Coastal Services : Market Perspective to the Use of EO in Delta Ecosystems

Ghada El Serafy, Deltares

Ghada.elserafy@deltares.nl

Deltares: an independent, not-for-profit, applied research institute advising governments, NGOs for safe and sustainable living in river & coastal regions worldwide

• 800+ employees

• Main offices in Delft & Utrecht (NL)

• Branch offices & affiliates in Asia, Middle East & Americas

Introduction Coastal Services

Market Perspective for Coastal Information Systems

Coasts are constantly under threat from human interference

and climate change (coastal & Inland) and exploitation

(ecosystem services)

High detailed information (spatial and temporal) is needed to

manage this threat and maximize the benefits

Many value-added services can be tailored to specific

needs, resulting in new business

Earth Observation is an open source information

Integrate this with the expertise embedded in operational

systems

Fuse it with ground base information and crowd sourcing

(people science)

Provide Services to deliver Added value data to monitor

and manage Deltas & Ecosystems

FEWS Taiwan

FEWS Pakistan

FEWS Po (Italy)

FEWS Rhein (Swizerland)

FEWS-DE (BfG-Germany)

Ruhrverband (Germany)

FEWS-Donau & FEWS-Kamp, Austria

FEWS North Sea & Rivers(Netherlands)

FEWS Beijing

Yuba-Feather Reservoir (USA)

National Weather ServiceNWS-RFS (USA)

FEWS Singapore

Songhkla (Thailand)

National Flood Forcasting System (England & Wales)

Sudan

Waterboards (Netherlands)

FEWS Zambezi River Basin

BOM HyFS(Australia)

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ADOOS (Arabian Gulf)

FEWS – Guanabara(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

FEWS-Scotland

FEWS Mauritius

Salto Grande Dam (Uruguay / Argentina)

SIP-FEWS-Niger

FEWS Ghana

FEWS New Brunswick(Canada)

FEWS Seqwater(Australia)

FEWS Vietnam

Deltares software - Delft-FEWSDeltares software – Delft3DIntroduction Coastal Services

Deltares & Downstream Services

One of Deltares core business:

➢ Develop models & tools to turn observational data into added value information

EO data & the Copernicus Services provide us and our clients with

➢ Excellent data & information resources

➢ Platforms to participate in and co-develop core and downstream services

Deltares software – Delft3DIntroduction Coastal Services

Model-Supported Monitoring of SPM

• Integration and assimilation of EO data into sediment transport model

• Reconstruction of autonomous reference conditions for prolonged time

• More accurate trend detection of suspended matter (SPM)

Impact assessment of large scale land reclamation on

turbidity in coastal waters

MoS2│ 2007-2014

Introduction Coastal Services

• Regional operational system for Algal Bloom forecasting in Europe’s coastal waters

• Integrate ocean color remote sensing (water transparency, Chl-a) with biogeochemical models

• Multi-model approach: system of systems with service portal

• Use the model to interpolate & extrapolate the RS data

http://cobios.waterinsight.nl/viewer/

CoBiOS│2012-2014

Integrate satellite products and ecological models into a operationalinformation service on algae blooms in Europe’s coastal waters.

Introduction Coastal Services

Aquausers│2014-2016

Introduction Coastal Services

30 juni 2017

GIS layer analyses:

aggregating indicator

suitability layers into

thematic suitability layers

Replies from a wider group

of potenitial users

Bringing in :

- WQ parameters from remote sensing (CHL, TSM, SST)

- CMEMS met-ocean model results,

- data from buoys (EMODNET),

- measurements and decisions from users together.

Copernicus downstream service with productsbased on Sentinel data for spatial information onforeshore and floodplain characteristics, such asmorphology, sediment characteristics andvegetation properties.

Data

FAST│2014-2018FAST is developing down-stream services for the European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus to support cost-effective, nature-based shoreline protection against flooding and erosion.

Introduction Coastal Services

Citizens’ Observatory for Coast and Ocean Optical Monitoring

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SPM

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chla

Forel Ule Water Colour App

DSS, integrating MERIS w. GIS layersFluorescence w. flash & cuvet

CiTCLOPS│ 2016-2018

Introduction Coastal Services

BASE│2015 - 2017

BASE-platform Workflow• Sea-level correction

• Vertical referencing

• Data-merging

• Validation

• Use cases:

• Mauritius

• Xynthia

• …

Introduction Coastal Services

Ecopotential│2015-2019

Introduction Coastal Services

The ECOPOTENTIAL project focuses its activities and pilot actions on atargeted set of internationally recognized protected areas (PA) inEurope, European Territories and beyond, including mountain, arid andsemi-arid, and coastal and marine ecosystems.

ECOPOTENTIAL addresses the entirechain of ecosystem-related services

(a) developing ecosystem data services,(b) implementing model output services to distribute the results of the modelling activities(c) estimating current and future ecosystem services and benefits, combining ecosystem

functions (supply) with beneficiaries needs (demand).

