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Presented by IN-01 Task CoordinatorBrian Killough (NASA, CEOS)

GEO Workplan SymposiumApril‌28-30,‌2014

Geneva,‌Switzerland‌(WMO)

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Task IN-01Key 2014 Outputs ... IN-01-C1 (Surface Networks) Led by Tim Haigh (EEA)

• European Environment Agency (EEA) finalized a catalogue of in-situ needs for Copernicus services and an inventory of in-situ issues faced by EU GEO projects.

• After consultation between the EU and international in-situ providers on opening access to in-situ for GMES / Copernicus data, the (EEA) finalised a document on “recommended solutions” for provision of in-situ data to Copernicus.

• The Global Precipitation Climatology Center (GPCC) has produced monthly datasets from 1900 through 2010 to summarize global precipitation. This data is important to global energy and water cycle studies.

Global‌Mean‌Precipitation‌for‌July

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Key 2014 Outputs ... IN-01-C2 (Space Observations)Led by Brian Killough (NASA, CEOS)

• 8 new CEOS mission launches in 2013 and one failure (CBERS-3). Launches include: Landsat 8 (NASA/USGS), Proba-V and SWARM (ESA), SARAL and INSAT-3D (ISRO), VNREDSat-1A (Vietnam), KOMPSAT-5 (KARI), FY-3C (China).

• 8 new CEOS launches planned for 2014. NASA GPM successfully launched on Feb 27. Sentinel-1A successfully launched on April 3. Remaining launches OCO-2 and SMAP (NASA), ALOS-2 (JAXA), CBERS-4 (INPE/China), KOMPSAT-3A (KARI) and VENUS (CNES).

• New combined CGMS-CEOS Working Group on Climate held its first meeting in March 2014. Focus on Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Inventory (ecv-inventory.com) which includes 200+ data records. These groups have also defined a Climate Monitoring Architecture for space-based observations.

GPM‌Launch

Sentinel-1A

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Key 2014 Outputs ... IN-01-C3 (Coordination of Surface and Space)Led by Ruth Neilan (NASA JPL) and Brian Killough (NASA, CEOS)

• In-situ data will be added to the Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Inventory (ecv-inventory.com) in 2014. This effort, coordinated by the CEOS Working Group on Climate, involves NOAA’s Global Observing Systems Information Center (GOSIC) which is working closely with GCOS, GOOS and GTOS.

• The Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) issued a Core Site Requirements Document and a Call for Participation in the GGOS network which resulted in 14 responses involving 36 sites contributing to the evolution of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF).

GOSIC‌Portal

Geodetic‌reference‌sites

Task IN-01Key 2014 Outputs ... IN-01-C4 (Radio Frequency Coordination)Led by Jose Arimatea Brito (Brazil)

• The Steering Group on Radio Frequency Coordination (SG-RFC) met in March 2014 (Boulder, Colorado, USA). The WMO Preliminary Position on the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) Agenda was updated to take into account recent ITU-R Studies and GEO concerns. WRC-15 will be held in Geneva, in November 2015. WMO maintains a website describing Radio Frequency activities and reports of relevant meetings.

• WMO and GEO are working together to protect the 5.4 GHz band used by Sentinel satellites from potential frequency allocation to RLANs during WRC-15. This issue was raised at GEO-X and Summit.

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Challenges, Issues, and Gaps Hindering Progress

• IN-01-C1: Global in-situ expansion limited by resources in smaller countries and global economy. International commitment to in-situ coordination and management beyond Europe is lacking. Within Europe, EEA mandate and resourcing expected TBC later this year. Sustainability & cross domain re-use issues remain significant.

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Intervention needed from GEO Members and POs to Achieve 2015 Strategic Targets

• Support the protection of the 5.4 GHz band used by Sentinel satellites from potential frequency allocation to Radio Local Area Networks (RLANs).

• Support the protection of other Earth observation frequency bands that are common GEO/WMO concern or interest.

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CEOS Measurement Requirements .. Part 1

• Requirements for CEOS missions come from many groups ... GEO (e.g., GEOGLAM, GFOI), GCOS, WMO (OSCAR), and science groups (e.g., GHRSST).

• CEOS has not consolidated these requirements into one set, as this task is far too large to manage. The best known consolidated source of requirements is the GEOSS 10-Year Plan Reference Document.

• The GEO User Interface Committee (UIC) developed a report (led by Lawrence Friedl, NASA, US-09-01a) in October 2010 that addressed critical Earth observation priorities based on a metadata analysis of 1700+ documents. The results showed Precipitation, Soil Moisture and Surface Air Temperature as the top-ranked observations.(http://sbageotask.larc.nasa.gov)

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CEOS Measurement Requirements .. Part 2• CEOS manages its measurement requirements/plans within the seven

Virtual Constellations. Some examples of documented requirements and plans are shown below:– Atmospheric Composition – Gap Analysis Report (2008)– Land Surface Imaging – Mid-Resolution Optical Guidelines (2011)– Ocean Surface Topography – 15-Year User Requirements Study (2009)– Precipitation – Constellation Work Plan (2011)– Ocean Colour Radiometry – IOCCG Report, Mission Requirements for future

Ocean Colour Sensors (2012)– Ocean Surface Vector Winds – Constellation Implementation Plan (2009)– Sea Surface Temperature – GHRSST User Requirements Document (2012)

• Climate example ... GCOS sets requirements, CEOS/CGMS/WMO responds with a “Climate Monitoring Architecture”.

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Evidence of the Use of Task-related Systems, Datasets, Information Products, and Services

• The ECV Database will include both space and in-situ data and allow gap assessments for space measurements (via MIM database), linkage to the WMO Oscar database (requirements) and analyses with in-situ measurements (GOSIC). User applications for climate are a focus of this tool. Use statistics can be tracked over time.

Policy Linkages • Space and in-situ reanalysis products will continue to support IPCC reports and

provide critical climatology information.• The ECV database will be a critical tool to evaluate progress of the Climate

Monitoring Architecture and assess gaps in measurements.• GMES In-Situ Coordination (GISC) recommendations partially used in Copernicus

regulation in Europe.

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Additional Material

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Cross-Task Activities • Climate (CL-01) – GPCC monthly precipitation reanalysis product

directly improves the climate record. Coordination with CL-01-C1 lead is needed due to overlap.

• Climate (CL-01) – Improvements and expansion (in-situ) of ECV data in the CEOS-led ECV Database needs coordination with the CL-01-C2 lead due to link with GCOS.

• Climate (CL-01) – The new ECV database (ecv-inventory.com) would benefit from exposure on the GEO Portal (CL-01-C4). Suggest coordination with GEO on next-steps.

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IN-01-C2: AGEOS Status Report • AGEOS = Gabonese Agency for Space

Studies and Observations• Public company establishing ground

stations in central Africa (23 countries, upper right) for CBERS, Landsat, SPOT and COSMO-SkyMed data.

• Antenna installation starting in Sept 2014 along with high speed fiber optic network (lower right).

• Processing support for forests, coastal management, water and urbanization.