Status Report to

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Status Report to NEWS Science Team Huntsville,
AL September 2007

R.A. Schiffer UMBC
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Overarching Goals of the GEWEX Program
Process Studies
Measurements
Data Assimilation
Understanding Coupled Water and Energy Balance at
Multiple Scales
Land Surface and Hydrologic Models
Atmosphere-Ocean Models
Model Coupling
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WCRP ORGANIZATION
WMO
ICSU
IOC
WCRP
CLiC
SPARC
WGNE
WGCM
GEWEX
CLIVAR
GOALS/DecCen

CEOP
RADIATION
HYDROMETEOROLOGY
MODELLING
(GEWEX Radiation Panel)
(GEWEX Hydromet Panel)
(GMPP - WGNE)
ISCCP
SRB
GCSS
BSRN
GLASS
GVaP
GPCP
GABLS
GACP
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WCRP Crosscut Priorities

Anthropogenic Climate Change (ACC) Extreme
Events Atmospheric Chemistry Clouds
International Polar Year (IPY) Seasonal to
Decadal Prediction Monsoons Aerosols
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GEWEX CONTRIBUTIONS TO ACC
GOAL TO IMPROVE THE CAPABILITIES OF MODELS TO
SIMULATE THE THE EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC
INFLUENCED FORCINGS SUCH AS CO2, AEROSOLS AND
LAND USE CHANGE AND THEIR FEEDBACKS ON CLIMATE.
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE DATA INTEGRATION FOR
MODEL EVALUATION (DIME) PROJECT HAS LED
TO SIGNIFICANT MODEL IMPROVEMENTS BY FACILITATING
COMPARISONS BETWEEN CLOUD DATA AND MODEL OUTPUT.
THE CIRC (CONTINUOUS INTERCOMPARISON OF RADIATION
CODES) IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO SIMILAR
IMPROVEMENTS IN RADIATION CODES.
PLANS GEWEX IS PLANNING TO LAUNCH LUCID TO
EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF LAND USE ON CLIMATE
CHANGE.
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GEWEX CONTRIBUTIONS TO EXTREMES
GOAL TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES
RESPONSIBLE FOR CLIMATE EXTREMES. THIS
UNDERSTANDING SHOULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO A
PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR EXTREMES.
FOREST MORTALITY DUE TO DROUGHT
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS GEWEX HAS LAUNCHED A
STUDY OF DROUGHTS IN CANADA THAT HAS IDENTIFIED
MANY OF THE PROCESSES INVOLVED IN DROUGHT
INCLUDING SOME PROCESSES LIKE VIRGA THAT ARE
POORLY MODELED IN DRY ATMOSPHERES.
T. Hogg - CFS
PLANS GEWEX WILL LAUNCH A NUMBER OF DROUGHT AND
FLOOD STUDIES IN OTHER CLIMATE REGIMES TO ASSESS
THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS, LAND
COVERS AND CLIMATE ON DROUGHTS AND FLOODS.
STUDIES ARE ASSESSING LINKS BETWEEN DROUGHT RISK
AND DROUGHT PLANNING.
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GEWEX CONTRIBUTIONS TO ATMOS CHEM CLOUDS
GOAL TO UNDERSTAND AND MODEL THE ROLE OF
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY IN CLOUDS AND THEIR IMPACT
ON THE GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM.
MODIS
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS GEWEX HAS LAUNCHED AN
ASSESSMENT OF SATELLITE PRODUCTS THAT MAP AEROSOL
OPTICAL DEPTH AS A FIRST STEP IN DEVELOPING AN
ADEQUATE GLOBAL DATA BASE FOR THESE STUDIES.
Fine aerosol
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PLANS GEWEX WILL PARTICIPATE IN A
JOINT IGAC/GEWEX/ILEAPS STUDY OF AEROSOLS,
PRECIPITATION AND CLOUDS.
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GEWEX CONTRIBUTIONS TO IPY
GOAL TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HIGH
LATITUDE PROCESSES THROUGH MEASURMENT AND
MODLEING OF THEIR IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL ENERGY
AND WATER CYCLE.
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS GEWEX HAS ADOPTED NEESPI
AS A NEW RHP (FORMERLY CSE). NEESPI HAS A MAJOR
IPY COMPONENT WITH US AND RUSSIAN
FUNDING. RESEARCH FINDINGS IN MAGS WILL BE
PUBLISHED AS A BOOK THIS YEAR.
BALTEX TERRITORY
PLANS CEOP WILL ESTABLISH SOME
NORTHERN REFERENCE SITES AND GEWEX WILL LAUNCH AN
IPY FIELD AND MODELING STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF
AEROSOLS AT HIGH LATITUDES (DEPENDING ON FUNDING)

