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GOCE Data AO - J. Benveniste

GOCE Data

Announcement of Opportunity

Jérôme Benveniste

ESA

Earth Observation Science, Applications and Future

Technologies Department

(ESRIN, via Galileo Galilei, Frascati, 00044 RM, Italy)


Table of Contents

• ESA Data Policy

• Home Page for the use of ESA data

• AOs for the use of ESA data

• GOCE AO Objectives

• AO Proposal Submission

• AO Evaluation

• Contributions and Commitments

• AO Documentation

• AO Timetable

• Summary


GOCE Data AO

On 6 October 2006, ESA announced an opportunityaimed at research and application developmentprojects exploiting GOCE data products.

The call is open to any user worldwide.

The call will close on 8 December 2006

The proposals are reviewed by a Scientific Committee

ESA will provide GOCE and other EO data to PIswhose proposal is accepted


ESA Data Policy

Data Policy defined in 1998 and 1999 by ESA Member States

Data provided by Distributing

Entities at commercial price.

All other uses which do not fall into

Category 1, including operational and

commercial use

Category 2

Data provided by ESA at

reproduction cost.

Waivers for price (ESA

Announcements of

Opportunity) are decided by

PB-EO.

Research and applications development

use in support of the mission objectives,

including research on long term issues of

Earth System science, research and

development in preparation for future

operational use, certification of receiving

stations as part of the ESA functions, and

ESA internal use

Category 1

Provision and costDescription


Home page for the use of ESA data



http://eopi.esa.int




http://eopi.esa.int

The web site hosts the on-line release of

AOs (Announcements of Opportunity)

It is the web site for:

• submission

• evaluation

• monitoring of proposals

• publication of results


Previous AOs for the use of ESA data


AOs for the use of TPM data


GOCE Data AO Home Page


GOCE Data AO Home Page


GOCE Data AO Objectives

The AO is aimed at the widest possible exploitation of

the GOCE data products under Category 1 use

according to the ESA Earth Explorer data policy,

addressing:

• Contribution to GOCE Mission Objectives

• Broad and Innovative use of GOCE Level 1b and

Level 2 Data Products

• Technology and Tools Development


Contribution to GOCE Mission Objectives

• Determination of global and regional models of the Earth’s

gravity field and of the geoid with high spatial resolution and

accuracy based on the gradiometer and GPS receiver data

products.

• Improvement of the understanding of absolute ocean

circulation and sea-level variations via an accurate

determination of the geoid by merging the GOCE geoid with

altimetry data and other space or in-situ data.

• Improvement of the understanding of solid Earth

geophysical processes, such as the structure and

composition of the continental lithosphere and of the

dynamics of the oceanic lithosphere.

• Geodetic applications of the GOCE geoid.


Broad and Innovative use of L1b and L2 Data

• Novel uses of the gradiometer data in such a low orbit

are particularly welcomed

• The particular mission characteristics of GOCE would

encourage novel uses of all observations and derived

data products


Technology and Tools Development

• The GOCE mission is addressing user needs in a wide

variety of scientific and application areas. It is likely

that scientific and engineering application software for

specific use of the GOCE data products will be

needed.

• Providers of custom software are invited to propose

the development of relevant software.

• Coordination and integration of proposals with other

ESA programmes (and possibly programmes outside

ESA) are recommended.


Proposals

Proposals may encompass:

• more than one objective

• more than one institute

• from more than one country


AO Submission Area


Guidelines for submission

To submit a proposal in reply to the GOCE Announ-

cement of Opportunity, the Principal Investigator (PI)

needs to submit information on the following topics:

• Title of the Proposal

• Coordinates of Principal Investigator and Co-Is

• Description of the proposal

• Summary of data requirements


Guidelines for submission

The submission forms are tailored to gather different

sections of the proposal:

• Cover page: general information about the PI and an

overview of the project

• Team Composition, Innovation and Contribution

• Detailed Description and Schedule

• Data Requirements pages


Review Panel and Procedures

• The scientific committee will be composed of representativesappointed by ESA and will review all proposals– Committee members will have a broad experience in GOCE-

related scientific research, technology and applications, as wellas in the overall use of Earth Observation satellite data

• The purpose of the review of the proposals is to:• assess whether the research proposals are in line with

the AO Objectives and ESA Earth Explorer data policy• evaluate the balance between the scientific or technical

merits of the proposed projects and their feasibility


Evaluation Criteria

• suitability of the proposal to the conditions of Category 1 use

• relevance of the proposed project to AO themes, specific AO

objectives and GOCE mission objectives,

• merit of the project from a scientific, technological, economic

and operational viewpoint

• degree of innovation of the proposal

• technical feasibility of completing the project and achieving

positive results within 2~3 years, with special emphasis on

the adequacy and practicability of the project schedule

• competence and relevant experience of the PI & Co-Is, as an

indication of their ability to complete the project successfully


Evaluation Criteria

Evaluators shall comment individual proposal

content and provide an overall assessment of the

proposal:

• “to be accepted”

• “to be modified” …

• “to be rejected”


AO Evaluation Area


Data Provision

Following approval of the proposed project by ESA, access

to data sets necessary to execute the projects will be

provided free of charge to the selected PI, within the limits

of the quota assigned to the proposal.

