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    • Tel Aviv University (TAU) - Israel's largest and most comprehensive institution of higher learning - is home to over 30,000 students studying in nine faculties and over 125 schools and departments across the spectrum of sciences, humanities and the arts.

    • Details

    • First NameYaron
    • Last NameOgen
    • TitleRemote Sensing Lab, Tel-Aviv University
    • PositionPh.D student
    • Email 1yaronogen@gmail.com
    • Phone 1972544475510
    • Organisation NameTel Aviv University (TAU)
    • DepartmentDepartment of Geography and Human Environment
    • TypeInstitutional
    • Thematic AreaClimate changeFood Security
    • Website(s)http://www.tau.ac.il/~rslweb/index.html
    • Street NameZelig
    • Street No10
    • Postal Code6969352
    • TownTel Aviv
    • CountryIsrael

      • Activity Focus

      • 1. Which of these statements best describe your Organisation’s role in the value chain?Raw data/providerValue-adder(data process-modelling)End User with in house GIS/ mapping capabilitiesEnd User
      • 2. What are the main thematic areas of activity of your Organisation?Climate change (e.g. climatology- meteorology atmospheric composition- air quality- radiation)Food security (including agriculture and water extremes i.e. floods and droughts)
      • 3. Has your organisation participated in EO-related projects?Yes
      • Please provide links where applicable (e.g. FP& BEYOND – website URL), or any other information that you find usefulEO-miners, EUFAR-1, EUFAR-2
      • 4. Has your Organisation participated in any Copernicus service provision, Copernicus User requirements definition or Copernicus Research & Innovation action?No
      • 5. Has your Organisation participated in any GEO/GEOSS SBA Tasks, community activities or initiatives?Yes
      • Please provide some additional information GeoMIN and energy
      • 6. How would you rate your Organisation’s level of collaboration with other EO actors in your country or abroad?
      • A. In your CountryModerate(5-10 actors)
      • Please expand on the collaboration if appropriate, indicating if possible the contact details of these EO actors.

        1. Leading international EO working group
        via ISPRS IGARSS and EUFAR.
        2. Organizing conferences and workshops
        on EO related issues.
        3. Consulting and providing knowhow in EO-HSR related issues.
        4. Member of scientific commities in space administration of US and Israel.
        EHF, Ministry of Science and space research, Ministry of Energy
        ARO (www.agri.gov.il), IMS (www.ims.gov.il), www.sviva.gov.il
        Israel Meteorological Service, Ministry of Environmental protection

      • B. AbroadModerate(5-10 Actors)
      • Please expand on the collaboration if appropriate, indicating if possible the contact details of these EO actors.

        1. Leading international EO working group
        via ISPRS IGARSS and EUFAR.
        2. Research collaboration with EU countries and EO issues.
        3. Organizing conferences and workshops
        on EO related issues.
        4. Participating in international initiatives
        such as World soils spectral library.
        5. Consulting and providing knowhow in EOHSR related issues.
        6. Member of scientific commities in space administration of US and Israel.
        7. Editing special issues of Remote sensing
        journals
        TROPOS, University of Munchen, Open University of Berlin, HSPH Chan, University of British Columbia, HMS, Helmholtz-muenchen
        www.urbanclimate.net, Research center Human Biometeorology-german meteorological service, environmental, geogaphic and geological sciences- lehman college-NY university-USA, deserve project - Dead Sea net measurements - University of Karlsruhe
        ERA-Interim, NCEP/NCAR

      • Capacities

      • From the list below, please choose all the domains in which your organisation has capacities. 2) Ground-based/In-situ monitoring networks/facilities (of active or passive remote sensors- meteo/atmospheric/water sensors- etc)3) Modelling and computing processing capacities4) EO data exploitation for the provision of value-adding services and products
      • Do you own/operate EO satellite systems? e.g. Sentinel 1, RASAT No
      • Do you own/operate EO Ground Segment facilities, for reception storage and redistribution of satellite data? e.g. ESA Mirror Site No

        • Ground-based/In-situ monitoring networks/facilities

      • 1. What type of ground-based/in-situ networks or facilities do you operate?Meteorological/ClimaticAtmospheric Composition/ProfilingSoil attributes/SpectraEnergy/Radiation

        • Meteorological/Climatic

      • Number of stations9 portable meteorological stations
      • What is the geographic coverage/extent?Local
      • Is your network of stations/facilities registered in some National/Regional/International network(s)?Yes
      • Please specify, including web link if possible

