Earth Observation Envelope Programme

Earthnet / Third Party Missions

EarthWatch programme

ERS & ENVISAT Missions

The Living Planet Programme

Meteo missions

This document sets out 25 major scientific challenges of oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere, land surface and the solid Earth

ESA Earth Observation Programme

Earth Explorers are tailored missions designed to address specific scientific challenges in close cooperation with the scientific community

GMES Space Component

Sentinels – dedicated satellites 2 x SAR imaging (S1)

2 x Superspectral imaging (S2)

2 x Ocean monitoring (S3)

atmospheric measurements onboard a geo-stationary satellite (S4)

atmospheric measurements on board a low orbit satellite (S5) preceded by a precursor satellite

Related ground facilities

Data access from EUMETSAT, Member States’ missions, other missions

Global land cover at 300 m

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TIGER II 2009-2011TIGER II 2009-2011

• Water Research Component: research projects led by African scientists

• Water Management Component: operational water observation systems

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Work Plan 2006: Task DA-06-07

10-Year Implementation Plan

Group on Earth Observation

Global Earth Observation System of Systems

“… define a model web portal system for access to all Earth Observation data, based on existing portals and systems, designed to increase use, quality, and accessibility of existing information, tools, and networks ...”

GEO Portal GEO Portal – ESA-FAO contribution to GEOSS– ESA-FAO contribution to GEOSS

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ESA participation into GIGASESA participation into GIGAS

The GIGAS Support Action financed by the Directorate General Information Society of the European Commission addresses

Coherent and interoperable development of these initiatives

Concerted adoption of standards, protocols, and open architectures

Recommendations to increase architectural coherence Strengthened EU contribution to international

standardisation Agenda for further strategic research

Start of activity June 2008, Coordinator Fraunhofer, WP2 ESA WP3 JRC, 19 partners