Dr. Steffen Kuntz Barcelona 6th May 2003

SAGE – An ESA GMES Service Element for Water & Soil2nd ETC-TE EIONET Workshop on “EU Soil Policy”

Dr. Steffen Kuntz

Barcelona6th May 2003

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2ITD0315 SAGE – Presentation to the 2nd ETC-TE EIONET workshop “EU Soil Policy”

Contents

GMES

SAGE Goals

Partnership

Products & Services Portfolio

Product development approach

SoilSAGE – current status

Outlook

Contact

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GMES & SAGE

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GMES – Global Monitoring for Environment and Security

GMES : « Establish by 2008 a European Capacity for Global Monitoring of Environment and Security »

Main GMES Thematic Priorities :

A- Land Cover Change in Europe B- Environmental Stress in Europe C- Global Vegetation Monitoring D- Global Ocean Monitoring E- Global Atmosphere Monitoring F- Support to Regional Aid Development G- Systems for Risk Management H- Systems for Crisis Management and Humanitarian Aid I- Information Management Tools and Contribution to the

Development of a European Spatial Data Infrastructure

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ESA GSE Project - SAGE

SAGE stands for:

Service for Advanced Geoinformation

on

Environmental Pressure and State

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ESA GSE Project - SAGE

SAGE addresses two European Directives:

Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection (STS) [COM(2002) 179 final]

Water Framework Directive (WFD) [2000/60/C]

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SAGE Goals

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SAGE Goals

SAGE represents different environmental conditions (boreal, central European,

Alpine, Mediterranean),

different information levels (European, regional, national, local), and

different end user-organisations (European Commission – European Environmental Agency, Ministries of Environment from member states and local end user groups; e.g. federal state ministries or regional water / soil authorities).

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SAGE Goals

MODELS

Others

Land Use Change

Biodiversity

Water Quality

Others

Air Pollution

Quality of Life

Soil Protection

Land Cover

AquaSAGE• Water Pollution Risk Maps

• Water Shortage Risk Maps

• Indicators

SoilSAGE• Soil Sealing Maps

• Indicators

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STS Priority Areas

Soil Sealing Important cross cutting issue, addressing both, soil management and spatial planning issues

Monitoring remote sensing as an supporting tool for mapping and monitoring of Levels I – III

Erosion / Degradation to be addressed within FP 6 IP geoland

Other priority areas i.e. organic matter and contamination still matter of research or only via indirect measurements / indicators (e.g. diffuse contamination according to agriculture practice land use)

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SAGE Service Partnership

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User Integration Concept

Europ. Admin.• DG ENV• DG RELEX• DG Regional• DG AGRI

European Agencies• EEA• Eurostat

National Admin.• Environment• Agriculture• Forestry

National Agencies• Environment• Agriculture• Forestry

Define policies Control the effects

of policies

Collect informationfrom nationalagencies

Implement policiesand national rules

Control the effectsof policies

Collect informationat national level

Control the effectsof policies atregional level

Foster and subsidyregional actions

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„Regional“ Admin.• Environment• Agriculture• Forestry• Water

“Regional“ Agencies• Environment• Agriculture• Forestry• Water

Generateinformation

International Bodies•FAO•UN

Internat. Agencies• UNEP• FAO

Build on own information andinputs frommember states


of policies Implement Policies

on continental andglobal scale

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Europ. Admin.• DG ENV• DG RELEX• DG Regional• DG AGRI








