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Satellite based environm ental m onitoring: The future standard tool or just a fad

Envirom is 2 0 0 6 Tom sk Herbert Haubold Federal Environm ent Agency Austria

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W hat this talk is about

1 . GMES in theory 2 . GMES in reality 3 . GMES for users

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The need for environm ental data

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Decision m aking in environm ental policy

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W ell inform ed through high quality data

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W ell defined data collection process

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Environm ent Agencies and other organisations

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collect and interpret data on national and regional levels

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report to regional, national and supranational bodies, e.g. EEA

Data Policy applied Benefits Process

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I ntroducing rem ote sensing

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Space com m unity: several attem pts to establish satellites as data source currently:

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GMES: Global Monitoring for Environm ent and Security

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GEO: Group on Earth Observation

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GEOSS: Global Earth Observation System

f System s

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GMES

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European Program m e: EC and ESA

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Som e 2 .5 Billion € budget

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One of tw o flag- ships of European Space Program m e

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ther is Galileo ( positioning)

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High level political process

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Project w ork – put to action

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GSE: Service Elem ents program m e by ESA

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FP6 / 7 : Research Fram ew ork Program m e by EC

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Aim : establish operational and sustainable services to provide policy relevant data products

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GEO and GEOSS

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GEO: som e 5 0 countries

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Aim : establish GEOSS

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interlinking existing Earth Observation System s

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no budget

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except for secretariat

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am bitious w ork program m e

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volontary contributions

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GMES is European contribution to GEO/ GEOSS

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The GMES Political Fram e

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GMES Action Plan 2 0 0 4 – 2 0 0 8

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... response to data needs of public authorities...

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... dialogue am ongst stakeholders...

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European Space Policy – prelim inary Elem ents

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... identifying and bringing together user needs ( ...)

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... aggregating the political w ill in support of these ...

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Orientations from the second Space Council

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... benefits of using broadly supported European solutions ...

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W hite Paper – Space

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... continuous dialogue betw een providers and users...

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... federate user requirem ents at the European level...

ESA: GMES is a reality

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ESA: GMES is a reality

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ESA: 3 6 0 users participate – num ber increases

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Conclusion: GMES is a reality – only continuity needs to be established

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I s it?

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ESA: 3 6 0 users participate – num ber increases

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Conclusion: GMES is a reality – only continuity needs to be established

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The shear num ber of users is m eaningless

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Service Appraisals

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enthusiasm

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condem nation

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detailed answ ers

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good, good, good

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specialist know ledge and experience

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lacking com petence

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adequate technical infrastructure available

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technically unable to use products

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taking project serious

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reluctant reaction or none at all

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I s it?

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ESA: 3 6 0 users participate – num ber increases

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Conclusion: GMES is a reality – only continuity needs to be established

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The shear num ber of users is m eaningless

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Service Appraisals

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enthusiasm

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condem nation

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detailed answ ers

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good, good, good

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specialist know ledge and experience

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lacking com petence

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adequate technical infrastructure available

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technically unable to use products

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taking project serious

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reluctant reaction or none at all

w ide Spectrum

f different

Reactions

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Differenciating instead of counting users

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Degree of involvem ent ( how serious they take it)

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How they evaluate data products ( beyond good or bad, suitability for day-to-day- w ork)

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thoroughly understand individual backgrounds

User driven projects

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User driven projects

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counting project partners

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representative listing

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GEMS: 2 2 Org., 1 user

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MERSEA: 3 9 Org., 2 users

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RI SK-EOS: 1 5 Org., 3 users

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I CEMON: 2 4 Org., 4 users

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ROSES: 2 8 Org., 1 0 users

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PROMOTE: 3 4 Org., 1 3 users

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GeoLand: 5 8 Org., 2 0 users

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group w ith 6 % Budget driving force?

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User driven projects

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counting project partners

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representative listing

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GEMS: 2 2 Org., 1 user

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MERSEA: 3 9 Org., 2 users

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RI SK-EOS: 1 5 Org., 3 users

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I CEMON: 2 4 Org., 4 users

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ROSES: 2 8 Org., 1 0 users

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PROMOTE: 3 4 Org., 1 3 users

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GeoLand: 5 8 Org., 2 0 users

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group w ith 6 % Budget driving force?

large overall num ber of users, but not enough users per project to enable transform ation

f project to sustainable

service

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Planning w ithout the future custom er

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Claim user driven approach – w hich does not exist

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Roll out plans ignore tim e spans needed by users

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three ( four) Fast Track Services

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supposed to be sustainable in 2 0 0 8

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large I nvestm ents ( Sentinels – generation of Satellites)

