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WASCAL and SASSCAL contributions to improve the implementation of EO technologies in Africa Jörg HELMSCHROT SASSCAL Regional Secretariat AfriGEOSS Symposium.

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1 WASCAL and SASSCAL contributions to improve the implementation of EO technologies in Africa Jörg HELMSCHROT SASSCAL Regional Secretariat AfriGEOSS Symposium 27-29 April 2016 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe FUNDED BY

2 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL M andate of WASCAL and SASSCAL (2 African Science Service Centres)  Strengthen the research, educational and policy capacity and competency of member countries in West and Southern Africa;  Deal with issues of climate change through adapted land use on a scientific basis;  In partnership with institutions (presently mainly West African, Southern African and German) but also beyond.

3 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL African Regional Science Service Centres Seed Funding: > 100 Mio. € FUNDED BY

4 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL Main Pillars of Operations

5 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL Establishment of 6 Competence Cluster in Research 6 GRPs (doctoral) and 4 MRPs (master’s) Schools established in West Africa in different domains of CC (with more than 160 students enrolled) Advisory Boards (definition of curricula, selection of students, review of proposals) installed, 10 Curricula established 202 Lecturers / 29 from 12 German Universities Total Cumulative Number of Students = 202 (158 in W.A) Current Number of Doctoral Students = 142 (98 Africa, 44 Germany), Graduated: 25, Finalization: 15 Total Cumulative Number of Master Students = 60 WASCAL major achievements

6 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL 88 research tasks in thematic areas (agriculture, biodiversity, climate, forestry, water, capdev)  Base data observation  Basic research  integrated and interdisciplinary high level research 34+ research, academic and non-/governmental institutions, > 400 involved individuals Inter- and multidisciplinary teams (natural sciences, economics, ethnology …) and various collaborators SASSCAL Open Access Data Centre (OADC) incl. among others SASSCAL Weathernet, SASCAL ObservationNet as integral data/information/knowledge facility SASSCAL major achievements

7 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL EO Case studies: Flood monitoring/forecasting SASSCAL - Flood Mapping Service, based on Sentinel-1 data (pilot phase finished, exp. to be in operation in 2016) Merging information on operationally derived flood extend with global urban footprint (GUF) layer for risk assessment Mück et al. 2015 (in prep.)

8 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL EO Case studies: Water – related risks SASSCAL - Flood Mapping utilizing Landsat-derived DFI (below), TerraSAR, MODIS …

9 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL EO Case studies: Forest density maps (ex. Zambia) Density map for Zambia, derived from ICESAT-GLAS Full Waveform Laserscanning Data and a Landsat-based composite (2008, ±2 Years, Stellmes et al. 2015, in prep.) Merging various high- resolution EO-based data products (e.g. crown density, tree height) with Landsat composite to derive vegetation densities (operational routines)  base for inventories and disturbance assessments

10 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL EO Case studies: LULC change mapping and assessment Preliminary nationwide landcover mapping results with true colour mosaic (432 band combination) insert Deforestation mapping (KAZA region) Detection of urban sprawl in Angola (below) and Zambia

11 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL SASSCAL Open Access Data Centre Data Archiving under SASSCAL Copyright (e.g. 60TB L-sat) Open access to SASSCAL data and third party data Operating the SASSCAL website with up-to-date information Advising and training of SASSCAL participants on IT matters Establishing and maintaining partnerships with IT institutions, networks and individuals outside SASSCALs (eg SADC, GBIF, WMO, FEWSNET, SAEON, AfriGEOSS) Quality assurance / preparation / harmonization of data Development and support of offline and online (software) products and services (knowledge transfer/brokerage)

12 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL SASSCAL Open Access Data Centre

13 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL Collation of existing and newly generated data (e.g. national soil & forest maps, catchment information, station data …) Distribution of regionally integrated data (e.g. regional map on soil or forest resources, rainfall pattern, climate scenarios…) SASSCAL Open Access Data Centre

14 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL Products/Services: SASSCAL WeatherNet, Plant Photo Guide, SASSCAL IS, ObservationNet, BIOTABase, Faunal Photo Guide (in progress), rainfall app, SASSCAL dashboard (in prep.) Data: RS products (land cover/change, fire risk), climate data (re- analysis, projections) … SASSCAL Open Access Data Centre

15 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL Regional coverage 161 AWS in operation 129 online (2016) Additional M/AWS on observatories 3 experimental networks Rio Giraul (10 AWS+) Gobabeb (10 AWS) Notwane (5 AWS)  Detailed assessments on flash flood generation, sedimentation and fog SASSCAL WeatherNet

16 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL  near-real time data on www.sasscalweathernet.orgwww.sasscalweathernet.org  Various tools and features available SASSCAL WeatherNet

17 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL EO Case studies: Fire monitoring Fire frequency and saisonality Number of fire ignition points and av. burned area/ignition point

18 1st AfriGEOSS Symposium, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 – 29 April 2016) Jörg Helmschrot, SASSCAL  next phase: 2017 -2020/21(funding by BMBF secured, add. funding expected  EU, WFP, BMBF …), additional infrastructural developments/investments  continuation with graduate programmes and focused research projects  strengthening and further establishing partnerships at all levels (local/national/regional/continental/global), e.g. AfriGEOSS  strengthening the SASSCAL OADC – data/information integration, establishement of a data centre in WASCAL  strong focus on the service component for decision support (stakeholder interaction) SASSCAL/WASCAL – The way forward

19 19 Thank you! FUNDED BY Jörg HELMSCHROT Contact: joerg.helmschrot@sasscal.org www.wascal.org www.sasscal.org

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