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Global Climate Change Monitoring Responding to Emerging Climate Change Policies 2008 AMS Public-Private Partnership Forum Washington, DC April 22, 2008 Ron Birk Director, Mission Integration, Northrop Grumman Member, Alliance for Earth Observations Objectives and Activities The Alliance Works to: “… to succeed, we need • Represent a broad & partnerships with industry, academia, and global voice nongovernmental organizations • Communicate … We look for industry to amongst organize itself … to put forward organizations its ideas, needs, and • Partner with concerns.” Users • Educate - VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. (Ret.) Under Secretary for Oceans & Atmosphere Co-Chair, Group on Earth Observations Alliance Activities: • Architecture Workshop • Forum on Earth Observations • Expertise and Community Resources • Expert Meetings • Sponsorships Our Mission is to promote & support the understanding and use of Earth observations Identifying Target Observables Within the overall context of a system of systems framework with observing systems, modeling systems, and decision support systems… • Global Change observable categories – Climate – Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) – Weather – Environmental Data Records (EDRs) – Solid Earth and Natural Hazards (SESWG Report) Decision Support enabled by Earth Observations Drought for agriculture Precipitation for water availability Wind for energy availability Temperature for public health Decision quality information integrated at regional centers enables adaptation to local conditions 26 GCOS Essential Climate Variables 3.1. Atmosphere 3.1.1. 3.1.2. 3.1.3. 3.1.4. 3.1.5. 3.1.6. 3.1.7. 3.1.8. 3.1.9. 3.1.10. 3.1.11. Surface Wind Speed and Direction Upper-air Temperature Water Vapour Cloud properties Precipitation Earth Radiation Budget Ozone Atmospheric reanalysis (multiple ECVs) Aerosols Carbon Dioxide, Methane and other Greenhouse Gases Upper-air Wind 3.2. Oceans 3.2.1. 3.2.2. 3.2.3. 3.2.4. 3.2.5. 3.2.6. 3.2.7. Sea Ice Sea Level Sea Surface Temperature Ocean Colour Sea State Ocean Reanalysis Ocean Salinity 3.3. Terrestrial 3.3.1. 3.3.2. 3.3.3. 3.3.4. 3.3.5. 3.3.6. 3.3.7. 3.3.8. 3.3.9. 3.3.10. Lakes Glaciers and Ice Caps, and Ice Sheets Snow Cover Albedo Land Cover fAPAR LAI Biomass Fire Disturbance Soil moisture Global Essential Climate Variables with Heritage Records (Karl et al., 2007 AMS) Global Essential Climate Variables through 2050 NPOESS NPOESS NPOESS NPOESS NPOESS NPOESS GPM NPOESS NPOESS NPOESS NPOESS NPOESS NPOESS NPOESS Generally considered adequate Usefulness is unknown, application- Generally considered inadequate No viable observations for developing CDR's dependent, or access-dependent for developing CDR's available 55 Environmental Data Records (EDRs) Solid Earth and Natural Hazards Decadal Survey Recommendations to NASA Climate Services provided by NOAA - Strategic Centers - Customers 10 National Ops Centers 10 Research and Specialized Support Centers NOAA Services - 6 Regional Support Centers 13 River Forecast Centers 6 Regional Climate Centers • Partners Northeast Region Sensors - 123 WFOs - Boston What can we do for Global Climate Change monitoring? • Identify target observables • Evaluate capacity of current and planned systems to acquire and deliver target observables • Identify gaps in coverage (geographic, spatial, temporal, radiometric) • Contribute innovation & technology development to close gaps • Advocate for solutions • Promote value of EO to society & the economy Work Together with a Global Voice System of Systems Approach 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Enterprise Architecture Comprehensive & Interoperable Research and Operations (R&O) Sustained Capabilities Net-Centric Approach Integrated Solutions Delivering Benefits to Society