ESA’s Earth Observation Programme following Space ‘19+

GEWEX SSG-32, CalTech, Pasadena, CA 27-30 January 2020

D. Fernandez, M. Rast, ESA ESRIN, Frascati

ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use ESA-Developed Earth Observation Missions 25 under development 15 in operation

Slide 2 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency Space19+ Outcomes for Earth Observation Programme Proposed (M€) Subscribed (M€) Subscription Rate FutureEO 650 553 85% CSC-4 1402 1811 129% EW-ALTIUS phE 55 55 99% EW-InCubed+ 150 61 41% EW-GDA 50 30 60% EW-TRUTHS 32 32 101% EW-AW 42 42 100% Proba-V Exploitation 13 13 97% Seosat - 11.4 - CCI+ - 0.7 - TOTAL 2394 2610 109% Slide 3 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency EO Missions funded at TRUTHS Earth Explorer 9 Copernicus Phase A/B1

6 ESA-funded Sentinels ARCTIC WEATHER FORUM (+ 6/7 EU-funded recurrent) Far-infrared-Outgoing-Radiation ALTIUS Understanding and Monitoring Phase E Proba-V Small Missions Extension + 2 Smallsat

2 SCOUTS Preparation of future Missions and 2-4 Φ-sats Sentinels Next Gen. Phase A/B1 Aeolus follow-on, Earth Explorer-10,

Next Generation Gravity Mission with NASA Slide 4 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency

Copernicus new Missions

CO2M - Anthropogenic CO2 Monitoring LST – Land Surface Temperature Mission Causes of Agriculture & Water Climate Change Productivity

CRISTAL – Polar Ice & Snow Topography CHIME – Hyperspectral Imaging Mission Effects of Food Security, Soil, Climate Change Minerals, Biodiversity

CIMR – Passive Microwave Radiometer ROSE-L – L-band SAR Mission

Sea: Surface Temp. Vegetation & Ground & Ice Concentration Motion & Moisture

Slide 5 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency FutureEO – Earth Explorers as S&T Flagships

Flying Missions Science & GOCE SMOS Cryosat Aeolus Innovation 2009-2013 2009 2010 2013 2018

H O 2 NaCl 4.700+ Reg. Users

Future Missions 300+ Publ. EarthCare Biomass FLEX FORUM EE-10 per Year 2022 2022 2023 2025 2027

3 High Risks for Cand. Great Rewards

Slide 6 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency Earth Explorer 10 – Three Candidates

Harmony Daedalus Hydroterra

Explore

mesosphere, Science on lower daily water

thermosphere cycle Bistatic SAR as passive & Ionosphere followers of Sentinel-1

Two <500kg spacecraft Four cubesats Geostationary at 120 km altitude C-band SAR Applications • Cryosphere Focus on temperature, Benefits for weather • Oceanography heating processes & forecasting, hydrology, • Geosphere composition structure mountain cryosphere

Slide 7 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency FutureEO – new Elements of Science & Innovation

Hardware & Operations Science & Applications Technology Increased EE-9: FORUM Data Diversity & Volumes Grand EO Science AFRICA Challenges

Scouts & AI4EO Resilient Φ-Sats Society

Safety & Civil Security EO contribution to ESA-wide pillar HAPS

Slide 8 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency FutureEO response to Grand Challenges

Paris Agreement UN SDGs Disaster Risk Reduction The grand challenges that humankind is facing require more than ever that scientists advance their understanding of the planet, its processes and its interactions with human activities and translate that knowledge into information, policy advice and services for the benefit of citizens, their business and their lives.

Slide 9 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency EO excellence shall go beyond observations

FutureEO willESA contribute EC-RTD to unlockFutureEO the full Horizon Europe scientificESA new Science potential and Innovation of the New EU Research and Innovation Earthnew Observation European Programme EO Framework Programme

New ICT, Could Computing, AI, … Interdisciplinary & Open Science Enhanced models and prediction In-situ Networks/citizen data Slide 10 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency EC RTD-ESA Cooperation: Focus and Approach Flagship Action areas • Advancing observing capacity Joint Planning Working • Advancing basic understanding Group (JPWG) of Earth and climate systems • Advancing models and predicting capabilities Common Scientific Agenda • Informing society and promoting scientific education • Designing novel solutions for citizens Flagship Actions

Slide 11 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency Flagship on Sea Level and Coastal Hazards

Only an integrated … changesSea level in the rise freshwater, is approach to Earth system accelerating.atmospheric and oceanic Sea circulations,Butscience this involving sea does state novel andnot by levelsEOsolid capabilities, Earth could processes riseenhanced plus1.3 metersadditionaltellin-situ us in anythingcoastalnetworks, the hydro-next aboutadvanceddynamical80 the years.modelling causes and and biogeomorphologicalcross-disciplinary andchanges, the and impacts many other research will help us to on giveProceedingshuman people’s concrete influences of thesolutions livesNational not … to associatedAcademyone of the ofwith Sciences major climate change … challengesFebruary of 2018 WCRP,our time Sea Level Grand Challenge

Slide 12 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency Flagship Action on Polar Regions

Objectives

Advance our observation capabilities, basic understanding and prediction capacity of the different changes taken place in Polar regions, its interactions and feedbacks with the Earth and climate systems and its expected impacts from

regional to global scales.

Slide 13 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency 4DMedExtreme Events

Source: WACMOS-MED, EstellusSlide 14 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency Water & Food systems and climate adaptation

Fluorescence

Novel EO capabilities are opening the door to better Evaporation rates Sen4ET understand, characterise and predict the vegetation behaviour and its links with carbon, water and nutrients, specially under extreme conditions S1 soil moisture

Slide 15 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency ESA Science Clusters • Bring together different expertise, data and resources with synergy • Promote networking, collaborative research, and foster international collaboration • Contribute to stronger European research area in close collaboration European and international partners

Slide 16 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency ESA contribution to GEWEX

Call for scientific activities 2020 Addressing Key Science Challenges • River discharge & coastal areas (kicked-off) • Irrigation+ (link to LIAISE) • New snow products & hydrology (INARCH) • Novel HR water products – Med (link to LIAISE) • Hydro-climatic extremes New calls in 2021 • Dedicated action in support of PanneX

ESA-GEWEX EO for Water Cycle Science Workshop

16th-18th November, Congress center, Versailles, France Co-organized in collaboration with CNES, CNRS/IPSL, the University of Versailles

Slide 17 ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use European Space Agency The Hydrology TEP - https://hydrology-tep.eu/

Slide 18 Slide 19 Thank you for your attention!

@AschbacherJosef

www.esa.int

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