SIBERIA-II's workplan consists of the Time Work-Flow Chart, the Work Package List, the Workpackage-Manpower List, the Description of Work Packages, and the Deliverable List.

The project philosophy distinguishes between three major project element:

1) The overall methodological concept is

1. based on the requirements from the accounting systems and possible role of EO data;
2. technical software link issues constrain the later possibilities,
3. uncertainty aspects of models and EO data accompany the decisions are being forwarded to the next major project element.

After the requirements have been defined, the decentralised EO archive is being constructed and, in parallel, ground truth data is being assembled in the GIS.

2) The Model-EO-Interface imbeddes
1. the methodological development for transferring -possibly- combinations of EO data into biosphere model parameters, and
2. assessing the accuracy of the EO products (i.e. new model parameters) at any stage and scale and over various geographical locations

to apply, operate and evaluate the new constructed interfaces of the real-world and the models. Only after the Level I parameters (directly retrieved from EO data) and Level II parameters (retrieved through combinations of Level I or using additional semantic information) have passed the accuracy assessment, they are being forwarded to the models: the global biosphere process model (PIK's LPJ-DGVM and SCEOS´S-DGVM) and the landscape based regional model (IIASA). Close interaction (e.g. through joint project meetings) is being agreed with the simultaneous EC-funded TCOS SIBERIA project, lead by the Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemical Cycles in Jena, Germany. Thereby, comparisons to in-situ flux measurements to three airplane campaign locations and a 300 meter flux tower at Zotino/Jenissei, can be established - an unprecedented fortunate coincidence of joint project efforts for climate change research.

3) The third major project element concerns demonstration and exploitation of the above achievements. Demonstration of the established hybrid system, the operational aspects of possibilities to implement the EO data are crucial for the adoption in the climate programs and further use for Kyoto protocol issues.

The idea of a SIBERIA-II Core Steering Committee guarantees intermediately evaluation of the project's course and accomplishments. The Committee also has the task to inform the project team of political decisions or implications which could effect the methodological development. The Committee consists of external reviewers For each SIBERIA-II Project Meeting at least three reviewers be invited on the coordinator's cost. Two permanent, confirmed members of this Committee are Prof. Martin Heimann, representing TCOS-Siberia, from MPI Jena, and Dr. Stephen Plummer, IGBP-representative at ESA.