Presentation given by Giovanni Rum, GEO Secretariat during UN-SPIDER Workshop, UN Campus Bonn, Germany 30 October 2007

1. GEO activities on
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- GEO Web Portal
Giovanni Rum, GEO Secretariat
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2. GEOSS conceptual
architecture
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3. GEOSS will serve
9 Societal Benefit Areas
1. Reduction and Prevention of Disasters
2. Human Health and Epidemiology
3. Energy Management
4. Climate Change
5. Water Management
6. Weather Forecasting
7. Ecosystems
8. Agriculture
9. Biodiversity
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4. DISASTERS
Reducing loss of life and property from
natural and human-induced disasters.
GEO Activities focus on:
• Providing basic Geographic Products
• Ensure provision of timely and accurate information
• Ensure development of predictive models and decision support
systems
• Filling technical and organizational gaps, as well as continuity
issues
Towards a multi-hazard, multi-risk approach
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5. Key issues addressed
 Implementation of a Multi-hazard/ Multi-
risk approach
 Warning, Response and Recovery are not
enough, need to address all phases of the
Risk Management
 Risk Assessment and Management
provisions are an integral part of
Sustainable Development planning and
implementation
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6. Virtual Constellations (1)
 The concept has been proposed by CEOS and it is
being developed as the GEOSS mechanism to
ensure coordination among space observing
systems for the benefit of the Users within all the
Societal Benefit Areas;
 The basic idea for the establishment of the Virtual
Constellations is to extract from the reference user
communities a clear and common statement of
requirements, as the basis for satellite developers
and operators to individually and collectively
define a series of ‘virtual satellite constellations’ to
satisfy these requirements;
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7. Virtual Constellations (2)
 Each definition would serve as a guide to all
satellite developers and operators to define
and implement development and operation
features of the space and ground segments
for their mission, which would best satisfy the
needs of the reference users;
 The concept will be exploited to ensure
coordination among mission already
operational, as well as to properly design
future missions.
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8. Disasters - GEO Workplan 07-
09 Tasks Summary
DI-06-02 Seismographic Networks Improvement and
Coordination
DI-06-03 Integration of InSAR Technology
DI-06-04 Implementation of a Tsunami Early Warning
System at Global Level
DI-06-07 Multi-hazard Zonation and Maps
DI-06-08 Multi-hazard Approach Definition and
Progressive Implementation
DI-06-09 Use of Satellites for Risk Management
DI-06-13 Implementation of a Fire Warning System at
Global Level
DI-07-01 Risk Management for Floods
Space Observations are : Key element contribution absent
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9. Disasters - GEO Workplan 07-09
a cross-cutting approach
Observations Prevention
Prediction
Processing
Crisis response
Prevention Prediction Crisis
Information Response
Dissemination Observations
Processing
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10. GEO Web Portal - Objectives
1. Implement a one stop shop for User access
• To all Earth observation data
• To best practices, on going programs and
projects, available services and Communities
of Practice fora in each of the nine GEO
Societal Benefit Areas.
2. Ensure coordination of registered GEOSS
Resources (Observation Systems,
Databases and Data Access/Dissemination
Services)
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11. GEO Web Portal Notional Architecture
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12. GEO Web Portal and Clearinghouse
High level structure
GEO Web Portal
Clearinghouse
Value Added
Registries Catalogue Data Access
Services
…
ESA NASA JRCCanada Japan
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13. GEO Web Portal - First page draft layout
A Portal to DATA
and SERVICES
Search by location
Search by theme About
Disaster GEO
Health
Energy
Climate
Water
Weather Capacity
Ecosystem Building
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Direct Search GEONETCast
of
Data & Services
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14. GEO Web Portal - First page main links
User Types
&
User Scenarios
Capacity
Building
Info Site
Data & Services
through
GEONETCast
Clearinghouse Information Site
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15. GEO Web Portal – Prototype Development
Two major activities are on going to develop a prototype
that will be available by the GEO Ministerial Summit 2007.
• Development of the prototype Web Portal and its
initial links
• Implementation of an initial Architecture, through
the “Architecture Implementation Pilot”, that
 is able to support and demonstrate the main
functionalities, here included the support of different
Users scenarios
 uses existing systems and incorporates them as
GEOSS components
 develops recommendations for GEOSS interoperability
arrangements
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16. Pilot User scenarios
NSIDC Terminus retreat,
WGISS Test velocity
Facility
CEOP Seismic
centers
GBIF Events from
Ice Sheet
Disintegration
Precip (TIGGE),
Species
stream gauge
Scenario
data
(CUAHSI /USGS)
IPCC model Fault
data (NCAR)
Lubrication
Species WIS Scenario Exotic
Response to event
Climate Change catalog
Precip Precip, soil
Scenario (TIGGE), moisture (TIGGE)
Event
catalog
Land Use
Meningitis Early GEO
Warning System NET FDSN
Cast Landslide
Risk Scenario
Seismic
Trigger
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17. GEONETCast: Global Coverage
and easy access
Disseminate and provide easy access to space-based,
air-borne and in situ data, metadata and products to
Users from all Societal Benefit Areas.
Contributors
WMO
EUMETSAT
NOAA
CMA, Others
Global Coverage (Proposed)
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