The European Copernicus Programm and the Sentinels Wolf Forstreuter for Frank Martin Seifert EO Science and Applications Division ESA Earth Observation.

The European Copernicus Programm and the Sentinels

Wolf Forstreuter for Frank Martin SeifertEO Science and Applications DivisionESA Earth Observation Programmes

16 November 2015 | Suva / Fiji | Pacific Island GIS/RS User Conference

What is Copernicus?

Space Component

In-Situ Component

Services Component

European independence & contribution to global Earth observing system

Global, timely and easily accessible information

Copernicus: A New Generation of Data Sources

Copernicus is a European space flagship programme led by the European Union

ESA coordinates the space component

Copernicus provides the necessary data for operational monitoring of the environment and for civil security

Data policy: free and open access

Sent-1A/B Sent-2A/B Sent-3A/B Sent-5/5P Sent-6/Jason-CSSent-4A/B

• Sentinel-1 Radar Mission

• Sentinel-2 High Resolution Optical Mission

• Sentinel-3 Medium Resolution Imaging and Altimetry Mission

• Sentinel-4 GEO Atmospheric Chemistry Mission

• Sentinel-5P: LEO Atmospheric Chemistry Missions

• Sentinel-5 LEO Atmospheric Chemistry Missions

• Sentinel-6 Altimetry Mission

The world’s most comprehensive suite of dedicated EO missions…

2011 203020202015

S-1 A/B/C/D

S-1 A/B 2nd Generation

S-2 A/B/C/D

S-2 A/B 2nd Generation

S-3 A/B/C/D

S-3 A/B 2nd Generation

S-4 A/B (on MTG)

S-5 Precursor

S-5 A/B/C (on MetOp-SG)

S-6 A/B

Access to Contributing Missions

…securing long term continuity of observations

Sentinel-1A Launch 3 April 2014

Sentinel–1: C-band SAR mission

Data continuity of ERS and ENVISAT missions

Copernicus radar imaging mission for ocean, land, emergency

Applications: • monitoring sea ice zones and the arctic environment• surveillance of marine environment (e.g. oil spill monitoring)• maritime security (e.g. ship detection)• wind, wave, current monitoring• monitoring of land surface motion (subsidence, landslide, tectonics,

volcanoes, etc.)• support to emergency / risk management (e.g. flooding, etc.) and

humanitarian aid in crisis situations• mapping of land surfaces: forest, water and soil, agriculture, etc.

Sentinel-1: Mission Facts

• 7 years design life time with consumables for 12 years

• Near-Polar sun-synchronous (dawn-dusk) orbit at 698 km

• 12 days repeat cycle (1 satellite), 6 days for the constellation

• Up to 25 minutes duty cycle in any of the image modes

• 4 mutually exclusive SAR modes with different resolution and coverage

Main modes of operations: - IW over land and coastal waters

(normally VV or VV/VH polarization)- EW over extended sea (VV or VV/VH)

and sea-ice (HH or HH/HV) areas- WV over open oceans

Sentinel-1A Data Flow is open to all USERS

https://scihub.esa.int

• 12,587 self-registered users

• 2.3 Million products downloaded, representing 2.7 Petabytes of data;

• More than 292,000 Sentinel-1 core products available for download;

Sentinel-1 Data Use

FREE and OPEN Data Policy!

Sentinel-2A launched on 23 June 2015

Data available publicly after end of commissioning phase in Oct. 2015

https://sentinel.esa.int/

Sentinel-2

290 km

Sentinel-2 in full resolution over the Amazon

• 13 spectral bands in VIS/NIR/SWIR • Spatial resolution: 10m / 20m / 60 m • Swath: 290 km• 5 days revisit at the Equator (with 2

spacecrafts)• Systematic coverage between 84°N and 56°S

Sentinel-2: spectral bands versatility

S-2, L-8 & SPOT-5 common bands S-2 & L-8 common bands

Vegetation status

The Sentinel-2 baseline observation scenario in routine phase will systematically cover all land surfaces between 56° South latitude (Cape Horn in South America) and 84° North latitude (north of Greenland), including also

• Major islands (greater than 100 km2 size), EU islands and all the other small islands located at less than 20 km from the coastline

• The whole Mediterranean Sea as well as all inland water bodies and closed seas

Sentinel-2 observation scenario

Sentinel-2 Coverage 11-21 Nov 2015

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ESA and UNFCCC

• ESA works together with International Financial Institutions like the World Bank and Asian Development Bank

• The Sentinels with their global and systematic acquisition provide essential input for sustainable development:o Disaster Risk Managemento Urban Developmento Water resourceso Coastal Zone Managemento Forestryo Agriculture and rural developmento Spatial planningo Climate Change Adaptation

EO for Sustainable Develpment

http://www.vae.esa.int/

ESA and UNFCCC

The Sentinels with their global and systematic acquisition provide essential input for sustainable development:• Forest monitoring• Agriculture applications• Spatiat planning

Sargassum Mapping in 2014 and 2015

Sargassum mapping in Tuvalu

ReCover: Service for Fiji

Landsat mosaic and Forest/ Non-forest map 2000 and update

Lololo Fiji pine concession, Fiji

islands

Quarterly harvest data

Take Home Messages

• Remote Sensing with satellites is an important tool for regional, national and global observations of our environment;

• The European COPERNICUS programme guarantees the continuity of observations and provides data free and open;

• The Sentinels will support a very wide range of applications, in various domains, for:o Operational services;o Science; o Commercial value-adding;o Development support;