The CEOS Analysis Ready Data (CEOS-ARD) Product Family Specifications (PFS) are a suite of documents that detail minimum requirements for ‘analysis ready’ satellite Earth observation data across various domains. Ensuring datasets are compliant with the CEOS-ARD PFS means they should be more suited to immediate analysis by more users with a minimum of additional […]
Satellite data has a unique ability to provide long-term consistent observations, which is particularly important for climate-related applications. One key focus area of the CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS) is the preservation and stewardship of data, to ensure EO data is available for many years to come. In the dawn of […]
The CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS) is one of five CEOS Working Groups, and facilitates data and information management related to Earth observation (EO) satellite missions. WGISS supports the provision of services for both data providers and data users, in particular the description, maintenance, discovery, access, and utilization of space-based EO […]
Earth Observation (EO) is a highly interdisciplinary field, encompassing expertise from sensor development to data processing and decision-making support. A precise use of terminology is required to communicate this expertise effectively, and to support the dissemination of information and interpretation of data. The various communities of EO, shaped by their viewpoints and legacies, have independently developed […]
Earth Observation Training, Education and Capacity Development Network (EOTEC DevNet), a deliverable in the CEOS 2020-2022 work plan, is 18 months into a 2-year pilot under the auspices of WGCapD (Working Group on Capacity Building and Data Democracy). EOTEC DevNet was created to fill a gap in the coordination of capacity building efforts related to […]
This is the final in a series of three articles on Open Data that has been prepared as a contribution to the 2021 NASA CEOS Chair theme “Space-based Earth Observation Data for Open Science and Decision Support”. Open Data for Impact looking at the origins of data sharing principles, and satellites and open data. Outcomes […]
This is the second in a series of three articles on Open Data that has been prepared as a contribution to the 2021 NASA CEOS Chair theme “Space-based Earth Observation Data for Open Science and Decision Support”. Open Data for Impact looking at the origins of data sharing principles, and satellites and open data. Outcomes […]
This is the first in a series of three articles on Open Data that has been prepared as a contribution to the 2021 NASA CEOS Chair theme “Space-based Earth Observation Data for Open Science and Decision Support”. Open Data for Impact (this article) looking at the origins of data sharing principles, and satellites and open data. […]
Biomass, the living part of vegetation systems, plays a crucial role in climate. Around half of biomass is carbon, so when vegetation is destroyed, as in deforestation, carbon dioxide is released to the atmosphere. This is a huge source of atmospheric carbon – about 6 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year. At the same […]
Systematic observations of the Earth’s atmosphere and surface from ground-based, airborne, and space-based sensors are absolutely crucial for the characterization of Earth’s climate. They are what make the work of the UNFCCC, the IPCC and the Paris Agreement possible, and more than half of the 60 or so Essential Climate Variables – the physical, chemical, […]