Title: GMES Synergies
1GMESSynergies
ESA-EC-IPY Synergies in the context of GMES
- Mark R. Drinkwater
- ESA Earth Observation Programmes
2International 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
3Satellite Missions Relevant to IPY
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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
4Accomplishing 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
5IPY 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
6IPY 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
7IPY 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
8GMES 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
9IPY 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