How to Access EO Data
Transcript of How to Access EO Data
Andrea Minchella29 June 2009, D1L1
How to Access EO Data
How to become an ESA EO Principal Investigator
More Information at http://eopi.esa.int/
Data policy defined by ESA Member States:
to stimulate a balanced development of Science, Public Utility and Commercial Applications, consistent with the mission objectives, to maximize the beneficial use of data from ESA EO satellites.
Project purpose
Category 2 use
Commercial use
Category 1 use
Research, Applications, Development
Distribution responsible
competing Distributing Entities
using ESA facilities and/or agreements with
non-ESA stations
esausing ESA
facilities/stations
Data costs
Data costs defined by competing Distributing Entities
Costs of reproduction
Most of ESA data (e.g. MERIS)available only through Cat.1
Most of ESA data (e.g. MERIS)available only through Cat.1
(A)SAR data available in Cat.1 or Cat.2
(A)SAR data available in Cat.1 or Cat.2
Free on InternetFree on Internet
Cat.1 use Terms & ConditionsCat.1 use Terms & Conditions
ESA EO Data Policy
Category 1 use: Terms & ConditionsPre-condition for access to Category-1 data. Main points:
• to use the data provided for Category 1 use only within the project team(i.e. PI and co-PIs) and only for the purpose described in the project proposal
i.e. no data redistribution outside the Cat.1 use project team
• to widely publish the project results in scientific publications or presentations
with data citation: “[mission or instrument] Data provided by European Space Agency” (to facilitate web retrieval of publications, and subsequent ESA reporting on mission/instrument achievements)
Each PI shall sign the Category 1 use Terms & Conditions (http://eopi.esa.int/files/terms )
Types of Category-1 Access
Products systematically available on the Internet
Fast Registration, any time, free of charge (Internet access)
Products available on specific request
Full Proposal, any time, reproduction cost
Products offered within an Announcement of Opportunity
Full Proposal fitting set objectives, time restrictions, normally free of charge
Products available via a Registration
• Complete list available at: http://eopi.esa.int/files/regproducts
The list currently includes:• MERIS RR and AATSR worldwide• MERIS FR data over Europe and North
America• All ASAR Medium resolution products• Altimeter data• Atmospheric sensors data• Access to TPM collections (e.g. Landsat or
MODIS in European coverage, Proba…)
Depending on product type, access can be provided to the last weeks of acquisitions or to the overall archives
Registration/Proposal Contents
Cover Page
Data Requirements Products
Team Composition, Experience, Innovation and Contribution
Detailed Description and Schedule
Other Data used
Upload a file
Participants to the project, Team expertise, Anticipated results
Scientific rationale, Proposed methodological and technical approach, Schedule
Additional information
http://eopi.esa.int/category1
Project title, study-area and contact information
Type and amount of needed products
Full proposal
Registration
Cover Page
Data Requirements Products
Terms and Conditions online
Project title, study-area and contact information
Type of needed products
http://eopi.esa.int/registration
http://eopi.esa.int
Registration/Proposal Feedback Time
Registration
Full proposal
Immediate acceptance,Access to data provided typically within 2 working days from acceptance
Scientific ReviewNotification about review outcome and information about eventual amount of data authorised to the project (“quota”) provided within 6-8 weeks, typically
Cost of the data
• Prices are published online (EOPI):– ENVISAT: http://eopi.esa.int/files/ENVISATcost– ERS: http://eopi.esa.int/files/ERScost– TPM: http://eopi.esa.int/files/TPMcost
15 + 80 €*15 €MERIS FR (650 Km length)
100 €75 €PALSAR/PRISM/AVNIR-2 (out of zone)75 €50 €PALSAR/PRISM/AVNIR-2 (in zone)25 + 60 €25 €SAR
25 + 80 €25 €ASAR IM/AP (100 Km length)FutureArchive
* Free (FTP) over Europe and North America, as part of the systematically available data
Reporting
• PIs shall submit an annual progress report, giving the current project status and informing about results and achievements.
• Submission of progress reports is done either directly to ESA (EOPI Portal) or via presentations to ESA workshops or conferences (duly recorded in the proceedings) or via delivery to ESA of a copy of publication(s) in scientific reviews.
• Reporting can be used to request additional data not originally foreseen in the accepted proposal or to request an increase in the amount of agreed data (in both cases a justification for the new request shall be provided).
Results
Published results may be advertised on the EO PI or ESA portal nature GRLGRL
How to get data provided from ESA
More Information at http://earth.esa.int/
EOLI is the Earthnet OnLine Interactive catalogue. It is the ESA client for the Earth Observation (EO), multi-mission, catalogue and ordering services.
The EOLI – Stand Alone (SA) Client provides access to the online ESA catalogues of EO products, allowing the visualisation of quick-looks and online ordering.
http://earth.esa.int/EOLi/EOLi.html
Browsing & Ordering data
Rolling archives:
The multi-mission On-line Archive (Rolling Archive) consists of servers available at the three ESA acquisition stations of Kiruna, ESRIN and Matera. Access is given to ERS, ENVISAT and TPM data
Envisat Web File Server (EWFS):
It allows users to download a subset of ASAR, MERIS or AATSR data available online covering only a selected geographic region
Accessing online data [1]
MERCI web interface, gives access to global MERIS Reduced Resolution data and Envisat/ERS (A)ATSR archived data
25 TBytes of MERIS RR data
25 TBytes of MERIS RR data
Accessing online data [2]
Tools & Events for ESA PIs
More Information at http://earth.esa.int/resources/softwaretools/
Basic ERS & Envisat (A)ATSR
and MERIS Toolbox(BEAM)
Basic ERS & Envisat SAR
Toolbox(BEST)
Basic ERS & Envisat
Atmospheric Toolbox(BEAT)
Polarimetric SAR Data Processing and Educational Tool(POLSARPRO)
GOCE User Toolbox (GUT)
ESA EO User Toolboxes
• Software ‘Toolboxes’ instigated by ESA contracts.• Each Toolbox is a collection of software tools to help the remote
sensing community to exploit ESA-TPM data.• New generation to contain scientific tutorials prepared with
Universities and practical case studies using real EO data.• Offered to the user community free-of-charge
SMOSToolbox
in planningBasic Radar Altimeter Toolbox
(BRAT)
Next ESASAR Toolbox
(NEST)
Forthcoming events
The 6th International Workshop on “Advances in the Science and Applications of SAR Interferometry” will be hosted in ESA-ESRIN in Frascati, Italy from 30th of November through 4th December 2009.
More information: http://earth.esa.int/fringe09/
The 2010 European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium follows the previous successful ENVISAT Symposia in Montreux (2007), Salzburg (2004), Gothenburg (2000), Florence (1997), Hamburg (1993) and Cannes (1992). The event will be held in Bergen, Norway from 28 June to 2 July 2010.
More information: http://www.esa.int/LivingPlanet2010/