VC WG Side Meeting CEOS SIT28 Meeting Hampton

VC & WG Side Meeting CEOS SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 th March 2013

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Welcome & objectives § Reinforced support and feedback for VCs and WGs § SIT-27 side meeting was productive and follow-up telcon series § CEOS SEC VC report § SIT-28 meeting contents selected from VC & WG leadership suggestions – debating and progressing topics of common interest § VCs & WGs asked to moderate & contribute 2

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Agenda § § Objectives & Actions VC Membership, composition & sustainability (SST, OCR…)* VC Portals Study (CNES)* WGCV Collaboration with VCs (WGCV) § § § 2015 deliverables (B Smith, GEOSEC, OCR. . )* GEO Blue Planet Task (CEO, OST) Preview of Data Discovery & Access Topic @ SIT-28 (WGISS)* § Wrap § selection of VC/WG choice topic for discussion at SIT-28 § speakers & content readied for their topics (marked *) 3

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Action status ALL ACTION to provide any comments on the VC portal email from Steven Hosford. 4

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Action status SST ACTION SST-VC to advise the SIT Chair team if there any specific ways it can be of support in helping ensure GEO capabilities over the Indian Ocean. - SST-VC asks that the SIT Chair request that all space agencies with SST capabilities or SST interests actively participate in the SST-VC, especially those with GEO capabilities over the Indian Ocean. WGISS ACTION Steven Hosford to coordinate reporting back to Satoko Miura and the SIT Chair Team from the Ground Station Coordination Board meeting (through either Mirko Albani/ESA or Richard Moreno/WGISS Vice) ACTION Steven Hosford to circulate any materials he has which might help to explain the ESA position on CWIC-HMA interaction 5

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Action status WGCap. D ACTION Jacob Sutherlun to keep the SIT Chair Team apprised of the status of discussions on the release of SRTM data for the planned Kenya workshop (ongoing – inclusion of other types of high resolution DEM data being looked at) ACTION Jacob Sutherlun and Hilcéa Ferreira to contact Humbulani Mudau, who’s secondment to GEOSEC is ending, and who will be returning to South Africa and has offered to support the EO e-learning course there. (Superseded – Nale Mudau is now contact) 6

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Action status WGCV ACTION Stephen Ward to ensure that WGCV is connected with Miriam Baltuck, who is leading the development of the GFOI Methods and Guidance 7

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Action status OCR ACTION Paula to summarise the feedback from discussion at IOCCG on the IN-SITU OCR, and the polar and GEO OCR requirements, and provide suggestions for the SIT Chair team for discussion topics at SIT-28. PROVIDED & UPLOADED ACTION Paula to summarise the IOCCG response to the operational oceanography paper. COMMENTS PROVIDED 8

VC Membership, Composition & Sustainability G. Dyke/SIT Chair Team, C. Donlon and K. Casey/SST-VC, M. Dowell/WGClimate CEOS SIT-28 Meeting Hampton , Virginia, USA 11 -12 March 2013

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Overview • Update on VC membership status and gaps • Status of VC engagement with respective science teams • Motives, perceived benefits and risks • Discussion

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Key Questions for Discussion • What is motivating the move for some VCs to engage related science teams? • Are there lessons for other VCs & do we need a more systematic approach to engagement?

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 VC Membership Status • Approximate VC Membership • • PC: ~20 LSI: ~20 ACC: ~15 CEOS, ~100 more generally (academia, etc. ) SST: ~10 (all members also GHRSST members) OSVW: ~20 OST: ? OCR: ?

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Changes in Gaps Since SIT-27 • PC: • No change (CMA, ROSHYDROMET) • LSI: • Link to WGClimate established through John Dwyer • Links to SDCG being clarified • ACC: • Fuxiang Huang at CMA/NSMC indicated he will attend • No progress with Russia • SST • Added CSIRO/Bo. M and WGCV • Still seeking ISRO, CONAE, NRSCC, NSMC/CMA, Roskosmos, KARI, SANSA

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Changes in Gaps Since SIT-27 • OSVW: • No change (SOA, CMA, ROSHYDROMET, ROSKOSMOS) • No response to CEOS leadership letter last year to China • EUMETSAT progress with SOA bi-laterally • OST: SIT-27 Status • CNSA/China (OSTST participation, HY-2 A, HY 2 B, SARAL/Alti. Ka) • ESA (OSTST participation) • OCR: SIT-27 Status • Instrument Science Teams – various CEOS agencies

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 VCs and Science Teams VC Science Team(s) VC-ST Interface Formal Coordination Status SST GHRSST All SST-VC members are in GHRSST established SST-VC. OSVW IOVWST Paul Chang/NOAA Dialog initiated at 2012 IOVWST meeting in Utrecht. OCR Mark Dowell/JRC Paula Bontempi/NASA OCR-VC members frequently presented at IOCCG. Coordination potential on ECV generation in support of GCOS Pascal Bonnefond/France Joshua Willis NASA JPL OST-ST is part of the formal 4 party agreement covering up to Jason-3. OST-ST has expressed some desire to expand beyond current 4 parties. IOCCG CEOS Associate OST-ST

VCs and Science Teams SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 VC Science Team(s) VC-ST Interface Formal Coordination Status PC NASA and JAXA PMM-STs, M-T IST, CGMS-IPWG, GEWEX NASA, JAXA, U. of Nagoya, CNES, LEGOSOMP/CNRS, UCAR, CSU STs have participated PC-VC since its inception in 2007, contributing to the PC-VC IP, work plans and reporting, and CEOS GCOS IP response. PCVC workshops held on the sidelines of the NASA PMM ST meetings to facilitate participation. ACC SPARC, IOC, mission science teams, GCOS, European Carbonsat MAG LSI Ongoing collaborative efforts with SPARC, IOC and others Land cover Informal mission STs, landderived ECV Formative

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Motivation • OCR was well aligned; SST was aligned by design; OST & OSVW, are looking to better align with key science teams • PC also has links • ACC and LSI more diffuse • What is the motivation for this engagement? • Is this indicative of a bigger issue with the current geometry for all VCs?

