GFOI Update for SIT-30

GFOI Update for SIT-30

Development of LCMAP project enabling generalised land cover change detection with Landsat

SERVIR support to forestry

Funding development of global WELD (Landsat) cloud free mosaics

Funding of Global Forest Cover Change (GFCC) Project (Matt Hansen)

Kyoto & Carbon Global Forest/Non-Forest Products

Forestry acquisitions included in RS-2 background mission

X-band research into canopy structure, degredation, land use

National R&D Projects on large area monitoring for REDD, degredation, and biomass

Examples of Direct Agency Contributions to Forestry

Congo Basin Initiative

(SPOT archive processing/distribution)

A platform for the coordination of forest observations

Assistance and guidance on the utilisation of those observations

Support to governments in the development of their national systems

GFOI aims to provide...

Context and

GFOI R&D governance issues to be addressed

Data contributed from Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Canada

Overview

Focus on filling gaps in R&D; enabling

Support through the GFOI R&D Plan

R&D

Acquisitions

... via ...

fostering the availability of Space Data

Methods and Guidance

Capacity Building

and

Promotion of R&D

Including Methods and Guidance via MGD 2.0 / Portal

CEOS Contributing to GFOI

SDCG acting to promote and provide linkages and improve integration with the other components ...

Space Data Component Lead, and established the SDCG through agency participation

GFOI R&D Plan contributing resources, expertise, and data to developing key enabling elements

Capacity Building participating in workshops run by SilvaCarbon providing space data support

3-Year Work Plan Vision:

Space Data

Component History

MGD providing linkages to the space data needs outlined and via MGD 2.0 / Portal

MGD Links

2009 - 2010: Support to GFOI Precursor GEO-FCT

Space agency foundational investment in GFOI

Free and Open Data Streams

Individual space agencies sponsor a number of forestry related activities inline with national priorities and mandates, including technology development, infrastructure, and foreign aid

2010 - 2011: GFOI Formation, CEOS Strategy for GFOI Endorsed

Space agency policy statement in support of global forest monitoring

Space Data Services

2012 - 2013: Global Coverage Assured by 2016

Global Baseline Data Acquisition Strategy

2014: Tailored National Space Data Services

Space Data Services for GFOI Strategy

2015+: Implementation of Baseline and Services

Data Provision to R&D

SDCG 3-Year Work Plan 2015 - 2017

Priorities needed for data acquisition and management, including tailored products (e.g. data cubes)

Overall strategy, better links to FAO and World Bank, priority countries, trajectory and roles

GFOI-specific acquisition strategy ready, but need direction and structure from GFOI Leads

Needs direction from the Leads

Many space agencies providing significant support

Addressing bilateral priorities and needs opportunistically (e.g. Kenya)

Willingness to rally around clearly expressed space data requirements

Coordination role continuing to grow with new data streams - programming influence

Advocacy for open data availability

Ad hoc coordination with SilvaCarbon at GFOI meetings

R&D support

Landsat-7 and Landsat-8, Sentinel-1A, CBERS-4, soon to be joined by Sentinel-2A

Country Engagement

Sentinel-2A+B operational plans including full forest coverage

Designed to communicate plans with the GFOI Leads, other GFOI components, CEOS, space agencies, countries, stakeholders

Global Baseline Data Acquisitions

Sentinel-1A+B (C-band SAR) forested areas increased in acquisition plan priority

Providing continuity for 2015 - 2017

October 2014: Bangladesh, Indonesia*, Nepal*, Philippines*

SDCG-6

September 2013: Colombia*, Peru*, Ecuador*, Mexico*, Guyana, Honduras

SDCG-4

Landsat-8 image request increase from 550 to 725 per day

September 2014: Colombia*, Nepal*, Laos*, Cambodia*, Vietnam*, Bangladesh*, Ecuador*, Peru*, Mexico*

SC Colombia

February 2014: Thailand,* Vietnam*, Cambodia*, Laos, Philippines, Nepal*, Indonesia*

SC Thai.

19 Countries to Date

March 2015: Kenya*, Cambodia*, Colombia*

SDCG-7

February 2014: Uganda, Zambia, DRC, Tanzania, Kenya*, Colombia*

SDCG-5

Development of SDCG 3-Year Work Plan

Direct influence on global acquisition strategies at USGS and ESA

Ongoing Activities

In 2014 USGS delivered Landsat data on physical media to 20 GFOI countries (including Kenya via SEO)

Space Data Coordination Group Role and Outcomes

Working to address FAO, World Bank, and SilvaCarbon priorities

CEOS SEO (NASA funds) country assessments and support

Helping countries understand and access space data and services they require

Kenya Prototype under development supporting SLEEK - leveraging Data Cube provided by Geoscience Australia

Colombia Prototype delivered in December 2014 - high-resolution TanDEM-X data provided by DLR

FAO Prototype delivered in November 2014

Development of Space Data Management System (SDMS) prototypes and development of systems engineering tools

Core data, existing portals, through Capacity Building

Assembly

Delivery

Data search/discovery, archive assessment and acquisition planning - development of links to archives for search

Derivation of GFOI standard products using space data

MGD

Integration

Space Data Management Support from SEO

$ billions invested in space infrastructure...

Collaboration with FAO, WB, MGD, and SilvaCarbon

Service

Definition

Pilots supporting national MRV implementation via MGD

Cloud

Computing

Development of scalable tools and sustained capabilities based on the prototypes and pilots that SDCG has been exploring

Space Data Coordination Group Role and Outcomes

Space Data Services

3 Year Vision

National space data needs for GFOI priority countries

Regional

Workshops

Major contributor to GEO, with members providing virtually all space-based data

Incorporating lessons learned from pilots, including SDMS

Model

Country

Landsat, Sentinel-1 and -2, plus many others and PPP support

Archives, tools, customisation for GFOI priority countries

55 Agencies operating 112 satellites

Members provide all free and open core data streams

Ensured

Coverage

Space Data Services

Interoperable tools for core data via single access point

Discovery

Tools

Peak coordination body for space agencies operating civil satellite EO programs

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites