Title: Summary and Recommendations from the Mexico City Workshop
1 - Summary and Recommendations from the Mexico City
Workshop - Held October 10-11,2007
Brian Schwind, USFS Remote Sensing Applications
Center EOS-NPP Direct Readout Meeting
March 31 April 4, Bangkok
Thailand
2Workshop Participants
- Hosted by the Commission for the Knowledge and
Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO) at Unidad de
Seminarios - Universidad Nacional Autónomia de
México University Campus in Mexico City - Nearly 60 participants representing 8 countries
- Mexico
- USA
- Germany
- Australia
- Japan
- Argentina
- Trinidad/Tobago
- Russia
- Government, Academia,
NGO, Commercial
3Workshop Objectives
- Presentation and discussion of
- Status of current and updated land science
products and algorithms (MODIS C5) and
integration into the direct readout (DR)
environment - Development and implementation of DR data
processing and visualization technologies - Discuss requirements to ensure continuity of
current land science product algorithms and
applications with future sensor missions - Technical exchange between DR data producers and
scientists on land and vegetation science
algorithms and applications - Discuss regional/continental DR data integration
networks
4Status of the Land DR Environment
5Land Product Algorithms/Code
- Algorithms are developed without consideration
for use in DR environment/community - Developed by space agencies intended for use by
the science community - Standard products generated on centralized
processing systems - Algorithm implementation for DR environment is
not a primary responsibility for product science
teams - Limited number of land products have been
transitioned into the DR environment - Difficult to obtain timely algorithm updates, new
algorithms - No efficient mechanism to provide feedback to
science teams on product algorithm/code
6Communication/Coordination
- Land DR community is highly diverse and spread
throughout the world - Academia/research
- Government
- NGOs
- Private sector
- Need to identify priorities and leverage common
interests of DR ground stations with similar
goals and needs - Currently few opportunities for land DR stations
to interact - Share customized algorithms for regional
adaptations - Share developed technologies and experience base
- No structured mechanism for the land DR community
to communicate with the land science teams,
NASA-DRL, and NOAA-IPO programs
7Available Sensors
- Land DR community utilizes a range of sensing
systems - Moderate resolution land DR practitioners (MODIS
and AVHRR) do not have a forum dedicated to their
community - A complete assessment of current/future satellite
sensors that could be utilized for land
applications has yet to be developed - Direct broadcast enabled
- No direct readout subscription fee
- Spatial/spectral specifications
- Need to communicate with space agencies to
identify other potential sensors that could be
utilized for land DR applications (JAXA, ESA,
ISRO, etc.)
8Regional Data Networks
- Application specific objectives (fire, floods,
emergency response/support, etc.) have been
established - Sentinel Asia
- USDA Forest Service RSAC
- CONABIO
- GISTDA
- GOFC-GOLD facilitates several regional networks
of data providers and data users to increase the
availability and utility of satellite data - Southern Africa Fire Network (SAFNET)
- Land DR community needs to investigate similar,
scalable networking opportunities to better
support and enhance regional land applications
9Future Sensors and Continuity
- Planning and preparation amongst the DR community
for the NPP/NPOESS VIIRS era is needed - EOS/NPP mission overlap is a primary concern for
operational users addressing product continuity - Need to maintain continuity between MODIS land
products and similar VIIRS environmental data
records (EDRs) - Some MODIS land products are not VIIRS EDRs
Source NOAA IPO NPOESS
10A Look at Existing Land DR Products
X in operational production B beta testing P
algorithm soon to be released for testing in
IPOPP
(Ground stations represented at Mexico City
workshop in October 2007)
11Land DR Product Availability
- Several sources for standard and custom source
code for land DR algorithms - NASA-DRL is the portal for sanctioned land
science DR code for EOS and NPP/NPOESS - Portal for sanctioned land science DR code for