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Benefits There are multiple benefits to links between CEOS VCs/WGs and domain specific international science working groups • They provide the scientific underpinning to CEOS agency activities in the international context • They can provide independent oversight on activities where this is required • They provide a international consolidation of “scientific user requirements” for CEOS agency datasets and products 18

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Benefits CEOS has implicitly taken advantage of these relationships through a variety of mechanisms • Existing links with VCs WGs • The international Science Working Groups being existing CEOS associate members Do we need to define a systematic approach to addressing the relationship between CEOS and these organizations? NB: there is no pre-judged opinion on this 19

Mapping Existing Relationships SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 CEOS Entity ISWG Link OCR-VC IOCCG Associate member WGClimate WCRP activities Associate member SST-VC GHRSST Catalyst for VC OST-VC OSTST ? OSVW-VC OSVWST? PC-VC Precip. STs ACC-VC … LSI-VC … Formative and on going contributions to the VC 20

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Discussion • What is motivating the move for some VCs to engage related science teams? • Is this indicative of a broader trend or issue? • Do we need to define a systematic approach to addressing the relationship between CEOS and these organizations?

“VC Portals” Study Steven Hosford, Pedro Gonçalves CNES CEOS SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 th March 2013

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 GEO Web Portal 29

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 GEOSS Resources • Access to GEOSS Resources (EC, Italy, Japan, USA, ESA, ICSU, IEEE, OGC) • * ~430 components registered (datasets, systems & portals) • Over 14 M resources • New: PANGAEA, WIS GISC DWD, GENESI-DEC, Compusult Catalog • Gradual integration of Data. CORE pledges 30

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 GEOSS Data-CORE • GEOSS Data Collection of Open Resources for Everyone • Over 14’ 700 Data-CORE resources visible & accessible via GEO Portal • Contributions need to increase • Critical to advancing data sharing • Data Sharing Principles • Full and Open Exchange of Data • Data and Products at Minimum Time delay and Minimum Cost • Free of Charge or Cost of Reproduction 31

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 VC portals study objectives • Improve discovery and download access of space data collections • Identify and evaluate access to datasets belonging to each VC • Which satellite/sensor combinations belong to each VC • What is the status of the data collections they generate • compliancy with the GEOSS data access characterizations (e. g. Data. CORE) – link to SEO Data policy study • discoverability from the GEOSS Common Infra or CEOS level infrastructure • Provide feedback (guidance) and support to improve the catalogue and product access and registration (CWIC, HMA interoperability) • Examine the need for a more proactive approach from CEOS leadership • In collaboration with WGISS and SEO and with full buy-in from VCs this work should eventually lead to improved CEOS and Virtual Constellations footprint in GEOSS • Initial recommendations presented at WGISS-35 (Brazil 6 -10 May 2013) 32

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Virtual Constellations • Space and ground segment capabilities operating together in a coordinated manner • Overlapping in coverage and domains in order to meet a common set of Earth Observation requirements • Demonstrate the value of a collaborative partnership in addressing a key observational gaps in order to achieve sustainability • Constellations deal with several activities within CEOS and link directly into specific GEOSS space segment requirements, e. g. • Precipitation Virtual Constellation contributes to the GEOSS targets of 3 -hourly global precipitation measurements and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM). 33

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Potential impact of using VCs • Improve search capabilities beyond free-text • Mimic mainstream search engines with ordering/relevance of search results: • Geospatial and temporal domain • Usage patterns • Applications and linkages of collections CEOS Virtual Constellations have great potential • in establishing link between data collections and application domains • improve links between collections (find one, suggest another) • interoperability for cross-search / relation (link a product with data and space-time equivalent product, link products with auxiliary data) • introducing domain “intelligence” into search and access 34

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 • • Precipitation Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) SSMIS instruments on U. S. DMSP satellites AMSR-2 on JAXA’s GCOM-W 1 satellite MADRAS, SAPHIR - Megha-Tropiques (CNES and ISRO) Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) instrument (NOAA-19) MHS on the Met. Op series of satellites (EUMETSAT) ATMS instruments - NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Microwave imager planned for the DWSS Actions: • Confirm listing • Need to identify particular datasets from these missions • Data accessibility to be tested 35

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Land Surface Imaging • Instruments/Datasets • CBERS, LANDSAT, RESOURCESAT, SPOT, ALOS, RADARSAT, ENVISAT • Contributions to the deployment of GEO Forest Carbon Tracking Initiative • Most of the collections have already a discovery mechanism • LSI data access portal • Challenges to come – seamless discovery and access to Landsat-8/Sentinel-2 data Actions • Confirm listing • Need to identify particular datasets from these missions 36

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Atmospheric Composition • Appropriate UV/VIS and IR/microwave radiances of TOMS (1979~), SBUV (1979~), HIRS (1979~), • GOME, GOME-2(1996~), MIPAS, SCIAMACHY (2003 -2012) • OMI (2003~), TES (2005 -2010) • NASA GOZCARDS project • SBUV and Total Ozone Mapping Spectr. (TOMS) (1970~). • OMI / TROPOMI (2004~) • OMPS (Ozone Mapper Profiler Suite) (1982~) • IASi (IR At. Sounding Interferometer), Metop-A/B (2006~) • Actions: • Confirm listing • Have already search and data access mechanism • Data accessibility and flow needs to be tested 37

