Transcript Global Earth Observation System of Systems

GEOSS and Fourth Earth
Observation
Ministerial Summit
November 30, 2007
The User and GEOSS Architecture XVI
Regional Decisions for Climate Change
OGC Plenary – Boulder, Colorado
Gregory W. Withee
USGEO Task Group Co-chair
September 21, 2007
U.S. Initiative for GEOSS
President's Statement on Earth Observation
Summit July 31, 2003
“….Working together, our nations
will develop and link observation technologies
for tracking weather and climate changes in
every corner of the world, which will allow us
to make more informed decisions affecting our
environment and economies. Our cooperation
will enable us to develop the capability to
predict droughts, prepare for weather
emergencies, plan and protect crops, manage
coastal areas and fisheries, and monitor air
quality.”
Secretary of State Colin Powell
opening the first Earth
Observation Summit
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U.S. Commitment to GEOSS
“President Bush and Prime Minister Abe agreed today that
confronting the interlinked challenges of energy security, clean
development, and climate change requires sustained and effective
global action. The United States and Japan . . . will continue to
exercise leadership in the development of the Global Earth
Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).”
U.S. - Japan Joint Statement on
Energy Security,
Clean Development,
and Climate Change,
April 27, 2007
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Earth Observation Imperative
Understanding the Earth system is fundamental for well
informed economic decision making
A global approach to Earth observation is required
All countries can benefit from the Global Earth
Observation System of System
GEOSS
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GEOSS
Global Earth Observation System of Systems
A distributed system of systems
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Improves coordination of
strategies & observation
systems
Links all platforms: in situ,
aircraft, & satellite networks
Identifies gaps in our global
capacity
Facilitates exchange of data &
information; promotes
interoperability standards
Improves decision-makers’
abilities to address pressing
policy issues
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Linking Earth Observations to
Societal Benefits
Earth System
Models
• Oceans
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• Ice
• Land
• Atmosphere
• Solid Earth
• Biosphere
Decision Support
Assessments
Decision Support Systems
? Policy
Decisions
Societal
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Benefits
Earth Observation
Systems
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• Remotely-sensed
• In situ
On-going feedback to optimize value and reduce gaps
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Earth Observation Summit
EOS I
Every 2 to 3 years GEO
organizes a ministerial level
Earth Observations Summit
to:
– Evaluate progress
– Prioritize the next inter
Summit period
– Declare contributions to
GEOSS
The next Earth Observation
Summit is in South Africa on
November 30, 2007
EOS II
EOS III
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Anticipated Summit Outcomes
• Support of GEO progress since 2005
• Agreement to GEO emerging priorities
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Water Security
Changing landscapes, ecosystem health and biodiversity
Disaster mitigation and response
Climate Change and Sustainable Growth
• Agreement to GEO information tools
– GEONETCAST
– GEO Portal
– GEO architecture
• Endorsement of Cape Town Declaration:
improved statement of full and open data policy
and continuation of GEO
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USGEO Organization
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U.S. Priorities at the Summit
• Promote Global Drought Early Warning System
• Improve air quality forecasts through near real time
air quality observations
• Announce future land imaging in the U.S., data
available to all countries
• Support the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) on
disasters
• Strengthen the GEO full and open data policy
• Support GEO architecture and associated
standards
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Deep-ocean Assessment & Reporting of
Tsunami- an early GEO achievement
Global DART
Operational
Network
April 2007
DART II Buoy
Indian Ocean DART Conceptual
Design 2005
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GEO Disaster Theme Background
• In the two years since the Sumatra
earthquake and Indian Ocean
tsunami struck, the US and many
international partners have worked
cooperatively to enhance seismic
monitoring and tsunami detection
capabilities.
• International agreement on the
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
standard and associated technology
is a recent breakthrough opportunity
to greatly improve public warning at
modest cost.
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Proposed GEO Language
Support of the
Common Alerting
Protocol, and
encourage GEO
countries to use this
protocol for all
environmentally
related disasters.
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U.S. GEO Involvement: A National Integrated
Drought Information System
U.S. Western Governor’s Association
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1996: Recommendation: U.S. to prepare for, respond to drought
2000: Creation of National Drought Policy Commission
2003: NOAA Partnership on drought monitoring & forecasting
2004: Formal document published recommending NIDIS
Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction,
President’s National Science & Technology
Council
– 2005: Highlighted drought as one of the grand challenges in
disaster reduction
• Proposed action: development of an implementation plan for NIDIS
U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System
– 2005: NIDIS identified by USGEO as near term opportunity
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Drought Early Warning System
Proposed GEO Program
Proposed development of an
International Drought Early
Warning System that will:
– Enable the production of a global
drought monitor
– Provide information for drought
response, planning, mitigation,
and recovery
– Act as a data integrator to
complement and support United
Nations programs related to
drought
North American Drought Monitor
Concept to be expanded internationally
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U.S. Air Quality Observations
Air Quality Monitoring in Midwest USA:
Combinations of EPA ground monitoring stations (bars)
and NASA satellite observations (background).
Colors relate to the Air Quality Index.
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Air Quality Proposed GEO Program
Through international cooperation to
extend existing air quality forecasting
and assessment tools, the proposed
effort will:
– Inform decisions in multiple
societal benefit areas: Health,
Climate, Disasters
– Encourage standardization of data
and create the foundation for a
global network of air quality
information systems.
– Provide a core activity to further
catalyze the formation of a robust
Community of Practice in Air
Quality and Health
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Moderate
Unhealthy for
Sensitive Groups
Unhealthy
Very Unhealthy
Hazardous
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Other Summit Issues
• Announcement of follow on land imaging program
• GEONETCAST and SERVIR
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Summary
• Global environmental information is key to more
informed socio-economic decision making
• Observations from GEOSS are major inputs into
decision making process
• Next Earth Observation Summit will take significant
steps in ensuring that GEO members cooperate on
important issues such as drought, air quality, land
applications, disasters, data sharing policy, and GEO
architecture and associated standards
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A Global Earth Observation System of
Systems GEOSS
Environmental Information
Systems
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BACKUP
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Example GEOSS Connections to
More Informed Decision Making
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Water
Increasing number of quality in situ and satellite measurements of air
temperature, precipitation, and soil moisture; increasing stream level
monitoring
Improvement of now casts and forecasts of
drought
Improved water management and preparedness
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Health
Better in situ and satellite air quality observations
Improvements in air
quality forecasts and warnings
Fewer asthma attacks and respiratory problems
improved human health and cost avoidance
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Agriculture
Improved and sustained land surface imagery
Improvements in vegetation index and
assessments
improvement of crop forecasts and
warnings
Better crop management and dollar savings
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