Odyssea│2017-2021

Introduction Coastal Services

The Odyssea project focuses its activities on setting up coastal observatories along the Mediterranean Basin incorporating in its downstream services the downscaled Copernicus services and providing to a wider user group added value products for the management of coastal and marine ecosystems.

ECOPOTENTIAL addresses the entireMediterranean Basin setting upobservatories

(a) developing data services including forecast,(b) Establishing coastal observatories based on EO added value data.(c) Providing Service to management, sectors (aquaculture & tourism), governmental bodies

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Ambitions for Coastal Information Systems

Expanding the concept of provision towards

Information provision in the form of value-added

services can be tailored to specific needs, resulting in

new market opportunities

Use of dedicated downstream services to detail the

information and map them to the users need and offer

them Earth Observation integrated with his expertise

embedded in operational systems to monitor & manage

his ecosystem

Downstream Coastal Information Service

30 juni 2017

Deltares software (coastal modeling)

Introduction Coastal Services

Delft3D modeling suite• Integrated 2D and 3D modelling of water levels, currents, waves, sediment transport,

seabed changes, water quality and ecology

• Areas of application: coastal areas, regional seas, estuaries,

rivers, lakes

• Recti- and curvilinear grids, also flexible mesh

• Open Source software

30 juni 2017

Deltares software – Delft3DIntroduction Coastal Services

• Improved coastal scatterometer

• Assimilation of scatterometer into Harmonie

• Force high-resolution wave model with Harmonie winds

• Evaluate wave-forecasts against in-situ and altimeter Hs

MYWAVE│2012 - 2015

Introduction Deltas Ecosystems

GLOSSIS│

Introduction Deltas Ecosystems

Global operational storm surges

GLOSSIS is the first operational forecasting system for

storm surge prediction on a global scale, taking into

account tidal and extra-tropical storm events in real time

3 February 2015

SubCoast│

Introduction Deltas Ecosystems

The objective of the GMES-downstream service.SubCoast will be to develop a service for monitoring theextent and impact of subsidence in coastal lowlands anddemonstrate its capability in various pilots for a variety ofsettings around Europe.

RASOR │

Introduction Deltas Ecosystems

Partners

Rapid Analysis and Spatialization Of Risk

• Multi-hazard risk analysis platform for disaster

management,

• Supports critical infrastructure monitoring &

climate change impact assessments

flood layerflood layer

DEM12m

landslide layerlandslide layer

terrain motionterrain motion

GMES Marine CS

Policy and Decision makers

New assumptions

Export layers for proprietary models

New information layers

client system analysis

Stakes layerStakes layer

……

RASOR Platform‘trade space’

(scenario-driven analysis)Populations affected

Critical infrastructure

Damage map

Climate driven variables

Etc…

HR SAR

VHR optical

In-situ data

Disaster

Response/Relief

Mitigation

Strategies

Emergency

Response Plans

GMES Land CS

GMES ERCS and GIO

Other External Services

Risk Assessment & Identification

• Adapts 12m TanDEM-X DEM

to risk management

applications.

• Overlays archived & NRT VHR

optical & radar EO data & IS

data.

• Initially five case study areas,

ultimately global services.

RASOR │

Introduction Deltas Ecosystems

Cyanobacterial Monitoring Services

• Funded by the European Space Agency

• Service: combination of 1) earth observations, 2) in situ

spectral readings and 3) EWACS for early warning of HAB’s.

• 2014: pilots in Netherlands: Paterswoldsemeer (PWM) and

Rijnland lake area.

CyMonS│2014-2016

Introduction Deltas Ecosystems

Improved monitoring and forecasting of ecology of European

INland waters by combining Future earth ObseRvation data and Models

INFORM│2014-2018

Introduction Deltas Ecosystems

•Phytoplankton types, yellow matter, TSM & turbidity, stratification, macrophytes,

primary production, light attenuation & euphotic depth

•Deltares develops biogeochemical model to link EO data to IS data & analyse the

WQ dynamics & interactions for 2 cases:

Data Science for ecosystem services

Link existing GMES +non-GMES WebGISServices

Download GMES +non-GMES dataand provide asWebGIS services(local cache)

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Dynamic multi-hazard map

WebGIS Viewer + GUI

Python framework forWeb processing services

Multi-spatial analysis

Web based territorial management system

Database

• Examine feasibility & cost-benefit of risk prevention related to the use of wetlands, coastal systems and dry lands to mitigate flood.

• Combined Sentinel data w/ field studies and statistics in GIS

• Thematic maps & analyses for coastal regions such as WaddenSea and Northern Adriatic coast.

• Training to implement algorithm for risk analysis & “Building with Nature”

ECOSTRESS│2014-2015

Introduction Deltas Ecosystems