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Ocean Surface Topography • ERS 1/2, ENVISAT and Cryo. Sat Radar Altimeter • OSTM/Jason-2 (/1), SARAL (Satellite with ARGOS and Alti. Ka) - ISRO/CNES, Haiyang-2 A (CNSA) • Several data distribution portals (AVISO, RADS, NODC, EUMETSAT) • Some collections are discoverable and online • Portals already distribute multi-mission products, addedvalue of CEOS? • VC Near Real Time requirement ? 38

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Ocean Surface Vector Winds • METOP (EUMETSAT) • OCEANSAT (ISRO) • Haiyang-2 A (CNSA) • Actions: • Confirm listing • Need to identify particular datasets from those missions • Common areas within the ocean related VCs (e. g. ocean topography) 39

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Ocean Colour Radiometry • Particularity of focusing on upper level global data products (e. g. level 3, 4) instead of the instrument level products (level 1 and 2) • SIMBIOS (NASA), Glob. Colour (ESA), Chloro. GIN (POGOGEO-GOOS), SAFARI (CSA/GEO) • Actions: • Confirm list and data processing level • Evaluate data accessibility • Severals portals already exist (continuity? ), CEOS added -value? 40

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Sea Surface Temperature • Large list of collections: • Meteosat, ERS , POES, TRMM, INSAT, OCEANSAT-1, Terra, GOES, NMP , Envisat, Aqua, FY-1, Coriolis/Windsat, KALPANA-1, FY-2 , MTSAT , EPS, HY-1, FY-3 , Meteor, COMS, GOMS/ELECTRO, HY-2, SAC, NPP, GCOMW, Sentinel-3, FY-4, GCOM-C, JPSS, MTG-I Actions • Need of further analysis and input from VC to prioritize data collections • Identify data portals and evaluate data accessibility 41

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Next Steps • Establish contact with each VC (during the next 2 days hopefully) • Validate primary data collections listing • Validate specific requirements (NRT, processing level) • Define priority data collections • Evaluate and test • Data discovery and online access methods (machine to machine discovery and access) • Define data flows scenarios (discover collection to access products) • Demonstrate workflow scenarios (access and process data) 42

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Thanks for your feedback / thoughts on these proposals Steven Hosford <steven. hosford@cnes. fr> Pedro Gonçalves <pedro. goncalves@terradue. com> 43

WGCV collaboration with the VCs Dr. Satish Srivastava WGCV Chair Canadian Space Agency (CSA) CEOS SIT-28 Meeting Hampton , Virginia, USA 11 th March 2013

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 • • WGCV-35 Plenary Outcomes The 35 th WGCV Plenary, held jointly with the 34 th WGISS Plenary, was hosted by ISRO in Hyderabad, India from 23 -28 September 2012. Transition of WGCV Chair from Gregory Stensaas (USGS) to Satish Srivastava (CSA) for 2012 -2014 period. Election of Albrecht von Bargen (DLR) as WGCV Vice-chair for 2012 -2014 period and then Chair for 2014 -2016 period. WGCV and WGISS agreed for some joint-efforts Highlights of agreed joint-efforts: 1. Evaluation of data quality metadata fields for sensors/products + definition of requirements 2. CEOS WGCV Test Site information access in CWIC/IDN 3. Develop CEOS Quality Indicators 4. Define ECV quality information and implementation process for metadata and associated documentation 5. Identify key players from VCs to support WGCV/WGISS tasks 6. Update current and develop new CEOS Showcases – DEM Quality Information System (DEMqis) proposed 7. Continue to work with WGISS on data and information access

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 WGCV-35 Plenary Outcomes Main Recommendations from WGCV-35 to CEOS: 1 a) CEOS agencies to support in developing and maintaining recommended instrumentation at the recommended CEOS Cal/Val test sites for IVOS, LPV, and SAR. 1 b) To provide routine data via sensor acquisition plans over the CEOS recommended sites 1 c) To provide free access to data acquired over CEOS sites to CEOS member agencies for calibration purposes, preferably via CWIC. 2 a) To provide a process for supplying resources/funding/support for ground networks and field campaigns 2 b) To provide resources required to enable comparisons of radiometers used for validation of 1) SST and 2) OC to be organized in 2014 (preparations to commence in 2013) in support of VCs and derivation of ECVs.

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 WGCV-35 Plenary Outcomes Main Recommendations from WGCV-35 to CEOS: . . . continued 3) To encourage members to provide resource to lead and encourage widespread implementation of QA 4 EO principles within current and future activities of CEOS members facilitated by the new UKSA QA 4 EO Secretariat. -> Some details, see below 4) WGCV and WGC to work together to establish consistent interpretation of GCOS ECV requirements and analysis methodology for accuracy and stability monitoring, and to support validation processes of ECVs. -> Some details, see below

QA 4 EO SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 A Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation • QA 4 EO is a consequence from a known need for interoperability in quality and consistency. • QA 4 EO is included in GEO work plan 2012 -2015. • QA 4 EO is a direct CEOS response to GEO Task DA-06 -02 & DA-09 -01 a: GEOSS Quality Assurance Strategy, now in: IN-02 Earth Data Sets C 1 • QA 4 EO implementation plan is currently in a revision process and will be discussed during the WGCV plenary. • The interaction of WGCV and the other WGs and VCs wrt QA 4 EO is outlined. • Side meeting with VCs and WGs to detail the way forward

