Committee On Earth Observation Satellites CEOS

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Committee On Earth Observation Satellites
(CEOS)Earth Observation (EO) Applications
Internet2 Members Meeting Atlanta, GA November,
2000

• Jeff Smith
• Andy Germain
• NASA GSFC - EOS

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CEOS Overview

• Created in 1984
• 39 organizations involved
• Goals
• To optimize benefits of space-borne Earth
  observations
• To serve as focal point for international
  coordination of such observations
• To exchange policy and technical information to
  encourage synergy among space systems

MEMBERS
ASSOCIATES
ASI (Italy) BNSC (UK) CAST (China) CSA
(Canada) CNES (France) CSIRO (Australia) DLR
(Germany) EC (Europe) ESA (Europe) EUMETSAT
(Eur.) INPE (Brazil)
ISRO (India) NASDA (Japan) NASA (US) NOAA
(US) NRSCC (China) NSAU (Ukraine) STA/NASDA
(Japan) Roshydromet (Russia) RSA (Russia) SNSB
(Sweden)
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CEOS Organization
COMMITTEE ON EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES
TERRAIN MAPPING
MICROWAVE SENSORS
NETWORK
SAR CALIBRATION
ACCESS
OPTICAL SENSORS
DATA
LAND SURFACE PARAMETER VALIDATION
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Integrated Global Observation Strategy
IGOS- Partners
CEOS
Science Themes
NAKODO
(Matchmaker)
WGISS
IGBP
Others...
WGCV
GTOS
WTF-G
GOFC
Sub-groups

• Goals
• To provide comprehensive framework to harmonize
  interest of
• major space-based and in-situ systems for
  Earth observation
• To improve observing capacity and deliver
  observations in a
• cost-effective and timely fashion to users
  and policy makers

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IGOS Partnership
WCRP
IGFA
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WGISS Test Facility

• Objectives
• Provide an application-enabling capability to
  support science projects
• Promote WGISS capabilities, provide feedback to
  systems developers gather requirements
• Provide feedback to science data product
  designers
• Prototype future WGISS/Application systems
• Characteristics
• An enabling infrastructure of interoperable EO
  and related services, tools and data system
• Logically coordinated with continuity over time
• Driven by science scenarios (e.g. GOFC, DMSG)
• Persistence 3-5 years
• Evolution over time

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Global Observation of Forest Cover (GOFC)

• Strategic Design
• Major objective of obtaining operational
  monitoring capability for global change research
  also supports forestry management and generation
  of information relevant to policy and decision
  makers
• Illuminates the way forward
• Does not provide a detailed blueprint
• Implementation depends on voluntary contributions
  of participating agencies and entities
• Principal Components
• Forest fire mapping and monitoring
• Forest cover characteristics and changes
• Forest biophysical functioning

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CEOS WGISS Access Subgroup

• Develops methods for integrated access to CEOS
  members data
• CEOS information resources
• International Directory Network (IDN)
• http//gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/ceosidn/map.html
• Catalog Interoperability (CINTEX)
• Catalog Interoperability protocol (Z39.50)
• World Wide Web Access
• Data and Information Access Link (DIAL)

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Information ManagementData Hierarchy

• Directory
• provides concise high-level information about
  data sets.
• GCMD, CEOS IDN
• Guide
• provides detailed descriptions about data sets,
  platforms, sensors, projects, and data centers
• Inventory
• descriptions of specific observations or
  collections of observations of data (granules)
  that are available for request from a data
  archive.
• Information Management System (IMS)
• Browse Products
• reduced resolution images as an aid to data
  selection
• Data Products (Granules)
• via media (custom or standard) or network

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CEOS International Directory Network
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Access Subgroup World Wide Web Task Team

• Objectives
• To investigate and coordinate the implementation
  of WWW access to international Earth observation
  catalogue systems and data access systems.
• To perform outreach to external organizations
  capable of influencing WWW technology evolution
• Simple HTTP Based Search Protocol
• Low level http mechanism for remotely searching
  catalogs and databases
• Standardize the interface for space, time free
  text searching
• Low buy in cost for suppliers
• Protocols in use at CCRS and CEO, unification
  details agreed upon

