Space Information Days presentation

1. Copernicus EU CopernicusEU
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Copernicus
the EU's Earth
Observation
Programme
Peter Breger
DHoU, Copernicus Unit I2
DG GROW
Status Overview, Sept 2016
Horizon 2020 Info Day - Prague

2. Space
Objectives

3. Space
6 services use
Earth Observation
data to deliver …
Sentinels
Contributing missions
In situ
observations
Contributing missions
in-situ…added-value products
Copernicus
architecture

4. Space
S1: Radar Mission
S2: High Resolution Optical Mission
S3: Medium Resolution Imaging and Altimetry Mission
S4: Geostationary Atmospheric Chemistry Mission
S5P: Low Earth Orbit Atmospheric Chemistry Precursor Mission
S5: Low Earth Orbit Atmospheric Chemistry Mission
S6 (Jason-CS): Altimetry Mission
Copernicus Space
Component: Dedicated
Missions

5. Space
Successful S1B launch 25 April
2016
S1A
S2A
S3A
Continuity until 2030
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Sentinel-3A
now in its operational qualification (ramp-up)
phase. Expected to be completed at IOCR+9
months, i.e. spring 2017
Sentinel-2A
Observation plan is published online ahead of every
repeat cycle as kml at
https://sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/sentinel/missions/sentinel-
2/acquisition-plans
Sentinel-1A & 1B now at Full Operational Capacity
This interferogram combines a Sentinel-1A radar scan from 9 June
2016 over southern Romania with a Sentinel-1B acquisition from 15
June over the same area

7. December 2015
Copernicus
Contributing
Missions
Atmospheric
missions
PROBA-V
SPOT (VGT)
MetOp Meteosat 2nd Generation
Cryosat
Jason
DMC
Deimos-2
Pléiades
RapidEye
SPOT (HRS)
COSMO-Skymed
Radarsat
TerraSAR–X
Tandem-X
Copernicus Contributing Missions

8. Space
Access to satellite data – see Copernicus.eu
http://www.copernicus.eu/main/data-access
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9. Space
6 operational
Services
Monitoring the State of
the Earth System
Environment …
… cross-cutting Thematic
Services
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10. Copernicus
Land Monitoring
Service
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Overall In-situ
Coordination

11. From global…
…to pan-European…
…to local
e.g. Vegetation dynamics, Bio-
physical parameters, energy
balance
e.g. bio-diversity, water bodies,
land-use, land change
e.g. urban land-use
Land Monitoring Service

12. Global Land Service DG JRC
Product (Variable)
Full name Acronym
Leaf Area Index LAI
Fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation FAPAR
Fraction of vegetation cover Fcover
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NDVI
Vegetation Condition Index VCI
Vegetation Productivity Index VPI
Greeness Evolution Index GEI
Dry Matter Productivity DMP
Phenology metrics PHENO
Evapotranspiration ET
Radiation fluxes
Global Land Cover GLC
Active Fires AF
Burnt Areas BA
Top Of Canopy Reflectance Toc-R
Surface Albedo SA
Land Surface Temperature LST
Energy
Budget
Product
Family
Vegetation
Full name Acronym
Surface Soil Moisture SSM
Soil Water Index SWI
Water Bodies WB
Snow Snow water extend SE
Snow water equivalent SWE
Lake Lake ice coverage
Lake surface water temperature
Lake and river water level
Lake surface reflectance
Lake turbidity
Lake trophic state
Coastal Erosion
Water
Product
Family
Product (Variable)
13 products (vegetation-energy-water-snow) providing a picture of the world every ten
days, with move from 1km resolution to 300m, soon to be expanded to 29 products,
Continuity and more biophysical variables for more application fields
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13. Global Dissemination
Website and ftp access :
http://land.copernicus.eu/global
EUMETCast – GEONETcast Stations (365
registrations in South and Central
America)
• Free and open product access

14. Copernicus
Marine
Environment
Monitoring
Service

15. Marine Environment
Monitoring Service
 Global and Regional
 Real time and
Reanalyses
 Satellite & In Situ obs.
and Models
Ice
Temperature
Salinity
Sea Level
A 3D and consistent
estimation of the ocean
Currents
Biogeochemistry

16. Service portfolio: 11 product groups with ~140 data products
covering Ocean state
Product groups
Analysis and
Forecast
Global Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Baltic Sea
Atlantic-European North West Shelf Ocean
Atlantic-Iberian Biscay Irish Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Observation Sea Level
Ocean Colour
Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Ice, Wind
In-situ (Temperature, Salinity, Bio)
Marine Environment
Monitoring Service

17. Examples of Marine application areas
 Ship routing
 Support to offshore activities
 Coastal management
 Oil-drift forecasting
 Search and rescue
 Fisheries
 Algal bloom
 Water-quality management
 … But also Climate Change…
 Sea-level rise (one of the main indicators for Climate Change)
 Heat storage capacity
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Marine application areas

