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Working groups

Working groups

Teams in Oceans and Coasts adopted to deliver a defined piece of work, each with a workplan, a supervisor and a clear end. A working group has no public authority beyond its workplan.

Publisher
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
Field
Oceans and coasts, Climate and hazards, Biodiversity and nature
Status
In development
Service level
R0: information and enquiries

Community workspace

Oceans and coasts · Working groups

4 requests to reviewGCRI · Oceans and Coasts

Working groups

Fisheries WG388Week 22Active
Ports WG2611Week 26Active
Islands WG167Week 5Active
Sea level WG357Week 21Active

Join requests

  1. J-1Hydrologist, early careerFisheries WG2 d
  2. J-2Utility engineerPorts WG7 d
  3. J-3Conflict of interest to declareIslands WG5 d

Contributions

Proposed01
Coastal flood adaptation…credit: named
In review01
Tide gauge network upgradetwo reviewers
Accepted01
Coastal risk profilecredited on record

Oceans and Coasts · Community workspaceCommunity workspace, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.

01In brief

The short answer.

A working group of Oceans and Coasts is a team adopted to deliver one defined piece of work in the oceans and coasts field, with terms of reference, a workplan, a supervisor and an end date. Candidate subjects come from the platform's topics, such as fisheries and livelihoods. A working group holds no authority beyond its workplan, and its outputs are reviewed before publication.

02Canvas

From enquiry to contribution.

Canvas · from enquiry to contributionDesign, not a record
Working groups: a working group from charter to sunsetA charter sets the question and the code of conduct; members join with declared interests; a workplan produces deliverables that are reviewed and credited; the group reports and sunsets or renews. Design of the process, not a record of a run.

Fig.The path from an enquiry to a credited contribution. Design, not a record; no step creates membership.

03Geography

People and exposure in Pacific Island states.

For working groups, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on population density, night lights, land cover and true-colour imagery with relief in 3D and true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on Pacific Island states; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.

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Layers 4

People and exposure, for this page

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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For working groups, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on population density, night lights, land cover and true-colour imagery with relief in 3D and true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on Pacific Island states; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A · NASA HLS S30Sources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • GHRSST Level 4 MUR analyses, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; distributed by the NASA Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO.DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Observed (EO): Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026), Microsoft Planetary Computer
  • Observed (EO): NASA HLS S30 (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026). We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
  • Optional layers (35 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
  • Sea surface temperature anomaly: GHRSST MUR25, NASA JPL PO.DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Enhanced vegetation index, rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra EVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

04How it works

Working groups in Oceans and Coasts.

  • Each entry shows its scope, host or owner, and terms.
  • Participation follows published rules, applied equally.
  • Taking part gives no authority or influence over findings.
05Candidate workplans

Questions a working group could be adopted to answer.

QuestionPossible deliverableDisciplines
How should high-end sea-level scenarios be used in long-lived coastal investment?A guidance noteOcean science, engineering, decision analysis
What data do small islands need for coastal risk that global products lack?A data gap assessmentOceanography, geodesy, planning
06Next step

Register your interest.

Write to contact@therisk.global. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step.

07Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

TermDefinition
Working groupA team adopted to deliver a defined piece of work under terms of reference, with a workplan, a supervisor and an end date; it has no public authority beyond its workplan.
Terms of referenceThe document that defines an assignment's objectives, scope, deliverables, counterpart, acceptance criteria and reserved decisions.
Work breakdown structureA hierarchical breakdown of a project's scope into manageable work packages.
Vertical land motionUpward or downward movement of the land surface that changes relative sea level.
08Sources

Where this page's references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

09Questions

Questions and answers.

When are entries added?
When their hosting, terms and moderation are confirmed.
Oceans and Coasts

Bring your expertise to this field.

The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.