Transcript ESA

ESA and CEOS Contributions
to Climate Research
Ivan Petiteville (ESA, CEOS)
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WCRP, JSC-31, Antalya, Turkey, Feb 2010
Agenda Item 7
Space Agencies’ Support to
Climate Research
 ESA and CEOS space agencies mainly involved in:
• Observations of the Earth,
• Provision of EO products derived from those observations
 Support Climate and Earth System research by
providing the data measurements and data products
(up to geophysical parameters) for various usages:
• Research,
• Operational organizations like Met offices,
• Support to Decision Making,…
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Provision of EO data
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Data Access
(from K. Trenberth: Observational needs for climate prediction and adaptation,
Meteo Missions
Earth Explorers
ENVISAT/ERS
GMES Sentinels
National
Missions
WMO Bulletin
57(1), January
2008)
(EUMETSAT)
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ESA’s Contribution
 Every day, ESA provides a large amount of EO data for free public
access.
 Instrument data come from various satellite missions and
instruments
• both ESA and Third-Party missions: ENVISAT, ERS, GOCE, SMOS,
NOAA & Metop AVHRR, Terra-Aqua Modis, GOSAT, etc …
 ESA programmes in support to Climate:
• GMES (Sentinels missions)
• Climate Change Initiative,
o Initially, production of 11 ECVs among the set of ECVs requested in
the GCOS IP.
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ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI)
Overview
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Two climate action paths
GCOS-82 in 2003
GCOS-92 in 2004
GEOSS 10-year plan in 2005
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GCOS-107 in 2006
CEOS response 2006
CEOS IP for GEOSS in 2007
ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI)
INPUT FROM
Long Term Archiving Programmes
Multi-mission infrastructure
Re-processing ex archive
(e.g. calibration)
Active
Feedback Loop
“Gather”
“Deliver”
ECV generation
(e.g. validation & bias)
ECV assimilation
& assessment
“Exploit”
OUTPUT TO
International Climate Programmes
EC & MS R&D Programmes
IPCC Process, UNFCCC
Education & Awareness
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“Show”
CCI Programme Objectives
To realize the full potential of the long-term global Earth Observation
archives that ESA together with its Member states have established over
the last thirty years, as a significant and timely contribution to the ECV
databases required by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC).
•
Implement all steps necessary for the systematic generation and
regular updating of the relevant ECVs,
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A coherent and continuous suite of actions fully coordinated with
on-going international efforts in the climate change community
(eg. WCRP, IGBP, SCOPE, etc)
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Ensure full capital is derived from on-going & planned ESA
missions for climate purposes,
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Focus on 21 ECVs (ESA missions :18 primary, 3 secondary)
6 Years / 75 MEuro
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ENVISAT Lifetime and
Operations Extension
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ESA CCI: Scope & Plans
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21 ECVs in scope of ESA CCI
- GCOS requirements: 45 ECVs
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24 ECVs not addressed by ESA CCI
- Operational Meteorology and in-situ-based
- Leading contributions by other CEOS Agencies
- e.g. EUMESAT, NOAA, JAXA
- SCOPE
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First CCI activities on 11 ECVs
- 25 MEuro total over 3 years
- ITT Q4 2009
- CCI activity on remaining 10 ECVs in future
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Major ESA EO Programme developments on other ECVs
- Earth Explorer Missions
- Envisat continuity
- Sentinel Missions
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Satellite-based ECVs
Atmosphere
Surface
( 0, 0, 6 )
Air Temperature; Precipitation ; Air pressure;
Water vapour; Surface radiation budget;
Wind Speed & direction;
Upper air
( 1, 1, 3 )
Cloud properties,
Wind speed & direction
Earth radiation budget;
Upper-air temperature; Water vapour;
Composition
( 3, 0, 0 )
Ocean
Surface
( 4, 2, 1 )
Sub-surface
( 0, 0 , 7 )
Terrestrial
( 3, 7, 4 )
Carbon dioxide Methane & other GHGs;
Ozone; Aerosol properties
Sea-surface Temp; Sea-level; Sea-ice; Ocean colour;
Sea state; Sea-surface salinity
Carbon dioxide partial pressure
