1. Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Cold Region - Needs and Support Yubao Qiu GEO Secretariat COLD-REGION@list.geosec.org Boarding Meeting, 1-2 October 2012 Potsdam, Germany

2. U.S. Department of State, Washington DC July 31, 2003 GEO, the Group on Earth Observations An Intergovernmental Organization with 89 Member Countries, the European Commission and 64 Participating Organizations There is a Need to coordinate observations and to Share all Earth Observation Data in Standard Interoperable Formats.

3. GEOSS: A Global, Coordinated, Comprehensive and Sustained System of Observing Systems Built from the expansion and interlinking of existing observation and information systems and the investments of Members and Participating Organizations in new systems.

4. Global Issue: The Cryospheric Components It includes snow, sea ice, lake and river ice, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, permafrost and seasonally frozen ground, and solid precipitation

5. Heritage: IGOS-P, IPY, GEO Tasks By Jeff Key, 2010 “Legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-08”, AR-09-03b. (Subtask of AR- 09-03: Advocating for Sustained Observing Systems) Another subtask, “Accelerating the Implementation of the Global Climate Observing System” (CL-09-02), includes the Global Cryosphere Watch. A few other tasks address snow and ice issues at least peripherally (e.g., CL-06-01, EC-09-01). “Legacy of the International Polar Year 2007-08”, AR-09-03b. (Subtask of AR- 09-03: Advocating for Sustained Observing Systems) Another subtask, “Accelerating the Implementation of the Global Climate Observing System” (CL-09-02), includes the Global Cryosphere Watch. A few other tasks address snow and ice issues at least peripherally (e.g., CL-06-01, EC-09-01). A contribution to GEOSS : GCW - The cryosphere community of practice concept is part of the GCW strategy. WP2012-2015: GEO Cold Region - Information Services

6. Disaster Energy ClimateWater Health Weather Ecosystem Agriculture Biodiversity Space ObservationsIn-situ Measurements Needs Services Observation Platform Coordination

7. GEO Cold Region Contribution: Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Spain, United States, IEEE, SAON, WMO, … In Work plan 2012-2015: Priority ActionsWork plan 2012-2015  Promote the implementation of the SAON project (Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks; see also IN-01-C3-Promotion and Coordination across Surface-based and Space-based Observing Systems)  GLIMS, GlobGlacier, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. see also IN-01  In-situ and remotely-sensed data measuring frozen ground, glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice, and snow. (incl. INTERACT)  Link Polar Data Catalogue, National Snow and Ice Data Centre, and SAON through GEOSS interoperability standards (as part of GCW) New Actions:  Provide the CryoClim Cryospheric climate monitoring service  Integration of Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) in GEOSS  Providing the essential climate variable sea ice for the Arctic and the Antarctic  Snow Cover mapping and experiment for the Tibetan Plateau  Glacier dynamics mapping in Tibetan Plateau using satellite observations

8. PSTG … GCW … Global Initiatives: Arctic: SAON INTERACT Antarctic: … The third pole CEOS IGOS-P Cryo. GEO Web Portal Regional GEOSS GEO Broker

9. Thank you! GEO Cold Region: COLD-REGION@list.geosec.orgCOLD-REGION@list.geosec.org