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true m arket potential unknow n

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currently services as projects

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user/ provider integration show s large differences ( excellent to unprofessional)

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current m arket penetration of GMES products

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infered from involved user organisations

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penetration w ithin organisations ignored

Selling GMES: PW C

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Selling GMES

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Price W aterhouse Coopers GMES Benefit Analysis

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presents benefits of utilisation of environm ental data

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in a reverse reasoning, this is used to justify rem ote sensing

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how ever a priori restricted to such data that can be produced using rem ote sensing

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ignores other data sources that could bring about sim ilar benefits

GMES Data Policy applied Benefits Process

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Benefits and data sources

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from user perspective, reasoning the other w ay round:

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PW C neglects potential benefits of im proved in situ m ethods: stations, netw orks, surveys

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costs are ignored: each m arket is an exchange process, therefore, costs to benefits ratio is critical

Policy applied Process rem ote sensing Data Benefits in situ

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Overselling GMES

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PW C study im plies that GMES w ill directly produce benefits

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e.g., “GMES could reduce the rate of global deforestation by 1 5 -2 0 % through the regulation and verification of m easures to curb deforestation”

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how ever: deforestation is not the result of a lack of data, but of lacking “m easures”

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contains m isleading statem ents

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e.g., “defining optim um levels of em ission reductions and their allocation to key sectors”

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how ever: em ission by sectors cannot be m easured using rem ote sensing, greenhouse gases not

perational

Understanding GMES

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Understanding GMES

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verw helm ing am ount of papers

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no unbiased inform ation sources

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industry lobbying shapes process

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technology driven rather than user driven

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Understanding GMES

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verw helm ing am ount of papers

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no unbiased inform ation sources

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industry lobbying shapes process

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technology driven rather than user driven users feel like

utsiders in

process

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The m ajor obstacle for im provem ent: The fragm ented GMES user com m unity

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Many ongoing and past GMES projects

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data providers, value adders, researchers, users collaborate

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Segm entary approach

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topics: forests, spatial planning, air, ocean…

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political level: European, national, regional

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reflects com plex environm ental m onitoring practices

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All these projects are led by data providers

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Several have sm all user federations

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isolated from each other

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Results for users:

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im possible to jointly articulate our perspectives

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not m uch of a lobby ( other than industry)

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verall process rem ains supply driven

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The GNU approach ( 1 )

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GMES Netw ork of Users new ly founded

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project led and run by users

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first independent platform of users – i.e. independent of industry

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focal point and m outhpiece of user perspectives

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considering long-term socio- econom ic developm ent of Europe

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Structuring and defragm enting the user com m unity

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horizontal integration of user segm ents

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stand in for national and regional users

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Added value for existing projects by transfer of experiences and practices

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The GNU approach ( 2 )

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Harm onised, yet differentiated user requirem ents

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cross-linking the various docum ents

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synergies, gaps, overlaps of previous GMES-projects

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potential of data products for day-to- day w ork

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prioritising the data products regarding their European Dim ension

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System atic dialogue w ith stakeholders

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users, providers, policy

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not all groups at the sam e tim e – inefficient

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stakeholder-constellations: get- togethers in a m ade up w ay – purposeful

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Links w ith pertinent netw orks

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EI ONET, GEO User I nterface Com m ittee, EPA- Netw ork, etc.

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Partnership

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I nner Netw ork – Consortium

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2 0 Users ( of environm ental data)

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including 8 EPAs, 1 ETC

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3 Science Partners

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4 Subcontractors

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Outer Netw ork – various

rganisations relevant to users

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service providers

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research institutes

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netw orks, initiatives

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projects

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further users

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Target Groups and Audiences – policy and decision m akers and European stakeholders

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EC, GMES Bureau, EEA, ESA…

How to pronounce GNU

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How to pronounce „GNU“

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derives from Khoikhoi language

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resem bles grunting sound of anim al w hen chew ing, w ith audible G

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m ust be distinguishable from „new “

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if g is not pronounced it is not

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fam ous GNU-Song by Flanders & Sw ann:

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I ‘m a G-nu, how do you do?

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Sum m ary

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The GMES theory and reality show a discrepancy

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ESA claim s that GMES is a reality w hich it isn’t

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The true m arket for GMES products rem ains unknow n

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Dubious benefits are used to ( over) sell GMES

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The GMES user side is confused

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GNU ( GMES Netw ork of Uses) is the first and only independent netw ork of GMES users

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GNU aim s at defragm enting and structuring the GMES user com m unity

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GNU intends to becom e the m outhpiece of European GMES user needs

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