GEO-NETCast Update Linda V. Moodie GEO-NETCast Point of Contact GEO Architecture and Data Committee Seattle, Washington July 20-21, 2006.

GEO-NETCast Update

Linda V. MoodieGEO-NETCast Point of Contact

GEO Architecture and Data CommitteeSeattle, Washington

July 20-21, 2006

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What Is GEO-NETCast?

GEO-NETCast is a real-time data dissemination system -- in support of the GEO societal benefit areas -- by which environmental satellite and in situ data, products, and services are transmitted to users through satellites.

It is one component of the overall GEOSS architecture.

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Overall Concept

• A global broadcast system for the delivery of data, products, and services contributed to GEOSS

B Data from in-situ and space-based observing systems in standard formats

B Supporting all nine GEO societal benefit areas

B Built on existing dissemination systems with data collection hubs around the globe

• Transmitted to affordable ground receiving stations through satellitesB Situated to provide global coverage

B Use of standard, multicast, dissemination protocols, such as Digital Video Broadcast (DVB), to encapsulate products of any format

• Dissemination is full and open, respecting existing data policies

- Data is divided into channels that user can select based on need

• The cost of satellite communications for each sector of the globe would be funded by one or more partners in GEO-NETCast, and the day to day management of each sector would be under their responsibility

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GEO-NETCast Implementation Group

• NOAA – Richard Fulton

• EUMETSAT – Michael Williams

• WMO – Donald Hinsman

• Other infrastructure contributors from around the world

Co-leads

Linda Moodie (NOAA) : GEO-NETCast Point of Contact for GEO

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GEO Members and Organizations Indicating Interest in GEO-NETCast

• Argentina• Australia• Brazil• China • European Commission • Finland • Germany • Greece • Japan • Korea • New Zealand • Russia • South Africa • United Kingdom• United States (co-lead)

• African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE)

• Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)

• European Space Agency (ESA)

• EUMETNET

• EUMETSAT (co-lead)

• Federation of Digital Broadband Seismographic Networks (FDSN)

• International Institute of Space Law (IISL)

• Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO) (co-lead)

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Work for 2006• NOAA, EUMETSAT and WMO to refine initial technical details relating to late

spring demo of GEO-NETCast (as built upon EUMETCast), including the identification and provision by NOAA of data sets to be added to EUMETCast data. The first version of a demo product list is now available.

• Refine concept, including an assessment of current data transfer and dissemination systems, a discussion of options, and a recommended way forward, building on identified user requirements.

• Identify other GEO-NETCast providers to develop a global dissemination capability and all associated technical tasks.

• Work with the GEO User Interface and Capacity Building Committees and others to identify additional data, products, services, and reception requirements to address the needs of all nine societal benefit areas under GEO.

• Develop full master schedule through GEO-III timeframe.

• Report status and proposed way forward to GEO’s Architecture and Data Committee, Executive Committee, and Plenary.

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Past and Potential GEO-NETCast Live Demonstrations

• European Commission, Belgium, 5/3/06• GEO Capacity Building Committee Meeting, Brazil, 5/29/06• First GEO-NETCast Participants Meeting, USA, 7/19/06• GEO Architecture and Data Committee Meeting, USA, 7/20/06• GEOSS Workshop, IEEE Int’l Geophysical and Remote Sensing

Symposium, USA, 7/30/06• GEO User Interface Committee Meeting, Canada, 9/06• USGEO Meeting, USA, 9/06• Meeting, Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, USA, 9/06• GEO Plenary-II, Switzerland, 11/06

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Participants Meeting: July 19, 2006 Objectives and Outcomes

• Ensure that there is a consensus understanding of the initiative;

– Scope of GEO-NETCast in context of GEOSS architecture

– Phased development, progressing to operational

– Global coverage

– Serving all nine societal benefit areas

– Involvement of developing countries

• Identify those partners that might be able to provide other components, both infrastructure and data or products, contributing to a global dissemination capability;

– Prospective global coverage by late 2007:

• EUMETSAT currently covering Europe, Africa, much of Americas

• US/NOAA intending to provide coverage of the Americas and much of Pacific

• China offers to provide coverage of East Asia, Australia, and western Pacific

– Expanding data and products to serve all nine SBAs will require additional resources, both in-kind and actual (e.g., for additional bandwidth)

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EUMETCast Coverage

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Proposed Coverage Area

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AsiaSat-4

Infrastructure: Geographic Coverage

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Participants Meeting: July 19, 2006 Objectives and Outcomes (continued)

• Work with those participating as users to identify additional data, products, services, and reception requirements to meet the needs of all nine societal benefit areas under GEO;

– Importance of ongoing dialogue with User Interface Committee and Capacity Building Committee

• Discuss the future framework of the 2007-2009 GEO Work Plan and any desired GEO-NETCast input;

• Discuss development of a GEO-NETCast Implementation Plan; and

• Demonstrate an initial GEO-NETCast capability.

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ADC RecommendationsMarch 2006

Put current paper in task sheet form Lead POC – US NOAA, name TBD Complete list of contributing organizations Develop identity as a broad GEO project, not limited to met information Develop plans for existing spare capacity and for the expansion of

capacity beyond the existing spare capacity of the currently envisioned system.

• Add geospatial architecture overlay for expanded applications• Provide specific mechanism for user engagement, to allow user needs

to drive further system development• Provide roadmap and associated resources required to accommodate

the existing and additional applications.• Users need a long-term commitment that the data will be available

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Challenges for 2007• Continuing coordination with and receiving input from user

community

• Developing linkages to other dissemination methods as part of the overall GEOSS architecture

• Identifying other infrastructure contributors to build a global system

• Incorporating data and product contributions to serve all GEO societal benefit areas

• Further developing a GEO-NETCast Implementation Plan

• Unveiling GEO-NETCast to ministers at the 4th Earth Observation Summit