geoss vadm conrad c. lautenbacher, jr. us navy (ret.) under secretary of commerce for oceans and...
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GEOSS
VADM Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. US Navy (Ret.)
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
NOAA AdministratorAugust 23, 2005
Global Earth Observation System of Systems
SCIENCESERVINGSOCIETY
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GEOSS OverviewEOS I
July 31, 2003, Washington, D.C.
34 Countries and 20 International Organizations
EOS II April 25, 2004, Tokyo,
Japan 47 Countries and 26
International Organizations
EOS III
February 2005, Brussels Nearly 60 Countries and 40
International Organizations 10-Year Implementation
Plan Commerce Secretary
Gutierrez led the US delegation
EOS III
EOS II
EOS I
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Americas Europe Africa Asia/Oceania
Commonwealth of Independent States
US (co-chair)BrazilHonduras
EC (co-chair)ItalyGermany
SA (co-chair)Morocco
Russia
China (co-chair)JapanThailand
GEO Executive Committee
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Executive CommitteeGeneva, Switzerland
Second Meeting in Geneva, June 2005
Third Meeting in Geneva, September, 2005
Selected Professor Jose Achache as new GEO Secretariat Director (formerly with ESA)
Discussed rules of procedure for Group on Earth Observations
Set up Committees/Working Groups
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GEO Committees
Tsunami Working Group (Jim Devine, USGS)
User Interface Committee Science and Technology CommitteeArchitecture and Data CommitteeCapacity Building and Outreach
Committees to be led by Executive Committee members; US to have strong participation on each committee
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G8 Gleneagles Climate Change Plan of Action
Monitoring and Data Interpretation
34. The G8 made a commitment at Evian to strengthen international cooperation on global Earth observations. We will continue to exercise leadership in this area, and welcome the adoption of the 10-year implementation plan for development of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) at the Third Earth Observations Summit which took place in Brussels in February this year.
We will:
(a) move forward in the national implementation of GEOSS in our member states;
(b) support efforts to help developing countries and regions obtain full benefit from GEOSS, including from the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) such as placement of observational systems to fill data gaps, developing of incountry and regional capacity for analysing and interpreting observational data, and development of decision-support systems and tools relevant to local needs;
(c) in particular, work to strengthen the existing climate institutions in Africa, through GCOS, with a view to developing fully operational regional climate centres in Africa.
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G8 Gleneagles Tsunami Response
• We affirm the role of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), key national and intergovernmental operators of earth observation systems as well as UN agencies, such as the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission participate to ensure a co-ordinated and compatible monitoring capacity that balances the need to gather data on a global scale with the need for rapid and effective dissemination.
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
June 30, 2005
IOC Assembly formally established Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS)
Resolution IOC-XXIII-12
IOC leading the GEO tsunami / all-hazard warning working group with Italy and Thailand
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The White House CommitmentFY07 OSTP/OMB Memo
Global earth observations support research in a wide range of sciences important for society. The U.S. Strategic Plan for an Integrated Earth Observations System (IEOS) provides guidance for agencies contributing to these efforts. Agencies should focus on near-term opportunities to pilot integrated observing systems, such as those that contribute to natural hazards assessment and disaster warnings. Agencies also should work through the NSTC U.S. Group on Earth Observations Subcommittee to ensure continued coordination and implementation of the U.S. Strategic Plan and continued strong U.S. leadership in the international community.
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U.S. Administration S&T Structure
National Scienceand Technology Council
ScienceCommittee
Environment & NaturalResources Committee
Homeland & NationalSecurity Committee
TechnologyCommittee
Subcommittee on Global Change Research
Ecological SystemsSubcommittee
Subcommittee onDisaster
Reduction
Subcommittee onWater Availability &
Quality
Air Quality ResearchSubcommittee
Toxics & Risk AssessmentSubcommittee
Subcommittee on Oceans
USUS Group onGroup onEarth Observations (US GEO)Earth Observations (US GEO)
SubcommitteeSubcommittee
Subcommittee on Healthand the Environment
(also reports to Committee on Science and Commission on
Homeland and National Security
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U.S. Contribution to GEOSSAn Interagency Effort
IRIS comments to US Integrated Earth Observation System planning:
-- recommendation that the GSN is one of the established in situ observation systems that should be components of both the US Integrated Earth Observation System and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems.
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U.S. IEOS
Seismic Component of U.S. IEOS
Seismic Component of GEOSS*
U.S. Component GEOSS
IEOS and GEOSSA System of Systems
FDSN
*While not technically a system, FDSN is a participating organization in GEO.
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Data Sharing
“The societal benefits of Earth observations cannot be achieved without data sharing.”
- GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan
GSN data is freely and openly available in real time via standard internet protocols – a good model for other GEOSS systems
Through the FDSN, IRIS has helped to coordinate technical standards, data exchange, and station siting
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SpecializedFormats
Proprietary Systems
Non-Standard Metadata
Interoperability
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StandardizedFormats
Open Systems
Standard Metadata
Interoperability
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Identification of Gaps in Coverage
About 130 stations in place
85% at real- or near-real time
Currently only one on the seafloor
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From Vision to Action…
An AGU publication in February of this year stated that the Indian Ocean Tsunami provided the first full-scale test of GSN technical design goals, which scientists set more than 20 years ago.
Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical
Union, Feb.8, 2004.
“The Indian Ocean tsunami warning system will be an early example of a coordinated and sustained effort in the family of systems foreseen in GEOSS."
UNESCO Director General Matsuura,
speaking to the IOC Tsunami Coordination Group, March 2005.
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Challenges
Enhancing interagency, intergovernmental and interdisciplinary collaboration
Expansion to better coverage of the ocean floor
Sharing Infrastructure multi-observation sensors at established and
planned stations
Maintaining political and public visibility on the need for a comprehensive system, as the recovery effort in the Indian Ocean continues