Expectations and challenges for GMES and its future Marine...

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MyOcean User Workshop, Stockholm, 7-8 April 2011

Expectations and challenges for GMES and its future Marine Service

Hervé JeanjeanEuropean Commission, GMES Bureau



Outline

1. Why do we need GMES ?2. GMES in a nutshell3. GMES Marine Environment Monitoring Service4. Expectations, challenges5. Way forward

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Article 189 TFEU: Basis for Space Policy

Why?• “to promote scientific and technical progress,

industrial competitiveness and implementation of EU policies”

What?• “promote joint initiatives, support research

and technological development and coordinate efforts needed for the exploration and exploitation of space.”

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Why an EU lead GMES programme?• EO is strategic§ Security, risk and crisis management§ Spatial planning§ Monitoring of natural resources§ Meteorology and Climate monitoring

è Need for autonomous European capacities

• EO requires synergies§ EO costs for a comprehensive programme like GMES go

beyond resources of a single nation§ EU acting and visible at international level§ Wide potential market for EU

è Pooling of resources at EU level fosters innovation and competitiveness


PUBLICPOLICIES

(Environment & Security)

Information

Needs (policy driven)

Space AgenciesIn-situ Observing systems

Scientific CommunityEO Value Adding Industry

National Governments and AgenciesEuropean Union Institutions

Inter-Governmental Organisations (IGOs) Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs)

GMES services are aiming at providing information in the field of environment and security

GMES : a user pull process

EARTH OBSERVINGSYSTEMS

(space, airborne, in-situ)

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Initiation of GMES, Baveno Manifesto

Gothenburg EU Summit “establish by 2008 an operational European capacity for … GMES”

Investments by ESA and EU on services

GMES becomes ‘flagship’ of the European Space PolicyESA C-MIN in Berlin approves GMES Space Component programmeGMES Bureau creation€ 1,2 Billion in the period 2007-2013

EC-ESA agreement on GMES signedGMES services presented at Lille Forum

Commission proposal for a GMES initial operations programme and Communication on the Space component

Programme adopted by EP and EU Council; start of implementation

Launch of first GMES Sentinels

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2001+

2005

2006

2008

2009

2010+

2013+

Some milestones



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GMES ServicesC

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Monitoring of Earth systems

LandLand

MarineMarine

AtmosphereAtmosphere

Security Emergency Climate


• GMES services• Provide standardized common (multi-purpose)

information• Based on common requirements from EU and public MS

institutions• Will support ‘public good’ data policy• Supported by EU/public funding (GMES programme)

• Downstream sector• Tailored for specific applications at local, regional,

national levels• EU to encourage and support the implementation of

these service layer through incentive measurements (user uptake, R&D)

Services as main goal

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From user needs to service and infrastructure specifications

GMES SERVICES

Service scope & products catalogue

USERS

Product/service specification

OBSERVING INFRASTRUCTURESSPACE IN SITU

Infrastructure specification

Infrastructure specification


Observational infrastructures

• In-situ observation infrastructure: air-, sea- and ground-based systems and instruments• (e.g. airborne, balloons, floats, ship-

borne, measuring stations, seismographs, etc)

• Space infrastructure component for GMES: different missions co-ordinated at European level• Dedicated GMES missions: ESA

Sentinels• Contributing missions: EU National,

EUMETSAT and third parties

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How will GMES be delivered?Centralised/Decentralised schemes

GMES COMPONENT GMES COMPONENT –– SPACESPACE

GMES COMPONENT GMES COMPONENT ––IN SITU IN SITU

INFRASTRUCTUREINFRASTRUCTURE

GMES COMPONENT GMES COMPONENT ––

SERVICESSERVICES

CENTRALISEDCENTRALISED

ESAESAEUMETSATEUMETSAT

CENTRALISED &CENTRALISED &DECENTRALISED DECENTRALISED

COM / EEA &COM / EEA & MSMS

CENTRALISED &CENTRALISED &DECENTRALISED DECENTRALISED

COM / MANDATED COM / MANDATED ORGANISATIONSORGANISATIONS

MS/SERVICE PROVIDERSMS/SERVICE PROVIDERS


Data access policy

• Distinction between Sentinel data, GCM data and services products & information

• Common principles EU/ESA on a full and open access to data and information

• For the Sentinel data : likely to be free of charge licensing with online access scheme, subject to security restrictions

è Delegated Act to be adopted by the EC

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The User Forum

• GMES Regulation establishes the User Forum§ Dedicated body consisting of public sector

users appointed by MS§ Tasks: advising the Commission for

• Definition and validation of user requirements• Establishment of service data requirements• Coordination with public sector users


A comprehensive user consultation cycle

Consultation of users

(MS with UF coordination )

Validation of user needs

Opinion on user needs

(UF)Definition of user needs(thematic support)

Prioritisation, scoping

Service specification

Procurement of services

User Workshop

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GMES Marine Service• Policy focus: provide data and information to

meet monitoring needs for the implementation of international, EU and national policies as well as respond effectively to risks to life, property, marine hazards.

