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GEO Coordination and GEO-relevant projects at the Austrian
Meteorological Service
Dr. Gerhard Wotawa, MA
Division Data, Methods and Modelling
GEO Coordinator, Austria
[email protected]
Presented at the EU Side event at the GEO-IX Assembly, 21 November 2012,
Foz do Iguacu, Brazil
Outline
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• GEO structures in Austria
• Responsibilities of the Austrian GEO Secretariat
• Related projects and activities
• Phenology
• Sonnblick Observatory/Histalp
• Conrad Observatory/Space weather
• Soil moisture and agricultural modelling Eastern Africa
• EODC Water
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History
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Austria participated in GEO as observer since the GEO-II Assembly in
Geneva (December 2005)
2008: Feasibility study regarding possible Austrian membership in GEO
(by ZAMG and Austrian Environmental Protection Agency): GEO
considered as a useful process
April 2009: Decision to join GEO as member
August 2009: Establishment of a GEO Secretariat at ZAMG
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GEO Structures in Austria
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• Responsible Ministry: Federal Ministry of Science and Research
(BMWF)
• BMWF has appointed ZAMG to coordinate GEO in Austria
• GEO Secretariat has been established at ZAMG in August 2009
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Responsibilities of GEO Secretariat
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• Participation in the GEO Assembly and the meetings of the European
HLWG
• National Point of contact for persons and institutions interested and/or
involved in GEO activities
• Coordination of the Austrian involvement in specific GEO tasks and
Implementation Boards
• Identification of needs for research and development related to GEO,
and channeling these needs to the Federal Ministry
• Public information related to GEO
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Responsibilities of GEO Secretariat (2)
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• Communication with the GEO Secretariat in Geneva
• Organization of national workshops and information events
• Analysis of the GEO-relevant data in Austria, and assessment of the
data needs
• Establishment of a GEO Web site in Austria
• Organizing meetings of the Austrian GEO group (GEO principal,
Ministry of Science and Research, GEO coordinator and various
partners) twice a year
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Inter-ministerial coordination
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Different ministries in charge of GEO, GMES and INSPIRE
Policy area
Existing
Coordination
Geo-Portal of the
Austrian Provinces
IMG Weltraumpolitik
(Inter-Ministerial Group Space Politics)
E-Government PG Umweltinformation
(E-Government Project Group for
Environmental Data and Information)
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Public Web Site
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http://www.zamg.ac.at/geo_office/
http://www.zamg.ac.at/geo-sekretariat/
(English)
(German)
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GEO Workshop 2012, Vienna
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BMWF & ZAMG co-organize a GEO Workshop on 10 December 2012
in Vienna
• Information on GEO process and GEO-IX outcome
• Information on European initiatives (GMES)
• Oral and poster sessions – bringing together data providers and
users
• Engagement of private sector: cooperation with Austrian Chamber
of Commerce
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GEO & GCOS
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The GEO Secretariat at ZAMG is also involved in the Austrian GCOS
process (GCOS Web site, GCOS data survey)
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GEO related projects and activities
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Examples for GEO related activities and projects
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Phenology
PHENOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF THE TIMING OF RECURRING
BIOLOGICAL EVENTS IN THE ANIMAL AND PLANT WORLD
EXAMPLES:
LEAF UNFOLDING AND FLOWERING OF PLANTS IN SPRING,
FRUIT RIPENING, COLOUR CHANGING AND LEAF FALL IN
AUTUMN, AS WELL AS THE APPEARANCE AND DEPARTURE OF
MIGRATING BIRDS AND THE TIMING OF ANIMAL BREEDING
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Purpose of Phenological data
WHAT ARE PHENOLOGICAL DATA GOOD FOR?
