The Northern View: Northern Monitoring for the Environment, Security, and Sustainable Development

1. The Northern View: Northern Monitoring for the Environment, Security, and Sustainable Development An Invitation … Tom Hirose April 2003

2. Objectives: To introduce and/or raise the awareness of earth observation utility in public sector entities To create a service center for earth observation and other data and analysis that meets the needs of those concerned with northern policy issues Methodology: Identify potential end users with a responsibility for “the North” Determine the information needs Provide demonstrative, EO-based service Strategy: Work with scientists, government scientists & experts, and operational service providers

3. Where’s Our “North”? “Northern regions” encompassing the Arctic and Subarctic, the boreal zone as well as all areas north (Cryosphere). This is an area of + 53M km2.

4. Why The Northern View? • Global significance • Becoming more open due to technology and • changing climate • Harsh but pristine and fragile • Need for policy development • Many international bodies • Not sufficient commercial drivers to obtain the • information needed

5. Northern Issues (Sea Ice) • Global Warming – location, persistence, consistency • Risk from economic activity (O&G, Shipping) • Biodiversity (marine and mammals habitat) • Search and rescue (northern peoples) • Transportation (navigation and access) • Tourism • Traditional ways of life (northern peoples)

6. The Northern View Evolution sea ice and/or met data sea ice and/or met data sea ice and/or met data sea ice and/or met data sea ice and/or met data Policy Maker Policy Maker information information ... Govt. Dept. Research Institute N.G.O. Govt. Dept. Research Institute N.G.O. data data data data data data .. .. D.M.I. C.I.S S.M.H.I. N.M.I F.I.S. I.M.O. sea ice and/or met data IICWG STRUCTURE TODAY

7. data data data limited operational products Policy Makers & Policy Driven Users ... Policy Makers & Policy Driven Users information information Govt. Dept. Research Institute N.G.O. Govt. Dept. Research Institute N.G.O. GMES Technical Consortium VACs, Research Institutes, Others EO data other data Others Serv. Prov. IICWG Data & Products Data & Products sea ice and/or met data STRUCTURE IN 20 MONTHS

8. Service Portfolio Roll Out Requirements Feedback Researchers Developers Users Promotion Improved Products Service Providers Product Delivery New Products Infrastructure 1st Phase (10 mo) + Systems Engineers 1st-2nd Phases (20 mo) + 2-10 years +

9. Northern View Team Business Strategy HAL ESYS (UK) R. Gibson C-CORE Noetix CPC Researchers Alfred Wagner Inst CCRS CRYSYS Helsinki U of Tech U of Bonn Uppsala Univ P. Wadhams Core/End Users Int’l Northern Policy Orgs Supporting Int’l Analysis Orgs Regional Policy/Interest Groups Nat’l Policy/Operations C-CORE (Prime Contractor) Service Providers Ice Centers (IICWG?) C-CORE Noetix RSI SOS U of Stockholm ---- Infrastructure --- MDA

10. Oil Spill/Discharge Icebergs Glacial Trends & Run Off • Sea Ice Short Term Service Portfolios

11. OIL DISCHARGE DETECTION Interpreted RADARSAT image and Oil Slick Report Extract End Users: Environment Canada Service Provider: RADARSAT International DFO Future: Extend coverage to Russia Service Provider: KSAT & parts of Europe

12. FAST ICE ASSESSMENT End Users: Northern Communities Service Provider: CIS & Noetix Future: Engage INAC & others (funding) Expand into Alaska Work with Europeans/Russians for expansion in their regions Other Projects: Nearshore Ice Complex End Users: NRCan, GSCA

13. ICEBERG RISK & DETECTION End Users: CNOPB, IIP Service Provider: C-CORE Future: Statistical Analysis Expand to other regions and users Combine with ship & discharge detection RADARSAT Wide: March 20, 2003

14. Glacier Monitoring and Runoff Assessment End Users: Norwegian Water & Energy Directorate Service Provider: Stockholm University (Initially) Future: Extend to Canada and other glaciated areas

15. ALSO OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS WE HOPE TO: • Involve additional End Users and Service providers (expand service portfolio(s)) • Engage CRYSYS, CLiC, IASC, & other science bodies • Include climate change issues • Define a coupled R&D program • Add new service portfolio(s) • But to make it to Phase 2, we need “early wins”!

16. Potential IICWG Participation • Provision of products and services • Sea Ice Archive – critical for environmental analysis • Current Charts – seamless hemispheric ice charts on a routine basis (multiple applications) • Near-real time products – support local/operational government needs • Forecasts – for impact and adaptation (seasonal and medium/long term) • Extend service portfolios to your part of the world • Introduce new service portfolios

17. An Example – Northern Aboriginals • Subsidence living is more than an issue of food. • integral to personal, family, community spirit • important for health (diet, fitness) • Ice Issues: • Retreat of ice pack increases costs (fuel and repairs) • Break-up of fast ice and slow freeze-up puts humans at risk • Weaker ice (thickness) and edge location over shallows required for walrus • Snow cover before rapid freeze increases human risk • Need information product(s) that better characterizes the sea ice for marine habitat and hunting

18. Potential Benefits to IICWG Promotion to policy sector will increase new uses/markets for ice center products Secure funding to support services (e.g. users want the product, but cannot pay directly) Collaborative r&D to transfer algorithms/techniques to operational level An opportunity to share data/costs (Northern View have overlapping data needs)

19. The Northern View: Northern Monitoring for the Environment, Security, and Sustainable Development An Invitation Is Extended