GEO Geohazard Supersites

Current Status and key challenges

EGU 2013 Vienna Supersites Splinter Meeting

GEO SupersitesObjectives

The aim of the Geohazard Supersites is “To enrich our knowledge about geo-hazards by empowering the global scientific community through collaboration of space and in-situ data providers and cross-domain sharing of data knowledge. Policy makers and national agencies will benefit from the new scientific knowledge for the assessment and mitigation of geological risks.“ (GEO-VIII Plenary – 16-17 November 2011, Istanbul)

• EPOS is a GEO participating

institution

• TASK-DI-01 C2: Geohazard Supersites and Natural Laboratories

• EPOS as a regional federation to provide multidisciplinary services for science innovation in solid Earth

• EPOS contributes through ORFEUS to the FDSN (IN-01)

StakeholdersThe Geohazard Supersites is a partnership of organizations and scientists involved in the monitoring and assessment of geo-hazards. The stakeholders are:

• In-situ data providers (monitoring of seismic and volcanic areas)

• space agencies and satellite operators providing the satellite data

• Scientists working on geophysics (understanding)

• Global geo-hazard scientific community

StrategyThe Objective can be achieved1 - by improved monitoring through coordination of space and

in-situ data providers for selected sites (Geohazard Supersites) and regions (Natural Laboratories)

2 - by an e-infrastructure virtually connecting the data providers and users at local level (to be interoperable with others)

3 - by open access to all relevant data sets according to the GEO data sharing principles (seismic, GPS and InSAR, …..).

Achievements• Terms of Reference (http://supersites.earthobservations.org/ssdocs.php)

– Permanent Supersites– Candidate Supersites– Event Supersites– Natural Laboratories

• Proposals’ selection– Selection process by CEOS– Proposal guidelines for in-situ data

• Strategic Plan• White Paper

http://supersites.earthobservations.org/

Issues to discuss• Formal submission procedure for in-situ• Supersite Website• Shared periodic evaluation approach of

approved proposals• Interoperability among local e-RIs and data

discovery through webservices• An implementation Roadmap• Monitoring and coordinating interactions with

decision makers