Geert BORSTLAP AMESD / BDMS DevCoCast Workshop Antwerp
AMESD - DevCoCast 1. AMESD 2. SADC THEMA Agenda 3. AMESD & DevCoCast Cooperation 4. Concluding Remarks
1) AMESD A continental wide, pan-african project for the development of geoinformation services. African Union Commission European Union Commission 9th EDF 5 Regional Economic Communities CEMAC, ECOWAS, IGAD, IOC, SADC + ACP Secretariat International partners: (EUMETSAT, JRC, WMO, UNEP, UNECA, FAO)
1) AMESD general purpose To improve Informed decisions in environmental management : 1. Improved Data Access (Rx) 53 AMESD Receiving Stations 1TB discs 2. Setup Operational Geo-Information Services 1 THEMA Per Region 3. Strengthen Policy Development Framework Raising awareness of usefulness of EO for environmental monitoring 4. Capacity Building Sys-admin / GIS + RS / THEMA Application
1) AMESD Themas Regional Economic Community - REC Regional Thematic Action THEMA Regional Implementation Centre - RIC CEMAC Management of Water Resources CICOS (Commission Internationale du bassin Congo- Oubangui-Sangha), Kinshasa (DRC) ECOWAS Water Management for Cropland and Rangeland Management AGRHYMET (Centre Régional en agro-météorologie et hydrologie, Niamey (Niger) IGAD Land Degradation Mitigation and Natural Habitat Conservation ICPAC (IGAD Climate Predictions and Applications Centre), Nairobi (Kenya) IOC Coastal and Marine Management MOI (Mauritius Oceanography Institute), Quatre-Bornes (Mauritius Island) SADC Agricultural and Environmental Resource Management BDMS (Botswana Department of Meteorological Service), Gaborone (Botswana)
1) AMESD Programmatic aspects PUMA >> AMESD >> MESA >> GMES-Africa PUMA (2001-2005): Deployment of 55 PUMA stations, in 46 African National Meteo Services AMESD (2007 2013): Deployment of about 50 AMESD stations in Ministries of Environment Development of services ( 1 Thema per Region ) Capacity building component MESA (2013 2018) = AMESD#2 + Security GMES Africa A key African contribution to GEO
2) SADC-THEMA: Definition REC SADC-THEMA : Agricultural and Environmental Resource Management SADC Secretariat Regional Implementation Center BDMS (Botswana Department of Meteorological Services) Participating countries Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South- Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Tanzania Partners Service Development: ARC, CSIR-MERAKA, SAWS Capacity Building: UZ, UB, BCA Data: SAC (SANSA)
SADC THEMA Services 2) SADC THEMA Services Overview Agriculture Service Drought Service Fire Service Long Range Forecast Capacity Building, User Interaction, Data Access Ministries of Agriculture Ministries of Environment National Meteorological Services
2) SADC THEMA : Agriculture SADC Services Agriculture Service Drought Service Fire Service Long Range Forecast Capacity Building, User Interaction, Data Access Ministries of Agriculture Ministries of Environment
2) SADC THEMA : Agriculture Key User: Ministry of Agriculture (>> AMESD Station) Based on: REWS systems from SADC-RRSU Allow agricultural remote sensing analysts: To perform Crop Condition Monitoring But also a view to forecasting yield and production scenarios The Agricultural service Assist decision makers in answering the following questions: What crops are where? What is the crop condition? What is the crop stage? What is the likely yield?
2) SADC THEMA : Agriculture Activities: Get Products >> Data Exploration Analysis >> Drill down in anomalies Report Service Products via EUMETCast / FTP Software (Processing Chains) Training / Help Desk / Support / Forum Final Result: Monthly report with traffic light system Decadal updates
2) SADC THEMA : Agriculture List of Products (31): Agriculture Mask, Crop Statistics Map, Crop Specific Maps Current Rainfall Map Cumulative Rainfall Map Rainfall Estimates Compared with average [difference] Current Temperature estimate Map Vegetation Index Map (+difference) C-NDVI graphs for zones of interest Dry matter Productivity (+cumulative) Current Water Requirements Satisfaction Index (WRSI) Map Onset of Rains Maps + anomaly Soil Moisture Index Estimates
2) SADC THEMA : Agriculture Cumulate dry matter productivity comparison with average maps (%) Air Temperature Map from ground data measurements (20110821)
Example of Cumulative Rainfall Graph 2) SADC THEMA : Agriculture
2) SADC THEMA : Drought SADC Services Agriculture Service Drought Service Fire Service Long Range Forecast Capacity Building, User Interaction, Data Access Ministries of Agriculture Ministries of Environment
2) SADC THEMA : Drought Key User: National Meteorological Service (>> PUMA Station) Based on: Drought Monitoring System of ARC Allow agricultural remote sensing analysts: To look to meteorological and agricultural drought To predict drought The Drought service: Assist decision makers in answering the following questions: Is there drought now? Is there drought to be expected in the coming 1/3/6 months? Which areas are the most affected? Is the situation going to improve/worsen in the coming months?
