Phase I. Determine Earth Observation Requirements for

Air Quality SB Sub-Area (AQ CoP)

K. Hoijarvi, S. Falke, J. Husar, R. Poirot, M. Schulz., K. Torsett, E. Robinson, A, Surijavong, S. Vlasic, W. WhiteGEO AQ CoP Contact: R. Husar, rhusar@wustl.edu

DRAFT

Phase II. Encode and Enter the AQ Requirements into

the GEO User Requirement Registry (SCG)

Forum to Develop AQ Requirements: GEO AQ Community of Practice

Methodology for Gathering User Requirements:

1. State the SB Sub-Area: e.g. Manage Air Quality 2. Define Major Workflow Steps of the SBA3. Name the Value-Adding Activities4. Identify Participants for Each Activity (i.e. the ‘Users’)5. Determine the Participant’s EO Needs

Phase I. Determine Earth Observation Requirements for Air Quality SBA

1. Select SBA: AQ Management2. Define Workflow

Bachmann, 2008

3. Define Value Adding Activities: Workflow Step 1: Setting AQ Standard

Emission Analyst

Transport Meteor.

Activity Drivers

Emission Modeler

Chem. Tr.

Modeler

Receptor Modeler

Air Qual. Analyst

HealthAnalyst

PM Comp.

Gas Comp.

Policy Analyst

Popul. Density

Policy Maker

Knowledge: DecisionsInformation: Processed Data Data: Observations

Spreadsheet of activities, participants, requirements

Other Data

Phase I. Determining Earth Observation Requirements for Air Quality SBA

ClearinghouseAQ Community Catalog

User Requirement Registry

GEO Task US 0901a: Priority Earth Observations

for Air Quality

The URR is a facility for collection, sharing and describing:• User types among the nine SBAs;• Applications that use Earth observations;• Requirements for Earth observations and derived products; • Links among user types, applications, and requirements.

Phase II: Encode and Enter the AQ Requirements into the GEO User Requirement Registry (SCG)

Encoding into URR: Activities – User Types - Requirements

Characterize Current AQ

Characterize Current AQ

Develop AQ Standard

Determine Compliance

Determine Compliance

Eval. Control Effectiveness

Eval. Control Effectiveness

Det. Background AQ

Assess Health Risk

Assess Visibility Risk

Assess Terrestr. Risk

Assess Aquatic Risk

Set AQ Standard

ActivitiesWorkflow User TypesAQ Analyst

Receptor Mod.

Transport Mod.

AQ Analyst

Health Analyst

AQ Analyst

Aquatic Analyst

AQ Analyst

Terrestr. Analyst

AQ Analyst

Visibility Analyst

Policy Analyst

Requirements

Workflow Step 2: Evaluate Current Air Quality

Evaluate Current AQ

Evaluate Current AQ

Develop AQ Standard

Determine Compliance

Determine Compliance

Eval. Control Effectiveness

Eval. Control Effectiveness

Det. Ambient AQAttribute Sources

Determ. Exceedance

ActivitiesWorkflow User Types

AQ Analyst

Receptor Mod.

Transport Mod.

Policy Analyst

Det. EmissionsEmiss. Analyst

Emiss. Modeler

Requirements

Workflow Step 3: Develop and Enforce Compliance

Characterize Current AQ

Characterize Current AQ

Develop AQ Standard

Develop Compliance

Develop Compliance

Eval. Control Effectiveness

Eval. Control Effectiveness

Attribute Sources

Emiss. Reduct. Plan

ActivitiesWorkflow User Types

AQ Analyst

Receptor Mod.

Transport Mod.

Policy Analyst

Det. EmissionsEmiss. Analyst

Emiss. Modeler

Requirements

Workflow Step 4: Evaluate Control Effectiveness

Characterize Current AQ

Characterize Current AQ

Develop AQ Standard

Determine Compliance

Determine Compliance

Eval. Control Effectiveness

Eval. Control Effectiveness

Det. Ambient AQAttribute Sources

Assess Health Risk

Assess Visibility Risk

Assess Terrestr. Risk

Assess Aquatic Risk

Eval. Control Effect

ActivitiesWorkflow User Types

AQ Analyst

Receptor Mod.

Transport Mod.

AQ Analyst

Health Analyst

AQ Analyst

Aquatic Analyst

AQ Analyst

Terrestr. Analyst

AQ Analyst

Visibility Analyst

Policy Analyst

Det. EmissionsEmiss. Analyst

Emiss. Modeler

Requirements

Activity – Participant - Requirements Browser for AQ Managementhttp://webapps.datafed.net/catalog.aspx?table=URR_Activities

Provider - Instrument - Observation Browser for AQ Data in GEOSS Clearinghouse

It is possible to Approach:Make AQ Contribution Consistent with:

ClearinghouseAQ Community Catalog

User Requirement Registry

GEO Task US 0901a: Priority Earth Observations

for Air Quality

General Requirements by User Type

AQ AnalystReceptor Modeler

Transport Modeler

Health Analyst

Aquatic AnalystTerrestrial Analyst

Visibility AnalystPolicy Analyst

Emission Analyst

Emission Modeler

User TypesEO Requirements:

Where, What Type; Pollutant Surface | MassConc. | PM25, PM10, O3, SO2, NO2, VOC; Surface | MassConc. |PM25, PM10, PMComp, WindField

4Dim | Emiss. /4DWea | PM25, PM10, SO2, NO2, VOC

Surface/Col| Emission Obs/ | PM25, PM10, SO2, NO2, VOC;

Surface | Activity Drivers | PM25, PM10, SO2, NO2, VOC;

Surface | Expos., HealthMeas | PM25, PM10, O3, SO2, NO2

Surface | Depos., AquaMeas | PM25, PM10, O3, SO2, NO2, VOC; Surface | Depos., TerrMeas. | PM25, PM10, O3, SO2, NO2Surface | Light Ext., Vistas | PM25, PM10, PMComp

Surface | Analysts Outout |PM25, PM10, O3, SO2, NO2

Any AQM activity may require multiple user typesAny user type can contribute to multiple AQM activitiesThe specific user requirements depend on the activity

Browser of AQM Activities, Participants, and EO Needs

Value Chain for Informing the Public

Emission Analyst

Transport Meteor.

