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1. Progress in the Development of theEuropean Drought ObservatoryJürgen VogtBarbara Hofer, Stefan NiemeyerEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) juergen.vogt@jrc.ec.europa.eu http://desert.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

2. Communication on Water Scarcity and Drought COM(2007)414Final EDO WS&D-IS yearly water scarcity indicators JRC EEA yearly aggregated drought indicators European Reporting and Information System (WISE) Global Drought Monitoring System Network Network Context for a European Drought Observatory

3. EDO provides: Continental overview information on droughts Visualization and analysis Seamless access to regional and national drought information in Europe drought monitoring drought forecasting drought assessment drought detection European Drought Observatory (EDO) Joint Research Centre (JRC) develops the prototype of EDO by 2012 for:

4. Multi-scale approach based on subsidiarity that integrates drought information from various scales European Drought Observatory (EDO)  Continental  sub-continental & national  regional and local Interoperability of drought information systems is required !

5. European Data Layers Products Rainfall Anomalies LC/LU Soil Moisture Anomalies Soil DEM RBs Vegetation Vigour MONITORING & MODELLING … … Hydro-Meteorological Data Hydrological Processes Stations Fields Fore- casts Land Surface Processes Remote Sensing Data FAPAR NDWI Time Series Relevant Authorities: European, Member States, River Basins, … EDO System Setup (European Level) Communication on Drought and Water Scarcity EDO Portal & Map Server

6. CompositeDrought Indicator (Drought Alert ?) Current European EDO Products • Precipitation • Monthly SPI (for different aggregation periods) • Soil Moisture • Daily soil moisture • Daily soil moisture anomaly • Forecasted soil moisture anomaly • Forecasted soil moisture trend • Vegetation status • NDWI 10-day daily composites • fAPAR 10-day composites. • fAPAR anomalies 10-day composites.

7. SPI Como, IT 3-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for 10-12/2008 aggregated to regional level EDO Map Server: SPI http://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

8. 13 April 2010 13 April 2010 Until 22 April 2010 Until 22 April 2010 Soil Moisture Soil Moisture Anomaly Soil Moisture Anomaly Forecast (7 days) Soil Moisture Trend (7 days) EDO: Daily Soil Moisture Information Based on a modified Version of LISFLOOD 5km spatial resolution

9. EDO: Photosynthetic Activity (fAPAR) fAPAR, 21-31 May 2009 1km resolution fAPAR Anomaly, 21-31 May 2009 Calculated from MERIS and SeaWIFS data (1997 ) http://fapar.jrc.ec.europa.eu

10. In the Process: (1) Composite Indicator Decade 21-30 July 2009

11. In the Process: (2) Monthly Forecasting Products Forecasted Probability for SPI < -1.5 1-month Probabilistic Forecast of SPI-3 July 2007 Observed SPI Probability that SPI-3 for the next month is “severe dry” or worse (SPI < 1.5)

12. Recent Progress in establishing interoperability between drought information systems in Europe. The EuroGEOSS project Next Step: EDO - Interoperability

13. Euro GEOSS User EDO portal EDO User EuroGEOSS: Principle EuroGEOSS portal Forest Catalogue Biodiversity Catalogue Drought metadata catalogue BROKER Partner providing drought information Metadata Data & Maps Sub-continental, Country, Regional Level Map services EDO Map Server Data & Maps Continental Level Country, Region Europe

14. Entry Points EDO Portal EuroGEOSS Drought Catalogue http://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu http://eurogeoss.unizar.es/Search/Search.html

15. Assessment of the drought situation in Europe: Who...: an administrative user What..: get an overview of the drought situation in Europe and detailed information on affected regions How…: start from the EDO map server… Demonstration – Scenario 1 http://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

18. Exploration of drought data services through a drought expert: Who: a drought expert user What: identification and accessing of drought-related data sets for drought research How: start from the Metadata catalogue… Demonstration – Scenario 2 http://eurogeoss.unizar.es/Search/Search.html

20. Link established between metadata catalogue and EDO map server Direct discovery and display of drought resources Drought metadata catalogue EDO map server Results Drought data on different scales are connected • Europe, Spain and South-East Europe

21. Metadata catalogue: Improve search criteria, distributed version Develop a download functionality for drought data (WMS  WCS  WFS) Add analysis tools to current map server Add more partners (e.g., CHE, BRGM, OSE, etc.) Improve updating and archiving procedures Technical Outlook

22. Addressing drought research questions, e.g. Multi-source drought detection and assessment Development of a composite indicator Scale issues (local – region – country – (sub-) continental) drought forecasting Interdisciplinary R&D with different thematic areas of EuroGEOSS and beyond Global Dimension: EDO as a building block of a Global Drought Early Warning System Thematic Outlook

23. Next Steps … • Further Development of Interoperability Arrangements • Pilot MS • Pilot Regions • Pilot RBs • … • Decision on (Development of) a Core Set of Indicators? • Drought • Water Scarcity • Further Development of EDO Portal • Map viewer • Metadata search facilities • Media Monitor • …

24. THANK YOU ! Juergen.Vogt@jrc.ec.europa.eu http://desert.jrc.ec.europa.eu