CEOS Development Environment

LSI-VC-19

Event Dates: April 21st - 22nd, 2026

USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

Agenda (PDF | DOCXvisit pages 14-17 & 22-25 for the LSI-VC-19 agenda

Presentations

Session L1: Opening Session

L1.1: Recap and Reflection on Day 1
L1.2: Action Review
L1.3: Confirmation of CEOS-ARD PFS Building Blocks Implementation (Optical and SAR)

Session L2: Agency / CEOS-ARD Self-Assessment Reports

L2.1: GISTDA
L2.2: ISRO

Session L3: LSI-VC Thematic Session

L3.1: GEO Land Degradation Neutrality
L3.2: LSI-VC Forests and Biomass Subgroup Report
L3.3: Wetlands
L3.4: PolSAR Project Update & SAR-VC considerations
L3.5: GEOGLAM (Agriculture)

Session L4: Wildfires

L4.1: LSI-VC Wildfire Subgroup
L4.2: USGS Fire Science Activities
L4.3: Endorsement: LSI-VC Terms of Reference Update to Incorporate the Wildfire Subgroup

Session L5: CEOS-ARD Product Family Specification Updates

L5.1: CEOS-ARD Surface Temperature PFS Version 6.0
L5.2: Endorsement: Version 1.0 of the Composite Backscatter SAR PFS

Session L7: 2026 CEOS-ARD Strategy Pillar: Standards and Interoperability

L7.1: Introduction
L7.2: Existing ISO standards and the cross walk to CEOS-ARD
L7.3: Candid Core Framework
L7.4: CEOS-ARD UML
L7.5: CEOS-ARD Discoverability and Accessibility
L7.6: Update on OGC/ISO Standards and Engagement
L7.7: CEOS-ARD in the Cloud (VC-23-06)
L7.8: Discussion

Session L8: AOB

L8.1: Emergence of a CEOS SAR VC and implications for LSI-VC
L8.2: LSI-VC-20 Meeting Plans

For the Joint WGCV-56 / LSI-VC-19 Meeting, visit https://ceos.org/meetings/wgcv-56-lsi-vc-19/