[ESIP-AQ] GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot - Air Quality Scenario

[Rudolf Husar]

 Hi AQ Cluster,

About the AIP and Architecture discussion today:

The support of George Percivall for our
approach<http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/capitareports/080314_GEOSS_AQ_Architecture/GEOSS_Arch_Schem_080313rbh.ppt>was
really important. He is deeply involved and clued-in to the entire
GEOSS
architecting  process. Now we know that the AQ parts can plug into  the
GEOSS Architecture and we can proceed with the next phase of
GEOSS-compatible AQ Community Catalog and Portal design and
implementation.

The AIP Call for Participation (CFP) is expected to be issued in early May
and it is at that point that we need to mobilize the various
organizations and encourage their participation. Terry Keating from EPA, has
just issued an invitation to an EU
contingent<http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Invitation_to_GEOSS_AIP%2C_AQ_Scenario>.
Responses to the CFP will be due approximately early June, 2008. During the
summer months the various groups can prepare their respective offerings
(data, services, catalogs, portals) to the Architecture Implementation
Pilot.  The kick-off meeting, where the various participants will meet is to
take place in early Fall. At that meeting the specific scenario(s) will be
agreed on, based on the offerings to the Pilot.

Between now and next Fall, we can get the Community Air Quality Catalog(s)
and Portal(s) set up.  Also,  we can start populating the Catalog  with
registered data and  processing services.  We can also begin the
experimentation with  AQ Community Portal, which will include workspace for
the Community of Practice.

Please recall that the AIP implementation is driven by the Architecture and
Data Committee (ADC) of GEOSS. However, the GEOSS User Interface Committee
(UIC) is also keenly interested in the  AQ Scenario, in particular in the
the AQ Community of Practice. In order to firm up their involvement in the
AIP, the UIC is organizing a workshop in
Toronto<http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/2008-03-04:_GEOSS_User_Interface_Meeting%2C_May_6-8%2C_Toronto>,
May
5, 2008. Participation by members of this group are encouraged.

 Anyway, I just wanted to share with the group my perception that we have
just passed another important milestone toward the AIP. Guided by this
GEOSS-compatible architectural framework, we can now focus on:

   - implementing the Air Quality Community Catalog and Portal,
   - defining, demonstrating and supporting the AQ Community of Practice
   and
   - continue building the desired stable, persistent GEOSS-compatible
   Air  Quality Data Network.

Good weekend everyone.

Rudy






On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 2:19 PM, <Keating.Terry at epamail.epa.gov> wrote:

>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Under the GEO Architecture and Data Committee, the next Architecture
> Implementation Pilot (AIP) is preparing for a new call for participation
> (CFP).  U.S. EPA working with NASA, NOAA, and others in the U.S. air
> quality community through the ESIP Air Quality Cluster are recommending
> an "air quality scenario" be included in this CFP.  I'm writing to
> invite your participation in the definition of this scenario and in the
> cooperative activities that we hope will follow.
>
> The scenarios for the CFP are intended to be written from an end-user
> perspective (related to the GEO societal benefit areas) and is supposed
> to guide the development of an architecture demonstration.  This air
> quality scenario started as an extension of the 2006 AIP scenario on
> African Fires to air quality and smoke impacts.  It has been expanded
> and refocused such that air quality impacts of smoke and fire are still
> a component, but not the sole focus.
>
> You can read about the air quality scenario that has been put forward to
> date here http://www.ogcnetwork.net/node/349.  You can contribute to the
> development of the scenario through a wiki at
> http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/AIP_AQ_Unified_Scenario.  The CFP is
> expected to be finalized in late April or later, depending on other
> activities in the GEO ADC.
>
> The real objective of this effort is to begin the process of developing
> an interoperable air quality information system, in the context of
> GEOSS.  There are a variety of related efforts going on in related fora
> (e.g. IGACO implementation, CEOS Atmospheric Composition Constellation,
> TF HTAP) and regionally in North America, Europe (e.g. GMES, GEMS,
> GEOMON), and elsewhere.  The AIP exercise may be a way of bringing some
> of these efforts together, or more closely connecting some of them with
> other efforts contributing to the broader GEOSS.
>
> Within the U.S., we have begun a serious dialogue about how to improve
> the interoperability of our air quality information systems and what
> concepts such as service oriented architecture mean for future
> investments in data systems and applications (e.g.,
> http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Data_Summit_Workspace).  In addition,
> the U.S. EPA has launched an effort to redesign our national AIRNow
> system for near real-time air quality information and forecasts to make
> the software and tools available for implementation in other countries.
> We are planning to implement the new international version of AIRNow in
> Shanghai in 2009.  We expect to have a design document available soon.
> We invite feedback and suggestions as we design this system so that it
> can be as interoperable as possible.  NASA and NOAA are also working on
> a variety of products and services that have global or international
> applications.
>
> Thanks for your comments, suggestions, and participation in this effort.
>
> Terry
> ___________________________________________
> Terry J. Keating, Ph.D.
>
> Office of Air & Radiation (OAR/OPAR),  U.S. Environmental Protection
> Agency
> 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (Mail Code 6103A, Room 5442)  Washington DC
> 20460   USA
> Phone:  +1-202-564-1174   Fax:  +1-202-564-1554   Email:
> keating.terry at epa.gov
>
>


-- 
Rudolf B. Husar, Professor and Director
Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis (CAPITA),
Washington University,
1 Brookings Drive, Box 1124
St. Louis, MO 63130
314 935 6099



-- 
Rudolf B. Husar, Professor and Director
Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis (CAPITA),
Washington University,
1 Brookings Drive, Box 1124
St. Louis, MO 63130
314 935 6099
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