of policies

Collect informationfrom nationalagencies

Implement policiesand national rules

Control the effectsof policies

Collect informationat national level

Control the effectsof policies atregional level

Foster and subsidyregional actions

Rese

arch org

anisations

D

evelop

theo

ry and m

odels

P

roduce

info

rma

tion

Rese

arch org

anisations

D

evelop

theo

ry and m

odels

P

roduce

info

rma

tion





Generateinformation

International Bodies•FAO•UN



Build on own information andinputs frommember states


of policies Implement Policies

on continental andglobal scale

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SAGE Core Users

County Administ. Board, Dalarna, S

Landesanstalt für Wald u. Forstwirtschaft, Thüringen, D

Umweltbundesamt, D Amt der Vorarlberger Landesregierung, A

Federal Environment Agency Austria

European Topic Centre Terrestrial Environment, INT

Swedish Environm. Protection Agency

Institut Francais de l´Environment

Water authority

Gállego-Cinca

Watershed Area, E

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SAGE Team

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SAGE Service Portfolio

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SAGE Service Portfolio

Intermediate LC/LU Products• Agri-Ecosystem maps

• Degree of Sealing

• Forests and WetlandsWater

FrameworkDirective

Soil Protection Initiative

• Soil Sealing Maps

• Indicators

Aqua• Water Pollution Risk Maps


• Indicators

Final Products

Soil SAGE• Soil Sealing Maps

• Indicators

AquaSAGE• Water Pollution Risk Maps


• Indicators

Final Products

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Examples of products & services today

• Infoterra: Landcover Map of Germany plus surroundings with 25m resolution; Forest Map of Baden-Württemberg, scale 1 : 50,000; > 90 % accuracy)

• Astrium: Xstar and then Farmstar ; PAAGE : Pilot Project for applications to agriculture and agri-environment

• Geoville: Monitoring of changes of built-up areas for one Austrian State Capital; Generation of sealing and change masks for the State of Lower Austria

• Metria: Remote sensing for the analysis of environmental pressures from agriculture – RESAP; wRESEx – Remote sensing and GIS for the follow-up of environmental quality objectives in forests and wetlands

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Product Development Approach

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Product Development Approach

UserNeedsAnalysis

UserNeedsAnalysis

Policies &DirectivesPolicies &Directives

Product& ServiceDesign


ProductSpecificationProductSpecification

ProductionSpecificationProductionSpecification

ServiceInfrastructureDefinition


Pre-OperationalImplement.


Demon-strationDemon-stration

• Legal mandate to monitor & report;

• Strategic information needs

• Short-comings of exsting approaches

• Geo-spatial information needs

• Trade-offs between quality / affordability

• Substantial advantage through EO

• Modular design approach

• Portfolio synergies bylate customising

• Modular processing chain with open interfaces

• Late customising

• Open service infra-structure

• Networking with existing resources

• Technical feasibility

• Test and optimisation of process chain

• Validation & acceptance test with core users

Strategic Plan and Operational Scenario Development Strategic Plan and Operational Scenario Development

Feedback cycles to optimise availability, reliability, and affordability

User Needs Review 1 2 3 4 5

Product/Production Review

SystemReview

ServiceReview

AcceptanceTest

UserNeedsAnalysis

UserNeedsAnalysis

Policies &DirectivesPolicies &Directives



ProductSpecificationProductSpecification

ProductionSpecificationProductionSpecification





Demon-strationDemon-stration

• Legal mandate to monitor & report;

• Strategic information needs

• Short-comings of exsting approaches

• Geo-spatial information needs

• Trade-offs between quality / affordability

• Substantial advantage through EO

• Modular design approach

• Portfolio synergies bylate customising

• Modular processing chain with open interfaces

• Late customising

• Open service infra-structure

• Networking with existing resources

• Technical feasibility

• Test and optimisation of process chain

• Validation & acceptance test with core users

Strategic Plan and Operational Scenario Development Strategic Plan and Operational Scenario Development

Feedback cycles to optimise availability, reliability, and affordability

User Needs Review 1 2 3 4 5

Product/Production Review

SystemReview

ServiceReview

AcceptanceTest

Product development goals are quality, reliability, affordability and sustainability of the products and services

Innovation by Integration of existing user-side monitoring mechanisms and models with EO-based inputs

Focus are pre-operational processes (ability to serve!) instead of feasibility focus (i.e. demonstration case studies) only

Feedback cycles to ensure user acceptance, and to optimise system

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General Production ApproachThe production approach

is based on user requirements!

