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2015 DRAGON SymposiumInterlaken, 23 June 2015
Maurice BorgeaudHead of the Department “Science, Applications, and Future Technologies”
ESA’s Earth Observation Programmes
ESA Earth Observation Programmes
MeteorologicalProgramme
CopernicusProgramme
Earth ObservationEnvelope Programme2
Copernicus: A New Generation of Data Sources
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
Sent-1A/B Sent-2A/B Sent-3A/B Sent-5/5P Sent-6A/BSent-4A/B
Tentative Sentinel Schedule
Etna slopes
Launch Sentinel-1A
• 3 April 2014• Kourou spaceport• Soyuz-2 rocket• New era of Earth observation
Sentinel-1A: Nepal Earthquake
Katmandu, Nepal
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Ice Streams seen by Sentinel-1A
Greenland,West Coast
January 2015
Copyright:Copernicus data (2015)/ESA/Enveo
Sentinel‐1 User and Data Statistics(“Scientific / Other Use” data hub)
By 11 June 2015:
7’728 registered users
160’000 products available for download
1’170’000 products downloaded by users, representing about 1.42 PB of data (Petabytes)
Sentinel-2
• Wide swath high resolutionsuper-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)
Data Courtesy RapidEye
10 m resolution for field scale mapping
10 m resolution for field scale mapping
Crop type mapping and yield modelling=> Sentinel-2
Sentinel-3
• Medium resolution imagingand altimetry mission
• Land and ocean applications• Launch of S3a in Q4-2015
Sentinel-4/5/5p
• Atmospheric chemistry missions• Instruments to be flown on
• MTG (Sentinel 4)• MetOp SG (Sentinel 5)
• Separate precursor missionfor Sentinel 5
MTG
MetOp SG
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
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Science – the Earth Explorers
Swarm
• Three-satellite-constellation,
launched November 2013
• Measures the geomagnetic field
Earth’s Magnetic Field from Swarm Data
© ESA/DTU
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
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
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
CryoSat – Arctic Sea Ice Volume
Wolf et. Al (in press)http://www.oceanflux-ghg.org/Ω
Antarctic Ice Sheet ChangesSynergy:=> Sentinel-1 / Cryosat
Park et. Al (2013)
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
GOCE: Gravity and Ocean Circulation
• First gradiometer in space
• Best geoid ever
• 5th 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
GOCE: Geoid in 2D
GOCE: Ocean Currents
Copyright: ESA/CNES/CLS
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 andclimate models
• Launch planned for 2016
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
Future Earth Explorer Missions
• BIOMASS will be the 7th 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
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.
Status: Phase A/B1 studies being completed for two competing mission candidates
Earth Explorer 8 Candidate Missions
UCM in Krakow, Poland, 15-16 Sept 2015 => Decision by PB-EO in Nov. 2015
CCI: Essential Climate Variables
The Earth
ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use
Sea Level Rise - not even across the globe
New EO Science Strategy for ESA
• Endorsed by PB-EO
Nov. 2014
• To become a key
element of overall EO
strategy
• Scientific basis for next
EE Call
• Flyer and printed
edition distributed end
April 2015
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
Important Dates:Deadline for abstract submission 16 October 2015Notification of Acceptances End January 2016Issue of Preliminary Programme February 2016Opening of Registration to the Symposium February 2016Release of the Final Programme at the symposiumSubmission of Full Papers at the symposium
Themes:Atmosphere, Oceanography, Cryosphere, Land, Hazards, Climate and Meteorology, Solid Earth/Geodesy, Near-Earth Environment, Methodologies and Products, Open Science 2.0
http://lps16.esa.int
PRAGUE 9-13 MAY 2016
Main Objective: Presentation of Exploitation Results based on ESA Earth Observation Measurements
Poyang Lake: Dragon id. 10557Annual & 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
Envisat RA until orbit drift & Altik continuity
15 years time series of water dynamics from 2000 to 2014 (average 1 image every 10 days)
Given year: 2014 Yearly residual analysis
Thank you for your attention
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