ADC meeting Feb 29 – Mar 1, 2007, Geneva Chu Ishida, JAXA GEOSS Strategic Way-forward （ II) - GEOSS Guidance Documents and Roadmap -

ADC meeting

Feb 29 – Mar 1, 2007, Geneva

Chu Ishida, JAXA

GEOSS Strategic Way-forward （ II) - GEOSS Guidance Documents and

Roadmap -

Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2007 GEOSS Strategic Way-foward 2

Contents

• AR-06-02 Task• Strategic guidance document• Tactical guidance document• Strategic approach

– A system of systems– Comprehensive approach, demonstrative approach

• Roadmap• Task progress evaluation


AR-06-02 Task Definition(Guidance documents for convergence of

systems)

• Produce practical strategic and tactical guidance document on how to converge disparate systems to a higher degree of collaboration and interoperability under GEOSS including its roadmap and using existing efforts wherever possible.


Status of Three Documents

• Strategic Guidance Document – ADC review completed

• Tactical Guidance Document – 2nd draft being reviewed by task members

• Roadmap - draft completed and verified


Purposes of Guidance Documents• STRATEGIC DOCUMENT PURPOSE The document is perceived as the material each participating or

potential agency might take to their ministries or government leaders . It should give a short explanation of the GEOSS and the principles that countries need to apply in their planning in order to contribute effectively and benefit suitably from involvement - over the long term.

Such a document should be completely non-technical and just be of order 4-5 pages.

• TACTICAL DOCUMENT PURPOSE This is more for technical managers to ensure that they leverage

developments in GEO and that their system can interface correctly to the GEOSS components. The technical document will be used like a procedure manual for information systems or data centre managers to ensure that means are clearly identified for making their systems compatible and suitably interfaced to the GEOSS. It would include for example the components registry form that they need to submit.

The main body of such a document need be no more than 10-15 pages (supplemented by annexes as required)


Strategic Guidance DocumentQ/A format is used;

• What is the Global Earth Observations System of Systems (GEOSS)?

• How is GEOSS managed by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO)?

• What is the scope of GEOSS?

• How will GEOSS help to Realize Societal Benefits?

• What kinds of systems are already encompassed within GEOSS?

• What are the benefits of contributing a system to GEOSS?

• What are the requirements for contributing a system to GEOSS?

Annex: GEOSS Component Registration Form

Content

•Description of GEOSS

•A system of systems

•Interoperability arrangement


Tactical Guidance Document• IntroductionRegistration• What components can we nominate to contribute to the GEOSS ?• What are the requirements for contributing a component to GEOSS ?• What are the obligations for the component contributor to conform to the

GEOSS interoperability ?Test and verification• How can the interoperability of the proposed component for contribution be

tested and verified ?Operations & maintenance• How will the integrity and evolution of GEOSS architecture and services be

ensured ?• Will the data and products provided by my systems be subject to a particular

data policy applied by GEO ?• Is technical or financial support available to facilitate the contribution of our

systems to GEOSS ?• Are there any constraints on the nature of contributing organizations ?

Annex : GEOSS Component Registration Form Definition of terms


Strategic contents• Strategic guidance document

– A system of system• Comprehensive approach• Demonstrative approach

– Interoperability arrangements

• Tactical guidance document – Component registration and operations

• Roadmap– Strategic view– Long-term planning


Three Meanings of “A System of Systems”

A System for Converging Observation Systems Worldwide

A System for Integrating Observation, Modeling, and Data Management Systems

A System forCoordinating

the Nine Socio Benefit

Areas

Disaster Health Energy

Climate

Water

Ecosystem

Agriculture

Weather

Biodiversity


Provisions for A System of Systemsin Strategic Guidance Document

How will GEOSS help to Realize Societal Benefits?

“It can be seen that GEOSS acts in multiple roles to help realize the envisioned benefits. GEOSS has a role in: enhancing observation systems worldwide, expanding spatial and temporal coverage of observations; coordinating the integration and modeling of observational data, leading to more accurate and useful information and predictions; and, coordinating among the nine societal benefit areas, promoting more effective sharing of data and information across very different communities.” (4th paragraph)


Provisions in Strategic Guidance Document

How will GEOSS help to Realize Societal Benefits? (Comprehensive approach) “The GEOSS 10 year Implementation Plan and Reference Document is

the guiding document concerning how GEOSS will achieve the envisioned societal benefits. Working with the communities who are already active in each of the nine societal benefit areas, GEOSS implementors will cooperate in identifying user needs, defining observation requirements, and implementing coordinated systems. … Such tailored approaches can be seen in the 2‑year, 6-year and 10-year targets given in the GEOSS 10 year Implementation Plan.” (1st para)

