1. 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

2. The GreeK GEO Office ... since 2007

3. Structure

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. Participation in international boards/groups
GEOSS 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

8. 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

9. Regional ongoing
activities /projects

13. 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

15. 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

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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

24. 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

26. 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

32. Regional coordination actions, schemes, projects