Transcript The added value of integration

The new challanges in Earth Observation
Improvements in the decade 2000-2010
a) Observations from space
• Sensing capacity (e.g.
EOS, METOP, MSG; ENVISAT; SMOS; TerraSar,
RadarSat, Cosmo SkyMed, ALOS; IKONOS, Quickbird, EROS, Rapid Eye, SPOT;
JASON; CALIPSO; GRACE, GOCE)
• Time resolution increase
b) Ground based observations
• Technology setting up
(SAR techniques, Laser scanning, Web sensors and
web services) and improvements of current technologies
• Diffusion and consolidation of networking at international level
(FPVI, FPVII Capacities)
c) Airborne observations
• Technology setting up and improvements
new generation Hyperspectrals, Integrated platforms)
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(e.g. SAR, Laser scanning,
The new challanges in Earth Observation
Improvements in the decade 2000-2010
d) ICT development
• Architectures, middleware, standards
(e.g. Data interoperability, web
sensors and web services, Grid techniques, Self-adaptative networks, cloud)
e) The added value of integration
• IGOS approach became operational
• In most of the cases the exploitation of information contained in the data
is based on the identification of integration chains tailored on the studied
problem
• Actually these integration chains have been mostly developed in
research projects and are going to enter into operational chains
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The new challanges in Earth Observation
It is possible to observe processes that up to now were
beyond our observing capability;
Development of RT and NRT applications;
Integration based on the management of large data
fluxes
The web opens new frontiers
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The new challanges in Earth Observation
The expected developments for the next decade
a) Observations from space
• Missions going to be launched and new scheduled missions
(e.g.
Sentinels, Galileo, ADM, Earthcare, MTG, Post-EPS, NPOESS, GPM, SAOCOM,
Aquarius/SAC-D, Pleiades, Hyperspectral missions)
• Low cost satellites and constellations
• Transition to geostationary platforms of technologies now operating
on polar platforms
• Extension of spectral range (e.g. FTIR, MW)
b) Ground based observations
• Consolidation of networks and extension at planetary scale
c) Airborne observations
• Drones and unmanned
d) ICT (cloud of sensors, model web)
e) The full operational integration (EO + Satnav + SatCom + ICT)
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The new challanges in Earth Observation
We are developing a tool box that allows to develop
applications tailored on user needs.
• Flexibility of the approach
• Sharing of costs
• Importance of European networking
• Importance of observational infrastructures
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The impact on Applications
The applications market
Safety and security: landslides, floods, earthquakes, fires, damage
assessment, crisis management, early warning, oil spills, monitoring
of critical infrastructures, homeland security, maritime surveillance ,
etc.;
Cultural Heritage: Discovery of buried bodies, rescue archaeology,
monitoring of historical city centers, monitoring of cultural heritage,
etc;
Monitoring of the environment: Air quality, inland and sea waters
quality, soil quality and monitoring of contaminated sites, oil spills,
subsidence, transport of pollutants, monitoring of natural parks,
monitoring of critical areas, salinization, land cover and land
monitoring, etc.;
Agriculture and forestry: food security, crop monitoring (prevention
of humanitarian crises, market volatility and prices of agricultural
resources), state of forests, EU Common Agriculture Policy, etc;
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The Impact on Applications
The application market
Oceanography: Productivity of the sea and fisheries issues, marine
circulation, prediction of extreme events, sea pollution, management
of coastal systems, etc;
Atmosphere: Meteorology, clouds and precipitation, atmospheric
chemistry, prediction of extreme events
Monitoring of urban areas;
Management of water resources;
Climate change: Essential Climate Variables and modeling of
climate change, assessment of trends, mitigation and adaptation to
climate change, droughts, desertification, sources and sinks of CO2,
reporting for Kyoto Protocol and post-Kyoto agreements, etc.;
Energy: Sunshine maps, wind maps, biomass monitoring,
monitoring of energy infrastructures (pipelines, etc.);
Insurances: Damage assessment for insurance claims, risk maps,
etc.;
Transport
Etc.
