1. G. Dyke GFOI/SDCG Side Event, 23 April 2018, Boulder, CO, USA
Update: Views on CEOS and SDCG Approach on GFOI Phase 2 Updated for SIT-33 GFOI/SDCG Side Event
G. Dyke
GFOI/SDCG Side Event, 23 April 2018, Boulder, CO, USA

2. Overview Response Summary Table Objectives
Brief Agency Response summary
ASI
CNES
CONAE
CSA
INPE
+DLR, USGS
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

3. Objectives
Reach out to SDCG agencies not attending to gather their views
Assessment of future planned participation in SDCG meetings
Supporting Osamu’s objectives as CEOS lead for GFOI
Coming away from GFOI Plenary with a statement around what GFOI might expect from CEOS and space data providers for Phase 2 to be presented for discussion at SIT-33
Reciprocal statement from CEOS agencies coming out of SIT-33 about what they would expect from GFOI Phase 2
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

4. Response Summary Table
Agency
Response
SDCG-14?
Long Term SDCG Engagement
ASI
bullet points
likely
1 per year
CONAE
unlikely (SAOCOM launch)
Post SAOCOM?
CNES
unclear
Max. 1 per year
CSA
comprehensive
DLR
INPE
pending
unlikely
USGS
Max. 1 per year (joint)
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

5. ASI Highlights
Would like to foster the uptake of ASI data, but don’t currently have resources to engage with GFOI
In order to promote the GFOI initiative within ASI, require feedback from CSK users, i.e. reports or published papers
Realistic engagement is one meeting per year, on the basis of the business travel budget
Linkage of SDCG to the GFOI Plenary is positive
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

6. CONAE Highlights SAOCOM launch scheduled for Q3 2018
Data to be processed in and distributed from Argentina
Global coverage
SAOCOM L-band SAR expected to be of value for forest monitoring
Forest/non-forest
Biomass
CONAE Data Policy: under preparation
Expected to support non-commercial applications, e.g GFOI
Separate ASI policy inside European exclusion zone
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

7. CNES Highlights Keen to promote CNES mission data
Phase 1 provided Pleiades data; awaiting feedback on usage
Willing to support with Pleiades for Phase 2 based on Phase 1 feedback received
CNES systematic participation is not likely; at best will try to attend one annual meeting
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

8. CSA Highlights
Comprehensive written response; quite positive and constructive
Promotion of SAR, support to national community, upstream R&D
RCM is a Canada First mission, and data contribution to GFOI will have to be promoted by the CFS
Linkages between the SDCG and GFOI are very important, but joint SDCG and GFOI Plenary meetings too long
Maybe a focused meeting between the R&D, Data component and SDCG?
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

9. DLR Highlights
Drivers: user requirements, community interaction, DLR data flow and uptake
See niches for the use of DLR data within GFOI
Level of engagement depends on:
connection of DLR data to GFOI R&D and DC
German GFOI Lead engagement (GIZ engagement)
Not convinced extra CEOS internal meeting are effective, at least with the current WP
Link with the GFOI plenary is very important
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

10. INPE Highlights INPE supporting GFOI overall
Awaiting further feedback on SDCG engagement for Phase 2
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

11. USGS Highlights Benefits from:
user requirement gathering at GFOI Plenary
reporting back to space agencies at the LSI-VC
excellent opportunity to move forward on the coordination of a global Landsat ARD model
Space agencies need a focus on space data within the GFOI Data component
Broadening data requirement to include in situ weakens the relevance for space agencies
In situ better served in CB and MGD?
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

12. Initial Questions
Can we promote feedback from R&D activities to data providers (e.g. ASI, CNES)?
Should we continue co-location of SDCG with GFOI Plenary?
Would it be more valuable for SDCG to co-locate with a GFOI DUAG and/or R&D meeting?
Can we sustain more than one SDCG meeting per year?
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

13. Backup
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

14. Questions
1) What’s the main objective of your agency for engagement with GFOI Phase 2?
2) What are your general expectations from GFOI going forward?
3) Is your agency support to GFOI wholly or in part contingent on a better resourced R&D program?
4) Do you plan to engage in future SDCG meetings?
5) (CSA and CONAE only) is there anything that SDCG can be doing to help ease or promote future core data uptake by the GFOI community?
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015

15. SIT-33 Summary Slide
Reached out to SDCG agencies to gather their views on GFOI Phase 2 plans and prospects
Clear appetite for one SDCG meeting a year
Differing views on value of joint meeting vs. GFOI Plenary
Key drivers for GFOI and SDCG involvement:
User requirements, community interaction
Promoting agency data flows and related R&D
Promotion of SAR uptake
Feedback and validation on product development (e.g. ARD)
Support to and from other national government departments, e.g. Forestry, Foreign Aid
SDCG-8
DLR, Bonn, Germany
September 23rd-25th 2015