| Contact |
Bruno Smets |
Start (End) Date |
15/10/2007
(31/03/2011) |
| Consortium |
5 partners |
Project Coordination |
UCL |
| Website |
www.devcocast.eu (new window) |
Related Projects |
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| Keywords |
multi-mission, VEGETATION, MODIS |
Project Objectives
Develop and operationally deliver a set of new or more efficient global products dedicated to well-targeted end-users, being FAO (ECLO + GIEWS), UNEP (WCMC) and JRC (MARS-FOOD) with the support of JRC (GVM).
Products
The products and end-users foreseen are:
- Desert Locust for FAO/ECLO (Emergency Centre for Locust Operations) over locust area region,
- Demonstrate Agriculture Phenology for FAO/GIEWS (Global Information and Early Warning System) over Africa region,
- Demonstrate Pan Tropical Forest Change for UNEP/WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre).
(Expected) Results
Based on the end user need and the current expertise of the Belgian partners, three thematic products have been selected to contribute actively to “Global monitoring of vegetation and changes in large terrestrial ecosystems”. In particular the proposed products will provide operational information about expected outbreaks of desert locust in sub-saharan Africa and Middle East countries, directly to be used by national locust teams. The other proposed products are forest change in the pan-tropical area, and agriculture phenology indicators with a daily accuracy for developing countries, and are delivered as demonstration products.
For VITO, the project will demonstrate our ability to implement and operate multi-mission processing chains in near real-time.
VITO Contribution
This programme is based firstly on a definition and an integration of the specific needs of the end-user community and secondly on a long-term partnership between a Belgian service entity (VITO) and a Belgian research unit (UCL) allowing the end-to-end development of global added-value services that could extend the GMES services in a later stage.
New products are developed during an iterative prototype development cycle by UCL and validated and benchmarked by a selected end-user. VITO implements a processing chain, based on the technical specification and the prototype. The processing chain will process remote sensor data from MODIS and VGT (multi-mission) and will be integrated in the operational environment at VITO and operated during the project. VITO is also responsible for the dissemination of the products to the end-users.
Once brought into operation, these products will become part of a broader product portfolio, such that an operational service on the long-term is ensured. The Desert Locust product will for instance be taken up in the EUMETCast dissemination of the FP7-DevCoCast project.
Partners
- Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL – Belgium)
- JRC/IES GEM (Italy)
- FAO/ECLO (Italy)
- FAO/GIEWS (Italy)
- UNEP-WCMC (United Kingdom)
Illustration
Example: Dynamic Green Area Map
The map indicates potential new recession area's for Desert Locust Populations.
