A contribution to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative

1. A contribution to the Global Monitoring for Environment andSecurity (GMES) initiative Carsten Brockmann Brockmann Consult Germany

2. Hamburg ca. 40 km Brockmann Consult • Environmental Informatics • Geo-information Products • Located near Hamburg in Geesthacht • 12 Software-Engineersand Scientists • Customers from public section, national and European

3. Some Key Infos “A political initiative to provide Europe with an independent information gathering system for key strategic parameters in environment and security” Luigi Fusco ESA Brussels, June, 2002 • GMES • Global Monitoring for Environment and Security • Common EC and ESA Initiative (implies use of EO technologies) • is aimed at the establishment by the year 2008 of a European capacity for the provision and use of operational information for monitoring and management of the environment and for civil security • Elements • EU Scientific Research Activities • ESA: GSE = GMES Service Element • Budget: • EU: GMES is part of Air and Space Thematic Area (1075 Million) • ESA: 83 Million Euro over 5 years • International collaboration • Share data and information from international systems • Offer GMES as a contribution international efforts • GMES is the European contribution to the preparation of GEO (Global Earth Observing System)

4. Coordination mechanisms • Exchange Information • Align Schedules • Joint Meetings or reviews • Access Models (Hind/now/forecast) • Transfer Algos & Software (IPR) • Validate Products • Test New Services • Agree Common Standards • Common Approach to users G S E IP Integrated Project (R&D + demo) Operational Service Provision Research methods and demonstration

5. GMES / GSE plan Autonomous & Operational European capacity for GMES GMES Action plan endorsed by EC & ESA council (Nov 01) ESA council Decision on implementation plan Deployment of GMES space component (Earth Watch Sentinels) Baveno Manifesto (Oct 98) GMES Report 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Initial Period Implementation Period (stage 2) Sustainability GMES requires a space component insuring EO data continuity Total Budget [83M, 5yrs] Initial Phase: 10 projects [1.5M] [20months] GSE Consolidation GSE Full operationalisation servicereviews programmereview

6. Forest Monitoring : GAF (De) • SAGE : Infoterra (De) • GMFS : Vito (Be) • URBAN : Indra (Es) • TERRAFIRMA : NPA (Uk) • RISK-EOS : Astrium (Fr) • RESPOND : Infoterra (Uk) • ROSES : Alcatel (Fr) • CoastWatch : ACRI (Fr) • Northern View : C-Core (Ca) • ICEMON : Met No (No) • PROMOTE : KNMI (Nl) GSE portfolio USER in the DRIVING SEAT Right info, at the right time, at the right place Delivered to International / Regional / Local users such as EU institutions, Environment Agencies, Regulatory bodies, Statistical agencies, natural resource, mapping agencies

7. Information servicesfor coastal zones environment www.brockmann-consult.de/cw-nordic www.coastwatch.info

8. Target policies • Large number of European and International policies acting in the coastal zone • Complex policy framework • Diverse and scattered information needs • Move towards umbrella policies in the coastal zone • ICZM Recommendation for sustainable use of coastal zone resources • WFD and Marine Conventions for integrated management of water resources in the coastal zone.

9. ICZM recommendation Challenges from ICZMInformation needs (maps, indicators) • To restrict further developmentof the undeveloped area • To use natural resources wisely • To protect, enhance and celebratenatural and cultural diversity • To ensure appropiate/ecologicallyresponsible coastal protection • Land take by build up areas • Urban sprawl • Dominant Landscape types • Pressure on the coastal ecosystem (Build up in the distance of the coast) • Proportion of coastal zone protected by nature conservation • Flood risk • Coastal erosion patterns

10. Strong linkage with international conventions such as : OSPAR (North East Atlantic) HELCOM (Baltic sea) BARCOM (Mediterranean sea) WFD & Marine Conventions Monitoring requirementsInformation needs • Surveillance • Operational • Investigative • Protected areas • Water quality elements • Biological • Hydromorphological • Physico-chemical • Specific pollutants

