Affiliation:
1. Morgan State University Baltimore Maryland USA
2. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Maryland USA
3. International Water Affairs Federal Institute of Hydrology Koblenz Germany
4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Silver Spring Maryland USA
5. International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management Tsukuba Japan
Abstract
AbstractGiven the wide diversity of data services provided to national water management agencies, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) in collaboration with the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) developed the approach described in the report, Implementing the GEOSS Water Strategy—From Observations to Decisions to develop more coherent and equitable data services for water management through the use of Earth observations. Among other water resource issues, it recognized the need to enhance data‐enriched water management services to support decision making related to drought monitoring, flood warning, tracking and improving sustainable development and monitoring and ameliorating the impacts of climate change. Needs associated with the Strategy's four themes: improved data acquisition for essential water variables, research and product development, interoperability and coordination, and capacity development and decision support, are reviewed. Responses to the recommendations have been undertaken by GEO, led by its Global Water Sustainability (GEOGloWS) initiative which includes NASA contributions, CEOS, and the Global Terrestrial Network for Hydrology (GTN‐H). Progress on the themes is reviewed and benefits of these developments for international and US water management are identified. The commentary concludes with a summary of what has been achieved, what remains to be done, and the priority focus areas for implementation in the final year of the Strategy.
Funder
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University of Tokyo
Entomological Society of America
Subject
Earth-Surface Processes,Water Science and Technology,Ecology
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