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<strong>Sentinel</strong>-<strong>2A</strong><br />
<strong>Launch</strong><br />
22 June 22:52 at Kourou time<br />
23 June 03:52 at Brussels time<br />
http://copernicus.eu<br />
Copernicus EU<br />
@CopernicusEU<br />
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<strong>Sentinel</strong>-2<br />
What is <strong>Sentinel</strong>-<strong>2A</strong>?<br />
<strong>Sentinel</strong>-<strong>2A</strong> was launched from Europe’s Spaceport in With a 290 km-wide field of view, <strong>Sentinel</strong> <strong>2A</strong> will deliver<br />
Kourou (French Guiana) on 22 June (local time) on top images of Earth’s changing land with an unprecedented<br />
of a Vega launcher, making it the second satellite in frequency and level of detail and accuracy. <strong>Sentinel</strong> 2B<br />
orbit for Europe’s Copernicus programme. <strong>Sentinel</strong>-<strong>2A</strong> which will complete the constellation is expected for<br />
is a polar-orbiting, multispectral high-resolution launch mid-2016.<br />
imaging mission for land monitoring to provide, for<br />
example, imagery of vegetation, soil and water cover,<br />
<strong>Sentinel</strong>-2 mission<br />
inland waterways and coastal areas.<br />
With its systematic and frequent coverage, <strong>Sentinel</strong> 2<br />
will make a significant contribution to Land Monitoring<br />
<strong>Sentinel</strong> <strong>2A</strong> is a key element of the Copernicus Services by providing input data for land cover change<br />
programme of the European Union and features a mapping, as well as supporting the assessment of biogeophysical<br />
parameters of vegetation like Leaf Area<br />
two-satellite land monitoring constellation designed<br />
by the European Space Agency (ESA) and built by Index (LAI), Leaf Chlorophyll Content (LCC) and Leaf<br />
Airbus Defence and Space. The satellites’ development Cover (LC).<br />
capitalises on the know-how and advanced space <strong>Sentinel</strong> 2’s instruments comprise 13 spectral channels<br />
technologies from sixty European industrial partners. with a 290 km swath and spatial resolutions of 10 m<br />
Cooperation agreements between ESA and national (4 visible and near infrared bands), 20 m (6 red-edge/<br />
space agencies have been established in the area of shortwave infrared bands) and 60 m (3 atmospheric<br />
image quality (with the French CNES), inter-orbit optical correction bands). It is able to support a wide range of<br />
communications (with the German DLR), and for crosscalibrations<br />
(with NASA in the<br />
land studies and geophysical applications, reducing the<br />
U.S.).<br />
Space<br />
time required to build a rich and worldwide cloud-free<br />
imaging archive. The spectral bands of <strong>Sentinel</strong> 2 will<br />
Forest monitoring: contribution to the conservation of<br />
biodiversity in forests, soil conservation;<br />
provide data for land cover and change classification,<br />
atmospheric correction and separation between cloud and<br />
snow.<br />
Urban planning: supporting<br />
urban planning in order to<br />
ensure sustainable and balanced<br />
Operational information from this latest Copernicus development, providing the<br />
mission will help improve agricultural practices, monitor<br />
desertification and the state of the world’s forests, detect<br />
pollution in lakes and coastal waters, contribute to disaster<br />
mapping and much more.<br />
These high-level objectives specified in 2007, after intense<br />
consultation with user communities, will make <strong>Sentinel</strong> 2<br />
means for a consistent basis<br />
of comparison across Europe,<br />
allowing the tracking of urban<br />
developments to understand how<br />
policies trigger or suppress urban<br />
expansion;<br />
a significant asset for Copernicus Services such as Land<br />
Monitoring, Emergency Management, Security and Climate<br />
Change.<br />
Water monitoring: water stress assessment and water<br />
scarcity forecasting, as information on the extent and<br />
impact of water scarcity and drought is indispensable for<br />
The <strong>Sentinel</strong> 2 mission will support broader policy decision-making at national and continental scale;<br />
objectives of the European Union, particularly in the areas<br />
of climate and environment.<br />
Cryosphere: assisting in improving the understanding of<br />
the water cycle and climate, supporting decision-making at<br />
the public and private levels, supporting flood forecasting<br />
and early warning systems;<br />
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Concrete applications<br />
Agricultural monitoring: food security monitoring,<br />
agricultural production estimation, crop area monitoring<br />
for agricultural statistics;<br />
Disaster monitoring: responses to major disasters in<br />
the shortest possible time, assisting in the identification<br />
of priority areas for humanitarian and financial aid,<br />
providing essential geographical information for remote<br />
areas where the information is absent or inaccurate (e.g.<br />
following flooding or earthquakes);<br />
Soil conservation: supporting European decision-making<br />
and spatial planning authorities with consistent and<br />
comparable EU-wide information products to analyse<br />
current and potential future trends and impacts of land<br />
use changes for urban developments and infrastructure<br />
investment, the prevention of land degradation;<br />
Biodiversity monitoring: supporting European, national<br />
and local authorities in monitoring the state of European<br />
habitats, supporting research monitoring and the<br />
assessment of biodiversity.<br />
For more information, visit http://www.copernicus.eu/main/last-steps-road-launch
Copernicus is the EU Earth Observation and Monitoring Programme<br />
What is Copernicus?<br />
be served by a set of dedicated satellites (the <strong>Sentinel</strong>s)<br />
Copernicus is a European Union Programme aimed at and contributing missions (existing commercial and<br />
developing European information services based on public satellites). The <strong>Sentinel</strong>s are specifically designed<br />
satellite Earth Observation and in-situ (non-space) data to meet the needs of the Copernicus services and their<br />
analyses. The Programme is coordinated and managed users. Since the launch of <strong>Sentinel</strong>-1A in 2014, the<br />
by the European Commission. It is implemented in Union set in motion a process to place a constellation<br />
partnership with the Member States, the European of more than a dozen satellites in orbit over the course<br />
Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the of the next ten years. <strong>Sentinel</strong>-1A provides a unique<br />
Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), set of observations, starting with high-resolution, allweather,<br />
day and night radar images to be used for<br />
the European Centre for medium-range Weather<br />
Forecasts (ECMWF), EU Agencies and Mercator Océan. land and ocean services.<br />
Vast amounts of global data from satellites and from Copernicus collects information from In-situ systems<br />
ground-based, airborne and seaborne measurement such as ground stations, which deliver data acquired by<br />
systems are being used to provide information to a multitude of sensors on the ground, at sea or in the<br />
help service providers, public authorities and other air. These data come from European and non-European<br />
international organisations improve the quality of life organisations and from Member States as well.<br />
for the citizens of Europe. The information services Copernicus monitors: It stores the information and<br />
provided will be freely and openly accessible to its keeps track of changes or recurring phenomena: this<br />
users.<br />
constitutes a large amount of reliable and up-to-date<br />
How does Copernicus collect data? information on the status of our planet.<br />
The Copernicus Space and Service Components have Copernicus analyses: The data is analysed in a way<br />
been specifically designed to meet user requirements. that generates indicators useful for researchers and<br />
Through satellite and in-situ observations, the end users, providing information on past, present and<br />
services deliver near-real-time data on a global future trends. They can analyse, for example, the air<br />
level which can also be used for local and regional quality in our cities and detect visible and noticeable<br />
needs, to help us better understand our planet and<br />
sustainably manage the environment we live in.<br />
Copernicus observes from Satellites: Copernicus will<br />
Space<br />
increases in air pollution (smoke, dust, smog) • High resolution images, and lower<br />
or analyse the rise in global sea levels. resolution overviews;<br />
• Regular and systematic review of data;<br />
What are the services? • Reduced reaction time to enable better<br />
The services address six thematic areas: response to man-made or natural disasters;<br />
An Atmosphere Monitoring Service • Global/Pan European Approach to Earth<br />