        International network stations around the dead sea area (Israel-Jordan-Palestinian Authority and Germany)

        • Atmospheric Composition/Profiling

      • Number of stationsplanned 1: air pollution monitoring
      • What is the geographic coverage/extent?RegionalGlobal
      • In which region?Middle East
      • Is your network of stations/facilities registered in some National/Regional/International network(s)?N/A

        • Soil attributes/Spectra

      • What is the geographic coverage/extent?LocalNationalRegionalGlobal
      • In which region?Other
      • Other regionWorld soil spectral library, Czech repoblic, Brazil
      • Is your network of stations/facilities registered in some National/Regional/International network(s)?Yes

        • Energy/Radiation

      • Number of stations3 - portable station Energy balance of Flux
      • What is the geographic coverage/extent?Local
      • Is your network of stations/facilities registered in some National/Regional/International network(s)?Yes
      • Please specify, including web link if possible

        International network stations around the dead sea area (Israel-Jordan-Palestinian Authority and Germany)

      • 2. From the list below, please choose all the networks for which you systematically collect and store data. Meteorologic/ClimaticAtmospheric Composition/ProfilingSoil attributes/SpectraOther (e.g. Earthquake/Volcanic/Landslide)

        • Meteorologic/Climatic

      • Which are the measured attributes (e.g. temperature, humidity, precipitation, etc)? Please specify below

        temperature, precipitation, wind, boundary layer hight,
        radiation, humidity

      • Are METADATA available?Yes
      • Link(s) to web server(s)/portals if available or any available description/information

        www.ims.gov.il
        www.sviva.gov.il

      • Contact details of the person in charge. (Please provide name, email and phone number)

        Oded Potchter - potchter@post.tau.ac.il

      • Start Year2000
      • End YearOn going
      • What is the temporal resolution of data acquisition? You can choose more than oneHourly
      • Data availability/access:Real Time/Near Real TimeUpon Request
      • What is the main data policy applied?Free and OpenLicense Restricted

        • Atmospheric Composition/Profiling

      • Which are the measured attributes (e.g. aerosols, clouds, atmospheric pollutants, etc)? Please specify below.

        AOT derived from MODIS (Terra and Aqua) using high resolution MAIAC retrieval (1 km); data collected from SeaWIFS, OMI, MISR. Polly Lidar; in situ field data on PM10, PM2.5, gaseous pollutants and available AERONET measurements.

      • Are METADATA available?Yes
      • Link(s) to web server(s)/portals if available or any available description/information

        MODIS atmosphere

      • Start Year1997
      • End YearOn going
      • What is the temporal resolution of data acquisition?Daily
      • Data availability/access: (You can choose more than one)Real Time/Near Real TimeUpon RequestAccess to Past Archives
      • What is the main data policy applied?Free and Open

        • Soil attributes/Spectra

      • Are METADATA available?No
      • Contact details of the person in charge. (Please provide name, email and phone number)

        Yaron Ogen
        yaronogen@gmail.com
        +972544475510

      • Start Year2010
      • What is the temporal resolution of data acquisition?Other
      • Other Temporal Resolutionwhen needed
      • Data availability/access:Upon Request
      • What is the main data policy applied?Other
      • Please specifyOther, own research(Chudnovsky Alexandra)

        • Other (e.g. Earthquake/Volcanic/Landslide)

      • Other Data TypesRemote sensing; air-borne and space-borne

        • Modelling and Computing Processing Capacities

      • Model/Algorithm1

        Soil attributes, atmosphere, mam-made
        materials, water and vegetation modeling

      • Which of the following application area(s) does the model serve? Soil attributes/Spectra
      • Please specify the source of EO data used in the model.Geospatial data (e.g.DTM)Remote sensing data (e.g raw satellite high-level images)In situ data (e.g. temperature-pressure-humidity)Other
      • Please specify

        Space-borne: Landsat, Hyperion,
        Sentinel-2, ASTER, Chris-proba
        Air-borne: GER-63, DAIS-7915, CASI,
        AVIRIS, HYSPEX, APEX, ASH, AISA-eagle,
        AISA-hawk, FENIX, OWL, TELOPS

      • What is the geographic coverage/extent the model applies to?National
      • Are METADATA available?N/A
      • Contact details of the person in charge

        Nimrod Carmon
        nimrod.rslab@gmail.com
        +972548155639

      • Model/Algorithm 2

        Estimation of air temperature based on 30 years of LANDSAT surface temperature data.

