Dr Astrid-Christina Koch GMES Unit, DG ENTR, EC

1. Copernicus - Overview EuropeanSupersites Workshop 11 June, 2013 Brussels, Belgium Dr Astrid-Christina Koch GMES Unit, DG ENTR, EC

2. Outline Copernicus – an introduction Specific service applications Data and information policy Copernicus and Big Data

3. New name Copernicus – new name for GMES – Global Monitoring for Environement And Security

4. Copernicus – an introduction • A source of information for policymakers, scientists, business and the public at large • A European response to global needs to manage the environment, to understand and to mitigate the effects of climate change and to ensure civil security • A user-drivenprogramme of services for environment and security • An integrated Earth Observation system (combining space-based and in-situ data with Earth System Models and services)

5. GMES Space Infrastructure • SENTINELS – EO missions developed specifically for GMES • Contributing missions – EO missions built for purposes other than GMES but offering part of their capacity to GMES (EU/ESA MSs, EUMETSAT, Commercial, International) • Managed for Europe by the European Space Agency (ESA)

6. Copernicus Services Services monitoring Earthsystems Marine Land Atmosphere Horizontal services Climate Change Emergency Security • Output: Value-Added Services

7. Copernicus evolution Dedicated infrastructure EU Operational programme Six operational services Initial Operations Preparatory actions R&D 2012 2010 2004 2009 2011 2013 2014 2008 2020

8. Service implementation (2000-13) R&D FP 6,7

9. I. Land • Pan-EU Land Cover(5 High Resolution layers of main land-cover classes) • EU Local component(‘hot spot’ zooming on areas of interest using VHR images) • Global component(Global Terrestrial Variables produced on near real time data and on a ten-daily basis)

10. II. Marine • Currents • Temperature • Salinity • Sea ice • Sea level • Sea surface winds • Biogeochemistry

11. III. Atmosphere • Air Quality for Europe(O3, NO, NO2, CO, SO2, PM10, PM2.5) • Global Atmospheric composition(Greenhouse gases, reactive gases, aerosol, biomass burning emissions, stratospheric O3) • Climate Forcing(CO2, CH4, monitoring and reanalysis of fluxes) • Solar Energy, UV(Ozone records, ultraviolet radiation)

12. Volcano Eyjafjallajökull case

13. http://www.copernicus-atmosphere.eu NO2 Air-quality ensemble forecasts and (re-)analyses Stratospheric ozone records UV index Global forecasts Monthly methane emissions …And many more services.

14. Keeping in mind … Providing reliable information on the environment and security to public users in a regulatory field Users • are from environmental offices outside meteorology • space based observation less established than in meteorology • often have existing data and tools • Often have clear mandate which needs to be respected Copernicus should offer enhanced (quality and efficiency) service that provides added value

15. Existing requirements Important document: GMES Atmosphere Core Service Implementation Group – Final Report, April 2009 http://copernicus.eu/pages-principales/library/implementation-groups/gmes-atmosphere-core-service/ Interaction with GMES User Forum Preparatory User Forum Workshops: 27 October 2011 http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=5420&lang=en&title=GMES%2DWorkshop%2Don%2DAtmosphere%2Dmonitoring

16. Atmosphere emerging requirements Monitoring volcanic ash Considerable service extension • existing mandates (e.g. air traffic control, …) • impact on space infrastructure: e.g. scanning mode (FOV, rapid scanning,…) Important coinciding related events: WEZARD (FP7) workshop, main focus: Weather Hazards for Aeronautics 11-12 June 2013, Brussels, Covent Garden 2 GMES-PURE (FP7) workshop main focus: Consolidation of user requirements for Atmosphere 11-12 June 2013, Oxford UK

17. IV. Emergency Reference maps Pre-disaster situation maps Reference maps Disaster response maps Reference maps Post-disaster situation maps

18. V. Security • Border Surveillance • EU external action • Maritime surveillance

19. VI. Climate Change • Climate monitoring & modelling • Earth system re-analysis & attribution products • Climate impact indicators & GHG emission inventories • Service will focus on enabling climate change adaption and mitigation

20. Access to Data and Information • Copernicus is a public service • provides full and open access to data and service information worldwide • need to distinguish between data policy for • SENTINEL data (free and open), • Contributing missions (data policy of the provider) and • Copernicus service information (free and open) • Security restrictions may apply

21. I. Copernicus and Big Data • Copernicus is faced with big data issues : • acquisition and management of an extremely large and growing volume of Earth observation data • long term series analysis • challenge to produce service information from heterogeneous datasets with a diversity of formats and metadata • interoperability issues between systems • variety of access rights, intellectual property protection

22. II. Copernicus and Big Data We need to • make efficient use of large amounts of scientific data • promote open access for reliable scientific and commercial use • ensure long term preservation for re-use, re-analysis, verification or validation • create trust in data, information and systems

23. III. Copernicus and Big Data • We need to foster collaboration between actors: interdisciplinaryapproachandcooperationare key • The volume of data is so large that the data may not move easily through the Internet • Thus new tools must be developed • Sharing knowledge and tools on collaborative platforms seems promising The End

24. Thank you for your attention Astrid-Christina Koch@ec.europa.eu Web: http://copernicus.eu Facebook: Copernicus EU Twitter: @CopernicusEU