⇢ fully operational from July 2015; monitoring.<br />
A Marine Environment Monitoring Service The Copernicus data policy promotes the<br />
⇢ fully operational since May 2015; access, use and sharing of Copernicus<br />
A Land Monitoring Service<br />
information and data on a full, free and<br />
⇢ fully operational since January 2013; open basis.<br />
A Climate Change Service<br />
How does Copernicus help<br />
⇢ in ramp-up phase;<br />
the citizens of Europe?<br />
An Emergency Management Service Copernicus is the concrete realisation of<br />
⇢ fully operational since April 2012; the European idea of providing our citizens<br />
A Security Service<br />
with new public services on both a European<br />
⇢ in ramp-up phase.<br />
and global scale. By investing in Earth<br />
monitoring and observation systems and<br />
What happens to the data? networks, which monitor and forecast the<br />
The Copernicus system delivers data and state of the environment on land, sea and<br />
information to Copernicus users, supplied in the atmosphere, we are now better able<br />
on a long term and sustainable basis understand our planet, protect and sustain<br />
through a set of services. The EC funds our environment and feel more safe and<br />
companies and public entities which provide secure.<br />
these services. The information can be used Copernicus in Action (examples)<br />
by end users for a wide range of applications • The Marine Environment Monitoring Service<br />
in a variety of areas. These include urban provided data to the Italian authorities<br />
area management, sustainable development supporting oil spill scenario calculations<br />
and nature protection, regional and local during the parbuckling of Costa Concordia;<br />
planning, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, • During the terrible floods that hit central<br />
health, civil protection, infrastructure, Europe in 2013 the Emergency Management<br />
transport and mobility, as well as tourism. Service provided reference maps and flood<br />
delineation to the affected areas;<br />
What is the added-value • Copernicus also plays an important role<br />
of the Copernicus System? in creating business opportunities for small<br />
• Guarantee of service, providing global and medium-sized enterprises, which create<br />
spatial coverage;<br />
jobs and growth. It is estimated that the<br />
• Near-real time data provided to end users; programme could result in some 48,000<br />
• Enable integration of the data (space and direct and indirect jobs being created over<br />
in-situ) and analyses;<br />
the period 2015-2030.<br />
Web: http://copernicus.eu | Facebook: Copernicus EU | Twitter: @CopernicusEU<br />
Photo credits: <strong>Sentinel</strong> ©ESA/DLR; Land Istock ©Dariusz Paciorek; Marine ©IStockphoto.com/Mercator-Ocean; Atmosphere ©FDC; Emergency: Fire Istock ©negaprion; Eartquake Fotolia ©puckillustrations; Flood ©On-Air; Security ©French Navy; Climate change Fotolia ©z576; In-situ component ©IRD, 2011.
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Discontinuous Dense Urban Fabric (S.L.: 50% - 80%)<br />
Discontinuous Medium Density Urban Fabric (S.L.: 30% - 50%)<br />
Discontinuous Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L.: 10% - 30%)<br />
Discontinuous Very Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. < 10%)<br />
Isolated Structures<br />
Industrial, commercial, public, military and private units<br />
Fast transit roads and associated land<br />
Other roads and associated land<br />
Railways and associated land<br />
Port areas<br />
Airports<br />
Mineral extraction and dump sites<br />
Construction sites<br />
Land without current use<br />
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Sports and leisure facilities<br />
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Forests<br />
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Observing our planet for a safer world<br />
The Local component of the Copernicus<br />
a comparison can be made between the<br />
Land Monitoring Service<br />
Land Monitoring Service is also managed by<br />
the EEA. It aims to provide specific and more<br />
situation before and after the crisis to<br />
understand if and how this can be prevented<br />
The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service is part of the Copernicus Programme, which is an EU<br />
Programme managed by the European Commission (EC) and implemented in partnership with the<br />
Member States, the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation<br />
of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Centre for medium-range Weather Forecasts<br />
(ECMWF), EU Agencies and Mercator Océan. The Programme is aimed at developing a set of European<br />
detailed information complementing the<br />
information produced by the Pan-European<br />
component. It focuses on “hotspots”<br />
which are prone to specific environmental<br />
challenges in Europe.<br />
by smart urban planning.<br />
Bruxelles / Brussel<br />
High Resolution Layer<br />
Forest Tree cover density<br />
(Brno, CZ)<br />
information services based on satellite Earth Observation and in-situ (non-space) data analyses.<br />
What is the Copernicus<br />
Land Monitoring Service?<br />
The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service provides<br />
the energy budget (e.g. land surface temperature) and<br />
the water cycle (e.g. soil water index, water bodies)<br />
every ten days and on a worldwide scale.<br />
geographical information on land cover, land use, The biophysical parameters production is<br />
land cover-use changes over the years, vegetation<br />
state or water cycle. Applications that are built upon<br />
and integrate the information supplied by the service<br />
can provide support in areas such as spatial planning,<br />
complemented with an activity providing detailed<br />
and high resolution land cover - land use information<br />
on specific hot spot areas around the world, mainly<br />
targeted to support biodiversity preservation.<br />
forest management, water management, agriculture<br />
and food security and emergency management,<br />
amongst others.<br />
Service priorities and their relevance to users are<br />
defined and validated by the EC and the Member<br />
States.<br />
The service became operational in 2012.<br />
The Pan-European component is managed by the<br />
What does the Land Monitoring Service do?<br />
The three main components of the Copernicus Land<br />
Monitoring Service are currently:<br />
A Global component;<br />
A Pan-European component;<br />
EEA and is producing high resolution information<br />
sets describing the main land cover types: artificial<br />
surfaces (e.g. roads and paved areas), forest areas,<br />
agricultural areas (grasslands), wetlands and small<br />
water bodies.<br />
A Local component.<br />
The Global component of the Copernicus Land<br />
Monitoring Service is managed by the European<br />
Commission’s Directorate Joint Research Centre. It<br />
produces biophysical parameters that give a picture<br />
of the state of vegetation (e.g. leaf area index, fraction<br />
of green vegetation cover, vegetation condition index),<br />
Space<br />
The Urban Atlas, one of the local components,<br />
focuses on the mapping and change analysis<br />
of urban areas. It provides reliable, intercountry<br />
comparable, high resolution land<br />
use maps for 695 European cities and their<br />
surroundings for the reference years 2006<br />
and 2012 which allow land use comparisons<br />
across cities and over time.<br />
The Urban Atlas is used to detect building<br />
footprints, land use changes, urban sprawl<br />
and urban green area decline and high urban<br />
densities. The information is used to prioritise<br />
public transport, support emergency planning<br />
or promote sustainable urban development<br />
in general in a pan-European comparable<br />
mode.<br />
For example, in the case of mapping<br />
areas affected by emergency situations,<br />
Larger Urban Zone: Bruxelles / Brussel<br />
REGIOgis<br />
Urban Atlas map: Brussels<br />
Who can use it and is it for free?<br />
The Copernicus data policy promotes the<br />
access, use and sharing of Copernicus<br />
information and data on a full, free and<br />
open basis. There is no restriction on use<br />
or reproduction and redistribution, with or<br />
without adaptation, for commercial or noncommercial<br />
purposes.<br />
This data policy applies to the data and<br />
information generated within the Copernicus<br />
programme, i.e., <strong>Sentinel</strong> mission data and<br />
Copernicus service information.<br />
Users can find out more about the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service at: http://land.copernicus.eu/<br />
Corine Land cover<br />
(minimum mapping unit 25 ha)<br />
Corine Land Cover: the distribution<br />
of aggregated land cover classes<br />
Global Land biophysical<br />
parameters: Albedo<br />
Photo credits: Land iStock©Dariusz Paciorek; Deforestation Fotalia ©guentermanaus; Demographic expansion iStock ©Ammit; All the maps are provided by ©EC.
