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NOAA Report

NOAA Report. David Clark NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC CEOS/WGISS 18 Beijing, China September 9, 2004. Updates and Status. Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) Group on Earth Observations (GEO) NOAA Observing Systems Architecture (NOSA) electronic Geophysical Year (IGY).

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  1. NOAA Report David Clark NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC CEOS/WGISS 18 Beijing, China September 9, 2004

  2. Updates and Status • Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) • Group on Earth Observations (GEO) • NOAA Observing Systems Architecture (NOSA) • electronic Geophysical Year (IGY)

  3. CLASS Vision NOAA's National Data Centers and their world-wide clientele of customers look to CLASS as the sole NOAA IT infrastructure project in which all current and future large array environmental data sets will reside. CLASS provides permanent, secure storage and safe, efficient access between the Data Centers and the customers.

  4. CLASS Overview • CLASS is a web-based data archive and distribution system for ALL NOAA/NESDIS environmental data • Archive … ingest, storage, metadata management, and data quality assurance • Distribution … access, visualization, and data delivery • CLASS currently supports POES, DMSP, and GOES data sets, plus RadarSat (Synthetic Aperture Radar) and SeaWiFS (Ocean Color Product) • CLASS will support additional campaigns, broader user base, new functionality currently being defined • CLASS concurrently supports both ongoing operations and new requirements implementation

  5. System Overview– Distributed Redundant Sites Boulder Supplier Supplier Supplier Supplier Supplier Supplier Asheville Suitland Archiveinterchange Ingestprocess Ingestprocess Archiveinterchange Operationalinventory Operationalinventory Archiver Archiver Operationaldatastore Operationaldatastore Roboticstorage Roboticstorage USER USER USER USER USER

  6. Group on Earth Observations UpdateDevelopment of a Global Observation System

  7. Earth Observation Summit II • 43 Ministers & Heads of Delegation in attendance • 25 International Organizations represented • Prime Minister Koizumi gave keynote on importance of observations to the global environment and economy • Adopted Framework for Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), along with Ministerial Communiqué

  8. GEOSS Will Be... • Comprehensive • Includes observations & products gathered from all components • Coordinated • Leverages contributing members resources to accomplish the system • Sustained • By will & capacity of members • A distributed system of systems • Addressing data utilization challenges • Facilitating/building on current & new capacity building efforts

  9. GEOSS Architecture GEOSS common approaches Systems within their mandates SocietalBenefits Predictions • Earth System Models • Oceans • Ice • Land • Atmosphere • Solid Earth • Biosphere High PerformanceComputing, Communication, & Visualization • Decision Support • Assessments • Decision Support Systems Policy Decisions ManagementDecisions DATA Standards &Interoperability • Earth Observation Systems • Remotely-sensed • In situ Observations Ongoing feedback to optimize value & reduce gaps

  10. GEO ProcessDeveloping the 10-Year Plan • EOS-1 Declaration created ad hoc Intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) to develop a 10-Year Implementation Plan • 48 Countries + EC & 29 International Organizations currently represented • Four Intergovernmental Chairs: • Mr. Akio Yuki, Japan • Mr. Achilleas Mitsos, European Commission • Dr. Rob Adam, South Africa • VADM Conrad Lautenbacher, USN (Ret.), United States

  11. GEO 5 • November ’04, Ottawa, Canada • Aggressive pace thus far; much to do • To complete at GEO 5 • 10 Year Implementation Plan (negotiated) • Technical Blueprint (not negotiated) • Communiqué of EOS-III (negotiated) • GEO 5 meeting critical to progress • Only 75 days between GEO5 and Earth Observation Summit III to be held in Brussels, Belgium, February 2005

  12. GEO-6 and EO Summit III • GEO-6 Brussels, Belgium, February 14-15, 2005 • Earth ObservationSummit-III Brussels, Belgium February 16, 2005

  13. Interagency Working Group on Earth Observations • Mirrors International process – societal benefits • Benefits as drivers of process • 5 teams – provide inputs into the US and intergovernmental technical reports which serve as the foundation for the plans • Public Meeting held in June ’04 for technical review / comments on technical activity reports • July 30 (anniversary of Earth Observation Summit I) scheduled release of first draft of US plan • Public comment period • Release of final US Plan by year’s end

  14. NOAA Observing Systems Architecture NOSA - Building the Foundation for NOAA’s Integrated Environmental Observation and Data Management System

