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ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE Y ves Bühler, Urs Wegmüller, C hristine Pielmeier, R egula F rauenfelder, C C hristian J hristian J aedicke, Andreas aedicke, Andreas Wiesmann, R Wiesmann, R afael C afael C aduff, Gabriele Bippus aduff, Gabriele Bippus Geospatial World F orum, Geneva S pace T echnologies E mpoweringGeosmart Applicationsin S witzerland May 8 th 2014

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE • E S A IAP C all for User Ideas on the Alpine R egion: J une 2011 • Proposal submission: S • Proposal submission: S eptember 2012 eptember 2012 • Project start: S • Project start: S eptember 2013 eptember 2013 • User Workshop: November 2013 • User Workshop: November 2013

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE • • W SL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF W SL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF – Prime, Switzerland, 40% of funding • • Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI – Subcontractor, Norway 30% of funding • GAMMA R emote S ensing AG GAMMA – Subcontractor, Switzerland, 15% of funding • E NVE O IT GmbH E NVE O – Subcontractor, Austria, 15% of funding S trong background in Avalanche Warning, E arth Observation, GNS S and communication Applications in high alpine T errain

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE WS L Institute for S now and Avalanche research S LF • P • P art of the S art of the S wiss wiss F F ederal Institute for F ederal Institute for F orest, S orest, S now and now and Landscape R esearch WS L and the E TH Domaine • F ounded in 1936, long term experience in s now and avalanche res avalanche res earch earch • P ersonnel: 130 (WS L 530) in 4 research units • Interface for research and practical applications • Interface for research and practical applications • Operational Avalanche F orecas t for S wis s Alps and J ura Jürg Schweizer, Yves Bühler, Chris Pielmeier , Claudia Bieler …

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE Norwegian Geotechnical Institute NGI • Private foundation with office and laboratory in Oslo, branch • Private foundation with office and laboratory in Oslo, branch office in T rondheim and daughter company in Houston, T exas • Main working sectors: Offshore E • Main working sectors: Offshore E nergy - nergy - Building, C onstruction and T ransportation - Natural Hazards- E nvironmental T echnology. • More than 200 highly qualified employees • More than 200 highly qualified employees • Leading member of International C entre for Geohazards • Avalanche warning • Avalanche warning s s ervice for s ervice for s elected areas elected areas in S in S kandinavia kandinavia Regula Frauenfelder, Christian Jaedicke

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE Gamma R emote S ensingAG • Private S • Private S wiss wiss corporation founded in 1995 corporation founded in 1995 • Main objectives: conduct research studies and to provide consulting and processing services in the field of microwave remote sensing remote sensing • GAMMA develops and sells C OTS (commercial off the shelf) radar data processing software and hardware radar data processing software and hardware • E xtensive experience in active and passive microwave remote sensing techniques, theoretical and empirical modeling, applications applications and hardware engineering and hardware engineering Andreas Wiesmann, Urs Wegmüller

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE E NVE O IT GmbH • Private Austrian corporation founded in 2001 • R • R esearch & development for remote sensing applications esearch & development for remote sensing applications in in hydrology, water management, meteorology and cryosphere • L ong term experience in remote s ens ing of alpine s nowcover • S atellite based environmental monitoring • C onsultation and E valuation of earth observation activities of E E S S A, NAS A, NAS A and E A and E C C Gabriele Bippus , Ursula Blumenthaler

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE • Assess the us er needs and requirements (User Workshop) • C • C ollecting the s ollecting the s tate-of-the-Art concerning available satellite tate-of-the-Art concerning available satellite technologies • Identify potential s olutions to close existing information gaps • S pecify an integrated s olution and associated services for the user community • E • E valuate the financial and non-financial viability of such a valuate the financial and non-financial viability of such a service • Prepare a potential follow-up demons • Prepare a potential follow-up demons tration project tration project

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE Project Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Date (2013/14) Date (2013/14) Sept Sept Oct Oct Nov Nov Dec Dec Jan Jan Feb Feb Mar Mar Apr Apr May May Jun Jun Jul Jul Aug Aug Major milestones KO PM1 MTR PM2 FP D7, D8, D7, D8, WP 0100 Project Management D9 User Requirements WP 1100 UW D1 Definition Definition WP 2100 State - of - the - Art D2 System and Service WP 3100 WP 3100 D3 D3 Definition Definition WP 4100 Proof - of - Concept D4 WP 5100 WP 5100 Viability Analysis Viability Analysis D5 D5 WP 6100 Roadmap D6

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE • • 11/ 12 Novem ber 2013 @ SLF in Davos 11/ 12 Novem ber 2013 @ SLF in Davos • 17 key user from 7 European countries • • Prelim inary m arket assessm ent Prelim inary m arket assessm ent Identified m ain gaps: Identified m ain gaps: 1. Inform ation on avalanche activity 2. Inform ation on the snow surface 3. 3. Stability of the snow pack Stability of the snow pack

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE • E xtensive review of available satellite technology and products products • E arth observation, GNS S and S atC om • Overview on specifications and costs • Gap analysis

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE • • Focus on avalanche activity and snow surface inform ation Focus on avalanche activity and snow surface inform ation • All weather capability • • High tem poral resolution (daily) High tem poral resolution (daily) • High spatial resolution (< 5m )

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE Information on avalanche activity and snow surface E xisting national/regional hazard information systems information systems

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE • Mapping and monitoring of avalanche outlines using satellite S using satellite S AR AR • Avalanche detection and mapping using T errestrial R adar • Detection of skier using T • Detection of skier using T errestrial R errestrial R adar adar • Detection of snow creep

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE New avalanche detection for second detection for second date (relative to first date) usingT erraS AR - X X backscatter data. backscatter data. The image shows second backscatter in red and the first red and the first backscatter in blue and green. and green.

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE • Mapping and monitoring of avalanche outlines using satellite S using satellite S AR AR • Avalanche detection and mapping using T errestrial R adar • Detection of skier using T • Detection of skier using T errestrial R errestrial R adar adar • Detection of snow creep 2014-03-14 2014-03-14 09:32 – 09:34 (dt=2min)

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE • Mapping and monitoring of avalanche outlines using satellite S using satellite S AR AR • Avalanche detection and mapping using T errestrial R adar • Detection of skier using T • Detection of skier using T errestrial R errestrial R adar adar • Detection of snow creep 2014-03-14 2014-03-14 09:32 – 09:34 (dt=2min)

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE Webcam – Inform ations: Webcam – Inform ations: Terrestrial Radar coherence Terrestrial Radar coherence 2014-02-26 2014-02-26 Skier location w ith Tim e Skier location w ith Tim e 10:00 – 10:05 10:00 – 10:05 Ski track (dt=5m in) Estim ated ski track

ESTEC - AO/1 - 7213/12/NL/NR IMPROVED ALPINE AVALANCHE FORECAST SERVICE 189 188 187 781 782 783 Wrapped LOS Displacement Monitoring over time over time 0 cm 0 cm 10 cm 10 cm 2014 -03-11 2014-03-11 00:00 – 10:00 (dt=10h)