Marine environment issues<br />
What is the added value of the<br />
Marine Environment Monitoring Service<br />
The Copernicus Marine Environment<br />
Monitoring Service assimilates marine data<br />
into 3D models and then reanalyses these<br />
Copernicus Marine Environment<br />
Monitoring Service?<br />
• The Service provides a single point of<br />
The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service is part of the Copernicus Programme, which<br />
is an EU Programme managed by the European Commission (EC) and implemented in partnership with<br />
the Member States, the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation<br />
of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Centre for medium-range Weather Forecasts<br />
(ECMWF), EU Agencies and Mercator Océan. The Programme is aimed at developing a set of European<br />
information services based on satellite Earth Observation and in-situ (non-space) data analyses.<br />
What is the Copernicus<br />
What does the Copernicus<br />
Marine Environment Monitoring Service? Marine Environment Monitoring Service do?<br />
The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring The service provides information on the ocean for the<br />
Service provides regular and systematic information large scale (worldwide coverage) and regional scales<br />
about the physical state and dynamics of the ocean (main European basins and seas).<br />
and marine ecosystems for the global ocean and the Typical products provided by the service are:<br />
European regional seas. This data covers analysis of • Maps and data for oceanographic forecasts;<br />
the current situation, forecasts of the situation a few • Retrospective assessments of the sea state;<br />
days in advance and the provision of retrospective • Simulations of pollution transport;<br />
data records (re-analysis).<br />
• Inputs to fine scale analysis in coastal areas.<br />
The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service<br />
calculates and provides products describing currents,<br />
temperature, wind, salinity, sea level, sea ice and<br />
biogeochemistry. These factors support marine and<br />
maritime applications and related EU policies, e.g. in<br />
the fields of:<br />
Marine safety;<br />
Some examples:<br />
Marine and coastal environment;<br />
Shipping and sea rescue services<br />
Marine resources;<br />
The Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service<br />
Weather, seasonal forecasting and climate.<br />
collects observational data about the sea level, sea<br />
surface temperature, sea ice and sea surface wind<br />
In November 2014, the European Commission signed<br />
using in-situ sensors and earth observation satellites<br />
a Delegation Agreement with Mercator Océan for the<br />
which can provide useful information for ship routing<br />
implementation of the service. The service became<br />
services or search and rescue operations.<br />
fully operational in April 2015.<br />
over long term periods in the past. This<br />
work helps address marine and coastal<br />
environment issues.<br />
Products delivered by the Copernicus Marine<br />
Environment Monitoring Service contribute to<br />
the protection and sustainable management<br />
of living marine resources, including fish<br />
stock management.<br />
Understanding weather<br />
and climate change<br />
Many of the data delivered by the service<br />
(e.g. temperature, currents) play a crucial<br />
role in the domain of weather, climate<br />
and seasonal forecasting. The Service also<br />
records the status of polar icecaps, which<br />
helps us to understand the impact of climate<br />
change.<br />
access to a large variety of marine data and<br />
information;<br />
• The critical data produced by the Copernicus<br />
Marine Environment Monitoring Service helps<br />
scientists better understand the ocean and<br />
EU regional seas;<br />
• Monitoring of sea ice together with its<br />
forecast can provide useful information to<br />
marine transport in ice infested waters;<br />
• The service provides useful information for<br />
various activities in the context of fisheries<br />
and mariculture, tourism, or the overall<br />
management of coastal zones;<br />
• Freely available high quality data opens<br />
new possibilities in monitoring our marine<br />
environment and enables new business<br />
ideas in a wide area of marine activities.<br />
The Copernicus data policy promotes the<br />
access, use and sharing of Copernicus<br />
information and data on a full, free and<br />
open basis.<br />
The Costa Concordia: Fuel leak simulation illustrated by<br />
surface oil concentration (tonne/km²)<br />
on March 31st 2011.<br />
A Japanese use case<br />
(Fukushima):<br />
Search and Rescue Scenario<br />
Salinity:<br />
Information relevant<br />
for water quality monitoring<br />
and pollution control<br />
Search and rescue scenario<br />
Sea Surface Temperature<br />
on a global scale<br />
Photo credits: Ocean ©IStockphoto.com/Mercator-Ocean; Boat Istock ©vice_and_virtue; Fishes ©iStockphoto.com-MyOcean; Costa Concordia by courtesy of INGV ©; A japanese use case (Fukushima) ©MyOcean-Mercator Ocean; Salinity ©MyOcean-Mercator Ocean; Search and Rescue Scenario Screenshot by courtesy of Salvamento Marítimo ©; Sea Surface temperature ©MyOcean-Mercator Ocean.<br />
Space<br />
Users can find out more about the products delivered by the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service at: http://marine.copernicus.eu<br />
The products delivered by the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service are provided free of charge to registered users through a Catalogue available at: http://operation.myocean.eu/web/24-catalogue.php
Atmosphere Monitoring Service<br />
The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service is part of the Copernicus Programme, which is an<br />
EU Programme managed by the European Commission (EC) and implemented in partnership with the<br />
Member States, the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation<br />
of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Centre for medium-range Weather Forecasts<br />
(ECMWF), EU Agencies and Mercator Océan. The Programme is aimed at developing a set of European<br />
information services based on satellite Earth Observation and in-situ (non-space) data analyses.<br />
What is the Copernicus<br />
Atmosphere Monitoring Service?<br />
The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service<br />
provides the capacity to continuously monitor the<br />
composition of the Earth’s atmosphere at global and<br />
regional scales. This service capacity encompasses<br />
the description of the current situation (analysis), the<br />
prediction of the situation a few days ahead (forecast),<br />
and the provision of consistent retrospective data<br />
records for recent years (re-analysis). The service<br />
generates geophysical products which require further<br />
technical processing and various forms of high level<br />
information to support decision makers.<br />
The main areas that the Copernicus Atmosphere<br />
Monitoring Service focuses on are:<br />
Air quality and atmospheric composition;<br />
Ozone layer and ultra-violet radiation;<br />
Emissions and surface fluxes;<br />
Solar radiation;<br />
Climate forcing.<br />
Space<br />
In November 2014, the European Commission<br />
signed a Delegation Agreement with ECMWF for the<br />
implementation of the service. The service will be fully<br />
operational from July 2015.<br />
Pollution forecast for Brussels<br />
What does<br />
the Atmosphere Monitoring Service do?<br />
Typical products provided by the service are:<br />
• Maps and data for regional air quality forecasts;<br />
• Retrospective assessments of air quality;<br />
• Identification of pollutants and their source;<br />
• Pollen concentration levels in the atmosphere;<br />
• Resources for evaluating possible emission control<br />
measures;<br />
• Inputs to local air quality forecasts, health information<br />
