Task Team on the Cryosphere and Polar Observation from Space
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Under the auspices of INFCOM and the remit of AG-GCW and in collaboration with SC-ON, TT-CPOS will:
1. Convene coordinate collaborations (technical, scientific, planning) on satellite Earth observations to support research and operational cryospheric information needs in the Arctic, Antarctic, and high mountains worldwide.
2. Contribute to relevant WMO outputs on space-based capabilities and gaps regarding the cryosphere, addressing requirements from both research and operational communities, coordinated through AG-GCW. This includes activities such as the RRR on the Cryosphere, WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) Vision 2050, IPY activities, research programmes, and the GCOS Implementation Plan. Additionally, facilitate the dissemination of RRR outputs to agencies focused on research and operational objectives.
3. Facilitate consultations and develop recommendations to meet specific requirements with broad benefits as expressed by IPY, WMO, or research programmes. This may include optimizing mission planning, adjusting acquisition plans of existing satellites, leveraging existing flexibilities, exploring complementarities (such as the benefits of time/space collocated data products), and tailoring existing plans as needed.
4. Identify and make recommendations on existing, unique and complementary remote sensing capabilities that could be leveraged for cryospheric monitoring and scientific progress and on (new) products with potential to meet needs of users (e.g. for IPY) and for new applications and emerging opportunities, e.g. AI/ML, etc.
5. Support the implementation of the WMO Unified Data Policy on cryosphere core and recommended satellite data and the WMO Annual Gap Analysis for space-based observing systems for critical satellite observations and data over polar and high mountain regions, in collaboration with SC-ON/ET-SSU.
6. Address specific requests from AG-GCW, such as on requirements for ground-based observations for calibration and validation and on access to and assurance of complementary in situ observations, on fostering satellite cryosphere product intercomparisons, and on improvements to operational products and services, etc.
1. Convene coordinate collaborations (technical, scientific, planning) on satellite Earth observations to support research and operational cryospheric information needs in the Arctic, Antarctic, and high mountains worldwide.
2. Contribute to relevant WMO outputs on space-based capabilities and gaps regarding the cryosphere, addressing requirements from both research and operational communities, coordinated through AG-GCW. This includes activities such as the RRR on the Cryosphere, WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) Vision 2050, IPY activities, research programmes, and the GCOS Implementation Plan. Additionally, facilitate the dissemination of RRR outputs to agencies focused on research and operational objectives.
3. Facilitate consultations and develop recommendations to meet specific requirements with broad benefits as expressed by IPY, WMO, or research programmes. This may include optimizing mission planning, adjusting acquisition plans of existing satellites, leveraging existing flexibilities, exploring complementarities (such as the benefits of time/space collocated data products), and tailoring existing plans as needed.
4. Identify and make recommendations on existing, unique and complementary remote sensing capabilities that could be leveraged for cryospheric monitoring and scientific progress and on (new) products with potential to meet needs of users (e.g. for IPY) and for new applications and emerging opportunities, e.g. AI/ML, etc.
5. Support the implementation of the WMO Unified Data Policy on cryosphere core and recommended satellite data and the WMO Annual Gap Analysis for space-based observing systems for critical satellite observations and data over polar and high mountain regions, in collaboration with SC-ON/ET-SSU.
6. Address specific requests from AG-GCW, such as on requirements for ground-based observations for calibration and validation and on access to and assurance of complementary in situ observations, on fostering satellite cryosphere product intercomparisons, and on improvements to operational products and services, etc.
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