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Towards an operational Global component of GMES Land Monitoring Core Service F. Camacho , R. Lacaze, I. Trigo, F. Baret, G. Balsamo, K. Dabrowska, V. Lefèvre, J.C. Calvet, W. Wagner, P. Deforuny, K. Tansey, G. Borstlap, M. Leroy EOLAB , HYGEOS, IM, INRA, ECMWF, IgiK, ITF, MF, TU Wien,
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Towards an operational Global component of GMES Land Monitoring Core Service F. Camacho, R. Lacaze, I. Trigo, F. Baret, G. Balsamo, K. Dabrowska, V. Lefèvre, J.C. Calvet, W. Wagner, P. Deforuny, K. Tansey, G. Borstlap, M. Leroy EOLAB, HYGEOS, IM, INRA, ECMWF, IgiK, ITF, MF, TU Wien, UCL, UL,VITO, CNES
Outline • Context • Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES ) • Land Monitoring Core Service (LMCS) • Needs for Global LMCS • Users • Global Land Monitoring Core Service • Requirements • Land Cover & LC Change • Vegetation, Radiation, Fire • Snow, Ice • Implementation: The Geoland-2 project • Background • Functional view • BioPar Core Mapping Service • Objectives • Structure • Portfolio • Quality Assessment Plan • SDI • Summary 2 18/03/2009
Global environment under pressure … Water – 20% of all surface watersources seriously threatened by pollution Soil Erosion – 17% of total European land area affected, economic loss around 85 € per ha Biodiversity – 335 species highlyendangered in Europe Agriculture – intensification leads to water stress,soil erosion and biodiversity decline Urban Settlementsand transport networks growing - leads to soil sealing and fragmentation of landscape e.g. man-made and climate induced changes in Europe Man-made impact & climate variability – require adaptation Directives & Regulations – requesting geo-spatial monitoring 3 18/03/2009
Context • Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) aims to provide, on a sustained basis, reliable and timely geo-information services related to environmental and security issues in support of public policy makers’ needs • GMES is an EU-led initiative, in which ESA implements the space component and the European Commission manages actions for developing services, relying on both in-situ and space-borne remote sensing data. • GMES basic architecture • Infrastructures: In-situ and Space data • Core Mapping Services : Generic products • Down-stream services: End-users applications • “Fast Track” Services • Marine Monitoring • Emergencies Response • Land Monitoring Core Service 4 18/03/2009
Needs for a Global Land Monitoring Core Service • Why? • Because environmental protection and civil security are global issues that require global monitoring to provide an informed basis for action. • EU 'development' policies • EuropeanConsensusonDevelopment (Enviroment, Water, Agriculture, Rural Devl) • EuropeanConsensusonHumanitarianAid • JointAfrica-EU Strategy (AMESD, GMES & AFRICA) • Otherrelevantpolicies (Thematic Strategy for Food Security, Environment and Natural Resources Thematic Program (ENRTP), EU WaterInitiative (EUWI)) • International environmentaltreaties • UN Framework ConventiononClimateChange (UNFCCC) (eg. Kioto Protocol). • UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) • UN ConventiononBiologicalDiversity (UNCBD) • UN ForumonForest (UNFF) + UN Millennium DevelopmentGoals • Link withotherinternationalinitiatives • Global LMCS willbe part of GEOSS • Linkedto GCOS, GTOS, IGOS, CEOS… 5 18/03/2009
Users • Users • Europeaninstitutions (DG DEV, DG AIDCO, DG ENV, DG AGRI, EEA) • International bodies (IPCC, UNFCCC, UNCCD, UNCBD) • International agencies (FAO, UNEP, ECMWF, JRC-ACP, JRC/FOODSEC.) • Otherorganisations (AMESD, GEO,..) • ResearchonEarthScienceSystem (ESSP, WCRP, IGBP, …) • NGO, Civil society, Private sector (cropproduction, forest ..) • Needgeo-informationproductsfor • Climate Change, including Carbon fluxes; • Land degradation and desertification; • Forest and natural resources • Biodiversity • Waterresources • Agriculture and Foodresources • Urban and regional development 6 18/03/2009
Global Land Monitoring Core Service • Three service elements: • Global Systematic Monitoring Services ( ECVs) • Land Cover and Land Cover Change • Vegetation, Fire, Radiation • Water and Soil • Snow, Glacier, Ice, permafrost • Hot Spots ad hoc Monitoring Services (eg. GMES & Africa) • Thematic Services (eg. Land Carbon, Crop Monitoring) • Definition of product ‘status’: • Development: Products under development • Pre-operational: Products generated routinely and available to beta-users for evaluation. Further improvements are expected after validation. • Operational: Products generated routinely and validated. • Accuracy level: • Threshold accuracy: Minimum acceptable quality. • Target accuracy: Commitment from the producer. • Optimal accuracy: Maximum expected accuracy. 7 18/03/2009
