Benefits expected
from Copernicus Sentinel data
Alessandra Tassa
Earth Observation Programmes Directorate
European Space Agency
International Symposium on
Impact of geospatial information on society and economy
Geospatial World Forum
Rotterdam – May 25, 2016
ISIGISE @ WGF – Rotterdam – May 25, 2016
Outline of presentation
•  Introduction
• 
ESA, Copernicus, Sentinels
•  Estimation of Sentinels socioeconomic benefits
•  what we know,
•  what we do not know
•  what we do to know
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The European Space Agency
“To provide for and promote, for exclusively peaceful purposes,
cooperation among European states in space research and
technology and their space applications”
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ESA Convention, Art. 2
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Copernicus
…a Programme of the European Union
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Coordination:
Space
Space Component
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Overall
Programme
Coordination
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Coordination:
In-Situ Component
Marine
Climate
Land
Coordination:
Services Component
www.copernicus.eu
Services
Securit
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Atmosp
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Emerge
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Copernicus provides accurate, timely and easily accessible information to improve the
management of the ISIGISE
environment,
understand
and–mitigate
effects of climate
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change and ensure civil security.
Sentinel missions
SENTINEL-1 Radar Mission
SENTINEL-2 HR Optical Mission
SENTINEL-3
MR Optical and
Altimetry Mission
SENTINEL-4 GEO Atmospheric
Chemistry Mission
SENTINEL-5P
SENTINEL-6
Altimetry Mission
SENTINEL-5
LEO Atmospheric
Chemistry Mission
LEO Atmospheric
Chemistry Mission
All details available on h/ps://sen3nels.copernicus.eu Sentinels tentative deployment schedule
Copernicus Constellation Deployment Schedule
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2021
2022
2023
2025
2026
2027
Sentinel 1B (recurrent)
FAR
Sentinel 1C (recurrent)
Sentinel 1D (recurrent)
FAR
PSR
On-­‐ground Storage
Sentinel 2A
QAR
Sentinel 2B (recurrent)
FAR
FAR
Sentinel 2C (recurrent)
On-­‐ground Storage
PSR
Sentinel 2D (recurrent)
On-­‐ground Storage
Sentinel 3A
QAR
Sentinel 3B (recurrent)
FAR
FAR
Integration
Sentinel 4A delivery to MTG-­‐S1 (tbc)
Sentinel 4B delivery to MTG-­‐S2 (tbc)
Sentinel 3C (recurrent)
On-­‐ground Storage
PSR
Sentinel 3D (recurrent)
On-­‐ground Storage
Sentinel 4A (on MTG-­‐S1)
FAR
Integration
Sentinel 4B -­‐ On-­‐ground Storage (FAR Q1/2029)
PSR (tbc)
Sentinel 5 Precursor
FAR
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Integration
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PSR
On-­‐ground Storage
Tentative launch date
On-­‐ground Storage
Sentinel 6A
FAR
Qualification Acceptance Review (QAR) Flight Acceptance Review (FAR) or
PreStorage Review (PSR)
Sentinel 5A (on MetOp-­‐SG A)
FAR
On-­‐ground Storage
SSentinel entinel 55C C AAcceptance cceptance RReview
eview
Legend:
2024
Sentinel 1A
FAR
On-­‐ground Storage
In-­‐orbit Commissioning
FAR
Sentinel 6B Status: 22 March 2016
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Sentinel–1 Mission
Sentinel-1A launched on April 3, 2014: in operation
Sentinel-1B launched on April 25, 2016: under commissioning
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Constella)on of 2 satellites in the same orbit, embarking a C-­‐band SAR • 
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6 days repeat cycle at Equator (with 2 satellites) with daily coverage of high priority areas (e.g. arc)c ocean) Opera)ons based on systema)c acquisi)ons according to background plan with systema)c processing and publica)on to pre-­‐
defined product types Applica)ons include: Marine, Ice and Land Monitoring, Mari)me surveillance, ground mo)on monitoring, disaster management support such as floods mapping • 
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Link to Sentinel-1 Web Pages
Sentinel–2 Mission
Sentinel-2A launched on June 23, 2015: ramp-up phase
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Constella)on of 2 satellites in the same orbit, embarking a super-­‐spectral imager in the VIS, NIR & SWIR (13 bands) • 
Very wide swath (290km) coupled with high-­‐resolu)on (10m) • 
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5 days repeat cycle at Equator (cloud free) with 2 satellites Opera)ons based on systema)c acquisi)on over land surfaces with systema)c processing and publica)on according to pre-­‐
defined product types Applica)ons focus on land monitoring Link to Sentinel-2 Web Pages
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Sentinel–3 Mission
Sentinel-3A launched on February 16, 2016: under commissioning
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Constella)on of 2 satellites in the same orbit, embarking op)cal and topography packages (in con)nua)on of Envisat) • 
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27 days repeat cycle for the topography package, less than 3 days for OLCI and less than 2 days for the SLSTR with 2 satellites Opera)ons based on systema)c acquisi)on with systema)c processing and publica)on according to pre-­‐defined product types Applica)ons include sea and land colour (bio-­‐geochemistry), sea and land surface temperature, sea-­‐surface and land-­‐ice topography Operated in coopera)on with Eumetsat (marine products distributed by Eumetsat) Link to Sentinel-3 Web Pages
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Sentinel-5P Mission
1.  TO BE FILLED
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Low Earth orbi)ng satellite, embarking a UV-­‐VIS-­‐NIR-­‐SWIR spectrometer payload derived through tailoring of Sen)nel-­‐5 specifica)ons Systema)c acquisi)on with systema)c processing and publica)on according to pre-­‐defined product types Applica)ons include monitoring of atmospheric chemistry, with advanced capabili)es to study tropospheric variability UVN module of TROPOMI provided as a na)onal contribu)on by the Netherlands Link to Sentinel-5P Web Pages
Sentinel data
Sentinel data are available:
q  Over a very long term
q  Systematically, in an operational fashion
q  Open and free
©Copernicus
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25, 2016Sentinel data (2015)
Sentinel data access @ ESA
ESA implements on line access to Sen)nel products via dedicated data hubs Open access data hub hZps://scihub.copernicus.eu •  On-­‐line self-­‐registra)on •  Free access to ALL products (>560000 today) •  Powerful API interface •  Open source SW (incl. toolbox) Addi)onal data access hubs deployed to provide tailored services to specific users, e.g. EU/ESA Member States, Interna)onal Partners ISIGISE - Geospatial World Forum - Rotterdam – May 25, 2016
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Outline of presentation
•  Introduction
• 
ESA, Copernicus, Sentinels
•  Estimation of Sentinels socioeconomic benefits
•  what we know,
•  what we do not know
•  what we do to know
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Preamble
ESA’s mostly strategic è not traditionally involved in CBAs.
