UNDLRESA Workshop on Space

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UN-DLR-ESA Workshop on Space Natural
Disasters Contribution of Global Monitoring
for Environment Security (GMES) to
humanitarian aid disaster managementPhili
ppe BALLY Earth Observation Programmes
Directorate European Space Agency (ESA)
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What is GMES?
Space observing systems
Solutions
Public Policy
User orientedservices
In-situ observing systems
Needs
Governments, EU International Organisations Regula
tory Bodies Industry General Public
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Data Methods for GMES

• EO
• In-situ / airborne
• Socio-Economic
• Models / Assimilation
• Monitoring -gt Assessment -gt Forecasting

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Supporting Programmes

• Two main implementing mechanisms to 2007
• European Commission
• Framework Programmes FP(5) FP6
• Integrated Projects,
• Networks of Excellence
• Specific Support Actions
• Strategic Targeted Research Projects
• European Space Agency
• GMES Service Element
• Service Consolidation
• Scaling-up Services

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GMES Services Element (GSE)

• ESA Programme dedicated to GMES
• Approved ESA Ministerial Council Nov 2001
• Deliver Operational Services
• Support for environmental security policies
• Budget
• 83 Meuro
• 5 years (up to 2007)

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GSE Programme sequence
User Consultations
Service Scaling-up
Service consolidation
New Services preparation
servicereviews
servicereviews
GSE ITT
servicereviews
servicereviews
GMESforum
contracts
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
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• A group of around ten Initial GMES Services
• Marine Coastal Environment
• European land-use / land cover state changes
• Forest Monitoring
• Risk Management (Pan European Flood Fires)
• Risk Management (Pan-European Subsidence
  landslides)
• Air Pollution (local to regional scales)
• Food Security Early warning
• Humanitarian aid

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Whats Been Achieved so farGSE Service already
delivered as of today for 10 services out of 48
(one example per project)

• Consortium Service (example) What has
  been delivered
• CoastWatch Coastal indicator service 12
  regional units
• ROSES Algae bloom monitoring 60 regional
  basins
• ICEMON Global ice type and ice drift 200
  map-days
• Northern View Sea ice monitoring 280 regions
  of interest
• Forest Monitoring Input for national GHG
  reporting 3 nat. reports
• SAGE Water Quality 4 river basins
• Urban Services Urban land use 24 European
  cities
• GMFood Security Large scale crop monitoring
  250 districts/com.
• RISK-EOS Burnt scar monitoring 17 admin.
  Areas
• TerraFirma Ground displacement monitoring 18
  European cities

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GSE objectives
Services
End-users
Information
Geo Data
EO Met RD satellite data, remote
sensing, in-situ networks
Operational Earth System Monitoring Forecasting
GIS, Processing Data Fusion, Forecast Model
Citizens EU Policy Regulation body Env agency
Value chain

• Make the end-to-end EO value chain more effective
  by
• Delivering information (not data) to end-users
  (e.g. tactical / strategic)
• Organising the supply
• Federating the demand (e.g. user-pull, not
  technology pushed)
• Establishing a sustained dialogue with end-users
  (e.g. policy body)
• GSE aims to close the loop between operational
  results and
• definition of future systems

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Air Pollution Air Quality (AQ)
GMES Air Pollution monitoring services

• Policy framework
• LRTRAP
• Thematic Strategies for Environment Health, Air
  Quality (6th EAP)
• Services
• Tropospheric aerosol and chemical concentrations
  for monitoring purposes
• Near-surface estimates forecasts of pollutant
  concentrations
• Core Users
• JRC
• NILU, EPA (Ire), ADEME (F), UBA (A), EMPA, ARPA
  (I), LUA

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SCIAMACHY
Global mean tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
vertical column density (VCD) between January
2003 and June 2004 as measured by the SCIAMACHY
instrument on ESA's Envisat The scale is in
1015 molecules/cm-2.
Image produced by S. Beirle, U. Platt and T.
Wagner of the University of Heidelberg's
Institute for Environmental Physics. Credits
University of Heidelberg
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Global crop monitoring system
GMES food security/early warning services

• Information currently provided
• Regular bulletins on crop prospects in 35
  countries
• Meteorological situation
• Crop and rangeland status
• Quantitative yield forecasts
• Innovative methods and models
• Access to global data and indicators
• Current users
• EC RELEX Family (DG DEV, AIDCO, RELEX, ECHO) and
  delegations
• FAO, WFP
• National and regional organisations in Africa,
  Asia and South-America

• Future
• Extension of analysis capacity from 35 countries
  to global

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Early crop yield forecast
GMES food security/early warning services

• Services
• Regional scale early warning of hotspots
• Optimise planning of FAO/WFP Crop and Food
  Supply Assessment Missions
• Support to field operations (validated)
• rapid availability (eg within 2 weeks of
  user request prior to mission)
• Based on Meteosat data with energy water
  balance models
• Eritrea, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
• and Malawi maps provided by
• GMFS in 2004
• Current Users
• FAO GIEWS
• WFP VAM

Ya/Ym relative to 5 yr avg()
Country
-24
Malawi
Ya/Ym relative to 5 yr avg()
Province
-21
CENTRAL
-13
NORTHERN
-30
SOUTHERN
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District level production forecast
GMES food security/early warning services

