How Earth observation can support monitoring wetlands and peatlands

How Earth observation can support monitoring wetlands and peatlands

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  ESA UNCLASSIFIED -For Official Use How Earth observation can support monitoring wetlands and peatlands Frank Martin Seifert Earth Observation Directorate ESA-ESRIN, Frascati
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  ESA UNCLASSIFIED -For Official Use A New Generation of Data Sources Sent-1A/B Sent-2A/B Sent-3A/B Sent-5/5P Sent-6/Jason-CSSent-4A/B  Copernicus is a European space flagship programme led by the European Union;  Copernicus provides the necessary data for operational monitoring of the environment and for civil security;  Copernicus consists of an in-situ, a space and a services component, where ESA coordinates the space component;  Data policy: free and open access;  https://scihub.copernicus.eu/
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  ESA UNCLASSIFIED -For Official Use … for today and for the future S1: Radar Mission S2: High Resolution Optical Mission S3: Medium Resolution Imaging and Altimetry Mission S4: Geostationary Atmospheric Chemistry Mission S5P: Low Earth Orbit Atmospheric Chemistry Precursor Mission S5: Low Earth Orbit Atmospheric Chemistry Mission S6 (Jason-CS): Altimetry Mission
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  ESA UNCLASSIFIED -For Official Use FM Seifert | 09/04/2017 | Slide 4 Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Sentinel-2A / -2B • multispectral (13 bands) • 290 km swath width • 10 days repeat cycle  http://sentinel.esa.int/ Sentinel-1A / -1B • night and day radar imaging • C-band SAR • 12 days repeat cycle
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  ESA UNCLASSIFIED -For Official Use FM Seifert | 09/04/2017 | Slide 5 Mapping Peatlands in Sweden: Store Mosse-Kävsjön Tree cover Shrubs cover areas Grassland Cropland (rainfed, irrigated) Vegetation aquatic or reg. flooded Lichens and mosses Bare areas Built up areas Snow and/or Ice Open water Sentinel-2 2015-08-19 Sentinel-1 (VV) 2014-2016
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  ESA UNCLASSIFIED -For Official Use FM Seifert | 09/04/2017 | Slide 6 Wetlands Inventory and Habitat Mapping in Africa Tree cover Shrubs cover areas Grassland Cropland (rainfed, irrigated) Vegetation aquatic or reg. flooded Lichens and mosses Bare areas Built up areas Snow and/or Ice Open water • Identification and delineation of wetlands areas as a support to wetland inventories. • Detect changes of wetland habitats, derive trends of wetland status, assess threats and estimate impacts • Standardized Land Cover / Habitat Classification scheme incorporating the Ramsar wetlands typologies.  www.globwetland-africa.org Wetland Inventory, Lake Tonga, Algeria
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  ESA UNCLASSIFIED -For Official Use FM Seifert | 09/04/2017 | Slide 7 Wildfires in Indonesia 2015 detected by Sentinel-1 First burned area map of Sumatra, Kalimantan, West-Papua (1,500,000 km²), 10 m spatial resolution S1 False color composite Red: Burned area S1 False color composite Red: Burned area S1 False color composite Red: Burned area fire cci fire cci
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  ESA UNCLASSIFIED -For Official Use FM Seifert | 09/04/2017 | Slide 8 › Burned area for Indonesia’s fire catastrophe 2015: 46,046 km² › Emissions include aboveground vegetation and peat emission estimates (Konecny et al. 2015 Global Change Biology) Wetlands International peat layer Ministry of Forestry Land Cover Burned area 890.4 Mt CO2-eq 501.8 Mt CO2-eq 388.6 Mt CO2-eq Total: Vegetation: Peat: Burned area and fire emissions derived from Sentinel-1 peat emissions vegetation emissions fire cci
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  ESA UNCLASSIFIED -For Official Use FM Seifert | 09/04/2017 | Slide 9 GlobPeatland – ESA’s contribution to the Global Peatland Initiative • Improved mapping and monitoring of degraded and cultivated peatlands; • Addressing peatlands in the boreal zone and the tropics including the three GPI pilot countries; • Derive standardize methods and best practices used for the assessment of peatlands; • Users: UNEP, UNFCCC, FAO, Wetlands International, RAMSAR convention, …  Mitigation potential by implementing responsible and sustainable management;  Preventing further peatland degradation;  Supporting conservation and restoration;
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  ESA UNCLASSIFIED -For Official Use Summary • The European Copernicus Programme will secure continuity of observations and data availability for the next 20+ years with free and open access for everybody  https://scihub.copernicus.eu/ • The Sentinels will be major workhorses for wetland and peatland mapping and monitoring; • Development of Open Source Toolboxes e.g. GlobWetland Africa TB • ESA will support the Global Peatland Initiative with a dedicated project developing and demonstrating methodologies for peatland mapping and monitoring defined in dialogue with users world-wide. ESA UNCLASSIFIED - For Official Use