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First year reportCEOS Working Group on Climate Mark DowellEC/JRC

Committee on Earth Observing SatellitesWorking Group on Climate (WGClimate)

Chair of CEOS WGClimateMark Dowell (EC/JRC)Vice Chair John Bates (NOAA/NCDC)WGClimate was endorsed as a full CEOS WG (joining WGISS, WGCV and WGEdu) and will coordinate and encourage collaborative activities between the worlds major space agencies in the area of climate monitoring The Mission of the Working Group Climate (WGClimate) is to facilitate the implementation and exploitation of Essential Climate Variable (ECV) time-series through coordination of the existing and substantial activities undertaking be CEOS member agencies. This includes the numerous iterative steps involved in the creation of ECVs and ensuring ECV life cycle information is gathered, organized, and preserved for future generations MembershipMark Dowell - EC/JRC (Chair)John Bates NOAA (Vice Chair)Tamotsu Igarashi - JAXAJoerg Schulz - EUMETSATYang Jun - CMAAndy Shaw - UKSA/NCEOPascal Lecomte - ESAJohn Dwyer - USGSEric Lindstrom - NASADidier Renaut - CNESDaniel Alejandro Vila - INPEStella Melo - CSAAlbrecht von Bargen - DLRRobert Husband EUMETSATViittorio De Cosmo - ASIMitch Goldberg NOAA (Climate SBA)Brian Killough NASA (SEO)Shelley Stover NASA (SEO)Kerry Sawyer NOAA (DCEO)Carolin Ritcher - GCOSBarbara Ryan - WMOJerome Lafeuille - WMOSeonkyun Baek - GEOWG Climate

Facilitate implementation and exploitation of ECVs time-series

ToRActivities

Climate SBA

Monitor progress of Climate SBA actions.Coordination of CEOS response to GCOS IPProgress reporting to UNFCCC/SBSTAVirtual ConstellationsWGISSWGEduWGCVSEOInput for reporting GCOS/SBSTAReview docsFeedback on Priority ActionsGap & meta-analysis who does whatECV cal/val reqCapacity BlgPortals, dataaccessFCT & CFTTerms of ReferenceThe CEOS Climate Working Group will:Review and assess, on behalf of CEOS, the generation of Fundamental Climate Data Records (FCDRs) and derived Essential Climate Variable (ECV) climate products supported by Member space agencies, complementary with existing entities and roles;Contribute to the review of compliance of satellite missions and products with the GCOS Climate Monitoring Principles and with the Guideline for the Generation of Datasets and Products meeting GCOS Requirements (GCOS-143);Identify multi-agency implementation teams for each product and review their actions, and ensure that a coherent implementation plan exists for each and every product taking full account of other pertinent international initiatives such as SCOPE-CM and science programmes;Make recommendations to the above teams and receive recommendations from them, for transmission to CEOS Agency Principals;Ensure coherence of climate product generation supported by space agencies, including with other relevant international initiatives, in particular SCOPE-CM, and);Undertake any other relevant activities as instructed by CEOS Chair.These are the revised version of the ToR.The word Proposed might not be appropriate unless we want to say proposed for discussion within this group instead of proposed for approval by this group.First WGClimatemeetingMay 26-27 FrascatiCo-located with SITAlmost all WG members+ good involvement from other SIT participants

Priorities for WGClimateCEOS ECV Inventory:Discussion on maturity indexDiscussion on climate information stewardship issuesClimate Monitoring ArchitectureLogical architecture, basis for prioritizing WGClimate activities Relation of physical architecture to ECV InventoryECV by ECV analysis -> AssessmentOutreach/Networking: both internal with other CEOS WGs and VCs & external SCOPE-CM/GSICS and WCRPWGClimateRepresentation atmeetingsJan 2011: GCOS Satellite Supplement Update meetingJan 2011: WMO-GCOS Continuity and Architecture Requirements for Climate Monitoring meetingFeb 2011: WGClimate technical meeting to discuss SEO support and Architecture (Dowell, Bates, Killough, Stover, Lecomte, Husband)Mar 2011: CEOS-CGMS Climate monitoring Architecture writing team meetingApr 2011: WCRP-GCOS WOAP meetingOct 2011: WCRP Open Science Conference

Why do we need a Climate Monitoring Architecture?Based on discussions three main "needs/usage scenarios" have emerged for a climate monitoring architecture: Assist in promotion of a common understanding of the implementation implications of meeting the various space-related climate monitoring requirements (e.g. from GCOS) To support an assessment of the degree to which the currently implemented systems meet the requirements (and the generation of an action plan to address identified shortfalls/gaps/duplication)To improve our understanding of the end-to-end information flows and dependencies (i.e. from sensing through to decision-making) 1010InventoryHarmonizationGCOS Guidelines and GCMPLogical ArchitectureMaturity IndexAlign with existing MIM information requestsInput for physical architectureDefine common template for CEOS (but also CGMS)Maturity Matrix

Source J. BatesUltimate ambition derive a CEOS endorsed Maturity MatrixStarting point - NOAA effortCreate a task within WGClimate, lead by research agencies (EL, PL), to review/modify improveOne size may not fit allIt is as much a tool to monitoring progress as it is to provide a snapshot of current capabilityRelationship with WCRPThere are different activities ongoing within WCRP (e.g. in GEWEX, WOAP) which are extremely compatible with WGClimate priorities:Inventory/Physical Architecture CEOS lead (?)Assessments WCRP lead (?)Issue 1: ECV AssessmentsNeed to be independent (?)Case for strong collaboration with WCRPIdentify pilots: start with SST, other variables being considered precipitation, ozoneBut also VCs and WGCV (especially LPV)Main concern additional resources needed for international glueOnce inventory has established roles & responsibilities we will use this to approach relevant agencies on an ECV basis

Issue 2: role of VCsNot all VCs are created equalWe will focus on those where ECV implementation is a fundamental aspect of their ToRSST-VC as a pilot for the end-to-end assessmentWe will benefit from the other VCs knowledge of their community to identify appropriate groups Issue 3: Inventory and MIMWGClimate can definitely benefit from CEOS MIM information callUrgent need for template also basis for physical architectureOngoing discussions on whether resulting inventory should be reintegrated with MIM