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Joint Research Centre activities
relevant for Earth Observation
Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Alessandro Annoni
Head of Spatial Data Infrastructure Unit
Co-Chair of the GEO Architecture and Data Committee
Francesco Pignatelli
Co-Chair of the GEO User Interface Committee
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Earth
Observing
satellites
The JRCTurning
missiondata
is tofrom
provide
scientific
advice
and technical
quantitative
information
know-howinto
to support
a wide
range of EU policies
Space Agencies
Modelling,
Networks
in Partner
Algorithm
development,
Countries
Cal/Val & Benchmarking
European Research
Networks
Supply
Data
Research
Joint
&
Research
Applications
Centre
Development
Support
Information
DGs ENTR, ENV,
REGIO,Fisheries
AGRI,
Agriculture,
DEV, AIDCO,
European Environment
RELEX, etc...
Global Climate Change
& Delegations
Civil
Protection
Security
FAO,
UNEP
Development
IGBP, GEO,
Humanitarian Aid
GCOS, GTOS
General Public
Demand
Knowledge
Sputnik – launch October 4th 1957 (history.nasa.gov)
Malpensa Airport, as seen by US satellites 29th August 1963, 9th October 2006
Declassified KH series military (1963), Landsat (2006)
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The JRC and GMES 1998 to 2008
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“The information requirements associated with global
environment security and the capabilities of satellite
observing systems must converge”
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Baveno Group 19th May 1998
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“At a time when command of information has geo-strategic
implications, GMES aims at providing the EU with the
capacity to pursue its interests and to effectively address
today’s challenges and threats in a wide variety of policy
areas”
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Establishing a GMES capacity by 2008 COM (2004) 65 final
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“JRC has technical and scientific experience in the field of
GMES with which it wishes to support the Bureau”
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DG ENTR-JRC AA 30thJune 2007
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Core JRC Competence and Networks
• Institutes with an established track-record of supporting EC
Services concerning environment and security policy
– Climate change, natural resources, agriculture, development-aid,
crisis management, global security and management of geospatial
assets
• Strong engagement with European industry and academia
– Through FP7 and previous programmes, ESA projects and bilateral
actions
• Strong engagement with European institutions
– ESA, EUMETSAT, EEA, ECMWF, EUSC, FRONTEX, EMSA, EDA
• Strong engagement with international organisations
– UN System, World Bank, IAEA, CEOS, GEO, science programmes
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Mapping FP7 JRC Actions and GMES Services
GMES FAST TRACK CORE SERVICES
Land
Marine
Emergency
Atmosphere
OTHERS
Security
Data
European Level
ISFEREA (Information
Support
forand
Effective
and Rapid
External Action)
FOREST (Forest
Data
Information
Systems)
CriTechSOIL
(Crisis
Monitoring
and
Response
Technologies)
Data and
Information
Systems)
FISHREGCRITECH
(Scientific
and(Soil
Technical
Support
to the Common
Fisheries Policy)
(Crisis
Monitoring
and
Response
Technologies)
GAPCC
(Global
AirEuropean
Data
Pollution
Access
and
Climate
Change)
BorSec
(Border
Security)
ENSURE (Environmental
Assessment
of
Waste
and
the
Sustainable
Use of Resources)
MASURE
(Maritime
Surveillance)
ISFEREA
(Information
Support
for
Effective
and
Rapid
External
Action)
INSPIRE
AIRMODE
(Infrastructure
(Air Quality
for Security
and
Spatial
Transport
Information
Modelling)
in Europe)
FOODSEC
(Food
Assessment)
AGRI4CAST (Crop/Production
Forecasts/Estimates
and
Climate
Change
Impact on Agriculture)
PROCAS(Floods:
(Protection
and Conservation
of European
Seas)
FLOODS
Prediction,
Mitigation,
Impact
Assessment)
GHG - AFOLU (Greenhouse
CID (Community
Gases in
Agriculture,
Image
DataForestry
Portal)
and other Land Uses)
TREES-3
(Global
Forest
Resource
Monitoring)
SOLO
(Systematic
Observations
of Land
and Oceans)
Global
Level
FOREST
(Monitoring
the
Forests
in
Europe)
ICPA-EEI (Integrated
COSIN-JRC
Climate
(Community
Policy Assessment:
Spatial Information
EmissionsInfrastructure)
and Environmental Impacts)
MASURE
(Maritime
Surveillance)
SOLOanalysis
(Systematic
Observations
of Land
Oceans)
MAHB (Risk
for Industrial
Accidents
andand
Natural
Disasters)
MONDE (Monitoring Natural Resources for Development)
TREES-3 (Global Forest Resource Monitoring)
Key examples – non exhaustive
Oil slicks in the Mediterranean ASAR, 26 June 2002 Envisat ASAR image acquired over the
Islands of Corsica, Sardinia and the Italian peninsula. © ESA 2002
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JRC’s role in EO
• Internal EC function in a legal context; neutrality, confidentiality
and subsidiarity
– EU forest fire occurrence, control of farmers’ declarations
• Customising external services’ output to meet EC Services’
requirements
– Crisis response, situation awareness
• R&D concerning new areas of operation
– Global dimensions, GMES for Africa
• Transfer of mature services to external operators
– Monitoring illegal discharge from ships
• Direct support to the GMES Bureau
– Bureau’s work plan, Working Group processes, strategic orientation
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An example: JRC activities for Africa
• Geographic Information Systems installed in national
parks in West and Central Africa
– park protection and management
• Forest resource management centre in Kinshasa
– sustainable forest exploitation
• Computer-based document and map management
in EU Delegations
– project identification, implementation and monitoring
• Access to information, technology and training
– strengthens national capacities
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An example: Crisis Management
Conflict
Prevention
GRI
Preparedness
Situation Assessment
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JRC’s contribution to EO: some conclusions
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Space technology underpinning decision-making in key EU policies
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Building operational uses of Environment and Security information in the
public policy-making domain
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Environment and Security research – benefits of advances at JRC
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Nurturing networks and partnerships
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Fostering the Global dimension
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GMES services – a potential supporting role for JRC to develop and
validate pre-operational services
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Securing the supply side – an issue for GMES security
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JRC is the Technical Coordinator of the INSPIRE Directive
•The INSPIRE Directive lays down general rules to establish an Infrastructure for
Spatial Information in Europe for the purposes of Community environmental policies
and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment
•This infrastructure shall build upon infrastructures for spatial information established
and operated by the Member States.
