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CONTENTSReport of 1993 CEOS Plenary---This page
CEOS/IGBP-DIS Pilot Project on Data Exchange
High Resolution Data Coverage for CEOS/IGBP-DIS Pilot Project
CEOS Working Group on Data (WGD)
CEOS Working Group on Calibration and Validation (WGCV)
Introduction of CEOS Community Locator System (CCLS)
Report of 1993 CEOS Plenary (continued from page 1)
Requirements for Participation in CEOS
News Highlights
1994 CEOS Meeting Calendar
Report of 1993 CEOS Plenary
Akihiro FujitaDirector, International Space Affairs Division,
Research and Development Bureau, Science and Technology Agency of Japan
- The seventh Plenary meeting of the Committee on Earth Obseration Satellites
(CEOS) was held November 16-18, 1993 at Tsukuba Space Center, Japan. A
total of 71 representatives from 25 agencies attended the meeting. I was
designated as chairperson of the 1993 Plenary, and the meeting was hosted
by the Science and Technology Agency (STA) and the National Space Development
Agency of Japan (NASDA) . Opening remarks and a welcome speech were presented
by Mr. M. Miyabayashi, Deputy Director-General, Research and Development
Bureau, STA and Mr. S. Tateno, Executive Director, NASDA. The meeting focused
on reporting 1993 activities on the first day, the CEOS activity plan for
1994 and beyond on the second day, and wrap-up on the last day. The following
are the highlights of the meeting.
Data Policy
An amendment to "The CEOS Resolution of Satellite Data Exchange Principles
in Support of Global Change Research" was approved and procedures to implement
the data exchange principles were endorsed at the sixth Plenary in London
in 1992. The data exchange priciples call for the maximum use of satellite
data as the fundamental objective and an exchange and sharing mechanism
among CEOS members as an essential first step.
The outcome of the CEOS Ad Hoc Data Policy Meeting held May 25-26,
1993 in Tokyo was presented by Mr. Y. Haruyama, NASDA. At the meeting,
an agreement was reached on how to proceed with the Data Exchange Pilot
Project, and NOAA's proposal to co-host with NASA an Ad Hoc Data Policy
Meeting on Exchange of Data for Operational and Environmental (Pubic Utility)
Use was proposed.
The accomplishments of the Data Exchange Pilot Project (see next article,
page 2) were reported by Dr. I. Rasool, IGBP. The Plenary recognized the
progress made by IGBP and the contributing space agencies and data providers.
A plan for the proposed Ad Hoc Data Policy Meeting to discuss data
exchange principles in support of operational and environmental (public
utiity) use was described by Dr. B Smith, NOAA. The goal of the meeting
would be to identity the framework for new CEOS data exchange principles.
The Plenary accepted the proposed initiative, and an Ad Hoc Data Policy
Meeting will take place in April 1994.
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