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GEOSS Information Access for Disaster Management

José Achache, GEO Secretariat

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Coordinate and Sustain Observation Systems

Provide Easier & More Open Data Access

Foster Use (Science, Applications, Capacity Bldg)

… to answer Society’s need for informed decision

making

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IKONOS

QuickBird

SPIN-2SPOT 4, 5

EROS A1

EnvisatAura/Aqua/Terra

Grace

QuikScatSage

SeaWindsTRMM

Toms-EP

UARSLandsat 7

SORCE

ACRIMSAT

CBERS

SeaWiFS

ERBS

Jason

Orbview 2, 3

Radarsat ALOS

DMC

Space Observation Systems

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Need for Standard Interoperable Formats to Benefit Fully from Earth Observation Systems

The Tower of Babel

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GEOSS Implementation Requires Interoperability of Systems

• Technical Specifications for Collecting, Processing, Storing, and Disseminating Data and Products

• Based on Non-proprietary Standards

• Defining What Systems Should Comply With to be Contributed to GEOSS

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We welcome the resolution of the World Radio Conference-07 on radio communication use for Earth observation applications and the support it provides for the international protection and long term availability of frequencies for terrestrial, oceanic, air-borne, and space-based observations, including passive measurements;

The Cape Town Declaration

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Improved climate models

Upper panel: The global cloud distribution in a present-day 320-km resolution climate simulation experiment.

Lower panel: Same, but for a 20-km resolution simulation with the same model.(Courtesy of Takeshi Enomoto, Earth Simulator Center/JAMTEC).

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Coordinate and Sustain Observation Systems

Provide Easier & More Open Data Access

Foster Use (Science, Applications, Capacity Bldg)

… to answer Society’s need for informed decision

making

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• Data and Products at Minimum Time delay and Minimum Cost

• Free of Charge or Cost of Reproduction for Research and Education

GEO Data Sharing Principles

• Full and Open Exchange of Data…Recognizing Relevant International Instruments and National Policies and Legislation

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*China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite

CBERS Data for Africa and the Caribbean

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• Agriculture and Forestry• Water resources Managers• Land Use Planners• Disasters (Floods, Spills) • Geological Mapping • Fisheries

Image source CBERS/INPE

Applications and End-users

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GEONETCast To Disseminate Space-based, Airborne and In Situ Data and Products to Users

Addressing all Nine Societal Benefit Areas

ROSHYDROMET

Contributors

EUMETSAT

CMA

Global Coverage

NOAA

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Affordable Receiving Stations- Dedicated personal computer (~ $1000)

Data analysis and processing should be done on separate computer(s)

- Satellite antenna dish (1-3 m) (~ $300-1200)- DTH receiver card or box (~ $200)

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Coordinate and Sustain Observation Systems

Provide Easier & More Open Data Access

Foster Use (Science, Applications, Capacity Bldg)

… to answer Society’s need for informed decision

making

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Cavallerizzo di Cerzeto:Landslide 7 march 2005

SAR.net

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Cavallerizzo di Cerzeto

Initial landslide map (PAI)

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Cavallerizzo di Cerzeto

after photo-interpretatio

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Cavallerizzo di Cerzeto

after radar-interpretatio

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data

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IKONOS-QUICKBIRDPHOTOINTERPRETATION

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Recognizing the important contribution GEO can make through collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union to promote, by the appropriate alerting authorities, the implementation of the international standard for all-media public warning across all disaster and emergency situations;

The Cape Town Declaration

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• Organization of joint events and execution of joint studies…

• …improvement of telecommunications/ICT infrastructures and capabilities…

MOU between ITU and GEO

• …to establish collaborative linkages between the Parties, in the area of Earth Observations…