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USGEO Observation Assessment and Planning and Earth Observation Policy

Phil DeCola

Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

Earth from Apollo 17

Atmospheric CO2 measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii.Source: NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostic Laboratory

Earth Changes in Response to Both Human-Induced

Forcings and Natural Variability

National Scienceand Technology Council

ScienceCommittee

Environment & NaturalResources Committee

Homeland & NationalSecurity Committee

TechnologyCommittee

Subcommittee on Global Change Research

Ecological SystemsSubcommittee

Subcommittee onDisaster

Reduction

Subcommittee onWater Availability &

Quality

Air Quality ResearchSubcommittee

Toxics & Risk AssessmentSubcommittee

Subcommittee on Oceans

USUS Group onGroup onEarth Observations (USGEO)Earth Observations (USGEO)

USGEOCo-Chairs

NASA, NOAAOSTP

What is USGEO?

Presidential Initiative for CCSP and CCTP

National Scienceand Technology Council

ScienceCommittee

Environment & NaturalResources Committee

Homeland & NationalSecurity Committee

TechnologyCommittee

Subcommittee on Global Change Research

Ecological SystemsSubcommittee

Subcommittee onDisaster

Reduction

Subcommittee onWater Availability &

Quality

Air Quality ResearchSubcommittee

Toxics & Risk AssessmentSubcommittee

Subcommittee on Oceans

USUS Group onGroup onEarth Observations (USGEO)Earth Observations (USGEO)

USGEOCo-Chairs

NASA, NOAAOSTP

What is USGEO?

USGEO Earth Observations Priorities Group

USGEOU. S. Group on Earth

ObservationsEst. Mar 2005

(US Agencies/Offices)US Strategic Plan for

IEOS

Policy Group

Functional Groups

Architecture and Data Management Group

Communication, Outreach, Partner Group

Earth Observations Priorities/Strategic Assessment Group

USGEO ParticipantsDepartment of Commerce• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration• National Institute for Standards and Technology

Department of the Interior• US Geological Survey

Department of Defense• OSD• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Department of Energy

Department of Health & Human Services• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Department of Homeland Security• Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of State

Department of Transportation

Environmental Protection Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

National Science Foundation

Smithsonian Institution

U.S. Agency for International Development

U.S. Department of Agriculture• Agriculture Research Service• U.S. Forest Service

Executive Office of the President• OSTP• OMB• CEQ

The goals and functions of the U.S. Group on Earth Observations (USGEO) and its Integrated Earth Observation System (IEOS) are primarily civil, and are primarily environmental*. IEOS includes space-based, airborne, and surface in situ observations, for both in situ and remote-sensing.

The civil Federal observing and monitoring agencies recognize the overlap in national goals and capabilities with the military, intelligence, and homeland security agencies and seek to optimize Federally funded observational capabilities while maintaining appropriate civil and national/homeland security and intelligence roles and functions.

* Environmental: Earth’s natural systems and processes

Vision: “Enable a healthy public, economy, and planet through an integrated, comprehensive, and sustained Earth observation system.”

Purpose: “to provide a management, planning, and resource allocation strategy for a U.S. Integrated EarthObservation System”

USGEO Strategic Plan

http://usgeo.gov

IEOS(Integrated

Earth Observation

System)

USGEO(U.S. Group on

Earth Observations)

GEO(Group on Earth

Observation)

GEOSS(Global EarthObservationSystem ofSystems)

Terminology: USGEO and GEO,IEOS and GEOSS

A System of Systems

United States International

• Identify current and evolving requirements in the full range of societal benefits.

• Prioritize investments, including for new requirements, as necessary.

• Utilize available and/or develop new technologies, instruments, systems, and capabilities to meet the identified requirements and priorities.

• Streamline and sustain existing Earth observation systems that are necessary to achieve societal benefits.

• Establish U.S. policies for Earth observations and data management, and continue U.S. policies of open access to observations, encouraging other countries to do likewise.

• Expand existing governmental partnerships at local, state, regional, tribal and Federal levels, and develop new long-term partnerships with industry, academia, the K-12 education community, non-governmental, and international organizations that further the realization of these strategic goals.

• Develop human and institutional capacity to enable the translation of observations into societal benefits.

