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Welcome and Logistics

A Working Meeting for the vision and architecture of GEOSS Information System

ESA/ESRIN (Frascati), 20 September 2013

M. Ditter (Earth Observation Directorate, ESA)

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Welcome to ESRIN (European Space Research Institute) the ESA Centre for Earth Observation

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ESA has 20 Member States: 18 states of the EU (AT, BE, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, IT, GR, IE, LU, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, UK) plus Norway and Switzerland.

Eight other EU states have Cooperation Agreements with ESA: Estonia, Slovenia, Hungary, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and the Slovak Republic. Bulgaria is negotiating a Cooperation Agreement.

Canada takes part in some programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.

20 MEMBER STATES AND GROWING

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• Space science

• Human spaceflight

• Exploration

• Earth observation

• Launchers

ESA is one of the few space agencies in the world to

combine responsibility in nearly all areas of space activity.

ACTIVITIES

• Navigation

• Telecommunications

• Technology

• Operations

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METEOSAT Second Generation MSG-1, -2, -3

METEOSATM-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

METOP-1, -2, -3

GMES/Copernicus

Earth

Explorers

ERS-1, -2

1990 2000 2008 2011 2025

ENVISAT

Scienceto better understand the Earth

ApplicationsServices

long term monitoring

systems and services

SMOS (Soil moisture)

ADM/Aeolus

EarthCARE

GOCE(Gravity and Ocean Circulation Explorer)

Cryosat 2 (Polar Ice Monitoring)

SWARM

in cooperationwith EUMETSAT

Meteo

Sentinel 1 (SAR imaging)

Sentinel 2 (Multispectral)

Sentinel 3 (Ocean global monit)

Sentinel 4 (Atmospheric)

Sentinel 5

EO missions handled by ESA

(Atmospheric Dynamics)

(Clouds, Aerosol & Radiation)

(Magnetic)

Earthnet: European access to non-ESA missions: Landsat, SeaWifs, NOAA, JERS, MODIS, ALOS, Proba, Bird, Scisat...

European users

Since 1977

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Meeting Agenda (1)

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Meeting Agenda (2)

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Meeting Agenda (3)

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Logistics (1)

Presentations : Upload: Account name: geoss.vision, password: #architecture# Speakers: chairperson will provide a 2 min-left warning

Coffee Breaks: In front of the registration desk

Lunch: ESRIN Canteen (not hosted)

Transportation: Free shuttle from ESRIN (old reception) to Frascati (Piazza Roma) will leave at 17H15 Taxi booking at the Registration desk: Please return the forms for Taxi booking duly filled before lunch time Train Timetable (Tor Vergata – Roma Termini) available at Registration Desk

WI-FI: Wireless Internet available in the Conference Room (“esa-public”). Username and Password available at Registration Desk

In case of need contact Angela Lombardi: Angela.Lombardi@esa.int or Ext 80688

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Logistics (2)

WebEx information for remote access to the meeting. Topic: working meeting for the vision and architecture of GEOSS Information System Date: Friday, 20. September 2013 Time: 8:00, Europe Summer Time (Amsterdam, GMT+02:00) Meeting Number: 701 242 494 Meeting Password: geoss  To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!) 1. Go to https://geosec.webex.com/geosec/j.php?ED=270053162&UID=1616879767&PW=NNmJkMjYyNGZm&RT=MTYjMjI%3D 2. If requested, enter your name and email address. 3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: geoss 4. Click "Join". To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link: https://geosec.webex.com/geosec/j.php?ED=270053162&UID=1616879767&PW=NNmJkMjYyNGZm&ORT=MTYjMjI%3D  To join the audio conference only To receive a call back, provide your phone number when you join the meeting, or call the number below and enter the access code. Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada): 1-866-469-3239 Call-in toll number (US/Canada): 1-650-429-3300 Global call-in numbers: https://geosec.webex.com/geosec/globalcallin.php?serviceType=MC&ED=270053162&tollFree=1 Access code:701 242 494