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NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REPORTS
GMES and GEOSS: towards a new era in Earth observation
1. Council of the European Union, 4th Space Council Resolution on the European Space
Policy, 2007
Earth observations - JAXA’s role
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
1. See NOAA’s Role in Space-Based Global Precipitation Estimation and Application, National
Academy of Sciences, August 2006
The INM’s Izaña Atmospheric Research Centre, a GEO-oriented experience
The Izaña Atmospheric Research Centre (Izaña-ARC) is managed by the Instituto Nacional de
Meteorología (INM; the National Meteorological Institute of Spain). The Izaña-ARC has operated
a super-site (28ºN, 16ºW, 2400 m a.s.l.) since 1984 where atmospheric monitoring, research is
carried out, and where GEO-oriented multidisciplinary projects, with scope over large regions of
the Earth, are developed.
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2. CNRS/Lille University, France;
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5. Data is available at
The UK piece of the GEO puzzle
1. Further information with links to BNSC partners’ websites can be found at:
http/
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THE GLOBAL EARTH OBSERVATION S YSTEM OF SYSTEMS COMPONENTS
Observing systems
The blue planet – observations of the global ocean
1. The GOOS writing team is: Keith Alverson, Pierre Bahurel, Peter Dexter, Paul DiGiacomo,
Jean-Louis Fellous, John Field, John Gould, Richard Graham, Ed Harrison, Tom Malone,
Jose Muelbert, Bob Weller and Stan Wilson.
Why the world needs a global ocean observing system
1. International Herald Tribune, 2 August 2007
2. Associated Press, 4 August 2007
3. International Herald Tribune, 9 August 2007
4. International Herald Tribune, 7 August 2007
5. Associated Press, 9 August 2007
6. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center Bulletin, 8 August 2007
7. Australian Government, Bureau of Meteorology, 3 August 2007
8. International Herald Tribune, 12 August 2007
9. Alverson, K. and D.J. Baker, ‘Taking the Pulse of the Oceans’, Science 314:5806, 1657,
2006.
10. Alverson, K. and D.J. Baker, ibid.
Further Reading:
Alverson, K. ‘Watching over the world’s oceans’, Nature 434, 19-20, 2005.
Toward a global biodiversity observation system
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Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatories
1. Heyer et al. (eds) 1994, Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity, Standard Methods for
Amphibians. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC
2. Condit 1998, Tropical Forest Census Plots: Methods and Results from Barro Colorado Island,
Panama and a Comparison with Other Plots . Springer-Verlag Berlin
Appendix 1. CTFS Network Partners
The Americas
Brazil – National Institute of Research of the Amazônia (INPA), Universidade de Sao Paulo;
Louisiana State University (USA).
Colombia – Instituto Humboldt, Instituto Amazonico De Investigaciones Cientificas
(SINCHI), University of Medellín (UNALMED).
Ecuador – Universidad Catolica de Ecuador, University of Aarhus (Denmark), Chicago
Field Museum (USA).
Panama – STRI (USA), Canal Authority (Panama), University of Georgia (USA).
Puerto Rico – University of Puerto Rico, USDA Forest Service.
Africa
Cameroon – Bioresources Development and Conservation Program, Oregon State
University (USA), University of Buea (Cameroon).
Democratic Republic of Congo – Centre de Formation et de Recherche en Conservation
Forestière (CEFRECOF), Wildlife Conservation Society.
Asia
China – Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden.
India – Indian Institute of Science.
Malaysia – Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Sarawak Forest Department, Osaka City
University (Japan), Kyoto University (Japan), National Institute of Environmental Studies
(Japan), Harvard University (USA).
Philippines– University of Philippines, Diliman Campus, Manila, (Philippines), Isabela
State University, Plan International, Conservation International (Philippines), Harvard
University (USA).
Singapore – National Institute for Education at Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore National Parks Board, National University Singapore.
Sri Lanka – University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Forest Department, University of Sri
Jayawardenepura.
Taiwan– Tunghai University, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.
