GROUND MOTION MONITORING Copernicus service in support of geohazard assessment and regional planning in the region Rhine-Moselle (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Copernicus Service Rhine-Moselle Resources (BGR); Geological Survey and Mining Authority of Rhineland-Palatinate (LGB) Duration: 01.12.2013 – 29.02.2016 Abstract: Data sources: TerraSAR-X, RapidEye, Federal and State authorities for geology and mining Envisat ASAR, ERS-1, ERS-2, Landsat 8, have the responsibility to follow up relevant geologi- ALS cal issues, to provide advice in the context of geo- hazard risk potential and to perform supervisory Support program: Copernicus services duties. Up to now, geologists working in the civil for local authorities in Germany service sector preferentially use ground-based methodologies for investigation and monitoring. Contact: Methods of remote sensing, in particular satellite Federal Institute for Geosciences and based techniques, are only secondarily used. The aim Natural Resources (BGR) of the project is to develop the further acceptance of Corinna Wolf airborne and satellite-based remote sensing applica- Phone: +49511-643-3082 tions for public tasks in the national and international Mail: [email protected] context, further to support the sustainable implemen- tation in public work processes. The service concept is developed and tested based on the public task of geohazard assessment and regional planning in the federal state Rhineland-Palatinate to improve and support public tasks with modern remote sensing data. Earth observation data from different remote sensing sensors like radar satellites, multispectral satellites with medium and high resolution and airborne systems are investigated in an integrated analysis for the identification and geological interpretation of moving areas in the region Rhine-Moselle. Based on these first interim results, two areas are selected for further detailed Figure 1: Results of an overview mapping of ground analysis. At present, the immediate focus is on sub- motions in the approximately 1o,000 km² wide sidence hazards and danger of collapse in the town investigation area, which includes the Moselle valley Mendig due to a wide area of underground near- between Trier and Koblenz and the Middle Rhine Valley from Bingen to Koblenz up to the federal state surface basalt mining cavities that remain from mining boundary of Rhineland-Palatinate. activities during the Middle Age to the middle of the 20th century and slope instabilities in the Moselle valley. 1 .