1. WG and VC Session Objectives and Content J.-L. Fellous, SIT Chair Team SIT-30 Session 3 – Agenda Item 7 30 th CEOS SIT Meeting CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

2. SIT-30 CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 2 8WG and VC Session – VC focus (15 mins per topic) VC Co-Leads will review briefly the current status and issues for SIT decision/action of their respective VC. - OSVW-VCRoadmap update, broadened engagementP Counet - OST-VCRoadmap update, interaction with OSTSTJ Lambin - OCR-VCUpdate on IOCCG/OCR-VC meeting outcomesP DiGiacomo - P-VCRoadmap update, NRT GPM productsS Neeck - ACC-VCAir quality & GHG Constellations, VC leadershipR Eckman - SST-VCRoadmap update, new GHRSST productsC Donlon (GtM) 9WG and VC Session (continued) (15mins per topic) - Cross cutting subjects - VC Day before next SIT Technical WS Discussion and Synthesis (J-L Fellous, moderator) 10- LSI-VC (15mins)T Cecere WG and VC Session – VC Focus

3. SIT-30 CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 3 WG and VC Session – WG Focus 11VC and WG Session – WG focus (15 mins per topic) WG Chair or Vice-chair will review briefly issues for SIT decision/action of their respective WG. - WGISS R Moreno - WGCV A von Bargen - WGCapD J Olwoch - WGDisasters I Petiteville - WGClimate J Bates 12Brief review and wrap (30 mins)SIT Chair Team

4. SIT-30 CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 Two lines of action were followed: Encourage more focused exchanges and collaboration between WGs and VCs to support and develop the VCs and thematic WGs Highlight promising examples involving some WGs and VCs SIT-30 Goal Review progress made wrt objective #1 Last year’s Objective #1: Synergy VCs & WGs

5. SIT-30 CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 Two lines of action were followed: Interact with GEO during the development of the next Implementation Plan/Work plan Seek alignment with GEOSS post 2015 10-year plan SIT-30 Goal Review progress made wrt objective #2 Last year’s Objective #2: Focus on deliverables

6. SIT-30 CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 Two lines of action were followed: Engage more agencies into WG and VC leadership and activities Revitalize the LSI-VC SIT-30 Goal Review progress made wrt objective #3 Last year’s Objective #3: broaden participation

7. SIT-30 CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 Two lines of action were followed: Identify gaps and/or hurdles in these linkages Work with the sponsors of the relevant scientific groups with a view to build on complementarity, commonalities, and to improve overall coordination and efficiency SIT-30 Goal Review progress made wrt objective #4 Last year’s Objective #4: linking VCs & Science

8. SIT-30 CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 8 Consolidate progress made so far Prepare for the VC/WG Day in September 2015 Insert VC/WG activities in the context of the preparation of COP-21 Investigate potential inputs from all VCs and WGs that could be highlighted in that context New Objectives

9. SIT-30 CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 9 Working GroupsChairVice-Chair WGCVVon Bargen (DLR)Thome (NASA) WGISSMoreno (CNES)Mitchell (NASA) WDCapDWood (USGS)Olwoch (SANSA) WGDisastersPetiteville (ESA)Chalifoux (CSA) WGClimateBates (NOAA-CGMS)Lecomte (ESA-CEOS) Virtual ConstellationsCo-Leads ACC-VCEckman (NASA)Zehner (ESA) SST-VCDonlon (ESA)Casey (NOAA) OST-VCLambin (CNES)Bonekamp (Eumetsat) OSVW-VCFiga (Eumetsat)Chang (NOAA)Gohil (ISRO) OCR-VCDiGiacomo (NOAA)Bontempi (NASA)Regner (ESA) P-VCNeeck (NASA)Oki (JAXA) LSI-VCCecere (USGS)Ross (G Austalia) WGs’ and VCs’ Leadership

10. SIT-30 CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 Eleven telecons were held in late January-early February involving participation of SIT Chair and her team (and occasionally the CEO/DCEO and a representative of CEOS Chair) with the leaders of the five WGs and six VCs Four objectives were pursued: oReview progress made since the CEOS Plenary in Tromsø with regard to the action items relevant to each VC/WG oReview progress with respect to each VC/WG action items in the Work Plan 2014-2016 & 2015-2017 oStart preparation of SIT-30 on 31 March-1 April in Paris – including an exchange of ideas re: each VC/WG specific inputs in view of the COP-21 in December; and, oStart planning for the VC/WG Day to be held back-to-back to the Technical workshop in September in Darmstadt Short reports on tag-up telecons were distributed on March 2 Overview of VC-WG telecons

11. SIT-30 CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 11 Feedback from the VC/WG telecon resulted in these agenda items for the SIT-30 session on WGs and VCs: OSVW-VC: Roadmap update, broadened engagement (Figa, TBC) OST-VC: Roadmap update, interaction with OSTST (Bonekamp, TBC) OCR-VC: Update on IOCCG/OCR-VC meeting outcomes (TBD) P-VC: Roadmap update, NRT GPM products (Neeck) ACC-VC: Air quality & GHG Constellations, VC leadership (Eckman) SST-VC: Roadmap update, new GHRSST products (TBD) VC-WG telecon outcome

12. SIT-30 CNES Headquarters, Paris, France 31 st March – 1 st April 2015 12 9:00 Opening, introductionSIT Chair 9:15-9:30 CGMS presentationEUMETSAT 9:30-10:00 Recent relevant missions: objectives, early results, relationship with VC roadmap VCs – 3-5 min each 10:00-10:30 Mechanism for collaboration between VCs and WGs. Training strategy, etc. Open discussion led by Eric 10:30-11:00 Coffee break – Poster session 11:00-12:30 WGDisasters, VCs and hydrometeorological hazards Discussion led by Ivan 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 CEOS Strategy for Carbon Observation: VCs and WGs contributions Discussion led by Stephen 15:30-16:00 Coffee break – Poster session 16:00-17:30 Integrated products (e.g. ocean surface data), cross- calibration and validation, etc. Discussion led by Julia 17:30-18:00 Wrap-up, end of meeting.SIT Chair VC-WG Special Day – Proposed agenda