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Group on Earth Observations From Observation to Action

Group on Earth Observations From Observation to Action. Helen M. Wood GEO Secretariat Director geosec@noaa.gov April 2004. BENEFITS OF OBSERVATIONS. OBSERVATIONS TO INFORMATION HEALTH—MALARIA. Malaria affects 300-500 million people worldwide Early warning system Temperature Humidity

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Group on Earth Observations From Observation to Action

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  1. Group on Earth Observations From Observation to Action Helen M. Wood GEO Secretariat Director geosec@noaa.gov April 2004

  2. BENEFITS OF OBSERVATIONS

  3. OBSERVATIONS TO INFORMATIONHEALTH—MALARIA • Malaria affects 300-500 million people worldwide • Early warning system • Temperature • Humidity • Vegetation • Soil Moisture • Possible outbreak prevention AVHRR AVHRR-SST TOPEX-SSA SeaWiFS-Chl-a

  4. OBSERVATIONS TO INFORMATIONAGRICULTURE • Production tied to healthy environment and sound planning • Contribution of Earth Observation • Ability to map vegetation and land use; develop digital terrain models • Understand role of humidity, soil moisture, precipitation, air humidity • Benefits • Help predict and understand droughts, harvests, potential crop damage • Make decisions based on sustainable agriculture practices • Example: Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET)

  5. OBSERVATIONS TO INFORMATIONNATURAL DISASTERS • Earth observations critical to work of disaster community • Previous experience provides opportunity for integrated global system • Key areas in disaster management cycle: • preparedness and prediction • assessment of hazards and damage • response and recovery • mitigation and research

  6. OBSERVATIONS TO INFORMATIONWATER RESOURCES • White Water to Blue Water - WSSD • Integrated watershed and marine ecosystem-based management beginning with the Wider Caribbean • Understand and recognize connection among sectors • Involves national, UN, international, universities and private partners • Includes strengthening of an ocean observation system for region • Critical for addressing pollution, habitat degradation, natural disasters • Benefit: Healthy, well-managed and productive marine and coastal ecosystem • Basis for economic development and social well-being

  7. EARTH OBSERVATION SUMMIT I Washington, D.C. July 31, 2003

  8. EARTH OBSERVATION SUMMIT I DECLARATION • Linked to WSSD & G8 outcomes • Affirmed need for: • Comprehensive, coordinated, sustained Earth observation system or systems; • Coordinated effort to address capacity-building needs related to Earth observations; • Exchange of observations in a full and open manner with minimum time delay and minimum cost; and • Preparing a 10-year Implementation Plan, building on existing systems and initiatives • Created the ad hoc Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

  9. AD HOC INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP ON EARTH OBSERVATIONS (GEO) • 47 Countries + EC and 26 International Organizations • Plenary • Secretariat • 5 Subgroups • Architecture • Capacity Building • Data Utilization • International Cooperation • User Requirements and Outreach • Implementation Plan Task Team

  10. Key Outputs • The Framework Document • A high-level synopsis of the GEO effort for senior policymakers, presenting the purpose, expected benefits, and broad framework for developing the 10-year Implementation Plan, establishing the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) • The 10-Year Implementation Plan • A 10-Year roadmap for creating GEOSS as a distributed system of systems, building step-by-step on current cooperation efforts among existing observing and processing systems within their mandates, while encouraging and accommodating new components. The GEOSS will be: • comprehensive, by including observations and products gathered from all components required to serve the needs of participating members; • coordinated, in terms of leveraging resources of individual contributing members to accomplish this system, whose total capacity is greater than the sum of its parts; • sustained, by the collective and individual will and capacity of participating members.

  11. Working Documents • GEO Subgroup Reports • A summary of the work accomplished by the GEO Subgroups to date, providing the core technical elements on the five key aspects to be addressed in the 10-Year Implementation Plan for the creation of the GEOSS • The 10 Year Implementation Plan Outline • An annotated outline describing the general shape and content of the 10-Year Implementation Plan.

  12. Milestones • GEO-4 Meeting in Tokyo - 22-23 April 2004 – Working Documents • Earth Observation Summit II – 25 April 2004 – Framework Document • Earth Observation Summit III– 16 February 2005 – The 10 Year Implementation Plan

  13. GEOSS: Implications for Space Operators • International agreement on backbone of critical measurements • Requirement for continuity of observations from space, not only for weather but in all facets of observations (climate, disasters, etc.) • Improved coordination of mission planning, development, and operations, especially for current research missions addressing critical observational gaps. • Smoother transition from research to operations

  14. GEO MEMBERS (47+EC)

  15. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS • Association for the Development of Environmental Information (ADIE) • Central American Commission for the Environment and Development (SICA/CCAD) • Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) • European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) • European Environmental Agency (EEA) • European Space Agency (ESA) • European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) • Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) • Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) • Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) • Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) • Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership (IGOS-P) • Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commissions (IOC)

  16. PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS (contd.) • International Association of Geodesy (IAG) • International Council for Science (ICSU) • International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) • International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research (IGFA) • International Steering Committee for Global Mapping  (ISCGM) • International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) • Network of European Meteorological Services/Composite Observing System (EUMETNET/EUCOS) • Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) • United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) • World Bank (IBRD) • World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) • World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

  17. MORE INFORMATION • http://earthobservations.org

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