18. Copernicus
Atmosphere
Monitoring
Service

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The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)
Detects
emissions and
estimate
surface fluxes
Quantifies transport, removal
and transformations of
atmospheric constituents
Forecasts and
informs on impacts
Air quality
Climate
forcing
Ozone layer
Radiation
Emissions
CAMS in three figures
280 million observations processed every 12 hours
Data from 70 satellite instruments are received and
used
delivers everyday 14,000 maps online

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Examples: Fires Air Quality Solar Industry
CAMS estimates the
emissions from biomass
burning daily and globally. A
striking figure on the
importance of such
information for climate: 2015
emissions of CO2 from fires
in Indonisia were higher than
(estimated) total annual
industrial emissions from
Japan or Germany.
CAMS air quality forecasts
provide quantitative information
on episodes daily and up to 4
days in advance. They support a
wide range of applications
(apps, press, city-scale
downscaling, emissions
reduction scenarios…). Long-
range transported plumes
(volcanoes, desert dust, fires...)
are captured by CAMS and can
inform national and local
authorities.
CAMS information on airborne
particles, which affect the
amount of solar radiation
reaching the surface, is useful
to assess the productivity of
solar power plants. CAMS has
for instance supported
GeoModel Solar, a company
specialising in site
qualification, planning,
financing and operation of
solar energy systems.

21. Copernicus
Climate Change
Service

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Copernicus Climate
Change (C3) service
What is the
rate of
change?
Forecasts &
Projections
What are the
societal
impacts?
Climate indicators
&
Sectoral
information
to be an authoritative source of
climate information for Europe
Objectives
How is the
climate
changing?
Observations &
Re-analysis
http://climate.copernicus.eu/

23. Space
C3S: Monitors and analyses the Earth System to build a global picture and provide the data, tools
and products needed by policy makers, societal and economic sectors to mitigate and adapt to a
changing climate.
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• The climate is changing and
with it an increase in extreme
weather events such as
flooding, heat wave and
drought.
• The data captured,
analysed and tailored by
C3S helps sectors
affected to identify the
risks, to adapt and
identify business
opportunities.
• C3S data provide the evidence.
• Released online, the C3S maps
show the trends clearly and
provide key indicators of climate
change.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service(C3S)

24. Space
Copernicus
Emergency
Management Service
Mapping Component
Early Warning
Component

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The Emergency Management Service
EMS service covers the 3 phases of emergencies:
preparedness, emergency and recovery

26. Space
Emergency
Management service
Providing support to
emergency response
services
Situation maps, reference
information
Flood and forest
fire risk forecasts

27. Space
Tropical Cyclone, Vanuatu
Refugee Camp, Al Mafraq Jordan
Ebola epidemic, Guinea
Floods, Ostlandet Norway
Earthquake Aug 2016, Italy
Mapping service

28. Space
Early Warning: European Forest Fire Information System
(EFFIS)
 The 2016 fire campaign still ongoing in Europe – EFFIS reports slightly above
average number of fires and burned areas in the EU (status until 12/8 in red)
Burnt AreasNumber of Fires
Early Warning: European Flood Awareness System (EFAS)
 71 EFAS notifications have been
sent during Jun – Aug 2016 to
the partners warning about
potential floods

29. Space
Copernicus
Security Service

30. Space
Operators (plan)
Industrial Base
(DA) November
2015
Border
Surveillance
(DA) October
2016
Support to
EU External
Actions
(DA) December
2015
Maritime
Surveillance
Copernicus – essential information to Agencies
Inter-Agency cooperation
CSS Moving to Operations

31. Space
Access to service data – see Copernicus.eu
http://www.copernicus.eu/main/data-access
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http://land.copernicus.eu/
http://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/
http://marine.copernicus.eu/
http://emergency.copernicus.eu/
http://climate.copernicus.eu/

32. Space
USER AND MARKET UPTAKE
 First Copernicus Accelerator launched (6 month coaching
programme for start-ups) application now closed for 2016
 Ongoing calls for interest for the Copernicus Relays and Copernicus
Academy
 User support office to open in October
 Info sessions in Member States
 First contract signed for 9 countries
 First info sessions in Greece (Oct 7) and DE (Oct 11)
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Cross-cutting
support activities

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(6 month coaching programme for start-ups)

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http://copernicus.eu/news/become-a-copernicus-relay
http://copernicus.eu/news/lets-shape-future-copernicus
Deadline 13
October
Deadline 23
September

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http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/News/DAT_3171181.html

36. Space
http://copernicus.eu/main/tenders-grants
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37. Copernicus EU CopernicusEU
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Thank you
for your
attention!
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