CEOS Carbon Task Force
Update for CEOS Plenary
Dr. Takashi Moriyama EORC/JAXA
presented by Osamu Ochiai
CEOS plenary, Nov. 4-5 2009
Phuket, Thailand
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CO2 column density
(column averaged dry air mole fraction)
20/04/09-28/04/09
CO2 column density
(column averaged dry air mole fraction)
01/06/09-30/06/09
CO2 column density
(column averaged dry air mole fraction)
01/07/09-31/07/09
CO2 column density
(column averaged dry air mole fraction)
01/08/09-31/08/09
CO2 column density
(column averaged dry air mole fraction)
01/09/09-30/09/09
CO2 column density
(column averaged dry air mole fraction)
01/10/09-15/10/09
Estimated CO2 Concentration Distribution
(from Column averaged dry air mole fraction)
August 09
(ppm)
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Public Release of L1 Data,
October 30, 09
(Radiance Spectrum and
Images)
from "IBUKI” GOSAT
TANSO-FTS
TANSO-CAI
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AIRS and IASI
AIRS CO2
IASI CO
Excellent agreement of AIRS CO2 with
JAL aircraft direct flask measurement
AIRS Methane
Background
• CEOS Carbon Task Force proposed by JAXA at
SIT-23 to:
– Ensure close coordination among the CL-09-03
a/b/c GEO Carbon task efforts of CEOS
– Provide an effective interface for CEOS to the GEO
Carbon Community of Practice
– Action SIT-23-3: JAXA to formally establish by May 2009 the Carbon Task Force,
coordinating CEOS efforts in addressing the 3 Sub-Tasks under GEO Task CL-0903 and to reporting on measurable outputs in connection with the November
2009 CEOS-23 and GEO-6 Plenaries
Events
• 20-21 May, Canberra
– GEO Carbon Tasks Workshop
• Leadership of a/b/c tasks met to plan GEO Carbon
Community of Practice and GEO Carbon Report
• GEO Carbon Report team formed
• Discussed integrated inputs to COP-15 from GHG and
FCT – concluded too complex
• Proposed future inter-agency meeting to discuss and
coordinate future GHG observations from space
Events
• 14 Sep, ICDC-8
– GEO Carbon Community of Practice
• 1st face to face meeting
• Carbon Report progress review
• 10 Oct, UN-IAF workshop on “Integrated Space Technologies and Spacebased Information for Analysis and Prediction of Climate Change”
• 14 Oct, Informing Climate Change Mitigation Decisions through Global
Carbon Monitoring - IAC Plenary Event
(NOAA, NASA, JAXA, RIHN, IPCC, UNFCCC)
• 17 Nov, GEO-VI plenary : Global Carbon Monitoring System (special report)
• 18 Nov, CCoP meeting as a side meeting of GEO-VI
• 17-18 Nov, Exhibition Booth for “Global Carbon Monitoring and Analysis
Systems”
• 19 Nov, IGOS Symposium
– Official launch of GEO Carbon Report Ver.1
GEO Carbon Community
of Practice
GEO Carbon CoP
• The GEO Carbon Community of Practice (CCoP) serves a
crucial function in forging the strategy for GEO on Carbon
issues.
• And the GEO Carbon Report will define the requirements for
this strategy – updating the IGCO Theme Report and
incorporating the latest science
GEO Carbon CoP
• The GEO Carbon Community of Practice (CCoP) has been
established as an open group of scientists, program managers,
funding agencies and policy makers with an interest in
observing and understanding the global carbon cycle. The
group will discuss the way forward for the carbon observing
system and facilitate communication between those making
observations and those developing models for making sense
of the carbon cycle’s complexity.
• This newest Community of Practice is a continuation of the
IGOS-P Carbon Theme which covers the entire carbon cycle
including atmosphere, terrestrial and ocean domains.
A little bit of history
• IGOS-P Carbon theme began in 1999, second
of the IGOS-P themes (after Oceans) cochaired by Philippe Ciais (LSCE) and Berrien
Moore (UNH)
• Produced Theme report (2002) and
Implementation Plan (2004)
• Co-organised the ESA ‘Carbon from Space’
workshop (2003)
• Merged into the GEO 2006 Workplan at EC-0601 (now CL-09-03)
GEO Carbon task goals
• GEO Carbon task goal is to “implement a global
carbon observation and analysis system addressing
the three components of the carbon system
(atmosphere, land and ocean)”
• Divided into three sub-tasks
– Integrated Global Carbon Observations
– Forest Carbon Tracking
– Global Monitoring Greenhouse Gases from
Space
GEO Carbon Community of
Practice
• Provide information and advice to GEO and
wider community on integrated global carbon
observations
• Integrate the activities of the three GEO
carbon tasks
• Coordinate with research programmes such as
GCP, IGBP and WCRP
Current activities
• Produce update of the IGOS-P Carbon Report,
detailing advances and gaps remaining in the
carbon observing system (due Dec ‘09)
• Develop integration of remote sensing products
of GHGs and land surface characteristics through
process based modelling and data assimilation
(tasks CL-09-03 b&c)
• Workshops planned at International CO2
Conference (Jena, Sept. 14) and GEO Plenary VI
(Washington, Nov. 17,18)
GEO Carbon Report
• Version 0 scheduled for release just ahead of SIT-24
• Version 1 scheduled for release in time for GEO-VI & IGOS Symp
• The purpose of this report is to update the IGOS-P Carbon Theme
Report (2002) – and to provide an overview of the carbon observing
system given the recent updates in observing technologies and data
interpretation techniques. These improvements include the
improvements in ocean pCO2 and terrestrial flux data, new satellite
technology including GOSAT and active sensors in the planning
stages, and data assimilation tools such as CarbonTracker and
CCDAS.
• The report will not provide a priority list of observations – as the
range of questions demanded on the carbon systems means that
every component is of major interest to at least one group. But
should provide a detailed assessment of the opportunities to
improve the network through current and emerging technologies.
GEO Carbon Report
• Lead Authors: Philippe Ciais, Han Dolman, Roger Dargaville,
Takashi Moriyama, Chris Sabine, Christoph Heinz, Pep
Canadell, Scott Denning, Peter Rayner, Alex Held – plus many
contributing authors
• Will including definition of requirements for next generation
of GHG monitoring satellites to help frame specifications for
follow-on to GOSAT and other key missions
• Community review of the Report in late Sept and October –
CEOS agency carbon experts encouraged to contribute
expertise
– Comments from EUMETSAT, ESA, DLR have been incoorporated.
International Framework
GEO Carbon Report
Ver.1 @2009
IPCC
IGCO
Scientific Assessment
Operational Observations
2004年
GCP
Process studies and campaigns
Prognostic modeling
Analysis and Synthesis
2003年
Data assimilation
and products
Diagnostic
modeling
How to input GEO Carbon
Report to UNFCCC/COP-15?
• Some CEOS statement at GEO-VI, which
requests each GEO Members and Participating
Organizations to do their best effort to
highlight the release of GEO Cabon Report
into their statement at UNFCCC/COP-15.
• A GEO or CEOS formal letter to UNFCCC
Secretariat with the GEO Carbon Report for
their recognition.
• Distribution the report at CEOS side event?