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CEOS SIT-28 Meeting
Hampton , Virginia, USA
Date
SIT-28 Meeting
Hampton, Virginia, USA
11-15 March 2013
Contents
1. Update on GFOI
1. Endorsement of the Baseline Global Satellite Data Acquisition
Strategy
2. Commitment to 2013 implementation
3. Thoughts on next phase (Element 2 – national needs)
4. Pilot pre-operational delivery activities
5. Future for the Ad-hoc SDCG
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Update on GFOI
CEOS represented on the GFOI Leads group and Steering
Committee
- Stephen Briggs, ESA
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GFOI progress
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Leadership established for each of the components
- CEOS/SDCG leads space data coordination
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Steering Committee established
- Leads (Australia, Norway, USA, FAO, CEOS) + IPCC, World
Bank, GOFC-GOLD, UNFCCC + GEO Member countries
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Project Office started and 1st staff hired
- Simon Eggleston (ex IPCC Inventories Bureau)
- Australia & Norway funded
- Located at GEOSEC, Geneva during transition
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Institutional arrangements high on 2013 agenda – an FAO base
looks promising
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GFOI progress
1st GFOI ‘Plenary’ hosted by Australia in mid-Feb
- Science and Data Summit #4
- Methods and Guidance authors meeting
- SDCG-3
- Leads & Steering Committee
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Your Ad-hoc SDCG for GFOI
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SDCG Exec:
- Co-chairs: USGS (John Faundeen), ESA (Frank Martin Seifert),
NSC (Ake Rosenqvist)
- SEC: DCCEE (George Dyke & Stephen Ward)
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Very active participation of:
- NASA/SEO – Brian Killough
- INPE – Julio Dalge
- DLR – Helmut Staudenrausch
- CSA – Yves Crevier
- CNES – Steven Hosford
- CONAE – Laura Frulla
- JAXA – Osamu Ochiai
- GEOSEC – Giovanni Rum
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2013 deliverables for GEO governments
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1st draft of the Methods & Guidance for countries to apply
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1st draft R&D Plan to address common challenges like data
interoperability and degradation
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Baseline Global Satellite Data Acquisition Strategy
- Critical statement of capacity & intent to support policy process
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Capacity Building workshops led by USA
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Looking at possibility of data delivery pilots for priority countries
- More later
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GFOI progress
GFOI is going well, has the correct membership, organisational
structure, and considerable enthusiasm & momentum. The CEOS
support has been critical in getting this far and will continue to be
critical. The work of the SDCG has been highly regarded by all in
the community that have come in contact.
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SDCG
2. Endorsement of the Baseline Global Data Acquisition Strategy
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Global strategy: Context & process
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Coordination of satellite data acquisition and supply is
fundamental to GFOI objectives and supports all countries’
participation in reporting
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In 2011:
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CEOS Plenary endorsed: The CEOS Strategy for Space Data
Coverage and Continuity in Support of the GEO Global Forest
Observations Initiative (GFOI) and Forest Carbon Tracking
(FCT) Task
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Established ad-hoc Space Data Coordination Group for GFOI
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Global strategy: Context & process
Coordination of satellite data supply is fundamental to GFOI
objectives and supports all countries’ participation in reporting
CEOS Strategy has 3 elements
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Element 1: A baseline, coordinated global data acquisition strategy
involving a number of ‘Core data streams’ that can be used free-of-charge
and openly for GFOI purposes. This will involve global, systematic and
sustained wall-to-wall acquisitions of forested areas
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Element 2: Coordinated strategies for national data acquisitions
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Element 3: Data supply in support of the GFOI R&D activities, including in
support of: the science studies assisting the development and evolution
of the Methods and Guidance document for GFOI
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Global strategy: Context & process
SDCG brings Element 1 (Baseline Global Data Acquisition
Strategy) to CEOS SIT for endorsement
Document includes a plan for implementation in coming years –
with most detail for the year ahead
Seeking commitments from relevant supply agencies to support
the implementation and secure the coverage
Rolling update of the document annually with most detail for the
coming year and reporting back on success of past year
Interaction of the SDCG and the GFOI Project Office
- Evolution of both roles expected
- Anticipate an ongoing CEOS need
SIT-28 sets the template for the process
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Core data stream concept agreed in 2011 and prevails
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Global baseline strategy
provide data, at medium resolutions or finer, free-of-charge and
openly shareable for GFOI purposes, consistent with being
available in support of any country’s information requirements
sustained and long-term capacity in coverage, processing and
distribution which is consistent with the large (global) scale
data requirements of the GFOI.
