Access to Open Earth Observation Data, an Overview and Outlook Raymond Sluiter (NSO)
1. Access to Open Earth
Observation Data,
an Overview and Outlook
Raymond Sluiter
Netherlands Space Office
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3. Outline
1. European Satellite Data overview
2. Classic ways for Data Access
3. Novel ways for Data Access & Analysis
4. Way forward
4. Raymond Sluiter
o Phyisical Geographer, PhD Land Remote Sensing & GIS.
o Advisor data & applications @Netherlands Space Office (NSO)
o Delegate ESA-DOSTAG (Data Operations Scientific Technical Advisory Group)
o Expert Horizon Europe Space
o Copernicus expert
o Delegate in upcoming DestinE coordination group
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7. Sentinel-1 Radar (land & marine)
Sentinel-2 Optical (land)
Sentinel-3 Optical (land & marine)
Sentinel-4 Optical (atmosphere) 2022
Sentinel-5P Optical (atmosphere)
Sentinel-5 Optical (atmosphere) 2023
Sentinel-6 Altimeter (marine)
Each Sentinel will have 4 units (A,B,C,D)
Free & Open Data, guaranteed until 2030+
9. Sentinel 2 / Landsat 7
Glacial decline
Sikkim - northeast India
o Sentinel 2
o MSI: MultiSpectral Imager
o 13 bands VIS-NIR-SWIR 10-60 m.
o Revisit time 3-5 days
o Land cover & use
10. Sentinel 3 - Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI)
Drought in Europe
11. • Sentinel 5P
• TROPOMI instrument
• O3 SO2 NO2 CH4 CO
• Daily global
• 3.5*7 km.
13. …. Each Sentinel will have 4 units (A,B,C,D)
Free & Open Data, guaranteed until 2030+…
Sentinel C&D Units: Sentinels Next Generation (NG)
• Requirement: continuity of measurements A & B units
• Goal: enhanced continuity/new products, performance improvements
• Status: Phase-0 studies are ongoing
• Launch: mid to late ‘20s
19. Land Monitoring Service
(CLMS)
Marine Environment
Monitoring Service (CMEMS)
Atmosphere Monitoring
Service (CAMS)
Climate Change Service
(C3S)
Emergency Monitoring
Service (EMS)
Security Service (CSS)
30. Datacubes
• Euro Datacube
• Open Data Cube
• CEOS Open data cube
• Australian Datacube
• ESA Open Earth Engine
• R Data Cubes
• Rasdaman (including Earth Server
Data Cube)
• DataCube Service for Copernicus
project (DCS4COP) H2020
ESA Earth Sytem Data Lab – Data Cube:
https://dlmultimedia.esa.int/download/public/videos/2018/07/030/1807_030_AR_EN.mp4 (0:50)
Also read: https://www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news/observer-data-cubes-enabling-and-facilitating-earth-observation-
applications
33. Data access, the way forward…
• Large scale data analysis in the cloud
• Analysis Ready Data (ARD)
• Data federations
• Interoperable (OpenEO.org)
• European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)
39. Opportunities in Horizon Europe & Digital Europe
Source: EUMETSAT (preliminary)
https://sharingknowledge.rvo.nl/file/download/55087258/deep-dive-in-the-digital-europe-program.pdf
40. Opportunities @ ESA & EUMETSAT
Source: EUMETSAT (preliminary)
ITT’s through ESA-STAR:
https://eo4society.esa.int/
• EO Exploitation Platforms
• Federated Collaborative Platforms
• AI4EO
• Block-4 contributing activities to DTE
• Permanently Open Call
ITT’s through EUMITS (EUMETSAT's Invitation to Tender System)
• European Weather Cloud (EWC)
• WEkEO
• Big Data pathfinders
• DestinE
41. Conclusions
o EO essential for many applications & challenges.
Including climate change.
o Many operational satellite missions
o More is coming…
o Open Data !
o Data volume is “exploding”
o New applications driven by AI
o Fast development of data science and Big Data
cloud platforms.
o (Big) data analysis in the cloud
o Cloud Federations
o Digital Twins
42. Access to Open Earth
Observation Data,
an Overview and Outlook
Raymond Sluiter
Netherlands Space Office
