S.Cheli and E. Oriol

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• S.Cheli and E. Oriol
• ESA EO Coordination Office

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Heritage

• EO Handbook first printed for UNCED Rio 92 (by
  BNSC)
• ESA has since been responsible for a number of
  print editions (most recently 2005)
• Underlying database until recently managed by WMO
  returned to CEOS hands in 2008
• Handbook always eagerly anticipated 3000 print
  copies now supplemented by web content
• www.eohandbook.com has 000s visitors weekly
• Web content expanded with database access

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Official Launch

• Officially launched at CEOS-22
• Distributed to delegations at COP-14
• Distributed to delegations at GEO-V
• Distributed to CEOS Members (20 Copies) and
  Associates (10 copies)
• Website updated www.eohandbook.com

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Contents

• Climate Change Special Edition 2008
• Backgrounder on climate change issues and the
  important role for Earth observations
• Climate application case studies for EO
  satellites
• The usual reference section measurement
  timelines (mapped to the ECVs), tables of
  missions and instruments

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Missions Table
240 CEOS agency missions represented
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Instruments Table
385 CEOS agency instruments represented
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Timelines
27 different measurements/ECVs included
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Online Resources

• All content online at www.eohandbook.com
• Beta-version on-line database access
• Timeline generator
• Agency tables generator

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Web Timeline
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Future Plans

• Registration as a GEOSS component
• Community consultation on further development of
  online services
• Consider implementation of selected online
  service enhancements
• Annual update of the database based on agency
  survey assuming agencies willing to support
  with inputs review
• Community resource for CEOS and GEO

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Thank you

• To all agency contacts who returned survey data
  and helped in the huge burden of checking the
  data
• To those who assisted with texts and images and
  review
• To Symbios who undertook the overall task.