3rd Session Polar Space Task Group (PSTG)

PSTG-SARCWG-2 Meeting
PSTG Home

1

Opening and Welcoming Remarks:
Pascale Ultré-Guérard (CNES)
Mark Drinkwater (Chair)
Steven Hosford (local host logistics, etc)

2

Introductions (All)

3

Approval of Agenda

Provisional Agenda (Rev.2)

4

Action Status from PSTG-2 (Secretariat)

5

CNES Priorities in Polar and Cryosphere Research (Lambin, Hosford)

6

EC-PORS-4 Update (Drinkwater, for Zhang) [EC-PORS-4_FinalReport]

7

7.1

7.2

7.3

7.4

Polar/Cryosphere Satellite Observation Requirements:

SWE and snow cover (K. Luojus)

Permafrost (A. Bartsch) [07-02-02_ESA-DUE2009, 07-02-03_Permafrost-EOView]

Atmosphere - Year of Polar Prediction (P. Bauer) [07-03-02_WWRP-PPP-IP]

Requirements development under GEO Cold Regions Initiative (Y. Qiu)

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8.1

8.2

8.3

8.4

Coordinating a Response to Science Requirements

SAR Coordination WG Status Update (Y. Crevier)

Ice Sheet Monitoring – Acquisition Plans & Status (B. Scheuchl) [08-02-02_SAR-Req-IS]

Permafrost Acquisition Plans & Status (A. Roth)

Other existing acquisition plans (P. Potin) [08-04-02_SentinelHLOP]

9

WMO Global Survey on Use of Satellite Products; Product Access Guide; Rolling
Review of Requirements (Secretariat)

10

Global Cryosphere Watch (Jeff Key) [GCW-IP-v1.0]
Satellite products, data products intercomparisons, GCW portal

10b

Update on SAON (Sustained Arctic Observing Networks) (Secretariat)

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11.1

11.2

11.3

Implementation Strategy Discussion

Status of relevant missions (Drinkwater)

Key strategic drivers [11-02_SOOS, 11-03_IICWG, 11-04_MetOpSG, 11-05_ArcticPolicy, 11-06_SpaceArcticConf, 11-07_EO4CryoScience]

i. Socio-economic benefits

ii. Example: coordinating a response to sea ice requirements [11-02-01_Seaice]

Consistency of current plans with PSTG ToR (Drinkwater; Secretariat)

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12.1

12.2

12.3

12.4

12.5

Agency-Specific Reports

CMA (Drinkwater, for Zhang)

INPE (Buss de Souza)

CSA (Crevier) [12-03-01_RadarsatConst, 12-03-02_RCM-PhaseD]

EUMETSAT (Holmlund)

NSC (Herland) [12-05-02_SIOS]

13

CEOS SIT-28 debrief (Y.Crevier & S. Hosford)

14

List of Invitees - Status of Invitations to new Members (Secretariat)

15

Summary of PSTG-3 Actions

WMO EC-PORS, 4th session (13-15 Mar 2013, Lanzhou, China)