Sensor Webs: Where They are Today and What are the Future Needs?

Increasingly, space and ground sensors are being linked together to produce added value for measurements. One area of need that is emerging is in the Earth Sciences where enhanced measurements of transient science events are enabled via the use of sensor webs. This panel will examine the current state of the art and what the future holds. Furthermore, it will examine what technology gaps that ought to be filled in order achieve the future sensor web architectures that will fulfill the vision of the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) as agreed upon by over 60 countries at the Third Earth Observation Summit in February 2005. Panel members will discuss their experience with past experiments and outline their views about future needs. This will be followed by an open discussion with the audience