GMES Synergies

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GMESSynergies
ESA-EC-IPY Synergies in the context of GMES

• Mark R. Drinkwater
• ESA Earth Observation Programmes

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International Polar Year (IPY)

• The polar regions are symbolic, providing
  demonstrable evidence of human fingerprint on
  climate change processes
  
• High-lat. climate change has a broad range of
  physical, bio-geochemical, and socio-economic
  impacts (e.g. IPCC 4th AR Stern Report etc)
  
• Impacts lie at heart of the scientific basis and
  justification for polar-orbiting satellites
  
• Impacts have broad reaching socio-economic
  consequences
  
• IPY provides a unique opportunity to Space
  Agencies
  
• It already federates over 60 nations in
  high-latitude research
  
• Comprehensive in-situ, airborne and
  satellite-borne experiments
  
• Requirement for logistical support to vessels and
  in-situ experiments
  
• No better opportunity to establish framework for
  delivering a coordinated satellite legacy
  dataset
  
• No better opportunity for demonstrating EO-based
  ice services

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Satellite Missions Relevant to IPY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PALSAR/ALOS L-band

RA2 ASAR/Envisat C-band
GMES S-1
RA, SAR Wind Scat/ERS-2
RADARSAT-3
RADARSAT-2 C-band
RADARSAT-1 C-band
SAR/RISAT C-band
TERRASAR-X X-band
SAR/COSMO-SKYMED X-band
ASCAT AVHRR/MetOp
Seawinds/QuikSCAT Ku-band
Ku-Scat MSMR/OCEANSAT-2
ICESAT-2
ICESAT
GMES S-3
CRYOSAT-2
GRACE
GOCE
WindSat
SMOS
OLS SSMI/DMSP AVHRR AMSU/NOAA
MODIS AMSR-E/EOS-Aqua
AMSR/GCOM-W
IPY
Aster/MODIS/EOS-Terra
NPOESS C1
VIIRS/NPP
HY-1B
HY-1
SPOT-4/5 Landsat
Planned/Pending approval
In orbit
Approved
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Accomplishing the IPY Snapshot
METOP
Aqua Terra
DMSP
GRACE
Aircraft and in-situ Sounders and GPR Systems
MODIS / ASTER
ASCAT
SSMI
AMSR-E
AVHRR
ERS-2
Envisat
IceSat
ASAR MERIS / A-ATSR
GOCE
HRVIR / VGT
PALSAR PRISM / AVNIR-2
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IPY Spaceborne Observations of the Polar Regions

• The IPY provides an international framework for
  understanding high-latitude climate change and
  predicting global impacts
  
• IPY-era satellite capabilities represent a
  technological leap far beyond the capabilities of
  the IGY
  
• Spaceborne technology offers unique capabilities
  for obtaining essential data for predictive
  models
  
• Coordinated spaceborne observations during IPY
  can serve as a prototype for coordinated
  international ventures such as
  
• Operational Ice Services (GSE PolarView IICWG)
• IGOS-Partners Cryosphere Observing System
  (Cry-OS)
  
• Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) by
  fulfilling observations of Essential Climate
  Variables
  
• GEOSS - IPY Legacy Dataset (Action Item
  CL-06-05 Ref GEO Work Plan)
  
• Forecasting Improvements in context of World
  Weather Watch
  
• Inter-calibration of instruments and long-term
  calibration validation of data products

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IPY in context of GMES plans
Autonomous Operational European capacity for G
MES
GMES Action plan endorsed by EC ESA council (
Nov 01)
ESA council Decision on implementation plan
Deployment of GMES Space Component (Earth Watch
Sentinels)
Baveno Manifesto (Oct 98)
GMES Forums
GMES Report
IPY
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Implementation Period
Initial Period
Sustainability
FP7 Down stream call on Polar Monitoring?
EC FPs, DAMOCLES etc
EC FP7 call
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IPY GMES Challenges

• Exciting scientific research
• Validation / Certification
• Better EO algorithms Exploitation of new
  information (Polarisation / Multi-angle)
  
• Use state-of-the-art Earth System models
  (biological, chemical component)
  
• Need Error statistics for assimilation
  Certification
  
• Transfer of RD to operations

Building blocks for Earth Information Monitoring
Forecasting services
Models
Assimilation
In-situ
EO
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GMES Polar Monitoring and Forecasting services

• Navigation through sea-ice and icebergs
• Increase in transportation
• Increase in oil and gas exploration
• Adaptation to climate change
• Inuits hunting on sea-ice
• Mammal habitats
• Permafrost stability
• Water resource management (snow, glaciers etc)
• Climate change monitoring
• Establishing reference EO data sets, GIIPSY etc.
• Processing geophysical parameters
• Assimilation of EO derived information into
  climate models
  

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IPY GMES synergies

• IPY should be used as a focal point to maximise
  the synergies between EC-funded RD projects and
  GMES operational information services
  
• GMES should take maximum benefit of the momentum
  IPY is generating for Polar Monitoring
  activities
  
• IPY comes at a crucial point in time with respect
  to global climate change and impact on Polar
  regions
  
• Polar monitoring is a global issue that need to
  draw upon global networks of systems and
  expertise (GIIPSY, ETSI, IICWG, Polar view,
  national ice services etc)
• IPY will be an important element in establishing
  Polar activities inside forthcoming GMES EC plans