Bob Su, z.su@utwente.nl , ITC, University of Twente , The Netherlands

1. Collocation Meeting EC FP7, ESA & EUMETSAT ECV projects(15-16 May 2013)Expectations to the collocation meeting – an overview of sessions Bob Su, z.su@utwente.nl, ITC, University of Twente, The Netherlands

2. Collocation Meeting Objective • coordinate with FP7, ESA & EUMETSAT ECV projects in the processes of generating, validating and updating (including reanalysis) ECVs • understand the gaps between the ECVs and user needs in climate change adaptation and mitigation coreclimax.itc.nl

3. Collocation Meeting Sessions • Session 1: Expectations towards ECV capability assessment from policy makers • Session 2: European capacity for generating ECVs • Session 3: Validation processes in ECVs • Session 4: Reanalysis feedbacks to ECV/CDR updates • Session 5: Identifying gaps between ECVs as physical variables and user-needs for adaptation and mitigation coreclimax.itc.nl

4. Answers expected from policy makers: • What are the parameters you would like to have assessed? • By whom should these parameters be assessed (Producers/Users/Independent institution)? • How do you expect these to be reported/assessed? coreclimax.itc.nl

5. Answers expected from projects in generating ECVs : • Where do the ECVs stand in terms of the existing Maturity Index? • How is the raw satellite and in-Situ data converted into (each) ECV • Retrieval scheme, Data assimilation, Modeling • ECV consistency (e.g. closing Water Cycle) • To which application (area) needed to establish the Copernicus Climate Service do your ECVs contribute? • How are the ECVs disseminated? • Do you see required improvements (in each ECV), or “Future R&D needs?” (e.g. ‘data rescue’) coreclimax.itc.nl

6. Answers expected from projects in ECVs validation processes: • Is there a generic protocol/approach (independent validation/assessment), during the project implementation, for product calibration and validation? • Is there a quality indicator ascribed to products, at each stage of the data processing chain-from collection to processing to delivery? • Is there an analysis on product continuity and consistency? • Gap analysis in terms of supporting efforts to make instruments SI traceable? /developing Cal/Val ‘best practices’ procedures? / meeting GCOS ECV requirements? • What are the main lessons learned during the project implementation? coreclimax.itc.nl

7. Answers expected from projects in reanalysis feedbacks to ECV/CDR updates: • What information does your reanalysis project have that would be useful feedback to the providers of the ECV/CDR datasets • In what ways do you give this feedback to those providers • how do you request/receive updates, i.e. improved input datasets. coreclimax.itc.nl

8. Answers expected from projects in identifying gaps between ECVs as physical variables and user-needs for adaptation and mitigation: • How does your project contribute to the upcoming Copernicus Climate Change Services? • Who are the users of your products? • Do you see required improvements (in each ECV), or “Future R&D needs?” coreclimax.itc.nl

9. Coordinator: Professor Bob Su, z.su@utwente.nl, ITC, University of Twente, The Netherlands EU FP7 Project: CORE-CLIMAXCOordinating Earth observation data validation for RE-analysis for CLIMAteServiceS

10. CORE-CLIMAX Project Team

11. ITC: Bob Su, Wim Timmermna, Joris Timmermans, Yijian Zeng, Bert Boer EUMETSAT: Jörg Schulz, Rob Roebeling, Viju John ECMWF: Paul Poli, David Tan DWD: Frank Kaspar, Andrea Kaiser-Weiss  VITO: Else Swinnen, Carolien Tote, LievenBydekerke  FMI: HilppaGregow, TerhikkiManninen, Ali Nadir Arslan MTF: Jean-Christophe Calvet, ? ITP: Yaoming Ma, Binbin Wang  CAREERI: Jun Wen, Cai Ying, GaoXiaoqing, Lu Shihua, Wei Zhigang, HuZeyong, GaoYanhong Project team Members

12. CORE-CLIMAX work packages

13. EC REA Project Officer & Advisory Board • REA (Research Executive Agency): StijnVermoote • Advisory Board Members: • John Bates (NOAA/NCDC, ECVs generation process and maturity index), • Michael Bosilovich (NASA, reanalysis), • Mark Dowell (JRC, ECVs and climate service policy requests, CEOS WG Climate), • Andre Jol (EEA), • Steve Noyes (EUMETNET), • VelinaPendolovska (Policy Officer at DG CLIMA, email confirmation)

14. CORE-CLIMAX Project objectives 1) Coordinate with Earth Observation and climate change programme projects; 2) Propose a structured process for delivering ECVs – Essential Climate Variables; 3) Propose a validation process aiming at qualifying the accuracy of the climate variables; 4) Propose a feedback mechanism ensuring that the results of the re-analysis process get appropriately reflected into updates of the CDR - Climate data Records; 5) Propose a process to compare re-analyses. CORE-CLIMAX

15. Future R&D needs – consistency of ECVs(Ex 1. Closing the Water Cycle with Earth Observation – Total Precipitable Water & Soil Moisture)

16. Tibetan Plateau observatory of plateau scale soil moisture and soil temperature (Tibet-Obs) Su et al. 2011, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/15/2303/2011/

17. Maqu SMST Network – validation results

18. Ngari SMST Network – validation results

19. Future R&D needs – consistency of ECVs(Ex 2: Dragon Programme: Drought Monitoring, Assessment, Prediction and Adaptation under Climatic Changes) Atmospheric model or routine meteorological data Climate & Satellite Information System Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) Surface Soil Moisture Data Assimilation Drought Information System (Drought severity distribution, prediction and adaptation strategies) Decision Makers Internet Su, Timmermans et al.

20. Global Framework of Climate services A schematic illustration of the pillars of the Framework, with the indication that the Capacity Development component encompasses the other components. Arrows depict flows of information and feedback. Our response FP 7 CORE-CLIMAX: COordinating Earth observation data validation for RE-analysis for CLIMAteServiceS