(Demonstrative approach)“The realization of societal benefits is an important focus for GEO, and will be addressed through demonstration projects using the GEOSS common architecture in concert with global observations and local applications in solving real-life issues across the various societal benefit areas. The success of such demonstration projects, even those of fairly modest scale, are as crucial to the success of GEOSS as are the overarching GEO vision and the GEOSS interoperability arrangements.”(5th para)


GEOSS Guidance Document and Roadmap

Strategic Guidance Document

invite component contribution for GEO policy maker

Tactical Guidance Document

technical procedures for data center manger

•Description of GEOSS•A system of systems•Interoperability

•Component registration•Testing & verification•Operations & maintenance

GEOSSRoadmap

Task progressQuaterly, yearly

Performanceevaluation

BiannualyRefer

Strategicview

Refer

Long-termplanning

Implementation

Feedback

Compare

Performance

Compare

Progress


GEOSS Roadmap

• Initially proposed to be included in GEOSS Guidance Document

• Later it was suggested to be a separate document andto be used as communication tools for GEO Committees


Needs of roadmap

• Assists overall and long-term planning• Assists understanding user requirements• Assists linking and prioritization of targets• Assists convergence of systems and

applications of “a system of system” engineering

• Assist synergies among SBAs• Assists evaluation of progress


Development of GEOSS Roadmap

• Develop time series chart of GEOSS 10 year IP Reference Document targets (2 year, 6 year and 10 year targets) for respective SBA and transverse area

• Targets are categorized as;– Space-based observation– In-situ observation – (Data) Integration– Products– Models– Strategy

• Time-series of tasks related to “Space-based observation”, “In-situ observation”, “Integration”, and “Product” are mainly addressed from architecture and data point of view


SBA Road Map - Water2006-2007 2008-2011 2012-2015

In-situ observation

Integration

Product

Model

User IF

Improve existing in-situ sys

Test global net of integ. in-situ obs sites

Test a fully integrated prototype data system

Make integrated in-situ obs site operational

Operational integrated data system

Space-based observation

Study water quality measure capability, altimetry for streamflow and water storage

Integrated info on climate indices/ extreme events

Impl. plan for data Integration system

Plan integ. in-situ site net

3 hourly global precipitation

Integrated precip. and soil moisture products

Int’l coord. mecha.

GPM, surface & subsurface water stores

Plan water quality monitoring

System for monitoring WC changes

Data and info on water quantity and quality

Collaborative mechanism between obs and research community

Framework for ensemble hydro prediction

Gravity mission for water cycle monitor

New products for precipitation, soil moisture, evaporation and

evapotranspiration

Integrated water cycle data sets

Water level data collection sys

Planning Prototyping Operational


A system of Systems - Space-based observation -

2006-2007 2008-2011 2012-2015

Disaster

Health

Climate

Watercycle

Weather

Ecosystem

Strengthen Int’l charterAddress unmet needs:- Significant increase in SAR (C/X/L)- Optimized L-band SAR for InSAR & forests- Hyper-spectral for smoke & pollution plumes- Passive microwave for soil moisture

Geo for non-weather purposes

CEOS-assured continuity of critical observation

Define wide-area health parameters from sat

RS maps for gasses and aerosols, pollutions

Spec for new major obs capabilities Plan to fill-in RS gaps with necessaryin-situ observations

Define hi-res sensors for health observations

Implement operational observing system - reliable & timely data for energy sector

Energy

Implement GCOS-IP and IGOS Theme reports (59 actions identified)

Support research program for devt of obs of key ECVs: ozone, aerosols, CO2..

