Committee on Earth Observation Satellites WGCap D SEO

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites WGCap. D & SEO Synergies, Intersections and Opportunities to Collaborate Session 5 b CEOS WGCap. D-9 Annual Meeting Sunnyvale, California 10 -12 March 2020 WGCap. D-9 Annual Meeting March 10 -12, 2020

WGCap. D & SEO Overviews WGCap. D SEO Created in 2011, WGCap. D undertakes activities based on the four pillars of the Data Democracy Initiative and aims to unify CEOS efforts toward: Conceived by NASA in 2007 as a contribution to CEOS, the SEO formally reports to the SIT Chair but also considers requests for work from the CEOS Chair. The SEO provides systems engineering leadership to the VCs, WGs and other ad hoc CEOS activities. The SEO facilitates the use of systems engineering methodologies and tools to strengthen plans and improve CEOS collaboration. Purpose/Objectives: • • Providing wider and easier access to Earth Observation data Increasing the sharing of software tools such as the use of open source software and open systems interface Increasing data dissemination capabilities and transferring relevant technologies to end users Providing intensive capacity building, education, and training (including awareness and outreach) for enabling end users to gather the information they need WGCap. D-9 Annual Meeting March 10 -12, 2020 • Technical functions: systems engineering tool development, requirements and gap assessments, data acquisition planning, and special projects (e. g. the COVE Tool, The Open Data Cube initiative, contributions to the Land Surface Imaging Virtual Constellation Analysis Ready Data work, and more) • Management functions: improving communications through web-based tools, managing CEOS social media, coordinating meeting logistics, and developing education and outreach products (e. g. the CEOS Data Policy Portal, Measurements, Instruments, & Missions Database support, WGCap. D Training Calendar, WGISS Open Source Software Inventory Tool, and more. ) 2

Collaborative Activities: Past, Present & Future Past Collaborative Activities: • • CEOS Training Calendar CB-12: Build awareness of new CEOS missions, tools, and datasets (2017) CB-23: Provide training on CEOS Visualization Environment (COVE) CB-24: Work w/CEOS Data Cube team to identify opportunities for collaboration Opportunities for Future Collaboration: • Joint deliverables upcoming: o CB-43: COVE Webinar o CB-53: Collaborative Feasibility Project (DEVELOP data cube activity) • Other deliverables of interest to SEO: o o CB-44: CARD 4 L Awareness Webinar CB-45: Jupyter Notebooks Awareness Webinar CB-54: Indigenous Peoples-focused In-Person Training (Canada) CB-55: Indigenous Peoples-focused In-Person Training (Australia) WGCap. D-9 Annual Meeting March 10 -12, 2020 3

SEO Topics for Discussion Existing WGCap. D tasks with SEO involvement. . . • CB 21 - Continued advancements for the WGCap. D Training Database • CB 43 - COVE Tool Webinar. . . The SEO just finished some major upgrades to COVE. Now is a good time to advertise these capabilities. How should this be done? Who is the target audience? Perhaps an intro video with some additional training videos would be best? • CB 45 - Jupyter Notebooks Awareness Webinar. . . This was discussed several times yesterday. Did we identify a team of people to move this forward? Is this meant to be led by CSIRO and NASA as a WGISS initiative? • CB 65 - Training in Africa. . . How is this coordinated with the efforts of Digital Earth Africa? Does it need to be connected? We just had a meeting last week in Pretoria, hosted by SANSA. New potential SEO tasks related to Capacity Building • Data Cube “Sandbox” for promoting the use of the Landsat Collection-2 data release. This will use the Open Data Cube and Jupyter Notebooks, so perhaps this could be connected to CB 45? WGCap. D-9 Annual Meeting March 10 -12, 2020 4