Dr. Evangelos Gerasopoulos, Research Director The Greek GEO Office and regional ongoing activities /projects Dr. Evangelos Gerasopoulos, Research Director Director of the Greek GEO Office National Observatory of Athens GREECE

The GreeK GEO Office ... since 2007

Structure

Organization of events Organization of the 8th GEO EUROPEAN PROJECTS WORKSHOP (Jun. 2014) Co-organization of the 2nd South-Eastern Europe GEO Workshop on Integrating Earth Observation Data and Services for monitoring the Environment, protecting the citizens and stimulating the regional economic growth (Oct. 2014)

Organization of events Organization of the 8th GEO EUROPEAN PROJECTS WORKSHOP (Jun. 2014) Co-organization of the 2nd South-Eastern Europe GEO Workshop on Integrating Earth Observation Data and Services for monitoring the Environment, protecting the citizens and stimulating the regional economic growth (Oct. 2014)

Participation in international boards/groups GEOSS 2016-2025 Implementation Plan (IPWG) 5th GEOSS Evaluation (SBAs of Water, Weather and Climate) 6th and final GEOSS Evaluation GEO Programme Board GEOSS Task Team for FT CD-02 Reinforcing Engagement at National and Regional Level

Contribution to Research Programs mainly in tasks related to GEOSS and COPERNICUS Implementation: GEOmon: Global Earth Observation and Monitoring Amfic: Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting in China DARECLIMED: Data Repositories and Computational Infrastructure for Environmental and Climate Studies in the Eastern Mediterranean. BEYOND: Building Capacity for a Centre of Excellence for EO-based monitoring of Natural Disasters GEO-CRADLE: Coordinating and integRating state-of-the-art Earth Observation Activities in the regions of North Africa, Middle East, and Balkans and Developing Links with GEO related initiatives towards GEOSS ERA-PLANET: The European network for observing our changing planet

Regional ongoing activities /projects

ONE step BEYOND workshop, 15 October 2015 ESA - Frascati, Italy At the regional level … ONE step BEYOND workshop, 15 October 2015 ESA - Frascati, Italy FP7-Regpot-2012-23-1

ONE step BEYOND workshop, 15 October 2015 ESA - Frascati, Italy At the regional level … ONE step BEYOND workshop, 15 October 2015 ESA - Frascati, Italy FP7-Regpot-2012-23-1

Collection, homogenisation, archiving and integration of ground-, air- and space-based EO data, accessible through the GEO-CRADLE Regional Data Hub Provision of timely and accurate services related to atmospheric hazard forecasting and climate projections (e.g. desert dust, fire smoke, volcanic ash, air quality extremes, weather extremes, heat waves). Assessment of the regional climate change impacts based on region-optimised projections and establishment of a climate data hub, to support decision makers on mitigation and adaptation policies.

Space-borne: NOA's Sentinel Data Hub, NOA and TUBITAK X/L band antennas for real-time EO satellite missions acquisitions, NOA EUMETSAT DVB2 acquisition antenna Airborne: Data from airborne campaigns performed in the region (e.g. FENIX-SPECIM, CHARADMexp, ACEMED, Aegean Game) In-situ: Sensors operating in the framework of AERONET, ACTRIS, EARLINET, ICOS, GAW/WMO, ENSEMBLES, CORDEX, E-OBS, PANACEA. Atmospheric and Climate Models: MACC, WRF, NMME/DREAM, FLEXPART, HYSPLIT, RegCM4, RAMS.

Solar Energy Nowcasting SystEm (SENSE) pilot: provision of an operational, satellite-driven, real time system for solar energy now-cast. Satellite missions: MODIS Aqua & Terra, CALIPSO, MSG3-SEVIRI, EarthCARE, Sentinel-3/4/5p In-situ networks and European Infrastructures: AERONET, CloudNet, GAW, EARLINET Atmospheric models: libRadtran radiative transfer model (RTM), domestic (NOA) neural network (NN) model of the spectral irradiance from cloud and aerosol inputs, DREAM, GOCART

Approach User Needs System Specs Enhanced RDH Data Collection Community Portal Regional Node Enhanced RDH Collaboration GCI APIs Implementation Extension User Needs System Specs Data Collection GCI, DAB APIs Architecture Source Code Regional Implementation API extensions RDH Improvements

Implementation of GEOSS and the wider uptake of Copernicus in the RoI Weighing in the readiness and maturity of each country Roadmap Laying out actions for the long-term response to major regional challenges paving the ground for a potential regional large initiative

Regional coordination actions, schemes, projects