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Boarding Meeting, 1-2 October 2012 Potsdam, Germany

Explore the challenges and solutions for coordinating Earth observation data in cold regions, focusing on cryospheric components like snow, ice, and permafrost. Learn about GEO's initiatives and contributions towards sustainable observing systems.

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Boarding Meeting, 1-2 October 2012 Potsdam, Germany

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  1. Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)Cold Region - Needs and Support Yubao Qiu GEO SecretariatCOLD-REGION@list.geosec.org Boarding Meeting, 1-2 October 2012 Potsdam, Germany

  2. GEO, the Group on Earth Observations An Intergovernmental Organization with 89 Member Countries, the European Commission and 64 Participating Organizations There is a Need to coordinate observations and to Share all Earth Observation Data in Standard Interoperable Formats. U.S. Department of State,Washington DC July 31, 2003

  3. GEOSS: A Global, Coordinated, Comprehensive and Sustained System of Observing Systems Built from the expansion and interlinking of existing observation and information systems and the investments of Members and Participating Organizations in new systems.

  4. Global Issue: The Cryospheric Components It includes snow, sea ice, lake and river ice, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, permafrost and seasonally frozen ground, and solid precipitation

  5. Heritage: IGOS-P, IPY, GEO Tasks “Legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-08”, AR-09-03b. (Subtask of AR-09-03: Advocating for Sustained Observing Systems) Another subtask, “Accelerating the Implementation of the Global Climate Observing System” (CL-09-02), includes the Global Cryosphere Watch. A few other tasks address snow and ice issues at least peripherally (e.g., CL-06-01, EC-09-01). By Jeff Key, 2010 A contribution to GEOSS : GCW - The cryosphere community of practice concept is part of the GCW strategy. WP2012-2015: GEO Cold Region - Information Services

  6. Disaster Health Agriculture Observation Platform Coordination Space Observations In-situ Measurements Services Needs Water Climate Energy Weather Ecosystem Biodiversity

  7. GEO Cold Region Contribution: Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Spain, United States, IEEE, SAON, WMO, … • In Work plan 2012-2015: Priority Actions • Promote the implementation of the SAON project (Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks; see also IN-01-C3-Promotion and Coordination across Surface-based and Space-based Observing Systems) • GLIMS, GlobGlacier, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. see also IN-01 • In-situ and remotely-sensed data measuring frozen ground, glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice, and snow. (incl. INTERACT) • Link Polar Data Catalogue, National Snow and Ice Data Centre, and SAON through GEOSS interoperability standards (as part of GCW) • New Actions: • Provide the CryoClim Cryospheric climate monitoring service • Integration of Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) in GEOSS • Providing the essential climate variable sea ice for the Arctic and the Antarctic • Snow Cover mapping and experiment for the Tibetan Plateau • Glacier dynamics mapping in Tibetan Plateau using satellite observations

  8. GEO Broker Global Initiatives: Arctic: SAON INTERACT Antarctic: … The third pole PSTG … GCW… CEOS IGOS-P Cryo. GEO Web Portal Regional GEOSS

  9. Thank you! GEO Cold Region: COLD-REGION@list.geosec.org

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