[CODATA-international] Fwd: CODATA 2017 session proposal: Modern strategies for data collection and analysis for the better understanding of the Earth system

[Simon CODATA]

Dear colleagues,

Following the announcement earlier requesting contributions to a session at the CODATA 2017 Conference http://codata2017.gcras.ru/ I have received a similar request from Anatoloy Soloviev, Chair of the CODATA Task Group on Earth and Space Data Interoperability who is organising a session on 'Modern strategies for data collection and analysis for the better understanding of the Earth system’ and would also welcome additional abstracts and proposals.  Please see the abstract for the session below.

The deadline for abstracts is 28 July and they should be submitted at http://conference.codata.org/2017/ - and if it is the case, please indicate that your proposal is for the session organised by Anatoly Soloviev 'Modern strategies for data collection and analysis for the better understanding of the Earth system’.

with very best wishes.,

Simon.
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CODATA 2017 International Conference, ‘Global Challenges and Data-Driven Research’, Saint-Petersburg, 8-13 October, submit proposals for sessions and papers, deadline 28 July: http://conference.codata.org/2017/

What has CODATA delivered recently? See the CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2016 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830
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> From: Anatoly Soloviev <a.soloviev at gcras.ru>
> Subject: Re: [CODATA-international] Fwd: CODATA 2017 session proposal
> Date: 20 July 2017 at 15:05:20 CEST
> To: Simon CODATA <simon at codata.org>
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> Dear Simon,
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> thank you for the announcement. As you probably know, I've also submitted the session proposal "Modern strategies for data collection and analysis for the better understanding of the Earth system" to CODATA 2017 Conference (see abstract below).
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> I would be grateful for any assistance in publicising the session and inviting contributions.
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> Many thanks in advance.
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> All the best,
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> Anatoly
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> ABSTRACT
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> In the past decades, the demand for information about the planet in which we live is driving the creation of new highly capable observing and collection systems. Environmental observations are critical for forecasting weather and climate, monitoring geophysical fields, volcanoes, seismicity, tsunamis, etc. and in assessing the recovery from disasters. In this scenario, Earth observation technologies are developing rapidly to collect data from diversified locations over shorter periods of time, and in turn the datasets generated can be combined and analyzed to gain new scientific insights. How to create an integrated system for Earth and environmental observation, collection and analysis in order to manage the increasing volume of data allowing easy access by the research and civil community? Each of the topic areas requires a range of measurements derived from a variety of platforms including satellite, airborne and in situ. Merging observed data with geospatial analysis allows the generation of better knowledge of natural processes and risk management.
> Many examples of Earth and environmental measurements have improved the way we look at the Earth’s system, both below ground and above. Particularly, aerial photogrammetry is a useful tool for area-wide mapping and monitoring of permafrost geometry, thickness changes and surface creep; satellite radar interferometry becomes an important tool for determining ice-flow velocity. ESA's Swarm 3-satellite mission provides unprecedented quality of the Earth's magnetic and electric field observations, which enable high-precision and high-resolution modelling of the interior and atmospheric electromagnetic processes, as well as ocean circulation patterns that affect climate and weather. The ever-improving spatial and temporal coverage of geodetic images motivates better quantification of the sources of error in those data sets and helps with the rigorous characterization and resolution of the deformation sources in space and time.
> The large volume of available observations presents a large number of challenges, including the characterization and treatment of noise and desired signal in the data and practical considerations of how to minimize the computational cost of examining such large data sets. The session will provide modern insights into creation of integrated systems for Earth and environmental observations, their collection and analysis in order to manage efficiently the increasing data volumes and provide easy access to the research and civil communities. The session will also consider the state-of-the-art and perspectives in data science relevant to Earth observations and environmental research.
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