GEOSS Strategic Way-forward （ II) - GEOSS Guidance Documents and Roadmap -

1. GEOSS Strategic Way-forward（II) - GEOSS Guidance Documents and Roadmap - ADC meeting Feb 29 – Mar 1, 2007, GenevaChu Ishida, JAXA

2. Contents • AR-06-02 Task • Strategic guidance document • Tactical guidance document • Strategic approach • A system of systems • Comprehensive approach, demonstrative approach • Roadmap • Task progress evaluation GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

3. AR-06-02Task Definition(Guidance documents for convergence of systems) • Produce practical strategic and tactical guidance document on how to converge disparate systems to a higher degree of collaboration and interoperability under GEOSS including its roadmap and using existing efforts wherever possible. GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

4. Status of Three Documents • Strategic Guidance Document – ADC review completed • Tactical Guidance Document – 2nd draft being reviewed by task members • Roadmap - draft completed and verified GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

5. Purposes of Guidance Documents • STRATEGIC DOCUMENT PURPOSE The document is perceived as the material each participating or potential agency might take to their ministries or government leaders. It should give a short explanation of the GEOSS and the principles that countries need to apply in their planning in order to contribute effectively and benefit suitably from involvement - over the longterm. Such a document should be completely non-technical and just be of order 4-5 pages. • TACTICAL DOCUMENT PURPOSE This is more for technical managers to ensure that they leverage developments in GEO and that their system can interface correctly to the GEOSS components. The technical document will be used like a procedure manual for information systems or data centre managersto ensure that means are clearly identified for making their systems compatible and suitably interfaced to the GEOSS. It would include for example the components registry form that they need to submit. The main body of such a document need be no more than 10-15 pages (supplemented by annexes as required) GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

6. Strategic Guidance Document • Content • Description of GEOSS • A system of systems • Interoperability arrangement • Q/A format is used; • What is the Global Earth Observations System of Systems (GEOSS)? • How is GEOSS managed by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO)? • What is the scope of GEOSS? • How will GEOSS help to Realize Societal Benefits? • What kinds of systems are already encompassed within GEOSS? • What are the benefits of contributing a system to GEOSS? • What are the requirements for contributing a system to GEOSS? • Annex: GEOSS Component Registration Form GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

7. Tactical Guidance Document • Introduction Registration • What components can we nominate to contribute to the GEOSS ? • What are the requirements for contributing a component to GEOSS ? • What are the obligations for the component contributor to conform to the GEOSS interoperability ? Test and verification • How can the interoperability of the proposed component for contribution be tested and verified ? Operations & maintenance • How will the integrity and evolution of GEOSS architecture and services be ensured ? • Will the data and products provided by my systems be subject to a particular data policy applied by GEO ? • Is technical or financial support available to facilitate the contribution of our systems to GEOSS ? • Are there any constraints on the nature of contributing organizations ? Annex : GEOSS Component Registration Form Definition of terms GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

8. Strategic contents • Strategic guidance document • A system of system • Comprehensive approach • Demonstrative approach • Interoperability arrangements • Tactical guidance document • Component registration and operations • Roadmap • Strategic view • Long-term planning GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

9. Three Meanings of “A System of Systems” A System for Integrating Observation, Modeling, and Data Management Systems Disaster Health Energy Climate Weather A System for Coordinating the Nine Socio Benefit Areas Water Agriculture A System for Converging Observation Systems Worldwide Biodiversity Ecosystem GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

10. Provisions for A System of Systemsin Strategic Guidance Document How will GEOSS help to Realize Societal Benefits? “It can be seen that GEOSS acts in multiple roles to help realize the envisioned benefits. GEOSS has a role in: enhancing observation systems worldwide, expanding spatial and temporal coverage of observations; coordinating the integration and modeling of observational data, leading to more accurate and useful information and predictions; and, coordinating among the nine societal benefit areas, promoting more effective sharing of data and information across very different communities.” (4th paragraph) GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

