Moving Towards GEOSS: Implementation at NOAA, National, and International Levels

Moving Towards GEOSS: Implementation at NOAA, National, and International Levels

Moving Towards GEOSS: Implementation at NOAA, National, and International Levels

Carla SullivanSenior Policy Advisor

National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationOffice of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

January 18 2006

Carla SullivanSenior Policy Advisor

National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationOffice of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology

January 18 2006

Moving Towards GEOSS 2

Global Earth Observation System of Systems

Integrated Observations & Data Management

Global Earth Observation System of Systems

Integrated Observations & Data Management


GEO Moves Forward:

Working Towards Implementation

GEO Moves Forward:


Adopted formal GEO organization and 10-year implementation plan

Held GEO I in May 2005, and GEO II in December 2005

Selected new GEO Secretariat Director, Jose Achache

Accepted 2006 Work Plan, adopted a budget and formally created GEO Committees

Architecture and Data; Capacity Building; Science and Technology; User Interface; and Working Group on Tsunami Activities


GEO Moves Forward:


GEO Moves Forward:


Near-Term Implementation Efforts: Working Group on Tsunami Activities continuing

to provide integration observation requirements to the Indian Ocean Tsunami Early Warning System effort

United States announced intention to move GOES satellite to a position to help offset the lack of sounder data over South America

GEO-Netcast proposed as tangible near term project to implement GEOSS


USGEO Near-Term

Opportunities

USGEO Near-Term

Opportunities

US Strategic Plan provides the framework for the US contribution to GEO

USGEO tracking US activities to GEO WorkPlan

USGEO focusing on 6 Near-Term Opportunities Disasters Drought / National Integrated Drought Information System Land Observation Air Quality Sea Level Data Management


USGEO Near Term Opportunity (NTO)

Plans

USGEO Near Term Opportunity (NTO)

Plans

Plans due to OSTP/OMB in early 2006, as part of subcommittee’s annual reporting requirement

Plans to be used for agency planning, as well as for inclusion in OSTP/OMB’s annual federal research and development guidance

Plans look at observation investments in 2005 enacted, as well as 2006 requested budgets

Plans further identify gaps in coverage and potential low-cost / high impact remedies for those gaps


NTO - DisastersNTO - Disasters

Identifies need for integrated, end-to-end, disaster reduction framework, and explores multi-hazard demonstration projects for two regions at high risk: the Pacific states and the Gulf of Mexico coast

Projects would deliver the following products and services: Real-time earthquake information delivery for targeting rapid

emergency response Improved tsunami and coastal inundation forecast and warning

capability Rapid detection of conditions allowing forecasting of volcanic

eruptions, especially ash-forming events endangering aviation Prototype early warning system for debris flows and landslides in

wildfire-impacted areas

Tracks to GEOSS and IEOS benefit areas: Disasters


NTO - National Integrated Drought Information System

(NIDIS)

NTO - National Integrated Drought Information System

(NIDIS)

Identifies critical gaps in the nation’s infrastructure, which inhibit our ability to most effectively reduce the impact of drought

Early opportunities to address gaps include: Improvements in the frequency, timeliness, and density of key

observations Creation of an Internet portal to provide a drought early warning

system Establishment of a NIDIS operations office to ensure optimization of

existing Federal, state, local and private sector observations and information delivery

Tracks to GEOSS and IEOS benefit areas Water Resource Management Disasters Sustainable Agriculture Climate Variability and Change


NTO – Land Observing

NTO – Land Observing

Identifies three enhancements that would be the basis of a functional GLOS:

Mid-decadal global data set of high resolution (30m) satellite imagery in 2006

Global land data base at high resolution (30m) and the seasonal collection of such data (i.e., continuity of Landsat-type observations)

Extension of a network (Global Integrated Trends Analysis Network) that combines ground data and earth observations from aircraft and space to evaluate land cover trends

Tracks to GEOSS and IEOS benefit areas: Terrestrial Ecosystems Climate Variability and Change Disasters Biodiversity Sustainable Agriculture/Combating Desertification


