# Presentation: 712989

## Global Precipitation Measurement

***4******th****** GPM Workshop***
***Greenbelt, MD***
***June 15, 2004***

*Steve Neeck  202/358-0832*
- _[Steven.Neeck@nasa.gov](mailto:Steven.Neeck@nasa.gov)_
*Office of Earth Science*
*NASA Headquarters*

*Global Precipitation Measurement*

## Vision

***Cooperation***
***Open Exchange and Dissemination***
***Flexibility***

***	******	******International Partnerships to Understand The Global ******	******Water and Energy Cycle and Its Impact on Humankind***

## ?

***GPM entails multiple partnerships***
***Coordination is a significant task***
***Appropriate organizational framework for partnership is required ***
*Flexible *
*Open*
*Inclusive*

- TRMM Era

- GPM Era

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## 3rd GPM International Planning Workshop

***NASA-JAXA-ESA Task Force ***
*Recommended the organizational structure*
*Recommended functions of the various organizational elements*
*Integrated input from the workshop on the proposed management structure*
*Suggested follow-up actions after the workshop:*
*Encourage increased international participation in GPM*
*Draft updated organizational structure and charter for next year’s workshop (see attached report)*
*Additional comments/suggestions should be provided by August 31 to:  Steven Neeck/NASA, or Chu Ishida/NASDA, or Alberto Tobias/ESA*
*Establish NASA-NASDA-ESA interim programmatic and technical coordination group and seek appropriate support from working groups (i.e. GDaWG, etc.) to address key open issues *
*Improve cross-representation/coordination of science groups (e.g. NASA precipitation science team, ESA MAG, NASDA GPM science team) through joint meetings and broader invitation*
*Support upcoming special meetings:*
*GPM Ground Validation Workshop/UK, November 2003*
*GPM Asia Workshop/Japan, early 2004 2nd GDaWG/Japan, early 2004*

## Task Force Report

**Report of GPM Task Force on GPM Mission Governance**
***[Einar–Arne Herland (ESA), Chu Ishida (NASDA), Steven Neeck (NASA), Riko Oki (NASDA), Eric Smith (NASA), Alberto Tobias (ESA)]***
- 1.  The Task Force will be dissolved at summer’s end after completing its work on developing a set of recommendations to the ESA, NASA, and NASDA agencies point-of-contacts (POCs) representing the joint ESA-NASA-NASDA team formulating the GPM governance charter.
- 2.  The Task Force’s foremost recommendation concerning GPM governance is that it enables open participation by scientists, engineers, data specialists, and application-outreach specialists at the working group level and that the various advisory bodies within the governance superstructure are there in “listening” mode to serve the working participants, but recognizing that the superstructure bodies bear responsibility for decision making when financial resources are needed to serve working group activities or when working group activities confront mainstream policy issues by one or more of the agencies providing GPM space hardware support (currently ESA, NASA, and NASDA).
- 3.  The Task Force will assimilate comments and public forum suggestions made from the floor during the plenary sessions and private suggestions made to individual Task Force members, into its final recommendations.
- 4.  The Task Force recommends that additional comments and suggestions be solicited up through August 31, 2003, to be made through correspondence (signed letters) to one or more of the three POCs listed below.  These letters should provide concise and constructive suggestions and/or criticism concerning the current proposal on GPM governance, motivating the basis for the comments.
- 	Steyen Neeck	Chu Ishida	Alberto Tobias
- 	NASA Headquarters/Code YF	NASDA/Planning Dept.	ESA/ESTEC
- 	Washington, DC  20546 USA	Tokyo, Japan	2201 AZ Noordwijk, Netherlands
- 5.  Upon gathering all comments and suggestions concerning GPM governance, the Task Force will provide its recommendations to the joint governance team for creating a _draft_ GPM governance charter which will be prepared in time for the 4th International GPM Planning Meeting to be held in 2004 at a North American venue.  The Task Force is also recommending that formation of the principle working groups concerning algorithms, validation, data systems, standard data products, research themes, and applications-outreach projects takes place at the 2004 meeting.
- 6.  The Task Force will seek guidance from the respective agency administrators/directors for Earth Science (i.e., G. Asrar, NASA; Y. Furuhama, NASDA; J. Achache, ESA), concerning acceptable procedures needed for ratifying the governance charter.

## Status

***JAXA developed a draft GPM governance charter, “Draft Principles for GPM Participation”***
*NASA and ESA discussed with JAXA at February 2004 Working Group Meeting*
*JAXA proposed a modification of the proposed organizational structure*
*NASA proposed free and open sharing of all data and algorithms among partners*
***An updated organizational structure was drafted***
*The Data Working Group and Data User Group were placed under the Science Group*
*Promotes stronger coupling of data requirements with Science Group than previous structure*

## Updated Organizational Structure 

*Office of Earth Science*

## Executive Steering Group 
Overall policy and management direction
Executive-level representatives of dedicated space segment providers
Coordinating Board 
Provides program and technical coordination as directed by Executive Steering Group 
Direct representatives of Executive Steering Group  
Science Group
Provides science leadership
National/international science team representatives
Coordinates specialized scientific working groups (Cal/Val, Algorithm, Modeling, etc.)
Data Working Group
Recommends data exchange requirements, formats, data system-related policies, etc. 
Data processing/distribution center representatives
Data User Group 
Advises on data user needs and issues 
Representatives of data users 
Engineering Group
Advises Coordinating Board on engineering issues 
Project management and engineering representatives 

*Overall policy and management direction*
*Executive-level representatives of dedicated space segment providers*
***Coordinating Board ***
*Provides program and technical coordination as directed by Executive Steering Group *
*Direct representatives of Executive Steering Group  *
***Science Group***
*Provides science leadership*
*National/international science team representatives*
*Coordinates specialized scientific working groups (Cal/Val, Algorithm, Modeling, etc.)*
***Data Working Group***
*Recommends data exchange requirements, formats, data system-related policies, etc. *
*Data processing/distribution center representatives*
***Data User Group ***
*Advises on data user needs and issues *
*Representatives of data users *
***Engineering Group***
*Advises Coordinating Board on engineering issues *
*Project management and engineering representatives *

*Structure Elements  *