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GEWEX CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEASONAL PREDICTION
GOAL TO CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING THE SKILL OF
SEASONAL-TO-DECADAL PREDICTIONS BY DEVELOPING
BETTER PARAMETERIZATIONS OF LAND AND CLOUD
PROCESSES.
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS GEWEX HAS ADOPTED A
CONCEPT THAT WILL ENCOURAGE ITS INTERACTIONS WITH
MODELING GROUPS.
PLANS GEWEX WILL UNDERTAKE STUDIES TO DETERMINE
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LAND SURFACE CONDITIONS TO
SEASONAL PREDICTION
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GEWEX CONTRIBUTIONS TO MONSOONS
GOAL TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING AND CAPABILITY
TO PREDICT MONSOONS ON A REGIONAL AND GLOBAL
BASIS.
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS GEWEX AND CLIVAR
HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE 2006 SUMMER FIELD
CAMPAIGN FOR AMMA. GEWEX HAS ALSO LAUNCHED
MAHASRI WHICH IS PLANNING A MAJOR FIELD EFFORT
IN 2008.
PLANS GEWEX IN COLLABORATION WITH CLIVAR AND
YOTC INTENDS TO LAUNCH THE ASIAN MONSOON YEAR
(AMY) IN 2008. THIS MAY DEVELOP INTO THE
INTERNATIONAL MONSOON YEAR (IMY) IN THE FUTURE.
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GEWEX ISSUES

• PATH TO THE COMPLETION OF THE GEWEX ROADMAP
• CEOP-GHP MERGER
• LAUNCH OF THE HYDROLOGY APPLICATIONS PROJECT
  (HAP)
• GEWEX LINKS TO EVOLVING WCRP PRIORITIES
• GEWEX-ILEAPS AND GEWX-GWSP LINKS
• THE NEXT GEWEX SCIENCE CONFERENCE (AUSTRALIA
  2009)
• DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGY FOR FINANCING THE GEWEX
• MEETING CYCLE WITH REDUCED WCRP SUPPORT

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• Mechanisms for Coordinating and Promoting
• Earth Observations
• Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
  (CEOS)44 space agencies and Earth observation
  data users
• Integrated Global Observing Strategy-Partnership
  (IGOS-P)14 international and UN organizations,
  including CEOS
• Group on Earth Observations and the Global Earth
  Observing System of Systems

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IGWCO LEADERSHIP
WCRP (GEWEX)
CEOS (JAXA)
IGFA
WCRP
CEOS
ICSU
IGBP
WMO (HWR)
WMO
FAO
UNESCO
GOOS
GCOS
UNEP
GTOS
IOC
IGOS-P
CEOS-SIT
CEOS
IGWCO
OCEANS
CARBON
IGACO
COASTAL
GEOHAZARDS
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
LAND COVER
CRYOSPHERE
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THE WATER CYCLE HAS MAJOR SPATIAL VARIABILITY.
FURTHERMORE, SOCIETY IS MARKED BY SPATIAL
VARIABILITY AS WELL
- LEADING TO DIFFERENT WATER INFORMATION NEEDS.
THIS LEADS TO VERY DIFFERENT NEEDS FOR WATER
CYCLE INFORMATION
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DATA PRODUCTS
EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMUNITY
PLANNING AND MONITORING (E.G., WATER QUALITY)
OPERATIONAL MODELING AND FORECASTING COMMUNITY
A WATER CYCLE GEOSS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
RESEARCH COMMUNITY
WATER MANAGERS
EARTH OBSERVATION COMMUNITY
DATA
SCOPE OF THE WATER CYCLE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
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THE INTEGRATED GLOBAL WATER CYCLE OBSERVING THEME
(IGWCO) IS A BEST EFFORT ACTIVITY WITH THE
FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES

• Provide a framework for guiding decisions on
• priorities and strategies regarding water
  cycle
• observations for
• - Monitoring climate variability and
  change,
• - Effective water management and
• sustainable development of the worlds
• water resources,
• - Societal applications for resource
• development and environmental
• management,
• - Specification of initial conditions
  for
• weather and climate forecasts,
• - Research directed at priority water
  cycle
• questions

