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eGY Liaison Report. Kathy Fontaine kathy.fontaine@nasa.gov WGISS-23 Hanoi, Vietnam. May 24 , 2007. What is eGY?. An initiative of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) Led by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) Sponsored by
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eGY Liaison Report Kathy Fontaine kathy.fontaine@nasa.gov WGISS-23 Hanoi, Vietnam May 24, 2007
What is eGY? • An initiative of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) • Led by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) • Sponsored by • In-kind contributions from • Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, NASA [Space Science Division], National Science Foundation, • Endorsements from • IUGG, IAGA
Purpose • Build upon the successes of I*Y (IGY, IPY, IHY, etc.) to provide a forum to collaboratively address the challenges of modern data management and integrative science • Distributed data • Cross-disciplinary data • Large, complex data sets, • Open data access and sharing, • Data, information, knowledge discovery • Data preservation and rescue • Interoperability • Data usability and quality • and more
Background • The IGY of 1957-58 established effective, powerful principles of free and open data exchange in geoscience • The last decade has seen development of new, cost-effective ways to acquire, store and exchange data • Virtual Observatories offer the kind of forward impetus today that World Data Centers and the IGY offered 50 years ago • Data access, sharing, and display are the common themes across all of the “International Years” (IYPE, IHY, IPY) • The electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) is being incorporated into all the I*Ys and addresses key issues of data release, data discovery, and data preservation eGY – July 7, 2007 – December 31, 2008
Working Groups • Virtual Observatory Working Group • Facilitating interoperability • Closely linked to the AGU focus group on informatics • Best Practices for Data Management • What are the attributes of successful systems (including people) • Focus on access and usability • Initial effort sponsored by CODATA • Data Integration and Knowledge Discovery • Truly interdisciplinary understanding of data and information • Education and Outreach • Connecting teachers to virtual observatories
Participants • Signatories and participants in eGY are drawn from: • National Academies of Science • National CODATA Committees • "International Year" initiative linked to the 50-year anniversary of IGY: IPY, IYPE, IHY, ILWS, CAWSES • Geoscience Societies such as the European Geosciences Union (EGU) • e-Science and digital network and digital library initiatives
Participants, cont’d. • ICSU • The GeoUnions is a new consortium for the Earth sciences comprising: • IUGG-International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics • IUGS-International Union of Geological Sciences • IUSS-International Union of Social Sciences • IGU-International Geographical Union • ISPRS-International Soc. for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • The World Data Centers • Global Observing bodies and programs (e.g., IGOSS, GEOS) • Science organizations: SCOSTEP, CODATA, etc.
WGISS Interest • Charlie Barton attended WGISS-20, Kyïv • Introduced the concepts • Requested WGISS endorsement • WGISS agreed with principles but could not officially endorse • Agreed to establish liaison • Liaison attends meetings and reports back • Recommend that continue through duration of eGY.
Activities • Meeting March 13-14 2007, Boulder, CO • Discuss relationships with other organizations • Discuss meetings and other forums to present eGY concepts • First European eGY Workshop hosted at GFZ-Potsdam • Kick-off of eGY at IUGG in Perugia, Italy July 7 • In conjunction with IGY+50 celebration • Russia-sponsored eGY meeting • Meeting Feb 26-27, 2008 in Boulder to assess effort and plan closing event for December 2008.
First European Electronic Geophysical Year Workshop • Thursday, 12 April 2007 • 09:30 Opening, Bernd Ritschel • 09:45 Heritage and Objectives of the electronic Geophysical Year, Peter Fox • 10:15 Virtual Observatories, Peter Fox • 10:45 Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS), Markus Rothacher • 11:45 GFZ Information System and Data Center (ISDC), Bernd Ritschel • 12:15 GEOFONE Network, Winfried Hanka • 12:45 Quality of Magnetic Field Observation Data, Monika Korte • 14:00 A Short Introduction to the ISO 19100 Series of Standards, Knut Behrends • 14:30 Web Services for Geosciences, Phelim Burgess • 15:00 Sensor Web Enablement Framework, Peter Löwe • 16:00 Publication and Citation of Data in the Earth Sciences, Jens Klump • 16:30 Open Access and Changing Scientific Publication Landscape, Roland Bertelmann • Friday, 13 April 2007 • 09:00 eGY Europe - Roadmap to Organization, Mauro Messerotti • 09:45 International eGY Activities, Peter Fox, Mauro Messerotti, Bernd Ritschel • 11:00 Funding opportunities for eGY activities in the FP 7th framework, Andreas Küppers
eGY at the IUGG • IUGG General Assembly and Conference, July 3-13, Perugia, Italy • “eGY Launch and the IGY+50 Celebration” on July 7 • 12:00 – 4:30 Posters and Demos of state of the art IT applications, status of the WDCs, IPY and other topics • 5:00 Charlie Barton, President of IAGA: 10 minutes on the concept and evolution of eGY • 5:10 JoAnn Joeselyn, Secretary General, IUGG: 5 minutes on the excitement of that IUGG has for eGY • 5:15 Thomas Rosswall, Executive Director ICSU: 5 minutes on the role of ICSU in IGY and the ICSU perspective on eGY • 5:20: Dan Baker, Chair of eGY: The official opening of the eGY and the lead in to the evening's events. • The half hour or remarks will be followed by an hour or more of eGY and IGY+50 messages, some pretaped from around the world and some live. Current list of participants: • Space Exploration: Chuck Holmes (eGY) Space Station/Fisher (IGY) • Space Weather: Peter Fox (eGY) Syun-Ichi Akasofu (IGY) • Climate Change : Lonnie Thompson (eGY) Moana Loa/Keeling (IGY) • Seismology: IRIS -- Tim Ahern (eGY) From Tim? (IGY) • Polar Exploration: Mark Parsons (eGY) South Pole/Candide (IGY)
International Seminar: 50th Anniversary of IGY and Electronic Geophysical Year 16-19 September 2007Suzdal, Vladimir Region • RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES • Earth Sciences Department RAS • Electronic Geophysical Year • National Geophysical Committee RAS • Russian Foundation for Basic Research RAS • Geophysical Center RAS • Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth RAS • CODATA Russian National Committee • Seminar agenda (preliminary) • IGY: Scientific results 50 years later • eGY and International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 • Contemporary problems of geoinformatics in the changing world • Natural calamities and risks in the modern world • Globalchangesandclimate • Russian-French research on volcanology and seismic danger