U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

International Satellites – Supporting Global Earth Observation

ASPRS Meeting - 17 November 2011

Greg Stensaas Chair, CEOS Working Group on Calibration and Validation Remote Sensing Technologies Project ManagerUSGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, SD

Many datasets, Many opportunities

• > 100 EO satellites in orbit• Operated by > 34 countries, many with surface resolutions <1 m• Many expected to be launched in current decade• Common processes and procedures are lacking for defining

quality

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The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) (founded 2002) is a voluntary partnership of 89 governments and 61 international organizations.

GEO’s GEOSS must deliver comprehensive “knowledge / information products” worldwide and in a timely manner to meet the needs of its nine “societal benefit areas”.

This will be achieved through the synergistic use and combination of data derived from a variety of sources (satellite, airborne and in-situ) through the coordinated resources and efforts of the GEO members.

Achieving this vision (2015) requires the establishment of an operational framework to facilitate interoperability and harmonization.

“Community” requirement

Climate WeatherStrong Requirement Drivers

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Committee on Earth Observation Satellites - http://www.ceos.org/

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Troika

Chair Agency ESA, EUMETSAT,

JAXA, NASA, NOAA

WGCV WGISS WGCBDD

CEOS Executive Officer (CEO)

Virtual Constellations for GEO

Permanent Secretariat

ChairUSGS

Vice ChairCSA

ChairJAXA

Vice ChairTBD

ChairINPE

Vice ChairNOAA

Atmospheric Composition - NASA - ESA

Precipitation - JAXA - NASA

Land Imaging - USGS - ISRO - INPE

Ocean Surface Topography - NOAA - EUMETSAT

WGCV=Working Group on Calibration and ValidationWGISS=Working Group on Information Systems and ServicesWGEdu=Working Group on Capacity Building and Data DemocracyWGClimate = Working Group on Climate

(1-year terms)

(2-year terms)

Ocean Color Radiometry - EC-JRC - JAXA - NASA

Ocean Surface Vector Wind - NOAA - ISRO - EUMETSAT

Sea Surface Temperature - ESA- NOAA

CEOS SBA Coordinators

- Agriculture - Biodiversity - Climate - Disasters - Ecosystems - Energy - Health - Water - Weather

Strategic Implementation Team (SIT)

Chair: NASA Vice Chair: CNES

ChairPast Chair Future Chair

ASI/Italy CSA/Canada

Troika

ISRO/India

Systems Engineering Office (SEO)

NASA

USGS (CEO) & NOAA (DCEO)

WGClimateChair

EC-JRC

Vice ChairNOAA

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Name Company Country1Abe, Satomi J AXA J APAN2Achache, J osé GEO SWITZERLAND3Ake, Rosenqvist soloEO J APAN4Akutsu, Takao J AXA J APAN5Andersen, Bo Norwegian Space Centre NORWAY6Apaphant, Pakorn GISTDA THAILAND7Arena, Stefania ASI ITALY8Bates, J ohn J . NOAA-NCDC UNITED STATES9Bianco, Giuseppe ASI ITALY10Blackerby, Christopher NASA UNITED STATES11Bognar, Christine NASA UNITED STATES12Borgeaud, Maurice ESA ITALY13Boumphrey, Ruth UK Space Agency UNITED KINGDOM14Bourassa, Marie-J osee CSA CANADA15Briggs, Stephen ESA FRANCE16Brûlé, Luc CSA CANADA17Bruzzi, Stefano ASI ITALY18Camara, Gilberto INPE BRAZIL19Candela, Laura ASI ITALY20Carpay, J oost Netherlands Space Office NETHERLANDS21Casey, Kenneth NODC UNITED STATES22Cheli, Simonetta ESA ITALY23Counet, Paul EUMETSAT GERMANY24Cramarossa, Augusto ASI ITALY25De Cosmo, Vittorio ASI ITALY26Di Ciaccio, Simona ASI ITALY27Di Spilimbergo, Federica AGI ITALY28Dowell, Mark European Commission - J RC ITALY29Eckman, Richard NASA UNITED STATES30Enloe, Yonsook NASA UNITED STATES31 Fan, J inlong NSMC CHINA32 Ferreira, Hilcea INPE BRAZIL33 Freilich, Michael NASA UNITED STATES34Goldberg, Mitch NOAA UNITED STATES35Held, Alex CSIRO AUSTRALIA36 J acobberger-J ellison, Patricia NASA UNITED STATES37 J aiswal, Rajeev Kumar ISRO INDIA38 J eanJ ean, Hervé European Commission BELGIUM39Kajii, Makoto J AXA J APAN40Keith, Kim CEOS SEO UNITED STATES41Kicza, Mary NOAA UNITED STATES42Killough, Brian NASA UNITED STATES43Kumar R., Sateesh ISRO FRANCE44 LaBrecque, J ohn NASA, GGOS, GIAC UNITED STATES45 Li, Chuanrong AOE CAS CHINA46 Lindsay, Francis NASA UNITED STATES47 Luceri, Vincenza E-GEOS ITALY

