Overview of ESA GMES activities and interactions with the EC

Informationstag zu GMES und Satcom im 6. EU-Forschungsrahmenprogramm 29 April 2005, Bonn

ESA – EC Coordination

 GMES Advisory Committee  GMES Programme Office  

ESA activities on GMES

  GMES Service Elements Charter: a precursor GMES Preparatory Activities GMES Space Component Programme

Agenda

ESA – EC Coordination

GMES Co-ordination Bodies

Advisory Committee

GAC(2004)1

A way of maintaining and strengthening the “political ownership” of GMES, Provide strategic advice and policy orientation on: • GMES long-term implementation, including possible funding mechanisms and encouraging a “GMES partnership”. • to optimise the use of existing and future GMES infrastructures, • assessing the overall strategic and socio-economic benefits of GMES Membership: • EC, ESA and related Member States, interested in making significant contributions to GMES Meeting: • twice a year, next on 1 st June 2005

GMES Co-ordination Bodies

Programme Office

GAC(2004)2

Implement, in its early stages, the operational management of GMES Membership: • Co-chaired by: • EC - Head of Unit for GMES, • ESA - Head of ESA GMES Unit, • DG-Environment,Joint Research Centre, Research, Enterprise & Industry • ESA Earth Observation Programmes Directorate • EEA , EUMETSAT,EU Satellite Center Meeting: • twice a month

MANAGEMENT

• Assessment of Socio-Economic Impact of GMES GAC(2004)5 - July 2004.

IMPLEMENTATION

• Initial services implementation GAC(2004)4 GAC(2004)7 – July 2004 • Development of the Space Observation component – July 2004 • In situ component, GAC(2004)6 – July 2004 • Data integration and information management (INSPIRE) • Data policy framework • Security and dual-use, GAC(2004)17 – Nov. 2004 • Definition of follow-up management structure • Funding mechanisms • International cooperation policies • Proposal for Long-Term Implementation of GMES

Actions

ESA Activities on GMES

GMES Preparatory activities

Development of Initial Services:

GSE Program

Socio-economic analysis Architecture studies Space Component

Sentinels Coordination with national programs and Eumetsat

Ground Segment

Oxygen Phase 2 (O 2 – “open and operational”)

GMES Service Element (GSE)

GSE is a

key

element and critical milestone for GMES.

It is in the middle of its successful implementation phase.

Prime objectives:

  Maximum use of EO in support of European policies on environment and security Basis for future EO operational systems for the benefits of Europe’s citizens

GSE services must fulfill:

   Availability Reliability Affordability

GSE Initial Services in consolidation

CoastWatch Real-time Ocean ICEMON Northern View Risk fire & flood Forest Monitoring Soil & Water Land Motion Urban Services Humanitarian Aid Food Security Atmosphere

User Organizations in GSE

DN CH IRE PT EU Africa Other Int D I E F FN A NL GR CA N S B UK

1 1 2 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 8 9 9 9 11 13 15 0 5 10 15 19 20 20 25 25 Total: 210 User orgs

190 from 33 countries & 20 international

30 35 37 40

Real-time Ocean Monitoring Services

Providers CLS Meteo-Fr Mercator IFREMER DNV NERSC NCMR Telespazio Services - Algae Bloom Monitoring - Oil Spill Monitoring & Impact Assessment Policies INT: IMO Marine Pollution (MARPOL) EU: Water Framework Directive EU: ICZM recommendations EU: 6th EAP - protect nature & biodiversity EU: 6th EAP - address environment & health Users CEDRE IFREMER NDF NSF IMR NCD P of Barcelona Puertos Estados Min. Fomento Galicia CMC CPMM Catalunya Met P of Gijon UKEA MCGA CEFAS Min Mer. Marine HCMR

Oil spill information (using C-band SAR)

Service examples

Algae Bloom detection (using Ocean-colour / Meris) Routine Monitoring & alert Impact Assessment & Evolution forecasting

Benefits example: Algae bloom monitoring

• In 2002 about 200 M€ loss of mussel cultures in the River Scheldt area.

• Predicting of risk based on EO Chlorophyll and wave data.

