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- Copernicus Services and Geohazards Management: Lessons Learnt from Citizens’ ObservatoriesPublication . Montoya-Montes, Isabel; Quental, Lídia; Galindo, Inés; Holohan, Eoghan; Jaud, Marion; Parker, Kieran; Sanchez, Nieves; García Moreno, Inmaculada; Le Dantec, Nicolas; Lemon, Kirstin; Ramalho, Elsa; Machado, Susana; Le Berre, Iwan; Gouveia, Fátima; Pinto, Claúdia; Béjar Pizarro, Marta; Herrera, Gerardo; Gomes, Rui Carrilho; Rodrigues, Domingos; Gonçalves, PedroABSTRACT: With the AGEO Project focused on the assessment and management of geohazards, particular attention was paid to Copernicus EMS, as it supports all phases of the emergency management cycle: preparedness, prevention, disaster risk reduction, emergency response and recovery. The uptake of the Copernicus EMS in the EU Atlantic Region from 2012–2022 is reviewed. Surveys undertaken during the AGEO project highlighting the perception and awareness of stakeholders, as well as their suggestions for improvements or new requirements, are summarised. Uptake of Copernicus and Earth Observation (EO) products in the frame of the citizen observatories on geohazards is also addressed. Finally, strategic recommendations for strengthening the use of Copernicus products and services, and for new Copernicus products for the Atlantic Region are given.
- Earth Observation in support of sustainable mining by the Geological Surveys of Europe [Comunicação oral]Publication . Kopačková, Veronika; Herrera, Gerardo; Poyiadji, Eleftheria; Przyłucka, Maria; Quental, Lídia; Salehi, SaraABSTRACT: Current and emerging Earth Observation (EO) technologies have the potential to provide regular top- surface compositional information with a high temporal rate and at high spatial resolution. Earth Observation working group (EOEG) under the EuroGeoSurveys (EGS) has been working on a topic how different type of EO data can be utilized to assess mineral resources as well as to monitor mining impacts and other anthropogenic hazards. Since 2016 the group has been contributing to the global GEO network with the GEO Community Activity (CA) entitled as “Earth Observations for Geohazards, Land Degradation and Environmental monitoring” investigating the feasibility to develop new applications or monitoring systems. Diverse Earth Observation data integration and utilization of the new generation satellite data (e.g., Copernicus data, EnMap) belongs to key topics the expert group has been working on. In addition, through this Community of Activity EOEG is sharing software tools, capacities and knowledge on the exploitation of Copernicus data for geological and anthropogenic hazard assessment and for environmental/mineral mapping. In our presentation diverse case studies will be presented showing how high spectral resolution Earth Observation data can be employed for mineral mapping and assessing environmental impacts of mining including vegetation stress. Moreover, the free toolbox – QUANTools – will be presented allowing to process hyperspectral data for mineral mapping and classification. One of the biggest advantages when using this toolbox is the fact that no prior definition of the endmembers is required, this is a requested routine used for all widely-used spectral mapping techniques. This is indeed a big advantage. As a result, it can increase time/cost efficiency as the validation samples can be collected after image classification targeting, specifically, the identified surface variability (e.g., mapped classes). In the context of new state-of-art satellite sensors and the COPERNICUS program we will also demonstrate how Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and WorldView3 data can be used for monitoring of mining impacts (e.g., mine stability, Acid Mine Drainage mapping).
- Landslide monitoring techniques in the Geological Surveys of EuropePublication . Auflič, Mateja Jemec; Herrera, Gerardo; Mateos, Rosa María; Poyiadji, Eleftheria; Quental, Lídia; Severine, Bernardie; Peternel, Tina; Podolszki, Laszlo; Calcaterra, Stefano; Kociu, Arben; Warmuz, Bartłomiej; Jelének, Jan; Hadjicharalambous, Kleopas; Becher, Gustaf Peterson; Dashwood, Claire; Ondrus, Peter; Minkevičius, Vytautas; Todorović, Saša; Møller, Jens Jørgen; Marturia, JordiABSTRACT: Landslide monitoring is a mandatory step in landslide risk assessment. It requires collecting data on landslide conditions (e.g., areal extent, landslide kinematics, surface topography, hydrogeometeorological parameters, and failure surfaces) from different time periods and at different scales, from site-specific to local, regional, and national, to assess landslide activity. In this analysis, we collected information on landslide monitoring techniques from 17 members of the Earth Observation and Geohazards Expert Group (from EuroGeoSurveys) deployed between 2005 and 2021. We examined the types of the 75 recorded landslides, the landslide techniques, spatial resolution, temporal resolution, status of the technique (operational, non-operational), time of using (before the event, during the event, after the event), and the applicability of the technique in early warning systems. The research does not indicate the accuracy of each technique but, rather, the extent to which Geological Surveys conduct landslide monitoring and the predominant techniques used. Among the types of landslides, earth slides predominate and are mostly monitored by geological and engineering geological mapping. The results showed that Geological Surveys mostly utilized more traditional monitoring techniques since they have a broad mandate to collect geological data. In addition, this paper provides new insights into the role of the Geological Surveys on landslide monitoring in Europe and contributes to landslide risk reduction initiatives and commitments (e.g., the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020).
- Landslides monitoring techniques review in the Geological Surveys of EuropePublication . Auflič, Mateja Jemec; Herrera, Gerardo; Mateos, Rosa María; Poyiadji, Eleftheria; Quental, Lídia; Severine, Bernardie; Peternel, Tina; Podolszki, Laszlo; Iadanza, Carla; Kociu, Arben; Warmuz, Bartłomiej; Jelének, Jan; Hadjicharalambous, Kleopas; Becher, Gustaf Peterson; Dashwood, Claire; Liščák, Pavel; Minkevičius, Vytautas; Todorović, Saša; Møller, Jens JørgenABSTRACT: Landsliding is the downslope movement of surface material under the force of gravity, initiated when gravitational and other types of shear stresses within the slope exceed the shear strength of the material that forms the slope. Often, landslides pose a physical and environmental threat to communities living in landslide-prone areas. While much landslide research focuses on monitoring techniques to define the background of the landslide (extent, volume, velocity, magnitude) one of the main goals of the Geological Surveys (GS) are to support and understand the regional and local geology to identify areas susceptible to landslides.
- Role of Geological Surveys of Europe in landslide monitoringPublication . Auflič, Mateja Jemec; Herrera, Gerardo; Mateos, Rosa María; Poyiadji, Eleftheria; Quental, Lídia; Severine, Bernardie; Peternel, Tina; Podolszki, Laszlo; Calcaterra, Stefano; Kociu, Arben; Warmuz, Bartłomiej; Jelének, Jan; Hadjicharalambous, Kleopas; Becher, Gustaf Peterson; Dashwood, Claire; Ondrus, Peter; Minkevičius, Vytautas; Todorović, Saša; Møller, Jens Jørgen; Marturia, JordiABSTRACT: This work was developed by the Earth Observation and Geohazards Expert Group from EGS and provides an overview of landslide monitoring techniques from 2005 to 2021. Based on the questionnaire, the following objectives were set: (1) to identify the type of monitored landslides, (2) to identify the landslide monitoring techniques, (3) to identify the spatial resolution, temporal resolution, and status of the technique (operational, non-operational), time of using (before the event, during the event, after the event), and applicability of the technique to the early warning system.