1. CEOS WGISS Status: Report to Plenary Martha E. Maiden, Chair Pakorn Apaphant, Vice-Chair George, SA November 11-12, 2008

2. WGISS Structure WGISS Technology and Services Subgroup Applications Subgroup (External) Interest Groups: WGISS Infrastructure – Ken McDonald Data Utilization – Czaran & Liu Interest Groups: GRID – Shelestov Andrii Sensor Web – Terence Van Zyl Web Services – Lyndon Oleson Data Services Interest Group (proposed) Standards Liaisons Interest Groups: WGISS Task Force– Various Global Datasets – Lorant Czaran, Wyn Cudlip Int’l Directory Network (IDN) – Lola Olsen Land Surface Imaging – Lyndon Oleson Atmospheric Composition - Stefan Falke Martha Maiden, NASA, Chair Pakorn Apaphant, GISTDA, Vice-Chair Chuang Liu, NRSCC, Co-User Vice-Chair Lorant Czaran, UN, Co-User Vice-Chair Nataliia Kussul, NSAU, New Chair Dingsheng Liu, NRSCC stepped down after WGISS-26 (In Succession), Vice-Chair Karen Moe, NASA, Chair Satoko Miura, JAXA, Vice-Chair

3. WGISS Current Focus Current Themes Provide satellite arm of GEO System of Systems  Innovative contributions that will persist, and can be reused Work closely with and support CEOS Virtual Constellations Work closely with and collaborate as appropriate with WGCV Support the CEOS Data Democracy initiative. (Jim Gleason, USA ; Pepijn Veefkind, KNMI)

4. Meetings and Activities WGISS-26 & GEO (ADC and AIP, UIC, CBC, C4) Boulder, Sept 22-26.  Joint Session with ADC Core Architecture Tasks briefed for WGISS  GEO Best Practices WIKI opened March 2008, and WGISS quickly published Earth Observation Handbook WGCV-29, WGCV/WGISS cooperation continuing  Global DEM task cooperation on-going  Initiated joint planning on Data Quality Info – crucial to QA4EO implementation Quality Indicators, Long Term Data Preservation, Data Dictionary Way forward with WGISS CEOS -GEO Actions  5 closed actions/ 5 ongoing actions  CEOS IDN Climate Diagnostics Portal presented, supporting GCOS. (action CL-06-02_14).  Provide a demonstration of prototype of an LSI Constellation Portal, supporting LSI Constellation (action DA-07-03_5).  Contribute to implementation of Sensor Interoperability Session in GEO Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP), supporting GEOSS (action AR-07- 02_1).

5. WGISS Accomplishments WGISS Task Force - CEOP Project completed successfully at WGISS-26  Two “Lessons Learned” documents for GEO, four posted on WGISS website GRID Interest Group - multiple projects producing results  Flood Model in GRID environment will be used by UN for disasters Sensor Web Interest Group - multiple projects underway  Contributes to Data Democracy  Ability to rapidly respond to events Global Datasets Interest Group  WGISS Vice Chair Lorant Czaran to head UN-SPIDER office  GDIG will support Global DEM, working closely with WGCV, if Plenary endorses Dr. Jan-Peter Muller’s recommendations regarding DA-07-01. Web Services Interest Group  WGISS-26 held first session of group created at WGISS-25 in Sanya  Active group to explore strengths and weaknesses of possible approaches, performance risks, lessons learned of implementing emerging Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services capabilities.

