The Recommendations document attempts to distill the findings from the gap analysis performed within GAIA-CLIM as described in the Gaps Assessment and Impacts Document (GAID) and associated online Catalogue of Gaps into a set of high-level actionable priority recommended activities. It is intended to be a high-level accessible document supported by the rich information on gaps collected throughout the project.
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Table: High-level recommendation titles and thematic clustering.
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Education and training |
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Maintain and further develop a trained workforce competent in EO data characterisation and downstream applications to support Copernicus activities |
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Non-satellite data quality and availability |
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Improve the metrological characterisation of a suite of non-satellite measurement techniques: Striving for traceable, reference quality, fiducial measurement series |
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Augment and consolidate existing geographical coverage of fiducial reference quality observational networks to be more globally representative, including a range of surface types and climate zones |
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Improve time scheduling coherency of satellite and non-satellite measurements to minimise the need to account for co-location uncertainty effects |
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Instigate and sustain time-bounded access to a comprehensive set of harmonised fiducial reference data and metadata holdings under a common data model and open data policy that enables interoperability for applications |
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Observational network governance |
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Take steps to reassess, rationalise, and improve coordination of high quality observing networks |
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Conversion of non-satellite measures to Top Of Atmosphere radiance-equivalents and their use |
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Improve knowledge of fundamental spectroscopy and undertake associated innovations in radiative-transfer modelling |
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Improve quantification of the effects of surface properties to reduce uncertainties in satellite data assimilation and satellite to non-satellite data comparisons |
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Develop and provide tools that convert non-satellite fiducial reference quality measurements to Top-Of-Atmosphere radiance equivalents with associated rigorously quantified uncertainties |
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Understanding and quantifying irreducible co-location mismatch effects |
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Improve the basis for assigning co-locations and quantifying rigorously the associated uncertainties, including steps towards operational provision of co-location uncertainties |
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Provision of user tools that enable exploitation |
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Operationalise co-location match-ups, extraction and visualisation tools, such as the GAIA-CLIM Virtual Observatory, to facilitate user access to satellite to non-satellite match-ups |