Activity Drivers

Emission Modeler

ForecastModeler

Air Qual. Analyst

Public Media

Gas Comp.

Public Dec. Maker

Observation-Data Processed Data

Actionable Knowledge

AQ Management: Science View

Processes and Earth Observations for AQ: Emissions, Transport and ambient Concentrations/Depositions

User Types: Emission Analysts, Emission Modeler, AQ Data Analyst, AQ Transport Modeler, AQ Receptor Modeler, Health Analyst, Aquatic Analyst, Terrestrial Analyst, Visibility Analyst

AQ Management: Science ViewEmissions, Transport and ambient Concentrations/Depositions causing Effects on Health and Welfare

Emission Analysts Emission Modeler

Transport Modeler Receptor ModelerAQ Data Analyst

Health AnalystAquatic AnalystTerrestrial AnalystVisibility Analyst

GEOSS Information Flow Framework

Policy Maker

Policy Analyst

AQ Domain Analyst

AQ Analyst Modeler

AQ Management: Information Flow View

GEOSS Core

The AQ Information system processes Earth and other observations into actionable knowledge for policy/decision makers.

User Types: AQ data analysts and modelers; health, aquatic and other domain analysts, policy analysts and policy/decision makers

UIC Objectives

• Enable GEO to address in a systematic, targeted, focused and comprehensive way the needs and concerns of a broad range of user communities in developing and developed countries, across issues and trans-disciplinary needs, with a particular focus on fostering new or less organized communities.

• Enable GEO, in the implementation of GEOSS, to engage a continuum of users, from producers to the final beneficiaries of the data and information

• Facilitate linkages and partnerships between established CPs and new user groups or organizations interested in collaborating.

THE SPECTRUM OF USERShttp://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CCkQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.earthobservations.org%2Fdocuments%2Fcommittees%2Fc4%2FUIC%2520Presentation%2520C4%2520Mtg%25206-17-08.ppt&rct=j&q=Foley%20Spectrum%20of%20Users&ei=Jyu7TPXBBI3Lngejvvy-DQ&usg=AFQjCNHwFre7zIWG_68GQLe9on3A7k-2mA&sig2=SA5reCriEOLJY0a18XM7JA

Earth observations & earth system models

Data-to-Information archiving & services

Decision support tool developmentDecision making

Assessment of benefits

Earth system scientists and modelersEarth system service providers

Environmental process modelers & researchers

Policy Makers & Environmental managersPublic officials, advocacy groups and the

Public

From observations

To societal benefits

Requirements well known

Not aware that observational Requirements are even needed

How to Approach Users in the Lower Half of the Spectrum

• What do they do in their occupation and what does their organization do? Is there a web-site?

• How would they describe their more important activities? What are those of their organization?

• What decision-making are they involved in, either directly or indirectly by providing research or decision support tool development?

• What impact/benefits result or might potentially result from this decision-making, including the expected timeframe of the impact/benefits? Does the organization measure the impacts/benefits?

How to Approach Users in the Lower Half of the Spectrum

• Does your organization operate a system or systems that collect observational data, either in-situ or remotely sensed? Describe these systems. Are they part of a larger system?

• What observational data, geographical data, socio-economic data and/or models/forecasts, if any, are used in the decision-making or the indirect support to the decision-making

• What are the needs for additional information that could improve the decision-making or the indirect support to the decision-making?

• What regional or international working groups are you a member of or on the mailing list of?

A user-led community of stakeholders, from providers to the final beneficiaries of Earth observation data and information, with a common interest in specific aspects of societal benefits to be realized by GEOSS implementation.

The Communities of Practice will be self organized and will include stakeholders required to achieve benefits.

Communities of Practice

An Example Community of Practice Air Quality & HealthThe Public

Registering User TypesAir & Health CP Examples

The Air Quality Managers• Air Quality Index operations• Air Quality monitoring and

regulatory officials• Regulated industrial groups• Traffic planning & highway

management groups• Forest & agricultural fire

management officials• AQ researchers• AQ management decision

support tool developers

• The Public Health Officials• Public Health outcome officials• Hospital & Emergency Room

management groups • Epidemiologists• Medical Practitioners treating

sensitive sub-populations• Asthma, birth defect and

cardiovascular disease researchers

Registering User ApplicationsAir & Health CP Examples

• Global NO2 monitoring by SCIAMACHY and ROSE model

• Air Quality Indices• PREV'AIR air quality

forecasts • PROMOTE applications• SMOG alerts for AQ

episodes, EnviroFlash and APNEE TU

• Fusion of AOD with ground-based data to provide better PM2.5 information to AQ and health researchers

• The Public Health Air Surveillance Evaluation (PHASE) Project

• A Health-based AQ index• Long-range Smoke alerts

The GEOSS ArchitectureUsers and Scientific Communities Served By

GEOSS Common Approaches Systems within their Mandates

UIC Goal

Organize this side of theGEOSS Architecture

The GEOSS ArchitectureUsers and Scientific Communities Served By

GEOSS Common Approaches Systems within their Mandates

Success begins and ends on this side of the architecture

UserRequirements

Resources

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