Landsat-7, Landsat-8
Sentinel-1A/B, Sentinel-2A/B
CBERS-3, CBERS-4
RCM
(SAOCOM-1 series)
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Strategy assumptions
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(or how the world works)
 For most countries, most of the time an optical satellite dataset will
be the easiest and preferred option and a combination of Landsat7,-8 and Sentinel-2 will be the dominant solution and has sufficient
coverage/capacity
 We should seek to gather global coverage of C-band SAR to
provide complementary information to that derived from optical
data. A priority should be to achieve multiple annual coverage of
those countries where no optical data are available, due to cloud
cover
 Annual tropical L-band dataset from SAOCOM-1A would be a game
changer and might become preferred option and avoid cloud
persistence problems and excessive repeat acquisitions
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Core data stream roles
CBERS-3, CBERS-4 significant regional role with stations in Brazil,
China and Africa. Support global coverage and gap fill through lean
years
Sentinel-1A the first radar (C-band) core data stream.
 Focus on cloudy regions with frequent coverage for most
efficient use.
 Global coverage for complementary use to optical data.
 RCM interoperable with S-1A and similar focus.
 National datasets (where useable) would entail a simple
communication of need to ESA & CSA.
SAOCOM-1A L-band SAR has potential to contribute to several
requirements – focus on pan-tropical wall-to-wall annual coverage
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GLOBAL COVERAGE
Landsat-7/-8 [2012+]
Sentinel-1A/-1B [2014+]
Sentinel-2A/-2B [2014+]
Core data stream roles
REGIONAL FOCUS AND GAP FILLING
CBERS-3/-4 [2013+]
(South America, South- and Southeast
Asia, Africa)
SAOCOM-1A/-1B [2016+]
(Pan-tropical)
RCM [2018+]
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Contributing data stream roles
 RapidEye, SPOT, RADARSAT-2, ALOS-2, TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X all
have important capabilities
 Relevant to national-level coverage and gap-filling as data supply
allows. Element 2 will certainly feature these (eg Norwegian supply
of RapidEye)
 SPOT Congo Basin Initiative license factored in the annual
implementation plans for relevant countries (inc 2013)
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Phasing
 Policy deadlines are few
 GFOI IP calls for a 2015 operational date
 SDCG proposing a conservative, phased approach to global
coverage, given:
- Availability of core data streams
- Need to build GFOI capacity
 Conservative 2016 global coverage
- Core optical missions operational (Landsat-7/-8, Sentinel-2A),
but technically possible sooner
- Core radar mission operational (Sentinel-1A/-1B)
- Careful expectation management of user governments
- Direct interaction with mission acquisition managers
 Priorities set by: relevance & readiness
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Phasing
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Year
Coverage Added
No. Countries
Area (Mkm2)
Total Area (Mkm2)
2013
GEO-FCT National Demonstrator
Countries and GFOI Participating
Countries
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20.5
20.5
2014
UN-REDD National Programme
Countries
WB-FCPF
Participating Countries
CD-REDD Project Countries
(BMU)
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18.5
39.0
2015
UN-REDD Partner Countries
WB-FCPF Partner Countries
Other Pan-Tropical Countries
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9.0
48.0
2016
Global
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84.8
132.8
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Phasing
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SDCG coverage analysis
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Coverage analysis undertaken by
SDCG of Business As Usual (BAU)
scenarios of the Core Data streams
2013
2014
Legend : optical coverage
2015
2016
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SDCG cloud analysis
Cloud analysis underscores the
importance of pixel mining (or
radar data) to ensure the strategy
is even close to being realistic for
the cloudiest countries
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Global Baseline Data Acquisition Strategy Report
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 Full report
 Communicable & defensible
 Establishes that the organisational and technical capacity will exist
to support reporting of all countries
 Core data stream (& Contributing data stream) agencies have been
engaged throughout the process and subscribe
 Seeking endorsement of CEOS SIT (@ SIT-28) for the Strategy
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2013 Implementation
3. Commitment to 2013 Implementation
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2013 Implementation
 2013, 2014, 2015 ramp-up years to global coverage
 Strategy seeks to prioritise coverage of countries with relevance