and warnings.<br />
Some examples:<br />
Air Quality<br />
The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring<br />
Service provides continuous observation of<br />
the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere<br />
and helps predict air quality. Atmospheric<br />
composition helps to understand phenomena<br />
such as desert dust plumes, long-range<br />
transport of atmospheric pollutants including<br />
pollen as well as ash plumes from volcanic<br />
eruptions. This information can be relevant<br />
for different domains such as public health<br />
or even safety of air traffic.<br />
Each day, the Copernicus Atmosphere<br />
Monitoring Service provides analyses and<br />
forecasts detailing constituents in the Earth’s<br />
atmosphere at various heights above sea<br />
level for the next 96 hours.<br />
Solar Radiation<br />
The Service also monitors levels of UV<br />
radiation and provides 4-day forecasts<br />
on a European and global scale, which<br />
helps optimise the use of solar energy and<br />
supports the prevention of skin cancer.<br />
What is the added value of<br />
the Copernicus<br />
Atmosphere Monitoring Service?<br />
• The service delivers information on the air<br />
we breathe;<br />
• The recording and analysis of solar<br />
radiation provides information to public and<br />
private organisations in fields such as health,<br />
agriculture and solar energy;<br />
• The service compiles emission data and<br />
also estimates net fluxes of CO 2<br />
and CH 4<br />
at the Earth’s surface. This helps improve<br />
understanding of key climate forcings;<br />
• Freely available high quality data opens new<br />
possibilities in monitoring the composition<br />
of the atmosphere and enables the creation<br />
of new business ideas supporting public<br />
and private stakeholders in a wide area of<br />
applications linked to atmospheric science.<br />
The Copernicus data policy promotes the<br />
access, use and sharing of Copernicus<br />
information and data on a full, free and<br />
open basis.<br />
Surface Carbon Monoxide<br />
Total Aerosol Optical Depth<br />
Surface parameter:<br />
Nitrogen dioxide<br />
Average of Observed<br />
Fire Radiative<br />
Power Areal Density<br />
Co 2 concentration over Africa<br />
Global nitrogen oxides<br />
Users can find out more about the products delivered by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service at: http://atmosphere.copernicus.eu<br />
Photo credits: Atmosphere ©FDC; Smokestacks Istock ©Mykhailo Shcherbyna; All the maps are provided by the maps are provided by ©the EU-funded FP7 project MACC-II.
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GLIDE number: EQ-2012-000090-ITA<br />
Activation ID: EMSR004<br />
Product N.:05SanFelice, v2<br />
San Felice, Emilia Romagna, ITALY<br />
Earthquake - 29/05/2012<br />
Delineation Map - Overview<br />
Production date: 21/06/2012<br />
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4974000<br />
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4971000<br />
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Cartographic Information<br />
1:30 000<br />
Full color ISO A1, high resolution (300 dpi)<br />
0 0,5 1 2<br />
km<br />
Map Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 32N<br />
Graticule: WGS 84 geographical coordinates<br />
Legend<br />
Areas of interest Transportation<br />
Crisis Information<br />
Primary Road<br />
;Ø Gathering of People<br />
Secondary Road<br />
" Affected Building<br />
Local Road<br />
Building Blocks<br />
Other<br />
Affected<br />
Railway<br />
Not Affected Points of Interest<br />
X Transportation K Medical<br />
9 Institutional F Cemetery<br />
4 Educational<br />
Map Information<br />
Data Sources<br />
Background imagery: WorldView-02 © Digitalglobe (0% cloudy, 0.5 m resolution, acquired on<br />
30/05/2012)<br />
LandScan ©UT BATTELLE, LLC. 2010 (approx. 1km resolution).<br />
Base vector layers based on Openstreetmap and Wikimapia refined by SIRS (nominal scale<br />
1:5000).<br />
All Data sources are complete and with no gaps.<br />
Dissemination/Publication<br />
No restrictions on the publication of the mapping apply.<br />
Delivery formats are GeoTIFF, GeoPDF, GeoJPEG and vectors (shapefile and KML formats).<br />
Framework<br />
The products elaborated for this rapid mapping has been realized to the best of our ability,<br />
within a very short time frame during a crisis, optimising the available data and information.<br />
All geographic information has limitations due to scale, resolution, date and interpretation of<br />
the original data sources. The products are compliant with GIO-EMS RUSH Product Portfolio<br />
specifications.<br />
Map production<br />
Civil Protection<br />
Response<br />
Delineation Map - Overview<br />
Planning<br />
WorldView-02 satellite imagery<br />
Earthquake<br />
29-05-2012<br />
GLIDE number: N/A<br />
Activation ID: EMSR-044<br />
Product N.: 04Torgau, v1<br />
Torgau - GERMANY<br />
Flood - 03/06/2013<br />
Delineation Map - Detail<br />
!.<br />
Production date: 05/06/2013<br />
Denmark<br />
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Sachsen-Anhalt<br />
Austria<br />
Switzerland<br />
!.<br />
Germany<br />
Torgau<br />
Sachsen<br />
!.<br />
Cartographic Information<br />
1:12500<br />
Full color ISO A1, high resolution (300 dpi)<br />
0 0,25 0,5 1<br />
km<br />
Map Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 33N<br />
Graticule: WGS 84 geographical coordinates<br />
Legend<br />
Crisis Information Hydrology Point of Interest<br />
Flood (04/06/2013) Canal 4 Educational<br />
General Information Stream K Medical<br />
Area of Interest<br />
Lake ^ Religious<br />
Settlements<br />
Reservoir X Transportation<br />
! Populated Place<br />
River Transportation<br />
Industrial<br />
!(u Helipad<br />
Multi-functional<br />
Railway<br />
Industry / Utilities<br />
Primary Road<br />
Power Substation<br />
Secondary Road<br />
Local Road<br />
Consequences within the Detail AOI on 04/06/2013<br />
Estimated Population<br />
0 inhabitants<br />
Transportation<br />
1.16 km<br />
Land use Forest 3.5 ha Grassland 2.30 ha<br />
Agricolture 246.82 ha Scrub 0 ha<br />
Map Information<br />
Data Sources<br />
Elbe<br />
Dissemination/Publication<br />
No restrictions on the publication of the mapping apply.<br />
Delivery formats are GeoTIFF, GeoPDF, GeoJPEG and vectors (shapefile and KML formats).<br />
Framework<br />
The products elaborated in the framework of current mapping in rush mode activation are realized<br />
to the best of our ability, within a very short time frame during a crisis, optimising the available data<br />
and information. All geographic information has limitations due to scale, resolution, date and<br />
interpretation of the original data sources. The products are compliant with GIO-EMS RUSH<br />
Product Portfolio specifications.<br />
Map Production<br />
Civil Protection<br />
Response<br />
Delineation Map - Detail<br />
Planning<br />
COSMO-SkyMed<br />
Flood<br />
03-06-2013<br />
250000<br />
36°20'40"E<br />
GLIDE number: OT-2012-000135-JOR<br />
Activation ID: EMSR-014<br />
Product N.: 00AlMafraq, v1<br />
Al Mafraq - JORDAN<br />
Refugee camp authorized area<br />
Reference Map - Detail Monit 08<br />
Production date: 28/11/2012<br />
32°18'40"N<br />
3578000<br />
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6087000<br />
6086000<br />
6085000<br />
54°57'0"N<br />
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Cartographic Information<br />
1:6,000<br />
Full color ISO A1, high resolution (300 dpi)<br />
0 125 250 500<br />
m<br />
Map Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 37N<br />
Graticule: WGS 84 geographical coordinates<br />
Legend<br />
General Information Building<br />
Area of Interest<br />
Other or Unknown<br />
Transportation<br />
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Primary Road Built-Up Area<br />
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Other<br />
