Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Cold Region - Needs and Support Yubao Qiu GEO Secretariat [e-mail]

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Global Earth Observation System of Systems
(GEOSS) Cold Region - Needs and Support
Yubao Qiu GEO SecretariatCOLD-REGION_at_list.geos
ec.org
Boarding Meeting, 1-2 October 2012 Potsdam,
Germany
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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.
U.S. Department of State,Washington DC July 31,
2003
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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.
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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
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Heritage IGOS-P, IPY, GEO Tasks
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).
By Jeff Key, 2010
A contribution to GEOSS GCW - The cryosphere
community of practice concept is part of the GCW
strategy.
WP2012-2015 GEO Cold Region - Information
Services
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Observation Platform Coordination
Space Observations
In-situ Measurements
Services
Needs
Energy
Climate
Water
Weather
Ecosystem
Biodiversity
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GEO Cold Region
Contribution Canada, China, Denmark, Germany,
India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Spain, United
States, IEEE, SAON, WMO,

• In Work plan 2012-2015 Priority Actions
• 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

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GEO Broker
Global Initiatives Arctic SAON INTERACT Antarcti
c The third pole
PSTG
GCW
CEOS IGOS-P Cryo.
GEO Web Portal
Regional GEOSS
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Thank you!
GEO Cold Region COLD-REGION_at_list.geosec.org