Thailand– Royal Forest Department, National Institute of Environmental Studies (Japan),
Harvard University (USA), National Parks and Wildlife Department, Kyoto University (Japan).
European geological surveys and GEOSS – observing the Earth beneath our feet:
why does it matter?
1. Full information on GeoSciML and access to the operational test bed is available at
2. A Directive is a law applicable in all EU member states, to which national laws must
conform after a transition period of two years in the case of INSPIRE.
3. The International Year of the Planet Earth and One Geology websites are respectively available
via these links: (IYPE) and (OneGeology).
4. The European Geochemical Atlas and its underpinning data are freely downloadable here:
5. The list is available for download here:
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NSF’s observing systems: platforms for large-scale environmental research
The authors would like to extend special appreciation to Cheryl Lyn Dybas, NSF public affairs
officer, for her outstanding contributions to the writing and coordination of this chapter, and to
Elizabeth Blood, NSF programme director, for her extensive programmatic input to the process.
Without them, this chapter would not exist.
Observing systems for the Pacific Islands region – unique challenges for a unique environment
1. FAO (2007).Building adaptive capacity to climate change. Policies to sustain livelihoods and fisheries.
New directions in fisheries – a series of policy briefs on development issues. No.8. FAO, Rome.
2. IPCC (2007). Climate change 2007: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, a summary for
policymakers. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Edited by S. Solomon, D. Qin, M. Manning,
Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K. B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller. Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, UK, and New York, USA.
3. Scott, D. Overmars, M., Falkland, T. and Carpenter, C. (2002). Pacific dialogue on water and
climate: synthesis report. SOPAC, Suva.
KoFlux contribution to GEOSS: HydroKorea II and CarboEastAsia
1. Ramanathan, V., C. Chung, D. Kim, T. Bettge, L. Buja, J. T. Kiehl, W. M. Washington and M. Wild,
2005: ‘Atmospheric brown clouds: Impacts on South Asian climate and hydrological cycle.’
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102, 5326-5333.
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3. Baldocchi, D., E. Falge, L. Gu, R. Olson, D. Hollinger, S. Running, P. Anthoni, CH.
Bernhofer, K. Davis, J. Fuentes, A. Goldstein, G. Katul, B. Law, X. Lee, Y. Malhi, T. Meyers,
J.W. Munger, W. Oechel, K. Pilegaard, H.P. Schmid, R. Valentini, S. Verma, T. Vesala, K.
Wilson, and S. Wofsy, 2001: ‘Fluxnet: a new tool to study the temporal and spatial
variability of ecosystem-scale carbon dioxide, water vapor and energy flux densities. ’
Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 82, 2415-2434
4. Kim, J., D. Lee, J. Hong, S. Kang, S. -J. Kim, S. -K. Moon, J. -H. Lim, Y. Son, J. Lee, S. Kim,
N. Woo, K. Kim, B. Lee, B. -L. Lee, and S. Kim, 2006: ‘HydroKorea and CarboKorea:
Cross-scale studies of ecohydrology and biogeochemistry in a heterogeneous and complex
forest catchment of Korea.’ Ecological Research, 21, 881-889.
Additional reference:
Jung, H. –S., G. –H. Lim, and J. –H. Oh, 2001: ‘Interpretation of the transient variations in
the time series of precipitation amounts in Seoul, Korea. Part I: Diurnal variation.’ Journal
of Climate, 14, 2989-3004.
Acknowledgments:
This study is supported by a grant (Code: 1-8-2) from the Sustainable Water Resources
Research Center of the 21st Century Frontier Research Program, the Eco-Technopia 21
Project from the Ministry of Environment, the A3 Foresight programme of the Korean
Science and Engineering Foundation, and the BK21 programme from the Ministry of
Education and Human Resource Management of Korea.
GEOSS architecture principles and the GEOSS Clearinghouse
1. Quote attributed to Michael Tiemann, CTO of Red Hat, Inc.
Dissemination/Information systems
The GEOPortal – gateway to GEOSS
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