GEO 2014 Work Plan Symposium

Opening Remarks

Barbara J. RyanDirector, GEO Secretariat

Geneva, Switzerland28 April 2014

Created in 2005, to develop a coordinated and sustained Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) to enhance decision making in nine Societal Benefit Areas (SBAs)

GEO today:

90 Members

77 Participating

Organizations

77 Participating Organizations

A broad Commercial Sector spans the entire information value chain

Data

providers

Value-Added providers

Downstream

users

• Continue improving Earth observations worldwide

• Urge the adoption and implementation of data sharing principles globally

• Advance the GEOSS information system

• Develop a comprehensive interdisciplinary knowledge base

• Cultivate global initiatives

Ministerial Guidance

GEO Home Page

GEOSS

Portal

GEODAB

Enabling a System of Systems

GEO Discovery & Access Broker

GEOSS Resources

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10,000,000

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Resources 300 100,000 1,002,000 14,000,000 65,000,000

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Introduction of the

Brokering approach

Current Assets

About 20 brokered data providers – capacities, systems, communities .. .

More than 7 Million (1.2 Million GEOSS Data Core) Discoverable and potentially accessible resources (mix of data collections, datasets and individual images)

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Publish

Contain

More than 65 Million (50 Million GEOSS Data Core) Discoverable and potentially accessible granules (e.g. satellite scene, raingauge record)

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Resources

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Themes

TimeGEOSS

GEOSS Hypercube

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Precipitation in France (1946-

2013)

GEOSS Targeted GapsUncertainty over continuity of observations

Large spatial and temporal gaps in specific data sets

Themes

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Themes

Time

Global Precipitation (1946-2013)

GEOSS Targeted GapsUncertainty over continuity of observations

Large spatial and temporal gaps in specific data sets

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Themes

Time

Land Use change in

Europe (1984-2010)

GEOSS Targeted GapsUncertainty over continuity of observations

Large spatial and temporal gaps in specific data sets

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Themes

TimeLand Use change in

Europe (1984-2010)

GEOSS Targeted GapsUncertainty over continuity of observations

Large spatial and temporal gaps in specific data sets

Demography in Europe

(1984-2010)

Major Floods in Europe (1984-2010)

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West Africa drought90-day outlook

(April – June 2014) Themes

GEOSS Targeted GapsUncertainty over continuity of observations

Large spatial and temporal gaps in specific data sets

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West Africa drought observations(1995–2013)

Themes

GEOSS Targeted GapsUncertainty over continuity of observations

Large spatial and temporal gaps in specific data sets

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West Africa drought observations(1995–2013)

East Africa drought

observations(2010 – 2012)

Themes

GEOSS Targeted GapsUncertainty over continuity of observations

Large spatial and temporal gaps in specific data sets

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West Africa crop prediction

(2014-2015)

Themes

GEOSS Targeted GapsUncertainty over continuity of observations

Large spatial and temporal gaps in specific data sets

Spac

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West Africa crop prediction

(2014-2015)

ThemesWest Africa Land Use (1990-2005)

GEOSS Targeted GapsUncertainty over continuity of observations

Large spatial and temporal gaps in specific data sets

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Precipitation in Africa

(1992-2012)

GEOSS Targeted GapsUncertainty over continuity of observations

Large spatial and temporal gaps in specific data sets

Themes

Global water bodies

(1998-2005)

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Themes

Precipitation in Africa (

GEOSS should be making this cube as dense and transparent as possible

GCI

GCI Searches

Crops obs. Asia

(2005-2010) Global Climate

predictions (2012-2032)

Faults monitoring in South America (1980-2014)

Ecosystems mapping in Europe (1987-2010)

Major disasters in South Asia (1992-2005)

West Africa Land

Use (SB)(1990-2005)

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GEOSS Tiers & Successes

• Broad open data policies/practices essential for publically funded collections & must be strengthened

• Economic value in downstream elements – value-added products and services

• Broaden stakeholder engagement needed, including the private sector

• Strengthen policy linkages/mandates

• National, Regional and International collaboration is essential

Summary

GEO-XI Plenary13-14 November 2014Libreville, Gabon

Barbara J. Ryanbryan@geosec.org

http://www.earthobservations.org