July 27, 2010
The resolution calls on the EUMETSAT and GMESEUMETSAT plays an important role in the EU’s Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. This was reaffirmed in a resolution adopted by the 70th EUMETSAT Council meeting in Rome, Italy, on 21-22 June 2010.![[Internal link]](/groups/jsp/documents/fragmentassets/icon_link_coloured.gif){kind=icon} EU to make effective use of user-governed entities, such as EUMETSAT, in structuring its space activities, particularly those addressing operational services like GMES as it enters its deployment and operational phase. In the GMES context, the European Commission is responsible for the interaction with user communities to specify European space systems in support of European policies. EUMETSAT could be the European entity supporting the EU for the space component of GMES activities related to operational oceanography, atmospheric composition monitoring and climate monitoring.GMES aims to provide, on a sustained basis, reliable and timely information related to environmental and security issues in support of a wide range of European policy areas for the benefit of European citizens. EUMETSAT is part of the space infrastructure which will supply GMES with the data it requires. The European Space Agency ( ESA) will act as the coordination and procurement agency for the space segment on behalf of the EU, while EUMETSAT will operate the GMES Sentinels for marine and atmospheric composition monitoring as well as the supporting ground system and deliver related data to the user community.The GMES space segment is composed of five Sentinels. EUMETSAT will operate the Sentinel-3 satellite and serve the marine user community with near-real-time and off-line products on atmosphere and oceans. Instruments needed for the GMES Sentinel-4 and -5 missions, focusing on providing real-time services related to atmospheric chemistry, pollution, ozone and aerosols, will be integrated and flown on board EUMETSAT’s future Meteosat Third Generation ( MTG) and second generation EUMETSAT Polar System satellites, respectively. The ESA GMES long-term scenario also envisages developing a family of high-precision altimetry missions called Jason-CS to provide continuity in monitoring sea-level rise, a critical parameter of climate change, after the current Jason series towards the end of the decade.In July 2009, ESA and EUMETSAT signed a Framework Agreement on GMES-related cooperation. Under this agreement, EUMETSAT is responsible for the contribution of its mission data, products and services to GMES. Implementing arrangements for cooperation on GMES Sentinels-3, -4 and -5 will also be agreed. EUMETSAT will make optimal use of its infrastructure – archives, EUMETCast data dissemination system, EUMETSAT Earth Observation Portal - in the GMES framework. The organisation will also contribute to GMES with the operational delivery of data from EUMETSAT partners in the United States, China, India and Japan. |
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