1. A. Rosenqvist, S. Yabe-Ogawa SDCG-10 Session #4 Element 3 Space Data Support to GFOI R&D

2. Session 4 outline

3. Status Overview of 3-Year Work Plan Tasks and Outcomes

4. 3-Year Work Plan

5. 2016 Status: On schedule. El-3 v2.0 endorsed by SIT-31 Completion of v2.1 – including revised team descriptions (18 teams) – following SDCG-10 discussions Question: “Endorsement” or “for info” @SIT-32?

6. 3-Year Work Plan 2016 Status: On schedule -SDCG agency selection of R&D teams to support clarified (El-3 Aug telecon) -Some agencies (ASI, CNES) already in contact with R&D teams -Remaining contacts expected by Sept/Oct 2016 -(agency reporting next agenda item)

7. 3-Year Work Plan 2016 Status: On schedule -Standard operating procedures (“El-3 governance”) – El-3 wording to be finalised post SDCG-10 -Migration of GFOI R&D projects into new framework (as defined @ SDCG-9). Completed in El-3 v2.1 update. -Private sector engagement -AD&S (SPOT 6/7) – good progress -Planet (RapidEye + Doves) – TBC -SSLT (NovaSAR) – New! Contacts established @SDCG-10

8. GFOI R&D Coordination and R&D Programme

9. GFOI R&D Study Sites & R&D teams -Currently 18 R&D teams from GFOI countries and national and int’l research organisations -Currently 32 multi-disciplinary sites, addressing multiple GFOI Priority R&D topics -Including Study Sites in former GEO-FCT National Demonstrator countries GFOI R&D Programme GFOI R&D Study Site interactive map at http://www.gfoi.org/rd/study-sites/

10. Detailed Study Site info Interactive map at http://www.gfoi.org/rd/study-sites/http://www.gfoi.org/rd/study-sites/

11. Workshop info and report @ http://gfoi.org/RDhttp://gfoi.org/RD

12. GFOI R&D Coordination Upcoming activities: Update/Revision of R&D priority topics - UAVs, TLS, costs of different monitoring options… Synergies between main R&D stakeholders under the GFOI - GOFC-GOLD, SilvaCarbon,... Development of a Technical Readiness Level (TRL) framework Assessment of the impact of the GFOI R&D activities - Impact on country capacities, - Review process GFOI Science Meeting (Autumn 2016)

13. GFOI R&D Coordination: Next Steps Objectives of GFOI sessions (Mon-Tue Oct 31-Nov 1) -Report on R&D progress -Apply and discuss a Technical Readiness Level framework -How R&D Coordination Office can help further R&D groups? -How to increase R&D group engagement in other GFOI activities? GOFC/GFOI Science Meeting: 31 Oct. – 4 Nov. GOFC-GOLD/GFOI Science meeting The Hague, NL. Oct 31-4 Nov.

14. Confirmed participation: 10 groups Tentative participation: 2 Not available: 6 groups GOFC-GOLD/GFOI Science meeting The Hague, NL. Oct 31-4 Nov.

15. El- 3 document (v2.1) update

16. Revision of R&D group descriptions (in acc. w SDCG-9 action)

17. Addition of 2 new groups Division of groups with several independent Pis/projects into independent groups (  revised group numbering) Groups with revised numbers New groups

18. Refinement of data requests …

19. …and corresponding updates of section 4 (Contributing agencies and missions and corresponding data requests

20. Items to be discussed (Item 29, 30): - Governance (3.3.1Roles and responsibilities) - New group inclusions (e.g. UK case) - …

21. Session 4 outline

22. 3.3Governance 3.3.1Roles and responsibilities GFOI R&D Coordination Component (GOFC-GOLD)Management of the GFOI R&D programme and coordination of the R&D groups;Act as main interface between SDCG space agencies and GFOI R&D groups;Provide mechanism for reporting and feed-back to space agencies and GFOIOrganisation of R&D Expert workshops and science meetings SDCG Space AgenciesReview and approve satellite data requests from GFOI R&D groups;Ensure lending of processed satellite data addressing the minimum required dataset as described in the project forms (Annex A) for approved projects;Provide limited technical support for the products supplied.

23. 3.3Governance 3.3.1Roles and responsibilities GFOI R&D Groups shall:Agree to have their satellite data requests evaluated by the SDCG and GFOI R&D committees and allow subject matter experts to evaluate the level of maturity of the application and compliance with the GFOI Priority R&D Topics;Certify that their request is for R&D, non-operational, non-commercial project;Comply with the data policy and data restrictions related to every datasets requested;Provide a project timeline and milestone dates;Coordinate the project execution;Ensure their project has sufficient funding and resources to complete the planned research within the stated timeframe;Publish the results of the research project and appropriately acknowledge the data sources;Submit to GFOI R&D and SDCG, on request, the results and methods used;Attend a GFOI R&D science workshop to present results;

24. 3.3Governance 3.3.2Recommendations Recommendations to advance the Element-3 Plan:The Element-3 plan was endorsed by CEOS at SIT-30 (Mar 31 - April 1, 2015). The plan should be updated on an annual basis. The next update (this document) will be presented to CEOS at SIT-31 (April 19-20, 2016).Space agencies are requested to provide updated lists list of archive data available over GEO-FCT ND verification sites and new study sites (when available).In the interests of securing dense time-series and extending previous R&D, space agencies are encouraged to start acquiring data over ND and new study sites as soon as can be accommodated in their acquisition plan.GFOI research partners are encouraged to consult the data archives and advise GFOI on specific data requests for R&D.

25. ASI

26. CNES

28. CSA

29. DLR

30. JAXA

31. ESA – Spot5Take5