HELPING TO SOLVE THE WORLDS WATER PROBLEMS
WITH INTEGRATED WATER CYCLE OBSERVATIONS AND
INFORMATION
2. Promote strategies that facilitate the
processing, archiving and distribution of water
cycle data products
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FROM CLIMATE PREDICTION TO WATER MANAGEMENT
Hydrology and Water Resources Modeling,
Data Assimilation
Water Management
Climate Prediction
Water Prediction
Hydrologic Ensemble Predictions
Hydrologic Application Project
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A QUASI REAL-TIME SOIL
MOISTURE DATA PRODUCT IN SUPPORT OF THE GCOS
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
SOIL MOISTURE PRODUCTS FOR USERS
LAND DATA ASSIMILATION CAPABILITY
SMOS (ESA)
AMSR E PRODUCTS
A HYDROS COMEBACK? (NASA)
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IDEAS TRANSFERRED INTO THE GEO 10 YEAR
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (TARGETS FOR 2007-2009)

• PRECIPITATION
• WATER STORAGE
• MEASURED FROM
• SPACE
• NETWORKS OF
• SUPERSITES
• NETWORK PLANNING
• DATA SHARING
• CAPACITY
• BUILDING

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A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR 2007 HOW WILL
IGWCO INTERACT WITH THE GEO WATER GOALS?

• Proposals for Water 2007-2009
• WA-07-P1 Global Water Quality Monitoring
• Many aspects of water quality monitoring and
  assessment, both in-situ and remotely sensed are
  severely deficient. Operational observation
  systems need to be developed, and the resulting
  information systems should be made compatible and
  interoperable as part of the system of systems.
• WA-07-P2 Satellite Water Measurements
• Develop an operational mechanism to provide
  water observations to support the upgrade of
  deficient run-off water gauge networks. Combine
  different types of satellite data that are
  relevant for water measurements (quantity and
  quality) with in-situ observations for better
  accuracy and global coverage. Produce an
  implementation plan for a broad global water
  cycle data integration system that combines
  in-situ, satellite data and model outputs.

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WHATS NEW FOR IGWCO IN 2007

• - WMO HAS TAKEN THE LEAD FOR THE IGWCO EXECUTIVE.
• - A SECOND CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP WAS HELD IN
  
• ASIA AND POSSIBLY ONE WILL BE HELD IN AFRICA.
• A GEO(IWGCO) WATER QUALITY WORKSHOP WAS HELD IN
• GENEVA LAST SPRING
• A 2007 WORKSHOP ON IN-SITU SOIL MOISTURE
  MEASUREMENTS
• WAS HELD IN BEIJING..
• SIGINIFCANT ADVANCES FOR HARON, PEHRRP, GEO
  WATER CYCLE
• WORKSHOPS
• HOPEFULLY THE LAUNCH OF A GEO CP FOR THE WATER
  CYCLE
• DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPOSAL FOR A GEO LATIN AMERICA
  WATER
• CYCLE CAPACITY BUILDING PROCESS.

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MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE FOR IGWCO IMPLEMENTATION
IGOS-P
IGWCO THEME EXECUTIVE (WCRP, WMO, CEOS)
DISTRIBUTED IGWCO SECRETARIAT
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY GROUP
USER GROUP ADVISORY COMMITTEE
EAST ASIA WATER CYCLE INITIATIVE
SOIL MOISTURE PRODUCTS GROUP (ISMWG)
NEW GWC PROJECTS (GROUND WATER ETC)
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Time series of GEOSS IP Targets - Water
2006-2007
2008-2011
2012-2015
3 hourly global precipitation
Satellite obs
Study water quality measure capability,
altimetry for streamflow and water storage
Plan water quality monitoring
GPM, surface and subsurface water stores
Gravity field mission for global water cycle
storage monitoring
Improve existing in-situ obs systems
Plan integrated in-situ obs sites net
In-situ obs
Experiment of global network of sophistically
integrated in-situ obs sites
Make integrated in-situ obs site operational
Intl coord. mecha.
Water level data collection
Integration
Impl. plan for data integration system
Test a fully integrated prototype data system
Operational integrated data system
System for monitoring WC changes
Integrated precip. and soil moisture products
New products for precipitation, soil moisture,
evaporation and evapotranspiration
Data
Integrated water cycle data sets
Data and info on water quantity and quality
Integrated info on climate indices/ extreme events
Framework for ensemble hydrologic prediction
Model
Collaborative mechanism between obs and research
community
User IF