•Which data/services?
–Existing spatial data held by or on
behalf of a public authority operating
down to the lowest level of government
when laws or regulations require their
collection or dissemination.
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INSPIRE Components
• 1. Metadata
• 2. Interoperability of spatial data sets and services
• 3. Network services (discovery, view, download, invoke)
– Made available trough the European geo-portal
• 4. Data and Service sharing (policy)
• 5. Coordination and measures for
Monitoring and Reporting
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JRC in GEO/GEOSS
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JRC have been active in the inter-governmental GEO and the development of GEOSS
since its beginning
– Attending Plenary Meetings and related EO Summits as member of the EC delegation
– Participating in activities of the GEO European High Level Working Group
– Contributing to the preparation and negotiation of the “10-year Implementation Plan”
(2005), to the “Report On Progress” and to the “First 100 steps to GEOSS” (2007),..
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JRC is heavily committed to GEO through
– its participation to GEOSS Committees
• as co-chair of the Architecture and Data Committee and member of the Initial
Operating Capability Task Force (A.Annoni)
• as co-chair of the User Interface Committee (F.Pignatelli)
• as active member in Science and Technology Committee
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JRC participates in GEOSS tasks
– Through institutional actions and activities
• INSPIRE, MONDE, TREES-3, SOLO, PROCAS, AGRI4CAST, SOIL, FOREST, ..)
– Through participation in FP7 European Projects
• AEGOS, EuroGEOSS, GIGAS, DEVCoast, GEOLAND, …
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JRC contribution to ADC and CGI
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Image2000
Data
Dissemination
Service
INSPIRE
Catalog
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JRC participation to the GEO 2009-11 work plan Tasks (preliminary)
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Task to which we are already contributing
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AR-09-01: GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)
CB-06-04: GEONETCast
DA-09-01: Data Management
AR-09-02: Connecting Observation Systems for GEOSS
DA-09-03: Global Data Sets
DA-09-04: Socio-Economic Indicators
DA-09-05: Global Carbon Observation and Analysis System
CB-09-03: Building Institutional Capacity to Use Earth Observations
CL-06-01: Sustained Reprocessing and Reanalysis of Climate Data
EC-09-01: Ecosystem Observation and Monitoring Network (GEO EcoNet)
AG-07-03: Global Agricultural Monitoring
AG-06-02: Data Utilization in Fisheries and Aquaculture
BI-07-01: Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON)
Other tasks of future interest
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DI-09-03: Warning Systems for Disasters
HE-09-02: Monitoring and Prediction Systems for Health
EN-07-02: Energy Environmental Impact Monitoring
CL-09-01: Environmental Information for Decision-making, Risk Management and Adaptation
WA-06-02: Droughts, Floods and Water Resource Management
WA-08-01: Integrated Products for Water Resource Management and Research
EC-09-02: Human Dimension of Ecosystem Utilization and Conservation
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GEO related Workshop at the JRC: pre-announcements
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33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE) –
“Sustaining the Millennium Development Goals”;
May 4-8, 2009; Stresa, Lago Maggiore, Italy
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The 33rd ISRSE is jointly organized by the International Centre for Remote Sensing of
Environment and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. The ISRSE
is an International Society of Photogrammetry (ISPRS) Symposium. It will address the
MDGs and be structured along the societal benefit areas of the GEO initiative.
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1st Workshop on “Rainfall Estimates for Crop Monitoring and Food Security”;
October 22-24, 2008; Barza di Ispra (VA) Italy
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Organised by the Agriculture Unit of the JRC in collaboration with the GEO Global
Agricultural Monitoring (Task AG0703 of GEOSS) and in the frame of the support of
JRC to the Food Security Information Systems in the Horn of Africa 2.