Residential<br />
Aerodrome<br />
Runway<br />
Number of shelters/tents: 7,708 units<br />
Number of people hosted in the refugee camp: more than 40,941 inhabitants<br />
(Source: UNHCR Syrian Regional Refugee Response weekly update, 28th November 2012,<br />
http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=107)<br />
Map Information<br />
Data Sources<br />
Dissemination/Publication<br />
Delivery formats are GeoTIFF, GeoPDF, GeoJPEG and vectors (shapefile and KML formats).<br />
Framework<br />
The products elaborated in the framework of current mapping in rush mode activation are<br />
realized to the best of our ability, within a very short time frame during a crisis, optimising the<br />
available data and information. All geographic information has limitations due to scale,<br />
resolution, date and interpretation of the original data sources. The products are compliant<br />
with GIO-EMS RUSH Product Portfolio specifications.<br />
Map production<br />
Humanitarian Aid<br />
Response<br />
Reference Map - Detail<br />
Planning<br />
WorldView-02 (c) DigitalGlobe<br />
Other<br />
27-07-2012<br />
GLIDE number: N/A<br />
Activation ID: EMSN-004<br />
Product N.: 02TRIPLEX, v01<br />
NORDLAND and SYDLAND<br />
Post Disaster Situation Map<br />
Detail<br />
Prodution Date: 03/09/2013<br />
France<br />
Spain<br />
Portugal<br />
NORDLAND<br />
ODENSE<br />
Morocco<br />
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NEKSDOHR<br />
ABENRA<br />
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^<br />
FLENSBURG<br />
SYDLAND<br />
0 50 100 150 200<br />
km<br />
Cartographic Information<br />
1:10,000<br />
Full color A1, low resolution (300dpi)<br />
Meters<br />
0 100 200 300 400 500<br />
Map Coordinate System: WGS 1984 UTM Zone 32N<br />
Graticule: WGS 84 Geographical Coordinates<br />
Legend<br />
Administrative<br />
Hydrology<br />
Water Course<br />
Country Border<br />
Simulated Inundation Extent<br />
Critical Crisis Infrastructure<br />
" IDP Tent<br />
IDP Camp > Evacuation Point<br />
Transportation<br />
Motorway<br />
Motorway, Flooded<br />
Primary Route<br />
Primary Route, Flooded<br />
Secondary & Local Route<br />
Secondary & Local Route, Flooded<br />
Railway<br />
Railway, Flooded<br />
Harbor<br />
Harbor, Affected<br />
o Airport<br />
o Airport, Flooded<br />
Population<br />
Building<br />
Building, Flooded<br />
®v Hospital<br />
®v Hospital, Flooded<br />
Consequences within the mapsheet Functional Flooded/Affected<br />
Number of harbors<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Number of airports<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Number of hospitals<br />
0<br />
0<br />
Length of roads (km)<br />
76.9<br />
45.3<br />
Length of railways (km)<br />
13.0<br />
9.4<br />
Number of buildings<br />
1320<br />
242<br />
Map Information<br />
Data Sources sources<br />
Dissemination/Publication<br />
No restrictions on the publication of the mapping apply<br />
Delivery formats are GeoTIFF, GeoPDF, GeoJPG JRC PLEASE SPECIFY IF VECTORS.<br />
Framework<br />
The products elaborated in the framework of current mapping in non-rush mode activation<br />
are realized to the best of our ability, within a very short time frame during a crisis, optimising<br />
the available data and information. All geographic information has limitations due to scale,<br />
resolution, date and interpretation of the original data sources. The products are compliant<br />
with GIO-EMS non-rush Product Portfolio specifications.<br />
Map Production<br />
The present map shows basic topographic features such as Transport Network, Hydrology,<br />
Emergency Management Service<br />
The Copernicus Emergency Management Service is part of the Copernicus Programme, which is an<br />
EU Programme managed by the European Commission (EC) and implemented in partnership with the<br />
Member States, the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation<br />
of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Centre for medium-range Weather Forecasts<br />
(ECMWF), EU Agencies and Mercator Océan. The Programme is aimed at developing a set of European<br />
information services based on satellite Earth Observation and in-situ (non-space) data analyses.<br />
What is the Emergency Management Service?<br />
EMS Mapping Service<br />
The Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS), The EMS Mapping Service provides<br />
managed directly by the European Commission via reliable maps derived from satellite<br />
the Joint Research Centre, has two main components, images to assess the impact and<br />
Early Warning and Mapping. EMS provides reliable respond to natural and man-made<br />
maps derived from satellite images to assess the disasters. The mapping service<br />
impact of natural and man-made disasters all over the operates in two modes – rapid<br />
world. The Service also supports crisis managers, civil mode for emergencies that require<br />
protection authorities and humanitarian aid actors, as an immediate response, and risk<br />
well as those involved in preparedness and recovery & recovery mode for emergency services that do<br />
activities. As an EU service, the EMS’s first priority is not require immediate action such as prevention and<br />
responding to EU needs and interests, whether within disaster risk analysis and recovery activities.<br />
the EU or abroad. The Emergency Management Service The service can be activated for natural or man-made<br />
is provided free of charge to authorised users. disasters including earthquakes, storms, humanitarian<br />
Early Warning Service<br />
crises (refugee camps), floods, forest fires, industrial<br />
The Early Warning component of the EMS currently accidents and windstorms. In rapid mapping mode,<br />
provides alerts related to flood and forest fire risks. The maps are delivered as fast as possible, typically within<br />
European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) provides a few hours or days, after the reception of satellite<br />
flood probability forecasts for all European rivers. data.<br />
The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) In Rapid Mapping Mode, the main products of the<br />
provides fire danger forecasts up to 10 days in advance EMS Mapping Service are:<br />
and near real-time and historical information on forest Reference maps, which provide an overview of the<br />
fires and their ecological impacts in the European, geographic area prior to the disaster;<br />
Middle East and North Africa region are provided by the Delineation maps, which provide an assessment of<br />
European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). the event’s extent, such as burnt area after a forest<br />
fire or flooded area;<br />
Grading maps, which provide an assessment<br />
of the impact, e.g. showing the number<br />
of totally destroyed, severely or slightly<br />
damaged buildings.<br />
Who can use the EMS Mapping Service?<br />
There are three levels of users:<br />
• Authorised Users – may activate the service<br />
directly. Authorised Users are the designated<br />
National Focal Points (NFPs), one in each EU<br />
Member State, as well as EC services and<br />
the European External Action Service;<br />
• Associated Users – these users may<br />
trigger the service through Authorised<br />
Users. They include local, regional and other<br />
public entities, international governmental<br />
organisations (e.g. UN agencies, the World<br />
Bank) and national and international nongovernmental<br />
organisations;<br />
• General Public Users – these users may not<br />
trigger the service, but can access the service<br />
products though the Copernicus Emergency<br />
website.<br />
The Copernicus data policy promotes the<br />
access, use and sharing of Copernicus<br />
information and data on a full, free and<br />
open basis.<br />
How can the EMS Mapping Service<br />
be accessed?<br />
Copernicus EMS Mapping Authorised Users<br />
may activate the service by completing<br />