follows European Standards in terms of Nomenclature (CORINE LC) Formats (OpenGIS) Technical standards (INSPIRE) Quality Issues (ISO)

is based on sound experience of Infoterra in LU/LC applications, especially for Agricultural land use Forestry Processing chains designed for efficient production of LU/LC products, in

terms of quality, affordabilty, highest possible degree of automation and ability to reproduce

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SoilSAGE – Current Status

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SoilSAGE Products and services related to land consumption

Core-User groups European (ETC/TE) National (FEA Austria) Regional (State Vorarlberg)

Products & Services Sealing information (maps, indicators, statistics,

scenarios) 1:100.000 (national reporting) 1: 25.000 (hotspots)

SoilSAGE

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Urban fabric

Agricultural land

Water bodies

Industrial, commercial, transprot & service

Forests and semi-naturalareas

Artificial, non-agricultural vegetated areas

Urban fabric

Agricultural land

Water bodies

Industrial, commercial, transprot & service

Forests and semi-naturalareas

Artificial, non-agricultural vegetated areas

Land use 2000

18%

5%

3%

52%

16%

6%Settlement

Industrial/Commercial

Green urban areas

Cultivated land

Natural Vegetation

Water

Land use 1969

12%

3%

2%

60%

17%

6%Settlement

Industrial/Commercial

Green urban areas

Cultivated land

Natural Vegetation

Water

Soil sealing and urban sprawlMOLAND - Belgrad

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Land cover

2000

1969

Sealing degree

Non-EO data

Modelling

the relation between rainfall, direct stormwater

runoff & soil sealing

Soil Sealing & Storm WaterRun-off

2000

1969

Model

Output

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SoilSAGE - Outlook

Soil degradation status & monitoring Erosion Desertification Soil Sealing

Soil degradation models

Soil degradation risk assessment

In the framework of an Integrated Project (IP) which was submitted to the European Commission in March the following additional soil related products will be made available on European level:

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FP-6 1.4 IP proposal “geoland”

Co-ordination

Observatories

Core Services

Policy SupportDirectives Implementation

Operational ScenarioOperational Scenarios Dev.

Data ProcurementService Infrastructure Dev.

Nature

Protection

SpatialPlanning

Water & Soil

NaturalCarbon Fluxes

Food Security& Crop

Monitoring

LandCover & Forest

Change

Regional Monitoring Global Monitoring

• Habitat Directive

• Wetlands

• Water Frame- work Directive

• Soil Protection Initiative

• GlobalChange(Kyoto)

• SustainableDevelopment

• Fight againstPoverty

• GlobalChange(Kyoto)

• Global EnvironmentProtection

• ESPON

Generic Land Cover Bio-physicalParametres

• Development of own architectural outline for production & services

• Link to INSPIRE• Link to EEA and national SDI

• Link to ESA GSE architecture ideas

• EO-Data: Reliability of data availability & access (multi-mission approach)

• Other Data (e.g. DEMs)

• Service Strategies• Service Partnership Approaches

• Operational Planning (incl. Cost Scenarios)

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Linked Projects & Proposals

ESA GSE: Urban Planning (INDRA) CoastWatch (EADS) Forest Mapping (GAF)

ESA DUP: MegaCities

European FP-Projects GEORANGE (Univ. of Trier) LADAMER (Univ. of Trier)

Other European Projects MOLAND, MURBANDY CORINE Land Cover

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Contact

Dr. Christian HoffmannGeoVille GmbH

6020 Innsbruck

Austria

T. + 43-512 56 20 21 0F. + 43-512 56 20 21 22

E. [email protected]

W: http://www.geoville.com

Dr. Steffen KuntzInfoterra GmbH88039 FriedrichshafenGermany

T. +49-7545-8-9966F. +49-7545-8-1337

E. [email protected]

W: http://www.infoterra-global.com

Dr. Steffen Kuntz Barcelona 6th May 2003

Documents

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