CEOS Missions, Instruments and Measurements Database Committee on Earth Observation Satellites CEOS Missions, Instruments and Measurements Database I. Petiteville, ESA CEOS Plenary 2017 Agenda Item #11.1 Rapid City, South Dakota, USA 19 – 20 October 2017

2017 Activity Summary CEOS MIM Database – agency update survey Maintenance and enhancement of online portal database.eohandbook.com EO Handbook for UNISPACE+50 focused on SDGs Satellite EO in Support of SDGs Currently being drafted Inputs from across CEOS and non-CEOS agencies Inputs from SDG AHT Print to be ready for early 2018 and UNISPACE+50 June 2018 Call for distribution list inputs and agency mailing contacts should be expected

EOHB: Satellite EO in Support of SDGs UN forewords: to be co- signed by the Chair of the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) and a co-Chair of UN-GGIM. CEOS Messages: to be co- signed by ESA (editing team) and 2018 CEOS Chair (P.Brunet) The United Nations Statistical Commission, established in 1947, is the highest body of the global statistical system. It is a Functional Commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It brings together the Chief Statisticians from member states from around the world. It is the highest decision making body for international statistical activities especially the setting of statistical standards, the development of concepts and methods and their implementation at the national and international level. The UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) has the mandate for the development and implementation of the Global Indicator Framework. The Statistical Commission oversees the work of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), and The United Nations initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) aims at playing a leading role in setting the agenda for the development of global geospatial information and to promote its use to address key global challenges. It provides a forum to liaise and coordinate among Member States, and between Member States and international organizations. The committee is mandated, among other tasks, to provide a platform for the development of effective strategies on how to build and strengthen national capacity on geospatial information. In March 2015 at its forty-sixth session, the United Nations Statistical Commission created an Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), which is composed of representatives from a regionally-balanced group of Member States and includes regional and international agencies as observers Proposed Global Indicator Framework for the SDG Goals and Targets submitted to UNSC-47 on 8-11 March 2016 for approval by UNSC.

EOHB: Satellite EO in Support of SDGs (cont’) Part 1: Space Data Supporting the SDGs Importance of SDGs and the role of EO Institutional issues and future challenges Part 2: Perspective on EO for the SDGs UN: Statistical Commission, UN-FAO, UN-GGIM Countries and Agencies: NASA, GEO, ESA (ESRIN and HQ), Australia, Mexico (INEGI) Others: The World Bank, Radiant Earth, EARSC, GPSDD Part 3: Exploring Particular Contributions in Support of Indicators SDG-6: water; SDG-11: sustainable cities; SDG-13: climate; SDG- 14: life underwater, oceans; and, SDG-15: life on land

CEOS MIM Database Update Annual update cycle completed and available online: database.eohandbook.com Responses received from 28 CEOS agencies 14 new mission records added, 226 existing records updated 19 new instrument records added, 132 existing records updated Currently features operating or planned for launch in next 15 years: 322 Earth observing satellite missions 913 instruments

Website Usage Website traffic largely stable year-on- year More than 1,280 monthly users average Database users stable; EOHB slight decline Expect boost from new print handbook Slight move towards mobile platforms but desktop still > 90% Top content Mission/instrument discovery: ~39% of page views Landing page: ~8% Measurements: ~11% Timelines: ~5% Climate: ~3% CEOS DB EO HB Total Monthly visitors (avg.) 851 430 1,281 monthly avg. visitors New users 83% 73% Technology: Desktop 97% 90%

2017-18 Activities Continue development pilot API – target pilot release end 2017 Explore collaboration with ECV Inventory team around updates based on new GCOS IP Print and release of CEOS SDG EO Handbook early 2018. Distribution at occasion of main 2018 events such as UNIPSACE+50 Agency update survey (~2018 Q2 kick-off)

Questions or Comments? Online resources www.eohandbook.com database.eohandbook.com Contact the team: ceosmim@gmail.com