1. Integrated ocean surface products Julia Figa-Saldaña, Hans Bonekamp EUMETSAT CEOS WG/VC working day EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 16 th September 2015

2. SIT Tech. Workshop 2015 EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 17 th -18 th September 2015 What do we mean by integration of products? In some domains, for example altimetry, there is a need to integration steps to better meet the user requirements. Generally these steps are done when creating higher level products. For Sea Surface Temperature (SST), the Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) has guided the individual missions on how to produce L2P which can easily be combined with those of other mission towards integrative usage by providing standards on the format and the characterization of the information content. These aspects have close links to cal/val work. Some specific applications can trigger the need for a combination of single parameter products into super-products, e.g. surface wind vectors and waves for marine forecasting, SST and ocean color for fisheries, etc. Super-products have often usability gaps, which may be filled or resolved by model data. From the point of view of data accessibility, there are not many centralized access points for integrated ocean products. The existing few are set-up by single agencies, e.g., AVISO, PO.DAAC.

3. SIT Tech. Workshop 2015 EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 17 th -18 th September 2015 Identified topics for discussion VC’s role and application-based groups VC’s and WG-CV links to the science teams One-stop-shopping Missing VC or WG topics Links to the modeling community Additional topics?

4. SIT Tech. Workshop 2015 EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 17 th -18 th September 2015 VC’s role and application-based groups What can be the role of the VCs in actively foster integration of ocean parameters into higher level and/or super- products? How to best liaise with the application-based groups to define requirements for super-products and give them visibility at CEOS?

5. SIT Tech. Workshop 2015 EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 17 th -18 th September 2015 VC’s and WG-CV links to the science teams Understanding that most of the cal/val and product standards work is done for individual parameters within the science teams, how can the output best be adopted and represented by the WG of cal/val and the VCs? What is the role of the VCs and the WG on cal/val in harmonising this output?

6. SIT Tech. Workshop 2015 EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 17 th -18 th September 2015 One-stop shopping All CEOS data are in principle represented in the International Directory Network (IDN) – how does the IDN support one-stop-shopping for different user groups? How do the VCs and the WGISS contribute to establishing one-stop-shopping concepts to respond to requirements of the different application groups?

7. SIT Tech. Workshop 2015 EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 17 th -18 th September 2015 Missing VC or WG topics? Is there a need for a Sea Ice VC (or WG), integrating different missions (altimetry, scatterometry, dedicated missions,..), and more in general, are there any other such gaps for other important geophysical variables?

8. SIT Tech. Workshop 2015 EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 17 th -18 th September 2015 Links to the modelling community How can the VC’s best support the representation of their geophysical variables in modelling community fora such as GODAE/ETOOFS and how can this be achieved?

9. SIT Tech. Workshop 2015 EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 17 th -18 th September 2015 Additional topics ???

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11. SIT Tech. Workshop 2015 EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany 17 th -18 th September 2015 11 Title Presenter Guidance Please focus you presentation on discussion and decision points required to prepare for CEOS Plenary. Specifically, please present 2-3 slides summary slides addressing: Slide 1: Status summary of group / entity CEOS 2015-2017 Work Plan Objectives and Deliverables Slide 2: Issues preventing progress towards the realisation of those objectives Slide 3: Required steps and/or decisions to overcome or circumvent issues Please refrain from detailed status updates, but do include relevant background detail in backup slides for participant review offline. Do not submit more than 1 non-background slide per minute of item time. Additional background slides and/or written reports provided for context and detailed reporting against Work Plan outcomes are welcome. Presentation materials should be sent to george@symbioscomms.com no later than Monday 7 th September 2015.george@symbioscomms.com