AVHRR - NOAA/NESDIS
- Need for listing of sources
of customized/regionally
adapted land products code
12Direct Readout Station Distribution
- 125 X band stations in 30 countries acquiring
MODIS (NASA) - 500 L band stations in 70 countries acquiring
AVHRR (NOAA) - A complete census of active ground stations is
needed - Currently no comprehensive census of active
regional land DR networks - Europe
- Asia
- Australasia
- Central Asia
- N. America
- S. America
- Africa
13X-band ground station sites Source NASA DRL
L-band ground stations sites Source NOAA
14 Issues and Needs within the Land DR Community
- Concurrent breakout sessions focused on thematic
and programmatic issues and led to several
recommendations to the DR user community, mission
programs and land science teams
15Thematic Breakout Discussion Topics
- Prioritize new land products for transition into
land DR - Identify existing land DR products requiring
enhancement/revision - Accessibility of land DR product code and related
technologies - Data sharing networks Status and requirements
- Cal/Val
16Programmatic Breakout Discussion Topics
- DR community coordination
- Linkages between NASA DRL IPO algorithm
division - Coordinate development of standard science
products and DR algorithms and products - Considerations for future systems
- Data availability
- Open access
- Continued DR planning/scheduling
- Continuity
- MODIS to VIIRS transition
- International Polar Orbiting Processing Package
(IPOPP)
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18Workshop Recommendations
19Workshop Recommendations
- Establish the International Land DR Coordinating
Committee (ILDRCC) under the auspices of
GOFC-GOLD - provide advice to the space agencies on priority
land products for the DR domain - Provide feedback on current land algorithms/code
and instrument calibration - coordinate participation in regional community
validation and calibration and initiatives
adopting international standards and protocols - coordinate with other discipline groups concerned
with DR algorithms and products - promote the development of regional Land DR
networks - promote the development of DR capability from
international moderate resolution programs
20Workshop Recommendations
- NASA DRL serve as a central portal for priority
land algorithms/code and data products from MODIS
and VIIRS - Formal linkage established between the VIIRS
direct readout mission and the IPO algorithm
division
21Workshop Recommendations
- DRL works with the ILDRCC to help coordinate the
development of priority DR products which are
currently unavailable in the DR domain and
implement these products within the IPOPP
framework - Burned area
- Live fuel moisture
- Leaf area index
- Evapotranspiration
- Net primary productivity
- others
22International Land DR Coordinating Committee
NASA / NOAA NPOESS-IPO
DR Community
Alpha Test Teams
NPP Fire
Community Input / DR workshops
Land PEATE EDRs/ESDRs
DR Users
IPO
NASA DRL
NOAA CLASS Archive Distrib.
Community Land DR SPA Code
IPOPP
NGST SDR
SPA Wrapped EDRs
IDPS
Land EDRs
23Workshop Recommendations
- ILDRCC coordinates an annual workshop
- Develop other communication tools to enable
sustained dialogue within the DR user community
24Next Steps
- Leverage remote sensing conferences/meetings to
develop awareness and solicit participation in
ILDRCC - Develop a schedule of dedicated ILDRCC meetings
- Develop and expand an ILDRCC website as a
communication portal for the international DR
community - Begin developing an inventory of existing DR
stations, data networks, and land
products/applications - Coordinate with DRL to prioritize and implement
land products in IPOPP framework
25Breakout Session 445-545
- Overview of ILDRCC
- Members and participation
- Needed communication tools
- Near term actions
- Needs Concerns for Land DR Products and Product
Improvement/Continuity - Review of product discussions in MX
- Breakout participants - comments additions
26Thank You
Workshop report available at http//www.conabio.g
ob.mx/conocimiento/premota/doctos/ http//www.fao.
org/gtos/gofc-gold/ land_direct_readout_report.pdf
- International Direct Readout Coordination
Committee - Committee Chairs
- Tom Bobbe Rainer Ressl
Craig Smith
USDA Forest Service
CONABIO
Geoscience Australia - tbobbe_at_fs.fed.us Rainer.Ressl_at_conabio
.gob.mx CraigJ.Smith_at_ga.gov.au -