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BNSC’s contribution to the GCOS Job Assessment Forms

Lucie Viciano

ESYS

With QinetiQ

Wednesday 10th May 2006

CEOS-WGISS 21 Budapest

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BNSC taking a UK position

Status– Initial assessment is in progress– Discussion/inputs from this meeting– Completion of forms from UK perspective– Assess the responsibilities for actions.

Scoping– BNSC and partners for JAFs (see next slide)– Cross-cutting issues not yet completed from UK.

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The BNSC Partnership and StakeholdersStimulating increased

productivity by promoting the use of space in government,

science and commerce

BNSC: Connecting together the space interests across Government into the National Strategic Plan

NERCNERC

FCOFCO

DEFRADEFRAPPARCPPARC

DTIDTI

Met OfficeMet Office

DfTDfT

MODMOD

OSIOSI

CCLRCCCLRC

EPSRCEPSRC

HOHO

UK space industry

UK commerce

UK scientists

DfESDfES Othergovernment

users ofspace

Developing innovative space systems, to deliver sustainable improvement in quality of life

Enhancing the UK’s standing in astronomy, planetary and environmental sciences

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Issues identified

Focus on issues pertaining to data processing, archiving and interoperability of sensors.

Other issues: dataset continuity, satellite instrument operationalisation…

Main issues for Atmosphere ECVs:– Products are inadequate and need new product generation– data need to be re-processed

Main issues for Oceans ECVs:– Continuity

Main issues for Terrestrial ECVs:– Record continuity– Cal/Val– Product generation, coverage…

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Issues:Atmosphere ECV

 

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Product inadequacy & developing new/homogenous products/record

  √ √ √ √       √ √  

Instrument specificity

          √          

Cal/Val           √          

Continuity             √     √ √

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Issues:Ocean ECV

  Sea iceSea level SST

Ocean colour

Sea state

Reanalysis

Ocean salinity

Coverage              

Re-processing     √        

Accuracy record   √          

Product inadequacy & developing new/homogenous products/record

√     √

 

√ ?  

Instrument specificity (interop')

    (√)   √    

Cal/Val         √   √

Continuity √ √ √ √ √ √ ? √

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Issues:Terrestrial ECV

  LakesGlaciers…

Snow Cover

Albedo

Land cover

fAPAR LAI Biomass Fire

Soil moisture

Coverage √ √ (√) √       √ (√)  

Re-processing   pre-pro'

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Accuracy √     √ √          

Record accessibility

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Record Continuity/archiving

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√ √ √ √ √   √ √

Product inadequacy & developing new/homogenous products/record

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Instrument interop'/Sensor adequacy

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Cal/Val √ √ √ √       √ √  

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Next steps

Prioritising/Discussion of key issues Review the priority issues in the UK context Complete the JAFs Discuss the way forward with BNSC and its partners.

Synthesis– Feedback on the proposed method

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Thoughts?