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On Weather and Forest Monitoring, GEO, and GCOS
Thoughts for the GCOS Steering Committee
by Jim BakerGeneva, 30 Sept 2010
Weather and Forest Monitoring
• Elements of Forecast systems– Data– Models– Information Delivery– National Systems– International Coordination
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Data
System Elements
Models GIS Users
Science
Satellite Im
agery Field Studies
Standards
Forest Carbon Models
Delivery of Carbon
Information through
GIS
Forest Carbon
Satellite and Field
Studies
To Users
ForecastModels
Delivery of Warnings
and Forecasts
Satellite and Ground
Observation
To Users
Weather
Forests
Key role of international organizations
• WMO– Set standards– Ensure data flow– Build capacity
• FAO/GEO– Standards (with IPCC)– Data Flow– Capacity building
Projects:PrivateSector
Projects:NGOs
National and
RegionalProjects:
GovernmentNational and
Regional
UN AgenciesFAOUNDPUNEPUNFCCC/IPCC
Markets Carbon Exchanges, Voluntary Markets
Data and Visualization
Forest Carbon Models
Delivery of Carbon
Emissions Information
GIS
Foundations Supporting: ProjectsNational SystemsInternational Coordination All of the above
National EmissionsAccounting Systems
Communities,Other Users
Organizational Landscape for Forest
Carbon Emissions
Measuring and Monitoring
GEOSatellite data
Carbon Tracking and other tasks
International NGOs working globally and in specific countries
Role of GEO
• Working through GEO Forest Carbon Tracking Task
• Ensure satellite and ground data for forest monitoring integrated with models in a systematic and coordinated effort
• Support UNFCCC
• Work with FAO and IPCC
Role of GCOS
• Already considerable through GTOS and GOFC-GOLD – Sourcebook on REDD
• GFOI will contribute to GCOS Implementation Plan
• GFOI will help meet GTOS observing needs
• CEOS a key player