Temperature; Salinity; Current; Nutrients; Carbon;
Ocean tracers; Phytoplankton
Glaciers & ice caps; Land Cover; Fire disturbance
Fraction of absorbed photo-synthetically active radiation; LAI , Albedo
Biomass, Lake levels, Snow cover, Soil moisture
Water use, Ground water, River discharge
Permafrost and seasonally-frozen ground
CCICEOS
First
(11
ECVs)
Later 2009
in CCI (10 ECVs) : Not in CCI (24 ECVs)
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First 11 ECVS of ESA CCI
Sea Level
Sea Surface Temperature
Sea Ice
Ocean Colour
Land Cover
Fire Disturbance
Glaciers and Ice Caps
Cloud Properties
Aerosol Properties
Ozone
Greenhouse Gases (CO2, CH4)
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ESA CCI: First Phase
 First Phase has a duration of 3 years: Definition,
Algorithm Development, Prototyping Phase – 25 MEuro
 All ESA Programmes are implemented via contracts
with industry and research organizations in ESA states
 Contracts are awarded via open competitive tender –
CCI ITT to has been issued, deadline end of Jan. 2010,
11 contracts on ECVs to start early 2010 and 1
additional contract interacting with Key Climate
Modelling Groups
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CCI: International Coordination
Main External Partners:
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CEOS which serves as a focal point for Earth Observation related activities
of Space Agencies (e.g NOAA, NASA, JAXA, EUMETSAT). Space Arm of GEO
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UNFCCC which coordinates the interests and decisions of its Parties on
Climate Policy,
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GCOS which represents the scientific and technical requirements of the
Global Climate Observing System on behalf of UNFCCC,
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Individual Partner Space Agencies with whom ESA cooperates bilaterally
(e.g. EUMETSAT)
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International Climate Research Programmes e.g. WCRP , which represent the
collective interests and priorities of the worldwide climate research,
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EC and National Research Programmes which establish research priorities
and provide resources for climate research community within Europe (e.g.
DG Research, DG-JRC)
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GMES Partners: EC DG Enterprise and Industry, user DGs ENV, EEA…
ESA Climate Science Advisory Body
 WCRP is represented at Climate Science Advisory Body together
with representatives from:
• Global Climate Observing System (GCOS),
• Joint WMO/IOC Commission for Oceanography Marine
Meteorology (JCOMM),
• Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)
• European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
(ECMWF)
• ESA Earth Science Advisory Committee (ESAC)
 “Climate Science Advisory Body […] provides authoritative advice
to the Executive, reflecting the interests and priorities of the
worldwide climate research community, with respect to the GCOS
requirements and ESA’s response via this programme.”
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CEOS’ Contribution (1/3)
 Coordinated approach implemented in response to the
1st GCOS IP in 2006, through a series of 59 actions.
• Execution of actions involves both Agency resources and
CEOS groups such as WGCV and the CEOS Virtual
Constellations.
 On-going review of new 2010 version of the GCOS IP
• coordinated response being prepared for the end of 2010.
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CEOS’ Contribution (2/3)
 Specific actions on-going to better coordinate the
Climate-related activities like SCOPE-CM, CEOS
response to GCOS, etc .. between CEOS, WMO, CGMS,
etc …
• two dedicated meetings in 2010 on the subject with
participants from those organizations and other entities.
 WCRP expectations are considered through the GCOS
IP and by involving WCRP in the Space Agencies
discussions.
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CEOS’ Contribution (3/3)
CEOS co-leads two GEO “Climate” Tasks
 “Key Climate Data from Satellite Systems” (CL-0902b) . CEOS is POC
“Sustained Reprocessing and Reanalysis of Climate
Data” (CL-06-01). POC is WCRP (K.Trenberth)
• Ensure the development of international mechanisms to coordinate and
maintain sustained climate data reprocessing and reanalysis efforts.
With regard to the reprocessing of historical datasets (to obtain
consistent long-time series of satellite records).
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Thank you !!!
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Questions ?
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