CEOS Development Environment

SIT-36

Event Dates: March 23rd - 25th, 2021

The 36th Meeting of the CEOS Strategic Implementation Team Meeting

Presentation Template

Agenda, Protocols and Minutes

SIT-36 Papers

The following papers have been posted for pre-reading ahead of SIT-36. Those for endorsement have been marked as such. More materials will be added in the lead-up to the meeting.

Conducted as three 2h30m virtual sessions 23, 24, and 25 March 2020 from 06:30 US East.

Agenda

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021 – Day 1

Arrival

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10:00 – 10:30

Agenda times UTC

Session 1: Welcome and Opening Session

Session Chair: Alex Held

Session Agenda Prep. Lead: George Dyke

Objectives: Brief reminder of SIT Chair priorities and SIT-36 objectives. Framing of points relevant to SIT-36 objectives from the CEOS Work Plan and the CEOS-GEO dialogue. Brief interventions from the CEOS Chair and SIT Vice Chair on their priorities as they relate to SIT-36.

Decision Points: None identified.

Target Session Start: 10:30 UTC

1.1

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Alex Held/SIT Chair, Adam Lewis/SIT Chair [ Presentation ]

➢    SIT Chair Priorities

➢    Meeting Objectives

➢    Introductions

15 mins total

– 10 mins max opening

– 5 mins head of delegation tour de table

1.2

CEOS Work Plan – Highlights

Marie-Claire Greening/CEO [ Presentation ]

➢    Status and Summary

➢    Links to SIT-36 agenda

5 mins (one slide)

1.3

CEOS-GEO Coordination Update

Jonathon Ross/SIT Chair Team, Doug Cripe/GEO Secretariat [ Presentation ]

➢    Key CEOS-GEO bilateral outcomes

5 mins (one slide)

1.4

CEOS Chair Priorities

CEOS Chair [ Presentation ]

➢    Space-based Earth Observation Data for Open Science and Decision Support

5 mins (one slide)

1.5

SIT Vice Chair Update

SIT Vice Chair [ Presentation ]

➢    Thoughts toward ESA SIT Chair period

5 mins (one slide)

Session 2: Oceans and Coasts

Session Chair: Adam Lewis

Session Agenda Prep. Lead: Marie-Claire Greening

Objectives: Exploring coordination of the ongoing oceans and coasts-related activities including COVERAGE and CEOS-COAST. Consideration of CEOS engagement with the UN Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.

Decision Points: None identified.

Target Session Start: 11:05 UTC

2.1

COVERAGE and CEOS-COAST

Vardis Tsontos/NASA/COVERAGE, Raj Kumar/ISRO/CEOS-COAST AHT [ COVERAGE Presentation | COAST Presentation ]

➢    Brief updates

15 mins total

– 5 mins (one slide) max x 2

– 5 mins discussion

2.2

Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development

Paul diGiacomo/NOAA, Vardis Tsontos/NASA, Marie-Claire Greening/CEO [ Presentation ]

➢    CEOS contributions

➢    Model for engagement with Decade Process

10 mins

Break

11:30 UTC

5 mins

Session 3: Carbon & Biomass

Session Chair: Adam Lewis

Session Agenda Prep. Lead: Stephen Ward

Objectives: Consideration of the approach CEOS may take to engage with the Global Stocktake Process under the Paris Agreement, including opportunities around Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU), greenhouse gasses (GHG), an update on the CEOS Carbon Strategy, and endorsement of the CEOS Working Group on Calibration and Validation Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol (aka CEOS Biomass Protocol, official DOI reference).

Decision Points:

  1. AFOLU shortlist datasets for GST1 – relevant producer agencies asked for support.
  2. Call for endorsement of the CEOS Biomass Protocol (official DOI reference).
  3. Agree next steps in the way forward for CEOS GST Strategy based on the discussion paper. Latest SO synthesis report draft from UNFCCC SEC.

Target Session Start: 11:35 UTC

3.1

GHG Roadmap Update
David Crisp/NASA JPL, Mark Dowell/EC

➢    Recorded presentation provided 1 week prior with a request for Principals to view in advance; any questions submitted prior to the meeting and a select few addressed live in the session

➢    [ Presentation Video ]

➢    [ Presentation PPT w/audio ]

15 mins to address questions on the pre-recording

3.2

AFOLU Roadmap Update

Osamu Ochiai, Frank Martin Seifert (LSI-VC Forest & Biomass)

➢    Individual product team needs – 1 slide each. Speakers (advance reading):

➢    Discussion

20 mins

 

3.3

CEOS Biomass Protocol

Laura Duncanson (WGCV LPV, Biomass)

➢    Brief summary of Protocol (advance reading)