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The Italian Perspective
Italian Technological platform on Space
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Taxonomies of SPIN-IT
DA1
DA2
Earth Observation
Systems
DA5
DA3
Navigation Systems
Telecommunication
Systems
DA6
Human exploration
Space Station,
Manned systems
DA4
Space
Transportation Systems,
Launch Systems
DA7
Integrated Applications and
Services
Security
TA1
Universe and planetary
observation, robotics
TA2
Thermomechanics
Materials
Electronics
Structures
Mechanics
Photonics
TA3
Integrated sensors,
cryogeny
Optics
TA4
ICT
Technologies for space
transportation
Signal and Data
Processing
Courtesy of Emanuele Rizzo - Spin-it Secretariat
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The European Perspective
Horizon 2020
a) Excellent Science:
European Research Council;
Future and Emerging Technologies;
Marie Curie Actions;
European Research Infrastructures.
b) Industial Leadership:
Enabling technologies: ICT, Nanotechnologies, Advanced materials, Biotechnology,
Advanced manifacturing and processing, Space;
Access to risk finance;
Innovation in SMEs.
c) Societal Challanges:
Health, demographic change and wellbeing;
Food security, sustainable agricolture marine and maritime research and bio-economy;
Secure, clean and efficient energy;
Smart, green and integrated transport;
Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials;
Inclusive, innovative and sicure societes.
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The European Perspective
GMES is a flagship European Initiative
The research - enterprises - end users chain
Services
In-situ
systems
GMES
Space
systems
Data Integration &
Information Management
GMES is a program of EU and ESA
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The European Perspective
GMES is the pivot of the European Observing Capability
It is necessary that GMES is included into the Multi-annual Financial
Framework
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The European Perspective
The promotion of networking is a priority in order to:
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Develop new applications;
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Deliver better services at lower cost;
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Diffuse best practices.
Regions and Clusters play a key role in the promotion of
networking.
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The European Perspective
Proposal
NEREUS should promote that space clusters existing in
NEREUS Regions federate into a cluster of clusters
This is a way to win the actual challenges
This is a way to promote smart specialization
This is a way to contribute to the success of HORIZON 2020
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The added value of integration;
The networking at the global scale: the GALION project
The Eyjafjöll eruption
Picture courtesy: Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson
2006-2009 sismic activity in the area
20 March 2010 –a first eruption started
14 April 2010 – explosive eruption with ash injection in the troposphere
14 April – 23 May eruptive activity continues
24 May 2010 volcanic eruption is over
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The added value of integration;
The networking at the global scale
European Aerosol Research Lidar Network
● since 2000
● 27 lidar stations
- 10 multiwavelength Raman lidar
stations
backscatter
(355, 532 and 1064 nm) +
extinction (355 and 532 nm) + depol ratio
(532 nm)
- 10 Raman lidar stations
- 7 single backscatter lidar stations
● comprehensive, quantitative, and
statistically significant data base
www.earlinet.org
● Continental and long-term scale
EARLINET-ASOS
For more info about EARLINET please contact Gelsomina Pappalardo [email protected]
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EARLINET: European Aerosol Research Lidar Network
First tool for 4D aerosol measurements on continental scale
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Quality assurance program
- Instruments
- Data analysis
Predefined measurement schedule (3 per week) → unbiased
Coordinated network observations for special events (e.g., Saharan dust,
forest fires, photochemical smog, diurnal circle, volcanic aerosols)
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Standardized data format
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Access to data via centralized data base
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The networking at the global scale
MODIS/Terra (AOD)
17 April 2010
CALIPSO
Paris EARLINET Station
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The networking at the global scale
Examples of EARLINET observations of the volcanic layer (15-23 April 2010)
21 April 2010, Athens, Greece
16-17 April 2010, Paris, France
18 April 2010, Leipzig, Germany
20 April 2010, Potenza, Italy
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The added value of integration;
The networking at the global scale: the GALION project
EARLINET
from continental to global coverage
GALION
GALION – the GAW Aerosol Lidar Observation Network
GALION is organized as a Network of Networks, coordinating
ALINE, Latin America
AD-Net, East Asia
CIS-LINET, Commonwealth of Independent States
EARLINET, Europe
www.wmo.int/gaw/galion
NDACC, Global Stratosphere
Contact [email protected]
REALM, Eastern North America
MPLNET, Global, Micropulse Lidar
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The added value of integration;
The networking at the global scale: the GAW project
GALION in GAWSIS
GALION stations are identified and discoverable in GAWSIS
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The networking at the global scale: the GALION project
GAWSIS – Metadata Integration for WIS
WMO Global Atmosphere Watch
World Data Centre for Aerosols
GAWSIS
WDCPC
Global GAW stations
CAPMon
Regional GAW stations
Associated and
partner networks
Contributing GAW stations
AERONET
Operational & comprehensive
Operational, incomplete
No direct link at present
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Thank you for
your attention!
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