QA 4 EO SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 A Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation Recent activities: • • With funding support from UKSA and NPL, UK for two years a new QA 4 EO Secretariat has been formed at NPL (Sec. Contact: Niall Origo, sec@qa 4 eo. org) Request for Participation into QA 4 EO: Letter sent on Jan. 22 nd, 2013 to CEOS and GEO members. Two QA 4 EO Implementation meetings via teleconference were held on February 12 and 26, 2013 QA 4 EO Team Structure now established: § CEOS QA 4 EO Implementation Task Force o Will have regular teleconference/Web-Ex communication to define action tasks as required for implementation. § CEOS QA 4 EO Management Team o Will meet as and when required via teleconference/Web-Ex communication to provide priority and guidance to the task force and in return be informed of new and on-going initiatives. § GEO Implementation Task Force o Will meet as and when required via teleconference/Web-Ex communication to provide the interface with the CEOS implementation teams and helps coordinate CEOS+GEO efforts.

QA 4 EO SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 A Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation Output of teleconference: • Review of implementation plan • • Identify areas of with known issues Either correct or comment on issues depending on how contentious they are Identify related activities • NASA Earth Science Data Working Group • ISO standards • PROV-ES (Provenance Earth Science) Extend membership to these groups Refocusing of QA 4 EO tasks and subtasks (outlined in the implementation plan) to be performed in the short term. Identification of potential case studies and points of contact for those. Examples of the use of Maturity Matrices (e. g. WGC). Identification of outreach opportunities (both policy and technical level) – interaction with WGCap. D. For details and documentation, Visit http: //www. qa 4 eo. org/

QA 4 EO SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Interactions and case study plans with VCs and WGs Key Implementation strategy is to increase uptake through provision of example case studies and advice. To establish a set of case studies: • WGCV (& QA 4 EO implementation team) request from agencies, VCs etc. • examples of existing QA best practice consistent with QA 4 EO principles • Ideas where such activities are in progress and could be adopted • Activities in need of improved QA and where there is a desire and resource to develop QA 4 EO team (through secretariat): • Provide advise on how to implement QA 4 EO • Work with agency, VC, WG to write and promote short case study from supplied information Initial examples proposed: - SST with VC-SST and WGC - LEO-GEO inter-calibration with WMO GSICS - Maturity Matrix as QA status check/reporting mechanism with NOAA & WGC - Sentinel 2 Radiometric calibration tool with ESA More ideas/examples welcomed:

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Interaction with WGClimate on ECVs WGCV-35 Recommendation is Develop WGCV and WGC interface group to establish consistent interpretation of GCOS ECV requirements and analysis methodology for accuracy and stability monitoring, and to support validation processes of ECVs In detail: • WGCV can offer expertise on calibration to support the L 1 b data records by its • sub-groups IVOS, SAR, and MS • WGCV can offer expertise on validation on product level with emphasis on • Atmospheric ECVs by the AC sub-group • Terrestrial ECVs by the LPV sub-group (Sub-group chair LPV has been invited to WGC meeting in Ashville 2012) • Oceanographic ECVs are also included in IOCCG which is also interacting with CEOS, currently with IVOS • An mechanism between both WGs for know-how exchange should be settled • WGCV will also internally discuss how to ensure the work-flow • WGC Po. C to WGCV is currently WGCV Vice-chair

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Upcoming WGCV-36 Plenary • Hosted by the Academy of Opto-Electronics (AOE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai, China, May 13 -17, 2013 • Registration is now closed but late comers are welcomed. • More information on WGCV website: please visit www. ceos. org For more information, please contact WGCV-Secretariat: Eric. Arsenault@asc-csa. gc. ca

2015 Deliverables CEOS SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 th March 2013

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 2015 deliverables § 10 -year implementation plan for the GEOSS ends in 2015 § CSS study of VCs focused on their capacity and intentions to provide deliverables – SIT dialogue with VCs/WGs in 2012 has continued this discussion: what can we deliver to CEOS & GEO Member national governments? § The VCs and WGs are the delivery teams of CEOS § Delivery plans have been updated – this session takes a look at the combined output (from 1 -pagers input for SIT-28) – with a view to considering standardisation and consistency in deliverables, milestones and activities for improved communication and management 55

2015 deliverables – space segment SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Space Segment ACC LSI OCR OST * Geostationary AQ Constellation Coordination (Sentinel-4, TEMPO, GEMS) * Greenhouse Gas Constellation * Limb scattering ozone profile measurement coordination * Ensure launch of Jason-3 in March 2015 latest, so as to preserve continuity of the reference measurement * Timely program approval of Jason-CS in Europe and in the US to ensure long-term availability of the reference measurement * Maintain focus on new technology as in SWOT and ensure its continuity with the Jason-series by including a Jason-class nadir altimeter in the SWOT payload OSVW * In 2013 ASCAT-B becomes the primary operational mission and ASCAT-A remains in operations as a hot standby. Tandem operations beyond 2014 under discussion. Planning: absolute calibration of ASCAT-B and crosscalibration with ASCAT-A; potential revisit of phasing of METOP-A/METOP-B options. (* OSCAT F/O (Oceansat-3) and ASCAT F/O (EPS-SG) mission advocacy and coordination). PC SST * GPM Constellation phase satellites - continuity for TRMM * Sentinel-3 launch and advocacy (ESA) * Commissioning of METOB-B AVHRR/IASI (EUMETSAT) * Development of an SST- constellation requirements paper (work in progress) *Addressing the Gap in dual-view SST measurements since the loss of ENVISAT AATSR (ESA) * Inclusion of HY-2 B into the Constellation (SOA) (Advocacy of: NPP/VIIRS (NOAA); COMS (KARI); continuity of passive microwave measurements (GCOM-W, JAXA); MTG (EUMETSAT); GCOM-C (JAXA); Oceansat-3 (ISRO)) WGCap. D WGISS WGClimate - WGCV - (Once initial rendition of Physical Architecture is complete, first concrete recommendations on climate observation priorities for space segment will be provided. Undertaken in collaboration with CGMS, expected within 2015. ) 56

