Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation program that provides free and open data and information about our planet through six services. It operates a fleet of Sentinel satellites that monitor land, oceans, atmosphere, climate change and emergencies. Copernicus data is accessible through Data and Information Access Services and is being used in applications across many sectors. The EU is promoting the use of Copernicus data and artificial intelligence through funding opportunities to develop new technologies and solutions.

1. Copernicus EU
Copernicus EU www.copernicus.eu
Copernicus EU
E U ’s C o p e r n i c u s @
E B D V F 2 0 1 9 H e l s i n k i
Francesco BARBATO
Policy Officer
European Commission –DG GROW I.3

2. Copernicus
Copernicus in one slide
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Data and Information Access Service (DIAS) and user support
Users

3. Copernicus
Copernicus
• Copernicus is the largest programme in the world to monitor our planet
and of Europe’s largest data supplier
• Copernicus data are free and open to all
• 6 Copernicus Services: Land, Marine,Atmosphere,Climate Change,
Security,Emergency
• Data available via 5 DIAS (Data and InformationAccess Service)
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4. Copernicus
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SENTINEL-1:
4-40m resolution, 6 days revisit at equator
Polar-orbiting, all-weather,
day-and-night radar imaging
2 Sats in
orbit
SENTINEL-2:
10-60m resolution, 5 days revisit time
2 Sats in
Orbit
Polar-orbiting, multispectral
optical, high-res imaging
SENTINEL-3:
300-1200m resolution, <2 days revisit
2 Sats in
Orbit
Optical and altimeter mission
monitoring sea and land parameters
SENTINEL-5p:
7-68km resolution, 1 day revisit
Atmosphere chemistry monitoring
1 Sat in
Orbit
The Copernicus Sentinels

5. Copernicus
The Copernicus Data Access and Information Platforms (DIAS)
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6. Copernicus
Copernicus Applications
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7. Copernicus
A r t i c i a l I n t e l l i g e n c e – P o l i c y C o n t e x t
• Artificial Intelligence for Europe -COM(2018) 237, 25/04/18
– Being ahead of technological developments and encouraging uptake by the
public and private sectors
– Prepare for socio-economic changes brought about by AI
– Ensure an appropriate ethical and legal framework
• Coordinated EU Plan on Artificial Intelligence - COM(2018) 795,
07/12/18
– Joint actions for closer and more efficient cooperation between Member States and the
Commission in four key areas: increasing investment, making more data available, fostering
talent and ensuring trust
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8. Copernicus
P o l i c y C o n t e x t
• Data, a cornerstone for AI
• European Data Spaces
– open data formats,machine readable,standardizedand
documented, both in the interactionbetween public and private
sectors,within sectors and across sectors.
• Artificial Intelligence
• High Performance Computing
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9. Copernicus
A n n o t a t e d i m a g e r e p o s i t o r y
• ImageNet
– 10 classes with in total 27,000 labeled and geo-referenced images
• ExtremeEarth
– http://earthanalytics.eu/
• BigEarth
– http://bigearth.eu
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10. Copernicus
F u n d i n g O p p o r t u n i t i e s
• H2020 – Work Programme 2020
– DT-SPACE-25-EO-2020: Big data technologies and Artificial
Intelligence for Copernicus (R&I)
• Research and Innovation actions
• Overall budget 10 M€
• The Call opens on 05/11/19. The Call closes on 05/03/2020
– DT-SPACE-01-2018-2020: Copernicus Market Uptake
• Innovation actions
• Overall budget 9 M€
• The Call opens on 05/11/19. The Call closes on 05/03/2020
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/wp/2018-2020/main/h2020-wp1820-leit-
space_en.pdf
• Copernicus Work Programme 2020
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11. Copernicus EU
Copernicus EU www.copernicus.eu
Copernicus EU
T h a n k y o u
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