DUE GlobBiomass
Progress Report – month/year
Prepared by:
WP 1000: User Requirement Engineering
WP Start date: KO
WP End date: KO+3 (15.04.20015, defined at KO 26/03/2015)
Deliverables
D1: User Requirements Document (URD)
D2: Product Specification Document (PSD)
Status per deliverable at start of
reporting period:
In progress
This month executed:
 A
 B
 C
Progress towards Objectives /
Achievements made:
This quarter executed:
(for quarterly report only)
Please write a short summary about the whole activities in the
first quater.
Partners involved
name
Input of partner
 A
 B
 C
Deviations :
Corrective Actions :
Actions for next month :
 A
 B
 C

Percentage of WP completion:
X%
1.1.
Critical Issues
GlobBiomass
Vol. 0.1
Page
2/2
Uni Jena – Dept. Earth Observation
Monthly Report January 2015
Date 8-Feb-16
PROJECT: GLOBBIOMASS
PHASES: 1-3
WP REF: 1000
WP Title:
User Requirement Engineering
Sheet of
Contractor:
WU
Issue Ref
WP Manager:
Martin Herold
Issue Date
Contributing Partners:
Uni Jena, Uni Sheffield, IIASA
Start event: KO
Planned Date: K0
End event: K+3
Planned Date: K0+3
Objectives:
 Provide critical analysis and consolidation of preliminary User Requirements (Annex 2) taken into
account needs of stakeholders, capacity of new remote sensing instruments and technologies,
and current knowledge on forest ecosystems’ structure
 Harmonize the major definitions and classification schemes to be used in the global and regional
products
 Develop a solid and consistent description of the RS products to be implemented during the
project life time
 Outline the prospective research needs for further developments of integrated methodologies
for remote sensing assessment of major ecological indicators of ecosystems (biomass, NPP etc.)
Inputs:
-
Statement of Work
Results of preliminary User Requirements (Annex 2)
Technical proposal of the Globbiomass project
Properties of existing and perspective RS instruments
Model Knowledge of research results on forest biomass structure in different biomes
Tasks:
o Provision of commonly accepted Glossary, Definition of Terms and Classification schemes
related to the objectives of the Project
o Systems analysis, harmonization, grouping and standardization of the requirements of the user
groups
o Specification of reliability and accuracy requirements
o Description of biomass estimation products to be developed
o Case-study for Russian forests on advanced future development of RS methodology of biomass
assessment (partitioning of biomass in components, assessment of NPP)
Outputs:
Results of the above tasks will be presented in Deliverables
- User Requirements Document
- Product Specification Document
- Perspective problems of future research on integrated biomass assessment
Planned effort in man-hours: 346