DocumentCode :
2206919
Title :
“GMES space component: Programmatic status”
Author :
Aschbacher, Josef ; Milagro-Pérez, Maria Pilar
Author_Institution :
ESRIN, Directorate of Earth Obs. Programmes, Eur. Space Agency, Frascati, Italy
fYear :
2012
fDate :
22-27 July 2012
Firstpage :
1699
Lastpage :
1702
Abstract :
Through a unique combination of satellite, atmospheric and Earth-based monitoring systems and models to convert observations into information services, GMES will provide vital new insight into the state of the land, sea and air, providing policymakers, scientists, businesses and the public with accurate, up-to-date, global information in domains such as land, marine, atmosphere, emergency response, climate change and security. GMES overall is led by the European Union (EU). Regarding the GMES space component (GSC), coordinated by the European Space Agency (ESA), the dedicated Sentinel satellites, and relative ground segment, are currently in the final stage of their development and are getting ready for launch from end 2013 onwards. Pre-operational data delivery from existing national and third party missions is well under way. What is most urgently needed now is securing the operational funds and consolidating the governance including Sentinel ownership and data policy in order to guarantee the programme´s long term sustainability.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; geophysical equipment; remote sensing; ESA; Earth based monitoring systems; European Space Agency; European Union; GMES space component; GSC; Global Monitoring for Environment and Security; Sentinel ownership; Sentinel satellites; air state; atmospheric based monitoring systems; data policy; land state; satellite based monitoring systems; sea state; Earth; Europe; Meteorology; Monitoring; Satellites; Security; Space vehicles; Contributing Missions; Sentinels; earth observation; environment;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
ISSN :
2153-6996
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351197
Filename :
6351197
Link To Document :
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