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Alice Newton Hartwig Kremer (LOICZ Chairlady) (LOICZ Executive Officer) ESA CoastColour, 19-20 March, 2009, Cork ESA Requirements from the LOICZ project (Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone) ESA Requirements from the LOICZ project (Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone)
Transcript of ESA Requirements from the LOICZ project (Land-Ocean Interactions
Alice Newton Hartwig Kremer(LOICZ Chairlady) (LOICZ Executive Officer)
ESA CoastColour, 19-20 March, 2009, Cork
ESA Requirements from the LOICZ project(Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone)ESA Requirements from the LOICZ project
(Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone)
Contents
≈ What is LOICZ ?
≈ LOICZ as a user of Remote Sensing and ESA products
≈ What type of information does LOICZ use?≈ What type of information does LOICZ want?
What is LOICZ ?www.igbp.net www.ihdp.unu.edu
www.loicz.org
www.loicz.org/products/publication/books/
coastal_fluxes/index.html.en
LOICZ is about the coastin the Anthropocene, within the context of
Global Change
www.superstock.com/.../1804R-10629
What is LOICZ ?
5 Themes1. Coastal Vulnerability2. Coastal Ecosystems
3. Catchment-Coast Interaction/Fluxes4. Coastal Biogeochemical Fluxes/Cycles
5. Coastal Management
3 Priority Topics1. Linking social and ecological systems in the coastal zone
2. Assessing and predicting impacts of environmental change on coastal ecosystems3. Linking governance and science in coastal regions
www.igbp.net www.ihdp.unu.eduwww.loicz.org
LOICZ Spatial Interest is about 20% of the Earth’s surface
SHELF
SocioeconomicImpacts
Policy &InstitutionalResponses
QuantitativeBiogeo-chemicalFluxes,
“Functions”QualitativePurposes,
Descriptions
MATERIAL FLUXES
POPULATIONCONSUMPTION
TRADE
CLIMATESEA LEVEL RISE
TECTONICS
RIVER CATCHMENT
ALTERED geomorphologybiogeochemical cyclesorganisms’ size distributionproductivity & biodiversity
Remote Sensing Paradigm ShiftRemote Sensing Paradigm ShiftRemote Sensing Paradigm Shift
First view of Earth from Moon 1966First view of Earth from Moon 1966First view of Earth from Moon 1966NASA
Changed our Global VisionChanged our Global Vision
First view of Earth from Meteosat1First view of Earth from Meteosat1
What type of Remote Sensing information does LOICZ use?
• Plankton blooms• Sediment Plumes • Nightlights• Habitat loss • Storm surges• Oil slicks
Coastal Physical Oceanography
UpwellingFilaments
Coastal currentMeanders
EddiesRiverrunoff
Plankton blooms
ESA 6 June 2006 by Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS)
Riverine outflow and plumesPo River
NASA CZCS NASA Shuttle
Estuarine FrontsMississipi flows into the Gulf of Mexico
Photo: Nancy Rabalais
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
Ship MeasurementsSummerWinter
NASA NASA NOAA
Sediment Plumes and Erosion
Nightlights
C. Mayhew & R. Simmon (NASA/GSFC), NOAA/ NGDC, DMSP Digital Archive 2000 November 27
Changes in Land UseConversion of mangroves to shrimp farms in
Honduras
Images from UNEP at ftp://na.unep.net/UNEP/ernste/AtlasHighResSamples
Area of remaining mangrovesis a function of:
-input prices-economic output-accessibility of mangrove areas-ecological & coastal conditions-conservation & protection -institutional indices
Barbier & Cox 2003
Storm Surge Flooding
NASA image by Jesse Allendata provided by USGS Center for EROS and the Landsat Project Science Office at Goddard Space Flight Center,
Acquired August 30, 2005
Hurricane Katrina Floods the Southeastern US
Oil SlicksEnvisat's ASAR image 17 November 2002 Double-headed oil spill originating from the stricken Prestige tanker, lying 100 km off the Spanish coast.
Oil Slick along coastNASA November 19, 2002
What type of Remote Sensing information does LOICZ require?
Land boundary• Link with Terrestrial
e.g. ESA global landcover
• Population density• Topography• Seismology and
susbsidence
Coastal ”GIS”• Coastal bathymetry• Coastal currents and
circulation, watershed• Coastal winds, airshed• Tidal amplitude• Storm surges• Offshore infra-
structures• Shipping routes / lanes
The LOICZ domain-200 to +200m
Coastal Fluxes in the AnthropoceneThe Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere ProgrammeSeries: Global Change - The IGBP SeriesCrossland, C.J.; Kremer, H.H.; Lindeboom, H.J.; Marshall Crossland, J.I.; Le Tissier, M.D.A. (Eds.)2005, XX, 232 p. 121 illus., 69 in color., HardcoverISBN: 978-3-540-25450-8
Link with Terrestrial datae.g. ESA global landcover19 December 2008
Bathymetry
Subsidence map, Lisbon, Portugal
ERS data copyright ESA 1992-2006
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Land Topography & Sea Level Rise
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SeismologyAlaskan Glacier Quakes
NASA 2003
A satellite image of the mouth of the Mississippi River shows nothing off-shore except scattered clouds.
Offshore Infrastructure
… but there is a maze of (mostly subsurface) oil platforms and pipelines…
Population Density Maps
IGBP44% of the world’s population live within 150 km of a coastline
Population Density Maps
www.eupedia.com
AirshedN deposition on North Sea 1999
lepo.it.da.ut.ee
GovernanceExtended basin-coast entity (1): A: Limits across river network. B: limits following river courses. C: coincidence of river catchment control station (S5) with international boundary.D: shared estuary between regions or countries. Limits of international waters exclusive economic zone outside (E1) and (E2) the geomorphic limit of the coastal zone. Political or administrative entities: I to V.The smaller basin/coast entity (2) is entirely within IV.
after Meybeck & Vogler 2005
GovernanceVila Real de Sto Antonio Portugal
MegaSIG 1998
Transboundary Issues
Marine Spatial Planningwww.helcom.fi
Acknowledgements
ESA NMCI IGBP IHDP LOICZ
NILU Sagremasisco IMARwww.nilu.no www.imar.pt
CIMAcima.ualg.pt
Thank you! Questions?
