Reports and progress on GEOARC

Aiming at a global scale of ecological and environmental monitoring and analyzing, GEOARC is to propose a protocol framework for Earth Observation data collection, integration, interpretation and analyses to provide useful information and knowledge for public. Not only the data products but also the Annual Report are to be released every year to serve for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2030), Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030). An international cooperation network for GEOARC is open for all participants to join in to promote the connection among the data providers, researchers and users. This side event is to present the recent progresses on GEOARC and other related research projects, to communicate and discuss with experts from different areas. The main contents include:

• Introduction of the GEOARC Project
• Regional Ecosystem Trends Along the Belt and Road
• Development of vegetation sensitivity products for climate studies and extreme events
• Global Spatiotemporal Distribution of Carbon Source and Sink
• Supply Situation of Maize, Rice, Wheat and Soybean
• Integrated Global GHG Information System (IG3IS): atmospheric composition measurements in support of data-driven climate change solutions

Organizers

National Remote Sensing Center of China, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Contact

LIU Qinhuo (liuqh@radi.ac.cn)