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 2015 deliverables – gnd segment/infosys Gnd Segment/Info Systems ACC LSI OCR OST OSVW PC SST WGCap. D WGISS * LSI Explorer (Cross-Catalog, Data Discovery, Data Delivery System) * LSI Web Site * PC Data Portal * GHRSST framework for data discovery and access inc NRT data * Development of Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre and Ground Segment * Implementation of CWIC for SST holdings * Development of Global AVHRR HRPT rescue activity * Common format for SST products (implemented already for all GHRSST data streams and as part of the Sentinel-3 G/S from conception) (Cooperation with International validation teams (e. g Sentinel-3), Coordination of in situ SST radiometer validation activities with ISSI and WGCV (radiometer inter-comparison)) * WGCap. D web/GEONet. Cab/GEO portal - capacity building resources WGClimate * CEOS IDN: 14, 000+ data collections – also via GEO Portal * CWIC: 1, 700+ data collections – also via GEO Portal * Fed. EO: CEOS agency data collections discoverable via GEOSS * Portal systems: LSI, ACC & CEOS Water * Essential Climate Variable Inventory. First version and analysis available by Q 1 2014. WGCV - 57

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 2015 deliverables – products & services Products/Services ACC LSI OCR OST OSVW PC SST * Multi Sensor Volcanic Eruption Alert System * Total Ozone ECV support * Terrestrial ECVs * Ocean Colour ECV support: basin to global scale ECV/CDR. IOCCG ECV WG will prepare report on objectives by 2014 * Provision and dissemination of SARAL, Cryosat 2 and HY 2 A altimetry products (and also assimilation into the multi mission DUACS product) * Training programmes * Consistently reprocessed ASCAT-A mission dataset * Consistently processed OSCAT mission dataset * Standard calibration/validation methodology in coordination with IOVWST * Course on the use of scatterometer winds for marine forecasting – based on needs assessment * Precipitation ECV support * Improved SST products (L 2, L 3 and L 4) * Improved Multi-Product Ensemble SST L 4 diagnostic system (GMPE) * Metrics for SST services, products and users * Development of SST CDR via ESA CCI and GHRSST * Improved CDR from MSG SEVIRI * Improved use of GSICS * Inclusion of QA 4 EO guidelines in GHRSST data sets (Formal link to WGCV) * Implementation and operation of Diagnostic Data Set (e. g. , via the ESA Felyx project) to pilot Ocean Super. Site development. (Advocacy for Ocean Super. Sites with Agency cooperation; Coordinate user requirements and feedback for SST Products and Services Advocate for better access to CEOS Member data sets) WGCap. D * International Online Certificate Program in Remote Sensing * Inventory of capacity building activities focused on space-derived data * Digital Elevation Models workshops with high resolution DEM data WGISS WGClimate * Consensus system metrics for assessing ECV maturity end 2014. * In depth Data assessment procedure and pilots Q 2 2014. (Both undertaken with SST and OCR VCs (and their associated scientific bodies - GHRSST, IOCCG) and in collaboration with WCRP-DAC) WGCV * GEO strategy for data quality assurance through a CEOS Quality Assurance Framework for Earth Observation (QA 4 EO) * QA 4 EO Implementation Pilots and Showcases for key GEO data/information/SBA efforts * Fit for purpose documentation related to system, data and product capability and accuracy * Quality parameter measurement and process guidelines for each quality definition * CEOS Test Sites for operational system of Data and Information Interoperability and Harmonization in CEOS and GEO * Operational collection of calibration data over these sites by agencies * Prototype pre-operational satellite to satellite (optical domain) bias correction 58

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Space segment § Significant variation, even internally, in defining and communicating what the VCs and WGs aim to achieve § VCs mainly deliver space segment coordination outcomes and products/services “The Virtual Constellations are seen as one of the biggest assets of CEOS, and the primary mechanism for the coordination of space assets” § Isolating, defining, standardising the value added of the VCs for the space segment would help communication & management? 59

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Ground segment, products & services § WGs mainly deliver portals/info systems & products/services § SIT Vice Chair proposal seeks to standardise on the access to products and services relevant to VCs ‘(portals’) 60

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 VC & WG deliverables – balance & consistency § In light of the consolidated responses, do individual VC/WGs wish to change their statement of deliverables? Should we more generally seek to sharpen scope of VC/WG deliverables and seek to standardise and improve consistency? § Clearer deliverables would aid communication and management? § Better integration of the VC/WGs with the annual CEOS Work Plan § Not much guidance from the Constellations Process Paper (2008) § Time for an update? 61

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Adequacy of the 2015 Deliverables for the GEOSS § Perspective from CEOS rep to post-2015 GEO WG § Discussion § Perspective from GEO Secretariat § Discussion 62

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Common obstacles and common solutions § “Modular”approach to implementation of VCs – how do agencies coordinate physical contributions to ensuring long-term ECVs? § What are the challenges to implementing the VC? (Legal? Financial? Governmental? ) § Are any of these issues that an agency sees as possibly surmountable through bilateral or other discussions? § Can the agencies identify investments, assets, or contributions they might make in ensuring ECV generation? (Even if the institution is not a space agency). § What is needed to move the ECV generation forward? (hardware, software, reports, money, etc. ) 63

