Swedish Copernicus User Network

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1 Swedish Copernicus User Network Overview and user experiences so far Thomas Klein Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, SwAM Stefan Nilsson Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, SMHI

2 Presentation outline Swedish Copernicus User Network User stories Marine Climate Emergency Satellite data Challenges and lessons learned

3 Swedish Copernicus User Network Initiated by a Government commission in 2010/2011 Objective: To increase agency cooperation in the domain of EO, GMES and GEO SMHI Coordinator GMES/Copernicus User Forum Swedish National Space Board Committée & Security Board 13 Swedish national public agencies Key tasks Consolidate and network Enable, demonstrate and use Copernicus Ensure access to data & products

4 Consolidate and network Swedish environmental protection agency Swedish National Land Survey Swedish Board of Agriculture Statistics Sweden Swedish Forest Agency Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute Agencies operate within their ToR Can have interest in one or more thematic domains Swedish Maritime Administration Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency Swedish Coast Guard Swedish Armed Forces Network on common issues Swedish National Space Board

5 Thematic coordination responsibilities Land Service Emergency Management Service Marine Service Atmosphere & Climate Change Service Security Service Keep track of and guide the development of Copernicus Services Advise the Swedish government on relevant Copernicus matters Further the uptake of Copernicus data and products by Swedish users

6 Enable, demonstrate and use Copernicus Agencies may have dual roles an asset for the implementation and use of Copernicus GMES Initial Operations EMS, EFAS Active participation in FP-7 Research programmes (MACC, MyOcean, GeoLand)

7 Ensure Access to Data & Products Advocate for open access (EU and ESA) Strong message from national users: free, full and open access Facilitate access to Copernicus data and products Understand and communicate the national users demands public agencies, research community, industry, general public Prepare for Copernicus Big Data (Sentinels) Encourage complementary measures e.g. ESA Collaborative Ground Segment, archives (SACCESS), portals, additional products

8 Marine service I think MyOcean is a great and very useful service. I have used SSS and SST several times and it worked well. The documentation was good although it was not clear to me if ship observations (CTD) are included. Example: Water temperature from MyOcean reanalysis (SMHI/DMI)

9 Climate change Response to environmental and societal challenges associated with climate change (e.g. impacts and adaptation) Indicators, reanalyses, projections users want all Complementary to climate change elements in other services The CC service has huge potential but so far it is rather a thematic assembly of individual projects than a holistic service. Users need better guidance on where to find what. How about a top-level data and product catalogue (one-stop shop)? Exempel:

10 Emergency service Rush mode and non-rush mode Well-documented list of activations and open (!) products Supports both emergency situations and retrospective analyses Example: Flooding in Småland, Sweden in summer 2012

11 Emergency service (2) Open access to products supports prevention, preparedness & disaster risk reduction Key for climate change adaptation! Source: IPCC, 2014

12 Satellite data Example: Satellite-based water quality information supporting monitoring of Swedish lakes and coastal waters High expectations on Sentinel data Source:

13 Challenge: complex use cases Land Marine Atmosphere Emergency Management Security Climate Domain-specific use cases Cross-cutting use cases, e.g. water management

14 Challenge: Holistic service Atmosphere Land Marine Coupled systems New generation of users trained in Earth system perspective Integration of services key Users require cross-service and cross-product consistency Example: Deposition is an atmospheric sink and a land and marine source. A new product line for MACC?

15 Challenge: Ecological picture Land Atmosphere Marine Earth system perspective Biosphere is a key component of the Earth system Climate change and biodiversity are interconnected Users want biological information (species, ecosystems, indicators) European and international policy needs: Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Water Framework Directive, Habitats directive and Birds Directive (Natura 2000), Convention on biodiversity etc

16 Challenge: Emerging issues Important aspects of environment and climate still poorly observed Example ocean acidification. [Source: IPCC 2013] Users expect Copernicus to make a difference

17 Lessons learned about users (and providers) Understand users, their needs and their use cases Don t tell users they should use Copernicus show them how Think, see and experience as a user

18 Summary Swedish Copernicus User Network 13 national agencies cooperate on Earth observation, Copernicus and GEO Initial user feedback Very encouraging! Success factors Open access, product catalogue, documentation, quality, support, showcases Challenges Complex use cases (policy needs), holistic service, biology/ecology, emerging issues