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JRC MESA eStationFrom EO Data to AnalysisFrom EO Data to Analysis

M.Clerici, A.Royer and J.van’t Klooster

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Contents

• Background • Overview of eStation 2.0• GeoPortal• Examples of Usage• Conclusions

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JRC – Robust science for policy making

As a Directorate‐General of the European Commission,

the JRC provides customer‐driven pscientific and technical support to Community policy making

Supporting citizen’s security, research on i t t t li tenergy, environment, transport, climate 

change, safety of food and consumer products, security, crisis management, 

nuclear safety and security

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JRC Contribution to MESA Project

• Rational: strong continuity with previous PUMA/AMESD• JRC participation stated in an Administrative Arrangement p p g

32655/2012 with DG-DEVCO (1.5 ME) • JRC commitment under the AA:

1 eStation maintenance and upgrade1. eStation maintenance and upgrade2. Training sessions in Africa and @JRC3. Institutional Support (SCs, TEMs, preparation of Service

Contracts).

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MESA Project delivers EO products for implementing Natural

Resources operational monitoring Resources operational monitoring Services.

EO d t ith EO data comes with some technical complexity to deal with,

which might affect the effectiveness of Services

implementation

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Overall objective of operational MESA Stations

INCREASE

DATA ACCESS

PREPROCESSING FREDUCETHE

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FIELD

PREPROCESSINGPOSTPROCESSING

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VIEWERDASHBOARD

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ToINFORMATION

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Courtesy AGRICAB/VITO

eStation: a wall-to-wall EO processing server

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EUMETCast Station

LAN

Data Analysis

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Other Datasets (from http, ftp)

JRC eStation Earth Observation Processing Server Earth Observation Processing Server

dataLAN dataN

tools

PC1

PC2

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eStation: a wall-to-wall EO processing server

AcquisitionProcessingProcessing

Data Management

Analysis

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y

Manage multiple sources of dataManage multiple sources of data

Easily visualize and manage data completeness

HW redundancy

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Key principles

Open: based on Open Source technologies

Co-operative: feeding downstream tools (QGIS,

Flexible: can be installed on MESA computers, Generic VM

GRASS, SPIRITS, …)

Generic, VMVisual: all actions are performed through a GUI

Hi hl t i bl d t d t th d f th Highly customizable: adapted to the needs of the RIC’s THEMA, and can be further developed by the Users

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Res. TS 15' 30' 1h 3h 6h 1d 3d 5d 8d Dek Mth SeasonRAINFALLFEWSNET RFE 8km 1981 X X X XTAMSAT RFE 5km 1983 X X XCHIRPS2.0 RFE 8km 1981 X X X X

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Datasets available on eStation 2 0: ARCv2 _ NOAA NCEP 10km 1983 X X X X

MSG MPE 3km 2010 X X X X XCAM‐OPI from NOAA NCEP 2.5° 1979TEMPERATURECAM_OPI TEMPERATURE ESTIMATE 2.5° 1979 X XLandsaf LST ‐MSG 5km 2009 X X X XLandsaf LST ‐METOP 1km 2007 X X X XVEGETATION

eStation 2.0:• Several thematic areas,

according to RICs needs VEGETATIONSPOT VGT + PROBA V 1km 1998 X X X XMETOP AVHRR 1km 2007 X X XMSG 5km 2011 X X X XMODIS 250m 2002 X X XFIREMSG ABBA (CSIR) 2011 X X X X X XMODIS 500m 2002

according to RICs needs.• Coming from multiple

sources (EUMETCast, BURNT AREAMODIS 1km 2002 X X XLandsat BA  30m 1983EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONMSG ‐ LSASAF 5km 2009 X XECMWF 25km 1989 X XWATER BALANCEFEWSNETWRSI 1km 2002 X

Internet)• Output products defined

THEMA S ifi FEWSNET WRSI 1km 2002 XMETOP ASCAT (COPERNICUS) 25km 2007 XWATER BODYLANDSAT WATER BODY 30m 1983 XMARINEMODIS SST 4km 2002 X XPML SST 1km 2012 XUCT SST 1km 2002 X

– THEMA-Specific– Defined with the

Users

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MODIS CHLA 4km 2002 X XPML CHLA 1km 2012 X

UCT CHLA 1km 2002 X

Users

MESA GeoPortal

Goal: a web-accessiblecatalogue, referencing anInstitution documents andgeospatial data. At globalscale, catalogues can cross-reference each other (e.g.GEOSS).A first implementation wasdone with GeoServer andGeoNetwork, co-ordinatedby MESA_TAT, with supportof RICs/RECs and technical

t f JRC

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support of JRC.

MESA GeoPortalRIC MESA station Geopo talRIC MESA station Geoportal

Geo Portal direct feeding fromMESA Station.MESA Station.Catalogue of meta-informationSearch/find data, readinformationGet data Services (OGCstandard). Bulletins

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eStation 2.0 installationKey component of MESA Station (CentOS):• Key component of MESA Station (CentOS):

• More than 100 Station installed in 2016• Maintained beyond end of MESAMaintained beyond end of MESA

• Installed as Virtual Machine:• Several hosting OS (Windows, MacOS, Ubuntu)• Full functionality granted.

• Adapted to Windows 10:• Ongoing activity

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JRC contribution to MESA trainingPreparation of two modules (EN/FR) on MESA Station:Preparation of two modules (EN/FR) on MESA Station:

• System Administration• Thematic analysis on eStation 2.0Thematic analysis on eStation 2.0

Training of Trainers:• 4 sessions in 2016 in Africa

On the Job training at JRC:• Definition of the products from THEMA needs• Implementation of processing chains• Definition of analysis tools

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In the framework of theMESA Project, eStation2.0 is used for theContinental Bulletin:

Latest release:September 2016Septe be 0 6

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Example of Usage: Food Security

IPC - Integrated Phase Classification (Cadre Harmonisé/FR)

IPC is a standard protocol to evaluate the level of Food S it (Af i N ti l O i ti FAO WFP)Security (African National Organisations, FAO, WFP)

5.4.2. Indirect proof of Food Security resultsLivelihood means evolution

Pasture accessibility and availability

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5.4.2 Pasture accessibility and availability

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EO data (cross High and Low Resolution)‐> Water body from GEE Landsat> NDVI/DMP from Copernicus PROBA V‐> NDVI/DMP from Copernicus PROBA V

Water  Body Identification(from Landsat 30m/every 30 days)

Buffer zone (cattle walking w/o drinking)

Available pasture(from Vegetation Indicators)

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Comparison of current WBD and LTA (30 years)

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… and so many other applications !!

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References:

eStation website: http://estation.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

JRC Unit ftp site: h05-ftp.jrc.it(narmauser:2016mesa!)(narmauser:2016mesa!)

MESA Geoportal demo: http://mesa-geoportal.orghttp://mesa geoportal.org

Persons:

Marco Clerici: marco.clerici@jrc.ec.europa.eu+39.0332.785727

Antoine Royer: antoine.royer@jrc.ec.europa.eu+39.0332.783860

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Thanks for your attention !!

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