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From CCI to CDS –how to provide satellite ECVs –the rationale and strategy
Susanne Mecklenburg, Head of ESA Climate Office
C3S General Assembly | Warsaw | 31 October 2019
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ESA Climate Office
Focal point for climate activities in ESA
Implement the Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Programme
Working on international level with EU, ECMWF/ C3S and CAMS, EUMETSAT, UNFCCC, IPCC, GCOS, CEOS, WCRP, WMO, Future Eart SCO etc
Observer at IPCC/UNFCCC
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PwC
As a reminder: Climate activities under ESA/EOEP-5(in addition/complementing CCI activities)
• Develop and implement satellite missions
• Provide EO data for climate relevant variables
• Earth Science for Society • Earth System Science
• Regional Initiative
• SDG Indicators
• EO for Resilient Society
• Platforms & AI
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EO is the European Citizens’ Priority in Space
“In the eyes of Europeans, the primary area of progression for space activitieswould be to foster a better understanding of what is happening on Earth,particularly regarding the climate”
Q: In the future, do you believe that priority should be given or not to spaceactivities that allow us to ... ?
TOP 5 Priorities:
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Essential Climate Variables – revisited • An ECV is a physical, chemical or biological
variable or a group of linked variables thatcritically contributes to the characterization ofEarth’ s climate.
• GCOS currently specifies 54 ECVs.
• ECV datasets provide the empirical evidenceneeded to understand and predict the evolutionof climate, to guide mitigation andadaptation measures, to assess risks andenable attribution of climate events tounderlying causes, and to underpin climateservices. They are required to support thework of the UNFCCC and the IPCC.
• ECVs need to be
• Relevant• Feasible• Cost effective
• GCOS revised implementation plan in 2022
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Chapter 1 Framing, context methodsChapter 2 Changing state of the climate systemChapter 3 Human influence on the climate systemChapter 4 future global climate: scenario-based projections and near-term informationChapter 5 Global carbon and other biogeochemical cycles and feedbacksChapter 6 Short-lived climate forcersChapter 7 The Earth’s energy budget, climate feedbacks, and climate sensitivityChapter 8 Water cycle changesChapter 9 Ocean cryosphere, and sea level changeChapter 10 Linking global to regional climateChapter 11 Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climateChapter 12 Climate change information for regional impact and for risk assessment
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Summary for policy makersTechnical summary
....the best available science.
← CCI
ESA is now observer to IPCC
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ESA’s CCI for IPCC
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IPCC Special Report: Oceans & Cryosphere“The best available scientific knowledge to empower governments and communities".~50 ESA’s Climate Change Initiative papers cited CCI scientists contributing directly to the reportIncludes results from several CCI projects
Projected Sea Level Rise until 2300
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CMUG Climate Models
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ESA CCI Research C3S Operations
ESA continues to provide R&D for ECVs from CCI/+ that progressed into C3S
In future: work on feedback cycle!
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AN EXAMPLE
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Greenhouse Gases
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Ongoing CCI R&D benefitting C3S products: GHG
Operationally GHG CCIproduct generated &extended (XGHG & IASIproducts)
Target
Algorithms & corresponding satelliteECV timeseries:
Main products: XCO2 & XCH4 fromSCIAMACHY & GOSAT
Additional products:• mid tropospheric columns: AIRS &
ACE-FTS CO2, IASI CO2 & CH4
• stratos. profiles: MIPAS CH4,SCIAMACHY solar occultation CO2and CH4
Algorithm dev. & extending ECVtimeseries:
XCO2 from OCO-2, TanSat &GOSAT-2
XCH4 retrieval dev. from S5P &GOSAT-2
Product generation, validation,user assessment
Cooperation with CCI+ ECVprojects (incl. CSWG, DEWG, …)
ESA’s Climate Change Initiative GHG project continuing to ● extend time series ● develop algorithm ● update merged products ●
Precursor R&D On-going production New R&D
CCI CCI+
C3S
Improving C3S products & services
Work on feedback cycle!
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Satellites15 in operation
25 under development
12 in preparation
A successful Track-RecordESA-Developed Earth Observation Missions
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Copernicus – European Excellence
Land und Ozean
Landflächen-überwachung
Ozean – Land –Umwelt - Klima Atmosphäre Atmosphäre
Atmosphäre Ozean - Klima
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April 2018: ’NO2 Dots’ over Siberia - KNMI NO2 Emissions of compressor stations along the Urengoj pipeline
Copyright: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2018-2019) / processed by KNMI
S5p/TROPOMI - Connecting the DotsNO2 Emissions from Compressor Stations a-long a pipeline
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Operational EO – Copernicus 4.0
CRISTAL – Polar Ice & Snow Topography
CIMR – Passive Microwave Radiometer
Anthropogenic CO2 Mon. Mission
CHIME – Hyperspectral Imaging Mission
L-band SAR Mission
Land Surface Temperature Mission
Causes of Climate Change(imaging spectrometer)
Agriculture & Water Productivity(high res surface temperature)
Effects ofClimate Change
Food Security, Soil, Minerals, Biodiversity (hyperspectral imaging)
Sea: Surface Temp. & Ice Concentration (passive microwave radiation)
Vegetation & Ground Motion & Moisture(L Band SAR)
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Candidate Copernicus Expansion MissionEnd-to-end System requirements to monitor CO2
1. Detection of emitting hot spots such as megacities or power plants.
2. Monitoring the hot spot emissions to assess emission reductions/increase of the activities.
3. Assessing emission changes against local reduction targets to monitor impacts of the NDCs.
4. Assessing the national emissions and changes in 5-year time steps to estimate the global stock take.
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km & daily scales
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What comes next • International agreements & initiatives
• 2021 Sixth Assessment Report AR6• 2023 1st Global Stocktake
• New strategies, requirements and recommendations• 2019 WCRP publishes Strategic Plan 2019-2028• 2020 CEOS WG Climate collates ECV and FCDR inventories, performs a ECV gap analysis
versus GCOS requirements, updates Space Agencies’ response to GCOS requirements anddelivers a coordinated action plan to CEOS/CGMS agencies to plug the gaps
• 2020 Report from GHG Task Force/CEOS led by WG Climate with contributions from CEOSACVC and WGCV
• Jan 2022 GCOS revised implementation plan
• New programme proposals for ECV / climate research players• 2020 EUMETSAT SAFs renewal• 2021 new proposal for C3S• 2022 ESA CCI+ follow on proposal
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What we need to know
Answering the questions
How we could address it