2) SADC THEMA : Drought Activities: Get Products >> Data Exploration Own Open Source Software >> Integrate data rainfall Stations Create Drought & Drought Outlook Maps Report Service Products via EUMETCast / FTP Open-Source Software Training / Help Desk / Support / Forum Final Result: Monthly report Decadal updates
2) SADC THEMA : Drought Examples of Products (16): Vegetation performance Maps NDVI difference Long-term average (cumulative) NDVI VCI / SDVI / PASG Rainfall Maps Total cumulative rainfall monthly, seasonal so far Long-term average rainfall Ten-daily Drought Maps/Graphs Drought risk map (Boolean/graded type) Graphs Based on area within polygon where an index is lower than a specific cut-off value
2) SADC THEMA : Drought Product: NDVIdavg NDVI Difference map Shows the vegetation deviation from the average over 13y. Calculated as: current NDVI- average NDVI
2) SADC THEMA : Drought Product: DR_B An image based on the observed rainfall anomalies coupled with the expected anomalies based on the three-month forecast from the SAWS. Only two values, with areas probably at risk of drought conditions (based on the combination of information) indicated with a value of 1 and the rest with a value of 0. Addis Ababa, May 2011
Example of monthly Drought Monitoring Report in SA. 2) SADC THEMA : Drought
1) SADC THEMA Services Overview SADC Services Agriculture Service Drought Service Fire Service Long Range Forecast Capacity Building, User Interaction, Data Access Ministries of Agriculture Ministries of Environment
2) SADC THEMA : Fire Key User: Ministry of Environment (AMESD Fire Station) Activities: Get Products (15 min... 4/d... daily...monthly) Assess Good/Bad fires/fire Risk >> Communicate >> Act Burnt Area >> Report Service Products via EUMETCast / FTP AMESD Fire Field Terminal Training / Help Desk / Support / Forum Final Result: Disaster Mgt Unit / Early Warning System Report
2) SADC THEMA : Fire Products (5) Comments Active-Fires MODIS + MSG Active Fires FDI Fire Danger Indexes (2x) MODIS-BAE Burnt Area Estimates MODIS-721 MODIS 721 Band Combination
2) SADC THEMA : Fire Example of daily Fire Report in Namibia.
2) SADC THEMA : LRF SADC Services Agriculture Service Drought Service Fire Service Long Range Forecast Capacity Building, User Interaction, Data Access Ministries of Agriculture Ministries of Environment
2) SADC THEMA : LRF Intro LRF has become mature Not used in agricultural and environmental sector yet Principle: Use existing LRF and integrate into 3 core-services Dissemination Side: Use EUMETCast for distribution Crop LRF Drought Fire
2) SADC THEMA : LRF 1, 3 and 6 monthly forecast Updated every month Products Rainfall Forecast Maximum Temparature Forecast Minimum Temparature Forecast Example from SAWS
2) SADC THEMA : GEONETCast Status of Dissemination via GEONETCast Operational since 19 July 2011 Agriculture products (40/43) Drought products (5/13) Fire products (3/4) LRF (0/3) Dissemination via ftp: ftp://amesd.co.bw/sadcuser
2) SADC THEMA : National Focal Points In each country >> Up to 6 contact points NFP for Agriculture NFP for Drought NFP for Fire But also PUMA NFP (not necesarily involved in SADC THEMA) From Meterological Sevice NFPs from Universities (+) NRSC (National Remote Sensing Centers)
2) SADC THEMA : Network
2) SADC THEMA : Network
2) SADC THEMA : Receiving Stations 76 34/36 Rx
Regional Training @ SAWS : Train the Trainer principle 2) SADC THEMA: REG-Training
3) AMESD & DevCoCast SADC THEMA - DevCoCast Datasets As input data (VGT4Africa) As final output product (e.g. fire) Exchange Software Manuals User Contacts Standards: Uses same defaults ROI / tools
3) AMESD & DevCoCast Training (workshop in Gaborone) ITC: Advanced Application Gaborone: Exploration of GEONETCast Product Portfolio Much appreciated by African Experts More knowledge transfer desired Production Centre (RIC = little VITO) Operational
4) Remark #1: GEONETCast GEONETCast The Success story within GEO Free data + Low cost Receiving Stations
4) Remark#2: Capacity Building A huge effort in Capacity Building is required To create a critical mass Projects alone will not make it (one time events) Structural training is needed Look into >> On-distance education (GIS+RS) >> Curriculum Development
4) Remark#2: Capacity Building Universities have key role in spreading EO knowledge Rx >> Access to NRT data Education purposes Curriculum Development Produce staff for the future Research and Development Thesis / PhD (cheap labor) Future AMESD services Cooperation with their Ministries Validation of products in the field
4) Remark#3: Interaction EU Africa experts More Interaction between EU Africa needed EU Researchers have no glue of user needs African users have no glue of available products Regular contacts would be beneficial AU people to go to European Expert workshops (Geoland, etc) EU people to go to African User workshops
4) Remark#4: Harmonization More Harmonization is needed Formats, ROI on GEONETCast Metadata Duplication of Products Product Documentation >> Advisory Land Expert Ctee >> Advisory Ocean Expert Ctee
4) Remark#5: Datasets Datasets on GEONETCast Some Datasets are not (yet) used Datasets are not based on user needs, but on Researcher Interest More awareness needed in Africa More HR-data desired Not only added-value data, but also L2 data desired MODIS 500m SPOT VGT 10d bands
4) Remark#6: Inter Sector Inter-Sector Collaboration Land Ocean Meteo Air - Disaster Univ s - etc National Workshops >> EO Days EO community gatheres for Workshop and/or Training GEONETCast = core technology (driver) Training = data + applications
Thank You. The END