Massari, Christian

Tarpanelli, Angelica

Aires, Filipe

Alfieri, Lorenzo

Avanzi, Francesco

BARBETTA, SILVIA

Bechtold, Michel

Brocca, Luca

Camici, Stefania

Castelli, Mariapina

Ciabatta, Luca

Claus, Michele

Dari, Jacopo

De Jeu, Richard

De Lannoy, Gabrielle

Delogu, Fabio

Dorigo, Wouter Arnoud

Filippucci, Paolo

Gabellani, Simone

Hulsman, Petra

Jacob, Alexander

Koppa, Akash

Lievens, Hans

Miralles, Diego

Modanesi, Sara

Barella Ortiz, Anaïs

Pellet, Victor

Petrova, irina

Greimeister-Pfeil, Isabella

Quast, Raphael

Quintana Seguí, Pere

Rains, Dominik

Schellekens, Jaap

Schlaffer, Stefan

Tramblay, Yves

van der Schalie, Robin

Vreugdenhil, Mariette

Wagner, Wolfgang

Zappa, Luca

Volden, Espen

2022-09-20T07:31:40Z

2022-09-20T07:31:40Z

2022-05-25

<div class="csl-bib-body"> <div class="csl-entry">Massari, C., Tarpanelli, A., Aires, F., Alfieri, L., Avanzi, F., BARBETTA, S., Bechtold, M., Brocca, L., Camici, S., Castelli, M., Ciabatta, L., Claus, M., Dari, J., De Jeu, R., De Lannoy, G., Delogu, F., Dorigo, W. A., Filippucci, P., Gabellani, S., … Volden, E. (2022, May 25). <i>4DMED-Hydrology: capitalizing high resolution Earth Observation data for a consistent reconstruction of the Mediterranean terrestrial water cycle</i> [Poster Presentation]. ESA Living Planet Symposium 2022, Bonn, Germany. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/80445</div> </div>

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/80445

The Mediterranean region (MR) includes the largest semi-enclosed sea on Earth and is an area of both exceptional biodiversity value and intense and increasing human activities. MR has a unique character as it is in a transition zone between temperate, cold mild-latitudes and the tropics with several large-scale atmospheric oscillations/teleconnection patterns. This determines a high temporal variability of climate which causes periods of excess water with widespread floods followed by long drought episodes and heat waves, making the region highly vulnerable to hydrological extremes. Therefore, resolving the water cycle over the MR is central for protecting people and guaranteeing water and food security. Previous efforts to resolve the water cycle in the MR have mainly used model outputs or reanalysis and in situ data networks. In this context, the European Space Agency (ESA) has supported significant scientific efforts to advance the way we can observe and characterise the Mediterranean water cycle from satellites with Watchful, Irrigation+, and WACMOS-Med projects. For instance, the WACMOS-Med considered several novel techniques to estimate the different components of the Mediterranean water cycle estimated by satellite observations while minimising the residual errors. WACMOS-Med provided a rational assessment of the different limitations of current satellite technology to characterise in a consistent and accurate manner the different components of the water cycle. However, limitations associated to resolution in space and time, accuracies, uncertainty definition and inter-product consistency hinder the practical use of the products for operational application in several domains (e.g., agriculture, water resource management, hydro-climatic extremes and geo-hazards) over the MR.  Here we present a new ESA project “4DMED-Hydrology” which aims at developing an advanced, high-resolution, and consistent reconstruction of the Mediterranean terrestrial water cycle by using the latest developments of Earth Observation (EO) data as those derived from the ESA-Copernicus missions. In particular, by exploiting previous ESA initiatives, 4DMED-Hydrology intends 1) to show how this EO capacity can help to describe the interactions between complex hydrological processes and anthropogenic pressure (often difficult to model) in synergy with model-based approaches; 2) to exploit synergies among EO data to maximize the retrieval of information of the different water cycle components (i.e., precipitation, soil moisture, evaporation, runoff, river discharge) to provide an accurate representation of our environment and advanced fit-for-purpose decision support systems in a changing climate for a more resilient society.  We organize the project in four consequent steps: 1) developing high-resolution (1 km, daily, 2015–2021) EO-based datasets of the different components of the water cycle by capitalizing on Sentinel missions’ capabilities and previous ESA projects; 2) merging these datasets to obtain land water budget closure and providing a consistent high-quality merged dataset; 3) addressing major knowledge gaps in water cycle sciences enhancing our fundamental scientific understanding of the complex processes governing the role of the MR in the Earth and climate system with the water cycle; 4) transferring novel science results into solutions for society via four user-oriented case studies focusing on flood and landslide hazard, drought and water resources management by involving operational agencies, public institutions and economic operators in the MR.​ 4DMED-Hydrology will focus on four test areas, namely the Po river basin in Italy, the Ebro River basin in Spain, the Hérault River basin in France and the Medjerda River basin in Tunisia, which are representatives of climates, topographic complexity, land use, human activities, and hydrometeorological hazards of the MR. The developed products will be then extended to the entire region. The resulting EO-based products (i.e., experimental datasets, EO products) will be distributed in an Open Science catalogue hosted and operated by ESA.

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Mediterranean terrestrial water cycle

4DMED-Hydrology: capitalizing high resolution Earth Observation data for a consistent reconstruction of the Mediterranean terrestrial water cycle

Presentation

Vortrag

Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, Italy

CIMA Research Foundation, Italy

Fondazione CIMA

National Research Council, Italy

Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, Italy

Eurac Research, Italy

National Research Council, Italy

Eurac Research, Italy

Fondazione CIMA

Ghent University, Belgium

Ghent University, Belgium

Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, Italy

Observatori de l'Ebre, Spain

Ghent University

Observatori de l'Ebre, Spain

ESA

Poster Presentation

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Environmental Monitoring and Climate Adaptation

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E120-01-2 - Forschungsgruppe Klima- und Umweltfernerkundung

E120-01-1 - Forschungsgruppe Mikrowellenfernerkundung

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ESA Living Planet Symposium 2022

23-05-2022

27-05-2022

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Bonn

DE

ESA

Massari, Christian

Sonstige und interdisziplinäre Geowissenschaften

Meteorologie, Klimatologie

Hydrologie

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Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection

National Research Council

University of Genoa

CIMA Research Foundation

National Research Council

Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection

National Research Council

Eurac Research

Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection

Eurac Research

University of Perugia, Italy

E120-08 - Forschungsbereich Klima- und Umweltfernerkundung

University of Genoa

Ghent University

Eurac Research

Ghent University

National Research Council

Universitat Ramon Llull

Ghent University

E120-01 - Forschungsbereich Fernerkundung

E120 - Department für Geodäsie und Geoinformation

Universitat Ramon Llull

Ghent University

E120 - Department für Geodäsie und Geoinformation

E120-01 - Forschungsbereich Fernerkundung

E120-01 - Forschungsbereich Fernerkundung

E120-08 - Forschungsbereich Klima- und Umweltfernerkundung

European Space Research Institute

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E120 - Department für Geodäsie und Geoinformation

E120 - Department für Geodäsie und Geoinformation

E100 - Fakultät für Mathematik und Geoinformation

E100 - Fakultät für Mathematik und Geoinformation

E120 - Department für Geodäsie und Geoinformation

E120 - Department für Geodäsie und Geoinformation

E120 - Department für Geodäsie und Geoinformation