Land Monitoring Core Service Implementation Group (LMCS IG) - Results and Outlook

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1 Land Monitoring Core Service Implementation Group (LMCS IG) - Results and Outlook Pr. Dietmar Grünreich, President of BKG, Germany Chairman of the GMES LMCS IG

2 Outline 1 Introduction 2 Preparatory Projects and Results 3 Service Evolution 4 Outlook 5 Summary

3 GMES services - Overview Provision of operational core services based on Earth Observation and in situ data in the field of: Land } Marine } Earth sub-systems Atmosphere } Emergency --> response to crisis Security

4 Composition of LMCS IG 2 Representatives from Member States with a European Profile Representatives from EC DGs: ENV, AGRI, REGIO and ESTAT 1 Representative from the European Environmental Agency (EEA) Representatives from the GMES Bureau support the Implementation Group (Secretariat)

5 Land Monitoring Core Service User requirements collected by the Implementation Group: LMCS addresses a wide range of resources and policies at EU and international level (e.g. soils, water, agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, transport etc.) Very diverse user communities with various requirements. Common key requirements: improve data access (in situ and space) and reference data reliable multi-purpose Land Cover and land cover change data is the basis for a multitude of applications in environmental management and spatial planning Will offer a portfolio of data and products with different levels of elaboration (from pre-processed images to elaborated information) Progressive implementation, modular approach

6 LMCS Implementation phases FTS < 2008 > CS evolution EUROPEAN Local component: Urban Atlas & Hot Spot mapping Continental component: Pan-EU Land Cover FTS GLOBAL Thematic elements EU level Global component: Global scale Thematic elements International level Service Evolution

7 Continental Pan-EU Component: Wall-to wall Pan-EU (38 countries) mapping, Corine 2006 is the Land FTS precursor. CLCC 2006: 5ha MMU instead of 25 ha CLC2000 based on HR images (20-30 m) temporal update of 3-5 years 21 HR classes (1 ha MMU) starting with the Soil Sealing and Forest mapping Local component: Focus on Urban Atlas Start: project launched January 2009 Objective: Land cover / Land use mapping of 300 functional urban areas ( 100,000 inh.) Based on VHR images ( 2.5m) minimum mapping units 0.1 ha (0.25 ha in 2008 call) LMCS Scope - Fast Track part

8 Corine LC LMCS precursor

9 CORINE LC (25 ha)

10 Continental component Soil sealing 1 ha MMU Lille

11 Forest Area Map (5 ha MMU) Continental component

12 Urban Atlas part of Urban Audit 308 cities > 150 TI Mapped with same methodology and same class nomenclature VHR imagery (2,5-10 m), other sources 1st delivery expected 04/09

13 LMCS Scope Priority to multi-purpose products -> combined access to: Pre-processed data (e.g. ortho-rectified images, mosaic, cloud masks, daily-weekly image composites..) Basic reference data (e.g. topographic data, soil and geological data etc.) A set of Land Use/Land Cover and Land Cover Change products at various scales (Global, Pan- EU land cover, national or covering areas of interest) and various time resolution: dynamic products (daily, weekly, monthly, or seasonally), periodic products (every 1-5 years) various layers: generic land cover or thematic LU/LC&LCC (forest, agriculture ) Essential Climate Variables: dynamic vegetation and surface parameters at Global level Further extension to thematic products at EU or International level: more elaborated information such as water quality/quantity models, crop forecasts, environmental indicators

14 Architecture of LMCS OBSERVATION SUPPLY and CALIBRATION Data providers (EO data, reference data) and in-situ networks R E S E A R C H & D. C O R E R & D DATA ACCESS GATEWAY and PRE- PROCESSING QC, Validation, Multi-sensor processing, data pre-processing Reference data GLOBAL services Biogeophysical parameters Thematic services (international) EUROPEAN services EU level: Aggregation, Harmonisation, Coordination, EU products MS level: Processing, validation LU/ LC FOREST, URBAN SOILS, WATER AGRICULTURE D I S S E M I N A T I O N Linked to ESDI/ NSDI and GEO/ GEOSS E N D U S E R S Downstream Services Other GMES Core Services Slide 1

15 LMCS Evolution Top down vs Bottom-up? Mix of centralised and decentralised elements EU level: common functions (pre-processing, low-coarse level products...) harmonisation, aggregation MS level (European component): national activities, in-situ data provision, validation of EUlevel products Pan-EU component: two steps Ensure the continuity of CLC time series with improvement (?) Progressive synchronisation and integration with MS inventories linked to Inspire Annex II (LC)

16 EU component - Approach Member States with LC-LU Mapping Exercises Consistent, pre-processed EO data and low level land cover / biophysical products Standards for nomenclatures, generalisation & timing of inventories Coordination & aggregation of MS contributions Natl. user interface: needs / service dissemination Bottom up EU user interface: needs / service validation & dissemination National LC/LU datasets Access to necessary In-situ data Validation of pan-european products w local knowledge Top Down EU-LMCS

17 Outlook IG s Terms of Reference confirmed for the period of transition (until end of 2010) Group will be enlarged (probably by 2 members) GEOLAND2 project being accompanied Strategic Discussion on how to get an operational LMCS by 2013 and on how the LMCS need to further developed when an INSPIRE-based ESDI is available (by 2019?) Communication of issues and results to users etc.

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