Global Monitoring for Environment and Security

Dr. Stephan LechnerDirector

Joint Research CentreThe European Commission’s in-house science service

Serving society, stimulating innovation, supporting legislation

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GMES is a joint initiative of the European Commission and the European Space Agency, which aims at achieving an autonomous and operational Earth observation capacity.

• Sentinel 1: all-weather, day and night radar imaging for land and ocean services. Launch in 2013

• Sentinel 2: high-resolution optical imaging for land services and information for emergency services. Launch end 2012

• Sentinel 3: ocean and global land monitoring services. Launch end 2012

• Sentinel 4: embarked as a payload upon a Meteosat Third Generation Satellite, will provide data for atmospheric composition monitoring. Launch in 2017

• Sentinel 5: data for atmospheric composition monitoring. It will be embarked on a post-EUMETSAT Polar System spacecraft. Launch in 2019

• Sentinel 6: high precision altimetry missions following the Jason-2 satellite.

GMES security is aimed at civil security. A considerable stimulus for the economy with value added services developed on an open platform.

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GMES Budget

• Between 2014 and 2020 GMES will require an estimated budget of 4,455 M USD, of which:

• 831 M USD for the services;• 267 M USD for the in situ component;• 3,356 M USD (ESA estimates) for the space component.

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The GMES security pilot project: G-MOSAICDuration: 2009–2012

Consortium: >30 partners

Total budget: 11,6 M USD

Aims:• Support Intelligence & Early Warning

Contributing to the analysis of the causes leading to regional crises, such as weapons proliferation, fight for natural resources, population pressure, land degradation, and illegal activities.

• Support Crisis Management & Operations Contributing to support the planning for EU intervention during crises, the EU intervention itself and citizen repatriation during crises, the crisis consequences management, reconstruction & resilience.

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GMES Initial Operations: 2012–2014 Emergency Management Services

Reference maps

Disaster response maps

• Delineation maps

• Grading maps

Rush mode products• On demand

• Standardized• Hours-days

Reference maps

Pre-disaster situation maps

Examples: • Hazard exposure • Risk status • Evacuation plans

Reference maps

Post-disaster situation maps

Examples: • Post disaster needs assessment• Reconstruction monitoring• IDP monitoring

Non-rush mode products• On demand

• Based on user needs• Weeks-months

Validation

event

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Rush mode products –examples

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Non-rush mode products –examples

Pre-disaster map

HazardDike failure

scenario, Hunza River, Pakistan April / May 2010

Post- disaster map

IDP campsMogadishu,

Somalia, 2011

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• Emergency response– Support to coordination between actors

Support to logistics– Dimensioning the distribution of effort ⇒

+effectiveness

• Preparedness– Hazard & exposure analysis ⇒

risk analysis – Risk analysis ⇒

better planningRisk analysis ⇒

prevention measures

• Recovery– Prioritization of intervention ⇒

better/more efficiency– Quantitative damage estimation ⇒

dimensioning of donations– Monitoring of reconstruction ⇒

effectiveness of donation use

Economic & societal benefits of GIO-EMS

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+efficiency

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minimize loss of life and damage}

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GMES plans for 2014 -2020• Key priority areas supported by GMES:

– Marine Services

– Emergency Response

– Land Services

– Security

– Atmosphere Services

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JRC Conclusions: From Science to Policy

• JRC has developed a considerable know-how in satellite images’ automated information extraction algorithms.

• JRC is strongly contributing to automated crisis management by offering specialized products and services developed together with top scientific and institutional partners, and with the involvement of the relevant users’ communities.

• Remote sensing is an essential asset for security; the JRC analytical and scientific work has significantly improved the exploitation of its potential.