Essential Biodiversity Variables Workshop

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1 Essential Biodiversity Variables Workshop Dr. Maurice Borgeaud ESA Earth Observation Programmes ESA ESRIN 27 February 2012

2 The European Space Agency To provide for and promote, for exclusively peaceful purposes, cooperation among European states in space research and technology and their space applications - Article 2 of ESA Convention EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 2

3 19 Member States, growing Eastwards ESA has 19 Member States: 17 states of the EU (AT, BE, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, IT, GR, IE, LU, NL, PT, RO, SE, UK) plus Norway and Switzerland. Eight other EU states have Cooperation Agreements with ESA: Estonia, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania and the Slovak Republic. Bulgaria and Malta are negotiating Cooperation Agreements. Canada takes part in some programmes under a Cooperation Agreement. EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 3

4 ESA Earth Observation programs, 40 years long-term observations from space Earth Science Missions Operational Missions SMOS Swarm Meteosat Sentinel 1 GOCE CryoSat-2 MetOp Sentinel 2 Sentinel 4 ADM-Aeolus EarthCARE Sentinel 5 Sentinel 3 EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 4 ERS-1 ERS-2 ENVISAT

5 The EO development in Europe, for the benefit of worldwide users Since METEOSAT M-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ERS-1, -2 EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 5 METEOSAT Second Generation MSG-1, -2, -3 Earth Explorers ENVISAT Earth Watch METOP-1, -2, -3 GOCE SMOS Meteo MTG in cooperation with EUMETSAT (Gravity and Ocean Circulation Explorer) (Gravity and Ocean Circulation Explorer) (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) (Polar Ice Monitoring) CryoSat2 ADM/Aeolus SWARM EarthCare (Atmospheric Dynamics Mission) Science to better understand the Earth System (Magnetic Mission) (Clouds, Aerosols & Radiation Mission) EE 7, 8 Sentinel 1 Sentinel 2 Sentinel 3 Sentinel 4/5 monitoring systems Sentinel 5PC and services GMES in cooperation with EC Applications Services to initiate long term

6 GMES, Observing our planet for a safer world access to timely and reliable policy-relevant information services on the status and the evolution of the Earth environment and on the security of its citizens at all scales from global to regional, national and local EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS (space, airborne, in-situ) Solutions Needs (policy driven) PUBLIC POLICIES (Environment & Security) EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 6

7 The GMES Space Component (GSC) EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 7

8 Sentinel Data Policy Principles FREE and OPEN Sentinel data will be made available via a generic online access mode free of charge Anybody can access data; no difference is made between public, commercial and scientific use open access EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 8

9 ESA working with International Environmental Conventions UNFCCC, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change UNCCD, UN Convention to Combat Desertification CBD, UN Convention on Biodiversity Ramsar, International Convention on Wetlands Building long-term relationships with environmental communities that can benefit from Earth Observation Systems WHC, World Heritage Convention EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 9

10 Environmental Monitoring from Space Continuous data acquisition: Earth Observation satellites allows continuous observation of the Earth surface and its changes on a regular basis. Long term archive: The existing archives of Earth Observation data allows an historical view of environmental issues (30+ years). Multi-scale capabilities: The different type of Earth Observation systems allows the observation of the Earth at global, regional, national and local scales. Multi-sensor information: The synergic use of optical and radar systems allows different types of environmental parameters to be observed and monitored. EO Technology is an important tool for the national, regional and international bodies involved in the implementation of the MEAs EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 10

11 ESA participation to MEA COPs 2002 COP8, New Delhi COP8, Valencia 2003 COP9, Milan COP6, La Havana 2004 COP10, Buenos Aires 2005 COP11, Montreal COP7, Nairobi COP9, Kampala 2006 COP12, Nairobi 2007 COP13, Bali COP8, Madrid 2008 COP14, Poznan COP9, Bonn COP10, Changwon 2009 COP15, Copenhagen COP9, Buenos Aires 2010 COP16, Cancun COP10, Nagoya 2011 COP17, Durban COP10, Changwon 2012 COP18, Doha COP11, Hyderabad COP11, Bucharest EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 11 + participation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, participation to the Rio+20 Summit, 2012

12 ESA and the UNFCC Convention International organizations (e.g. IPCC, GCOS, IGBP, WCRP, GODAE, ECMWF, GOFC) participated in ESA projects addressing the monitoring of Global Change on the different elements of the Earth System CCI, a new ESA program on the Global Monitoring of Essential Climate Variables as a contribution to the CEOS response to the GCOS Implementation plan endorsed by the UNFCCC EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide SBSTA at COP12

13 Satellite Observation of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) Atmosphere Ocean Terrestrial ( 5, 6, 4 ) Surface ( 0, 0, 6 ) Upper air ( 1, 1, 3 ) Composition ( 3, 0, 0 ) Surface ( 4, 2, 1 ) Sub-surface ( 0, 0, 7 ) EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 13 Air Temperature; Precipitation ; Air pressure; Water vapour; Surface radiation budget; Wind Speed & direction; Cloud properties, Wind speed & direction Earth radiation budget; Upper-air temperature; Water vapour; GHGs; Ozone; Aerosol properties Sea-surface Temperature; Sea-level; Sea-ice; Ocean colour; Sea state; Sea-surface salinity Carbon dioxide partial pressure Temperature; Salinity; Current; Nutrients; Carbon; Ocean tracers; Phytoplankton Glaciers; Ice sheets; Land Cover; Fire disturbance; Soil moisture Fraction of absorbed photo-synthetically active radiation; LAI ; Albedo; Biomass; Lake levels; Snow cover, Water use; Ground water; River discharge; Permafrost and seasonally-frozen ground

14 The ESA Climate Change Initiative Rationale: Output : systematic production and distribution of long-term series of Essential Climate Variables (ECV) records, principally based on ESA archived EO data, to meet the needs of UNFCCC and IPCC. ECV Records: Quantifying the state of the climate system to (a) advance our knowledge, and (b) support the work of UNFCCC and IPCC for climate change mitigation and adaptation Resources : 6 years / 75 Million Euro EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 14

15 Global Sea Surface Temperatures sea surface temperature increase of ~0.2 degc since 1992 EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 15

16 Global Sea Level Rise EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 16

17 The ESA CCI, an international coordination UNFCCC which coordinates the interests and decisions of its Parties on Climate Policy; GCOS which represents the scientific and technical requirements of the Global Climate Observing System on behalf of UNFCCC; CEOS which serves as a focal point for Earth Observation related activities of Space Agencies (e.g NOAA, NASA, JAXA, EUMETSAT); Individual Partner Space Agencies with whom ESA cooperates bilaterally (e.g. EUMETSAT); International Climate Research Programs, which represent the collective interests and priorities of the worldwide climate research; EC and National Research Programs which establish research priorities and provide resources for climate research community within Europe (e.g. DG Research, DG-JRC). EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 17

18 EBV workshop wishing you a fruitful and successful meeting EBV Workshop 27/02/2012 Slide 18