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Preparation of European Snow, Glacier and Lake/River Ice Services within the Copernicus CryoLand Project

ENVISAT MERIS 22 Mrz 2011Thomas Nagler1; Gabriele Bippus 1, Helmut Rott1; Christian Schiller2; Sari Metsmki3, Olli-Pekka Mattila3, Riitta Teiniranta3; Kari Luojus4; Hans Larsen5; Rune Solberg 6; Oivind Due Trier6; Eirik Malnes7; Andrei Diamandi 8; Andreas Wiesmann 9; David Gustafsson10

CryoLand GMES Service Snow and Land Ice 2011 2015 EU FP7 Project No. 2629251PRIMARY OBJECTIVEDevelop, implement and validate an operational, sustainable service for monitoring snow and land ice as a Downstream Service within Copernicus Initiative of EC and ESA. The project prepares the basis for a future cryospheric component of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service.CryoLand GMES Services Snow and Land Ice (FP7 Project 2011-2015)Contents:Products SpecificationsExample Products for Snow, Glaciers, Lake / River IceProduct ValidationPreparation for SentinelsAccess to ProductsSummaryAnnouncement on Satellite Snow Products Intercomparison & Evaluation Exercise - SnowPEXCryoLand User GroupHydropower companiesEnergy tradersHydrological servicesMeteorological servicesClimate monitoring institutionsAvalanche warning centresRoad, Railway and River AuthoritiesGeotechnical & Construction companiesEcologistsReindeer herdersEnvironmental agencies

CRYOLAND USER GROUP:60 Organisations from 15 European countries + 3 EU organisations:Product & Service Requirements and SpecsProduct & Service Testing and Evaluationlissig | earsel | 3-6 feb 2016 | berne Thomas NaglerThe project and product definition is done by users which are organized in the CryoLand user group. From different fields.3Consolidated Snow Products and ServicesProduct Type Spatial Resolution Temporal Coverage Coverage Latency Time EO Sensors Snow extent, Pan-European 500 (1000) m Daily, full year 35N 72 N11W 45E