The European Copernicus Programm and the Sentinels Wolf Forstreuter for Frank Martin Seifert EO Science and Applications Division ESA 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/BSent-2A/BSent-3A/BSent-5/5PSent-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…

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

The Sentinels Sentinel-1 (A/B) – SAR imaging All weather, day/night applications, interferometry Launch S-!B: late 2015 Sentinel-2 (A/B) – Multi-spectral imaging Land applications: urban, forest, agriculture,… Continuity of Landsat, SPOT Launch S-2A: June 2015 Sentinel-3 (A/B) – Ocean and global land monitoring Wide-swath ocean color, vegetation, sea/land surface temperature, altimetry Launch S-3A: end 2015/2017 Sentinel-4 (A/B) – Geostationary atmospheric Atmospheric composition monitoring, trans- boundary pollution Launch: 2019 Sentinel-5 precursor/ Sentinel-5 (A/B) – Low-orbit atmospheric Atmospheric composition monitoring Launch S5-Precursor: 2015 / 2020 Sentinel-6 (A/B): Jason-CS – Low inclination Altimetry Sea-level, wave height and marine wind speed Launch 2019

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 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  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 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 Nov 2015 are

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 Management o Urban Development o Water resources o Coastal Zone Management o Forestry o Agriculture and rural development o Spatial planning o Climate Change Adaptation EO for Sustainable Develpment 

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

Introduce flexibility in the overall data acquisition scenario leading to an increase availability of Sentinel data EDRS allows to downlink data to ground while the Sentinels are outside the visibility of the X-band core ground stations Use of EDRS Service In combination with the X-Band core station network, EDRS supports and improves the end to end availability and reliability of data provision to the end users EDRS provides additional flexibility to accommodate Copernicus security-related requirements by ‘protecting’ the mission data reception via the encrypted Ka-band downlink Use of the EDRS service for Sentinel-1 and -2 will foster the overall CSC with a number of complementary capabilities, e.g.: ESA UNCLASSIFIED – For Official Use

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;