CEOS-APAN EM WG interaction

Shin-ichi Sobue

NASDA/SPPD

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•Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS)

•Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)

•CEOS/WTF for GOFC

Integrated Global Observation Strategy

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Initiated as a strategy for harmonizing EO missions capabilities and user requirements: INTEGRATED - as an international effort, both space-based

and in-situ measurements

GLOBAL - addresses large-scale environmental changes and global observation

OBSERVING - parameters of scientific and economic/policy importance and large global and regional research programs

STRATEGY - match observing requirements with existing and planned EO capabilities

INTEGRATED GLOBAL INTEGRATED GLOBAL OBSERVING STRATEGYOBSERVING STRATEGY

IGFA

WCRP

UNESCOUNESCO

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Long term continuity of spatial observations Respond to user needs that are beyond the

capabilities of existing systems User-defined observation program Build upon the strategies of existing

international global observation programs

What will IGOS Achieve?

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Work towards reducing unnecessary duplication of observations & gaps

Facilitate integration of multiple data sets from different agencies

Be the joint product of different agencies involved

Address the collection of both space-based and in-situ data and their integrated analysis

What will IGOS Achieve?

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Internationaland national

scientific,social,

economic,and political

drivers

AssessRequirementsforobservations

Evaluate capabilities of observational systems

Decide what needs to be changed

Obtain commitments for change

Deploy improved observational assets and improve use of existing ones

Enhance the product processing chain

Collectobservationsandgenerateproducts

Assess implementation of systems

Evaluate usefulness of products

Redesign systems

Change the observational systemsImplementation

Monitor progress

Use resultant products

Concept of an IGOS

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Developed to provide a more coherent focus for the definition and implementation of IGOS.

Current Themes•Ocean

Ocean Color, GODAE,

•Water CycleCEOP

•Atmospheric Chemistry•Integrated Global Carbon Cycle

GOFC

More themes to come Disaster Management Coastal Monitoring etc.

Theme Approach

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GOFC (Global Observation of Forest Cover)

ObjectiveTo improve the quality and availability of satellite observations of forests at regional and global scales

To produce useful, timely and validated information products from these data (together with in-situ observations) for a wide variety of users

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GOFC Structure

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Forest Cover

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Forest Fire

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Biophysical Parameter

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

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• Created in 1984• 42 organizations involved• Goals:

• To optimize benefits of space-borne Earth observations

• To serve as focal point for international coordination of such observations

• To exchange policy and technical information to encourage complementarity among space systems

COMMITTEE ON EARTH COMMITTEE ON EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITESOBSERVATION SATELLITES

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MEMBERSASI (Italy) BNSC (UK)CAST (China)CONAE (Argentina)CSA (Canada)CNES (France)CSIRO (Australia)DLR (Germany)EC (Europe)ESA (Europe)EUMETSAT (Eur.)

INPE (Brazil)ISRO (India)KARI(S.Korea)NASA (US)NOAA (US)NRSCC (China)NSAU (Ukraine)STA/NASDA (Japan)Roshydromet (Russia)RSA (Russia)SNSB (Sweden)

ASSOCIATESCRI (N.Zealand) CCRS (Canada) GCOSGISTDA(Thai)GOOSGTOSICSUIGBPIOCIOCCGISPRS

NSC (Norway) OSTC (Belgium) SAC/CSIR (S.A.)UN-ESCAPUN-FAOUN-OOSAUNEPWCRPWMO

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COMMITTEE ON EARTH

OBSERVATION SATELLITES

SECRETARIAT(ESA, NASA/NOAA,

NASDA, CEOS CHAIR)

WORKING GROUP ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES

CHAIR: CCRS/Canada

WORKING GROUP ON CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION

CHAIR: EC

1995 1995 CHAIR - CSACHAIR - CSA1996 CHAIR- CSIRO1996 CHAIR- CSIRO1997 CHAIR - CNES1997 CHAIR - CNES1998 CHAIR - ISRO1998 CHAIR - ISRO1999 CHAIR - EUMETSAT1999 CHAIR - EUMETSAT2000 CHAIR - INPE2000 CHAIR - INPE2001 CHAIR- NASDA2001 CHAIR- NASDA2002 CHAIR - ESA2002 CHAIR - ESA

1984 1984 CHAIR - NOAACHAIR - NOAA1986 CHAIR - ESA1986 CHAIR - ESA1988 CHAIR - CSA1988 CHAIR - CSA1990 CHAIR - INPE1990 CHAIR - INPE1991 CHAIR - NASA1991 CHAIR - NASA1992 CHAIR - BNSC1992 CHAIR - BNSC1993 CHAIR - NASDA1993 CHAIR - NASDA1994 CHAIR - DARA1994 CHAIR - DARA

STRATEGICIMPLEMENTATION

TEAM

AD-HOC WORKING GROUP ON EO EDUCATION AND TRAINING

CHAIR:ISRO

DISASTER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT AD HOC WORKING GROUP

CHAIR: NOAA

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CEOS

Working Group on Information Systems and Services

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WGISS Overview The Role of Information Systems & Services:

An essential element to the success of Earth observation programmes

users need to be able find and access products on a global basis harmonised systems are essential to allow users to easily and efficiently

utilise products globally coordinated technical development is required if this is to be achieved

WGISS:

The Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS) is there to address these issues

facilitates EO data and information management and services for users and data providers on a global, regional and local basis.