• NECESSARY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE INTERACTION
BETWEEN ATMOSPHERE AND BIOSPHERE
• INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CRITICAL
CHANGES IN THE GLOBAL CARBON BALANCE
• ARE CLIMATE CHANGE INDICATORS
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Phenological data shows climate change
• CLIMATE CHANGE INDICATOR
2 WEEKS EARLIER FRUIT RIPENING
OF ELDER IN THE ALPS SINCE 1970S
y-axes left: summer temperature deviation from the mean
y-axes right: entry date right of fruit ripeness of elder (Sambucus nigra)
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Phenology shows Seasonal variability
GREEN WAVE IN SPRING
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Sonnblick Observatory
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Sonnblick, Goldberggruppe, Hohe Tauern, 3106 m
• The only summit observatory world-wide above 3000 m asl
• Highest continuously inhabited building of Austria
• Continuously active for more than 125 years
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Measurement of air quality and CO2
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Environmental Protection Agency (UBA) Vienna measures the following
parameters at Sonnblick:
• Air quality: CO, NOy and O3
• Greenhouse gases: CO2
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Aerosol measurements (ZAMG)
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• New Aerosol inlet was installed in September 2011
• PM10 monitor (Sharp) was installed in 2012
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Sonnblick Observatory
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125 YEARS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND TRENDS AT SONNBLICK
SONNBLICK Lufttemperatur
Jahresmittel 1887-2010
°C
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125 years of monitoring
show:
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It gets continuously
warmer and brighter in
the Alps
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2010
2000
1990
1980
1970
1960
1950
1940
1930
1920
1910
1900
1890
1880
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SONNBLICK Sonnenscheindauer
Jahressummen 1887-2010
Stunden
2200
2000
1800
1600
1400
2010
2000
1990
1980
1970
1960
1950
1940
1930
1920
1910
1900
1890
1880
1200
http://www.zamg.ac.at/histalp
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Meteorological records over the centuries
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The greater alpine region (GAR) has warmed stronger than the
global mean
2.0
°C
1.5
+2°
relativ zum Mittel 1961-90
1.0
0.5
0.0
+1°
-0.5
-1.0
-1.5
-2.0
Österreich
global
-2.5
1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000
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GEOSAF
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Using GEO for Early Warning and Food Security in East
Africa
Using GEO for Early Warning and Food Security in
East Africa
• Investigate the influence of high impact weather (flood, drought) on
African agriculture and water management.
• Improve monitoring and long range forecasting of soil moisture
• Use of space-borne sensors for monitoring and validation
• Seasonal, ensemble based weather forecasts and crop
modeling
• Set up an early warning system for local farmers and international
organisations
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GEOSAF - Use of satellite data
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Soil moisture data are derived from
different space-borne microwave
sensors:
• Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT)
on METOP
• Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity
(SMOS) mission
• Advanced Synthetic Aperture
Radar (ASAR) on ENVISAT
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EODC Water
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Earth Observation Data Centre
for Water Resources Monitoring
a cooperation of
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Proposal for an Earth Observation Data Centre
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Following the example of other countries
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e.g. CEMS in the UK
Thematic focus on water resources (instead of an “Austrian EODC”)
 Strategic goals
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Establish Austria as a key player in the operational EO ground segment and
service market
• Strengthen its academic, institutional and commercial organisations by
coordinating, focusing, and reinforcing their expertise and capabilities
• Be a focal point for water-related programmes
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Overall aims
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Provide unique EO products for improved monitoring of water resources
Operate Collaborative Ground Segment components for the Sentinel satellites
Apply service standards as commonly employed by NWP centres
Focus on fully automatic and continental to global scale products
Establish the logistics and seamless ITC infrastructure system
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Product Portfolio
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Water resources management
requires an integrated view of the
complete water cycle
Satellite
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Potential product portfolio is relatively
broad
• Room for diversification
Temporal
static
Sentinel 1
dynamic
static
Sentinel 2
dynamic
Sentinel 3
static
dynamic
Product
Water Bodies
Forest / Non Forest
Rice
Water Bodies
Rice and growing status
Soil Moisture
Soil Water Index
Start of Soil Water Season
Drought / Wet Indices
Flooding
Snow
Freeze
Forest / Non Forest
Biomass Indices
Landcover
Glacier area
Forest Functional parameters
Evapotranspitation
Glacier area
Snow
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CONRAD Observatory
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Space Weather
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ZAMG contributions
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