A contribution to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security GMES initiative

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A contribution to the Global Monitoring for
Environment andSecurity (GMES) initiative

• Carsten Brockmann
• Brockmann Consult
• Germany

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Brockmann Consult

• Environmental Informatics
• Geo-information Products
• Located near Hamburg in Geesthacht
• 12 Software-Engineersand Scientists
• Customers from public section, national and
  European

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Some Key Infos

• GMES
• Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
• Common EC and ESA Initiative (implies use of EO
  technologies)
• is aimed at the establishment by the year 2008 of
  a European capacity for the provision and use of
  operational information for monitoring and
  management of the environment and for civil
  security

A political initiative to provide Europe with an
independent information gathering system for key
strategic parameters in environment and
security Luigi Fusco ESA Brussels, June, 2002

• Elements
• EU Scientific Research Activities
• ESA GSE GMES Service Element
• Budget
• EU GMES is part of Air and Space Thematic Area
  (1075 Million)
• ESA 83 Million Euro over 5 years
• International collaboration
• Share data and information from international
  systems
• Offer GMES as a contribution international
  efforts
• GMES is the European contribution to the
  preparation of GEO (Global Earth Observing
  System)

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Coordination mechanisms

• Exchange Information
• Align Schedules
• Joint Meetings or reviews
• Access Models (Hind/now/forecast)
• Transfer Algos Software (IPR)
• Validate Products
• Test New Services
• Agree Common Standards
• Common Approach to users

G S E
IP Integrated Project (RD demo)
Research methods and demonstration
Operational Service Provision
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GMES / GSE plan
Autonomous Operational European capacity for
GMES
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 Report
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Implementation Period (stage 2)
Initial Period
Sustainability
GMES requires a space component insuring EO data
continuity
Total Budget 83M, 5yrs Initial Phase 10
projects 1.5M 20months
GSE Consolidation
GSE Full operationalisation
servicereviews
programmereview
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GSE portfolio
USER in the DRIVING SEAT
Right info, at the right time, at the right place
Delivered to International / Regional / Local
users such as EU institutions, Environment
Agencies, Regulatory bodies, Statistical
agencies, natural resource, mapping agencies
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Information servicesfor coastal zones environment

• www.brockmann-consult.de/cw-nordic
• www.coastwatch.info

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Target policies

• Large number of European and International
  policies acting in the coastal zone
• Complex policy framework
• Diverse and scattered information needs
• Move towards umbrella policies in the coastal
  zone
• ICZM Recommendation for sustainable use of
  coastal zone resources
• WFD and Marine Conventions for integrated
  management of water resources in the coastal zone.

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ICZM recommendation

• Challenges from ICZM Information
  needs (maps, indicators)
• To restrict further developmentof the
  undeveloped area
• To use natural resources wisely
• To protect, enhance and celebratenatural and
  cultural diversity
• To ensure appropiate/ecologicallyresponsible
  coastal protection

• Land take by build up areas
• Urban sprawl
• Dominant Landscape types

• Pressure on the coastal ecosystem (Build up in
  the distance of the coast)

• Proportion of coastal zone protected by nature
  conservation

• Flood risk
• Coastal erosion patterns

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WFD Marine Conventions

• Monitoring requirements
  Information needs
• Surveillance
• Operational
• Investigative
• Protected areas

• Water quality elements
• Biological
• Hydromorphological
• Physico-chemical
• Specific pollutants

• Strong linkage with international conventions
  such as
• OSPAR (North East Atlantic)
• HELCOM (Baltic sea)
• BARCOM (Mediterranean sea)

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Coordinated timelines
Consolidation
Implementation Stage
Operational Stage
CW
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Service portfolio
The service portfolio is build to serve three
levels of information
to Recommendations

• Water quality
• Monitoring and Assessment
• Algae Bloom
• Coastal Habitat mapping.
• Coastal Vulnerability and risk assessment.
• Coastal indicators.
• Geophysical information mapping.
• Near-shore wave and wind

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Coastal habitat mapping (user EEA)
Percentage of coastal strip protected by Natura
2000 (Nuts 3, 10km land, 10 km sea)
Finland and Spain coverage
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Coastal integrated indicators
Rate of habitat loss. User EU WG Indicators,
regional product delivered to GenCat
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Coastal land cover land use change mapping
Coastal Land Cover 115.000 Extraction of bare
sands
Coastal Land use change
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Coastal flood risk mapping
Coastal flood risk map for sea defence assessment
(UK EA)
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Algae bloom monitoring (user RIKZ)

• In 2002 about 200 M loss of mussel cultures in
  the River Scheldt area.
• Predicting of risk based on EO-data Chlorophyll
  and wave data.
• Decision support for closing dams to keep Harmful
  algae blooms outside the estuary.

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Wave exposure monitoring
Water exposure monitoring in support to WaveNet
system (CEFAS)
Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude U10 (m/s)
SWH (m) 110506.9 51.60 1.75 0.80
0.35 110509.9 51.43 1.67
0.89 0.56 110510.9 51.37 1.64
0.89 1.71 110516.7 51.03
1.48 0.89 1.26 110517.7 50.97
1.46 0.89 2.15 110518.7
50.92 1.43 1.19 2.64
provision of real-time coastal wave data for
Flood, Coastal Managers and other stakeholders in
England and Wales
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User organisations
INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH
EEA
UK ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
RIKZ
BSH
INC Coordination Centre for ICZM
CEDRE BRGM IFREMER SHOM
GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA
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Regional Service Line
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Service Requirements North Sea

• Regionally optimised products
• Statistical comparison with in-situ data at
  MARNET positions
• Chl, SPM, YS, turbidity
• NxN km² average around station
• Basic statistics
• Extraction and interpretation of frontal
  structures
• Statistical comparison with ship cruise in-situ
  data
• Compatibility with BSH NOAA-SST grid

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Water quality monitoring (user BSH)

Ship time reduced by 40.
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Service Example Cruise Comparison
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Service Example Station Statistics
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GSE portfolio

• Forest Monitoring GAF (De)
• SAGE Infoterra (De)
• GMFS Vito (Be)
• URBAN Indra (Es)
• TERRAFIRMA NPA (Uk)
• RISK-EOS Astrium (Fr)
• RESPOND Infoterra (Uk)
• ROSES Alcatel (Fr)
• CoastWatch EADS (Fr)
• Northern View C-Core (Ca)
• ICEMON Met No (No)
• PROMOTE KNMI (Nl)

USER in the DRIVING SEAT

• Marine and Coastal Services

Right info, at the right time, at the right place
Delivered to International / Regional / Local
users such as EU institutions, Environment
Agencies, Regulatory bodies, Statistical
agencies, natural resource, mapping agencies
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Timescales 0-2-5-10y

• At start of GSE 2002
• Precursor-services
• Archives
• 2002 - 2004
• Existing data sources
• Mature methods
• Core user group
• Next 2 - 5 years
• New data sources, methods and systems
• Service Provider Networking
• New users on local, regional, national and
  institutional level
• 5-10 years
• New infrastructure

TODAY
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Giving and Taking
New data sources New methods New systems New ideas
Marine and Coastal Service Nordic Seas Service
Provider Brockmann Consult
CW services Tailored products Services Baltic
Region user needs
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Thank you for your attention

• carsten.brockmann_at_brockmann-consult.de