Standards for Earth Observations

About Standards for Earth Observations

Mission

Standards activities provide a proven path to advancing technology implementation and are a natural extension to the technical activities carried out within IEEE Societies and Councils.

In 2017 the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society formed the Standards for Earth Observations Technical Committee to support the development and promotion of technical standards related to the generation, distribution, and utilization of interoperable data products from remote sensing systems. By 2020 five standards development projects, sponsored by the GRSS Standards Committee (GRSS/SC), had been initiated with the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA).

Recognizing the uniqueness and importance of standards work within the Society, the GRSS created the Standards in Earth Observations Ad Hoc Committee (SEOAH) to function as the managing organizational unit within GRSS to handle standards development. The GRSS/SC, which is within the IEEE-SA, functions under the umbrella of the SEOAH. The SEOAH continues to foster the creation of standards that address identified needs. This is being accomplished by:

  • Liaising with the GRSS Technical Committees to identify where standardization of a remote sensing product or service could lead to greater adoption in some target market
  • Engaging representatives from remote sensing companies, research institutions, and standards laboratories in standards development activities that it sponsors
  • Exploring the creation of working groups within Standards Development Organizations such as IEEE, OGC, CEOS, and ISO
  • Soliciting sponsors for standards development work
  • Performing education and outreach to maximize standard adoption

Scope

The scope of the GRSS Standards for Earth Observations Technical Committee includes all types of Earth-observing systems and products. Standards development efforts will be undertaken via an open consensus process by an appropriate Standards Development Organization.

Membership is open to all interested parties.

Contact Information:

The GRSSS Standards in Earth Observations encourages participation from all its members.

Chair

Dr. Siri Jodha Khalsa
National Snow and Ice Data Center
USA
Email 

Co-Chair

George Percivall
GeoRoundtable
USA
Email

Working Groups:

Characterization and Calibration of Hyperspectral Imaging Devices Working Group (P4001)

This standard defines performance characteristics for hyperspectral cameras, as well as metadata for hyperspectral images, for a set of use cases defined to represent a wide range of applications.

 


Synthetic Aperture Radar Metadata Content Working Group (P4002)

The scope of this standard involves the metadata for describing airborne and spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. This standard specifies the metadata content structure, as well as the text representation.


Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry Data and Metadata Content Working Group (P4003)

The scope of this standard involves the metadata for describing airborne and spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. This standard specifies the metadata content structure, as well as the text representation.

Current membership (as of February 2020):

Last NameFirst NameAffiliationCountry
 SunitaAmity university, noidaInida
AgramPiyushNASA – JPLUSA
AhmadTouseefSpace Applications Centre AhmedabadIndia
Al-KhaldiMohammadElectroScience Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State UniversityUSA
AllgairJohnBRIDGUSA
AwuviriAlexanderGRIDCoGhana
AwuviriAlexanderRFMICROTEKGhana
BaumannPeterJacobs UniversityGermany
BaumgartnerAndreasDLRGermany
Ben DorEyalUniversity of Tel AvivIsrael
BökerDietmarIABGAssling
CampsAdrianoUPC BarcelonaSpain
CarlierSimonAalto UniversityFinland
Carreno-LuengoHugoClimate and Space Sciences and Engineering Department, University of MichiganUSA
CatarinoNunoDeimos PortugalPortugal
DELIOTPhilippeONERAFRANCE
DarnellBarbaraBodkin DesignUnited States
DonnaHowlandNorthrop GrummanUS
DuburgDominiqueTOTALUnknown
DurellChristopherUnited StatesNew Hampshire
ElarabManalMicaSense Inc.United States
EvansBettyDigital GlobeUSA
FongAlexandreTruTag TechnologiesUnited States
FritzThomasDLRGermany
GILCHRISTJohnCAMLIN Photonics LtdUnited Kingdom
GariepyGenevieveABBCanada
GonzalezCarolina
GrizonnetManuelCNESFrance
GutierrezAntonioDeimos PortugalPortugal
HardyCarolineUniversity of JohannesburgSouth Africa
HikichiKEItaKosuai KogtoJapan
HolzwarthStefanieDLRGermany
HongWenInstitute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
JunjunYinUniversity of Science and technology BeijingChina
JuradoPedro
KannambadiGurudattaAaron-GSDIndia
KhalsaSiri JodhaUniv. of Colorado, BoulderUSA
LambMarkNorthrop Grumman, Los AngelesUSA
Lo MonteLorenzoTelephonicsUSA
Lopez-SanchezJuan MUniversidad de AlicanteSpain
MallenahalliNaresh KumarNational Remote Sensing Centre (ISRO)India
MallorquiJordi J.CommSensLab – Unidad de Excelencia Maria de MaeztuSpain
MazzaAntonioUniversity FedericoItaly
MeyerFranzASF Chief ScientistUSA
MiaoYuanjingNational Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
PacificiFabioDigital GlobeUSA
PapathanassiouKostasDLRGermany
PercivallGeorgeOGCUSA
PierceLelandThe University of Michigan, EECS Dept.USA
RalphGendron
ReigberAndreasDLRGermany
RomeroKevinNorthrop GrummanUSA
RosenPaulNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUSA
RuggieriMarinaUniversity of Roma ‘Tor Vergata’Italy
SSVijayaShekarIIT-VIndia
SaketapuramHaripriyaNational Remote Sensing Centre ISROIndia
SchwartzkopfWadeNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)USA
SchwegmannColinCouncil for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)South Africa
SkauliTorbjornNorwegian defence research (FFI)Norway
StiefelAviISIIsrael
StroblPeterEuropean Commission, Joint Research CentreItaly
SundbergRobertSpectral Sciences, Inc.US
TakashiKazuoriOyo Corp.Japan
UstunerMustafaYıldız Technical UniversityTurkey
Villalon-TurrubiatesIvanITESO, Universidad Jesuita de GuadalajaraMexico
VoimovSergeyDLRGermany
WangTianlinUniversity of MichiganUSA
XuXingouNational Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of SciencesChina
YagneNestorDLR
YounisMarwanDLRGermany
kushwahasunni kanta prasadIndian Institute of Technology – RoorkeeIndia

 

Contact Information:

The GRSSS Standards in Earth Observations encourages participation from all its members.

Chair

Dr. Siri Jodha Khalsa
National Snow and Ice Data Center
USA
Email 

Co-Chair

George Percivall
GeoRoundtable
USA
Email

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