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Copernicus

What is the Copernicus Programme?

Copernicus Services

The Copernicus services transform this wealth of satellite and in situ data into value-added information by processing and analysing the data. Datasets stretching back for years and decades are made comparable and searchable, thus ensuring the monitoring of changes; patterns are examined and used to create better forecasts, for example, of the ocean and the atmosphere. Maps are created from imagery, features and anomalies are identified and statistical information is extracted.

These value-adding activities are streamlined through six thematic streams of Copernicus services:

Atmosphere

Marine

Land

Climate Change

Security

Emergency 

The information provided by the Copernicus services can be used by end users for a wide range of applications in a variety of areas. These include urban area management, sustainable development and nature protection, regional and local planning, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, health, civil protection, infrastructure, transport and mobility, as well as tourism. 

The main users of Copernicus services are policymakers and public authorities who need the information to develop environmental legislation and policies or to take critical decisions in the event of an emergency, such as a natural disaster or a humanitarian crisis.

Based on the Copernicus services and on the data collected through the Sentinels and the contributing missions, many value-added services can be tailored to specific public or commercial needs, resulting in new business opportunities.

Use Cases

 https://www.copernicus.eu/en/use-cases

 

➡️ Find out more about how Copernicus impacts our lives at: https://www.copernicus.eu/

EUR €2.8 billion
Global turnover across EO data and value-added services
Over 41%
Of the European Industry is held by the EO downstream market
16 TB of data daily
Volume of downloads from the Data Access Systems