2. How to leverage GCI Content:
GCI for SDG 6
Susanna Grita
GEO Secretariat
GCI Operations Team
24th October 2017

3. GCI the Earth Observations Mine
Goals
GCI the Earth Observations Mine
«GEOSS increases our understanding of Earth processes and enhances predictive capabilities that underpin sound decision-making: it provides access to data, information and knowledge to a wide variety of users»

4. Procedure SDGs / Climate/ Disasters Step-by-Step Monitoring Guides
Topic
Indicators
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SDGs / Climate/ Disasters
Step-by-Step Monitoring Guides
Case Studies
Keywords and essential Variables
Browse data from GEOSS Portal
Download Data from GEOSS portal
Investigate the Metadata
Ask expert feedback/advice

5. Monitoring Steps: indicator 6.6.1
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% water related ecosystem change with time
Spatial extent
6.6.1 a
Quantity
6.6.1 b
Quality
6.6.1 c
Health
6.6.1 d
Standardized monitoring steps suggested by UN Water (

6. Essential Parameters Identify
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Indicator
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For some themes essential variables have been developed (e.g.ECVs by GCOS or EBVs by GEO BON)
In other cases an investigation on the parameters en jeux of the chosen topic and their related keywords is made

7. Making inventories by geographical region…
Finding the Data
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Making inventories by geographical region…

8. Finding the Data Discover Access Topic Indicator Locate Identify
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9. Remote sensing products
Data and Metadata
Topic
Indicator
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River discharges (PANGAEA)
Ocean water sampling (PANGAEA)
In situ
Landsat/Sentinel images
Macrophyte classification (RCMRD)
Water temperature
Remote sensing products
Chlorophyll probability (Diversity II project)
Models
Land Use/Land Cover classification (RCMRD)
Protected areas/Wetland sites (WWF)
Digitalized Products
Well structured metadata is fundamental for combining different datasets!

10. Leveraging and Enriching GEO Convening Power
Making Connections
Leveraging and Enriching GEO Convening Power
Topic
Indicator
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Expert advice has proved essential for producing a complete and consistent application.
Universities
Makerere University
Initiatives
GEO Wetlands
Aquawatch
Other Organizations
UNCCD

11. Conclusions Benefits of the GCI for Users Role of the Data Providers
Role of the GEO Expert Community:
Importance of being able to discover and access a large variety of EO from multiple sources, with different resolutions and different acquisition methodologies
Importance of Metadata
Importance of contact information of the data provider
Help understand the pertinence of the datasets chosen and fill the data gaps.

12. Lake Victoria water resources
URL: Link to the application