PA21B:
Addressing Societal Challenges Through the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Posters


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Session ID#: 50760

Session Description:
The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) is a set of coordinated, independent Earth observation, information and processing systems that interact and provide access to diverse information for a broad range of users in both public and private sectors. The GEOSS Platform links together these systems to strengthen the monitoring of the state of the Earth while ensuring that these data are accessible, of identified quality and provenance, and interoperable to support the development of tools and the delivery of information services.

Functionalities of the GEOSS Platform, such as the enhanced GEOSS Portal, and the discovery and access broker (DAB), are connecting providers and users of Earth observations to both increase our understanding of Earth processes and enhance predictive capabilities that underpin sound decision-making.  This Session focuses on services and applications that make use of the GEOSS Platform to provide solutions to environmental and social challenges faced by society.

Primary Convener:  Douglas Cripe, GEO Group on Earth Observations, Geneva, Switzerland
Conveners:  Stefano Nativi, CNR - IIA, Sesto Fiorentino-Firenze, Italy, Paola De Salvo, GEO Group on Earth Observations, Geneva, Switzerland and Argyro Kavvada, NASA Headquarters, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, United States
Primary Liaison:  Paola De Salvo, GEO Group on Earth Observations, Geneva, Switzerland
Chairs:  Douglas Cripe, GEO Group on Earth Observations, Geneva, Switzerland and Stefano Nativi, CNR - IIA, Sesto Fiorentino-Firenze, Italy
OSPA Liaison:  Paola De Salvo, GEO Group on Earth Observations, Geneva, Switzerland
Co-Organized with:
Public Affairs, and Public Affairs
Index Terms:

1916 Data and information discovery [INFORMATICS]
1960 Portals and user interfaces [INFORMATICS]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Landsat: Understanding the Impact of Price on Data Access by Key User Groups (357692)
Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Atlanta, GA, United States
Strengthening Food Security Assessments in Kenya Through Implementation of a National Crop Monitor System (377210)
Lilian W. Ndungu1, Stephen SANDE Ngondi1, Anastasia Mumbi Wahome2, Robinson M Mugo2, Walter Lee Ellenburg II3, Emily Caitlin Adams3, Jan Dempewolf4, Catherine Lilian Nakalembe5, Inbal Becker Reshef6 and Tom Dienya7, (1)Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development, Nairobi, Kenya, (2)Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), Nairobi, Kenya, (3)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (5)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (6)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (7)Ministry of Agriculture, State Department for Crops Development, Nairobi, Kenya
TWIGA: Transforming Water, weather, and climate information through In situ observations for Geo-services in Africa (395960)
Nick Van De Giesen, Delft University of Technology, Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft, Netherlands, Marie-Claire Ten Veldhuis, Delft University of Technology, Water Management, Delft, Netherlands and Frank O Annor, TU Delft, Civil Engineering & Geosciences, Delft, Netherlands; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
A Geospace for SDGs: Engaging the People through Data Integration in the Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (464995)
Hans-Peter Plag, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States
Building toward a Climate Resilience Toolkit Case Study with SMERGE: a Long-Term Root Zone Soil Moisture Proudct (453260)
Kenneth J Tobin, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, United States

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