and readiness to REDD+ in the BAU scenarios of core data streams
 Annual strategy update will emphasise the plan for the year ahead
and seek commitments from the provider agencies
 2013 implementation plan dependent on Landsat-7 / Landsat-8
(USGS/NASA) and CBERS-3 later in 2013 (INPE/CRESDA)
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2013 Implementation - ACTIONS
 SDCG work with USGS on Landsat-7 and Landsat-8 acquisition
strategies to boost acquisitions over the priority countries:
Cameroon, Colombia, Panama, Guyana, Ecuador, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Costa Rica, Brazil, DR Congo, Fiji, Vietnam, Tanzania,
Peru, Mexico, Nepal
 SDCG, USGS + work on pixel mining service as part of GFOI
offering for national governments (building on WELD, Earth
Engine…)
 SDCG work with INPE/CRESDA to focus CBERS-3 acquisitions on
the defined regional and gap filling role
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2013 Implementation - ACTIONS
 SIT-28 Actions:
1) SDCG to work with USGS, INPE & CRESDA to implement the 2013
plan for the global baseline acquisition strategy for GFOI
2) USGS to respond to and work with the SDCG Landsat acquisition
strategy recommendations.
3) INPE/CRESDA to respond to and work with the SDCG CBERS
acquisition strategy recommendations.
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Next phase for SDCG
4. Element 2 of the CEOS Data Strategy for GFOI: Coordinated
strategies for national data acquisitions
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Next phase for SDCG
 In 2013, SDCG plans to:
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Implement the Element 1 strategy according to the 2013 plan
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Including exploration of tools as the basis for GFOI services to
national governments
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Scope and scale what Element 2 looks like – to determine how
many countries can be supported based on capacity
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Element 2
 Global baseline is a statement of capability – the default for any
country
 Element 2 requires national needs of individual governments to be
explored and coverage to be ensured in detail
- Take account of readiness and existing activities/data heritage
– strategy may be modified if readiness not confirmed
- Engagement of relevant institutions in-country
- Establish supply channels and arrangements
- Practical data coverage strategy and detailed plan for the
immediate year ahead
- Identify role for other contributing data streams, engage
suppliers
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Satellite Data Services for GFOI Participating Govts
Element 1
* Baseline acquisition programming
Element 2
* Ensured coverage service
- coverage tracker
- cloud detection
- dynamic acquisitions
* Pixel mining service for cloud-affected countries
* Archive characterisation
- for selected year / reference level
* Data delivery
- discovery, assembly, pre-processing, delivery
(requires donor support in each case)
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Element 2
 Element 2 requires close range support to priority countries and
assistance of in-country experts, including via GFOI partners in
World Bank FCPF and FAO/UN-REDD
 Careful scoping of CEOS/SDCG role essential to be scalable and
manageable
 Core tools and brokering connections to data provider agencies are
obvious CEOS competencies
 SDCG-4 will progress the discussion further
 September 2013
 Context of policy discussions around what/whether GEO delivers
and the CEOS role are important
 Close coordination with GFOI Project Office necessary
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Delivery pilots
5. Pilot pre-operational delivery activities
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Data delivery pilots
 Key GFOI donors are supporting data delivery programmes for
selected priority countries (Indonesia, Tanzania so far…)
 CEOS agency data features heavily in a number of these
 Opportunity for recognition of GFOI & CEOS contribution
 SDCG support on data discovery and assembly
 Propose to explore opportunities with the donor countries
 Involve LSI
 LSI Explorer - http://LSIExplorer.cr.usgs.gov
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SDCG future
6. Future for the ad-hoc SDCG
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SDCG future
 2012 CEOS Plenary agreed to continue operation of Ad-hoc SDCG
for GFOI
 SDCG has been extremely busy with the strategy
 Takes CEOS & GEO a step closer to delivering to governments
 GEOGLAM and other initiatives have recognised the value of this
step and the tools being developed
 The overall acquisition strategy needs to be optimised – CEOS
needs a view and a plan, reflecting available capacity
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“Work hard, play hard”
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