§ Regional Conventions between Member States & the EC e.g. OSPAR

§ 6th Environmental Action Plan§ EU Directives, e.g. Marine Strategy Framework Directive

(MSFD) and the Water Framework Directive (WFD)§ EU Integrated Maritime Policy§ EU's initiative on marine knowledge i.e. COM(2007) 575

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User requirements, scope

• Targeted institutional users§ EU institutions, e.g. European Commission (DG Mare, DG

Environment, DG Energy…), EU agencies (EEA, EMSA)§ European agencies, e.g. ECMWF§ OSPAR and HELCOM§ National institutions

• Rationale and service scope§ deliver regular and systematic reference information (processed

data, elaborated products) on the state of the oceans and regional seas

§ at the resolution required by institutional users & downstream service providers, of known quality and accuracy

§ for the global and European regional seas, with downscaling capacity


• Global ocean & main European regional seas (Baltic, Med, NE Atlantic, Black Sea, Arctic)• physical ocean state (“ocean weather” and primary ecosystem)• allow hindcasting, nowcasting, forecasting• reanalysis for marine ECVs• evolution towards coastal domain & marine resources

GMES Marine service

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4 main application areas

Area 1« MARINE SAFETY»(maritime operations,

sea pollutions, ship routes,

search and rescues …)

Area 2« MARINE RESOURCES»

(fishery,ICES, FAO, …)

Area 3« COASTAL & MARINE

ENVIRONNEMENT »(Water quality, pollution,

costal activities …)

Area 4« CLIMATE &

SEASONAL FORECAST »(Climate change and impact mitigation,

meteorological forecasting, ..)


Precursor activities

• Precursor projects for the GMES Marine service§ MerSeaè FP6§ MyOcean (2009 – 2012) è FP7§ MyOcean 2 è call for proposals under the GMES element of the

FP7 Space WP

• Other projects§ Polar View project (ESA) provides monitoring and forecasting

services in the Arctic, including sea-ice, iceberg, river-ice and snow monitoring

§ Preparation & demonstration of downstream services

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1. Why do we need GMES ?2. GMES in a nutshell3. GMES Marine Environment Service4. Expectations, challenges5. Way forward


Expectations

• MyOcean and the future GMES Marine Environment Monitoring Service is expected§ to serve the European institutions (including agencies EEA,

EMSA, ECMWF…)§ to also serve national institutions needs, using networking

(EuroGOOS)§ to be incremental, adaptable and able to cope with new

observations requirements§ to allow the development of a downstream sector§ with the best possible quality (QC, CAL/VAL activities…)è Continuity and reliability of products is crucial for the user

uptake

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Challenges• Implementation of GMES Initial Operations§ Data policy, security of GMES

• Consolidation of the European integration§ Autonomous European capacity (strategy)§ Optimisation of resources (catalogue of products)§ Full operational dimension (back up solutions, 24/7 basis…)§ World class level of excellence (continuous feed back of R&D)

• Service scope§ Upgrade of the service (downscaling issues : towards coastal waters ?)§ Marine / maritime environment§ Cross cutting issues with other GMES services (emergency: need for on

duty officers ?)§ Climate Change: reprocessing capabilities, reanalysis, scenarios)

• Governance and funding§ Continuous access to in situ data§ Beyond MyOcean 2 : new procurement scheme (GMES 2014+)§ Leadership of a fully fledged operational service§ Following a meteorology model as a reference ?


Cross cutting issuesJapan tsunami

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Contamination of the sea with radioactive particles


GMES 2014+

• Space Component: update of LTS by ESA (May 2011)

• Services: cost-benefit assessment to allow phasing in from RTD to operations(September 2011)

• In-Situ: GMES In Situ Component project (GISC)

• Commission proposal for GMES 2014+§ November/December 2011; based on § overall budget proposal next MFF (June 2011)

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Ø5 years ago, the European Commission organised a User Workshop for paving the way to the definition of the precursor marine environment monitoring service

ØMyOcean User Workshop is expected to provide important feed back from usersØOn existing products and possible new productsØOn the interface, accessibilityØOn the quality

ØLinks with the User ForumØOutputs of the workshop expected to be made available

by the Commission to the User Forum in May 2011ØUser Forum dedicated to marine environment in the 2nd

half of 2011

Way Forward


Thank you for your attention !

EC GMES websiteec.europa.eu/gmes

ESA GMES website :www.esa.int.gmes

EU Space Research : ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/space/research

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