sc7 workshop 1: space data for secure societies (an introduction to copernicus)

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Space Data for Secure Societies -An Introduction to

Copernicus

Sakellaris HourdasDG GROW, I3 Unit

Big Data in Secure Societies - 1st Workshop,Brussels, 30/9/2015

Space30/09/2015, Brussels

in Brief

The Copernicus programme is a cornerstone of the European Union’s efforts to monitor the Earth and its many ecosystems,

whilst ensuring that its citizens are prepared and protected in the face of crises and natural or man-made disasters.

The Copernicus programme places a world of insight about our planet at the disposal of citizens, public authorities and policy

makers, scientists, entrepreneurs and businesses

on a full, free and open basis.

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Introduction

The Copernicus programme entered its operational phase with the launchof Sentinel-1A in 2014 and its governance is based on the CopernicusRegulation adopted the same year which establishes the Commission as theProgramme manager owning the infrastructure and data rights on behalf ofthe Union;

Copernicus Services are based on information from a dedicated constellationof satellites, known as “Sentinels”, as well as tens of third-party satellitesknown as “contributing space missions”, complemented by “in situ”(meaning local or on-site) measurement data;

By making the vast majority of its data, analyses, forecasts and mapsfreely available and accessible, Copernicus contributes towards thedevelopment of new innovative applications and services, tailored to theneeds of specific groups of users, which touch on a variety of economic andcultural or recreational activities, from urban planning, sailing and insuranceto archaeology.

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Objectives


Copernicus Funding

GIO: Initial

Operations

GMES: R&D funded activities

under FP7

Copernicusoperational programme

2014 2020

Preparatory

actions

Dedicated satellites

Operational services

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From research to operations:

2008 2011

€ 1.3 Bn € 4.3 Bn


Infrastructures: satellites and ground segment

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Sentinels (EO satellites) are currently

being developed.

They will consist of six different families.

Sentinels-1A and -2A have already been

launched and are providing data.

The ground segment, which is spread

geographically, relies on existing national public and private facilities along with international agencies with the total infrastructure being coherently managed.


Sentinel 1 – radar imagingAll weather, day/night applications

Sentinel 2 – Optical imagingLand 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)

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Sentinels

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Infrastructures Governance


Services

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Land Monitoring;

Marine Environment Monitoring;

Atmosphere Monitoring;

Emergency Management;

Security;

Climate Change.


Land Monitoring Service

The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service provides

geographical information on land cover and on

variables related, for instance, to the vegetation state

or the water cycle. It supports applications in a variety

of domains such as spatial planning, forest

management, water management, agriculture

and food security, etc. The service became

operational in 2012. It consists of three main

components:

A global component;

A Pan-European component;

A local component.

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Marine Environment Monitoring Service

The Marine Environment Monitoring Service

provides regular and systematic reference information on the state of the physical oceans and regional seas. The observations and forecasts produced by the service support all marine applications. For instance, the provision of data on currents, winds and sea ice help to improve ship routing services, offshore operations or search and rescue operations, thus contributing to marine safety.

The service is delivered in an operational mode

since 1st May 2015. The products delivered by the service today are provided free of charge to registered users.

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Atmosphere Monitoring Service

The Atmosphere Monitoring Service

provides continuous data and information

on atmospheric composition. It describes

the current situation; forecasts the

situation a few days ahead; and analyses

consistently retrospective data records for

recent years.

The service supports many applications

in a variety of domains including health,

Environmental monitoring, renewables

energies, meteorology, and climatology.

The service is now fully operational.

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Emergency Management Service

The Emergency Management Service provides

all actors involved in the management of natural

disasters, man-made emergency situations,

and humanitarian crises with timely and accurate

geo-spatial information derived from satellite

remote sensing and completed by available in situ or

open data sources.

Mapping can support all phases of the Emergency

Management cycle: preparedness, prevention, disaster

risk reduction, emergency response and recovery.

The service is provided free of charge and it can

be activated only by authorised users.

