Swedish National Earth Observation Activities Göran Boberg Swedish National Space Board boberg@snsb.se 1
Swedish National Space Board SNSB is a central governmental agency under Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications SNSB is responsible for national and international activities relating to space and earth observation, primarily, research and development SNSB is a small agency with only 17 employees The total budget of the agency is approximately SEK 730 million a year (73 M ) Olle Norberg, DG of SNSB since June 1, 2009 2
Swedish National Space Board Main tasks to distribute government grants for space research, technology development and earth observation activities to initiate research and development in Space and Earth Observation areas to act as Swedish point of contact for international co-operation 3
Budget of the SNSB 1 =10 SEK SNSB is financed by: Ministry of Industry ~578 MSEK Ministry of Education ~154 MSEK Costs: National Space Research Programme 46 MSEK National EO/Remote Sensing Programme 22 MSEK ESA Science programme 90 MSEK Earth Observation (ESA) 78 MSEK Microgravity, ISS (ESA) 42 MSEK Other activities (ESA, bilateral, Odin) 410 MSEK Esrange 18,5 MSEK 4
National Remote Sensing Programme - User Part Started in year 2000 Budget: ~800 k Objecive: Increase the use of satellite image based remote sensing methods in Sweden Call issued anually ~20 applications per year Remote Sensing Committee Fast-track service (~6 applications per year) 5
User Part User Project Potential users in collaboration with Swedish developers of remote sensing methods (down-stream sector) The user shall contribute with its own time in the project Call for Idea Swedish down-stream companies with a long term ambition within remote sensing Co-funding from the company shall be at least 50% of total project costs 6
User Part Application Process Step 1: Application form and short project description (3 pages) in english Step 2: Elaborate project description (10 pages) Between steps certain conditions can be introduced by SNSB, i.e. regarding the level of co-funding For successful applicants contracts are issued in January the coming year 7
SACCESS Started in 2008 Joint effort (SEPA, SFA, SMHI, NLS, SNSB) Operated by a user consortium (public and commercial entities) Open for users in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway Content: Optical satellite imagery from 1970s, 1980s, millenium, 2005, 2007 and 2008 From 2007 the archive is updated with complete coverage of Sweden annually 8
SACCESS (kolla ny statistik) 9
Recent Activities Dredge Detection Participants: County Administrative Board of Uppsala, National Police Board, Metria (developer) Aim: Develop an operational work-flow for recurrent detection of illegal dredges Five matters are brought to prosecution 10
Imagery of 4 concecutive years showing a dredge plume arise 11
Recent Activities Monitoring Harmful Algae Blooms Participants: Swedish Coast Guard, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute Aim: Adjust and improve BAWS in terms of detecting algorithms Synergies with oil spill detection 12
Two algae bloom events in the Baltic Sea shown as RGB composite of MERIS L2 images for 2008-07-31 (left) and 2005-07-10 (right) 13
Conclusion & Outlook Growing demand for remote sensing products Co-funding levels has increased SACCESS is indeed a success 14
Swedish National Earth Observation Activities - brief overview with a focus on national EO research programme
Swedish National Space Board Supports research in following areas: Astronomy Space Physics Atmospheric Research Astrobiology Space Physiology Material Sciences in Microgravity Earth Observation 16
Swedish National Space Board Supports industrial research and development activities via ESA programmes or directly On-board computers Antennas Microwave technologies Microsystems, MEMS Satellite systems Launcher technologies Rockets and balloons Ground station services 17
Microwave radiometer STEAMR on Premier User driven project Both scientific and industrial interests Heritage from Odin STEAMR is being studied by SSC and partners related scientific work carried out at Chalmers Now selected for phase A studies as one of three candidates for ESA Earth Explorer 7! 18
National EO (Remote Sensing) Programme - Research Part 14 MSEK Users Part and Fast Track 6 MSEK Total budget in 2010 21,5 MSEK 19
External EO advisory committee National EO (remote sensing) Programme) Strategy Policy matters 20
Research part of the national EO Programme: main goals To encourage and support high quality research within EO by means of satellite data of ESA and other parties To enable the participation of Swedish researchers in relevant ESA EO projects and activities 21
Research Part 2009 Research areas: glaciers, snow and sea climate models clouds carbon cycle, forests and vegetation land and urban environment earth observation for global actions health atmospheric research part of the space research programme (SRAC) 22