6. WGISS Accomplishments, 2 Land Surface Imaging Interest Group  In support of LSI Constellation, LSI Portal in spiral development working with LSI Study Team Lead Bryan Bailey. Initial beta version will be demonstrated at GEO Plenary. ACC - New Interest Group initiated at WGISS-26 led by Stefan Falke  Presentation of AIP Air Quality Prototype, can be extended  ACC aligned with GEO SBAs, one focus is Air Quality  Involvement with ‘value-added’ AC Portal, working closely with ACC Precipitation Constellation - initial session at WGISS-26  Initiated liaison approach for WGISS collaboration with PC’s GPM Data Working Group (GDaWG)  PC contributions of data to WGISS Projects in GRID and Sensor Webs Interest Groups

7. WGISS Outreach Co-Data Conference: Vice Chair for Users Liu Chuang  Chaired Special Session, Topic GRID activities in WGISS  6 presentations were made  Large event UN-SPIDER Workshop: Vice Chair for Users Lorant Czaran  GRID activities highlighted by NASU, Ukraine WGISS delegates  WGISS Sensor Web activities by NASA WGISS delegates The XXI ISPRS Congress, Beijing, China: Vice-Chair Pakorn Apaphant  Organize and chair the session on Spatial Data Infrastructure and Spatial Information Grid UNGAID: Vice Chair for Users Liu Chuang  Presentation to introduce WGISS/CEOS to the forum –Vice Chair: Pakorn Apaphant

8. WGISS Way Forward - 2009 GRID  New Project “Grid Technologies for Multi-Source Data Integration” started 2008  Grid can be used as technical base for EO data democracy, and for disaster EO data aid action  New Grid research focus on on-demand processing capability Web Services Interest Group  Established after WGISS-25 in recognition that Web Services are a part of the future  Initiating investigations into performance mitigation approaches and solutions AC Portal to be led by WGISS/NASA (Falke) and AC/DLR (Loyola) Global Datasets to present status of DEM Interoperability requirements and recommend actions at WGISS 27 Security Session to be organized for WGISS-27, broadly applicable

9. WGISS Way Forward – 2009, 2 Disaster SBA Support for GEO – Currently being formulated  Motivation: WGISS successes during recent years in supporting individual disaster events (e.g. China earthquake 2008) brings “Best Practices”  Multiple technologies and services can be brought to bear  Vice Chair for Users Lorant Czaran (UN) became Director of UN-SPIDER, fall 2008.  Will start by defining draft 2009 CEOS-GEO Actions under two CEOS- led and contributing DI Tasks in GTEO 2009-2011 WP.  Pakorn Apaphant will work with Guy Seguin and Ivan Petiteville to finalize for 2 nd SIT CEOS-GEO Workshop January 27-29, 2009.  As Actions under these existing tasks, would enlarge their scope. WGISS Challenge: New Projects to include plans for sustaining successful prototypes beyond demonstration

10. Requested Agency Commitments More expertise to WGISS from agency delegations desired in atmospheric composition data systems and services to support ACC IG. New Data Services IG proposed for 2009. Vision is to be service- oriented, concentrating on how to provide long term or sustainable data services. Call for CEOS agencies’ participation and ideas to lay out its objectives and activities.  Data Quality information cooperation with WGCV falls in this scope.  Would naturally support new GEO Task DA-09-01-b “Data, Metadata, and Products Harmonization”, led by CEOS and USGS. WGISS Officer Succession:  Call for formal support for WGISS Vice-Chair, candidate would begin duties at CEOS Plenary 2009, when Dr. Pakorn Apaphant, GISTDA will become Chair.  Candidate must make 4-year commitment.  Agency will support Chair’s Exec Sec for 2 years.  Agency should write letter of interest with candidate to WGISS Chair by March 31, 2009.

11. WGISS Summary Current Themes Provide satellite arm of GEO System of Systems  Innovative contributions that will persist, and can be reused Work closely with and support Virtual Constellations Work closely with collaborate with WGCV Support the Data Democracy initiative. Status GEOSS contributions Climate Diagnostics Portal, LSI Portal, Flood Monitoring for Disasters Constellations support for LSI, ACC, and engaged PC Areas of interest, cooperation with WGCV: Global Datasets, Data Quality Contribution to Data Democracy emphasized in all Projects (Jim Gleason, USA ; Pepijn Veefkind, KNMI)

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