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
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Global Earth Observation System of Systems
Integrated Observations & Data Management
Global Earth Observation System of Systems
Integrated Observations & Data Management
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GEO Moves Forward:
Working Towards Implementation
GEO Moves Forward:
Working Towards Implementation
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
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GEO Moves Forward:
Working Towards Implementation
GEO Moves Forward:
Working Towards Implementation
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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NOAA’s Integrated Surface Observing System
NOAA’s Integrated Surface Observing System
GEOSSGEOSSGEOSSGEOSS
IOOSIOOSIOOSIOOS IUOSIUOSIUOSIUOS
USGEOUSGEOUSGEOUSGEO
NERON
ISOSISOSISOSISOS
HCNHCN COOP-MCOOP-M LegacyCOOP
LegacyCOOPCRNCRN Other
Networks
Other NetworksASOSASOS
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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
NOAA’s Integrated Surface Observing System
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NOAA’s Integrated Surface Observing
System
NOAA’s Integrated Surface Observing
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
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NOAA’s Integrated Surface Observing
System
NOAA’s Integrated Surface Observing
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
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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