Copernicus Earth Observation Programme: Ecological Status Monitoring Opportunities

1. The COPERNICUS Earth Observation programme Opportunities for ecological status monitoring ECOSTAT meeting 1st April 2014 T. Petitguyot / J. Masson DGENV

2. Copernicus overview and current status

3. Scope: ensuringoperational and sustainable provision of space data and EO based information, supportingenvironment and otherpolicies (agriculture, climate, regional, transports, energy, development, civil protection)+security 3 components: (i) Space, (ii) In-situ, (iii) 6 Services Data Policy: full, free and open accessfor space (Sentinels) data and Copernicus service information User-drivenapproach: important to ensurethatenvironmentpoliciesneeds are properlyaddressed Communication / awarenessraisingthrough expert groups COPERNICUS in a nutshell

4. COPERNICUS services Atmosphere Land Marine Security Climate Change Emergency Response

5. GMES (Global Monitoring of Environment and Security) startedin 1998 (Bavenomanifesto): joint initative ESA (European Space Agency) and EU Development phase: EU research + ESA budget Reg (EU) 911/2010: GMES Initial Operations 'GIO' – startedwith 2 services: Land & Emergency management 2013: GMES renamedCopernicus 2014-2020: New Copernicus programme CopernicusRegulation adoption plan April 2014 (overallbudget4.3 BnEUR in currentprices - 79% for the space component, 21% for the services and in situ component ) Copernicus WP 2014 in preparation incl. € 20.1 M for Land service COPERNICUS status

6. Characterisation / pressure assessment • Ecological status monitoring • Flood / WS&D management COPERNICUS potential interests for WFD implementation

7. Characterisation Pressure assesment • Land Monitoring service: http://land.copernicus.eu/ • Operationalactivities – productsalreadyavailable(or soon) • Pan-European Land Cover/Land Cover Change products: Corine LC (continuity of time series 1990,2000,2006,2012… +6 yrs), new 5 High Resolutionlayers (1ha MMU) on water, wetlands, forest, grassland, imperviousness(2012…+ 3 yrs) • European 'local' component zooming on areas of interest: Urban Atlas (0,25ha-1ha MMU), new Riparian Areas Mapping (Call for Tender launched by EEA) • Reference Data Access: EU-DEM (Digital Elevation Model) + EU-HYDRO (hydrological network – soonavailable) • Access to Pan-EU High Resolution (20m) and Very High Reoslution satellite images coverage, re-usable for public administrations

8. Land Pan-EU component - CLC series: 1990-2000-2006-2012 +6yrs • EEA flagship product for many years now integrated in Copernicus • 44 LC/LU classes, • MMU: 25 ha, • linear elements > 100m width • Updates every 6 years, incl. change layer • 39 countries, +/- 6 Mill. km2 • Production done by Eionet NRC/LCs through grant agreements • Coordination, training, QA/AC, integration by EEA. CLC2006

9. Corine Land cover: minimum mapping unit: 25 ha (e.g. HU)

10. Land Pan-EU component High Resolution Layers (HRLs) Overview

11. High Resolution Layer: Degree of sealed soil (buildings, roads…) (Brno)

12. HRL Forest: Tree cover density & Forest type (CZ: Brno)

13. High Resolution Layer Permanent Grasslands (Nantes, FR)

14. High Resolution Layers Permanent Wetlands + Water Bodies (Danube, RO) (Rhone, FR)

15. CLC + Imperviousness + Forests + Grasslands + Wetlands + Water

16. EU-hydro • Assessment of: • technical quality v.1.0 • access to IDs of river segments in national DBs • Organise call for tender to: • improve known issues (e.g. lakes in FI) • link with national IDs • Independent statistical validation – still ongoing • Dissemination (soon available) through: • EEA – Copernicus land • DG ESTAT - GISCO

