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Pier Giorgio Marchetti

pier.giorgio.marchetti@esa.int

Models for scientific exploitation of EO data: Innovation, harmonization, technology

Introduction

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Models for scientific exploitation of EO data: Innovation, harmonization, technology

Workshop organized by the HMA AWG•HMA Architecture Working Group Composition:

Full members

•Agenzia Spaziale Italiana - ASI: TBD

•Canadian Space Agency - CSA: Bob Banik, Yanmei Wu

•Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales- CNES: Jean-Noël Hourcastagnou, Jerome Gasperi

•Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt - DLR: Stephan Kiemle, Christoph Reck

•European Space Agency - ESA: Jolyon Martin, Sveinung Loekken

•European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites - EUMETSAT: Michael Schick

•United Kingdom Space Agency - UK Space Agency: Corentin Guillo

•Technical Secretary: Pier Giorgio Marchetti ESA

Ex-officio members

•Digital Earth and Reference Data Unit JRC: Par Astrand, Giovanni Di Matteo

•European Union Satellite Centre EUSC: Lucio Colaiacomo

Other EU Institutions in the HMA AWG mail list

•European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA : Samuel Djavidnia

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Why standardisation and harmonization

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• To manage and reduce technical risks in EO systems and operations.

• To manage and reduce the cost of EO systems and operations.

• To establish the baseline for the development of the European space infrastructure in the context of the GMES Programme capable of harmonising and exploiting relevant national initiatives and assets.

• To allow interoperability within and across organisations.

• To increase competitiveness of the European space (and downstream) industry.

• To maintain the leadership in EO systems and operations and avoid insurgence of undesired standards

• To ensure that technology drivers for the European guaranteed access to space are led by European requirements

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Innovation vs. standardisation and harmonisation

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• standardisation helps to build focus, cohesion and critical mass in the formative stages of a market;

• standardisation codifies and diffuses state-of-the-art technology and best practice;

• open standards are desirable to enable a competitive process of innovation-led growth.

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Standardization work in payload data ground segment 1-2

• HMA AWG relies on the Open Geospatial Consortium for the public standardization process

• Ad-hoc public workshops are used to focus new requirements, define strategic directions

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Standardization work in payload data ground segment 2-2

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in practice…

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• EO data is acquired, processed and delivered to the users who stores it and then can start to work … additional approaches are possible!!!

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Why model(s)

• From Oxford Dictionaries

– 3a simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of a system or process, to assist calculations and predictions: a statistical model used for predicting the survival rates of endangered species

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Processing (UML) Model 1-2

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Processing (support) Model 2-2

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Workshop Objectives 1-3

• Analysis of services in support to EO scientific data exploitation and information-based services.

• Overview of

– current initiatives,

– the possible evolution of ESA’s Research and Service Support model (see GRS Newsletter)

– similar international and European initiatives like GEO Supersites.

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Workshop Objectives 2-3

• Cooperative definition of a harmonized model of research and service support

• Identification and definition of most important enabling processes and best practices,

• Cooperative players: European space agencies, research centers, industry

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Workshop Objectives 3-3

• Identification of

– Technology requirements,

– harmonization and standardization requirements

– service models

• finalized to the federation of payload data ground segment services to the scientific community.

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Thank you!!

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