11. Provisions in Strategic Guidance Document How will GEOSS help to Realize Societal Benefits? (Comprehensive approach) “The GEOSS 10 year Implementation Plan and Reference Document is the guiding document concerning how GEOSS will achieve the envisioned societal benefits. Working with the communities who are already active in each of the nine societal benefit areas, GEOSS implementors will cooperate in identifying user needs, defining observation requirements, and implementing coordinated systems. … Such tailored approaches can be seen in the 2‑year, 6-year and 10-year targets given in the GEOSS 10 year Implementation Plan.” (1st para) (Demonstrative approach) “The realization of societal benefits is an important focus for GEO, and will be addressed through demonstration projects using the GEOSS common architecture in concert with global observations and local applications in solving real-life issues across the various societal benefit areas. The success of such demonstration projects, even those of fairly modest scale, are as crucial to the success of GEOSS as are the overarching GEO vision and the GEOSS interoperability arrangements.”(5th para) GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

12. GEOSS Guidance Document and Roadmap Feedback Strategic Guidance Document invite component contribution for GEO policy maker Performanceevaluation Biannualy Compare Refer • Description of GEOSS • A system of systems • Interoperability GEOSS Roadmap Strategic view Performance Compare Refer Tactical Guidance Document technical procedures for data center manger Task progress Quaterly, yearly Progress Long-term planning Implementation • Component registration • Testing & verification • Operations & maintenance GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

13. GEOSS Roadmap • Initially proposed to be included in GEOSS Guidance Document • Later it was suggested to be a separate document andto be used as communication tools for GEO Committees GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

14. Needs of roadmap • Assists overall and long-term planning • Assists understanding user requirements • Assists linking and prioritization of targets • Assists convergence of systems and applications of “a system of system” engineering • Assist synergies among SBAs • Assists evaluation of progress GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

15. Development of GEOSS Roadmap • Develop time series chart of GEOSS 10 year IP Reference Document targets (2 year, 6 year and 10 year targets) for respective SBA and transverse area • Targets are categorized as; • Space-based observation • In-situ observation • (Data) Integration • Products • Models • Strategy • Time-series of tasks related to “Space-based observation”, “In-situ observation”, “Integration”, and “Product” are mainly addressed from architecture and data point of view GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

16. 3 hourly global precipitation Plan water quality monitoring SBA Road Map - Water 2006-2007 2008-2011 2012-2015 Planning Prototyping Operational GPM, surface & subsurface water stores Space-based observation Study water quality measure capability, altimetry for streamflow and water storage Gravity mission for water cycle monitor Improve existing in-situ sys In-situ observation Plan integ. in-situ site net Test global net of integ. in-situ obs sites Make integrated in-situ obs site operational Int’l coord. mecha. Water level data collection sys Test a fully integrated prototype data system Integration Impl. plan for data Integration system Operational integrated data system System for monitoring WC changes New products for precipitation, soil moisture, evaporation and evapotranspiration Integrated precip. and soil moisture products Data and info on water quantity and quality Product Integrated info on climate indices/ extreme events Integrated water cycle data sets Model Framework for ensemble hydro prediction User IF Collaborative mechanism between obs and research community GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