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Current Foci User Driven Development:

Following encouragement by CEOS Plenary WGISS has re-oriented itself to work with user organisations in the development of tools, techniques and recommendations

This it has done through the development of the Test Environment Spatial Information World:

WGISS needs to be a partner in the wider spatial information world, which is rapidly developing information technology.

A specific focus has been WGISS’s relationship with the Open GIS consortium (OGC) where there has been sharing of ideas and joint particpation in meetings

Commercial development: WGISS has continued to liaise with the EO commercial sector on the

development and operation of information systems and services. Commercial organisations continue to attend WGISS, Sub-Group and associated

Workshops Standards:

WGISS needs to influence the real and de facto standards that are driving the spatial information and commercial developments

Continued links are maintained with key standards organisations (ISO, OGC...)

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WGISS AchievementsOver the past 6 years WGISS (building on the work of WGD & WGINS) has

developed a wide range of tools, techniques, services, & guidelines: Resource discovery and access

Archive e.g. Purge alert in place; archive interchange format in preparation

Catalogue e.g. Developed CIP; an interoperable catalogue system developed providing access to over 1200 catalogues

Search e.g. One-stop-shop search in place – the IDN provides 10,200 data set descriptions, with 20,000 users / month

Browse e.g. Browse guidelines available Order e.g. Data ordering now integrated into CIP Access e.g. Establishment of a virtual CEOS net, with constant

network performance monitoring Resource generation, evaluation and utilisation

Data sets e.g. Global data sets supported Data formats e.g. Data format guidelines issued Data rescue e.g. African data sets rescued by USGS at WGISS

instigation for developing countries Outreach

Promotion material e.g. 2,000 copies of WGISS brochure distibuted 150 attendees at the annual EO/GEO Workshop40,000 WGISS business cars produced

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The WGISS Year WGISS Meetings

WGISS 12 (joint meeting with the Sub-Groups) hosted by USGS, Sioux Falls, USA (May 2001) WGISS 13, to be hosted by NASDA in Tokyo, postponed to February 2002 (replaced by a

WGISS teleconference) Sub-Group Meetings

Hosted by Eumetsat, Darmstadt Germany (September 2001) Associated Workshops

EOGEO, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada (June 2001) (as part of the Digital Earth Conference attended by over 650 persons)

Presentations / Promotion Internet Workshop (IWS 2001), Tokyo, Japan (February 2001) UN Geographic Information Working Group, Rome (March 2001) ASPRS, St. Louis MO, USA (April 2001) CEOS Disaster Management Support Group (DMSG), Brussels, Belgium (June 2001) GOFC STB, Frascati Italy (June 2001) Asia Pacific Network Advanced Network (APAN) Earth Monitoring Working Group, Penang,

Malaysia (August 2001) UN Economic Commission for Africa Committee on Development Information, Addis Ababa

(September 2001) International Federation of Surveyors, Nairobi, Kenya (October 2001) AfricaGIS Symposium, Nairobi, Kenya (November 2001)

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Information Sources

More information on WGISS are available:

WGISS Home Page: http://wgiss.ceos.org – Contact information, documents, etc. – CEOS Home Page: http://www.ceos.org

WGISS Newsletter: http://wgiss.ceos.org

WGISS Brochure: "To provide recommendations and tools related to information systems and services in order to better co-ordinate and enhance global activities in Earth observation.”

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Test EnvironmentWGISS has developed a new Test Environment concept which allows WGISS’s products to be tested and used in partnership with user application projects. This was presented to, and approved by Plenary 14 in Rio.

Benefits to Users (e.g. IGOS-P related) Improved access to data/information through improved systems and services access to technical expertise facilitate potential information systems prototypes

Benefits to CEOS increased and more effective use of space agency data and services feedback to CEOS to guide future priorities and policy benchmark relevance of WGISS activities

Benefits to WGISS Provide a mechanism to work with users on real projects demonstrate, promote and verify WGISS tools and services within real applications. provide feedback to guide further developments

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WGISS Data & Information Systems, Services & Infrastructure