48Malinga, Sandile Bethuel SANSA SOUTH AFRICA49Marucci, Donatella ASI ITALY50Minorenti, Marina ASI ITALY51Mitchell, Andrew NASA UNITED STATES52Miura, Satoko JAXA J APAN53Moriyama, Takashi JAXA J APAN54Mudau, Humbulani GEO Secretariat SWITZERLAND55Niu, Hongbing Academy of Opto-electronics,CAS CHINA56Ochiai, Osamu JAXA J APAN57Parcher, J ean USGS-DOI UNITED STATES58Parsi G, Diwakar ISRO INDIA59Petiteville, Ivan ESA ITALY60Plummer, Stephen ESA UNITED KINGDOM61Quirk, Bruce USGS-DOI UNITED STATES62Ratier, Alain EUMETSAT GERMANY63Richter, Carolin GCOS SWITZERLAND64Ridner, Alberto CONAE ARGENTINA65Rum, Giovanni GEO Secretariat SWITZERLAND66Ryan, Barbara WMO SWITZERLAND67Saggese, E. ASI ITALY68Sarantakos, Georgios GEO SWITZERLAND69Sawyer, Kerry Ann NOAA UNITED STATES70Schmidt, Klaus DLR GERMANY71Seelin, Kiran Kumar ISRO INDIA72Seguin, Guy CSA CANADA73Seifert, Frank Martin ESA ITALY74Skrovseth, Per Erik NSC NORWAY75Smith, (David) Brent SIS UNITED STATES76Soares, J oao Group on Earth Observations SWITZERLAND77Sorace, Roberta ASI ITALY78Sori, Stefania ASI ITALY79Stensaas, Greg USGS UNITED STATES80Stover, Shelley NASA UNITED STATES81Stryker, Timothy USGS-DOI UNITED STATES82Sutherlun, J acob NOAA UNITED STATES83Tang, Lingli AOE CAS CHINA84Turchi, Paolo Altran Italia ITALY85Turner, David U.S. Department of State UNITED STATES86Ultre-Guerard, Pascale CNES FRANCE87Uspenskiy, Alexander SRC Planeta RUSSIAN FEDERATION88Wang, J insong NSMC CHINA89Wang, Zhigang CRESDA CHINA90Ward, Stephen ASI AUSTRALIA91Wegmann, Martin DLR-DFD GERMANY92Wickland, Diane NASA UNITED STATES93Xu, Wen CRESDA CHINA94Zhang, Yiyan Chinese Embassy CHINA95Zoffoli, Simona ASI ITALY96Zucchini, Fabrizio ASI ITALY

CEOS Members @ 25th Plenary (Nov ‘11)

· http://www.eohandbook.com/eohb2011/earth_database.html

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Current and Future EO Satellites

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• 112 different CEOS Earth observation satellite missions are estimated to be currently operating (November 2011). Many of these comprise series of missions planned to provide the continuity which is essential for many observations and applications.

• Current plans supplied by CEOS agencies estimate that in the order of 100 new satellite missions will be launched for operation between 2011 and 2016. The next few years will mark a significant era for satellite Earth observations, with half of these new missions to be launched by the end of 2013.

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Satellites· Military and Civil· Government and Commercial· EO satellites have many instruments and functions

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ASPRS Land Imaging Satellites· Bill Stoney 2008· http://www.asprs.org/Satellite-Information/Guide-to-Land-Imaging-

Satellites.html

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Use of multiple data sources· Partnerships and Integration of data

· USDA (excellent example)· USGS (Landsat, SPOT, other)· NGA· ESA· …

· Constellations· DMCii Surrey and partners· RapidEye· NOAA Operational Platforms

· WHY· Science requirements· Repeat coverage and frequency needs· Validation sources· Integration of data to meet product needs

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We need to understand the error· All systems and models have some degree of error

· Calibration compensates for errors and improved measurement accuracy is possible

· Bias between sensors need to be defined and there is a strong need for better error characterization

· Data record error is essential for use in climate and change assessment

· Different groups can produce defensible, but statistically inconsistent estimates of trends

· Need a consistent playing field

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Dome-C Cross Calibration Campaign

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Dome C

• With so much impact and benefit to the cross calibration of sensors

• 2Nd large CEOS field campaign is happening in now in December and January

• Please contact CEOS WGCV IVOS subgroup ASAP• fox@npl.gov.uk• gchander@usgs.gov

Major opportunity to support and collect data for a detailed CEOS cross-comparison activity at Antarctica DOME C including a manned activity measuring surface BRDF.

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Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) Workshop

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· April 17-19, 2012

· Fairfax, VA· Abstracts

due· Search for

JACIE on the web

JACIE intercomparisons and applications· Characterization and comparison results

· VIIRS· Landsat· THEOS· ResourceSat-1/2· GeoEye· Digital Globe

· 8-band challenge

· UK-2/Deimos -1· New digital sensors and results· LiDAR· Sar· Application Assessment with new sensors

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Future international data portalhttp://www.ceos.org/WGISS/From CEOS WGISS:CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog (QWIC)

· Offers access to operational inventory systems at NOAA CLASS, NASA ECHO, USGS, INPE, and working on connection to AOE (China – NSMC, Beijing-1)

· System of Systems proof of concept demonstrated · EuroGEOSS Broker (JRC) searching for INPE inventory data via CWIC· Demo of GENESI (ESA) searching for NASA inventory data via CWIC· Demo of CNES (JeoBrowser) searching for NASA inventory data via CWIC

· NASA CWIC Data Portal will provide satellite data discovery and access through the IDN and CWIC

· HMA and CWIC is discussing on future interoperability· Future data partner includes CCRS; future portal partners include Geo Web

portal, CCRS agency portal, AC portal, LSI portal

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U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

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