• In 2004 decision support for closing dams to keep Harmful algae blooms outside the estuary.

PROMOTE Services Atmospheric information to support protocol monitoring

Users Services JRC-IES Providers KNMI DLR DWD RIU U Bremen CERC Prev’Air ACRI-ST FMI Stratospheric Ozone UV Radiation: Air Quality: - past, present, forecast Greenhouse gas emissions,

concentrations

Policies - Vienna convention - Montreal Protocol

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UN Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

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UNFCCCC

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EU: Clean Air for Europe (CAFÉ) NILU EPA UBA-A UBA-D BVDD LUA WMO ECMWF DEFRA London RIVM SYKE ADEME L’Oreal Meteo Fr EMPA ARPA APAT

PROMOTE Services on UV Radiation www.gse-promote.org

Forest Monitoring Services

Providers GAF SFMC Metria VTT Geoapikonisis Services - Forest Monitoring - Mapping and Monitoring of Disturbances - Sub-National Forest Information Service - Land Use and Forest Indicator Service Joanneum Policies INT: UNFCCC & Kyoto Protocol INT: UN Convention on Biodiversity EU: Water Framework Directive EU: Soils & Forest Strategies EU: 6th EAP - protect nature & biodiversity EU: 6th EAP - address environment & health EU: 6th EAP - tackling climate change EU: 6th EAP - preserve nat. resources Users Min Agr FEA Thuringa IFGF NOA NBF Stora Enso Min Agr FEA FS of IGSNR

National Greenhouse Gas Reporting

IN-SITU DATA Forest inventory field data (sample plots) Biomass Expansion and Carbon Extension Models Core Users:

BMVEL - Germany; NOA - Greece; MAPAAR - France Responsible for UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol reporting (Art. 3.3, 3.4)

Carbon estimates per sample plot EO STRATIFICATION

Forest type & land use derived from optical and SAR data

New Interested Users:

CSIR, South Africa NRSC, Namibia Poland ERSI, Zimbabwe

Germany

Change Detection

Greece French Guiana

CARBON BUDGET Forest area & Carbon Stock

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Average estimate

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Minimum reliable estimate Services:

Maps and Statistics for Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Spatially explicit information on forest area and changes versus 1990 Carbon Stock and annual changes Error Budget and Minimum reliable estimate Compliance with COP decisions and LULUCF Good Practice Guidance Guidelines

Charter: a precursor

The International Charter on Space and Major Disasters

 Initiated by CNES and ESA, joined by CSA, NOAA, ISRO, CONAE & JAXA 

Unified system of space data acquisition / delivery in case of natural or human-made disasters

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Data delivery to civil protection agencies, emergency & rescue services; UN cooperating body since 2003

 Operational since 2000: 24 hrs on-duty-operator, data resources from all Charter members 

Recent Examples of Charter Activation:

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Bam Earthquake 2003

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Darfur Crisis 2004

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Tsunami Catastrophe 2004/2005

GMES Preparatory Activities Studies

User requirements / service segment

GMES Service Evolution Sentinel Definition Studies

Concept

G/S Architecture Definition

Requirements & Assumptions

Heterog. mission Accessibility (inter-operab.)

Concepts Space Segment Arch Commonality Development approach 2005 - 2015

Space Missions Evolution Socio Economic Benefits Study Long-term Scenario Study

2005 - 2030

Socio-Economic benefits

Objectives

• Impact assessment for all significant new investment • Support member states in investment decision • Better understand how GMES will impact on key stakeholders to support future discussions and priority setting – key groups include: – – – Public sector legally mandated organisations The citizen (directly and indirectly) European industry (eg competitiveness, pollution control effectiveness) – – Politicians Regional and global monitoring programmes • Promote benefits from GMES implementation to wider audience

Outcome and schedule

What will be delivered?

