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Application of Remote Sensing in
Environmental Monitoring
European Environment Agency
(EEA)
Markus Erhard
EEA Resources and Products
• Networks (EIONET)
39 Member States > 800
organisations
• Tools
(data assimilation)
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/reportnet
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/partners
• Access to information
http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/
• Products
http://www.eionet.europa.eu/reportnet
EEA Geographical Coverage (EEA39)
Environmental Monitoring & Remote
Sensing
“Current situation”
• Remote Sensing in reporting obligations
0
• Remote Sensing in environmental
monitoring
 1 Corine land-cover
Environmental Monitoring & Remote
Sensing
WHY?
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Timeliness  yes
Coverage
 yes
Sustainability
 no
Methodology
 miscellaneous but
improving
• Accessibility
 miscellaneous but
improving
The GMES Programme
The solution
Services
In Situ
Systems
GMES
Space
Systems
Data Integration &
Information Management
Photo: ESA
GMES Roadmap
GMES & GMES Initial Operations (GIO)
• GIO covering the period 2011-2013
– Emergency response services
– Land monitoring services
– Measures to support take-up of services by
users
– Data access, including support to in situ
data collection
– The GMES space component
• GMES Atmosphere, Marine, Security 
FP7
• GMES Climate Change  conceptual
phase
MERIS mosaic of Europe. Photo: ESA
GMES Programme – 3 Components
Services
Space
In situ
Role of EEA in GMES
2. Coordinate in situ
Space Infrastructure
GMES Services
3. Coordinate GMES Land service
(pan-Eu and local component)
DOWNSTREAM
4. Make use of services
SECTOR and
federate user requirements
Value multipliers
Downstream Services
Users
GMES
SERVICES
In Situ Infrastructure
Security
Atmosphere
Emergency
Marine
Land
1. Follow and steer GMESOBSERVATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
implementation and governance
processes
GIO Land Services
3 components:
1. Local : zooming on ‘hot
spot’ (e.g. urban atlas,
protected areas, coastal
areas)
2. Continental: pan-European
products (Corine 2012, 5
HRLs soil sealing, forest,
agriculture, wetland, water)
3. Global: bio-physical
parameters (Essential
Climate Variables (ECVs),
food security (Africa) etc.)
Local component – Urban
Atlas
EU component CLC
Global component – ECV*s
Draft Timeline GIO Land 2011-2013
Draft work plan GIO land 2011-2013 in line with EC budget
proposal
GMES In-Situ Coordination
EEA is coordinating the
GMES
in
situ
component;
Development of initial
framework
for
sustainable provision of
in situ data in support of
GMES
product
generation;
FP7
funded
Coordination action;
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Running from 2010 to
2012;
Team of 10 people with
different
backgrounds
and expertise.
Photo: Pharma-alliance.com
Why GISC?
• Data exists and can be used 
• Data exists but difficult to access
(many providers, no web-access) 
• Data exists but can’t be used
(‘interests’, IPRs) 
• Data exists but is inhomogeneous
or incomplete (gaps) 
• Data may exist or doesn’t exist but
nobody knows (disaster) 
 Making use of RS data for
environmental monitoring requires
both RS and in-situ data
GISC progress
• Preliminary cost estimates on the in situ
component
• Evaluation of in situ requirements
• Identification of gaps
• Partnerships with stakeholders
• Strategies to secure sustainability
• Link to INSPIRE Directive
GISC Website:
http://gisc.ew.eea.europa.eu/
Use of GMES Services in Assessments and
Reporting (examples)
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Air quality and GhG reporting
Marine assessments
Land cover / Land cover change (LEAC)
Territorial Cohesion (DG-Regio)
Forest reporting Member States to FAO, UN-ECE
Natura2000 (habitat monitoring)
Adaptation Clearinghouse
WMO/GCOS
reporting
(Essential
Climate
Variables)
• …
Use of GMES Services by Member States
e.g. Germany
Bavaria
– Management of natural disasters
Bremen
– Air pollution control
– Earth
observation
services
and
navigation
Operational daily Sea Ice Map
(© IUP, University Bremen)
Brandenburg
– Assessment and monitoring of Natura2000-Habitat types
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
– Terrestrial Environmental Observations
(wloczyk, 2004)
Thank you very much for your attention!
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