Committee On Earth Observation Satellites CEOS Earth

Committee On Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) & Earth Observation (EO) Applications Internet 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November, 2000 Jeff Smith Andy Germain NASA GSFC - EOS

CEOS Overview • Created in 1984 • 39 organizations involved • Goals: – To optimize benefits of space-borne Earth observations – To serve as focal point for international coordination of such observations – To exchange policy and technical information to encourage synergy among space systems MEMBERS ASI (Italy) BNSC (UK) CAST (China) CSA (Canada) CNES (France) CSIRO (Australia) DLR (Germany) EC (Europe) ESA (Europe) EUMETSAT (Eur. ) INPE (Brazil) J. Smith & A. Germain ISRO (India) NASDA (Japan) NASA (US) NOAA (US) NRSCC (China) NSAU (Ukraine) STA/NASDA (Japan) Roshydromet (Russia) RSA (Russia) SNSB (Sweden) I 2 Members Meeting ASSOCIATES CRI (N. Zealand) CCRS (Canada) GCOS GOOS GTOS ICSU IGBP IOC ISPRS Atlanta, GA November 2000 NSC (Norway) OSTC (Belgium) SAC/CSIR (S. A. ) UN-ESCAP UN-FAO UN-OOSA UNEP WCRP WMO Page 2

CEOS Organization COMMITTEE ON EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES WORKING GROUP ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES (WGISS) WORKING GROUP ON CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION (CAL/VAL) TERRAIN MAPPING MICROWAVE SENSORS SAR CALIBRATION OPTICAL SENSORS LAND SURFACE PARAMETER VALIDATION NETWORK ACCESS DATA J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 3

Integrated Global Observation Strategy IGOS- Partners CEOS Science Themes NAKODO (Matchmaker) WGCV WGISS Sub-groups GTOS WTF-G IGBP Others. . . GOFC Goals: • To provide comprehensive framework to harmonize interest of major space-based and in-situ systems for Earth observation • To improve observing capacity and deliver observations in a cost-effective and timely fashion to users and policy makers J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 4

WCRP IGFA J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 5

WGISS Test Facility • Objectives: – Provide an application-enabling capability to support science projects – Promote WGISS capabilities, provide feedback to systems developers & gather requirements – Provide feedback to science data product designers – Prototype future WGISS/Application systems • Characteristics – An enabling infrastructure of interoperable EO and related services, tools and data system – Logically coordinated with continuity over time » Driven by science scenarios (e. g. GOFC, DMSG) – Persistence 3 -5 years – Evolution over time J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 6

Global Observation of Forest Cover (GOFC) • Strategic Design – Major objective of obtaining operational monitoring capability for global change research also supports forestry management and generation of information relevant to policy and decision makers – Illuminates the way forward – Does not provide a detailed blueprint – Implementation depends on voluntary contributions of participating agencies and entities • Principal Components – Forest fire mapping and monitoring – Forest cover characteristics and changes – Forest biophysical functioning J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 7

CEOS WGISS Access Subgroup • Develops methods for integrated access to CEOS members’ data: - CEOS information resources - International Directory Network (IDN) - http: //gcmd. gsfc. nasa. gov/ceosidn/map. html - Catalog Interoperability (CINTEX) > Catalog Interoperability protocol (Z 39. 50) - World Wide Web Access - Data and Information Access Link (DIAL) J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 8

Information Management Data Hierarchy • Directory – provides concise high-level information about data sets. – GCMD, CEOS IDN • Guide – provides detailed descriptions about data sets, platforms, sensors, projects, and data centers • Inventory – descriptions of specific observations or collections of observations of data (granules) that are available for request from a data archive. – Information Management System (IMS) • Browse Products – reduced resolution images as an aid to data selection • Data Products (Granules) – via media (custom or standard) or network J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 9

CEOS International Directory Network J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 10

Access Subgroup: World Wide Web Task Team • Objectives: – To investigate and coordinate the implementation of WWW access to international Earth observation catalogue systems and data access systems. – To perform outreach to external organizations capable of influencing WWW technology evolution • Simple HTTP Based Search Protocol – Low level http mechanism for remotely searching catalogs and databases – Standardize the interface for space, time & free text searching – Low buy in cost for suppliers – Protocols in use at CCRS and CEO, unification details agreed upon J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 11

CINTEX Web Gateways J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 12

Data and Information Access Link (DIAL) • A WWW based data distribution system. – Allows data providers to easily serve their Earth science data directly to their users. – Provides traditional catalog services like metadata search – Extended interactive data services: » » » Browsing Subsetting Subsampling Reformatting Direct Downloading – Supports Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) and HDF for EOS (HDF-EOS) formatted datasets. – Provides interoperability with GIS systems through translators. http: //dial. gsfc. nasa. gov/ J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 13

