WGISS Recommendations to WGISS – Applications Subgroup Karen Moe WGISS Applications Subgroup Chair WGISS-29 Bonn, Germany 21 May 2010

WGISS WGISS Applications Subgroup IDN IG LSI IG and Portal AC IG and Portal Global DEM IG & QA4EO Disaster Management (Response) IG Proposed Water Portal IG Proposed Data Management IG Topics for Joint WGISS / WGCV meeting in Montreal, September 2010

WGISS IDN IG GCMD IDN CSW expected to be operational soon (2010) Action item to verify that the DIF is ISO-compliant GCMD IDN User working group will discuss WGISS recommendations – Improve access from the IDN web site to GCMD – Consider modification to the DIF to accommodate near real-time dataset identification Coordinate Data Democracy Portal (Troika) with IDN

WGISS Land Surface Imaging IG LSI Portal changes to be prioritized by the LSI Constellation team – Enable granule-level search across multiple agency systems through the single LSI Portal – Develop prototype CWIC tool for cross-inventory spatial/temporal inventory queries using USGS and INPE – Expand data set, sensor, and platform info and order/access links for other land imaging systems with open data access policies, such as MODIS – Create linkages with the WGCV Cal/Val Portal, and investigate other CEOS and GEO portals for cross-linkage – Review possible functional and look-and-feel changes proposed by users With WGCV, develop plan for including data quality information for LSI-related data and information products (QA4EO)

WGISS Atmospheric Composition IG Supports GEO AR-09-02a_30 AC Portal (POC: S. Falke) Seek partnerships with other CEOS agencies in providing additional datasets and analytical tools – Request alpha testers for AC Portal (wdc.dlr.de/acp)wdc.dlr.de/acp – Follow up with NOAA Work with WADC on search criteria and use of CWIC Key milestones: – Alpha Release 18 May 10 – Beta Release 31 Aug 10 – Major AC Portal demo at GEO Plenary Nov 2010 Recommend use of AC Portal demo video on the WGISS web site as an example of WGISS work

WGISS Global Datasets IG Supports GEO Task DA-09-03d Global DEM datasets (POC: JP Muller WGCV) The main activity is to investigate the provision of quality information for the ASTER Global DEM (GDEM) A prototype DEM Quality Information System (DEMqis) is under development by University College London WGISS support for this activity could form the basis of a joint WGISS/WGCV activity A joint WGISS/WGCV Project Plan will be presented at WGISS-30 for consideration/approval

WGISS EO Contributions for Disaster Management IG Gouqing Li presented proposal for Historical Disaster Data Grid (HDDG) as WGISS contribution to the International Charter – Name change to be defined to reflect role with IRDR Lorant Czaran conducted UN-SPIDER workshop and presented user requirements for satellite data – WGISS support to DI-06-09_7 Disaster Response and Management Capabilities (POC: Lorant Czaran, Pakorn Apaphant) – Natalia Kussel presented UN-SPIDER regional offices in Ukraine and Gouqing Li presented Beijing UN-SPIDER office – Michael Morahan presented near real-time data sets identified in the IDN Way Forward? – Recommend Co-Chairs to represent users (Lorant) and providers (Li) – Consider activity as a “WGISS Test Facility” and clarify scope (renamed)

WGISS Proposed Data Management IG John Faundeen to conduct a survey of WGISS members – Determine level of interest – Identify specific activities that the proposed interest group would address – Clarify purge-alert process Present findings and IG recommendations at WGISS-30

WGISS Proposed CEOS Water Portal Project Water Portal project plan was distributed to WGISS_All – Suggest project name change to CEOS Water Portal Project (tentative) Way Forward based on off-line JAXA-NASA discussions – JAXA (Satoko) and NASA (Chris Lynnes) will explore use of OPeNDAP interface to access NASA satellite data – JAXA and NASA will have a telecon in early June, after exchanging several s – JAXA will update the Project Plan based on the agreement between JAXA and NASA by June 30, 2010 (target date) JAXA will present revised plan at WGISS-30

WGISS WGISS Recommendations for Joint WGCV / WGISS Meeting Applications Subgroup – AC Portal – Stefan Falke – LSI Portal – Lyn Oleson – Global DEM – Wyn Cudlip – QA4EO – All – ISO Data Quality Model – Liping Di

WGISS AC Portal Recommendations for Joint WGCV / WGISS Meeting Relate and apply QA4EO to AC Portal – Coordinate on Cal/Val QA4EO Atmospheric Composition (ATM) guidelines – Include QA information for AC as part of AC Portal contextual information Share content across our respective portals – AC Portal access of Cal/Val metadata – Explore AC Portal content useful for Cal/Val Portal – Clarify role of Carbon Task Force and ACC with respect to GHG Communicate with WGCV prior to joint meeting to identify other opportunities