INFORM RV02 meeting

18 March 2016

RBINS, Belgium

WP-3

CNR-IREA

End-user interaction

INFORM RV02 meeting

18 March 2016

RBINS, Belgium

Introduction

• To explore the

end-user

requirements in

terms of water

quality products

• To stimulate

project results’

uptake by the

end-users and

industry

WP3: M1-M48

WP3

End-

user

interac

tion

(CNR)

WP8

Disse

minati

on

(VITO)

WP6 EO-model integration (Deltares)

WP7 Demonstration (EOMAP)

WP5 Algorithms development and

validation (U STIRLING)

WP2 Scientific coordination (VITO)

WP1 Management (VITO)

WP4

Data

gaheri

ng

(VITO)

EUAB, Meetings and other actions

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INFORM RV02 meeting

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EUAB Members • D3.1 Consolidated member list of the INFORM end-user committee (M1)

INFORM RV02 meeting

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EUAB Meetings

The 1st Meeting was organized to get user requirements for inland water quality products

Month 3 March 2014

Month 27 March 2016

Month 47 December 2018

INFORM RV02 meeting

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Outcome of 1st EUAB Meeting • Questionnaire on ‘End-

users requirements’

• Interviews and video

• D3.2 Report on

kick-off end-user

requirements (M3)

• D3.3 Video on user

requirements (M5)

EUAB

INFORM RV02 meeting

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EUAB Meetings

The 1st Meeting was organized to get user requirements for inland water quality products

The 2nd meeting took place yesterday. The most relevant points from constructive discussion will be considered in the next months to finalise the WP

Month 3 March 2014

Month 27 March 2016

At the end of the project a 3rd Uptake Workshop with the EUABs, other end-users, industry and INFORM participants will be organized

Month 47 December 2018

• D3.4 Report on mid-term end-user consultation (M27)

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1. The Questionnaire on ‘End-users requirements’ was submitted to

more users

2. Direct involvement of end-users (e.g. thematic meetings,

newsletters, brochures, projects)

3. A new questionnaire on ‘INFORM products’ was prepared and

yesterday delivered to EUAB members

End-users interaction

GEOHAB/GEO groups

Mincio Regional Park (Italy)

Provinces of Mantua and Venice (Italy)

Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)

Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)

Lake Balaton Development Council (Hungary)

Flemish Environmental Agency VMM (Belgium)

Within and outside EUAB (last year activities)

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•Questionnaire

to 7 EUAB

members

1st EUAB

Meeting

2nd EUAB

Meeting

1. Questionnaire on ‘End-users

requirements’

•20 answers received

•4 more Countries

involved

Universities

•Questionnaire has been

sent to more than 50

additional end-users

Environmental

Agencies

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1. Questionnaire on ‘End-users requirements’: categories of the enlarged users group

The main

activity

carried out

by the end-

users is

RESEARCH

MONITORING

MANAGEMENT

29% 24%

20%

End-users

are

specialized

in the

following

sectors

BIOLOGY

CHEMISTRY HYDROLOGY

21%

15% 14%

End-users mainly work on

LAKES

STREAM/

RIVERS

WETLAND

26%

23%

24%

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0%

10%

20%

30%

HA

B M Wt E

NP

CD

DP

PP

To

u FW

UW

DO

2B

uN

K

• HAB Toxic algae bloom (cyanobacteria)

• M Macrophyte regression/invasion

• Wt Water turbidity

• E Eutrophication

• NP Nutrient pollution

• CD Industrial/agricultural discharges

• DP Diffuse source pollution

• PP Point source pollution

• Tou Touristic and recreational activities

• F Overfishing

• WU Water use

• WD Water discharge

• O2 Hypoxia/anoxia in sediments

• Bu Burial processes

• NK I don’t know

EUAB members

EUAB members

+ additional end-

users

1. Questionnaire on ‘End-users requirements’: updating of ecological issues

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23%

73%

Very Low

Low

Medium

High

Very High

UPDATED INFO SPATIAL INFO

38%50%

Very Low

Low

Medium

High

Very High

TEMPORAL INFO

31%

62%

Very Low

Low

Medium

High

Very High

EU

AB

me

mb

ers

+ a

dd

itio

na

l end-

use

rs 33%

50%

Very Low

Low

Medium

High

Very High

Strategy introduced to

identify the ecological

problems affecting the

inland water

ecosystem/body

1. Questionnaire on ‘End-users requirements’: updating of efficient/synopitc/frequent observations

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EO derived INFORM products Biogeochemical model derived products