GEO Blue Planet Task CEOS SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 th March 2013

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 SB-01 – Oceans and Society or “the Blue Planet Task” New Task in the GEO 2012 -2015 Work Plan § Related GEOSS Strategic Targets § § Climate, Ecosystems, Agriculture, Biodiversity Components: C 1 – Global Ocean Information Coordination and Access • Lead (CEOS) – M. Dowell (need to provide new CEOS Lead as Mark has been asked to lead on behalf of EU/EC) C 2 – Operational Systems for Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems • Lead (CEOS) – P. Regner (ESA) C 3 – A Global Operational Ocean Forecasting Network C 4 – Applications of Earth Observations and Information to Sustainable Fishery and Aquaculture Management 65

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Oceans and Society Blue Planet Symposium 2013 19 -21 November 2012 – Ilhabella, Brazil § Main Outcomes/Actions: § Continue developing the SB-01 Task and establish further synergies between the various Task Components § Develop a White Paper to elaborate contributions of various programs and elements of Blue Planet § CEOS Presentation to Symposium highlighted: § Initiatives at the international level to coordinate satellite observations of the ocean that are relevant to the Blue Planet Task of GEO § Examples (not meant to be exhaustive) include: § CEOS Working Group on Climate – ocean Essential Climate Variables § CEOS Virtual Constellations – all main ocean observations! § CEOS Carbon Task Force – ocean aspects covered in Strategy report § Other transversal issues: e. g. , QA 4 EO Cal/Val 66

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 ECV Overview of Oceanic Products for ECVs Global Products FCDR required Sea-surface Temperature Integrated SST analyses based on satellite and in situ data records IR, MW Sea-surface Salinity Datasets for research on sea-surface salinity MW Sea Level Sea level global mean and regional variability Altimetry Sea State Wave height, other measures of sea Altimetry Sea Ice Sea-ice concentration, extent, edge, supported by thickness & drift MW, VIS, radar, lidar, SAR altimetry Ocean color Ocean radiometry, Chl-a Multispectral VIS imagery

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Oceans and Society - Blue Planet at GEO-IX Plenary Albert Fischer, UNESCO/IOC, presented 68

Oceans and Society - Blue Planet at GEO-IX Plenary SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Added Value of Blue Planet: • GHRSST • • Provides new platforms to demonstrate importance of sustained in situ and satellite observations of marine and freshwater environments, and the value of integrating these with models Brings together a wide and diverse community of governmental and academic researchers and provides new platforms for integration of multiple streams of data into products that provide the real value to users Includes a dynamic, focused program in capacity building, complemented by a vigorous, global network of former scholars from developing countries. 69

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 CEOS 2013 Work Plan Expected Outcomes for 2013 – CEOS Support to Key Stakeholder Initiatives § 6. 5 – Determination of the level and scope of engagement of the four ocean-related Virtual Constellations in the GEO Blue Planet Task § Ocean VCs and WGClimate “will participate in a CEOS Oceans Summit to address key activities where CEOS entities can make significant contributions to the newly developed Blue Planet Task. ” § “Additionally, CEOS will consider how best to capitalize on the existence of the four ocean-related Virtual Constellations by reviewing and investigating the feasibility of creating an overarching entity for operational oceanography. ” - Tabled for the moment WELCOME to the Oceans Summit! 70

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 What is Needed from OCR, OST, OSVW, and SST CEOS Actions in Support of SB-01!!!! 71

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 CEOS-GEO Actions NEW ACTION GEO Work Plan Task and Component SB-01 -C 1_1 (in reality addresses all of SB-01) Description Contribute to the definition of the Implementation Plan/white paper for the Oceans and Society: Blue Planet Task, evidencing the significant contributions offered by CEOS ocean Virtual Constellations , the ocean contributions on ECVs and the ocean component of the Carbon Task Force. POC(s) Mark Dowell-WGClimate/EC-JRC ? ? (NB: I may have to switch to EC representation on this GEO Task, we may need to identify an alternate, I am happy to continue to represent CEOS as well for now) 2013 Milestones/ Deliverables Implementation Plan / whitepaper for Ocean and Society: Blue Planet overarching Task, reflecting significant CEOS contributions Comments 72

Why Are CEOS Actions Important? SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 § Highlight the commitment of Space Agencies to implement the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) § Actions focus exclusively on space segment aspects and efforts of Space Agencies to implement Components of the GEO Work Plan and GEOSS § Captured in the annual CEOS Implementation Plan CEOS-GEO Actions Workshop, January 23 -24, 2013 73

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 § TAKE TWO: SB-01 – Oceans and Society Blue Planet Task Components: C 1 – Global Ocean Information Coordination and Access • Lead (CEOS) – M. Dowell (need to provide new CEOS Lead as Mark has been asked to lead on behalf of EU/EC) C 2 – Operational Systems for Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems • Lead (CEOS) – P. Regner (ESA) C 3 – A Global Operational Ocean Forecasting Network C 4 – Applications of Earth Observations and Information to Sustainable Fishery and Aquaculture Management 74

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 CEOS Actions Remapping to GEO Priority Actions for SB-01 Components § Each of the four Components has a number of Priority Actions identified. The following is a list of possible CEOSrelevant actions: § C 1: Promote activities of the IOCCG and applications of remotely-sensed ocean-colour data through coordination, training, liaison between providers and users, advocacy and provision of expert advice. Coordinate with CEOS climate activity plans to optimize its marine elements ACTIONS? ? § C 1: Develop vulnerability and integrated management of coastal zones in order to inventory, protect, and monitor coastal lands in the context of climate change and associated risk (DI-01 connections) ACTIONS? ? § C 2: Fully engage the four ocean-related CEOS Virtual Constellations (see also IN-01) ACTIONS? ? 75