11. Coordinated timelines Consolidation Implementation Stage Operational Stage CW

12. Water quality: Monitoring and Assessment Algae Bloom Coastal Habitat mapping. Coastal Vulnerability and risk assessment. Coastal indicators. Geophysical information mapping. Near-shore wave and wind • Indicators : • Coastal erosion • Pressure on protected areas • Oil spill • Decision-support info. : • Integrated GIS • Integrated spatial assessment • Strategic planning • Forecast & alert • Geophysical parameters: • Water quality mapping • Coastal land cover mapping • Wave and wind mapping Marine surveillance …to Information ... From Data ... Service portfolio The service portfolio is build to serve three levels of information : …to Recommendations

13. Coastal habitat mapping (user EEA) Percentage of coastal strip protected by Natura 2000 (Nuts 3, 10km land, 10 km sea) * Finland and Spain coverage

14. Coastal land cover & land use change mapping Coastal Land Cover 1:15.000 Extraction of bare sands Coastal Land use change

15. Coastal flood risk mapping Coastal flood risk map for sea defence assessment (UK EA)

16. In 2002 about 200 M€ loss of mussel cultures in the River Scheldt area. Predicting of risk based on EO-data Chlorophyll and wave data. Decision support for closing dams to keep Harmful algae blooms outside the estuary. Algae bloom monitoring (user RIKZ)

17. Wave exposure monitoring Water exposure monitoring in support to WaveNet system (CEFAS) Time (UTC) | Latitude | Longitude | U10 (m/s) | SWH (m) 11:05:06.9 51.60 1.75 0.80 0.35 11:05:09.9 51.43 1.67 0.89 0.56 11:05:10.9 51.37 1.64 0.89 1.71 11:05:16.7 51.03 1.48 0.89 1.26 11:05:17.7 50.97 1.46 0.89 2.15 11:05:18.7 50.92 1.43 1.19 2.64 provision of real-time coastal wave data for Flood, Coastal Managers and other stakeholders in England and Wales

18. Regional Service Provider Nordic Seas Brockmann Consult IPIMAR User organisations INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH EEA UK ENVIRONMENT AGENCY RIKZ BSH INC Coordination Centre for ICZM CEDRE BRGM IFREMER SHOM GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA

19. Regional Service Line

20. Service Requirements North Sea • Regionally optimised products • Statistical comparison with in-situ data at MARNET positions • Chl, SPM, YS, turbidity • NxN km² average around station • Basic statistics • Extraction and interpretation of frontal structures • Statistical comparison with ship cruise in-situ data • Compatibility with BSH NOAA-SST grid

21. Water quality monitoring (user BSH) Ship time reduced by 40%.

22. Service Example – Cruise Comparison

23. Service Example – Station Statistics

24. GSE portfolio USER in the DRIVING SEAT • Forest Monitoring : GAF (De) • SAGE : Infoterra (De) • GMFS : Vito (Be) • URBAN : Indra (Es) • TERRAFIRMA : NPA (Uk) • RISK-EOS : Astrium (Fr) • RESPOND : Infoterra (Uk) • ROSES : Alcatel (Fr) • CoastWatch : EADS (Fr) • Northern View : C-Core (Ca) • ICEMON : Met No (No) • PROMOTE : KNMI (Nl) • Marine and Coastal Services Right info, at the right time, at the right place Delivered to International / Regional / Local users such as EU institutions, Environment Agencies, Regulatory bodies, Statistical agencies, natural resource, mapping agencies

25. Timescales: 0-2-5-10y • At start of GSE 2002 • Precursor-services • Archives • 2002 - 2004 • Existing data sources • Mature methods • Core user group • Next 2 - 5 years • New data sources, methods and systems • Service Provider Networking • New users on local, regional, national and institutional level • 5-10 years • New infrastructure TODAY

26. Giving and Taking New data sources New methods New systems New ideas Marine and Coastal Service Nordic Seas Service Provider Brockmann Consult CW services Tailored products Services Baltic Region user needs

27. Thank you for your attention carsten.brockmann@brockmann-consult.de