S&T in GEO FP7 projects Contributions and Benefits Maud van den Broek

About S&T SME company providing high-tech software systems and consultancy on engineering applications Over 50 people, based in Delft, NL and Oslo, Norway S[&]T Corporation Experts Sensor Solutions Computer Vision Bioinformatics TechnologyProducts

Sensor solutions “Any device or system that produces data “ Data processing Visualization Monitoring / decision support systems Generalization of methods, tools, reuse in different domains

S&T EO projects Development of routine calibration and quality monitoring systems for ENVISAT/ CryoSat/ Swarm/ Sentinel-1 (Quadas, CODA)

S&T EO projects GECA, intercomparison of data PIMSiS, pipeline integrity management system

FP7 projects GeoViQua – Quality aware visualization for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems Nors – Improve the quality and validation of the products delivered by the Copernicus Atmospheric Service (CAS), using independent ground based remote sensing data. EVOSS (closed) – Develop and demonstrate a pre-operational portfolio of Copernicus Downstream Services, based on Earth Observation data and products, to monitor volcanic hazards at a global scale.

GeoViQua Contributions – Definition of system requirements on intercomparison and user feedback. – Providing existing tools and technology for inclusion into the GEO Portal. (Data intercomparison, user feedback function) – Knowledge about data quality indicators and reporting for current EO data sets ( ESA – EO missions)

GeoViQua - continued Benefits – Experience gained on how to expose tools/technology for EO data sets to the public(GEO portal) – Developed standards may facilitate use of data quality in future SW systems – Synergy of results with future S&T projects on data quality – Insight in activities employed by the EU research on data quality (visualisation)

NORS Contributions – Expertise and tooling for intercomparison of data. – Providing existing tooling for intercomparison and adding MACC model versus ground based remote sensing data correlation (NDACC) Benefits – User experience and feasibility of tools – Extending user base by adding domains – Moving towards operational systems

EVOSS Contributions – Experience with atmospheric data products – Interface for loading data products into EVOSS system Benefits – Gain experience in GIS systems and user services.

Conclusions The private sector has an important role in ensuring FP7 project results are fit for exploitation by users and systems. – Definition of system, user requirements and standards – Providing expert knowledge on current systems (for e.g. EO data handling)

Conclusions By participating in GEO FP7 projects, companies are involved in new research in their area of interest at an early stage and can anticipate the use of the project results for future implementation