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 CEOS Actions Remapping to GEO Priority Actions for SB-01 Components – con’t 1. Execution requires the cooperation of at least two CEOS Agencies 1 2. Execution requires a “significant” level of effort and good coordination (e. g. , publication of an article does not need to be followed as an action. The article might be published on www. ceos. org) 3. Significant and citable benefits towards meeting societal needs 4. Needs to be “Actionable” (properly described, feasible with Lead Agencies (or WG, VC), at least one Contributor, clear Milestones and Deliverables, potential support might be indicated 1 WG and VC considered “multi-agency’” group 76

CEOS Ocean VCs and GEO Blue Planet – one way forward Eric Lindstrom NASA Headquarters

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 THE IDEA • Better coordinate near-real time ocean remote sensing data to improve and enhance oceanography applications. Do this as a CEOS contribution to GEO Blue Planet. • Give common cause to four CEOS Ocean Virtual Constellations currently working largely in isolation. • Intelligently apply coordination lessons learned from CEOS Climate WG for Essential Climate Variables to NRT applications for four Essential Ocean Variables.

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Four Ocean VCs Sample of NRT Appl. • Sea Surface Temperature – weather, fisheries, coral reef health • Ocean Vector Winds – weather, safety at sea, ocean forecasting • Ocean Surface Topography – storm surge, tides, hurricane intensity forecasts, ocean forecasting • Ocean Color – fisheries, HABs, human health

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 GEO Blue Planet needs CEOS VCs! • Global Ocean Information Coordination and Access • Operational Systems for Monitoring Marine and Coastal Ecosystems • A Global Operational Ocean Forecasting Network • Applications of Earth Observations and Information to Sustainable Fishery and Aquaculture Management

Coordinate with SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Ocean Forecasting • JCOMM Expert Team on Ocean Forecast Systems • Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment- (GODAE) Ocean. View Program • Work with them to optimize NRT products – take the lead from GHRSST to enable interchange of data and product development.

Coordinate with SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Fisheries, HABS, Coral Reefs • Provide integrated NRT product stream – beyond SST to Color, Height, and Wind. • Address Ocean and Human Health issues with the full force of satellites?

Coordinate with SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Weather • Work toward seamless information for severe weather and safety at sea warnings. • Hurricane research and operational intensity forecasting with integrated ocean data sets. • Consider impact on storm surge forecasting from better NRT wind and height data.

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Benefits to CEOS • Recognize that this activity can utilize many more data streams than presently captured by activities of Climate WG. • Can harness CEOS Ocean data for immediate and practical societal benefits. • Encourages and realizes NRT sharing of information for all.

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 CEOS Actions? ? • Build a mechanism for 4 Ocean VCs to share information, contacts, and present uses of NRT data. • Assess the barriers to seamless use and sharing of NRT Ocean VC data. • Build a CEOS Workplan for enabling a global NRT ocean data stream.

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Blue Planet • “One intent of Blue Planet is to create an organogram to show many of the activities that are being conducted with respect to oceans contribute to the many SBAs; there is confusion on how everything fits together; what the acronyms mean; what entities are doing. We first need to understand all the pieces” (KA Sawyer in Blue Planet Summary) • Lets make CEOS part of the solution to this problem!

CEOS Deliverables for GEOSS Data Discovery and Access Heritage, recent efforts, possible solutions using HMA-CWIC & discussion Name Satoko Horiyama MIURA Organization WGISS Chair/JAXA CEOS SIT-28 Meeting Hampton , Virginia, USA Date March 12, 2013

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Contents 1. Goal 2. Future Steps towards the Goal 3. Recommendations (just introduction) 4. Heritage 5. Recent Efforts 6. Background of Recommendations 7. Response to the Plenary Action 8. Recommendations (before discussion) 9. Discussion 10. Recommendations (reflecting discussion results, ask for endorsement) 11. Way Forward 88

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Goal p All of the “OPEN” CEOS Agencies’ data can be discovered and accessed from external clients (e. g. CEOS and GEO Portals) • It should be independent of the technical implementation/standards and without any discrimination. Overall, 70% of CEOS mission data is accessible (OPEN). This includes all missions launched since 2000. 89

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Future Steps towards the Goal 1. To improve data discovery through GEO portal 2. To improve data access through GEO Portal Several recommendations were prepared to implement the above steps (shown in the following slides). After discussion, SIT participants will be asked to endorse those. 90

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Recommendations (introduction) p Recommendations to improve CEOS agencies’ “OPEN” data discovery and access 1. [Datasets Registration] CEOS agencies are strongly urged to register their datasets to IDN. Target date = The next Plenary Meeting 2. [IDN Data Maintenance] In order to keep datasets accurate and timely, each agency should check their records in IDN periodically. 3. [Navigation for users] CEOS agencies should take the appropriate measures for easily leading users to products after data discovery. 91

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Heritage 1. CEOS agencies have several useful systems/tools such as: • • CWIC Fed. EO (based on HMA-science) IDN Each Agency’s systems/tools 2. At the last plenary meeting (Nov. , 2012), there was intense discussion on CEOS agencies’ data discovery and access. • ACTION : “WGISS to engage related agencies and to lead an investigation into the opportunities and obstacles for the interoperability of HMA and CWIC, providing a report and recommendations to SIT-28. ” 92

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Recent Efforts 1. Strategic Discussion a. Two telecons among WGISS, SIT chair team and SIT Vice Chair telecon in December and February (1) Covered broader perspective on how to improve CEOS agencies’ data discovery and access b. One Telecon with CEOS members in February 2. Technical Discussion a. Four telecons among HMA team, CWIC team and WGISS telecon in January and February 3. E-mail exchange 93

