Copernicus Programme of the EU and Synergies with

Copernicus Programme of the EU and Synergies with WMO, RA VI and EUMETNET ICG WIGOS 18 February 2015 WMO Geneva Dr. Silvo Žlebir European Commission – DG GROW European Environment Agency

EU Contribution to GEOSS !

USERS Policy makers & & Public Private, commercial Different Needs Examples Farming Land Oil Spills Marine Air quality Atmo-sphere Space Infrastructure & Flood Emergency Surveillance Security In Situ Infrastructure OBSERVATION Ice levels Climate Change Information Services Sustainable Information

INTEGRATED EO Programme COPERNICUS 6 Services Sentinels Contributing satellite missions Land Monitoring Marine Monitoring Atmosphere Monitoring Emergency Management Climate Change Security Analyses and re-analyses Modeling Forecasting Service activations … …added-value products in-situ measurements EU and global sources: - WMO /EUMETNET Euro. Geographics - Euro. GOOS - Euro. Argo - ICOS - EARLINET - …

• REGULATION (EU) No 377/2014 • OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL • of 3 April 2014 • establishing the Copernicus Programme • and repealing Regulation (EU) No 911/2010 • Objectives of the programme • Governance of the programme • Budget for 2014 - 2020 Space component Service & In-situ component 3. 394 million € 897 million €

Copernicus in transition Dedicated infrastructure EU Operational programme Preparatory actions Initial Operations Six operational services R&D 2004 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2020

Sentinels Copernicus Sentinels Each satellite is technically different to meet the needs of the 6 services Sentinel 1 – radar imaging All weather, day/night applications Sentinel 2 – Optical imaging Land applications: urban, forest, agriculture, . . Sentinel 3+6 – Ocean and global land monitoring, high precision ocean altimetry Sentinel 4+5 – Atmosphere composition monitoring, from a geostationary (-4) and a polar orbit (-5)

JRC EEA JRC ECMWF MERCATOR OCEAN FRONTEX EMSA EUSC ECMWF EEA

Objectives of the data and information policy • Promote the use and sharing of Copernicus data and information • Support the European research, technology and innovation communities • Strengthen Earth observation markets in Europe, in particular the downstream sector, with a view to enabling growth and job creation !!! • GEO Data Policy Compliant !

In Situ Meteorological Data Needs of Copernicus Services Atmosphere Service air temperature, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation, air pressure, humidity, long wave radiation, shortwave (UV) radiation Emergency Management Service precipitation, air temperature, wind direction, wind speed, humidity Land Monitoring Service air temperature, water vapour, global solar radiation, infrared radiation, snow Marine Service temperature/global ocean, wind information/global ocean Climate Change Service and Security Service !! • Requirements on: coverage, timeliness, metrological characteristics, meta data… • Near-real time and/or Archive data (time series)

In Situ Hydrological Data Needs of Copernicus Services Emergency Management Service river discharges, water levels Marine Service water levels • Requirements on: coverage, timeliness, metrological characteristics, meta data… • Near-realtime and/or Archive data (time series)

In Situ Hydro-Meteorological Data Needs of Copernicus Services • Main data sources / data providers : • National (Hydro)Meteorological services • Other (minority) data providers, e. g. : • World Radiation Data Centre • Global Runoff Data Centre • …

Copernicus – WMO / EUMETNET Partnership • Copernicus to benefit from data provision: • WMO - WIGOS, WMO RA VI … • EUMETNET - grouping of 31 European National Meteorological Services • General Agreement in preparation, recognizing: • ECOMET, National data licensing policies • WMO Resolution 40, 1995, 'essential' and 'additional' data… • WMO & Meteorological Community to benefit from: • Copernicus Space Component (Sentinels) and • Services: • Marine, Atmosphere, Climate Change, Emergency Management… SYNERGIES AND MUTUAL BENEFITS !

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