean Information Coordination and Access• Operational Systems for Monitoring Marine and

Coastal Ecosystems• A Global Operational Ocean Forecasting Network• Applications of Earth Observations and Information to

Sustainable Fishery and Aquaculture Management


Coordinate with

Ocean Forecasting

• JCOMM Expert Team on Ocean Forecast Systems • Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment- (GODAE)

OceanView Program• Work with them to optimize NRT products – take the

lead from GHRSST to enable interchange of data and product development.


Coordinate with

Fisheries, HABS, Coral Reefs

• Provide integrated NRT product stream – beyond SST to Color, Height, and Wind.

• Address Ocean and Human Health issues with the full force of satellites?


Coordinate with

Weather

• Work toward seamless information for severe weather and safety at sea warnings.

• Hurricane research and operational intensity forecasting with integrated ocean data sets.

• Consider impact on storm surge forecasting from better NRT wind and height data.


Benefits to CEOS

• Recognize that this activity can utilize many more data streams than presently captured by activities of Climate WG.

• Can harness CEOS Ocean data for immediate and practical societal benefits.

• Encourages and realizes NRT sharing of information for all.


CEOS Actions??

• Build a mechanism for 4 Ocean VCs to share information, contacts, and present uses of NRT data.

• Assess the barriers to seamless use and sharing of NRT Ocean VC data.

• Build a CEOS Workplan for enabling a global NRT ocean data stream.


Blue Planet

• “One intent of Blue Planet is to create an organogram to show how many of the activities that are being conducted with respect to oceans contribute to the many SBAs; there is confusion on how everything fits together; what the acronyms mean; what entities are doing. We first need to understand all the pieces”

(KA Sawyer in Blue Planet Summary)• Lets make CEOS part of the solution to this problem!

CEOS Deliverables for GEOSS Data Discovery and Access

Heritage, recent efforts, possible solutions using HMA-CWIC & discussion

Name Satoko Horiyama MIURAOrganization WGISS Chair/JAXACEOS SIT-28 MeetingHampton , Virginia, USADate March12, 2013


Contents

1. Goal

2. Future Steps towards the Goal

3. Recommendations (just introduction)

4. Heritage

5. Recent Efforts

6. Background of Recommendations

7. Response to the Plenary Action

8. Recommendations (before discussion)

9. Discussion

10.Recommendations (reflecting discussion results, ask for endorsement)

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Goal

All of the “OPEN” CEOS Agencies’ data can be discovered and accessed from external clients (e.g. CEOS and GEO Portals)

• It should be independent of the technical implementation/standards and without any discrimination.

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Overall, 70% of CEOS mission data is accessible (OPEN). This includes all missions launched since 2000.


Future Steps towards the Goal

1. To improve data discovery through GEO portal

2. To improve data access through GEO Portal

Several recommendations were prepared to implement the above steps (shown in the following slides).

After discussion, SIT participants will be asked to endorse those.

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Recommendations (introduction)

Recommendations to improve CEOS agencies’ “OPEN” data discovery and access

1. [Datasets Registration] CEOS agencies are strongly urged to register their datasets to IDN. Target date = The next Plenary Meeting

2. [IDN Data Maintenance] In order to keep datasets accurate and timely, each agency should check their records in IDN periodically.

3. [Navigation for users] CEOS agencies should take the appropriate measures for easily leading users to products after data discovery.

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Heritage

1. CEOS agencies have several useful systems/tools such as:• CWIC • FedEO (based on HMA-science)• IDN• Each Agency’s systems/tools

2. At the last plenary meeting (Nov., 2012), there was intense discussion on CEOS agencies’ data discovery and access.• ACTION : “WGISS to engage related agencies and to lead an

investigation into the opportunities and obstacles for the

interoperability of HMA and CWIC, providing a report and

recommendations to SIT-28.”

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Recent Efforts

1. Strategic Discussion

a. Two telecons among WGISS, SIT chair team and SIT Vice Chair telecon in December and February(1) Covered broader perspective on how to improve CEOS

agencies’ data discovery and access

b. One Telecon with CEOS members in February

2. Technical Discussiona. Four telecons among HMA team, CWIC team and

WGISS telecon in January and February

3. E-mail exchange

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Background for Recommendations

• In order to be “discoverable” through GEO Portal, datasets need to be registered to IDN in advance. This is a necessary 1st step.