Dev. and operate new instruments for ECVs

Study capabilities for:- surface water quality- streamflow and water storage (altimeters)

3 hourly global precipitation GPM & missions for surfaceand subsurface water stores

Plan water quality monitoring

Gravity mission for ground water stores

Invest in critical data gaps (wind & humidity profiles, ocean

evaporation, soil moisture, precipitation)

Support WMO activities to improve data observation & models of severe weather events & associated early warning systems - inc regional centres in dev. countries

New observation systems to cover specific observations-wind&humidity profiles at all levels- temp profiles with adeq. vert resn in cloudy areas- precipitation- soil moisture- surface pressure- snow equivalent water content- etc

Global ecosystem mapping at 500 m resolutionContinuity of moderate to high-resolution EO satellites for

land cover & ocean colour

Study new sensors and platforms

Agriculture Land cover mapping of 1:1MUse of geo sat data

In food insecure regions

Global land cover product at 1:500,000

Global production capabilities:Land cover obs for 1:250,000Land use obs for 1:500,000

Establish role of sat data in global farm sys DB

Continuity of high resolution optical/radar sats (5-30m)

Explore lidar/InSAR topography for low relief& coastal zones

Develop methods for determiningshallow bathymetry (tsunami apps)

Routine watershed health indicators

Implement IGOS Carbon observing system

Establish utility of SAR & hyperspectral


GEOSS Functional Components - Data Integration -2005-2006 2007-2010 2011-2014

Disaster

Health

Climate

Watercycle

Ecosystem

Agriculture

InSAR integration to warning and prediction system

Integrated system of InSAR and GPS

Develop products and systems integrating DB with health

Health info net DB

Inventory of EO DB that can be associated with known health problem

Devel Early detec sys for health-related change Facilitate early detect and control of env risk

Establish data archive centers for ECVs, commit integrated global analysis of ECV

Develop data integration facilities Promote reanalysis program

Integrated obs sys for atmos. chem.

Test a fully integrated prototype data system Operational integrated data systemImpl. plan for data integ. system

System for monitoring WC changes

Support WMO for new regional centers for warning Sustained operations of regional centersWeather

Implement global nitrogen obs sysSpatially-resolved information on

ecosystem change

Implement IGOS Carbon obs

Globally agreed classifi. scheme

Eliminate regional disparity

Develop scale up toolsMonitoring of urban ecosystems

Fully integ obs sys for on-time drought EWSOn-time monitoring andinfo sys for significant events

Use of agriculture, forestry, fishery production statistics

to a pixel level Operational linkage of EO data to statistics Socio-economic data converted to pixel

Analytical tools and methods for agriculture risk assessment

Support completion of world soil and terrestrial DB at 1:1M

Global DB and assessment of agriculture

On-time monitor and info sys for landdegradation and desertification


GEOSS - Architecture2006-2007 2008-2011 2012-2015

Integration

Formal commitments

Analysis of data transfer and dissemination by GEOSS members

Network-distributed catalogue

Process for reaching interoperability

Use of SDI components in areas such as geodetic reference frames, common

geographic data

In-situ observation Baseline sites for global in-situ networks

Cost-and-benefit sharing mechanism

Framework for future continuity of obs and initiating new obs

Common understanding on future global data dissemination capability

No Targets


A thought for evaluating task progress- Draft summary status of task progress-

Disaster SBATarget #

GEOSS 10 YIPTargets

Related Tasks #

GEO2006WPTask

Status Progress Issue

001 Advocate strengthen International Charter

DI-06-04

Facilitate free and unrestricted exchange of EO data

Tsunami warning issue IP has been issued

DI-06-08 Conduct an inventory of hazard zonation map

IDRC and WMO had dedicated session on multi-hazard approach

002 Facilitate global access to SRTM data

DI-06-05 Creat a plan for batymetric map, land-use map and DEM

No report No POC assigned

003 Advocate expansion of seismic monitoring networks

DI-06-02

Facilitate improvement of capabilities for global seismographic network

Very active report and organizational activities

004 Facilitate focused pilot project DI-06-08 Promote cooperation of national and regional agencies toward multi-hazard approach

IDRC and WMO had dedicated session on multi-hazard approach

005 Facilitate ongoing capacity building with focus on best practice

CB-07-01

006 Facilitate effective monitoring from geostationary satellites

DI-06-09 Expand use for meteorological geostationary satellites

Dec 2006 workshop will be held

007 Advocate integration of InSAR technology into disaster warning and prediction system

DI-06-03 Support improved integration of InSAR technology for disaster management and prediction

GEO SE Asia Geohazard Workshop reaffirmed InSAR as prioirty for Geohazards.

Green: good progressYellow: in progress with some issues on activities, schedule, etc.Red: not active


Conclusions• Strategic long-term planning approach is included

in GEOSS Guidance Document• GEOSS Roadmap is found very useful to provide

strategic view for “a system of systems” and long-term planning to achieve it

• Roadmap can be used for task progress assessment and performance evaluation

• Progress reporting (task sheet) may need to be improved

• It is recommended to use the roadmap as communication tool among GEO Committees.


Thank you