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USGEO Strategic Assessment Group Process Kathy Fontaine, US/NASA ST-09-01 Kick-off Meeting Brussels, Belgium July 29- 30, 2009. 1. Agenda. Background on Why, How, and What Assessment Methodology General Conclusions Highlights of Recommendations Applicability to ST-09-01. 2.
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USGEO Strategic Assessment Group ProcessKathy Fontaine, US/NASA ST-09-01 Kick-off MeetingBrussels, BelgiumJuly 29- 30, 2009 1
Agenda • Background on Why, How, and What • Assessment Methodology • General Conclusions • Highlights of Recommendations • Applicability to ST-09-01 2
Strategic Assessment Group Background • September 2007: Strategic Assessment Group (SAG) formed • Charge: • To deliver a strategic portfolio • of high priority national Earth observation investment recommendations • for existing and future capabilities • affecting Societal Benefit Areas • to inform decision-makers, • toimprove decisions regarding national investments in Earth observations • February 2008: Established SBA Teams • March 2008: Conducted 2-day workshop to review observational requirements for all 9 SBAs 3
SBA Teams • Disaster • Weather • Oceans • Climate • Agriculture • Human Health • Ecology • Water • Energy
Strategic Assessment Group Background (cont.) • June 2008: SAG writing team assembled • Initial framework - SAG document should: • Provide an integrated picture of national Earth observation priorities • Serve to focus near-term decision-making at the highest levels of our government • Consider measurements from all types of platforms: space-based, land and sea-based, airborne, subsurface, observations collected by humans, etc. • Address continuity of current measurements as well as the need for new measurements • Extend across all Agencies and scientific disciplines • Highlight investments that will maximize total societal benefit • Be of readable length (<20 pages)
Observational Needs / Critical Measurements Hundreds Step 1: Gather • Identification and assessment of key observations • Drawn from national and international experts and documents • Measurements having benefits across multiple SBAs • OR • Deemed critical to an individual SBA Step 2: Filter Interagency Review and Feedback Measurement particularly at risk-- current or looming gap OR Measurement not yet being made but great promise for dramatic gains or a scientific breakthrough Step 3: Filter Some More Assessment Methodology 6 Recommendations A few Near-Term Threats and Potential Breakthroughs
General Conclusions • The process adds a crosscutting perspective that compliments the individual agency processes • Roughly equal numbers of measurements facing gaps and presenting potential major breakthroughs • Substantial fractions of both space-based and in situ measurements were identified • Methodology chosen was tractable, enabling a focus from 100s of critical observations down to 10s of issues • Must be an ongoing periodic assessment because societal issues, measurement threats, and breakthrough opportunities evolve • Process can be a source for development of US positions on future GEO work plans 7
Highlights • Recommended measurements span the nine USGEO Societal Benefit Areas • Of the recommendations that came out of the process • Roughly equal numbers of measurements facing gaps and presenting significant opportunities • Substantial balance of both space-based and in situmeasurements were identified • Reinforced the need for diversity of measurements to achieve scientific understanding • Ground truth / calibration • Course and fine-scale resolution 8
Applicability to ST-09-01 • Process parallels needs for Output 3 • Would require review of the Work Plan as well as elements including but not limited to • Existing science and/or technology plans • Output of US-09-01a • Review process needs to be determined • Panel only or Panel then STC and/or Plenary or…? • [whatever else…]