the relevant Service Request Form (SRF).<br />
Associated Users have to contact their<br />
respective Focal Points who are authorised<br />
to trigger the service. There are two types<br />
of Service Request Forms: (I.) for Rapid<br />
Mapping; (II.) for Risk & Recovery Mapping.<br />
The completed form must be sent by<br />
e-mail to DG ECHO’s Emergency Response<br />
Coordination Centre (ERCC) and followed up<br />
by a phone call. Once the service request is<br />
properly submitted, it undergoes a review<br />
by the ERCC against predefined eligibility<br />
criteria (technical feasibility, sensitivity,<br />
mapping capacity, event’s magnitude). From<br />
April 2012 to April 2015, there have been a<br />
total of 123 activations of the Copernicus<br />
EMS, producing circa 1350 maps for disaster<br />
events all over the world. These have been<br />
triggered in response to flood emergencies<br />
in Europe (Germany, Spain and the UK)<br />
and Africa (Mozambique) as well as fires,<br />
earthquakes (Nepal), tsunamis and also<br />
as a result of humanitarian crises in the<br />
Central African Republic, Syria/Jordan and<br />
Bangladesh.<br />
What is the Added Value of the EMS?<br />
• Operational service 24/7 all year round;<br />
• The only existing emergency response<br />
service, which supplies standard information<br />
products derived from satellite data in<br />
rapid mode to first disaster responders and<br />
humanitarian actors worldwide;<br />
• The Risk & Recovery Mapping module<br />
delivers information and analysis in support<br />
of activities for disaster risk reduction,<br />
prevention, preparedness, recovery, and<br />
reconstruction.<br />
Forest Fire, La Gomera in Spain<br />
Schwarzer Grab en<br />
Via Mazza<br />
Strada Nazionale Del Canale to Nord<br />
Via per Concordia<br />
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Nazioni Uni<br />
Via 2Giugno<br />
Via Europa<br />
Bologna-Verona<br />
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Via Casarino<br />
" " " "<br />
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Earthquake in San Felice,<br />
Emilia Romagna, Italy<br />
Außenring<br />
Röhrgraben<br />
La gegraben<br />
Saulachgrab en<br />
Warschauer Straße<br />
E ler Graben<br />
Eilenburger Straße<br />
Nordumfluter<br />
SchwarzerGraben<br />
Dahlener<br />
Südring<br />
Straße<br />
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Flood in Torgau, Germany<br />
Werdau<br />
Bahnhofst<br />
Ernst-Thä<br />
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An earthquake with a magnitude 5.8 killed at least 16 people in northern Italy on 29/05/2012,<br />
damaging buildings and leaving 14,000 people homeless in the Emilia Romagna region north<br />
of Bologna, one of Italy most agriculturally and industrially productive areas. The epicentre of<br />
the earthquake, which struck at depth of 9.6 km (6 miles), was less than 30 km (19 miles)<br />
from Modena, not far from where the magnitude 6 earthquake struck on 20th May (Source:<br />
Glide Number).<br />
The core users of the map are Civil Protection authorities involved in operations in the field.<br />
The aim of the map production is to support the emergency response activities.<br />
The present map shows a delineation of the affected buildings in the area of San Felice sul<br />
Panaro, ITALY, based on visual interpretation of post-event satellite imagery acquired on<br />
30/05/2012 (WorldView-02, spatial resolution 0.5 m).<br />
Post-event satellite images have been orthorectified using RPC model and SRTM elevation<br />
data.<br />
The estimated geometric accuracy of this product is 5 m CE90 or better, from native<br />
positional accuracy of the background orthoimage.<br />
The estimated thematic accuracy of this product is 60% or better, as it is based on visual<br />
interpretation of recognizable items on very high resolution satellite imagery. Please note that<br />
due to the high off nadir angle, presence of haze and 0.5m resolution only damages to large<br />
structures could be detected.<br />
Map produced on 21/06/2012 by SIRS under contract 257219 with the European<br />
Commission. All products are © of the European Commission.<br />
Name of the release inspector (quality control): GAF AG (ODO).<br />
E-mail: rush@ems-gmes.eu<br />
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Starting from beginning of June, heavy rainfalls have caused flooding along rivers and lakes in<br />
Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, forcing authorities to issue disaster<br />
warnings and reinforce defenses. Several people have already been killed, with water levels<br />
expected to continue rising.<br />
In Germany floods have been affecting several towns and villages in both Southern Bavaria and<br />
Saxony.<br />
This is a delineation map for the region of Torgau (Saxony) showing the situation as of 04/06/2013.<br />
The core users of the map are Civil Protection authorities involved in in-field operations.<br />
The potential additional users of the map are other Civil Protection authorities involved in<br />
operations.<br />
The scope of the map production is planning and support to logistics.<br />
Inset maps based on: Administrative boundaries (JRC 2013, GISCO 2010, © EuroGeographics),<br />
Hydrology, Transportation (Natural Earth, 2012, CCM River DB © EU-JRC 2007), Settlements<br />
(Geonames, 2013).<br />
COSMO-SkyMed © ASI (2013) (acquired on 04/06/2013, GSD 5 m) provided under ESA GSC-DA<br />
DWH License.<br />
Aerial orthoimages © Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) (GSD 0.40 m, 0% cloud<br />
coverage)<br />
Base vector layers based on Openstreetmap, Geonames, Corine Land Cover, Urban Atlas (approx.<br />
1:25:000, extracted on 03/06/2013), refined by e-GEOS.<br />
All Data sources are complete and with no gaps.<br />
The present map shows basic topographic features such as transportation, hydrology and<br />
settlements in the area of Torgau (Saxony Region, GERMANY). These basic topographic features<br />
are derived from public datasets, refined by means of visual interpretation of the national official<br />
aerial orthoimages © Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) (GSD 0.40 m, 0% cloud<br />
coverage).<br />
Thematic layer assessing the delineation of the flood event as been derived from COSMO-SkyMed<br />
post-event imagery (5 m resolution, acquired on 04/06/2013).<br />
The estimated geometric accuracy of this product is 3m CE90 or better, from native positional<br />
accuracy of the background aerial image.<br />
The estimated thematic accuracy of this product is 85% or better, based on previous experience in<br />
using high-resolution SAR for flood extent delineation. Please be aware that the thematic accuracy<br />
might be lower in urban and forested areas due to known limitations of the analysis technique.<br />
Land cover data are delivered as vector files and they are not displayed in the map.<br />
Map produced on 04/06/2013 by e-GEOS under contract 257219 with the European Commission.<br />
All products are © of the European Commission.<br />
Name of the release inspector (quality control): e-GEOS (ODO).<br />
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The Syrian refugee population in Jordan seems to have increased compared to the end of<br />
October: UNHCR adjusted the number of refugees to some 136,785 that have already been<br />
assisted by humanitarian organizations.<br />
(Source: UNHCR Syrian Regional Refugee Response weekly update, 28th November 2012,<br />
http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=107).<br />
The German Federal Relief Agency (THW) supports efforts in setting up a refugee camp at<br />
Za'atri (Jordan) near the Syrian border.<br />
This reference map is foreseen to provide the THW team with adequate knowledge of the<br />
territory, in order to plan the camp in cooperation with Jordan authorities.<br />
The core users of the map are Humanitarian Aid Operators. The scope of the map<br />