The following data sets will be made available:

• GOCE calibrated and validated Level 1B and Level 2 data

products

• ERS, ENVISAT and ESA Third Party Missions products

Prior to the provision of data, Principal Investigators will be requested

to return letters, signed by their funding agency, confirming funding of

their project, together with a signed copy of the “Terms and Conditions

for the Utilisation of Data under the ESA Category-1 scheme”


AO Documentation

Links to product descriptions

Detailed information about satellite/sensor/product (ESA and non

ESA) to be made available through the AO

Product descriptions

Detailed proposal submission guidelinesSubmission guidelines

Overview of the AO objectives, deadlines and Website address.

This text, agreed and signed by all responsible authorities, is

published on the homepage of the AO

Invitation letter

Purpose of the AO

Expected benefits and relationship between AO objectives and

ESA EO missions

Description of data provision to accepted PIs

Overview of proposal submission and evaluation procedures

Plan of activities

This text, agreed and signed by all responsible authorities, is

published on the homepage of the AO

AO Main text

DescriptionDocument


• Ensure project funding

• Sign the T&C for use of ESA data on proposal acceptance

• Run the project in accordance with ESA T&C and AO timetable

PI

• Set-up of AO Website enabling submission, evaluation and

monitoring of proposals

• Coordination of the evaluations

• Evaluation of technical feasibility of ESA data requirements

• Provision of a defined amount of ESA data (‘quota’), free of

charge (in case of PB-EO approval), to selected PIs

• Joint organization of user groups, meeting, symposia and

advertisement of results by Web publication

• Provision of software tools (Toolboxes)

ESA

Contribution/Commitment

Contributions and Commitments


GOCE data AO Timetable

By projects completionSymposium or Workshop

2008~2010Projects completion (Final reports)

2008~2010Project running (Monitoring of projects)

March 2007Start of ESA data delivery to accepted proposals

(T&C signed, Projects start)

February 2007Notification of the evaluation results to PIs

(Wrap-up of the evaluations)

8 December 2006Closing of the AO call (Closing of Submission Website)

6 October 2006Release of the AO call (Opening of Submission Website)

DateEvent


Summary

• Data Policy defined in 1998 and 1999 by ESA Member States

• On-line release of GOCE Data AOs at: http://eopi.esa.int

• Objective of the AO

• Website for submission, evaluation, monitoring of proposals and

publication of results.

– Customised Web-pages storing AO-specific information (objectives,

schedule, invitation letter, links to product descriptions…) and enabling

submission and evaluation of proposals within defined deadlines.

– PIs shall provide, on-line, information about the project (contact details, co-

investigators, schedule, goals, methodology, details about products that will

be requested…).

– Evaluators shall comment individual proposal contents and provide an

overall assessment of the proposal (“to be accepted”, “to be modified”, “to

be rejected”).

– The same web site is used for monitoring progresses of PIs and outreach


Links

http://eopi.esa.int/goceGoce Data AO

http://www.esa.int/livingplanet/goceGoce Mission

http://www.esa.intESA Portal

mailto: [email protected] ESA EO HELPDESK

http://www.esa.int/livingplanetEarth Explorer Missions

http://envisat.esa.int/ENVISAT Mission

http://earth.esa.int/ers/ERS Missions

LinkWeb site


Applicable Documents

• [A1] Terms and Conditions for the use of ESA data

• [A2] Envisat Data Policy (ESA/PB-EO(97)57, rev3)

• [A3] Earth Explorer Data policy (ESA/PB-EO(2006)35)

• [A4] ESA AO for the use of GOCE data (ESA/PB-EO(2006)86)


Reference Documents• [RD 1] Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Mission, ESA SP-1233 (1)

• [RD 2] GOCE Mission Requirements Document, GO-RS-ESA-SY-0001

• [RD 3] GOCE System Critical Design Review, Executive Summary, May 2005

• [RD 4] GOCE Ground Segment Concept and Architecture, GO-TN-ESA-GS-0017

• [RD 5] GOCE Calibration & Validation Plan for L1b Data Products, EOP-

SM/1363/MD-md

• [RD 6] GOCE Level 1b Products User Handbook, GOCE-GSEG-EOPG-TN-06-0137

• [RD 7] GOCE Level 2 Product Data Handbook, GO-MA-HPF-GS-0110

• [RD 8] GOCE Standards, GO-TN-HPF-GS-0111

• [RD 9] An Oceanographer’s Guide to GOCE and the Geoid, C. Hughes, March 1, 2006.

• [RD 10]The changing Earth: New scientific challenges for ESA’s Living Planet (ESA

SP 1304)

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