• Information provided
• Accurate production assessment
• Crop planting date monitoring
• High resolution crop type/area
• Agrometeorological modelling
• Rapid service via SAR (under validation by
  fieldwork)
• Current users
• Ministry of Agriculture, Malawi
• Dept of Agricultural Statistics, Senegal
• WFP, FAO
• JRC

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GMES Action looking at Humanitarian Aid
Started with a consultation of the Humanitarian
community prior to initiate any (industry led)
development activity

• Organised on 26 July 2003 by ESA Directorate of
  EO Programmes
• Participants Users from the Humanitarian Aid
  sector
• European Community Humanitarian Office DG ECHO
• UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
  Affairs, UN OCHA
• UN Development Programme, Bureau for Crisis
  Prevention and Recovery, UNDP BCPR
• International Strategy for Disaster Reduction,
  UN ISDR
• International Federation Red Cross
• THW, German Federal Agency for Technical Relief
• MSF Belgium
• Reuters Foundation

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GMES Action looking at Humanitarian Aid

• How Users (EU, UN, NGOs ) explained they wish to
  proceed
• immediate focus should be user awareness,
  training capacity building to exploit best
  existing solutions that EC bodies, UN and non
  governmental organisations are starting to
  utilise
• for instance, the JRC D.M.A, UNOSAT, Alertnet
• Users generally do not want shiny new systems
• They are accessing EO info today there are
  known problems
• Services need to respond to crisis issues
  (hazards, conflicts) and longer term issues such
  as reconstruction and international development
  programmes
• INPUT DRIVERS FOR GMES ACTION RESPOND
  started Q1 2004
• SET UP of a USER LIAISON OFFICE in Geneva to
  look at the broad User community (Francesco
  PISANO, UNITAR)

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GMES Humanitarian Aid services RESPOND

• Services
• Readily available service to support humanitarian
  operations and management on a global basis,
  comprising training and tools to aid access to
  geographic information
• Global Base Mapping Imagery
• Updated information for hot spots
• Information on emerging crises

Users ECHO UN OCHA UN HCR UNOPS THW Red
Cross (Germany) AlertNet
Providers Infoterra Sertit Keyobs Metria DLR JRC
UNOSAT Reuters Aid 4 Aid Kayser-Threde SciSys SST
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• Policies / Mandates
• United Nations Mandates of OCHA, UNDP, UNHCR,
  UNICEF, WFP
• European e.g. ECHO (CE) 1257/96 - to provide
  emergency assistance and relief to the victims of
  natural disasters or armed conflict outside the
  European Union
• National National Ministries of member states,
  e.g. UK DFID, German Foreign Ministry.
• Local Mission of National and International
  NGOs. E.G. Red Cross, MSF, Caritas etc

Strategy Group ECHO IFRC GermanMinistry
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1 Global Base Mapping Imagery
GMES Humanitarian Aid services RESPOND

• Respond will collate international mapping and
  imagery to create a world database that is
  instantly accessible via the Internet
• Low detail mapping, may be out of date
• Initially via established channels (reliefweb,
  DMA etc), then via supplied tools
• May allow customisation, markup and overlay of
  user data

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2 Updated information for hot spots
GMES Humanitarian Aid services RESPOND

• Respond will proactively maintain an archive of
  geographic information for areas in crisis, or
  areas where crises are likely to occur
• Initially available via established channels
• May be available over the internet
• Hot Spots to be defined prioritisedby users

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3 Information on emerging crises
GMES Humanitarian Aid services RESPOND

• Respond will react to crises and provide, as
  quickly as possible
• Up to date mapping of the area prior to the
  crisis (if not available in reactive database)
• Mapping assessment of the post crisis
  situation
• Thematic mapping relevant to crisis e.g.
  Accessibility, Food Security,Camp location,
  damage mapping.
• InternationalCharter a tool to access
• relevant EO missions data

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Potential Service Coverage
GMES Humanitarian Aid services RESPOND

• Core users will prioritise coverage in stage 1 (2
  years)
• Global coverage of web mapping by 5 years
• Prioritisation of hot spots by users Africa is
  a hot spot!(German Federal Ministry)
• Impossible to accurately predict fast onset
  crises Mapping in support of forcasting

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GMES Humanitarian Aid services RESPOND

• A COMPLETE PORTFOLIO OF available reliable
  SERVICES
• Mapping (digital, paper, EO, non-EO)
• Crisis Damage Mapping
• GIS based Situation Maps integrating thematic
  information for users from the UN and NGOs in the
  field
• Support maps for siting and management of
  refugees camps and for monitoring internally
  displaced persons (IDPs)
• Global Services for alert (non-EO services e.g.
  tropical storm alert)
• Thematic maps for vulnerability assessment,
  prevention, reconstruction and planning purposes
  (in post-crisis situations)
• Ad-Hoc Mapping and graphics provided to Users
  for their communication and reporting resources

Time frame Y2004-Y2005
Partnership between VA industry and in-sector
providers to deliver services now progressively
augment portfolio
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GMES Humanitarian Aid services RESPOND
rapid mapping situation awareness

• Policies international agreements
• ECHO mandate
• Mandates of UNDP, UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, OCHA etc
• CFSP
• Information provided
• Topographic maps
• Thematic maps (1200000 to 12000 scale)
• Rapid damage assessment
• Current users
• UN OCHA HIC (Khartoum)
• ECHO
• UNHCR, UNOPS
• THW (D), Red Cross (D)
• Alertnet (Reuters)

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Information On-line

• www.gmes.info
• http//earth.esa.int/gmes/