1. Core Test Sites WTF John Faundeen WGCV-23 & WGISS-19 March 2005 Cordoba, Argentina

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3. Background Yves-Louis Desnos & Peter Churchill WGCV Proposal to WGISS USGS & NASA Express Interest

4. Chronology WGCV & WGISS Chairs Discuss(c. 2001) WGCV Proposal to WGISS(9/2001) WGISS-13 Discussion(2/2002) –USGS Agrees to Lead WTF WGCV & WGISS Telecons(3/2002) –Requirements & Project Plan Developed Initial Release(5/2003) WGCV-22(6/2004) –Additional SGs Join

5. Phases Phase I Objectives & Tasks –Prototype for Easy Access / Portal Approach –Represent EOS Core Test Sites Data MODIS Field Data Sets via Oak Ridge DAAC –Build Upon Existing Work –Provide MODIS Subsets Reprojected into UTM –Provide MODIS Subsets Reformatted into GeoTIFF –Provide ETM+ Images Reformatted as GeoTIFF –Provide SPOT Vegetation in UTM & GeoTIFF

6. Phases Phase II –Incorporate MODIS 8-Day LAI –Identify All Archived MODIS & Landsat Images Easily –Incorporate MERIS Data –Incorporate SRTM Data –Incorporate SeaWiFS or SPOT Vegetation

7. Phases Phase III - Argentina –Add Three New Sites Puget Sound, WA Railroad Valley, NV Southwest Amazon, Brazil –Offer UTM & Geographic Projections –Link to AVHRR & SPOT Vegetation @ GSFC –Discuss in Argentina… Additional WGCV SG Participation Additional Sites - More Geographic Balance –Gobi Desert? –Siberia?

8. Phases Phase IV – September 2005 –Add Field Data Sets for 3 New Sites –Determine Additional Sites GTOS TEMS, CEOP, GT-net, ILTERS, etc. –Add MERIS Data via a Linkage –Add CHRIS/PROBA Data –Asian Site(s) –Determine Additional MODIS Products

9. Users Xu Yongmei (Res - China) Sham Davande (Res - India) Dimitrios Papayiannis (Res - Greece) Paul Christakopoulos (Res - Greece) Stefan Erasmi (Aca - Germany) Erin Eppling (Com - Alabama) Kevin Gallo (Gov - NOAA) Peter Wright (Org - Burkina Faso) James Slater (Mil - NGA) Nancy Ritchey (Gov - NASA) Zikuan Zhou (China) Camilo Alcantara (UNAM - Mexico) Molly Brown (SSAI - Maryland) Keith Jones (Com - Broadband) Nuno Gil (Aca – United Kingdom) Mario Barroso (Org - Conservation) Hee Il Lee (Aca - Utah) Krishna Raj (Com - IT/GIS) Lan Lan (Res - France) John Faundeen (Gov – USGS) John Dwyer (Gov – USGS) Tim Smith (Gov – USGS) Kathy Goodale (Gov – USGS) Diane Krell (Gov – USGS) Kelly Feistner (Gov – USGS) 25 Registered Since May 2004.

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