EUAB members + additional end-users

EO products V+M useful

Light Attenuation (Kd) (m-1) 61%

Euphotic depth (m) 54%

Turbidity (NTU) 84%

Total suspended matter (g/m3) 84%

Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (m-1) 58%

Chlorophyll-a concentration (mg/m3) 92%

Phytoplankton functional types 76%

Phytoplankton bloom occurrence 75%

Phytoplankton primary production 65%

Macrophyte cover 64%

Macrophyte biomass (mg/m3) 46%

Sun induced Chlorophyll-a fluorescence 43%

Modeling products V+M useful

Stratification depth (m) 57%

Water temperature (°C) 80%

Surface roughness (waves) 42%

pH 60%

N (Total, NH4, NO3) (mg/L) 92%

P (Total, PO4) (mg/L) 92%

Si (mg/L) 36%

O2 (mg/L) 80%

Algal biomass (mg/m3) 84%

Particulate Inorganic Matter (g/m3) 79%

Total Inorganic Carbon (mg/L) 80%

DOC (mg/L) 79%

V+M = Very + Most useful

1. Questionnaire on ‘End-users requirements’: updating of key-parameters

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EUAB

members

EUAB

members

+

additional

end-users

1. Questionnaire on ‘End-users requirements’: updating of frequency of observation

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0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

5 m 30 m 100 m 300 m 1 km

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

5 m 30 m 100 m 300 m 1 km

EO products Biogeochemical model

products EUAB

members

EUAB

members

+

additional

end-users

1. Questionnaire on ‘End-users requirements’: updating of scale of observation

50

0

Chl-a (

mg

/m3)

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Summary on Questionnaire on ‘End-users requirements’

LAKES/WETLAND

STREAM/

RIVERS

Needs of having synoptic observation depending on water system

Very low

Very high

Very low

Very high

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Summary on Questionnaire on ‘End-users requirements’

LAKES/WETLAND

STREAM/

RIVERS

Needs of having synoptic observation depending on water system

Very low

Very high

Very low

Very high

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EO key-parameters relevance depending on water system

Summarising Questionnaire on ‘End-users requirements’…

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Bio-geochemical modelling key-parameters relevance

depending on user mandates

Summarising Questionnaire on ‘End-users requirements’…

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• Meeting at the Mincio

River National Park

• Meeting at Mantua

Province

• Meeting with Po

River authority

• Flemish Environment Agency (VVM)

• Antwerp Port Authority

2. Direct involvement of end-users

• Dedicated divulgation meetings

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2. Direct involvement of end-users • Dedicated divulgation material (brochure, poster, newsletter)

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• Connecting INFORM to other projects

INFORM product on macrophytes (with L8/S2/SPOT5)

Research Centre in Systems Ecology

and Sustainability (UNIBUC)

Société nationale de protection de la

nature (SNPN)

Braila islands (RO) Lac du Grand Lieu (FR)

Monitoring the Harmful algal

blooms of Karaoun Reservoir and

Mantua Lakes

using remote sensing

Measuring water quality in Qarun

and Trasimeno lakes with the latest

generation of satellite sensors

2. Direct involvement of end-users

INFORM products on water quality as PFT, Kd, TSM, YS (S2/S3)

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First part

dedicated to

INFORM products

based on flayers

(from WP5)

3. New questionnaire on ‘INFORM

products’ for EUAB members

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Mapping layout

Mapping content

Terminology

Second part dedicated to:

New questionnaire on ‘INFORM product’

3. New questionnaire on ‘INFORM

products’ for EUAB members

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RBINS, Belgium

EO product

Usefulness (very

low relevance 1 -

high relevance 5)

Euphotic depth 4

TSM 4

Yellow matter 4

Phytoplankton pigments 5

Phytoplankton Size Classes 4

Stratification 4

Macrophytes 4

Phytoplankton Primary Production 5

Sun-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence 4

3. Preliminary results on questionnaire on ‘INFORM

products’ from EUAB meeting of yesterday

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Further plans

• Analysis of questionnaire on ‘INFORM

products’ and adaptation in EO product

generation

• Newsletters and fieldwork reporting

• Recruitment of new end-users and ingestion

of new feedbacks

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Further plans

• Prosecution of collaborations with end-users

Involvement of scholars and students and to collect

information on macrophytes and on cyanobacteria blooms

(Mantua Lakes, 2016 activity). Hydrocolor App

Citclops App

iQwtr

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Further plans • Monitoring of other EO user driven activities

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Further plans • Participation to topic events

Establishment of info-point on INFORM Project,

demo activities and fieldwork with strudents,

citizen, public authiorties)

LTER (Long term Ecological Research) - 30 June

2015, From Mantua lakes to Lake Garda

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Thanks for your attention