production is planning and support to logistics.<br />
WorldView-02 © DigitalGlobe (2012) (acquired on 28/11/2012, GSD 0.5 m, 0% cloud<br />
coverage,42.2° off-nadir angle) provided under ESA GSC-DA DWH License.<br />
Base vector layers based on Openstreetmap (approx. 1:5,000, extracted on 27/07/2012),<br />
Wikimapia (approx. 1:5,000, extracted on 28/07/2012), Geonames (approx. 1:5,000,<br />
extracted on 27/07/2012), refined by GAF<br />
Elevation data: SRTM v4 (90m posting).<br />
All Data sources are complete and with no gaps.<br />
Present map shows the current situation at the area of Za'atri (Jordan). These basic<br />
topographic features derive from public open source and institutional datasets, refined by<br />
means of visual interpretation of post-event WorldView-2 satellite imagery (28/11/2012, GSD<br />
0.5 m, 0% cloud coverage).<br />
The satellite imagery has been radiometrically enhanced and geometrically corrected using<br />
the MONIT07 satellite imagery and vector data as reference.<br />
The estimated geometric accuracy of this product is 12 m CE90 or better, from native<br />
positional accuracy of the reference satellite image.<br />
The estimated thematic accuracy of this product is 90% or better, as it is based on visual<br />
interpretation of recognizable items on very high resolution optical imagery.<br />
Map produced by GAF under contract 257219 with the European Commission. All products<br />
are © of the European Commission.<br />
Name of the release inspector (quality control): e-GEOS (ODO).<br />
E-mail: rush@ems-gmes.eu<br />
Refugee Camp in Al Mafraq:<br />
7 708 tents<br />
Post disaster Situation Map<br />
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The core user of the map is the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)<br />
International Division.<br />
The purpose of the requested mapping is to provide flood inundation and impact analysis<br />
supporting the TRIPLEX exercise. The exercise is based on fictive scenario reflecting the<br />
situation after a hurricane (cat. 3), when sea raises and flesh floods from heavy rainfalls hit<br />
the border region Nordland (part of Denmark) and Sydland (Schlewig-Holstein, Germany).<br />
The maps will be used by European Civil Protection team and United Nation Disaster<br />
Assessment Coordination team. The teams will use the maps in the On Site Operations and<br />
Coordination Center (OSOCC).<br />
Inset maps based on: Administrative boundaries (GADM database of Global Adm. Areas).<br />
Main map background: DOP40_DE orthophoto © BKG (acquired - various dates, GSD 0.4<br />
m, 0% cloud coverage), FOT orthophoto © Miljoministeriet (acquired - various dates, GSD<br />
0.1 m, 0% cloud JRC PLEASE SPECIFY LICENCE<br />
Vector layers are based on: 1) Integration of source data - Danish topographic vector<br />
dataset (KORT10), German Base Digital Landscape Model (BDLM), Open Street Maps,<br />
Google Earth (approx. equivalent scale 1:10:000, obtained on 09/08/2013), 2) Refinement<br />
using national aerial orthophotoimagery - specified in the main map background<br />
Analysis layers based on:<br />
DTM10 © Miljoministeriet (2013, GSD 10 m), DTM - Altimeter © BKG (2013, GSD 10 m),<br />
EUDEM © EUDEM (2009, GSD 30 m)<br />
All Data sources are complete and with no gaps.<br />
Population, Toponyms and Critical Crisis Infrastructure in the fictive area of Nordland and<br />
Sydland. These basic topographic features are derived from publicly available datasets,<br />
Danish and German national topgraphic vector datasets, refined by means of visual<br />
interpretation of Danish and German national aerial orthophoto imagery.<br />
Flood inundation extent was modeled using combination of Danish and German national 10<br />
m Digital Elevation Model and European 30m EUDEM. The extent of inundation yields<br />
numerous flooded areas and infrastructure depicted in the map. It is result of simplified<br />
hydrologic model and as such it exceeds the natural conditions.<br />
Integrated vector and mapping products inherit high geometric accuracy of input vector<br />
datesets and of aerial orthophotoimagery, which complies with JRC requirements for<br />
1:10.000 cartography.<br />
Only the area enclosed by the Area of Interest has been analyzed.<br />
Map produced on 03/09/2013 by GISAT s.r.o. and Indra Sistemas S.A. under contract<br />
257228 with the European Commission. All products are © of the European Commission.<br />
Name of the release inspector (Quality Control): JRC<br />
E-mail: gio-ems-nonrush@jrc.ec.europa.eu<br />
Photo credits: Earthquake Fotolia ©puckillustrations; Fire Istock ©negaprion; Flood Istock ©On-Air; All the maps are provided by ©EC.<br />
Space<br />
Users can download maps and see the latest activations on the Emergency Management Service website: http://emergency.copernicus.eu/<br />
Details of flood forecasts can be found on the EFAS European Commission’s Flood Portal: http://efas.eu
Security Service<br />
The Copernicus Security Service is part of the Copernicus Programme, which is an EU Programme<br />
managed by the European Commission (EC) and implemented in partnership with the Member States,<br />
the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological<br />
Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Centre for medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), EU<br />
Agencies and Mercator Océan. The Programme is aimed at developing a set of European information<br />
services based on satellite Earth Observation and in-situ (non-space) data analyses.<br />
What is the Copernicus<br />
Services were tested and validated until early 2015<br />
Security Service?<br />
through two projects financed by the FP7 Research<br />
The Copernicus Security Service aims to support related Framework Programme: G-NEXT, providing preoperational<br />
European Union policies, by providing information in<br />
services and G-SEXTANT, aimed at<br />
response to the security challenges Europe is facing, bringing technology to a<br />
namely improving crisis prevention, preparedness and level of maturity allowing<br />
response capacities in the following key areas: operational deployment.<br />
Support to EU External Actions;<br />
Operationalisation of<br />
Maritime surveillance;<br />
services will be done<br />
Border surveillance.<br />
throughout 2015, in close<br />
coordination with the<br />
Support to EU External Actions European Union Satellite<br />
Europe has a responsibility to promote stable Centre and the Emergency<br />
conditions for human and economic development, Management Service,<br />
human rights, democracy and fundamental freedoms. leading to a fully operational service by early 2016.<br />
In this context, it assists non-EU countries in situations<br />
of crisis or emerging crisis, for instance by undertaking<br />
Maritime Surveillance<br />
peacekeeping operations or assessing risks for global The extension of the EU maritime domain and the<br />
and trans-regional threats leading to destabilisation. number of Member States with coastal or maritime<br />
jurisdiction (23 out of 28) present a challenge to<br />
The Copernicus Security Service can provide rapid, ondemand<br />
surveillance operations. The challenge is significantly<br />
geospatial information for the detection and increased when considering also EU economic activities<br />
monitoring of events or activities outside Europe that across global oceans, such as transport and fisheries.<br />
may have implications in European and global security. Maritime surveillance services are designed to support<br />
The information provided by the Service, which is efforts to tackle piracy, drug trafficking, illegal fishing<br />
also based on space-derived data, will contribute to activities or dumping of toxic waste, and to contribute<br />
improve situational awareness and, consequently,<br />
European capacities in crisis prevention, preparedness<br />
and response.<br />
Space<br />
to safer maritime transport in remote areas.<br />
Improved maritime surveillance through<br />
