global earth observation system of systems (geoss) cold region - needs and support yubao qiu geo...
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Global Earth Observation System of
Systems (GEOSS)
Cold Region - Needs and Support
Yubao Qiu GEO [email protected]
Boarding Meeting, 1-2 October 2012Potsdam, Germany
U.S. Department of State,Washington DC July 31, 2003
GEO, the Group on Earth ObservationsAn Intergovernmental Organization with 89 Member Countries, the
European Commission and 64 Participating Organizations
There is a Need to coordinate observations and to Share all Earth Observation Data in Standard Interoperable Formats.
GEOSS: A Global, Coordinated, Comprehensive andSustained System of Observing Systems
Built from the expansion and interlinking of existing observation and information systems and the investments of Members and Participating Organizations in new systems.
Global Issue: The Cryospheric Components
It includes snow, sea ice, lake and river ice, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, permafrost and seasonally frozen ground, and solid precipitation
Heritage: IGOS-P, IPY, GEO Tasks
By Jeff Key, 2010
“Legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-08”, AR-09-03b. (Subtask of AR-09-03: Advocating for Sustained Observing Systems)
Another subtask, “Accelerating the Implementation of the Global Climate Observing System” (CL-09-02), includes the Global Cryosphere Watch.
A few other tasks address snow and ice issues at least peripherally (e.g., CL-06-01, EC-09-01).
A contribution to GEOSS : GCW - The cryosphere community of practice concept is part of the GCW strategy.
WP2012-2015: GEO Cold Region - Information ServicesWP2012-2015: GEO Cold Region - Information Services
Disaster EnergyEnergyClimateWater Health Weather Ecosystem Agriculture Biodiversity
Space Observations In-situ Measurements
Needs
Services
Observation Platform Coordination
GEO Cold RegionContribution: Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Spain, United States, IEEE, SAON, WMO, …
In Work plan 2012-2015: Priority ActionsPromote the implementation of the SAON project (Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks; see also IN-01-C3-Promotion and Coordination across Surface-based and Space-based Observing Systems)GLIMS, GlobGlacier, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. see also IN-01In-situ and remotely-sensed data measuring frozen ground, glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice, and snow. (incl. INTERACT)Link Polar Data Catalogue, National Snow and Ice Data Centre, and SAON through GEOSS interoperability standards (as part of GCW)
New Actions:Provide the CryoClim Cryospheric climate monitoring serviceIntegration of Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) in GEOSSProviding the essential climate variable sea ice for the Arctic and the AntarcticSnow Cover mapping and experiment for the Tibetan Plateau Glacier dynamics mapping in Tibetan Plateau using satellite observations
PSTG…
GCW…
Global Initiatives:Arctic:SAONINTERACTAntarctic:…The third pole
CEOS IGOS-P Cryo.
GEO Web Portal
Regional GEOSS
GEO Broker