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Background for Recommendations Recommendation 1: Datasets Registration CEOS agencies are strongly urged to register their datasets to IDN. • In order to be “discoverable” through GEO Portal, datasets need to be registered to IDN in advance. This is a necessary 1 st step. • The IDN team is happy to support you on how to start the registration. Please contact to “gsfcgcmduso@mail. nasa. gov”, if you need any help. 94

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Background for Recommendations Recommendation 2 : IDN Data Maintenance In order to keep datasets accurate and timely, each agency should check their records in IDN periodically. • As of February 26 th, more than 14, 000 datasets from CEOS agencies were registered. But, a. For a significant part of them, the information returned in the query results is either wrong or inaccurate (e. g. obsolete information). b. The IDN team currently runs a link checker program on the catalog on weekly basis and when broken links are discovered the IDN team contacts the record owners. But sometimes record owners themselves are obsolete! 95

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Background for Recommendations Recommendation 3 : Navigation for users CEOS agencies should take the appropriate measures for easily leading users to products after data discovery. 1. If datasets are registered to IDN, they are discoverable from the GEO Portal. 2. But “discoverable” does not necessarily equal to “efficiently accessible”. a. b. Even if a hyperlink appears, it may lead to the top page of another system. Users have to search the dataset again. (= accessible but not “efficiently” accessible) Or no hyperlink appears due to some reason. (= not accessible) 96

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 CEOS Data Policy Study Results 387 Mission-Instrument Combinations q Open (no registration) = 42% q Open (simple registration) = 22% q Open (advanced approval) = 6% q Restricted = 14% q No Access or Unknown = 16% Comments q q Overall, 70% of CEOS mission data is accessible (OPEN). This includes all missions launched since 2000. First release of results available on the CEOS website under SEO. A prototype CEOS Data Policy Portal has also been released. 97

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Response to the Plenary Action 1. Fed. EO (based on HMA-science) team and CWIC team agreed to specify and implement one common external interface, “CEOS Open. Search”. • Details need to be discussed by the team from Fed. EO and CWIC, but here are tentative milestones. (1) Specify the standard using current implementations of the specifications: After SIT-28 ~ Sep. , 2014 (2) Fed. EO and CWIC teams implement the CEOS Open. Search standard for external client access: ~Feb. , 2015 2. CEOS and other Community Portals will need to implement only one access standard to search and access data from CWIC & Fed. EO. 98

HMA – CWIC Interoperability SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 NASA Note: All HMA interfaces (green) already available and connected to Fed. EO. Others coming. GEO Portal CEOS ESA/ESRIN NASA ECHO European Missions DLR portals Spot Image MDA NASA ECHO Gateway IDN FEDEO Clearinghouse CWIC EUMETSAT ESA Missions DMC EO-DAIL VITO CWIC Missions NOAA CLASS GHRSST JAXA NASA USGS LSI INPE Legend: CNES CCRS ISRO AOE (China) Beijing-1 NSMC/Feng. Yun CRESDA Disasters Charter OGC 06 -131 EOP EP (HMA) OGC 09 -084 Open. Search OGC CSW 99

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Recommendations (before discussion) p Recommendations to improve CEOS agencies’ “OPEN” data discovery and access 1. [Datasets Registration] CEOS agencies are strongly urged to register their datasets to IDN. Target date = The next Plenary Meeting 2. [IDN Data Maintenance] In order to keep datasets accurate and timely, each agency should check their records in IDN periodically. 3. [Navigation for users] CEOS agencies should take the appropriate measures for easily leading users to products after data discovery. 100

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 DISCUSSION Modification of Recommendations (as needed) 101

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Recommendations (ask for approval) p Recommendations to improve CEOS agencies’ “OPEN” data discovery and access 1. [Datasets Registration] CEOS agencies are strongly urged to register their datasets to IDN. Target date = The next Plenary Meeting 2. [IDN Data Maintenance] In order to keep datasets accurate and timely, each agency should check their records in IDN periodically. 3. [Navigation for users] CEOS agencies should take the appropriate measures for easily leading users to products after data discovery. 102

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Way Forward 1. Side meeting on March 15 th (after SIT-28) • Technical issues and more details will be discussed. 2. WGISS-35 Meeting (May 6 -10) • Strategic Report the 2013 activities results and 2014 plan, including preparation for to “Sprint to Summit”. 5. GEO Plenary/Summit (January 2014? ) • Strategic According to the results from the meeting on March 15 th, CEOS will report/present their contributions. 4. CEOS Plenary (November) • Technical Detailed discussion on WGISS contributions. 3. GEO IIB and Work Plan Symposium (June 3 -7) • Technical Strategic Sprint to Summit, Exhibition? 103

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 Acronyms • CWIC: CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog • IDN: International Directory Network • HMA: Heterogeneous Missions Accessibility 104

SIT-28 agenda items CEOS SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 th March 2013

SIT-28 Meeting Hampton, Virginia, USA 11 -15 March 2013 SIT-28 agenda content § Tuesday pm is VC & WG session § 2015 deliverables topic (1 h 10 m) § 1 -page/3 -min report on deliverables from each VC/WG § Conclusions from today and Principals discussion § VC Membership, Composition & Sustainability (40 m) § Conclusions from today and Principals discussion § VC/WG selected topic (30 m) § Or extended time on existing topic § CEOS Deliverables for GEOSS Data Discovery and Access (1 h 15 m) § Need a clear way ahead for Principals to discuss § VC portals study § LSI terms of reference (20 m) 106