complementary observations from space can<br />
act as a deterrent to illegal actions and can<br />
contribute to reducing the economic toll of<br />
illegal activities and related accidents at sea,<br />
while improving the planning of conventional<br />
patrolling operations.<br />
Several R&D and demonstration projects<br />
paved the way for the definition of<br />
Copernicus services in Maritime surveillance.<br />
These include FP7 funded activities such<br />
as the DOLPHIN, NEREIDS and SIMTISYS<br />
projects, or the MARISS project funded by<br />
ESA, which have contributed to engage the<br />
maritime community in the usage of spacederived<br />
data and related services.<br />
The European Maritime Safety Agency<br />
(EMSA) currently provides operational<br />
maritime safety services and Copernicus<br />
related services will have been operated by<br />
the Agency fom as a natural extension of<br />
their current capacities.<br />
Border Surveillance<br />
The objective of this Service is to support<br />
the European Union’s external border<br />
surveillance system (EUROSUR), an initiative<br />
based on an EU-level approach to reinforcing<br />
Member States’ control across the Schengen<br />
border. The objective is to help reduce<br />
the number of incidents related to illegal<br />
immigration (e.g. death at sea) by improving<br />
the intelligence available to coast and border<br />
guards as well as port authorities and law<br />
enforcement agencies, also with the use of<br />
satellite imagery.<br />
Copernicus is working with FRONTEX to<br />
reinforce its intelligence capacities based<br />
also on spaceborne observations.<br />
Border Surveillance services entered a preoperational<br />
phase in 2013 with the launch<br />
of two FP7 projects: SAGRES, which focused<br />
on the validation of the highly time-critical<br />
EUROSUR components (vessel detection),<br />
and LOBOS, which addressed the validation<br />
of less time-critical components (monitoring<br />
of ports, coasts and pre-frontier land areas).<br />
Lessons learned from these projects drove<br />
the definition of the operational services<br />
through a Joint Operations concept, which<br />
will involve close cooperation with Member<br />
States’ National Coordination Centres but<br />
also with EMSA (maritime surveillance) and<br />
EUSC (land borders monitoring).<br />
The system will be operated under the<br />
aegis of Frontex as from mid-2015 and will<br />
allow the seamless integration of satellite<br />
observations into operational systems<br />
run by FRONTEX and available to national<br />
authorities through the EUROSUR network.<br />
Geographic reference map<br />
Situation awareness<br />
Assessment map<br />
Geographic reference map<br />
Geographic reference map<br />
Users can find out more about the support provided to EU External Actions, Maritime Surveillance, Border Surveillance on the Copernicus websites:<br />
http://externalaction.security-copernicus.eu/ - http://maritimesurveillance.security-copernicus.eu/ - http://www.copernicus-sagres.eu/ - http://www.copernicus-lobos.eu/<br />
Photo credits: Support to EU external action G-Next ©Cruz Roja Espanola; Maritime surveillance Fotolia ©scazza; Border surveillance ©N/A; Geographic reference maps and Assessment map are provided by G-NEXT project ©JR, INDRA, Planetek Hellas, SatCen, Telespazio Iberica, e-GEOS; Situation awareness map ©G-MOSAIC FP7 project; 5th Geographic reference map ©EC.
Climate Change Service<br />
The Copernicus Climate Change Service is part of the Copernicus Programme, which is an EU<br />
Programme managed by the European Commission (EC) and implemented in partnership with the<br />
Member States, the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation<br />
of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Centre for medium-range Weather Forecasts<br />
(ECMWF), EU Agencies and Mercator Océan. The Programme is aimed at developing a set of European<br />
information services based on satellite Earth Observation and in-situ (non-space) data analyses.<br />
a series of projects funded by the EU research<br />
framework programme related to climate modelling<br />
and observation analyses.<br />
The Copernicus Climate Change Service<br />
will also provide relevant information to EU<br />
sectors including agriculture, forestry, health,<br />
energy, water management and tourism.<br />
What is the added value<br />
of the Copernicus<br />
Climate Change Service?<br />
The Copernicus Climate Change service will<br />
provide the EU and its member states with<br />
access to high quality information in order<br />
to support the legislation in response to<br />
adaptation and mitigation measures.<br />
For the first time, Europe is setting up a<br />
unique system to address climate change<br />
issues and ensure the provision of relevant<br />
information to EU citizens.<br />
Visit the climate change project page of the Copernicus<br />
website for more information about this initiative:<br />
http://www.copernicus.eu/main/climate-change<br />
and http://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/what-we-do/<br />
copernicus/copernicus-climate-change-service.<br />
How will the<br />
Copernicus Climate Change Service<br />
be organised?<br />
The service is based on four pillars:<br />
What is the Copernicus<br />
Climate Change Service?<br />
The Copernicus Climate Change Service is designed to<br />
respond to changes in the environment and society<br />
associated with climate change.<br />
The service will provide information for monitoring<br />
and predicting climate change and help to support<br />
adaptation and mitigation strategies. It will provide<br />
access to several climate indicators (e.g. temperature<br />
increase, sea level rise, ice sheet melting, ocean<br />
warming) and climate indices (e.g. based on records<br />
of temperature, precipitation, drought events) for both<br />
the identified climate drivers and the expected climate<br />
impacts.<br />
The Copernicus Climate Change Service will enter<br />
a pre-operational stage by the end of 2017. The<br />
operational phase will start before the end of 2018.<br />
This pre-operational phase is also supported by<br />
What does the Climate Change Service do?<br />
The Copernicus Climate Change Service will contribute<br />
to the provision of Essential Climate Variables,<br />
climate re-analyses, multi-model seasonal forecasts<br />
and climate projections at temporal and spatial<br />
scales relevant to<br />
European Union sectoral<br />
policies. It will deliver<br />
climate data records to<br />
monitor major climate<br />
drivers (e.g. greenhouse<br />
gases) and to document<br />
climate fingerprints (e.g.<br />
surface temperature and<br />
precipitation).<br />
• A climate data store that contains the<br />
geophysical information needed for<br />
analysing the climate change indicators in a<br />
consistent and harmonized manner;<br />
• A sectoral information system providing<br />
information tailored to the needs of the end<br />
users and in particular those linked with<br />
existing EU legislation;<br />
• An evaluation and quality control of the<br />
information set up in order to guarantee the<br />
reliability of the service and the quality of<br />
the delivered information;<br />
• Outreach and dissemination activities<br />
to deliver the information to the general<br />
public and public authorities and fulfil an<br />
educational task.<br />
The Copernicus data policy promotes the<br />
access, use and sharing of Copernicus<br />
information and data on a full, free and<br />
open basis.<br />
Photo credits: Ice Fotalia ©Anders Peter Amsnæs; Cyclone Hemera ©Mikhail Matsonashvili; Dry land Fotalia ©ollirg; Climate change landscape ©FDC.<br />
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Users can find out more about the Copernicus Climate Change Service on the Copernicus website: http://www.copernicus.eu/pages-principales/services/climate-change/