– Key benefits to be expected arising from GMES implementation – A political and strategic view of the benefits and impacts due to GMES implementation – Benefits evaluated against cost envelopes from an economic perspective – Variation in benefit resulting from different implementation levels for GMES

Schedule

– Kick-Off meeting March 2005 – First versions of analysis by June/July 2005 – Final versions of analyses by November 2005

GMES Architecture Studies

USERS Service Component

Socio-economic data

Data Integration & Information Management Ground Segment EO Data Access Integration Layer PGS FOS PGS Interoperability FOS Interoperability PGS FOS Space Segment National Cooperative Missions EUMETSAT ESA Space Component / EO Component In-Situ Data Access In-situ Airborne Other non-space Systems Existing In-situ networks (EIOnet, INSPIRE) In Situ Component

Space Observations

The GMES Sentinels

Sentinel 1 – SAR imaging

All weather, day/night applications, interferometry

Sentinel 2 – Superspectral imaging

Continuity of Landsat, SPOT & Vegetation-type data

Sentinel 3 – Ocean monitoring

Wide-swath ocean color and surface temperature sensors, altimeter

Sentinel 4 – Geostationary atmospheric

Atmospheric composition monitoring, trans-boundary pollution

Sentinel 5 – Low-orbit atmospheric

Atmospheric composition monitoring

Sentinel (1-2-3) Definition Studies • Detailed definition of Sentinels and of its operations concept. • Establish the mission and system concept, • Demonstrate the feasibility • Provide the design • Validate in System Requirements Review (SRR) as per ECSS M-30A • Analysis of mission and system functions and requirements for all mission elements, • Programmatic: system engineering approach, model concept, development planning, schedule and cost estimates, • Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 include also the analysis of the accommodation of the 3-band payload defined in the Fuegosat

GMES Sentinels Payload Ground Segment • •

Objectives

– Define and design – the multi-mission PDS architecture and operational concept – to be applied to the GMES Sentinel (i.e.: 1, 2 and 3 series), – building over current and past mission PDGS gained experience – Specifying the: • • multi-mission and mission-specific PDS modules and their interfaces, – and providing an implementation plan including the costs, schedule and risks.

Scope

– All PDGS functions – Including the interface to the EO data access layer

• Heterogeneous missions accessibility (inter-operability)

Objectives

– Define, standardize and prototype – harmonized interface for the GMES Service Users with the different EO data providers, – to allow an easy and cost-effective access to heterogeneous EO mission data •

Scope

– GMES EO products and its format (*) – EO products quality certification, including methods and criteria and across-mission calibration and validation standards (*) – Interface for ordering/programming, catalogue access, and on-line data access. – user management and administration – EO data supply agreements (common GMES data policy and Service Level Agreement) to be adhered by the GMES satellite data providers. (**)

GMES Space Component Programme

… addresses the following elements

1. Space observations:   Sentinels National missions, Eumetsat and TPM 2. GMES ground segment required to manage space data 3. Integration of new space data into GMES services Not addressed in the GMES proposal are …    In-situ observations Policy & regulatory framework Institutional structure to govern, finance and operate GMES

Programme Schedule

OVERALL PROGRAMME

GMES Service Elements Preparatory Activities Initiating: Phase 1 Development: Phase 2 Full Operations 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013  C-Min  Programme Confirmation Funding: ESA EC

Road Map

PBEO - Elements of GMES proposal (11 April) Consultation of GPO PBEO (Draft) Full Programme Proposal (19-20 May) GAC 3 - Presentation of Summary Programme Proposal (1 June) Space Council - Presentation of Summary Programme Proposal (7 June) ESA Council - Final Programme Proposal, Enabling Resolution (21-22 June) ESA Pot. Part. Mtg. draft Declaration, draft Implementing Rules PBEO Declaration, for approval ESA Coulcil - Implementing Rules, for approval Space Council GAC 4 (TBC) ESA C-MIN - GMES Declaration, for subscription of phase 1 Clarification on GMES Governance Confirmation by EC of Service Requirements Confirmation of EC budget for FP - 7 and Space / GMES Agreement between ESA and EC on cofunding model for GMES Break Point Agreement on Phase 2, Operationnal Services Start Phase 2, Operations  2005          2006 2007 2008  

GMES

Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)

“GMES is a joint initiative of ESA and the EC to respond to the need to establish, by 2008, a European Capacity for Global Monitoring of Environment and Security to support the public policy maker’s need for global access to reliable, accurate and up-to-date information on issues of environment and security”

EC Communication COM(2001)264, 15 April 2001

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