GEO in the Netherlands

Netherlands Space OfficeStimulate (use of) space in an (inter)national context

Enhance role of the Netherlands in space

Space for Society

GEO in the NetherlandsActivities in European Commission & ESAPrograms

National initiatives, e.g.:

• research & news instruments such as OMI (NASA AURA) and TROPOMI (ESA)

SBA AgricultureWho: Wageningen University / Alterra What: operations of WOFOST crop model (WOrld FOod STudies) / Crop Growth Monitoring System (CGMS) for EC JRC.

SBA BiodiversityWho: Alterra Wageningen UR

What: EBONE is a European pilot for GEO BON. It will make extant data exchangeable and is designed to make the links between (isolated) databases, e.g. using matrices of linking remote sensed categories with in situ habitat data for use in biodiversity indicators.

In situ data of 1 km square in south France, legend: General Habitat Categories (GHCs)

In situ data of 1 km square in the Negev desert, Israel

LIDAR detection of a single tree

SBA Capacity BuildingWho: ITC (Twente University)

What: GEONETCast Toolbox approach (GEO task GEO CB-09-03 task); distribution of data and derived products for the global user community, covering all nine Societal Benefit Areas (SBA)

SBA Capacity BuildingWho: KNMI (Netherlands MetOffice)

What: GLOBE project - a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program.

SBA ClimateWho: KNMI (NL MetOffice)

What: • KNMI Climate & Atmospheric research• TEMIS data portal - Tropospheric Emission Monitoring Internet Service

SBA ClimateWho: Wageningen University

What: • Climate & land research• Development methodologies for land cover• Pre-operational systems & pilot projects• Contributor to GEO-Forest Carbon Tracking

SBA ClimateWho: VU University Amsterdam

What: • Integrated Global Carbon Observations • Climate and deforestation• CO2 emissions from fire

SBA Data management Who: Wageningen University

What: • GOFC-GOLD (Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics) - lead for GEO task on global land cover (DA-09-03)• REDD Sourcebook of Methods and Procedures for Monitoring and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions in developing countries (GEO Task: CL-09-03)

SBA Data management Who: ISRIC – World Soil Information

What: Development of a global soil information system incorporating data from global, regional and national soil data projects, consisting of:

• Area-class products (EC FP7 e-SOTER project)• Soil property prediction surfaces (GlobalSoilMap.net)

SBA Energy Who: TNO

What: • To develop a strategy for a global assessment of the current and future impact of the exploitation of energy resources on the environment and ecosystems and to demonstrate this strategy for a variety of energy resources worldwide.

SBA Water Who: IGRACInternational Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (hosted by the Netherlands)

What: • Global Groundwater Monitoring Network (GGMN) for a periodic assessment of the global groundwater resources using information from exiting in-situ national, regional and global networks.

Fictitious data

SBA Water Who: Technical University Delft, Alterra, ITC, FutureWater, WaterWatch

What: • Improving observing systems for water resource management of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (EC FP7 CEOP-AEGIS project)

GEO Coordination in Netherlands