Support of the participation in ESA (and other) projects: few examples BIOMASS ALOS, GOCE Envisat/MERIS Atmospheric projects supported by SRAC : Premier/STEAMR ADM-Aelos Odin (Swedish satellite) 23
Grant selection process Annual call for research proposals (all fields of space science): Deadline in late April/early May Proposals are being evaluated by FAK and external reviewers FAK selects the best proposals Board of SNSB approves (usually) proposal by FAK 24
Selection criteria for the research proposals: peer-reviews support of ongoing PhD projects (4 years) support of successful ongoing projects gender aspects in case of equally good proposals Statistics form the call 2008 (exkl 35 % OH) Submitted applications: 20 (ca 14 MSEK) Granted applications: 9 (ca 5 MSEK) Running multi-year grants: 8 (ca 5 MSEK) 25
Chlorophyll map of Southern Sweden 16 July 2006 (MERIS MEGS 7.4, Algal_2, 300 m resolution) Vänern Vättern Öland 26
http://saccess.lantmateriet. 27
Data The Vision! 28
Our Vision: A well functioning User interface Internet-based search catalogue Information over user-selected area about: 1.Available data regardless sensor or archive 2.Metadata, e.g. time for registration Generous conditions Quick delivery
Traditional model Satellite operators Programming request User Selection of images Topographic information & support data Any user-specific information Raw data, system corrected data. Catalogue / operator GIS preparation (orthocorrection) Interpretation & combination with other data sources Final product 30
New user-friendly model Satellite operators National database Programming request User Selection of images Topographic information & support data Selection of images Any user-specific information Selection support Raw data, system corrected data. Catalogue / operator GIS preparation (orthocorrection) Interpretation & combination with other data sources Final product 31
History 1999 Proposal from Remote Sensing Committee 2002 Space Agency conduct a study DG:s for Space Agency, Forest Agency, Met office, Land Survey and Environmental Protection Agency make a proposition to government 2004 Task from government to make a thorough official investigation. Presented later same year. Consultive bodies very positive! 2007 Environmental Protection Agency get funding for setting up the satellite data base 2008 Saccess started 24th of June free data to all Users 32
Free data! (kolla aktuellt konsortium) Separate government funding for establishment: 0.56 M Particular grant for data collection: 0.52 M /year Users consortium fund operations: 0.11 M /year 33
Swedish Forest Agency Government s expert forestry organisation Work for sustainable use of Swedish forests Cover whole country - 5 regions - 43 districts - over 1000 employees 34
The Swedish forests Forest cover 60 % Most important natural resource 12 % of Swedish export income Employs about 100,000 people 35
Our use of satellite data 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 36
Clear cut monitoring Developed in ENFORMA project (EU 4th frame work 1997 2000) Now operational in whole Forest Agency Compares imagery from different years to give shape and date of all clear-cuts. Notification in yellow Result from change detection analysis in green 37
Precommercial-thinning Detect areas needing thinning Regrowing areas cut 10 15 years ago Indicates areas needing treatment Send letters to forest owners Landsat-5 from 1989 Spot-4 from 1989 38
Our use of satellite data We need sensors with Large scenes Resolution 10 30 meters Short wave infrared capacity (MIR) Metadata critical! Until to today we have used Spot4 Spot5 Landsat5 Landsat7 IRS-P6 39
With Saccess We get access to data from the 70s, 80s and 90s Easy access to several datasets Standardised output with a complete set of metadata Very good geometry (important for change detection) 40
Spacemetric Swedish SME Image management systems Keystone Image Server Customers include European Space Agency EC Joint Research Centre Swedish Land Survey 42
Saccess Recap Saccess became operational on 24 th June 2008 Offers satellite imagery for the whole of Sweden Historical datasets from 1970s to 2007 New coverages annually from 2008 onwards Mosaic extracts and individual scenes Data free of charge to users in the Nordic countries
Datasets 2008
Potential extensions Creates conditions for further developments a catalyst Additional datasets New methods Expansion/cooperation Nordic Saccess Discussions with Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland
Demonstration Saccess http://saccess.lantmateriet.se/
http://saccess.lantmateriet.se
Coordination of global observing systems Governmemnt task dec 2009 Council main proposal 48
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