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CINTEX Web Gateways
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Data and Information Access Link (DIAL)

• A WWW based data distribution system.
• Allows data providers to easily serve their Earth
  science data directly to their users.
• Provides traditional catalog services like
  metadata search
• Extended interactive data services
• Browsing
• Subsetting
• Subsampling
• Reformatting
• Direct Downloading
• Supports Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) and HDF
  for EOS (HDF-EOS) formatted datasets.
• Provides interoperability with GIS systems
  through translators.

http//dial.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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CEOS WGISS Network Subgroup

• Resource planning and management for CEOSnet, a
  virtual private network
• Performance measurement of network links
• Network Security (CEOS context)
• Collaboration on Next Generation networks and
  international prototyping
• Network support for Access Subgroup projects and
  CEOS demos

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Virtual CEOSnet - September 2000
Nairobi
CAO
Bangkok
CCRS
SJCR
IRE-RAS
Beijing
Moscow

Norway
Israel
MAFF
ESRIN
Milan
MIRNET
Koln
Chicago
DLR
DFN
TransPAC
Geneva
DFN
IMNet
NYC

(APAN)
NYC

(60 Hudson)
(60 Hudson)
Swisscom
KNMI
NASDA
JRC
EDC
MSFC/UAH
CONAE
WIDE
(Argentina)
Fla
Abilene
PAO
MichNet
(Philipines)
AIT
MSU
MAX
UMD
RAL
MAE-E
Oxford
Wash DC
UCL
DC
START
IconiSoft
(Thailand)
Cable
Sprintlink (Paris)
Wireless
EU-Link
NJ
SFO
France Telecom
EUmetsat
JARING
(Malaysia)
CMA
(China)
INPE
EmBratel
CNES
CSIRO
(Brazil)
(Australia)
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Bangkok Demos

• WFW World Fire Web
• European Commission/Joint Research Center
  (EC/JRC), Italy, Belgium
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
  Organization (CSIRO), Australia
• OGC-WMT Open GIS Consortium-Web Mapping Testbed
• Canadian Center for Remote Sensing (CCRS),
  Ottawa, CA
• USGS EROS Data Center (EDC), SD
• Earth Explorer EDC
• Tropical Rain Forest Information Center (TRFIC)
• Mich State University, MI
• University of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• EOLI/MUISEarth Observations on-Line /
  Multi-mission User Information System
• European Space Research Institute (ESRIN), Italy
• DLR (Germany)
• MOCHA Middleware based On Code sHipping
  Architecture
• University of Maryland, College Park (MD),
• University of New Hampshire (NH)
• Space-Time Toolkit University of Alabama,
  Hunstville, AL
• IDN International Directory Network, DIAL Data
  and Information Access Link
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), MD

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Bangkok Demos Sept. 2000 Network Configuration
SPOT
Network Test Sink
Paris
NY
CNES Tolouse, FR
Network Test Source
Teleglobe
SFO
NY
EU Net
SFO
SFO
Milan
NY
LAX
Milan
Demo Site, WFW
AIT Bangkok, TH
Space-Time Toolkit
NY
U of Ala Huntsville, AL
EOLI
AI3
UNH Nashua, NH
A-Net
DC
Tokyo
Tokyo
Abilene
TransPac
MSP
AI3
OGC-WMT
NASDA EOC, EORC, JP
CCRS Ottawa, CA
IDN, DIAL
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ESRIN - Bangkok EOLI DemoAbilene Transit
Configuration
NY
LAX
Milan
Demo Site, WFW
AIT Bangkok, TH
NY
AI3
Abilene
Tokyo
TransPac
Abilene provided transit between GARR (NY) and
TransPac (Chicago)
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Useful URLs

• www.ceos.org
• links to other CEOS documents, Newsletter, etc.
• www.igospartners.org
• links to IGOS related documents, IGOS brochure,
  etc.
• wgiss.ceos.org
• wgcv.ceos.org
• access.ceos.org
• corn.eos.nasa.gov/ceos_ns/index.html
• gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/ceosidn/map.html
• corn.eos.nasa.gov/performance/Net_Health
• redhook.gsfc.nasa.gov/imswww/pub/imswelcome

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BACKUP
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CEOS GOIN Performance Test Sites
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