NTO – Air QualityNTO – Air Quality

Noting that more than one-third of the U.S. population lives in areas that have unhealthy air quality (AQ), causing an estimated tens of thousands of deaths and costing society more than $100B, this plan identifies need for:

Integrated Observation-Model Air Quality Fields Systems for Utilizing Observations to Improve AQ Forecasts Assessments of Key Air Quality Processes Improved Emissions Inventories Improved International Transport Assessments

Tracks to GEOSS and IEOS benefit areas: Human Health Weather Forecasting Climate Variability and Change


NTO – Sea LevelNTO – Sea Level

Identifies needs for direct ocean observations, coastal Observations, ice sheet measurements and associated observations, and reference frames

Major recommendations include: Explore options for operationalizing satellite altimetry

data sets Initiate planning for potential ICESat follow-on at

NASA

Tracks to GEOSS and IEOS benefit areas: Marine/Coastal Ecosystems (GEO) / Oceans (USGEO) Climate Variability and Change Disasters


NTO – Data ManagementNTO – Data Management

Identifies goal to provide specific crosscutting or interagency integration of data management infrastructure or tools to assist the development of the other five IEOS NTOs

Specific architecture and data management objectives include: Data Portals Improved Infrastructure and Resources Better Interoperability Improved Metadata Consistent Terminology Clearinghouse Consistent Data Policy

Tracks to GEOSS and IEOS benefit areas: Crosscuts all benefit areas


NOAA’s Integrated Surface Observing System


GEOSSGEOSSGEOSSGEOSS

IOOSIOOSIOOSIOOS IUOSIUOSIUOSIUOS

USGEOUSGEOUSGEOUSGEO

NERON

ISOSISOSISOSISOS

HCNHCN COOP-MCOOP-M LegacyCOOP

LegacyCOOPCRNCRN Other

Networks

Other NetworksASOSASOS


Goal (Funding)Goal (Funding) ISOS ComponentISOS Component

CLIMATECLIMATE

WEATHERWEATHER

AND WATERAND WATER

Climate Reference NetworkClimate Reference Network

Historical Climate Network (HCN) Historical Climate Network (HCN) ModernizationModernization

COOP Modernized/Legacy SitesCOOP Modernized/Legacy Sites

Partner SitesPartner Sites

Automated Surface Observing SystemAutomated Surface Observing System

Contributing Observing NetworksContributing Observing Networks




NOAA’s Integrated Surface Observing

System


SystemClimate Reference Network

Accuracy: Very High Redundancy: Yes Siting: Climate Quality Data Timeliness: Hourly Fields: Temperature, Precipitation, Wind Speed/Direction, Surface IR, Relative Humidity, Total

Solar Radiation

Modernized Historical Climate Network (NERON) Accuracy: High Redundancy: Some sensors Siting: Climate Quality Data Frequency: Hourly Fields: Initially Temperature, Precipitation

Modernized COOP (NERON) Accuracy: High Redundancy: No Siting: Climate and Societally relevant Data Frequency: Minutes Fields: Initially Temperature, Precipitation



System


System

Legacy COOP (NERON) Accuracy: Variable Redundancy: No Siting: Variable Data Frequency: Variable Fields: Temperature, Precipitation, Snow,

ASOS (NERON) Accuracy: High Redundancy: No Siting: Airport Operations Data Frequency: Minutes Fields: Temperature, Precipitation, Visibility, Ceiling, Relative Humidity, Wind Speed/Direction,

Other Networks (NERON) Accuracy: Variable Redundancy: No Siting: Variable Data Frequency: Variable Fields: Variable


Resulting CapacityResulting Capacity

Integrated System of Systems

Expanded Data Sets Spectrum of Quality Spectrum of Timeliness Spectrum of Parameters Spectrum of Scales

Expanded Services NIDIS Nowcasting Climate Benchmarking – long-term continuity

Expanded Partnerships

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