EU copernicus - Arise
Copernicus – the EU Earth Observation
Programme
Dr. Reinhard Schulte-Braucks
Head Copernicus Infrastructures
European Commission, Brussels
ASEAN – EU Connectivity Dialogue
25 February 2014
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Copernicus – an introduction
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European response to global needs
• to manage the environment,
• to mitigate the effects of climate change and
• to ensure civil security
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An integrated Earth Observation system combining
• space-based and
• in-situ data with
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Earth System models and
• services
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Legal Framework of Copernicus
Copernicus budget: EUR 4.3 billion 2014-2020
Regulation (911/2010) establishing the GMES programme authorised the Commission to adopt the delegated Regulation 1159/2013 of 12
July 2013 on access to data and information
Future Copernicus Regulation due for May
2014 will ensure the continuation of this data and information policy
Copernicus space infrastructure
Sentinels
Five EO missions developed specifically for
Copernicus
Sentinel 1 Sentinel-2
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High Precision Ocean
Altimetry (HPOA) mission
Sentinel-3
Sentinel-4
Sentinel-5
Sentinel 6 + Jason CS
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Copernicus Services
Services monitoring Earth systems
Land
Horizontal services
Marine Atmosphere
Emergency Security
Output: Value-Added Services
Climate
Change
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Components:
• Pan EU
• EU Local
• Global
I. Land
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II. Marine
• Currents
• Temperature
• Salinity
• Sea ice
• Sea level
• Sea surface winds
• Biogeochemistry
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III. Atmosphere
• Air quality for Europe
• Global atmospheric
Composition
• Climate Forcing
• Solar Energy, UV
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IV. Emergency
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Reference maps
Pre – disaster situation maps
Post – disaster situation maps
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Disaster response maps
Typhoon Haiyan 2013
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V. Security
• Border surveillance
• EU external actions
• Maritime surveillance
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VI. Climate Change
• Climate monitoring & modelling
• Earth system reanalyis & reattribution products
• Climate impact indicators
• GHG emission inventories
Enabling climate change adaptation and mitigation
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Access to Data and Products
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Copernicus is a public service
• provides free, full and open access to data and products worldwide
• need to distinguish between data policy for
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SENTINEL data ( open ),
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Copernicus service products ( open ),
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Contributing missions ( data policy of the provider ) and
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Security restrictions may apply
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Thank you for your attention
Reinhard.Schulte-Braucks@ec.europa.eu
Web: copernicus.eu
Facebook: CopernicusEU
Twitter: @Copernicus EU
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