First Announcement
Dear colleague, The GEO AQ CoP is a self-organized voluntary group that fosters the application of Earth observations to air quality management and science. Its participants and its main beneficiaries are members of national and international science teams, data portals and decision support activities. CoP activities include sharing tools and best practices and facilitation of standards-based networking of air quality data systems using GEOSS data sharing principles. The collection, management and access to atmospheric composition and air quality data are undergoing rapid changes towards web-based, interoperable data services. Although significant efforts are presently dedicated to facilitate access to these type of information, severe limitations for linking information from different platforms, programs, data centers and research fields arise from inadequate definitions of metadata. In order to enhance the connectivity of the global network on air quality and atmospheric composition data, the community of researchers and practitioners needs to articulate their needs, identify the most relevant facets of metadata, and try to reach consensus on terminology and structure. The next meeting of the GEO AQ CoP is organized together with the preoperational GMES Atmospheric Service (MACC-II) and links to the GISC activities under the European Environment Agency. It invites emissions experts, air quality modellers, satellite data users, in-situ observation experts to express their views on the description of air quality and atmospheric composition data and to help advance the standardisation of metadata in these fields. The GEO Air Quality CoP- MACC-II workshop in Dublin main goals are: * to review the international metadata standards in terms of their applicability to air quality and atmospheric composition needs, * to establish a community consensus on the metadata structure and terminology for air quality and atmospheric composition, * to identify interconnections among different geographic and thematic areas from emissions to observations and model results on atmospheric composition, and * to provide recommendations on possible ways to implement the consensus metadata structure and terminology. The workshop will consist of plenary sessions and a full day of discussions in thematic and cross-cutting working groups. The facilities in Dublin can accommodate approximately 80 attendees. Preliminary agenda: see http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Air_Quality_Metadata_Workshop_Dublin_2012 Venue: Morrison hotel, Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland (http://www.morrisonhotel.ie/). Registration: to be opened in June 2012 Financial support: We cannot offer any travel support, but we aim at keeping the registration fee below 100 Euros The organizing committee: Martin Schultz (FZ Juelich), Leonor Tarason (NILU), Colin O'Dowd (U. Galway) PS: if you would like to obtain further information, please mailto:m.schu...@fz-juelich.de (do not reply to this mail) PPS: please forward this announcement to interested colleagues! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kennen Sie schon unseren neuen Film? http://www.fz-juelich.de/film Kennen Sie schon unsere app? http://www.fz-juelich.de/app
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