Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
SEO Report
Brian Killough & Kim Holloway, CEOS SEO
Plenary Agenda Item # 28
29th CEOS Plenary
Kyoto, Japan
6 November 2015
SEO Accomplishments in 2015
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Kim Holloway ... Managed website content, release of new website features
(document system, deliverables tracking), maintained CEOS mailing lists, developed
outreach materials, supported data acquistion analyses, supported WGCapD,
supported outreach for the GEO Ministerial, and supported training and capacity
building for SilvaCarbon.
Shelley Stover … Supported WGClimate (ECV Inventory transition to
ESA/EUMETSAT) and the MIM Database (with ESA).
Data Acquisition Planning and System Analyses ... Completed 5 country reports
for GFOI, systems analyses to support the GFOI Data Flow study, broad JECAM data
sharing agreement for Radarsat-2, sustained support to the GFOI and GEOGLAM.
Data Cubes ... Initiated and led 5 Data Cube team telecons. Worked with Australia
(GA and CSIRO) to develop requirements and obtained NASA approval for open
source software release.
Enhanced COVE tool to improve support of GFOI and GEOGLAM. Completed
annual mission updates to the Data Policy Portal. Supported annual updates and
enhancements to the MIM Database.
Outreach support for the IGARSS meeting in Milan, Italy (July), the GEO Ministerial
in Mexico (November), and COP-21 in Paris (Nov/Dec). Developed new outreach
materials and expanded the impact of CEOS through social media.
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SEO Plans for 2016
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GEOGLAM and GFOI: Continued support for data acquisition
planning and supporting systems analyses.
Development of several Data Services Prototypes for cloud-based
storage, processing and distribution of country-specific data for GFOI
and GEOGLAM. Siginficant work planned for the two Data Cube
prototypes (Kenya and Colombia).
Enhancement of the COVE tool: Add more missions, instruments and
operating modes; Add more links to mission data archives; Add more
data overlays; Convert interface from Google Earth to Cesium.
Annual updates to the Data Policy Portal and the MIM Database.
Plans to link the Data Policy Portal and MIM.
Outreach support for the 2016 GEO Plenary Meeting. Develop new
outreach materials and expand the impact of CEOS through social
media.
More on CEOS communications from Kim ...
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Systems Engineering Tools
COVE Tool
 254 missions, 692 mission-instrument
combinations. 5800+ unique users in 2015.
 Future Overlays: Global Phenology (NDVI),
GEOGLAM Mission Combination Revisit Analysis
 Current Archive Links: Landsat, SPOT, Pleaides,
Radarsat-2, ALOS-1.
 Future Archive Links: Sentinel-1A/2A
 Coverage Analyzer: Improved menus and
processing performance, integration with KMLs
and EXCEL.
Data Policy Portal
 135 current CEOS missions in orbit.
71% open data access.
 Entire database includes 650 mission/instrument
combinations from 28 countries.
 Updated annually, including links to client portals.
www.ceos-cove.org
www.ceos-datapolicy.org
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Data Services Prototypes
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Kenya Data Cube – Working with the Australian Govt.,
Clinton Foundation and SLEEK. Will deliver full country
Data Cube based on 7500+ Landsat scenes in Nov 2015.
User interface will allow mosaic creation and change
detection. Future expansion of datasets including SRTM,
ALOS, MODIS and SPOT.
Colombia Data Cube – Working with Colombia Govt.
(IDEAM), CSIRO and Universities. Delivered a mini-cube
(4 path-row regions) in Oct 2015. Local team plans to
expand cube to full country and test the user interface.
Future expansion of datasets and applications in 2016.
Asia-Rice – The SEO continues to work with the Asia-Rice
team to enhance the cloud-based storage and processing
tool. Performance has improved over time with a recent
move of the cloud server to Singapore.
JECAM – The SEO is working with the JECAM team to
develop a storage and processing tool for a SAR
intercomparison study. Due to the need to host restricted
datasets, we have not yet found an acceptable hosting
option (Amazon or local). Future meeting on Nov 16-18.
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CEOS SIT Technical Workshop
EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
September17-18, 2015
• CEOS Website
• CEOS Social Media Strategy*
• CEOS Exhibit at GEO-XII
*Seeking Endorsement
CEOS SIT Technical Workshop
EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
September17-18, 2015
The CEOS Website
• Meeting
Registration
• News Items
• Faces of CEOS
• Document
Management
• Deliverables
Tracking
CEOS SIT Technical Workshop
EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
September17-18, 2015
CEOS Social Media Strategy:
Outline the target audience,
objectives, implementation, &
governance of our social
media efforts to:
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Engage people interested in CEOS
Create collaborative opportunities
Share news & information
201 Followers!
Manage our reputation
789 Likes!
Broaden our impact
CEOS SIT Technical Workshop
EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
September17-18, 2015
Social Media Strategy
Next Steps:
• Endorsement at
the CEOS Plenary
• Create editorial calendar
• Implement strategy –
posting & interaction
• Any volunteers?
Contact Kim Holloway to help administe
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CEOS SIT Technical Workshop
EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
September17-18, 2015
The CEOS Exhibition Booth at GEO-XII:
Outreach materials & a 50-in digital display showcasing
CEOS activities related to:
• Climate change
• Disaster response
• Deforestation
• Food security
• Data Cubes
• Recently launched CEOS Agency missions
Contact Brian Killough
• Recently released open datasets
for more information
CEOS SIT Technical Workshop
EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
September17-18, 2015
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