ESA s Earth Observation Programmes

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1 ESA s Earth Observation Programmes 2015 DRAGON Symposium Interlaken, 23 June 2015 Maurice Borgeaud Head of the Department Science, Applications, and Future Technologies

2 ESA Earth Observation Programmes Meteorological Programme Copernicus Programme Earth Observation Envelope Programme 2

3 Copernicus: A New Generation of Data Sources Sent-1A/B Sent-2A/B Sent-3A/B Sent-4A/B Sent-5/5P Sent-6A/B Copernicus is a European space flagship programme led by the European Union ESA coordinates the space component Copernicus provides the necessary data for operational monitoring of the environment and for civil security Free and open data policy

4 Tentative Sentinel Schedule Etna slopes

5 Launch Sentinel-1A 3 April 2014 Kourou spaceport Soyuz-2 rocket New era of Earth observation

6 Sentinel-1A: Nepal Earthquake

7 Katmandu, Nepal 7

8 Ice Streams seen by Sentinel-1A Greenland, West Coast January 2015 Copyright: Copernicus data (2015)/ ESA/Enveo

9 Sentinel 1 User and Data Statistics ( Scientific / Other Use data hub) By 11 June 2015: registered users products available for download products downloaded by users, representing about 1.42 PB of data (Petabytes)

10 Sentinel-2 Wide swath high resolution super-spectral imaging mission Land and Security Services Data continuity Landsat and SPOT-type missions Successful launch of S2a launched last night at 3:50 am (CET)

11 Crop type mapping and yield modelling => Sentinel-2 10 m resolution for field scale mapping Data Courtesy RapidEye

12 Sentinel-3 Medium resolution imaging and altimetry mission Land and ocean applications Launch of S3a in Q4-2015

13 Sentinel-4/5/5p MetOp SG Atmospheric chemistry missions Instruments to be flown on MTG (Sentinel 4) MetOp SG (Sentinel 5) Separate precursor mission for Sentinel 5 MTG

14 Earth Observation Envelope Programme Earth Observation Envelope Programme (EOEP): backbone of ESA s EO activities support to new sensors and missions stable planning environment Components: Earth Explorers Technical Developments for Explorers and operational missions (incl. Sentinels and Meteorology) Exploitation Operation of Explorers 14

15 Science the Earth Explorers

16 Swarm Three-satellite-constellation, launched November 2013 Measures the geomagnetic field

17 Earth s Magnetic Field from Swarm Data ESA/DTU

18 SMOS Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Data delivery since February 2010 Complete Earth coverage within three days Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) mitigation continues Outstanding international cooperation Mission extension until 2017

19 SMOS Measurements Satellites for emergency relief: Data acquisition in case of natural or man-made disasters Data delivery to civil protection agencies, emergency and rescue services

20 CryoSat: The Ice Mission First interferometric altimeter in space Global sea ice thickness measurements Data used for ice research, but increasingly also for oceanography Mission extension until 2017 Thinkstock by Getty Images

21 CryoSat Arctic Sea Ice Volume

22 Antarctic Ice Sheet Changes Synergy:=> Sentinel-1 / Cryosat Wolf et. Al (in press) Park et. Al (2013)

23 CryoSat: Gravity reveals sea floor First interferometric altimeter in space Global sea ice thickness measurements Data used for ice research, but increasingly also for oceanography Mission extension until 2017

24 GOCE: Gravity and Ocean Circulation First gradiometer in space Best geoid ever 5 th version of geoid foreseen released in July 2014, including all GOCE measurements End of mission declared 21 October 2013 following depletion of Xenon fuel Re-entry 11 November 2013

25 GOCE: Geoid in 2D

26 GOCE: Ocean Currents Copyright: ESA/CNES/CLS

27 ADM-Aeolus ESA s Wind Mission Global observations of wind profiles for analysis of global 3D wind field Understanding of atmosphere dynamics and climate processes Improved weather forecasts and climate models Launch planned for 2016

28 EarthCARE ESA s Aerosol Mission Global observations of clouds, aerosols and radiation Collaboration with JAXA Scientific instruments: First UV Lidar First Doppler Cloud Profiling Radar (JAXA contribution) Multispectral Imager Broadband Radiometer Launch planned for 2018

29 Future Earth Explorer Missions BIOMASS will be the 7 th Earth Explorer Selected by ESA s Earth Observation Programme Board Biomass estimates based on global interferometric and polarimetric P-Band Radar observations Essential to understand the Earth s carbon cycle To be launched in 2020

30 Earth Explorer 8 Candidate Missions Status: Phase A/B1 studies being completed for two competing mission candidates FLEX: to provide global maps of vegetation fluorescence, which can be converted into an indicator of photosynthetic activity to improve our understanding of how much carbon is stored in plants and their role in the carbon and water cycles CarbonSat: to quantify and monitor the distribution of carbon dioxide and methane for a better understanding of the sources and sinks of these two gases and how they are linked to climate change. UCM in Krakow, Poland, Sept 2015 => Decision by PB-EO in Nov. 2015

31 CCI: Essential Climate Variables

32 The Earth

33 Sea Level Rise - not even across the globe ESA UNCLASSIFIED For Official Use

34 New EO Science Strategy for ESA Endorsed by PB-EO Nov To become a key element of overall EO strategy Scientific basis for next EE Call Flyer and printed edition distributed end April 2015

35 ESA s EO Science Strategy at a glance Ground-breaking exploratory missions integrated into flexible observing systems for Earth system science Sustained observations to understand and attribute trends beyond the expected variability International co-operation to provide an integrated, optimised Earth observing system, which can grow in capability in a cost-effective manner Translational science to synthesise and adapt the data streams from individual instruments and satellites into knowledge Wider Communication and dialogue with people beyond the scientific sector to help explain the value, opportunities and inspiration provided by EO from space

36 PRAGUE 9-13 MAY 2016 Main Objective: Presentation of Exploitation Results based on ESA Earth Observation Measurements Important Dates: Deadline for abstract submission 16 October 2015 Themes: Atmosphere, Oceanography, Cryosphere, Land, Notification of Acceptances End January 2016Hazards, Climate and Meteorology, Solid Issue of Preliminary Programme February 2016 Earth/Geodesy, Near-Earth Environment, Opening of Registration to the Symposium February 2016 Methodologies and Products, Open Science 2.0 Release of the Final Programme at the symposium Submission of Full Papers at the symposium

37 Poyang Lake: Dragon id Annual & seasonal flooding using SAR, optical & RA data Joint JXNU & LTC15 lecturers field visit, 15/10/2014 Synergistic use of optical & SAR data, 2000 to 2014 Given year: 2014 Yearly residual analysis 15 years time series of water dynamics from 2000 to 2014 (average 1 image every 10 days) Envisat RA until orbit drift & Altik continuity

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