EO-Based Services for Climate Change Adaptation. Space and the Arctic, October , Stockholm, Sweden

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1 EO-Based Services for Climate Change Adaptation Space and the Arctic, October , Stockholm, Sweden

2 Polar View Network More than 80 partners from 16 countries Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Estonia France Finland Germany Iceland, Italy Norway Sweden Russia United Kingdom USA North American Node Manager: C-CORE Program Manager C-CORE Antarctic Node Manager: BAS Euro-Russian Arctic Node Manager: met.no Baltic Node Manager: FMI 2

3 Polar View Network System Partners CIS DTU NORUT NR VTT Research Partners BAS CIS DTU FMI U. Alberta U. Bonn U. Bremen U. Stockholm Service Strategy Group Operational Service Providers BT Geoconsulting BAS C-CORE CNR DMI DTU eosphere FMI HAL Hatfield KSAT met.no Noetix NPI SMHI Syke U. Bremen U. Stockholm Vista Thematic Leads VISTA (Snow Services) Program Management C-CORE Regional Node Managers FMI met.no C-CORE BAS Admiral Danish Fleet APRFC, NOAA Alberta Environment AWI - Polarstern AAD - Aurora Blom Kartta BAS - Ernest Shackleton BSH Canadian Ice Service Estonian Env. Info. Center Estonian Met. and Hyd. Institute European Environment Agency Finnish Maritime Administration Finstaship GLB HTC, Sachs Harbour Hyd. Services Division - SYKE Ice Advisors Ltd. Icelandic Met. Office Icelandic National Energy Authority Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Institut Polaire Francais - Astrolabe IAATO ICRH Core End Users Expert Consultants Hickling Arthurs Low IPF European Network Coordinator TBD ICIMOD International Ice Patrol PNRA Italica Dromship Kemijoki Ltd. Krasnoyarsk Krai Government LFUWG, Rheinland-Pfalz LFU, Baden-Wuerttemberg Lapland Reg. Env. Center Makivik Corporation Mayor of Arctic Bay Met. Res. Division, FMI Govt. Sakha Republic, Russia Manitoba Water Stewardship Mohn-Sverdrup Center Municipality of Wood Buffalo UK Met Office National Ice Center National Snow and Ice Data Center National Glaciology Program NB Department of Environment NL Dept. of Env. and Conserv. North. Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq Norwegian Coast Guard Norwegian Polar Institute Lance Norwegian Water and Energy Dir. OryxQuest Yacht Race Parks Canada Pole Position Spitsbergen Provincial Airlines Ltd. Royal Arctic Line Statkraft Swedish Coast Guard Swedish Maritime Administration SMA - Icebreaking Authorities Swedish Met. And Hyd. Institute Norwegian Inst. of Nat. Res. Town of Hay River Volvo Ocean Race Yukon Dept. of Environment 3

4 Polar View Service Portfolio Services Sea Ice and Icebergs High-resolution ice charts Medium-resolution ice charts Sea ice thickness charts Ice forecasts Floe edge maps Iceberg detection reports Global sea ice products River and Lake Ice Ice classification maps Ice cover change maps Annotated imagery Ice conditions history Freeze-up/melt-onset timing Glaciers and Snow Glacier facies maps Mass-balance modelling report Glacier velocity maps Snow cover maps Snow water equivalent User Concerns Safety Shipping Offshore operations Hunting and fishing Water and Environment Water resources management Flood forecasting Hydropower management Pollution transport Adapting to Climate Change Shipping Offshore operations Hunting and fishing Water resources management Flood forecasting Hydropower management 4

5 User Engagement User domain knowledge Effective Integration of EO-based methods with existing processes EO Service Providers Users EO knowledge Application of EO-based approaches in other areas of interest 5

6 Climate Change Adaptation Changing ice regimes Changing snow regimes UNFCCC Nairobi Work Programme Expert meeting in March 2008 Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Arctic (VACCA) workshop in October 2008 Reliance on past data is no longer sufficient for effective decision making United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2008 Recent observations are necessary Continue/expand monitoring systems Share information, work across jurisdictions 6

7 Navigating Ice Infested Waters User concerns Safe shipping and operations in ice infested waters EO-derived information High-resolution and regional ice charts Ice forecasts Global ice cover and concentration Iceberg location and population statistics 7

8 Navigating Ice Infested Waters 8

9 Assisting Arctic Indigenous Communities User concerns Safe and efficient hunting and travel Sustainable reindeer husbandry Sustainable fisheries EO-derived information Floe edge advisory Lake ice distribution and development Continental snow cover River ice types 9

10 Assisting Arctic Indigenous Communities Snow Depth Snow Water Equivalent 10

11 Flood Forecasting and Water Management User concerns Mitigate impacts of flooding related to snow and ice Efficient hydropower production EO-derived information Snow covered area River ice development and ice types Glacier characteristics and runoff modelling 11

12 Flood Forecasting and Water Management 12

13 Polar View Service Coverage > 4000 local/regional per year > 2000 global products per year 13