➢    Discussion and call for Potential Endorsement

20 mins total

– 10 mins max slides

– 10 mins discussion

3.4

CEOS Strategy for the Global Stocktake

Stephen Briggs (SIT Vice-Chair Team)

➢    Strategy Paper (advance reading)

➢    Discussion and decision

➢    Relation to Carbon Strategy (Mark Dowell)

30 mins total

– 15 mins max slides

– 15 mins discussion

Adjourn

13:00 UTC

Wednesday March 24th, 2021 – Day 2

Arrival

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10:00 – 10:30

Agenda times UTC

Session 4: Sustainable Development Goals

Session 4 Shared Presentation Slide Deck

Session Chair: Alex Held

Session Agenda Prep. Lead: Andreia Siqueira

Objectives: Detailed discussion on options for the future of CEOS engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals process including GEO’s activities in the area.

Decision Points:

  1. Decision between option 1 (‘full scale’, i.e. Working Group) and option 2 (‘federated’, i.e work transferred to existing CEOS entities with coordination function) for CEOS support to the SDCs based on the options paper [ PDF | Word ].

Target Session Start: 10:30 UTC

4.1

SDG ad hoc Team Current Work

Marc Paganini/SDG AHT

➢    Quick summary of subgroup outcomes

➢    Indicators supported

15 mins total

– 10 mins presentation

– 5 mins discussion

4.2

SDG Support Options Paper

Alex Held/SDG AHT

➢    Brief review of process, participants, paper (advance reading)

➢    Two options: ‘full scale’ WG; and, ‘federated’.

➢    Discussion and decision

30 mins total

– 15 mins presentation

– 15 mins discussion (max)

Session 5: Analysis Ready Data and Future Data Architectures

Session 5 Shared Presentation Slide Deck

Session Chair: Adam Lewis

Session Agenda Prep. Lead: Matthew Steventon

Objectives: Review of the implementation of the CEOS ARD Strategy including progress for CEOS ARD beyond land, and discussion of CEOS support for uptake of ARD through advanced technologies activities such as the Open Earth Alliance.

Decision Points: None identified.

Target Session Start: 11:15 UTC

5.1

CEOS ARD Strategy & CARD4L Update

Andreia Siqueira/SIT Chair Team

➢    CEOS ARD Strategy

➢    Status of CARD4L datasets and PFS

➢    Aquatic Reflectance PFS

➢    CARD4L Advisory Notes

➢    Current PFS assessment workload

15 mins total

– 10 mins presentation (max)

– 5 mins discussion

5.2

CEOS ARD Strategy v2.0

Adam Lewis/SIT Chair Team

➢    Update to be prepared for CEOS Plenary decision

➢    Discussion of main elements

15 mins total

– 5 mins presentation max

– 10 mins discussion

Break

11:45 UTC

5 mins

5.3

CEOS ARD Beyond Land

Adam Lewis/LSI-VC and Ed Armstrong/SST-VC

➢    Update on CEOS ARD beyond land work and Plenary Action 34-13

➢    CEOS ARD Governance Framework

Target Session Restart: 11:50 UTC

15 mins total

– 10 mins presentation (max)

– 5 mins discussion

5.4

Future Data Architectures Activity Updates

Brian Killough/SEO, Rob Woodcock/WGISS

➢    Open Earth Alliance

➢    Earth Analytics Interoperability Laboratory

➢    WGISS data formats

15 mins total

– 5 mins presentation (max) x 2

– 5 mins discussion

 

Session 6: Working Group Showcase – Part 1

Session 6 Shared Presentation Slide Deck

Session Chair: Adam Lewis

Session Agenda Prep. Lead: George Dyke

Objectives: Showcasing achievements, taking advantage of Principal engagement to discuss opportunities and risks, and discussing current and emerging synergies across teams. The session will include a brief update on biodiversity activities in the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON).

Decision Points:

  1. Request CEOS endorsement of the EOTEC DevNet Plan.
  2. Request CEOS endorsement of a WGDisasters Wildfire Pilot Implementation Plan and Landslide Demonstrator Implementation Plan.

