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GEO activities on- Disaster Risk Reduction- GEO Web Portal

Giovanni Rum, GEO Secretariat

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GEOSS conceptual architecture

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1. Reduction and Prevention of Disasters2. Human Health and Epidemiology3. Energy Management4. Climate Change5. Water Management6. Weather Forecasting7. Ecosystems8. Agriculture9. Biodiversity

GEOSS will serve9 Societal Benefit Areas

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Towards a multi-hazard, multi-risk approach

Reducing loss of life and property fromnatural and human-induced disasters.

GEO Activities focus on:

• Providing basic Geographic Products

• Ensure provision of timely and accurate information

• Ensure development of predictive models and decision support systems

• Filling technical and organizational gaps, as well as continuity issues

DISASTERS

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Key issues addressed Implementation of a Multi-hazard/ Multi-

risk approach Warning, Response and Recovery are not

enough, need to address all phases of the Risk Management

Risk Assessment and Management provisions are an integral part of Sustainable Development planning and implementation

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Virtual Constellations (1)

The concept has been proposed by CEOS and it is being developed as the GEOSS mechanism to ensure coordination among space observing systems for the benefit of the Users within all the Societal Benefit Areas;

The basic idea for the establishment of the Virtual Constellations is to extract from the reference user communities a clear and common statement of requirements, as the basis for satellite developers and operators to individually and collectively define a series of ‘virtual satellite constellations’ to satisfy these requirements;

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Virtual Constellations (2)

Each definition would serve as a guide to all satellite developers and operators to define and implement development and operation features of the space and ground segments for their mission, which would best satisfy the needs of the reference users;

The concept will be exploited to ensure coordination among mission already operational, as well as to properly design future missions.

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Disasters - GEO Workplan 07-09 Tasks Summary

DI-06-02 Seismographic Networks Improvement and Coordination

DI-06-03 Integration of InSAR Technology

DI-06-04 Implementation of a Tsunami Early Warning System at Global Level

DI-06-07 Multi-hazard Zonation and Maps

DI-06-08 Multi-hazard Approach Definition and Progressive Implementation

DI-06-09 Use of Satellites for Risk Management

DI-06-13 Implementation of a Fire Warning System at Global Level

DI-07-01 Risk Management for Floods

Space Observations are : Key element contribution absent

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Observations

Processing

Information Dissemination

Disasters - GEO Workplan 07-09

a cross-cutting approach

Prevention

Prediction

Crisis response

Prevention Prediction Crisis Response

Observations

Processing

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GEO Web Portal - Objectives1. Implement a one stop shop for User access

• To all Earth observation data

• To best practices, on going programs and projects, available services and Communities of Practice fora in each of the nine GEO Societal Benefit Areas.

2. Ensure coordination of registered GEOSS Resources (Observation Systems, Databases and Data Access/Dissemination Services)

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GEO Web Portal Notional Architecture

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Registries

Clearinghouse

Catalogue Data AccessValue Added

Services

ESA NASA JRCCanada Japan

GEO Web Portal

…

GEO Web Portal and ClearinghouseHigh level structure

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GEO Web Portal - First page draft layout

DisasterHealthEnergyClimateWater

WeatherEcosystemAgricultureBiodiversity

Direct Search of

Data & Services

CapacityBuilding

GEONETCast

AboutGEO

Search by location

Search by theme

A Portal to DATAand SERVICES

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User Types&

User Scenarios

Data & Servicesthrough

Clearinghouse

CapacityBuildingInfo Site

GEONETCastInformation Site

GEO Web Portal - First page main links

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GEO Web Portal – Prototype DevelopmentTwo major activities are on going to develop a prototype that will be available by the GEO Ministerial Summit 2007.

• Development of the prototype Web Portal and its initial links

• Implementation of an initial Architecture, through the “Architecture Implementation Pilot”, that

is able to support and demonstrate the main functionalities, here included the support of different Users scenarios

uses existing systems and incorporates them as GEOSS components

develops recommendations for GEOSS interoperability arrangements

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Pilot User scenarios

WIS

GBIF

FDSN

CEOP centers

Species Response to

Climate Change Scenario

Fault Lubrication

Scenario

Landslide Risk Scenario

WGISS Test Facility

Seismic Events from

Ice Sheet Disintegration

Scenario

Exotic event catalog

Terminus retreat, velocity

NSIDC

Event catalog

Precip (TIGGE), stream gauge (CUAHSI /USGS)

Seismic Trigger

Precip, soil moisture (TIGGE)

IPCC model data (NCAR)

Species data

Meningitis Early Warning System

GEONETCast

Precip(TIGGE),Land Use

WIS

GBIF

FDSN

CEOP centers

Species Response to

Climate Change Scenario

Fault Lubrication

Scenario

Landslide Risk Scenario

WGISS Test Facility

Seismic Events from

Ice Sheet Disintegration

Scenario

Exotic event catalog

Terminus retreat, velocity

NSIDC

Event catalog

Precip (TIGGE), stream gauge (CUAHSI /USGS)

Seismic Trigger

Precip, soil moisture (TIGGE)

IPCC model data (NCAR)

Species data

Meningitis Early Warning System

GEONETCast

Precip(TIGGE),Land Use

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Disseminate and provide easy access to space-based, air-borne and in situ data, metadata and products to Users from all Societal Benefit Areas.

WMO

Contributors

EUMETSAT

CMA, OthersGlobal Coverage

(Proposed)

NOAA

GEONETCast: Global Coverageand easy access