CEOS Core Test Sites WGISS Test Facility (WTF) A Collaboration between WGCV & WGISS

1. CEOS Core Test Sites WGISS Test Facility (WTF) A Collaboration between WGCV & WGISS September 2005 John Faundeen

2. Core Sites WTF Location http://edcsgs16.cr.usgs.gov/wgiss/ • USGS “Self Registration” system working great • Good access and tracking • 44 registered users (increase by 19 from WGISS-19)

3. Xu Yongmei (Res - China) Sham Davande (Res - India) Dimitrios Papayiannis (Res - Greece) Paul Christakopoulos (Res - Greece) Stefan Erasmi (Aca - Germany) Erin Eppling (Com - Alabama) Kevin Gallo (Gov - NOAA) Peter Wright (Org - Burkina Faso) James Slater (Mil - NGA) Nancy Ritchey (Gov - NASA) Zikuan Zhou (China) Camilo Alcantara (UNAM) Lan Lan (Res – France) Molly Brown (SSAI) Keith Jones (Com - Broadband) Nuno Gil (Aca – United Kingdom) Mario Barroso (Org - Conservation International) Hee Il Lee (Aca - Utah) Krishna Raj (Com - IT/GIS) John Faundeen (Gov – USGS) John Dwyer (Gov – USGS) Tim Smith (Gov – USGS) Kathy Goodale (Gov – USGS) Diane Krell (Gov – USGS) Kelly Feistner (Gov – USGS) Registrations Since May 2004

4. Sachi Kawamoto (Res - Japan) Akira Mukaida (Res - Japan) Ohgushi Fumi (Res - Japan) Petya Cambell (Gov - GSFC) Kitchka Alexander (Res - CASRE) Tadono (Res) Benbo (Res) Yamashita (Res) Osamu (Res) Kirschke (Res) Paul ? (Res) Gnelson (Aca) DoornB (Gov - DOA) Greg Stensaas (Gov – USGS) Bryan Bailey (Gov – USGS) Mike North (Gov – USGS) Shawn Schuur (Gov – USGS) Cal Val (Gov – generic) Jonathon Lemig (Gov – USGS) Additions Since WGISS-19

5. Registrations • Researcher 18 • Academia 4 • Organization 2 • Commercial 3 • Military 1 • Government 14 Total = 44 *calval generic is mapped to research

6. Stats by Sites

7. Stats by Sites

8. Accomplishments • Provide for a user to download data subsets • Incorporate MERIS data into the WTF • Incorporate CHRIS/PROBA data into the WTF • Continue to build on infrastructure of existing networks and validation sites • Incorporate MODIS 8-day LAI (1 km, 200x200 km2 subsets, HDF-EOS

9. Accomplishments • Provide users a way to easily identify all archived MODIS and Landsat images within a user- specified time window from the baseline interface • Added STRM & U.S. National Elevation Dataset • Revised web page layouts • Added UK-DMC data for Railroad Valley(pending approval by DMC, Int’l Imaging)

10. Plans • Incorporate Field-collected data (content varies with site, time, reduction/QA) data into the WTF (Focus on RR Valley Spectral data @Oakridge DAAC) • Incorporate additional sites such as: • GTOS “Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites” (TEMS, etc) • Add CEOP/NASDA, CSIRO, GT-net, and ILTERS • A site on every continent by (i.e. Siberia, Russia/ Mongolia/ Gobi desert, China) • Provide additional capabilities for custom processing of data

11. Current Site

12. Mongu, Zambia

13. Boreas NSA, Canada

14. Barton Bendish, East Anglia, UK

15. Next Steps • Core Test Sites Close to Operational • Beyond the Scope of WGISS • 2006 Planned as a Transition Year • To Who? • WGCV • NASA DAAC • Land Processes • Discussion