CEOS WGISS Network Subgroup • Resource planning and management for CEOSnet, a virtual private network • Performance measurement of network links • Network Security (CEOS context) • Collaboration on Next Generation networks and international prototyping • Network support for Access Subgroup projects and CEOS demos J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 14

Virtual CEOSnet - September 2000 Nairobi Bangkok SJCR Beijing CCRS CA*NET 3 Israel MAFF w Mosco Norway ILAN MIRNET STAR TAP Trans. PAC (APAN) IRE-RAS Teleglobe DANTE (TEN-155) UNEP Geneva ESRIN GARR Koln DLR DFN NYC (60 Hudson) Swisscom NASDA RBnet Milan Chicago IMNet CAO KNMI SURFnet JRC EDC MSFC/UAH WIDE Abilene GPN Mich. Net AIT Fla Alternet NISN ANet Telintar Ar PAO (Philipines) MSU MAX UMD World. Net CONAE (Argentina) Commodity ISPs MAE-E GSFC RAL JANET Oxford Wash DC UCL (BBNPlanet, Verio, etc. ) DC Spr Teleglobe JARING (Malaysia) J. Smith & A. Germain is) ATT. net France Telecom CMA (China) Iconi. Soft Cable & Wireless Par nk ( intli START (Thailand) CNES I 2 Members Meeting Qwest SFO NJ EUmetsat Optus CSIRO (Australia) Atlanta, GA EU-Link Em. Bratel November 2000 INPE (Brazil) Page 15

Bangkok Demos • WFW: World Fire Web – – • OGC-WMT: Open GIS Consortium-Web Mapping Testbed – – • • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), MD National Space Development Agency (NASDA), Japan SPOT: System Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre – • University of Maryland, College Park (MD), University of New Hampshire (NH) Space-Time Toolkit: University of Alabama, Hunstville, AL IDN: International Directory Network, DIAL: Data and Information Access Link – – • European Space Research Institute (ESRIN), Italy DLR (Germany) MOCHA: Middleware based On Code s. Hipping Architecture – – • • Mich State University, MI University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia EOLI/MUIS: Earth Observations on-Line / Multi-mission User Information System – – • Canadian Center for Remote Sensing (CCRS), Ottawa, CA USGS EROS Data Center (EDC), SD Earth Explorer: EDC Tropical Rain Forest Information Center (TRFIC) – – • European Commission/Joint Research Center (EC/JRC), Italy, Belgium Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia Centre Nationalle d’Etudes Spatialle (CNES), France ANDES: – – Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan Forest Products and Production Research Institute (FPPRI), Japan J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 16

Bangkok Demos: Sept. 2000 Network Configuration Network Test Sink Network Test Source Paris NY Teleglobe Sprint. Link Cable & Wireless SFO Optus SFO Tolouse, FR NY EU Net Alter. Net CSIRO Ispra, IT DC SFO Sea. Start Chulalonkhorn U Bangkok, TH AIT Bangkok, TH Space-Time Toolkit U of Ala Mil. Net IDN, DIAL MD DC c s. Pa Tran EOC, EORC, JP MAFF/ FPPRI, JP IDN, DIAL Malaysia STAR TAP Abilene AI 3 NASDA MOCHA UMD College Park, MD SOX P UKM o MAX MS TRFIC ky Frascati, IT NY GA Nashua, NH To EOLI ESRIN GARR Greenbelt, MD Chicago Tokyo Mil an NASA GSFC Huntsville, AL EOLI UNH AI 3 A-Net MAE-E NISN Demo Site, WFW JRC Milan NY LAX Hobart, AU WFW Iconisoft Belgium SFO WFW SPOT CNES France Telecom OGC-WMT CCRS TRFIC Mich State E. Lansing, MI Earth Explorer EDC Sioux Falls, SD ANDES J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Ottawa, CA Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 17

ESRIN - Bangkok EOLI Demo Abilene Transit Configuration Alter. Net NY LAX Mil an Demo Site, WFW GARR AIT EOLI ESRIN Frascati, IT Bangkok, TH NY AI 3 Chicago To ky o ac s. P Tran STAR TAP Abilene provided transit between GARR (NY) and Trans. Pac (Chicago) J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 18

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Useful URLs • www. ceos. org • links to other CEOS documents, Newsletter, etc. • www. igospartners. org • links to IGOS related documents, IGOS brochure, etc. • wgiss. ceos. org • wgcv. ceos. org • access. ceos. org • corn. eos. nasa. gov/ceos_ns/index. html • gcmd. gsfc. nasa. gov/ceosidn/map. html • corn. eos. nasa. gov/performance/Net_Health • redhook. gsfc. nasa. gov/~imswww/pub/imswelcome J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 20

BACKUP J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 21

CEOS & GOIN Performance Test Sites J. Smith & A. Germain I 2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November 2000 Page 22

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