The CEOS MIM Database & EO Handbook 2013 G Dyke & S Ward (ESA MIM team) I Petiteville (ESA) 27 th CEOS Plenary Montreal, 5-6 Nov 2013

The 26 th CEOS Plenary – Bengaluru, India October, 2012 MIM Overview The CEOS Missions, Instruments, and Missions database is the only official consolidated statement of the programmes and plans of CEOS agencies. Updated annually. Mature resource - variety of uses and users Data backbone of the EO Handbook Cornerstone for CEOS coordination on gaps and overlaps to optimise global observations Staff from EO space agencies, climate research scientists, …

The 26 th CEOS Plenary – Bengaluru, India October, Highlights Successful survey processes – thank you Contacts Highly productive coordination with the SEO Further enhancement of database contents based on ongoing dialogue (measurement accuracy, etc.) Collaboration on future directions Support to WGClimate – discussion on details of including ECV Inventory information within MIM Additional measurement parameters to the mission profiles

The 26 th CEOS Plenary – Bengaluru, India October, Result Compilation of updated mission and instrument summary (PDF) Update of and database.eohandbook.com Consolidated and up to date statement of CEOS agency programmes and plans

The 26 th CEOS Plenary – Bengaluru, India October, 2012

2013 Additional Tasks Some additional features will be implemented before the end of 2013: Suppression of the utility field across the site, to be augmented by accuracy (agencies to be asked in 2014 update) Additional and refined search capabilities Future feature considerations include: enhanced gap analysis capabilities, potential links to CEOS resources like COVE, CWIC, IDN or to WMO’s OSCAR.

The 26 th CEOS Plenary – Bengaluru, India October, 2012 Coordination with WGClimate Plan on integrating ECV Inventory information within the MIM online Objective always to maximise availability and utility of information gathered: end-to-end analysis within a single information system is valuable and important Different ‘branding’ of entry points is straightforward Currently more than 200 ECV Inventory records Anticipate first integration in 2014

Website User Statistics Last 12 months Total unique visitors: 10,855 (+20% year-on-year) Page views: 28,083 (+53%) New visitors: 65% 29,643 Unique Visitors Since January 2009

Website User Statistics database.eohandbook.com Last 12 months Total unique visitors: 12,482 Page views: 97,824 New visitors: 58% Top content Mission and instrument table and index: 20K views 50,631 Unique Visitors Since January 2009

The 27 th CEOS Plenary – Montreal, Canada November, 2013 Way Forward Support to WGClimate and integration of ECV Inventory Continued and further expansion of work with SEO & strengthened support and interaction with CEOS community Annual updates – call expected in April-May 2014 Continued enhancement of content and utilities for analysis. Calendar of upgrades defined in multi-year plan agreed by all CEOS entities involved (MIM, SEO, WGClimate, WGISS,…) Further integration and consistency with key sources EO Handbook print edition is approx. every 3 years as budget & major events to promote CEOS activities permit

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