Agglomeration oftools and services

held and operated by CEOSorganisations

WGISS MenuOpen reference list of WGISS products

& services, updated on the basisof the results of the test facility, linkedon-line to the products and services

themselves

WGISS Test FacilitySelected WGISS products and

services, made into a coherent, open, modular system by the partners to address each selected

project’s needs (can include tools dev’d by the project), dev’d & tested against

the project’s requirements

ProjectsTo define the data & information

systems and services requirements

Improved Products & Services

Based on the test facilityresults

Links to data

suppliers

Long term operation

Tools, data

Partnership

Products& services

Products& services

A Proposed WGISS Test EnvironmentVersion 12/05/2000

Nakodo

Impossible requirements

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What WGISS Can Offer A WTF Nakodo (marriage arrangement)

Provides a cooperative arrangement between WGISS technical abilities and science project requirements

Coordinate Technical assistance to relevant ISS problems Institutional assistance

Facilitate Technical developments Input to the formulation of standards

Identify WGISS tools to address WTF needs

Advise On the adoption, use or improvement of WGISS tools and services directly related to

information systems and services issues Demonstrate

The use and functionality of WGISS’s portfolio of tools and services Enable

The development of WGISS tools and services in response to WTF user needs The transfer of WGISS tools and services to an operational environment

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What WGISS Cannot Do To Support A WTF

Cannot build complete information systems Cannot provide operational data management Cannot provide support outside the scope of WGISS Cannot be a service provider Cannot undertake operational role

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The GOFC Test Facility Status and plans

WGISS and the Global Observation of Forest Cover (GOFC) project have been working together for over 18 months now

The next major milestone will be the demonstration to Plenary 15 Achievements and participation

WGISS and GOFC have worked together to: – Identify data of interest to GOFC held by CEOS agencies– Identify capabilities needed for improved data access– Implement common interfaces to data of interest, including common protocols

and user interfaces From the CEOS side there has been wide ranging participation, including:

– NASA (CEOS lead agency – and many thanks to them for their great effort)– ESA, CCRS, NASDA, USGS, NOAA and the EC (through DG JRC),

From the user side there has also been good participation– SEARRIN, RFD Thailand, AIT Thailand, GISTDA Thailand, Michigan State

University USA, University of Maryland USA, MAFF Japan Demonstration to follow this report Plenary Issue

Plenary agencies are asked to identify interest in actively participating with staff and resourcesInterested agencies are asked to contact the WGISS Chair

DIFMetadata

GCMDGOFC Portal

JRC

MSUTRFIC

NOAANGDC

ESA

UWM

NASDA CCRS

UMDGLCF MAFF MAFF/NASDA

WMS

CCRS/CubeWerxWMS

CCRS/CubeWerxMap Client Server

Fire Risk Map for Southeast Asiafrom AVHRR Imagery

click! click!

Discovery

WMS Demis (Netherlands)WMS

ComponentsMAFF/NASDA WMS

CCRS/CubeWerx Client

NASA IDN GOFC Portal

CEOS and other Data Stores

Demis WMS

WMS

VMAP0

click! click!

Data SearchComponentsEDG Client : NASA

Servers : Bureau of Meteorology (Aus)

CCRS (Canada)

HEOC/NASDA (Japan)

DLR (Germany)

ESA (Italy)

USGS EDC (US)

IRE (Russia)

ISA (Israel)

LARC (NASA-US)

ORNL (NASA-US)

GSFC (NASA-US)

Others ...

EOSDIS Data Gateway

EOSDIS Data GatewaySearch Client

IRERussia ISA

Israel

BOMAustralia

ESAItaly

DLRGermany

CCRSCanada

USGSEDC

HEOCJapan

GSFCNASA

V0&

CIP

LARCNASA

ORNLNASA

JPLNASA

NOAANGDC

ESAATSRDMSP

AVHRR

MAFF

MAFF/NASDAWMS

ESA/IonicWMS

Fire Risk Map for Southeast Asiafrom AVHRR Imagery

click! click!

WMS

ESA/IonicWFS

ESA/IonicMap Client

Data Feed

WFS

click!

USGS EDC/ESRIWMS

L7Browse

WMS

AIT

GISTDA

Data Access & Interuse

Demis (Netherlands)WMS

ComponentsMAFF/NASDA WMS

ESA/Ionic WFS

ESA/Ionic WMS

ESA/Ionic Map Client

USGS EDC/ESRI WMS

Demis WMS

WMS

VMAP0

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WTF/GOFC - Achievements

WTF/GOFC progress in the last 12 months Employed “nakodo” process to gain mutual understanding of

common GOFC/WGISS goals, objectives, requirements implemented a common set of interfaces for CEOS agency

data to meet GOFC needs in terms of:

– discovery, – search, – access and interuse

Generated Southeast Asia Fire Prototype capability, Built significant agency support for WTF/GOFC

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Future Work

Make more data sets accessible through common interfaces– Increase number of formats accessible at catalog and data

levels– Develop middleware solutions to reduce burden on data

providers– Develop linkages to in situ data sets.

Continue interactions between WGISS and GOFC communities leading to enhancement of current interfaces.

Potential expansion of effort– Other regions– Other application areas– Other user communities