2015 DRAGON SymposiumInterlaken, 23 June 2015

Maurice BorgeaudHead of the Department “Science, Applications, and Future Technologies”

ESA’s Earth Observation Programmes

ESA Earth Observation Programmes

MeteorologicalProgramme

CopernicusProgramme

Earth ObservationEnvelope Programme2

Copernicus: A New Generation of Data Sources

Copernicus is a European space flagship programme led by the European Union

ESA coordinates the space component

Copernicus provides the necessary data for operational monitoring of the environment and for civil security

Free and open data policy

Sent-1A/B Sent-2A/B Sent-3A/B Sent-5/5P Sent-6A/BSent-4A/B

Tentative Sentinel Schedule

Etna slopes

Launch Sentinel-1A

• 3 April 2014• Kourou spaceport• Soyuz-2 rocket• New era of Earth observation

Sentinel-1A: Nepal Earthquake

Katmandu, Nepal

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Ice Streams seen by Sentinel-1A

Greenland,West Coast

January 2015

Copyright:Copernicus data (2015)/ESA/Enveo

Sentinel‐1 User and Data Statistics(“Scientific / Other Use” data hub)

By 11 June 2015:

7’728 registered users

160’000 products available for download

1’170’000 products downloaded by users, representing about 1.42 PB of data (Petabytes)

Sentinel-2

• Wide swath high resolutionsuper-spectral imaging mission

• Land and Security Services• Data continuity Landsat and

SPOT-type missions

• Successful launch of S2a launched last night at 3:50 am (CET)

Data Courtesy RapidEye

10 m resolution for field scale mapping

10 m resolution for field scale mapping

Crop type mapping and yield modelling=> Sentinel-2

Sentinel-3

• Medium resolution imagingand altimetry mission

• Land and ocean applications• Launch of S3a in Q4-2015

Sentinel-4/5/5p

• Atmospheric chemistry missions• Instruments to be flown on

• MTG (Sentinel 4)• MetOp SG (Sentinel 5)

• Separate precursor missionfor Sentinel 5

MTG

MetOp SG

Earth Observation Envelope Programme

Earth Observation Envelope

Programme (EOEP):• backbone of ESA’s EO activities

• support to new sensors and missions

• stable planning environment

Components:• Earth Explorers

• Technical Developments for Explorers

and operational missions (incl.

Sentinels and Meteorology)

• Exploitation

• Operation of Explorers

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Science – the Earth Explorers

Swarm

• Three-satellite-constellation,

launched November 2013

• Measures the geomagnetic field

Earth’s Magnetic Field from Swarm Data

© ESA/DTU

SMOS – Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity

• Data delivery since February 2010

• Complete Earth coverage within three days

• Radio Frequency Interference

(RFI) mitigation continues

• Outstanding international

cooperation

• Mission extension

until 2017

SMOS Measurements

Satellites for emergency relief: • Data acquisition in case of natural or

man-made disasters• Data delivery to civil protection agencies,

emergency and rescue services

CryoSat: The Ice Mission

• First interferometric altimeter in space

• Global sea ice thickness measurements

• Data used for ice research, but

increasingly also for oceanography

• Mission extension until 2017 © Thinkstock by Getty Images

CryoSat – Arctic Sea Ice Volume

Wolf et. Al (in press)http://www.oceanflux-ghg.org/Ω

Antarctic Ice Sheet ChangesSynergy:=> Sentinel-1 / Cryosat

Park et. Al (2013)

CryoSat: Gravity reveals sea floor

• First interferometric altimeter in space

• Global sea ice thickness measurements

• Data used for ice research, but

increasingly also for oceanography

• Mission extension until 2017

GOCE: Gravity and Ocean Circulation

• First gradiometer in space

• Best geoid ever

• 5th version of geoid foreseen released in July

2014, including all GOCE measurements

• End of mission declared 21 October 2013

following depletion of Xenon fuel

• Re-entry 11 November 2013

GOCE: Geoid in 2D

GOCE: Ocean Currents

Copyright: ESA/CNES/CLS

ADM-Aeolus – ESA‘s Wind Mission

• Global observations of wind profiles for analysis of global 3D wind field

• Understanding of atmosphere dynamics and climate processes

• Improved weather forecasts andclimate models

• Launch planned for 2016

EarthCARE – ESA‘s Aerosol Mission

• Global observations of clouds,

aerosols and radiation

• Collaboration with JAXA

• Scientific instruments:

• First UV Lidar

• First Doppler Cloud Profiling

Radar (JAXA contribution)

• Multispectral Imager

• Broadband Radiometer

• Launch planned for 2018

Future Earth Explorer Missions

• BIOMASS will be the 7th Earth

Explorer

• Selected by ESA’s Earth

Observation Programme Board

• Biomass estimates based on

global interferometric and

polarimetric

P-Band Radar observations

• Essential to understand the

Earth’s carbon cycle

• To be launched in 2020

FLEX: to provide global maps of vegetation fluorescence, which can be converted into an indicator of photosynthetic activity to improve our understanding of how much carbon is stored in plants and their role in the carbon and water cycles

• CarbonSat: to quantify and monitor the distribution of carbon dioxide and methane for a better understanding of the sources and sinks of these two gases and how they are linked to climate change.

Status: Phase A/B1 studies being completed for two competing mission candidates

Earth Explorer 8 Candidate Missions

UCM in Krakow, Poland, 15-16 Sept 2015 => Decision by PB-EO in Nov. 2015

CCI: Essential Climate Variables

The Earth

ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use

Sea Level Rise - not even across the globe

New EO Science Strategy for ESA

• Endorsed by PB-EO

Nov. 2014

• To become a key

element of overall EO

strategy

• Scientific basis for next

EE Call

• Flyer and printed

edition distributed end

April 2015

ESA’s EO Science Strategy at a glance

Ground-breaking exploratory missions integrated into flexible observing systems for Earth system science

Sustained observations to understand and attribute trends beyond the expected variability

International co-operation to provide an integrated, optimised Earth observing system, which can grow in capability in a cost-effective manner

Translational science to synthesise and adapt the data streams from individual instruments and satellites into knowledge

Wider Communication and dialogue with people beyond the scientific sector to help explain the value, opportunities and inspiration provided by EO from space

Important Dates:Deadline for abstract submission 16 October 2015Notification of Acceptances End January 2016Issue of Preliminary Programme February 2016Opening of Registration to the Symposium February 2016Release of the Final Programme at the symposiumSubmission of Full Papers at the symposium

Themes:Atmosphere, Oceanography, Cryosphere, Land, Hazards, Climate and Meteorology, Solid Earth/Geodesy, Near-Earth Environment, Methodologies and Products, Open Science 2.0

http://lps16.esa.int

PRAGUE 9-13 MAY 2016

Main Objective: Presentation of Exploitation Results based on ESA Earth Observation Measurements

Poyang Lake: Dragon id. 10557Annual & seasonal flooding using SAR, optical & RA data

Joint JXNU & LTC15 lecturers’ field visit, 15/10/2014

Synergistic use of optical & SAR data, 2000 to 2014

Envisat RA until orbit drift & Altik continuity

15 years time series of water dynamics from 2000 to 2014 (average 1 image every 10 days)

Given year: 2014 Yearly residual analysis

Thank you for your attention

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