17. A system of Systems - Space-based observation - 2006-2007 2008-2011 2012-2015 Address unmet needs: - Significant increase in SAR (C/X/L) - Optimized L-band SAR for InSAR & forests - Hyper-spectral for smoke & pollution plumes- Passive microwave for soil moisture CEOS-assured continuity of critical observation Strengthen Int’l charter Disaster Geo for non-weather purposes Explore lidar/InSAR topography for low relief& coastal zones Health Define hi-res sensors for health observations RS maps for gasses and aerosols, pollutions Develop methods for determining shallow bathymetry (tsunami apps) Define wide-area health parameters from sat Spec for new major obs capabilities Plan to fill-in RS gaps with necessaryin-situ observations Energy Implement operational observing system - reliable & timely data for energy sector Climate Implement GCOS-IP and IGOS Theme reports (59 actions identified) Support research program for devt of obs of key ECVs: ozone, aerosols, CO2.. Dev. and operate new instruments for ECVs Routine watershed health indicators 3 hourly global precipitation GPM & missions for surfaceand subsurface water stores Water cycle Study capabilities for: - surface water quality- streamflow and water storage (altimeters) Plan water quality monitoring Gravity mission for ground water stores • New observation systems to • cover specific observations • wind&humidity profiles at all levels- temp profiles with adeq. vert resn in cloudy areas • precipitation- soil moisture- surface pressure • snow equivalent water content- etc Invest in critical data gaps (wind & humidity profiles, ocean evaporation, soil moisture, precipitation) Support WMO activities to improve data observation & models of severe weather events & associated early warning systems - inc regional centres in dev. countries Weather Ecosystem Continuity of moderate to high-resolution EO satellites for land cover & ocean colour Global ecosystem mapping at 500 m resolution Study new sensors and platforms Implement IGOS Carbon observing system Establish utility of SAR & hyperspectral Agriculture Global land cover product at 1:500,000 Land cover mapping of 1:1M Global production capabilities: Land cover obs for 1:250,000 Land use obs for 1:500,000 Use of geo sat data In food insecure regions GEOSS Strategic Way-foward Establish role of sat data in global farm sys DB Continuity of high resolution optical/radar sats (5-30m)

18. GEOSS Functional Components - Data Integration - 2005-2006 2007-2010 2011-2014 InSAR integration to warning and prediction system Integrated system of InSAR and GPS Disaster Develop products and systems integrating DB with health Inventory of EO DB that can be associated with known health problem Health Health info net DB Devel Early detec sys for health-related change Facilitate early detect and control of env risk Establish data archive centers for ECVs, commit integrated global analysis of ECV Climate Integrated obs sys for atmos. chem. Develop data integration facilities Promote reanalysis program Water cycle Impl. plan for data integ. system Test a fully integrated prototype data system Operational integrated data system System for monitoring WC changes Weather Support WMO for new regional centers for warning Sustained operations of regional centers Implement IGOS Carbon obs Implement global nitrogen obs sys Spatially-resolved information onecosystem change Globally agreed classifi. scheme Ecosystem Develop scale up tools Monitoring of urban ecosystems Eliminate regional disparity On-time monitoring andinfo sys for significant events Analytical tools and methods for agriculture risk assessment Fully integ obs sys for on-time drought EWS Agriculture Global DB and assessment of agriculture Support completion of world soil and terrestrial DB at 1:1M On-time monitor and info sys for landdegradation and desertification Use of agriculture, forestry, fishery production statistics to a pixel level GEOSS Strategic Way-foward Operational linkage of EO data to statistics Socio-economic data converted to pixel

19. GEOSS - Architecture 2006-2007 2008-2011 2012-2015 In-situ observation Baseline sites for global in-situ networks Formal commitments No Targets Integration Network-distributed catalogue Process for reaching interoperability Use of SDI components in areas such as geodetic reference frames, common geographic data Cost-and-benefit sharing mechanism Framework for future continuity of obs and initiating new obs Analysis of data transfer and dissemination by GEOSS members Common understanding on future global data dissemination capability GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

20. A thought for evaluating task progress- Draft summary status of task progress- Disaster SBA Green: good progress Yellow: in progress with some issues on activities, schedule, etc. Red: not active GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

21. Conclusions • Strategic long-term planning approach is included in GEOSS Guidance Document • GEOSS Roadmap is found very useful to provide strategic view for “a system of systems” and long-term planning to achieve it • Roadmap can be used for task progress assessment and performance evaluation • Progress reporting (task sheet) may need to be improved • It is recommended to use the roadmap as communication tool among GEO Committees. GEOSS Strategic Way-foward

22. Thank you GEOSS Strategic Way-foward