1. Initiative
GEO - Global Water Sustainability Nancy Searby, NASA, on behalf of the GEOGLoWS team
November 8, 2016

2. GEOGLOWS and the GEOSS Water Strategy
The GEOSS Water Strategy was prepared in 2014 to communicate the capabilities and needs of the GEO Water community to GEO members and the broader community as plans are made for the next phase of GEO.
General: The GOESS Water Strategy gives priority to :
Water security
Climate change adaptation
Water and poverty
Extremes: floods and droughts
Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus
Water for ecosystems and biodiversity
GEOGLOWS addresses five of the six priority areas with its strategies and on-going activities, and provides a framework for enabling GEO Members to address many of the Water Strategy’s 58 recommendations. 2

3. GEO Global Water Sustainability (GEOGLoWS)
OBJECTIVES
Strengthen capacity to understand water data needs and develop user-driven applications products from EO data and applications
Engage end users and boundary organizations to understand needs by region and decision making process and prioritize activities based on vulnerability analyses
Coordinate and leverage GEOGLOWS partners to more effectively provide information and expertise to US and international stakeholder and end user communities
Strengthen U.S. and international capacity to use water EO and science effectively across spatial and temporal scales
Contribute to the assessments of impacts of climate change with population and economic growth on water resources and their availability, and to inform planning and adaptation activities
AmeriGEOSS functions as a User Engagement element through the surveys it undertakes at its meetings and training sessions to address this need. Other user engagement will be achieved through continuous active participation in the IGWCO COP where emphasis will be placed on engagements with users around the world. 3

4. GEOGLOWS COMPONENTS GEO Global Water Sustainability (GEOGLOWS)
1. Enhancing Global Water Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals
Water Scarcity and Access
Climate Change
Cold Regions
2. Minimizing Basin and Regional Risk
Integrated Water Prediction (IWP)
Floods
Droughts
Transboundary Issues (IWRM)
Water-Energy-Food- Environment-Health Nexus
Climate Change Adaptation
3. Essential Water Variable (EWV) Understanding
Water Quality
Water Use
Water Cycle Variables (Precipitation, Soil Moisture, Groundwater, Evapotranspiration, Stream Flow, Surface Water Storage (Includes Snow Pack))
4. Earth Observations, Integrated Data Products and Applications, and Tool Development
5. Data Sharing, Dissemination of Data, Information, Products, and Knowledge
6. User Engagement, Capacity Building and AmeriGEOSS 4

5. WATER PREDICTION + GEO-INTELLIGENCE
2. Minimizing Basin and Regional Risks
NATIONAL WATER CENTER
OPERATIONS CENTER
“Street Level” Water Prediction and Impact-Based Decision Support
The National Water Center continues to leverage and adopt technologies that have been demonstrated through CUAHSI member organizations or initiatives supported by the NSF in cyberinfrastructure and hydro-informatics. This knowledge—and the lessons learned—will be disseminated through capacity building activities (webinars and training workshops) organized by the USGEO working group in the Americas (CIEHLYC) and in collaboration with hydrometeorological organizations in the region and CUAHSI members. Existing tools and WMO frameworks are leveraged by this effort.
WATER PREDICTION + GEO-INTELLIGENCE 5 5

6. Exemplary transboundary effort
2. Minimizing Basin and Regional Risks
Implementation of IWP in the Great Lakes
Exemplary transboundary effort 6

7. 4. Earth Observations, Integrated Data Products and Applications, and Tool Development
GLoFAS SOS server: JRC of the EU Commission is planning to implement a GloFAS Sensor Observation Service (SOS) server, similar to “HydroServer” (OGC SOS) for the GloFAS forecasts. This would allow users to link observations with forecasts either within GloFAS or within the HydroServer visualization interface or, in fact, with any interface capable to work with OGC SOS.
HydroServer and Tethys Plaform are standards-based, open source tools, which are used for data management and dissemination, modeling, visualization, and decision support. HydroServer and the Tethys Platform were successfully used through NOAA's National Flood Interoperability Experiment (NFIE) and GEO's CIEHLYC training program in Cartagena, Colombia during the summer of 2015. 7

8. Open Data Sharing: Implementation of Hydroserver by CorMagdalena/CIRMAG
2000+ stations
Data since 1970’s
Rio Magdalena: Puerto Salgar
Olivero,J.(2015). “Río Magdalena entre Plato y Zambrano” [fotografía] 8

9. AmeriGEOSS Foundational Activities
GEONETCast Americas (GNC-A): Delivering Regional and National Data, Products, and Observations
Regional component of the Global GEONETCast
Provided by the U.S./NOAA
Footprint covers
Most of North America Caribbean Region Central South America
Operational since Spring 2008
Red: Operational stations
Green: Installations in progress
Orange: EUMETCast-Americas in conversion to GNC-A
Yellow: In consideration by the organization
Blue: Acquiring equipment
Satellite Utilization and Products Division
WMO Space Programme 9

10. 5. Data Sharing, Dissemination of Data, Information, products, and Knowledge Open Water Data Initiative Proposal
Integrate currently fragmented water information into a connected, water data framework
Leverage existing shared infrastructure and tools to provide a platform for innovation, modeling, and data sharing and solution development
Build on the ground-breaking work of the FGDC, OGC, IWRSS, CUASI, ACWI, and others. 10

11. 5. Data Sharing, Dissemination of Data, Information, products, and Knowledge
Introduce the AmeriGEOSS platform highlighing partnerships with CEOS and the Water Portal, GEOSUR, etc… 11

12. 6. User Engagement, Capacity Building, and AmeriGEOSS
GEOGLOWS will place a high premium on User Engagement, Capacity Development and Regional Program Activities (AmeriGEOSS).  User groups will be developed for some variables and users will work with data providers to co-design products that will address specific information needs.  Capacity building through AmeriGEOSS, SERVIR applications, and training courses such as the Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) will be used to disseminate the developments in the U.S. to the world community, a critical step in ensuring security through water security and data democracy. 12

13. Under AmeriGEOSS for GEOGLOWS: Leading and participating organizations
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) – USA
USGS (United States Geological Survey) – USA
IDEAM (Instituto de Hidrologia, Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales) – Colombia
JRC (Directorate-General Joint Research Centre) - European Commission, Europe
CIMH (Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology) – Barbados
CIRMAG (Centro de Investigación Científica del Rio Magdalena) – Colombia
IMN (Instituto Meteorológico Nacional) – Costa Rica
INPE (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais) – Brazil
MARN (Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales) – El Salvador
SENARA (Costa Rica’s National Service of Underground Water, Irrigation and Drainage)– Costa Rica
SEMARNAT Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources) – Mexico
UBY (University of Brigham Young) – USA
UNAL (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) 13

14. Brad Doorn bradley.doorn@nasa.gov
Contact Information
Brad Doorn
Angelica Gutierrez
Nate Booth
Richard Lawford
Peter Salamon
Omar Franco
Cesar Garay
David Arctur 14

15. Thank you!
On behalf of the GEOGLoWS Team