17. Land 'Local' component Riparian zones in view of biodiversity monitoring and support to MAES • New productCopernicus (InitialOperations budget – WP2013) • Noticepublished in OJ on 12/02/2014 (deadline 22/04/2014) • documentsavailableon: • http://www.eea.europa.eu/about-us/tenders/eea-mdi-14-001-copernicus • 2 objectives: • Riparian areas delineationbased on Very High Resolution data • Land cover/use mapping

18. Flood / WS&D management • Alreadyavailable: Emergency Management Service in support to floodsmapping and forecasts: http://emergency.copernicus.eu/ • Possible services to bedevelopped on WS&D management • FP7 projects: SIRIUS Irrigation Water Abstraction Monitoring and Control, GLOWASIS Water Scarcity and Drought Monitoring and Forecasting, MyWaterInland Water QuantityMonitoring • DG ENV study on a Copernicusservice to support detection of illegalabstractions (cf. Blueprint)

19. Ecologicalstatus monitoring • Several FP7 Spaceprojectsendedin 2013 • White Papersdisseminated on possible services to bedeveloped to support WFD/MSFD: • Inland Water projects (FRESHMON Inland Water quality monitoring, SIRIUS Irrigation Water Abstraction Monitoring and Control, GLOWASIS Water Scarcity and Drought Monitoring and Forecasting, MyWaterInland Water Quantity Monitoring) • Coastal areas projects (AQUAMAR Oceancolour and Water quality, OSS2015 regionalbiogeochemicalsproducts, CoBIOSEcologicalmodels, Asimuth on HarmfulAlgae Blooms, HIGHROC for High Spatial and temporal resolutionOceanColour)

20. Freshmon products • Water quality measures • Turbidity / Suspended matter • Secchi depth / Transparency • Total Organic Absorption (proxy for organic load) • Colored Dissolved Organic Matter • Chlorophyll-a (measure of phytoplancton) • Ratio green / blue algae • + possibly: Submerged macrophyte coverage / sea floor composition

21. Freshmon products • Other • Water depth (0-25m in clear waters) • Water Surface Temperature • Proposed service: • EU wide • Lakes larger than 1ha • Rivers wider than 50m • Defined reporting interval e.g. 2 years

22. Coastal services • Projects Aqua Mar and MarCoast • Proposed services • Chlorophyll-a surface concentration • Turbidity / transparency • Harmful algal bloom (occurrence, likelihood of algae type) • Sea bed of shallow waters

23. Opportunities • Can't replace in-situ monitoring • but • Complement in time / spatial coverage • Improvereliablity • Reducecost of monitoring • Contribute to an harmonised EU-wideassessment • To bechecked • Consistencywith WFD requirements and monitoring systems in place • Conditions / specifications for these services

24. Copernicusnextsteps • Land Service - Evolution 2014+ • Deservesfurtherspecificationsand clear user requesttakingaccount of FP7 projectsoutcomes (White papersdisseminated to Copernicus User Forum and policyWorking Groups e.g. ECOSTAT) • DG ENV (D4 coordination + policyunits) and EEA (+ EIONET) facilitating the collection and prioritisation of user requirements (throughworking groups – considerspecificsubgroups for Copernicusspecifications?) • Additional Pan-EU and local Land components (focusing on land cover/use mapping)? Candidates identifiedso far: Natura 2000 sites monitoring (WP 2014), green linearelements, coastal areas, ice and snow monitoring… • Additional 'thematic' services e.g. on water monitoring (e.g. inlandwater quality, eutrophication…)? Supported by MS in Copernicus User Forum and GMES/Copernicuspotential support ismentioned in Water Blueprint communication: • (i) for Water illegal abstraction detection • (ii) for improvingourunderstanding of acquaticecosystems and knowledge base

25. Proposal to WG ECOSTAT • Assess opportunity of proposed Copernicus services for ecological status monitoring • Contribute to a possible inclusion of such services in Copernicus WP 2015 • Which services to be developed/prioritised • Key specifications • Practically: • Set up a small group of members with experience/interest on EO use in water monitoring • Review White papers and key FP7 outputs • Draft a short report to be shared in next EcoStat meeting (October 2014)

26. Thanks for your attention!