Goals for U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System*

* Quoted verbatim from the Strategic Plan





IEOS

Policy Group

Functional Groups




Earth Observations Policy – some topics

• Existing Policy Foundation for Earth Observations

• Coordination of Federal Earth Observation Activities

• Roles and Responsibilities of Federal Agencies and White House Offices

• The role of the defense and intelligence communities in Earth observations

• Role of State and local, regional, and tribal governments and institutions

• Role of the Commercial/Industrial/Private Sector/NGOs/Academia

• Guidelines for Research-to-Operations Transition

• International Cooperation in Earth observations

• Earth observations technical architecture

• Data collection, archiving, and availability

• Capacity Building for Earth Observations

1. Policy: The “HOW”


•US Earth Observations Priorities Group/Strategic Assessment Group (SAG)

– Standing Functional Group under USGEO

• Societal Benefit Area Sub Groups– Investment Prioritization Working

Groups• Executive Secretariat




IEOS

Policy Group

Functional Groups




Investment Prioritization

Earth Observations Assessment and Plan

• Assess existing Earth observation capabilities by….• Societal benefit (disaster reduction, climate change, fresh water, etc.)• Natural domain (oceans, atmosphere, land, cryosphere, etc.)• Agency (NOAA, NASA, USGS, EPA, etc.)• Space, airborne, in situ

• Define national needs for societal benefits

• Identify gaps and overlaps

• Establish priorities or ranking system

• Identify appropriate responsible agencies for priority needs

• Coordinate budget planning with agencies and OMB

• Implement and manage priority systems

• Repeat process every two years or as needed

2. Assess & Plan: The “WHAT”

Nine Societal Benefits(Plus One)

0. Advance Scientific Understanding

1. Improve Weather Forecasting

2. Reduce Loss of Life and Property from Disasters

3. Protect and Monitor Our Ocean Resource

4. Understand, Assess, Predict, Mitigate, and Adapt to Climate Variability and Change

5. Support Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, and Combat Land Degradation

6. Understand the Effect of Environmental Factors on Human Health and Well-Being

7. Develop the Capacity to Make Ecological Forecasts

8. Protect and Monitor Water Resources

9. Monitor and Manage Energy Resources

Societal Needs Pull Research Capabilities

Example Criteria Used to Create Relative Rankings of Requirements (from the Decadal Survey pg 7)

• Contribution to the most important scientific questions facing Earth sciences today (scientific merit, discovery, exploration)

• Contribution to applications and policy making (societal benefits)

• Contribution to long-term observational record of Earth

• Ability to complement other observational systems, including planned national and international systems

• Affordability (cost considerations, total costs per mission or cost/year)

• Degree of readiness (technical, resources, people)

• Risk mitigation and strategic redundancy (backup of other critical systems)

• Significant contribution to more than one Societal Benefit Area• These guidelines are not in priority order, and they may not reflect all of the criteria considered.

USGEO Strategic Assessment Group

Presidential Initiative for CCSP and CCTP

Atmospheric CO2 measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii.Source: NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostic Laboratory

Activities and Timeline

• Phase I: Preliminary Data Collection Nov-Jan 08

• Phase II: SBA Team Analysis and RecommendationsJan-Mar 08

• Phase III: SAG Workshop and Report Definition2-3 Apr 08

• Phase IV: Report Generation Apr-Jun 08

We’re not rewiring the world!

“Utilize available and/or develop new technologies, instruments, systems, and capabilities to meet the identified requirements and priorities.”

USGEO/IEOSU.S. Group on Earth Observations/Integrated Earth

Observation Systemhttp://usgeo.gov

GEO/GEOSSGroup on Earth Observations/Global Earth Observations

System of Systemshttp://www.earthobservations.org

http://usgeo.gov/

http://www.earthobservations.org/

Back UP Slides

Improve Weather Forecasting

Reduce Loss of Life and Property from Disasters

Protect and Monitor our Ocean Resources

Understand, Assess, Predict, Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Variability and Change

Support Sustainable Agriculture and Combat Land Degradation

Understand the Effect of Environmental Factors on Human Health & Well Being

Develop the Capacity to Make Ecological Forecasts

Protect and Monitor Water Resources

Monitor and Manage Energy Resources

IEOS Societal Benefits*

* Not exhaustive

Research & Operations

Visualizing IEOS

Visualizing IEOS

Electric grid analogy

Visualizing IEOS

GEOSS 10-Year Implementation Plan Reference

Document

http://earthobservations.org/docs/ 10-Year Plan Reference Document (GEO 1000R).pdf

Visualizing IEOS

Service Oriented Architecture

Millions will die in heat waves.Killer viruses and diseases will ravish the world in epic proportions.Raging fires will burn more than 1/3 of the earth. The polar caps will melt.

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