Air Quality Metadata Workshop Dublin 2012

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Workshop on Air Quality and Atmospheric Composition Metadata, Dublin, 5-7 Sept. 2012

First Announcement

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:

  1. to review the international metadata standards in terms of their applicability to air quality and atmospheric composition needs,
  2. to establish a community consensus on the metadata structure and terminology for air quality and atmospheric composition,
  3. to identify interconnections among different geographic and thematic areas from emissions to observations and model results on atmospheric composition, and
  4. 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: Media:geo_aq_cop_dublin_2012_agenda_draft01.pdf

Venue: Morrison hotel, Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland (web page).

Registration: to be opened in May 2012

Registration fee: the budget is still under discussion. Through the help of sponsors we hope to keep the registration fee below 100 Euros. If you can contribute to the financing of this event, please send email to Martin Schultz.

Further information: If you are interested to follow the discussions on this topic, please subscribe to the GEO AQ CoP mailing list, regardless of your ability to attend the workshop.