Started operations on 1st April 2012.

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Security Service

Services for Security applications support

European Union activities in the context of policies

such as the Common Foreign and Security

Policy (CFSP), the Common Security and

Defence Policy (CSDP) and the protection of EU

external borders as established by the EUROSUR

regulation.

Three application areas have been identified

in which Copernicus can play a role and portfolio of

services and modus operandi defined:

Border Surveillance;

Maritime Surveillance;

Support to the External Action of the EU.

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Climate Change Service

The Copernicus Climate Change Service responds

to environmental and societal challenges associated

with human-induced climate Changes.

The service will give access to information for

monitoring and predicting climate change and will

help support adaptation and mitigation.

Benefits from a sustained network of in situ

and satellite-based observations, re-analysis of

the Earth climate and modelling scenarios, based on a

variety of climate projections.

Under implementation, the operational capacity

of the service will be reached during the third year of operations (i.e. 2017/18) and it will be preceded by a pre-operational stage.

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Services Governance


Economic and Societal value added

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Copernicus constitutes a cornerstone of the broader EU space

and industrial policy, and will generate significant economic and social benefits.

Driver for research, innovation and the creation

of highly skilled jobs, with direct and indirect benefits

for the EU economy.

The bottom-line can be summarised as follows:

Cost per EU citizen = ~€1,07/year;

Every €1 spent generates a return of ~€3,2;

Expected minimum financial benefits by 2030 of ~€30 bn. on Europe's GDP;

An estimated 50.000 jobs will be maintained or created over the next 15 years.


Budget and Governance

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The current MFF period

2014-2020 will see the full

operationalization for the

Copernicus infrastructure and

Services.

Adequate budgetary provisions

have been made to reach the key

milestones by 2017, to ensure the smooth running of the programme on a 24/7/365 basis, and to lay the necessary groundwork for the future.


Summary key points and in the Juncker priorities

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A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment;

A Connected Digital Single Market;

A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market

with a Strengthened Industrial Base;

Towards a New Policy on Migration;

A Stronger Global Actor


Data

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Copernicus collects, processes,

and archives massive amounts of

data (approx. 8 Terabyte/day or

almost 3 Petabyte/year when

Sentinels-1, -2 and -3 are fully

operational).

Dedicated Sentinel-data and

Copernicus information are being

made available on a full, open and

free-of-charge basis.

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Sentinel Data Access

sentinels.copernicus.eu

Full, free

and open

Access for

everybody


Big Data Challenge

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Different types of dissemination infrastructures for Copernicus data and information.

New technology developments in many segments, ICT and EO cross-fertilisation

Cross-fertilisation/interoperability with non-EO datasets

Competitive environment in EO worldwide

Growth and jobs in the downstream sector


Big Data Challenge

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Efforts will have to be devoted on setting up a flexible environment, capable of:

collecting existing assets and coordinating synergic initiatives, and

opening up possibilities for the future, this meaning establishing an architecture that will allow for integration of innovative tools as long as these are developed in the area of dissemination, archiving and computing technologies.

These possibilities will have to provide for conservation of past data, information and processes, as well as exploit forward looking technologies as much as possible.


Two complementary approaches:

Bringing the data to the user: web portal, mirroring of the data – high bandwidth connection needed (e.g. Géant)

Bringing the user to the data: cloud computing ('hosted computing') – upgrade of the Copernicus core ground segment needed

Provide the conditions for the best exploitation of Sentinel and Copernicus service information by the European downstream services for the benefit of EU citizens

Big Data Challenge


Conclusion

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It is quite evident that can produce significant socioeconomic, as well as strategic and political benefits for

Europe.

Due to its services decision makers and citizens today are provided with better, more complete, consistent, timely and reliable

information.

It puts Europe at the forefront globally in having credible space systems and initiatives, which provide bargaining power and more

successful implementation of external policies in areas such as climate change mitigation and adaptation; humanitarian aid; conflict prevention and sustainable development in Europe

and beyond.


Thank you for your attention

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