Global Land Monitoring Core Service • Requirements • Consistent long-time series of ECVs • Improving spatial resolution (better than 1 km when possible) • Products independent of satellite sensors (multi-sensor approach) • Products with uncertainties defined according to CEOS WGCV procedures • Land Cover & Land Cover Change 8 18/03/2009
Global Land Monitoring Core Service • Vegetation, Fire and Radiation 9 18/03/2009
Global Land Monitoring Core Service • Water and Soil • Snow, Glacier, Ice and Permafrost 10 18/03/2009
Implementation: Geoland-2 Geoland-2 Implementation ofOperational Capacity • LMCS complements existing operational European services: EUMETSAT / SAF Land, JRC / MARS Food, JRC/ ACP Observatory • ESA DUE GLOBCARBON, GLOBCOVER, GLOBSNOW.. • Data distribution: PUMA, AMESD, EUMETCast, DevCoCost… 11 18/03/2009
geoland2 : Functional view 3 Core Mapping Services Euroland (Land Cover) SATChMo (Seasonal Monitoring) BioPar (Biophysical Parameters) 7 Core Information Services Land Carbon Natural Resource Monitoring in Africa (NARMA) Global Crop Monitoring Forest Agri‐Environment Water Spatial Planning 12 18/03/2009
BioPar Objectives Set-up an operational system, fully validated, developed according to industry standard, and that meets users’ needs. Taking benefit of previous R&D projects to complement (SAF Land) or to extend (VGT4Africa) operational services Building a strong user base (user-driven service) Moving from off-line processing to Near Real Time Integration global-regional-local to build a service providing bio-geophysical parameters at any scale of interest Ensuring Service Continuity Developing sensor-independent algorithms Design back-up processing line (in case of failure of nominal sensor) Guarantee the compatibility between historic and current products Adapting the present method to the next generation of sensors Improving Quality Assessment Combining technical, scientific, utility and external assessments 13 18/03/2009
BioPar Structure Satellite & Ground Segment Ancillary Data EO satellites Meteo In-situ Other Meteo satellites HR MR LR BioPar R&D Demonstration Operations Work Flow Radiation ITF VITO Cnes IM Vegetation Water Dissemination SDI Data Flow NRT Data Flow Off-line Users User Feedback 14 18/03/2009
BioPar CMS Portfolio 15 18/03/2009
Quality Assessment Procedure 1- Technical validation at production centres (IM, VITO) 2- Scientific validation by independent team (EOLAB) 3- Utility assessment by user (CIS) • 1- Technical Validation 16 18/03/2009
Quality Assessment • 2-Scientific Validation Plan • Following CEOS WGCV procedures • A) Inter-comparison with operational products • Spatial consistecy • Overall evaluation of products • Statistical analysis of different metrics • Temporal consistency • Temporal profiles • Evolution of statistics • B) Direct Validation • Quantitative accuracy • Temporal realism • 3-Utility Assessment • User oriented validation. 17 18/03/2009
Spatial Data Infraestructure 18 18/03/2009
Conclusions: Stresa Workshop on Global LMCS • Identification of key products/issues, user requirements • Global Monitoring: Land Cover & LCC, Vegetation & Fires, Water & Soils, Snow & Ice • Hot-spot Mapping and Thematic Services • Integration of complementary info (EO, in-situ, models) • Architecture: Atmosphere/Marine services could be used as a model • Research/expertise support to operations: quality, validation, improvements, new products • Need of continuity of products in time, reprocessing • End-to-end information chain: need of integration (EO, in situ data, land surface models, land cover change, carbon & water cycles, crop monitoring) through land data assimilation systems and human expertise 19 18/03/2009
Conclusions: Stresa Workshop • Improve interaction with parallel projects • EUMETSAT SAF’s • DevCoCast • ESA Strategic Actions: WACMOS (soil moisture time series) • ESA Earth explorer mission: SMOS (dedicated soil moisture mission) • Collaboration, potentialexchanges (procedures, data, etc…) interfaces, complementarities PNT ? • Open issues • Consolidation of the GMES document: Assessment of Maturity and Relevance • More discussion needed for “hot-spot” theme: • policy driven or driven by global systematic mapping? • Continuous or flexible monitoring? • Governance to be addressed (assessment of existing assets, interfacing, internationalcooperation) • Bridge financing 2011-2013 20 18/03/2009
Conclusions More information at www.land.eu Thank you very much for your attention ! 21 18/03/2009