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Copernicus User Experience:
United Kingdom
15 March 2016
Ben Fletcher, Cabinet Office
Andrew Richman, Environment Agency
Outline
• Emergency management in the United Kingdom
• Using Copernicus in crisis response: EMSR147
(Cumbria 2015), EMSR069 (Southern England,
2014)
• Suggestions for improvement
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Emergency Management in the UK
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Minimal parliamentary interest significant parliamentary interest dominating party/national debate
Local Response
only
Region
Cross
Force
Cross -
Region
National
Coverage
Local Response with
two way information
Channel to Central Gov
Significant – Level 1 Lead Government Dept led
central response
Serious – Level 2 Co-ordinated central
response from COBR
Catastrophic – Level 3 Central direction
from COBR
Single
Scene
Minimal LGD policy interest DCLG monitoring LGD actively involved Strategic challenge Overwhelming
Impact
Scale
Central Response – Trigger Levels & co-ordination mechanisms
* LGD – Lead Government Department
Local Response Single Scene
Point of activation where
terrorism is suspected
e.g. Road Traffic Accident
e.g. Large Scale Fire
e.g. Flooding
e.g. Prison Riot
e.g. Animal Disease (Foot & Mouth Disease)
e.g. July Bombings
e.g. London Riots
e.g. Pandemic Flu
e.g. Volcanic Ash
e.g. Industrial Action
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• Forum for Ministers to take
decisions on Government’s
response to a crisis.
• Chaired by the Prime Minister or
another senior Minister.
• NB does not have authority to
direct how local fire, police, health
services respond to emergency.
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Sub-national
Co-ordination
Wide-area Emergency Single Scene
Operational
Control at Scene
Operational
Co-ordination
Integrated
Overall
Command
(usually) led
by Police
National
Strategic Level
Strategic
Co-ordination Centre (Gold Group)
GOLD Command
Strategic
Co-ordination
Centre (Gold Group)
GOLD Command
Strategic
Co-ordination
Centre (Gold Group)
GOLD Command Government
Liaison Team
COBR
Silver Command
Bronze Command Bronze Command
Strategic
Co-ordination
Centre (Gold Group)
GOLD Command
COBR Priorities
Strategic direction
Effective communication with local &
national responders
An authoritative and common ‘picture’ of
events
Mobilisation & prioritisation of assistance
National assessments e.g. Science,
intelligence
Advice on consequence management
Emergency legislation
International liaison
Provision of public information
Transition to longer term recovery
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National / Strategic
Local / Operational
Early Warning Flood Guidance Statement
NFAS teleconference
LGD teleconference
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EMSR147: Flooding in Cumbria
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Activation • Environment Agency requested activation 21.44 GMT Saturday 5
December
• CCS Duty Officer authorised request, submitted to Copernicus 22.04
GMT Saturday 5 December
• Copernicus requests clarification on AOI 23.29 GMT
• E-mail problems reaching Copernicus duty operators
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During the activation • First image acquisition Cosmo-Skymed RADAR 05.34 UTC Monday 7
December.
• First Map delivered on Copernicus website 20.46 UTC Monday 7
December
• Second image available Sentinel-1A 06.22 UTC Thursday 10.
• Phone and e-mail liaison with Copernicus duty operator.
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Use of Products
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Impact within the workflow • Shared with Defra and government partners
• Non-urban areas only – SAR imagery
• Outlines were used by the Rural Payments Agency to determine the
number of affected farm holdings and schemes in each area.
• Vector outlines used in GIS for mapping during the recovery phase.
Flood estimate outlines along with oblique aerial photography, social
media and ground survey data (inc. urban areas).
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EMSR 069 Floods in southern England
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Comparison with other products • How EA use Disaster Charter, aircraft and ground data – winter 13/14
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Image courtesy of DMCii
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Image courtesy of DMCii
TerraSAR-X Data in ScanSAR mode with HH Polarisation - 8m resolution
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LIDAR – 1m resolution + satellite data
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• Somerset Levels & Moors, SW England, change mapping and models
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Validation exercise
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EMSR 069 Floods in southern England • EA provided aerial photography taken during the incident.
• Reinforced our own experiences of using Copernicus:
1. Good wide area coverage,
2. Accessible via the website,
3. Underestimate of flood extent and
4. limited to non-urban areas.
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Suggestions for Improvement
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Products • Satellite Data, as well as vectors & maps,
would be very useful. A lot more analysis work
can be done with the data.
• Knowing satellite acquisition times and likely
delivery times in advance would be very
useful, to brief colleagues and understand
expectation of delivery.
• FAM products specifically not requested,
suggest removed, they can confuse and
mislead users.
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Timeliness At all levels need information as
up to date as possible to
understand what happens next
In Cumbria, COBR had met
several times at official and
Ministerial level by Thursday 10
December; in same period, only 2
maps issued.
How can we make earth
observation data available faster in
emergency response?
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Awareness of Copernicus Need to make sure that local
emergency services know about
ISC/Copernicus.
Is website user-friendly enough for
those unfamiliar with Earth
observation?
Within UK, need to improve
communication between centre
and local areas.
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Response to a range of incidents Earth observation data very useful
for rural flooding, less useful in
urban areas.
What can it offer for wildfires,
industrial accidents, etc?
Set out more information on what
it can be used for on the website?
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Separate authorisation from technical CCS is UK authorised user, but
not necessarily best suited for
discussions on technical GIS.
How can we ensure post-
authorisation conversations are
with GIS specialists?
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EO Satellites
Copernicus vs ISC Can we implement a better
coordinated system?
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