Plans for Geoland followon Emphasis on global activities

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Plans for Geoland follow-onEmphasis on global
activities

• Marc Leroy, Etienne Bartholomé, Jean-Christophe
  Calvet, and Marek Tinz

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Geoland structure
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geoland outlook
2013
2007
2006
2005
2008
2004
Land Cover Vegetation (geoland)
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IP Long Term
Consolidation
FP
Integrated
Projects
Sustainability
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EC
CoastWatch
GSE Land
GMES Urban Services
GMES Urban Services
Information
Services
GMES SAGE
FP 7 ?
GMES Service
ESA
Elements GSE
Implementation
GMES Forest Monitoring / GSE FM
TerraFirma
/ GSE
GeoHazards
GMFS
GMFS
GlobCover
Core Services European Land Monitoring
Pilot Service
Core Service
Precursor
Land Monitoring
?
Core Services Global Land Monitoring
Pilot Service
Operation
Global Land Monitoring
Downstream Service Opportunities
?
Interreg, LIFE, national / regional funding
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geoland objectives Global Observatories

• GEOLAND
• the goal was to integrate European capacities, by
  assembling them in a common work objectives
• preoperational demonstration consisted in
  off-line production for each segment
• organize R D efforts oriented towards service
  needs
• GEOLAND Follow-on
• consolidate integration of national and European
  capacities, including ESA efforts
• pre-operational demonstration will consist to
  set up and run near real time operational
  processes in each segment
• develop the R D work oriented towards service
  needs

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Service Concept
Space In-situ data
Low Medium resolution satellites geostationary
-heliosynchronous
High resolution satellites Ground truth
Core Service
User Segment
European Union Policy support
Downstream Services
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User Segment (established / foreseen in short
term)

• MARS
• DG AGRI though MARS-PAC (MoU)
• DG AIDCO through MARS-FOOD (MoU)
• FAO through JRC/MARS-FOOD (MoU) (contract FAO DG
  Aid Co)
• Africa Observatory
• DG RELEX, DEV, AIDCO through JRC (MoU)
• UNEP though JRC/AfObs-Env (MoU)
• FAO JRC/AfObs-Env (MoU)
• DG ENV contact in place by Af.Obs, no MoU
• AMESD directly with project and/or AU when in
  place
• Land carbon
• ECMWF project partner
• DG ENV contacts to be consolidated
• EEA contacts to be consolidated
• National level no specific agreement, possible
  channel through EUMETNET
• Seasonal Monitoring Europe
• EEA
• DG Env ?

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Core Service / Downstream services 

• A Core service is a service whose users are in
  charge of the implementation of EU sectoral
  policies
• Downstream services are services for other users.
  They include
• GEMS Atmospheric Services at ECMWF
• FAO, UNEP, AMESD, EUMETNET
• (customers of the Core Service through Service
  Level Agreements)
• others, to be identified later
• national
• regional
• other users through GEOSS
• ...

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Space In-situ data
Vegetation
Water
Radiation
Space Segment Global Continent. Coverage
Meris
Modis
Goes
MSG
Amsr
Ascat
Avhrr
Sentinel 3
EPS
Others
Smmi
Atsr
Smos
VGT
High Resolution Images SPOT, Landat,
IKONOS, Air photos
Crop yield and area
Leaf Area Index
Radiation
In situ validation data
CO2
Environmental Stress Indicators
Soil moisture
Carbon Storage
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Management Concept (tentative, TBC)
Lead Medias-France
Biogeophysical Parameters
NRT Operations
R D
Radiation
Vegetation
Water
Technical Coordination Project Management
Lead JRC
Lead ECMWF
Lead EEA
Seasonal Monitoring of Europe
MARS
Africa Observatory
Land Carbon
NRT Op
NRT Op
R D
NRT Op
R D
NRT Op
R D
R D
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Near Real Time Operational Data Flow
Sentinel 3
Modis
Vegetation
Space Segment
Seviri
Ascat
Other Geostat. Sensors
Avhrr / Eps
Meris
Ers / Scatt
Biogeophysical variables
LAI, fCover, NDVI, Burnt Areas, Active Fires,
Soil Moisture, Precipitation, Water Bodies,
Temperature, Albedo,, Downwelling Flux
Core Service
Africa Observ.
Land Carbon
Seasonal Eur. Mon.
Information Bulletins CO2 flux Biogeophysical
variables
Users
European Union
Downstream Services
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R D Plan

• IN SITU DATA
• Develop and maintain network of in-situ
  measurements for the validation of output
  products FLUXNET, VALERI, Soil Moisture, BSRN,
  Carbon storage, Crop yield areas, Environmental
  stress indicators
• ALGORITHMS
• Develop methodologies for customizing the
  products to user needs (example filling gaps in
  space time)
• Prepare multi-sensor fusion methodologies
• Provide a platform of intercomparison of existing
  algorithms (benchmarking) produce document
  advices for further processing
• Preparing the next generation of products /
  algorithms (to be produced operationally in the
  next 2 or 4 years)
• PROCESSING LINES
• Produce with updated methodologies operational
  and validated processing lines to be delivered to
  the NRT Op component
• PRODUCTS
• Producing archives of time series of all output
  variables. Reprocess these archives with updated
  generations of algorithms

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Implementation Plan

• INTEGRATION OF CAPACITIES
• Ensure coordination between near real time
  operations providers in Europe
• in particular land SAF (MSG. METOP, MODIS/TBC),
  VITO (VGT, MERIS/TBC), MEDIAS-France (off-line
  reprocessing), EUMETSAT (incl. hydro products),
• and operators for key operational or
  pre-operational applications, namely JRC/MARS
  Africa Obs, ECMWF, EEA
• take steps towards medium resolution pre-op.
  operation
• Integration of results from ESA GMES programs,
  such as Globcover, GMFS, Kyoto ARD, Globcarbon,
  and relevant national projects
• Prepare Service Level Agreements between service
  providers, and between providers and users
• Ensure centralized/coordinated communication and
  distribution access
• NEAR REAL TIME PRODUCTION
• Implement processing lines delivered by the RD
  component in each segment
• Production in near real time of biogeophysical
  parameters, operated from the beginning of the
  project, NRT production soon after for the other
  components

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Sustainability

• The goal of Geoland follow-on is to set up near
  real time operational capacity and proper
  European national integration.
• Steps to go to truly operational capacity need to
  be identified part of GMES governance
• funding source
• funding mechanism
• milestones and planning