Yves Bühler, Urs Wegmüller, Christine Pielmeier, Regula Frauenfelder, Geospatial World Forum, Geneva

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1 ESTEC-AO/1-7213/12/NL/NR Yves Bühler, Urs Wegmüller, Christine Pielmeier, Regula Frauenfelder, Christian Jaedicke, Andreas Wiesmann, Rafael Caduff, Gabriele Bippus Geospatial World Forum, Geneva Space Technologies Empowering Geosmart Applications in Switzerland May 8th 2014

2 ESA IAP Call for User Ideas on the Alpine Region: June 2011 Proposal submission: September 2012 Project start: September 2013 User Workshop: November 2013

3 W SL Inst it ut e for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Prime, Switzerland, 40% of funding Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI Subcontractor, Norway 30% of funding GAMMA Remote Sensing AG GAMMA Subcontractor, Switzerland, 15% of funding ENVEO IT GmbH ENVEO Subcontractor, Austria, 15% of funding Strong background in Avalanche Warning, Earth Observation, GNSS and communication Applications in high alpine Terrain

4 WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche research SLF Part of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL and the ETH Domaine Founded in 1936, long term experience in snow and avalanche research Personnel: 130 (WSL 530) in 4 research units Interface for research and practical applications Operational Avalanche Forecast for Swiss Alps and Jura Jürg Schweizer, Yves Bühler, Chris Pielmeier, Claudia Bieler

5 Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI Private foundation with office and laboratory in Oslo, branch office in Trondheim and daughter company in Houston, Texas Main working sectors: Offshore Energy - Building, Construction and Transportation - Natural Hazards- Environmental Technology. More than 200 highly qualified employees Leading member of International Centre for Geohazards Avalanche warning service for selected areas in Skandinavia Regula Frauenfelder, Christian Jaedicke

6 Gamma Remote Sensing AG Private Swiss corporation founded in 1995 Main objectives: conduct research studies and to provide consulting and processing services in the field of microwave remote sensing GAMMA develops and sells COTS (commercial off the shelf) radar data processing software and hardware Extensive experience in active and passive microwave remote sensing techniques, theoretical and empirical modeling, applications and hardware engineering Andreas Wiesmann, Urs Wegmüller

7 ENVEO IT GmbH Private Austrian corporation founded in 2001 Research & development for remote sensing applications in hydrology, water management, meteorology and cryosphere Long term experience in remote sensing of alpine snowcover Satellite based environmental monitoring Consultation and Evaluation of earth observation activities of ESA, NASA and EC Gabriele Bippus, Ursula Blumenthaler

8 Assess the user needsand requirements(user Workshop) Collecting the state-of-the-art concerning available satellite technologies Identify potential solutionsto close existing information gaps Specify an integrated solution and associated services for the user community Evaluate the financial and non-financial viability of such a service Prepare a potential follow-up demonstration project

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10 Project Month Date (2013/14) Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Major milestones KO PM1 MTR PM2 FP WP 0100 Project Management D7, D8, D9 WP 1100 User Requirements Definition UW D1 WP 2100 State-of-the-Art D2 WP 3100 System and Service Definition D3 WP 4100 Proof-of-Concept D4 WP 5100 Viability Analysis D5 WP 6100 Roadmap D6

11 11/ 12 Novem ber SLF in Davos 17 key user from 7 European count ries Prelim inary m arket assessm ent Ident ified m ain gaps: 1. Inform at ion on avalanche activity 2. Inform at ion on t he snow surface 3. Stability of t he snow pack

12 Extensive review of available satellite technology and products Earth observation, GNSS and SatCom Overview on specifications and costs Gap analysis

13 Focus on avalanche act ivit y and snow surface inform at ion All w eat her capabilit y High t em poral resolut ion (daily) High spat ial resolut ion (< 5m )

14 Information on avalanche activity and snow surface Existing national/regional hazard information systems

15 Mapping and monitoring of avalanche outlines using satellite SAR Avalanche detection and mapping using Terrestrial Radar Detection of skier using Terrestrial Radar Detection of snow creep

16 New avalanche detection for second date (relative to first date) using TerraSAR- X backscatter data. The image shows second backscatter in red and the first backscatter in blue and green.

17 Mapping and monitoring of avalanche outlines using satellite SAR Avalanche detection and mapping using Terrestrial Radar Detection of skier using Terrestrial Radar Detection of snow creep :32 09:34 (dt=2min)

18 Mapping and monitoring of avalanche outlines using satellite SAR Avalanche detection and mapping using Terrestrial Radar Detection of skier using Terrestrial Radar Detection of snow creep :32 09:34 (dt=2min)

19 Webcam Inform at ions: Terrest rial Radar coherence Skier locat ion w it h Tim e Ski t rack 10:00 10:05 Est im at ed ski t rack (dt =5m in)

20 Wrapped LOS Displacement Monitoring 0 cm cm over time 00:00 10:00 (dt=10h)

21 High demand for information on Avalanche activity Snow surface (height change, wetness, snow type) Radar applications are promising due to: Weather/ daylight independent data acquisition High sensitivity for changes in the snow surface SAR satellites: data availability & temporal resolution insufficient today Market potential is small due to limited budgets for Market potential is small due to limited budgets for avalanche warning in Europe and worldwide