Copernicus
Copernicus goals
The joint Copernicus initiative of the European Union and the European Space Agency aims to establish a European geoinformation market for various environmental, security and economic aspects. To this end, innovative information products and services are to be developed using satellite-based remote sensing data.
In addition to an available space (satellite systems) and ground segment (remote sensing receiving stations), the basis for the provision of stable and continuous services is the near and real-time processing of remote sensing data (automatic basic processors such as geo-, atmospheric correction) as well as the inclusion of additional information sources (e.g. in-situ monitoring networks) and the development of data assimilation models (e.g. biomass and erosion models) for the derivation of geoinformation products.
With the joint development of the calibration and validation site DEMMIN (Durable Environmental Multidisciplinary Monitoring Information Network), the agricultural interest group Demmin and the German Remote Sensing Data Center (National Soil Segment Neustrelitz) have taken on this task by further developing the infrastructure on the one hand and by contributing the site to various national and international networks (e.g. TERENO, NEREUS, GeoMV) on the other.