VIII. European Interparliamentary Space Conference12th June 2006

GMES

and its benefits for society Dr. Volker LIEBIG

Director, ESA Earth Observation Programmes

What is GMES?

European independence in critical data sources for environmental monitoring and security

and

the European contribution to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)

12 consolidated service portfolios

ESA GMES Services - Stage 1

CoastWatch Real-time Ocean ICEMON Northern View

Risk fire & flood Forest Monitoring Soil & Water Land Motion

Urban Services Humanitarian Aid AtmosphereFood Security

0 10 20 30 40 50

IntOth

EU 25DFEI

UKCA

SB

FNN

GRA

NLP

CHIE

DKLU

Unique Users Users Accessing Additional Services

316 users in 35 countries

ESA GMES Services

Legally mandated user organisations

Service Portfolio:– Routine oil spill detection– Polluter identification– Customised emergency response– Drift forecasting and impact

assessment– Oil spill statistics

Core users:– MCA (UK)– BSH (D), BfG (D)– MUMM (B)– NSD (NL)– Prefet Maritime (F)– SASEMAR (E)– MMM (Gr)

Additional Users:– Ministero dell’Ambiente (I)– Polish Coast Guard (Pol)– Swedish Coast Guard (Swe)– SYKE (Fin)– Estonian Coast Guard (Est)– Irish Coast Guard (Ire)

Oil Pollution Information

MARINE & COASTAL SERVICES

17 November 2002

Oil slick of “Prestige” tanker from space

Monitored by ENVISAT ASAR

Assets Mapping• human settlement changes in areas prone to damage

Burn Scars Mapping• Yearly maps

• burned areas

• 1ha mapping unit,

• damage & fire risk assessment

Flash Flood Early WarningHourly Maps, Resolution 1 km2: risk of excessive runoff risk of river flooding

Flood Risk Analysis based on

historical flood events

hydraulic simulations

OPERATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICESFlood and Forest Fire Risk

Maritime Security

Service Portfolio: Maritime safety Search and rescue Operational safety for oil and

gas production Fisheries protection Marine environment monitoring & protection Navy operations support

Radar Surveillance against illegal fishery

The Kerguelen case

Global atmospheric NO2 concentration measured by Envisat

Ship tracks

Air pollution

Global atmospheric NO2 concentration

Air pollution

Atmospheric NO2 concentration over Europe

Urban Subsidence Risk Assessment

Ground motion precision monitoring using interferometry

Barcelona

London

The five Sentinels

GMES Space Segment

Sentinel 1 – SAR imagingAll weather, day/night applications, interferometry

Sentinel 2 – Superspectral imagingFor land applications, e.g. urban, forest, agriculture, etc.

Sentinel 3 – Ocean monitoringWide-swath ocean color, vegetation, sea / land surface

temperature, ocean altimetry

Sentinel 4 – Geostationary atmosphericAtmospheric composition monitoring, trans-boundary

pollution

Sentinel 5 – Low-orbit atmosphericAtmospheric composition monitoring

A Fire IR Sensor is planned for Sentinels 1, 2, 3

Total cost for build-up of ESA GSC pgm is ~2.3 bn Euro (EC Communication on GMES, COM(2005)565; GMES Progr. Proposal (ESA/PB-EO(2005)54, rev.3 )

ESA share – estimates (ref. LTP 1 March 2006)255 M Phase 1 approved in 2005430 M Phase 2 start in 2007

465 M Segment 2 decision in 2008 1150 M Sub-Total

EC share – not yet confirmed650 M proposed, plus possibly 150 M for data accessBudget required is approx. 1.15 bn

GMES Cost estimate / financing (to be confirmed)

Financial Arrangement with EC At 2005 Berlin Ministerial Conference, ESA member states

provided funding for first Phase (255 M)

Release of next funding steps for ESA depends on commitment by EC

Based on positive EC commitment, ESA member state funding is required in 2007 in order to remain on schedule for the development of satellites (launched from 2011 onwards) and the ground segment

In the mid-term, operational funds (i.e. outside FP framework) are required to sustain the operational aspects of GMES

Financing of GMES in cooperation with EC