User consultation
Workshop on European Satellite Snow Monitoring Perspectives
Dates: 4 - 5 December 2012
Location: EUMETSAT premises, Darmstadt, Germany
Satellite based snow monitoring capabilities have been developed in Europe over the last decade in projects such as EUMETSAT's Hydrology SAF, ESA's GMES PolarView and DUE GlobSnow, and the EC's FP7 Cryoland. Each of these has worked closely with their user communities and performed the necessary R&D to successfully implement information services addressing a broad spectrum of user needs including flood forecasting, climate research, meteorology, hydrology, water management, public risk, tourism, etc.
The aim of this workshop is to bring the major European satellite snow monitoring initiatives together with their key users, to:
- Review the current state of development of European snow monitoring capabilities,
- Identify gaps and opportunities in meeting the users' needs and securing sustainable funding for the services,
- Define priorities for developments over the next 5-10 years which build on European expertise and satellite infrastructure to achieve sustainable information services which maximize benefits to users.
- Understand how these activities fit within GMES and the EC priorities over the next decade.
The outcome of the workshop will be a "white paper" providing a consensus perspective on the future development of European satellite snow monitoring capabilities.
Organisers:
- Simon Pinnock & Ola Grabak (ESA)
- Lothar Schüller (EUMETSAT)
- Florian Appel (PolarView)
- Kari Luojus (GlobSnow)
- Thomas Nagler (Cryoland)
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