Area
Task Short Title
Agriculture
Data Utilization in Agriculture
Forest Mapping and Change Monitoring
Training Modules for Agriculture
Improving Measurements of Biomass
Agricultural Risk Management
Operational Agricultural Monitoring
System
Biodiversity
Biodiversity Requirements in Earth
Observation
Capturing Historical Biodiversity Data
Biodiversity Observation and Monitoring
Network
Invasive Species Monitoring System
Climate
Sustained Reprocessing and Reanalysis
Efforts
Key Climate Data from Satellite Systems
Key Terrestrial Observations for Climate
GEOSS IPY Contribution
Global Ocean Observation System
Seamless Weather and Climate
Prediction System
Disasters
Seismographic Networks Improvement
and Coordination
Integration of InSAR Technology
Implementation of a Tsunami Early
Warning System (TEWS) at Global Level
Multi-hazard Zonation and Maps
Multi-hazard Approach Definition and
Progressive Implementation
Use of Satellites for Risk Management
Implementation of a Fire Warning
System at Global Level
Risk Management for Floods
Ecosystems
Ecosystems Integrated Global Carbon
Observation (IGCO)
Ecosystem Classification
Regional Networks for Ecosystems
Global Ecosystem Observation and
Monitoring Network
Area
Task Short Title
Energy
Using New Observation Systems
for Energy
Management of Energy Sources
Energy Environmental Impact
Monitoring
Energy Policy Planning
Health
Forecast Health Hazards
Strengthen Observation and Information
Systems for Health
Environment and Health Monitoring
and Modeling
Integrated Atmospheric Pollution
Monitoring, Modeling and Forecasting
User
Identify Priorities and Synergies
between SBAs
Pilot Communities of Practice
Nowcasting and Forecasting
User Applications
Millennium Development Goals
Environmental Risk Management
Water
Forecast Models for Drought and Water
Resource Management
In-situ Water Cycle Monitoring
Capacity Building Program for Water
Resource Management
Global Water Quality Monitoring
Satellite Water Quantity Measurements
and Integration with In-situ Data
Weather
Surface-based Global Observing System
for Weather
Space-based Global Observing System
for Weather
THORPEX Interactive Global Grand
Ensemble (TIGGE)
Numerical Weather-Prediction
Capacity Building
Data Assimilation for Operational Use
Weather Demonstration Project for the
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Table 1
[Source: The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
10 Year Implementation Plan (Altan, 2009)]
to address complex challenges, particularly in
remote and isolated areas such as climate change
in the Antarctic and trans-boundary transportation
(SDG 1). With respect to addressing the issue
of global food security, space-based and aerial
image technology can help in precision agriculture,
rainfall and drought observation and monitoring
crop wellness with the end goal of maximizing land
productivity without damaging the ecosystem - all
in an effort to address the issue of global food
security. High-resolution airborne and satellite
images are currently being used to assess crop
growth and yield variability in order to predict
supply. (Yang, Everitt, Du, Luo, & Chanussot, 2013).
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