  15. Integration of science data and NOSA Sea Surface Temperature and Ocean Observing Systems

  16. Integrated Satellite and In-Situ Data Access

  17. Argo Floats

  18. Observation Density

  19. Observation Density by Observing System

  20. Of the 98 Observing Systems in NOAAForge: • 71 observing systems have geospatial data and are shown on the map • 27 are still missing any geospatial information • At least 10 layers are shown which are not on the NOAAForge list and are collaborations with other agencies NOSA Geospatial Database http://www.nosa.noaa.gov/ http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/website/nosa/viewer.htm

  21. The Electronic Geophysical Year (eGY) 2007-2008 D.N. Baker, C. Barton, B. Fraser, V. Papitashvili, A. Rodger, B. Thompson, J.H. Allen, B. Arora, D. Kerridge, and Y. Kamide

  22. IGY: International Geophysical Year • Objectives: • Allowed scientists to participate in global observations of geophysical phenomena using common instruments and identical data processing • Gathered data on geophysical phenomena from around the world • Established the World Data Center system

  23. Planning for International Programs Electronic Geophysical Year – The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics is sponsoring, and ICSU will endorse, the eGY to promote a revolution in geoscientific data availability and access worldwide. This is a coordinated international initiative, making full use of the capabilities offered by modern information management and digital communications. The US is an active partner and it is timely for agencies to have an influence on this planning International Polar Year – IPY will be sponsored by ICSU, and will expand understanding of the key roles of the polar regions in the globally-linked environment International Heliophysical Year – IHY will be sponsored by ICSU, with the goal of fostering international cooperation in the study of heliophysical phenomena now and in the future International Year of Planet Earth – The International Union of Geosciences is leading the planning for the Planet Earth Program. Sponsored by the UN and UNESCO, Planet Earth will interpret the history of the Earth and use that knowledge as a basis for forecasting likely future events

  24. eGY Objectives • Digitize and make available analog records • Make existing data sets available • Free access to all • Develop a system of Virtual Observatories • Embrace and extend the IGY principles of data sharing and scientist involvement

  25. Virtual Observatory Components Distributed databases accessed through a single portal Data Visualization Format Conversion Data Acquisition Location Discovery

  26. Virtual Observatories The best way to describe a virtual observatory is to give an example. • The Virtual Radiation Belt Observatory • Assemble data from all available sources • Data from NOAA satellites (POES, GOES and NPOESS) • Data from EUMETSAT satellites (MetOp) • Data from NASA satellites (SAMPEX, POLAR) • Data from DoD satellites (HEO, etc.) • Data Management System • Local data servers provide data to global data servers which provide data in a standard data model to the applications software, the data assimilation model and to the physical models in response to requests • This approach takes advantage of the SPIDR, ESG and CDAWeb systems operating at NGDC, AFCCC and NASA • Merge with data assimilation models and physical models • Center for Integrated Space weather Models (CISM) funded by NSF • Existing virtual observatory systems include the Virtual Solar Observatory, the Virtual Ocean Observatory, etc.

  27. Gateway to distributed data Long Term Archival Data Virtual Radiation Belt Observatory Data system that meets engineering, operational, and scientific needs. • Climatology model for designing satellites. • Nowcasts/forecasts that provide situational awareness for satellite operators. • Long term archives of simulated and observed data for testing scientific theory. User Interface and Displays Near Real Time Data Nowcast/ Forecast Models GOES POES Climatology Models

  28. A Concept of Carbon Cycle Virtual Observatory Distributed fossil fuel aerosols from nighttime lights Fires and smoke plumes Dust from MODIS • Authoritative descriptions of radiative forcing by aerosols for climate studies requires disparate data sets to drive numerical models.

  29. Virtual Observatories • Access through a browser or an Application Programming Interface (API) • “Small box” uses registry of XML data service schema to construct appropriate queries for each relevant data service • API or browser can refine queries • Final data transfer is direct to requestor (no middleman)

  30. eGY Characteristics • Timeliness: Virtual Observatory software becoming available • Interdisciplinary: Data sharing and data accessibility common issues in all fields of geophysics • Affordable: Simple technology • Cost Effective: More/better science for money • Inclusive: Opportunities for developed and developing countries • Capacity Building: Provide relevant research experience for younger scientists • Complementary to IPY and other I*Y initiatives

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