Target Session Start: 12:20 UTC

6.1

Working Group on Calibration & Validation

Akihiko Kuze/JAXA, Philippe Goryl/ESA [ Presentation ]

➢    Biomass and GHG toward Global stocktake

Working Group on Capacity Building & Data Democracy

Nancy Searby/NASA

Working Group on Disasters

David Green/NASA [ Presentation ]

➢    Wildfire Pilot Implementation Plan; and,

➢    Landslide Demonstrator Implementation Plan

Biodiversity Activities

Gary Geller/NASA [ Presentation ]

➢    GEO BON and other activities

➢    Increasing Relevance of EO to biodiversity

40 mins total

Per Group x 4:

– 5 mins (one slide)

– 5 mins discussion

Materials for pre-reading and pre-viewing encouraged and welcome

Adjourn

13:00 UTC

Thursday, March 25th, 2021 – Day 3

Arrival

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10:00 – 10:30

Agenda times UTC

Session 6: Working Group Showcase – Part 2

Session 6 Shared Presentation Slide Deck

Session Chair: Adam Lewis

Session Agenda Prep. Lead: George Dyke

Objectives: Showcasing achievements, taking advantage of Principal engagement to discuss opportunities and risks, and discussing current and emerging synergies across teams.

Decision Points: None identified.

Target Session Start: 10:30 UTC

6.1 (continued)

CEOS/CGMS Working Group on Climate

Albrecht von-Bargen/DLR, Jeff Privette/NOAA [ Presentation ]

10 mins total

Per Working Group:

– 5 mins (one slide)

– 5 mins discussion

Materials for pre-reading and pre-viewing encouraged and welcome

Session 7: Virtual Constellation Showcase

Session 7 Shared Presentation Slide Deck

Session Chair: Alex Held

Session Agenda Prep. Lead: George Dyke

Objectives: Showcasing achievements, taking advantage of Principal engagement to discuss opportunities and risks, and discussing current and emerging synergies across teams.

Decision Points: None identified.

Target Session Start: 10:40 UTC

7.1

Atmospheric Composition

Ben Veihelmann/ESA [ Presentation ]

➢    Topics to be narrowed from: COVID-19; ARD possibilities; and, activities updates (GHG, AQ, Ozone)

Land Surface Imaging

Steven Labahn/USGS, Zoltan Szantoi/JRC, Adam Lewis/GA

Precipitation

Chris Kidd/NASA

➢    Satellite status, data processing, and outreach

30 mins total

Per Virtual Constellation x 3:

– 5 mins (one slide)

– 5 mins discussion

Materials for pre-reading and pre-viewing encouraged and welcome

Mid-Session 5 mins break

Break

11:10

5 mins

7.1 (continued)

Ocean Colour Radiometry

Ewa Kwiatkowska/EUMETSAT, Marie-Helene Rio/ESA

➢    Aquatic Carbon from Space; and,

➢    System Vicarious Calibration infrastructures’ activities

Ocean Surface Topography

Estelle Obligis/EUMETSAT

➢    Selection of international OSTST Principal Investigators/Co-Investigators

Ocean Surface Vector Wind

Stefanie Linow/EUMETSAT

➢    Status and planned activities of the OSVW-VC

Sea Surface Temperature

Ed Armstrong/NASA

➢    Status of ARD datasets in SST community

Target Session Restart: 11:15 UTC

40 mins total

Per Virtual Constellation x 4:

– 5 mins (one slide)

– 5 mins discussion

Materials for pre-reading and pre-viewing encouraged and welcome

Session 8: Working Team Coordination

Session 8 Slide Deck

Session Chair: Alex Held

Session Agenda Prep. Lead: George Dyke

Objectives: Discuss opportunities and risks, and discussing current and emerging synergies across teams.

Decision Points:

  1. None identified.

Target Session Start: 11:55 UTC

8.1

Working Team Coordination Discussion [session 8 presentation]

SIT Chair Team Moderation

➢    Overlap or duplication identified

➢    Current cross-thematic synergies

➢    Opportunities for further synergies

➢    Working Team engagement with Earth Analytics Interoperability Lab (EAIL)

➢    Identification of agenda items for Working Teams All Hands Call #4

➢    Updates to https://ceos.org/observations/

15 mins

Session 9: Closing

Session Chair: Adam Lewis

Session Agenda Prep. Lead: George Dyke

Objectives: Actions, Coming Meetings description TBA

Decision Points:

  1. Decision on endorsement of CNES’s candidature for CEOS Chair 2022 (in special CEOS Plenary Session 9.1).

Target Session Start: 12:10 UTC

9.1

CEOS Plenary Session

CEOS Chair

➢    CEOS Chair 2022

➢    Other topics to be coordinated

5 mins

9.2

Closing Discussion

SIT Chair Team Moderation

➢    Session summary slide deck

➢    Discussion points arising or needing revisiting from earlier in SIT-36

➢    Any other business

30 mins

9.3

Review of Draft Actions

SIT Chair Team

➢    Decisions and actions document

10 mins

9.4

Closing Remarks

Adam Lewis/SIT Chair, Alex Held/SIT Chair

➢    Reflections on meeting objectives

➢    Coming meetings: SIT Chair – Working Teams, Technical Workshop, CEOS Plenary

5 mins

Adjourn

13:00 UTC