C o p e r n i c u s General Overview Agnieszka Lukaszczyk Copernicus EU Copernicus EU Copernicus EU www.copernicus.eu COPERNICUS IN BRIEF Copernicus • Copernicus, a flagship programme of the European Union: – Monitors the Earth, its environment and ecosystems – Prepares for crises, security risks and natural or man-made disasters – Contributes to the EU’s role as a global soft power • Adopts a full, free and open data policy • Is a tool for economic development and a driver for the digital economy 2 COPERNICUS HISTORY Copernicus Baveno GMES – EC-ESA Copernicus Manifesto Flagship of EU Agreement on Regulation and Data Space Policy GMES Policy 1998 2005 2008 GMES 2013 Copernicus 2001 2006 2011 2014 Gothenburg EC - GMES Start of GMES Start of EU Summit Bureau GIO Full service operations 3 GIO = GMES Initial Operation COPERNICUS FUNDING Copernicus Almu can you please reduce the distance between the 2 orange arrows? 4 COPERNICUS GOVERNANCE Copernicus 5 COPERNICUS SOCIO - ECONOMIC BENEFITS Copernicus • Poised to generate significant socio-economic benefits • Driver for research, innovation and the creation of highly skilled jobs 6 COPERNICUS ECONOMIC VALUE (EXAMPLES) Copernicus Pipeline Infrastructure Benefits for the Monitoring in the Netherlands: Netherlands €15 to €18 M/year Forest Management in Benefits for Sweden: Sweden €16 to €22 M/year Benefits for Sweden Winter Navigation in the and Finland: Baltic €24 to €106 M/year 7 Source: EARSC COPERNICUS IS DRIVEN BY THE USERS Copernicus 8 THE SENTINELS Sentinel Mission and Status Key Features Space Component SENTINEL-1: 2 sats in Polar-orbiting, all-weather, 4-40m resolution, 3 day revisit at equator orbit day-and-night radar imaging SENTINEL-2: 1 Sat in Polar-orbiting, multispectral 10-60m resolution, 5 days revisit time Orbit optical, high-res imaging SENTINEL-3: 1 Sat in Optical and altimeter mission 300-1200m resolution, <2 days revisit Orbit monitoring sea and land parameters SENTINEL-4: 1st Launch Payload for atmosphere 8km resolution, 60 min revisit time in 2020 chemistry monitoring on MTG-S SENTINEL-5p: Launch by Mission to reduce data gaps 7-68km resolution, 1 day revisit end 2016 between Envisat, and S-5 SENTINEL-5: 1st Launch Payload for atmosphere chemistry 7.5-50km resolution, 1 day revisit in 2021 monitoring on MetOp 2ndGen SENTINEL-6: 1st Launch Radar altimeter to measure sea- 10 day revisit time in 2020 surface height globally 9 SENTINEL FAMILY DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE Space Component 10 THE CONTRIBUTING MISSIONS Space Component 11 IN- SITU: OVERVIEW In situ • In situ data = observation data from ground-, sea-, or air-borne sensors, reference and ancillary data licensed for use in Copernicus • Use of In situ data: – Validate & calibrate Copernicus products – Reliable information services • Implementation in two tiers: – Tailored in situ data for each Copernicus service level – Cross-cutting coordination across services by the EEA 12 COPERNICUS SERVICES Copernicus 13 SERVICES IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE Copernicus 14 KEY SECTORS LEVERAGING COPERNICUS User Uptake Areas using Copernicus data and services Agriculture Blue economy Climate change & Environment Development & Cooperation Energy & Natural resources Forestry… Health Insurance & Disaster management Security & Defence Tourism Transport Urban planning… Sources: PwC-Strategy& analysis & European Commission, 2015. Space tech and services - Applications related to Earth Observation - Case study 63; European Commission, 2015. Copernicus Brochure) 15 COPERNICUS DATA ACCESS Data Access to Satellite data: https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/sentinel-data-access Access Restricted to the Copernicus Space Restricted to Copernicus Service Component Data international https://scihub.copernicus.eu/ Projects Access Portal* partners Access to Copernicus Services Data • Land-related data: http://land.copernicus.eu • Atmosphere-related data: http://atmosphere.copernicus.eu • Marine-related data: http://marine.copernicus.eu • Emergency-related data: http://emergency.copernicus.eu • Climate change-related data: http://climate.copernicus.eu (Beta version) 16 (*) Includes instructions on how to access Contributing Missions data Access Copernicus Contributing Missions Data Access • Data from ESA, EUMETSAT, third party mission operators • Data Access (Key Info): – Registration with [email protected] – Access restrictions: • Public authorities • EU Research projects • EU institutions • Copernicus Services • https://spacedata.copernicus.eu/web/cscda/copernicus-users/access-rights – Order quota (for R&D and Copernicus services only) 17 THE BIG DATA CHALLENGE Data Access • Massive amounts of data • Full, open and free-of-charge • Different types of dissemination infrastructures • New technology developments • ICT and EO cross-fertilisation • Interoperability with non-EO datasets • Global EO competition ca. 8 Terabyte/day or ca. • Growth and jobs in downstream sector 3 Petabyte/year with just Sentinels-1, -2 and -3 fully operational 18 COPERNICUS BIG DATA APPROACH Data Access • Imminent launch of a Data Access and Information Service • Intention to procure parallel services from three suppliers: – 3 platforms to provide equal access to the basic data and services – Run by 2 entrusted entities: EUMETSAT (1 platform) and ESA (2 platforms) • Overall ensuring that Copernicus data is easily accessible and used! 19 COPERNICUS USER UPTAKE STRATEGY User Uptake Promote the uptake of Copernicus data and services 1 2 3 Ensure Boost Increase Access Innovation Awareness And Use Upstream & Downstream Users Midstream 20 COPERNICUS USER UPTAKE INITIATIVES User Uptake 21 CONCLUSIONS Copernicus 22 T H A N K Y O U ! 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