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CONTENTSCommentary
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites(CEOS)
CEOS Working Group Structure---This page
Review of Past Activities: The CEOS Dossier
CEOS Activity Plan for 1993
CEOS Data Exchange Principles
Resolutiom of Satellite Data Exchange Principles in Support of Global Change Research (Draft) 18 May 1993
Summary of CEOS Ad Hoc Data Policy Meeting
Summary of User Requirement Workshop
1993 CEOS Meeting Calender
CEOS Working Group Structure
- The Auxiliary Data Subgroup, formed in October 1992, is focusing on
auxiliary(i.e., non-satellite) data sets, stressing interaction with CEOS
affiliates in special fields of global change research.
Another important activity of the Working Group on Data is coordination with the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program on the Global Land 1-KM AVHRR Data Set Project, being conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the European Space Agency, with participation by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization of Australia.
The international cooperation and coordination that has taken place at and through CEOS has been of benefit not only to those space Earth observation agencies that comprise CEOS, but also to the global community that uses satellite data. One item that has been well received is the CEOS dossier of all CEOS agency space and ground segment assets, with cross-references to global change research requirements for respective satellite Earth observations. One affiliate member described the volume as the single most valuable document he has ever had for satellite data CEOS members have agreed to issue an annual yearbook, i.e., an updated Executive Summary, of the apace-segment and ground -segment dossier. The first of these yearbooks was issued and distributed to delegations at the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in June 1992.
In summary, CEOS is a consultative organization -striving for information exchange, coordination, and consensus on policy issues. Findings and recommendations of CEOS are acted upon at the discretion of each member. CEOS deliberations and recommendations help members to come to agreement on issues and to ensure appropriate coordination among national programs and across the spectrum of space-based Earth observation missions and data management activities.
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