• The IDN team is happy to support you on how to start the registration. Please contact to “[email protected]”, if you need any help.

Recommendation 1: Datasets RegistrationCEOS agencies are strongly urged to register their datasets to IDN.

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• As of February 26th, more than 14,000 datasets from CEOS agencies were registered. But,

a. For a significant part of them, the information returned in the query results is either wrong or inaccurate (e.g. obsolete information).

b. The IDN team currently runs a link checker program on the catalog on weekly basis and when broken links are discovered the IDN team contacts the record owners. But sometimes record owners themselves are obsolete!

Recommendation 2 : IDN Data MaintenanceIn order to keep datasets accurate and timely, each

agency should check their records in IDN periodically.

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1. If datasets are registered to IDN, they are discoverable from the GEO Portal.

2. But “discoverable” does not necessarily equal to “efficiently accessible”.a. Even if a hyperlink appears, it may lead to the top

page of another system. Users have to search the dataset again. (= accessible but not “efficiently” accessible)

b. Or no hyperlink appears due to some reason. (= not accessible)

Recommendation 3 : Navigation for usersCEOS agencies should take the appropriate measures for easily leading users to products after data discovery.

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CEOS Data Policy Study Results

387 Mission-Instrument Combinations Open (no registration) = 42% Open (simple registration) = 22% Open (advanced approval) = 6% Restricted = 14% No Access or Unknown = 16%

Comments Overall, 70% of CEOS mission data

is accessible (OPEN). This includesall missions launched since 2000.

First release of results available onthe CEOS website under SEO. A prototype CEOS Data Policy Portal has also been released.


Response to the Plenary Action

1. FedEO (based on HMA-science) team and CWIC team agreed to specify and implement one common external interface, “CEOS OpenSearch”.• Details need to be discussed by the team from FedEO

and CWIC, but here are tentative milestones.(1) Specify the standard using current implementations of the

specifications: After SIT-28 ~ Sep., 2014

(2) FedEO and CWIC teams implement the CEOS OpenSearch standard for external client access: ~Feb., 2015

2. CEOS and other Community Portals will need to implement only one access standard to search and access data from CWIC & FedEO.

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EO-DAIL

FEDEO Clearinghouse

NASA ECHOGateway

ESA Missions

OGC 06-131 EOP EP (HMA)

Legend:

EUMETSAT

European Missions

DMC

VITO

MDA

Spot Image

DLR

Disasters Charter

CNES

NASA ECHO

NASA

CEOS portals

GEO PortalESA/ESRIN

Note: All HMA interfaces (green) already available and connected to FedEO. Others coming.

IDN

USGSLSI

CWIC Missions

INPENASANOAACLASSGHRSST

JAXA CCRS ISROAOE (China)Beijing-1NSMC/FengYunCRESDA

CWIC

HMA – CWIC Interoperability

OGC 09-084 OpenSearch

OGC CSW 99


Recommendations (before discussion)





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DISCUSSION

Modification of Recommendations (as needed)

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Recommendations (ask for approval)





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Way Forward

1. Side meeting on March 15th (after SIT-28) • Technical issues and more details will be discussed.

2. WGISS-35 Meeting (May 6-10)• Detailed discussion on WGISS contributions.

3. GEO IIB and Work Plan Symposium (June 3-7)• According to the results from the meeting on March 15 th,

CEOS will report/present their contributions.

4. CEOS Plenary (November)• Report the 2013 activities results and 2014 plan,

including preparation for to “Sprint to Summit”.

5. GEO Plenary/Summit (January 2014?)• Sprint to Summit, Exhibition?

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Strategic

Technical

Strategic

Technical

Strategic


Acronyms

• CWIC: CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog• IDN: International Directory Network• HMA: Heterogeneous Missions Accessibility

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SIT-28 agenda items



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SIT-28 agenda content

Tuesday pm is VC & WG session

2015 deliverables topic (1h10m) 1-page/3-min report on deliverables from each VC/WG Conclusions from today and Principals discussion

VC Membership, Composition & Sustainability (40m) Conclusions from today and Principals discussion

VC/WG selected topic (30m) Or extended time on existing topic

CEOS Deliverables for GEOSS Data Discovery and Access (1h15m) Need a clear way ahead for Principals to discuss VC portals study

LSI terms of reference (20m)

Documents

VC & WG Side Meeting CEOS SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 th March 2013