However attention is growing about the estimation of benefits
brought by space activities on society and economy
[Copernicus Regulation, Art.4.1]
Benefits are expected from Sentinels: their demonstration
is vital to support further user uptake and to sustain
investments
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World Geospatial
What we know
Stats and
trends in
Sentinels data
access
Known EO
users and
usages
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Sentinels data access stats and trends
Stats at April 7, 2016
>30000
Registered
users
>4M
products
downloaded
>4.7PB
data volume
downloaded
Archive
Exploitation
Ratio
>5
Available @ link
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Sentinels known users and usages
Knowledge about most relevant usages and users is essential to meet
users’ expectations. A number of “traditional” initiatives in support to EO
R&D and data exploitation provide some hints about data direct users
Some ESA examples: conferences, publications, trainings, studies and R&D projects
https://tep.eo.esa.int
http://due.esrin.esa.int/stse /
https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/
eo-education-and-training
http://www.vae.esa.int
Link
Special issues on
scientific magazines
Studies and surveys
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…what we DO NOT know…
…overall Sentinels
data access stats
and trends?
New users???
Innovative uses????
Corresponding
Actual data use?
socio-economic
benefits??
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Sentinels data access overall stats and trends
Sentinels T&Cs allow free redistribution of data
ESA example: gathering information from collaborative partners
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Sentinels data actual use
Learning about how, and how far, Sentinels data are
actually used is instrumental to support the elaboration of
strategies intended to foster data use and economic growth
Efforts are on-going at European level and
at national levels to learn current situation
to improve awareness and data uptake
(e.g. EC User Uptake initiatives)
Wide acceptance of space-based solutions
as a supporting tool for (non-space) end
users remains the main weakness of EO
services development è identification of
roadblocks and corresponding actions.
ESA example: an initiative to learn
about Sentinels uptake within LRAs
http://nereus-regions.eu/
Sentinels4Regions
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Sentinels-derived socio-economic benefits
Various ex-ante studies foresee important benefits brought from the Copernicus
Programme (e.g. ESPI 2011, EC SWD(2013) 190 final, Booz&Co2011)
Via both top-down and bottom-up
approaches, EO-derived benefits should be
investigated and systematically monitored.
Bottom-up approaches, accounting for the
specificities of the enabled value chains,
provide valuable examples of successful
exploitation and support further uptake.
The contribution of stakeholders as
testimonials for successful cases is key
to showcase benefits in a most
convincing way
ESA example: investigation of
Sentinels products economic value
Available @ Link
Methodology developed for ESA
from the EARSC
è Study to be widened under new
contract framework (IITT published)
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Sentinels-derived innovative uses
The availability of sustained, free,
frequent Sentinels data, coupled with
increased capabilities at the users’ side,
is expected to open the field for more
and innovative players
With increasing “connectivity” and social smart
technology, there is a growing number of users
interested in simple and customized solutions.
For EO service providers, this implies a proactive and visionary knowledge of the users
needs and a deep mastership of science and
technology to translate the complex EO data
products into easily understandable,
seamless and quick-to-the-need answers.
Examples: ESA initiatives to support
innovation in data exploitation
http://www.copernicus-masters.com
http://www.app-camp.eu
ESA Business Incubation Centres
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Demonstration of Sentinels socio-economic
benefits
The demonstration of Sentinels-derived socio-economic
benefits is challenging but some evidence is to be provided.
An overarching approach should be sougth that includes:
•  Enlarging the scope and broadening the ‘value’ notion (è
not only economic!)
•  Elaborating focused analyses for specific user categories
and applications (e.g. public users, Apps developments…)
•  Defining macro-indicators worth/possible to be followed
along time (Sentinels era is just started!)
•  Liaising with data and service providers and other
stakeholders to demonstrate overall Copernicus benefits
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Conclusions
•  Sentinels are expected to provide key strategic tools for
European/ESA countries in the areas of knowledge, innovation
and global competitiveness
•  The enhanced EO capabilities, coupled with increased capacity
at the users side, are expected to generate unprecedented
opportunities and benefits for research and operational uses
•  The demonstration of Sentinels-derived benefits is vital to
support further user uptake and to sustain investments
•  The demonstration of EO-derived benefits in the new Copernicus
scenario is challenging and requires new approaches and
cooperation with core stakeholders
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Thank you
for your kind
attention
Email: [email protected]
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