CEOS%20WGISS%20March%202006%20Update

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CEOS WGISSMarch 2006 Update

• GEO GEOSS Activities
• Co-Chair of GEO AD Working Group (one of 5)
• CEOS SIT identifies 9 tasks from GEO 2006 work
  plan to be supported by WGISS
• Possible reorganization of CEOS working groups
  (including WGISS) to better address GEOSS work
  plan tasks
• Next meetings
• Budapest, Hungary, April 3-7, 2006
• Annapolis, MD, USA Sept 2006

David Clark NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC
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CEOS WGISSMarch 2006 update
GEO Working Group on Architecture and Data Co
Chairs

• Japan Toshio Koike, School of Engineering,
  University of Tokyo
• United States Ivan DeLoatch, United States
  Geological Survey
• CEOS Ivan Petiteville, European Space Agency
• IEEE Jay Pearlman, NCO Programs and
  Technology/The BoeingCompany
• WMO Donald Hinsman , WMO

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CEOS WGISSMarch 2006 update
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Cyberinfrastructure Initiatives of the Committee
on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Working
Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS)

• Ken McDonald, NASA
• John Faundeen, USGS
• Ivan Petiteville, ESA

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CEOS - Background

• Established in 1984
• Recommendation From a Panel of Experts on R/S
• Auspices of Economic Summit of Industrialized
  Nations
• Working Group on Growth, Technology, Employment
• Need to Coordinate Civil EO Satellite Missions
• Recognized Cross-Disciplinary Influence
• CEOS Objectives
• Optimize the benefits of spaceborne Earth
  observations through cooperation
• in mission planning and development of
  compatible data products, formats, services,
  applications policies
• To serve as a focal point for international
  coordination
• of space-related Earth observation activities
• To exchange policy and technical information
• to encourage complementarity and compatibility
  among spaceborne Earth observation systems and
  the data received from them.

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CEOS Membership

• Members
• Governmental organizations that are
  international or national in nature and are
  responsible for a civil spaceborne Earth
  observations program currently operating, or at
  least in Phase B or equivalent of system
  development.
• Associates
• (1) Governmental organizations that are
  international or national in nature and currently
  have a civil space-segment activity in Phase
  A/pre-Phase A or equivalent of system
  development, or a significant ground-segment
  activity that supports CEOS objectives.
• (2) Other existing satellite coordination groups
  and scientific or governmental bodies that are
  international in nature and currently have a
  significant programmatic activity that supports
  CEOS objectives.

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CEOS Structure
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
(Plenary)
Integrated Global Observing Strategy
Partners (IGOS-P)
Secretariat
Strategic Implementation Team (SIT)
Working Group on Information Systems and
Services (WGISS) Subgroups Technology and
Services Projects and Applications
Working Group on Education, Training and Capacity
Building (WGEdu)
Working Group on Calibration and Validation
(WGCV) Subgroups Terrain Mapping Microwave
Sensors Synthetic Aperture Radar Infrared/Visible
Optical Sensors Land Surface Parameter
Validation Atmospheric Chemistry
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WGISS Objective Statement

• Promote collaboration in development of systems
  and services
• based on international standards
• that manage and supply Earth observation data
  and information
• from participating agencies missions.

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WGISS Structure Leadership

Task Teams WGISS Infrastructure Data Utilization
WGISS
Ivan Petiteville, Chair Ken
McDonald, Vice-Chair Chuang Liu Co-User
Vice-Chair Lorant Czaran Co-User Vice-Chair
Liaisons ISO, OGC, CCSDS, ISPRS
Technology and Services Subgroup
Projects and Applications Subgroup
Paul Kopp, Chair Dingsheng Liu, Vice-Chair
Osamu Ochiai, Chair Pakorn Apaphant, Vice-Chair
Task Teams International Directory Network (IDN)
CEOS Interoperable Catalog System (ICS) Data
Services (DS) Archive EOGEO Workshop GRID

Task Teams Global Datasets WTF
CEOP WTF Core Test Sites CEOS EO Data Portal
Project
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Technology and Services Subgroup

• Explore emerging data and information system
  technologies
• Improve support for data and services resources
• Discovery and search
• Assessment
• Access and use
• Form task teams
• Coordinate efforts
• Develop prototypes

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Technology Services Sub-Group

• International Directory Network Task Team
• Data and Service Discovery Tool
• 16,000 Data Collection Entries as of August 2005
• 1,250 Service Entry Resource Format (SERFs)
• Descriptions of Commercial Non-Commercial Earth
  Science Tools, Resources, and Services.
• Specialized Portals

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Technology Services Sub-Group

• Interoperable Catalog System Task Team
• Enable cross-site search of agency data resources
• Protocol reuse and development
• EOSDIS search protocol
• WGISS/CIP
• Gateways
• Operational
• ESA
• NASA
• Standards process
• Input to OGC spec

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Technology Services Sub-Group

• Data Service Task Team
• Track IT advances that improve data access
• Leverage emerging technologies
• OGC interface specs
• Web services
• Data service taxonomies
• Prototype capabilities
• WSSD Demo
• CEOS NSLRSDA Footprint WMS

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Technology Services Sub-Group

• Grid Task Team
• Multiple agency Grid prototypes
• Share lessons among teams
• Interact with Grid community
• Look for interagency opportunities

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Technology Services Sub-Group

• EOGEO Workshop Task Team
• Forum for EO and GIS Data System Communities
• Developer Oriented
• Highlights Tools and Services
• Last Workshop - June 2005 in Minneapolis,
  Minnesota
• 80 Participants
• Papers posted http//www.eogeo.org/Workshops/EOG
  EO2005

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Project and Applications Subgroup

• Task teams to apply WGISS capabilities to science
  and applications projects.
• WGISS Test Facility Concept

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Projects Applications Sub-Group

• WTF - CEOP (Coordinated Enhanced Observing
  Period) Task Team
• CEOP - Element of IGOS Water Cycle Theme
• 35 Reference Sites - multiple EOPs
• In-situ Data
• Time Series and Gridded Model Output Data
• EO Data From JAXA, NASA, ESA and EUMETSAT
• WGISS support for CEOP data integration
• Supported by JAXA NASA

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WTF CEOP - JAXA Effort
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WTF-CEOP - NASA Contribution
WCS Client
NWGISS WCS
Standard Functions e.g. subsetting
Standard Functions e.g. subsetting Custom
Functions (Grads)
Satellite Data, Swath and Grid

• Friday, 800 am - IN51A-0311

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WGISS Summary

• Collaborative IT evaluation and development
• Information exchange among members
• Prototype new capabilities
• Interaction with community
• User-Vice-Chairs
• Liaisons with data system technology and
  standards bodies
• Direct project support via WGISS Test Facilities
• Service to research and applications communities
• WGISS members can improve what they offer