LSI-VC

Steve Labahn, USGS

LSI-VC Co-Lead

Agenda Item #31

2021 CEOS Plenary

1-4 November 2021

Some updates...

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Leadership changes

• Welcome Peter Strobl (European Commission) and Jonathon Ross (GA) as Co-Leads
• Andreia Siqueira will take on the Co-Lead role for GA soon
• Farewell to Adam Lewis (GA) as a Co-Lead
• Farewell to Zolti Szantoi (European Commission) as a Co-Lead

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CEOS Plenary, 1-4 November 2021

CARD4L

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• CEOS ARD for Land (CARD4L) remains a core focus for LSI-VC (https://ceos.org/ard/)
• CARD4L is clearly aligned with the “Space-based Earth Observation Data for Open Science and Decision Support” theme of the CEOS Chair
• Data accessibility, transparency, and reproducibility
• Examples in action: Digital Earth Africa – a GEO Initiative, COAST/EAIL, OGC Disasters Pilot
• Great progress on CARD4L PFS and assessments (thanks to WGCV and Medhavy Thankappan)
• Recently refreshed two SAR CARD4L Product Family Specifications (PFSs)
• Developing Aquatic Reflectance, Nighttime Light Surface Radiance, additional radar, and LiDAR PFSs
• Agency reach increasing: KARI, DLR, CSIRO, ISRO, and SANSA all undertaking / planning product assessments – in addition to JAXA, ESA, USGS
• Various private sector assessments against CARD4L ongoing: LSI-VC involved in ARD21, JACIE, VH-RODA
• EO ARD gaining traction globally – CEOS has been a leader in this space and is influencing broadly
• Request for CEOS Principals: we encourage all CEOS Agencies to be involved!

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CEOS Plenary, 1-4 November 2021

CEOS ARD

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• LSI-VC welcomes and encourages CEOS endorsement of the:
• CEOS ARD Governance Framework – to formalise processes and expand effort on ARD Beyond Land.
• CEOS ARD Strategy 2021 – to provide the strategic guidance needed to move us forward together.
• LSI-VC supports the:
• Template PFS – which will serve as a great basis for our future land-focused PFS, as well as for other domains / VCs.
• CEOS ARD Oversight Group – which will provide a forum for the VCs to come together and discuss topics around CEOS ARD, and provide the coordination needed to ensure CEOS ARD is coherently represented in the broader (rapidly moving!) community.

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CEOS Plenary, 1-4 November 2021

Other updates

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• Continue assessment of land observation gaps and requirements, application and development of CEOS tools (MIM, COVE)
• Pursue interoperability topics, including data formats (COG, STAC, metadata), related standards, and liaise with other VCs
• Explore global grid solutions (such as DGGS) with the goal to reach convergence and community acceptance

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• LSI-VC Subgroups: Forests & Biomass and GEOGLAM – updates to follow...

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CEOS Plenary, 1-4 November 2021

LSI-VC Forests & Biomass Subgroup

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• AFOLU Roadmap strong focus for 2021 – targeting initial products for COP26/GST1
• CEOS GST Strategy development and the GST Portal
• Exploring national pilot with DE Africa to bring together all the land-related datasets that CEOS is compiling for the first UNFCCC Global Stocktake in 2023
• 2022 focus on AFOLU Roadmap development
• Harmonised biomass and land cover products
• GHG-AFOLU integration
• NASA/Ben Poulter joining as Co-Lead with ESA and JAXA

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CEOS Plenary, 1-4 November 2021

LSI-VC GEOGLAM Subgroup

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GEOGLAM Priorities

CEOS Priorities

Open Science and

Decision Support

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Analysis Ready Data

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Land Product Validation

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CEOS & Global Agendas

• AFOLU
• GST
• NDC’s
• SDG’s

Capacity (co)Development

• Policy and Program Decision Support

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In Situ Data

• Cal/Val
• Product Intercomparison

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Essential Agriculture Variables

Societal Impact

Analysis Ready Data Priority: Term Outcomes

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CEOS ARD Plenary Video: https://youtu.be/PsIHHMq-1Gk

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CEOS Plenary, 1-4 November 2021