      • Which of the following application area(s) does the model serve? *Meteorological/ClimaticAtmospheric Composition/Profiling
      • Please specify the source of EO data used in the model.Remote sensing data (e.g. raw satellite high-level images)In-situ data (e.g. temperature-pressure-humidity)
      • Please specify

        LANDSAT, www.ims.gov.il

      • Please list the providers of input data for the model

        www.mapi.gov.il
        www.ims.gov.il

      • What is the geographic coverage/extent the model applies to?LocalNational
      • Are METADATA available?Yes
      • Link(s) to web server(s)/portals if available or any available description/information

        www.mapi.gov.il
        www.ims.gov.il
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      • Contact details of the person in charge

        Alexandra Chudnovsky, Assistant Prof./Senior lecturer, achudnov@post.tau.ac.il

      • Model/Algorithm 3

        Green TCC

      • Which of the following application area(s) does the model serve? *Meteorological/Climatic
      • Please specify the source of EO data used in the model.In-situ data (e.g. temperature-pressure-humidity)
      • Are METADATA available?Yes
      • Link(s) to web server(s)/portals if available or any available description/information

        Upon request

      • Contact details of the person in charge

        Oded Potshter, Prof., potchter@post.tau.ac.il

      • Model/Algorithm 4

        CSMIP5 climatic models

      • Which of the following application area(s) does the model serve? *Meteorological/Climatic
      • Please specify the source of EO data used in the model.In-situ data (e.g. temperature-pressure-humidity)
      • Please specify

        national and international data from meteorological stations.

      • What is the geographic coverage/extent the model applies to?LocalNationalRegionalGlobal
      • In which region?Middle East
      • Are METADATA available?Yes
      • Link(s) to web server(s)/portals if available or any available description/information

        meteorological service

      • Contact details of the person in charge

        Hadas Saaroni, Prof., saaroni@post.tau.ac.il

      • Does your Organisation have sufficient available computing resources for the processing and exploitation of EO data and the models running?Server ClustersProcessing Power Capacity (CPU-RAM-Storage Capacity)Other
      • Please specify

        Yes. Hooked to super computer in high
        volume of CPU/ we have sufficient available resources - Alexandra / I have basic computing systems - always need upgrade - Oded

        • EO data exploitation for the provision of value-adding services and products

      • Do you deliver services / products that are based on the exploitation of EO data? Yes
      • Which of the following areas do your products/services cover? You can choose more than one Urban AreasAir QualityFires
      • Please provide some additional details and/or give concrete examples of the products/services.

        www.giovanni.com, www.glovis.com

      • Do you provide these products/services freely or on a commercial basis?All are provided freely
      • Are you using open EO data sources (e.g. EOSAT, USGS, NASA, ESA) for providing services and which?

        USGS, NASA

      • National Activities

      • 1. Is there funding for EO activities available in your country? Yes
      • If yes, specify the case(s).Yes-for infrastructure developmentYes- for R&D
      • Please specify

        ISA and ministry of science and
        infrastructure support, ERC - European Research Community, Israel Science Fundation, Governmental ministries, Israel Space Agency

      • 2. Is there a National Space Policy/Strategy? Yes
      • Please specify

        by ISA headquarter

      • 3. Is there a Space Agency in your country? Yes
      • 4. Which of the following best describes the level of coordination of EO activities in your country? Fully Integrated
      • Please provide examples of collaboration between research and private sector entities in your country.

        Research between ISA and ASI for vicarious
        calibration of HSR orbital sensors (SHALOM
        and PRISMA) with relation to electrooptic
        and aerospace companies such as: IAI, ELOP
        and Telespatio

      • 5. Which of the following best describes the level of interaction between the EO community and decision makers in your country?Fully engaged
      • Please provide examples of EO-based services and/or products in your country which are operationally used by public sector bodies.

        Mostly for military applications

      • 6. Can you give examples of high impact EO dedicated workshops organized in your country in the last decade?

        6th ERSEL SIG - IS 2009
        IAC 2015
        many small workshops events country wide

      • Engagement in GEO-CRADLE

      • 1. Would your Organisation be interested in contributing with its capacities to a regional initiative of GEO and/or Copernicus, addressing regional needs in the domains of Climate Change, Access to Raw Materials, Energy, Food Security and Water? Yes
      • 2. Would you be interested in providing feedback to the GEO-CRADLE consortium for establishing a roadmap for the implementation of GEO and Copernicus in North Africa, Middle East and the Balkans? Yes
      • 3. Would your organisation be interested in receiving our quarterly newsletter and/or participating in future networking events? Yes I would like to be informed on upcoming events

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