Name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – School of Agriculture – Laboratory of Remote Sensing and GIS
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Activity Focus
1. Which of these statements best describe your Organisation’s role in the value chain?Raw data/providerValue-adder(data process-modelling)GIS/mapping service providerEnd User with in house GIS/ mapping capabilities
2. What are the main thematic areas of activity of your Organisation?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 usefulEU-ERDF AGRO_Less - http://agrolessproject.eunFP7 MyWater - mywater-fp7.eunEU ECO - satellite - eco-satellite.eu
4. Has your Organisation participated in any Copernicus service provision, Copernicus User requirements definition or Copernicus Research & Innovation action?N/A
5. Has your Organisation participated in any GEO/GEOSS SBA Tasks, community activities or initiatives?No
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)
B. AbroadModerate(5-10 Actors)

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

1. What type of ground-based/in-situ networks or facilities do you operate?Hydrometric/Water QualitySoil attributes/Spectra

What is the geographic coverage/extent?Local
Is your network of stations/facilities registered in some National/Regional/International network(s)?Yes

Number of stations2
What is the geographic coverage/extent?Local
Is your network of stations/facilities registered in some National/Regional/International network(s)?N/A
2. From the list below, please choose all the networks for which you systematically collect and store data. Soil attributes/Spectra
Contact details of the person in charge. (Please provide name, email and phone number)Dr.Eng. Andreas Kallioras\nAssistant Professor\nNational Technical University of Athens \nSchool of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering\nLaboratory of Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology\nHeroon Polytechniou Str. 9\n15780 Zografou | Athens | Greece\n\nTel: +30 210 772 2098\nFax: +30 210 772 2117\n\nEmail: kallioras@metal.ntua.gr
Start Year2012
Contact details of the person in charge. (Please provide name, email and phone number)Dr.Eng. Andreas Kallioras\nAssistant Professor\nNational Technical University of Athens \nSchool of Mining & Metallurgical Engineering\nLaboratory of Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology\nHeroon Polytechniou Str. 9\n15780 Zografou | Athens | Greece\n\nTel: +30 210 772 2098\nFax: +30 210 772 2117\n\nEmail: kallioras@metal.ntua.gr
End YearOn going

Model/Algorithm1
SVM and ANN algorithms and regressions statistics for predictionnkriging, random forest for geo-interpolation
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)
What is the geographic coverage/extent the model applies to?LocalNational
Are METADATA available?N/A
Does your Organisation have sufficient available computing resources for the processing and exploitation of EO data and the models running?Processing Power Capacity (CPU-RAM-Storage Capacity)
Please specify
up to 10 computers with 4 GB RAM and at least 2 with 8GB RAM

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 Ecosystems(desertification-environmental impact- pollution)Land Use/Cover & Change (classified activities and statistics)Agriculture (farming-crops-yield-etc)
Please provide some additional details and/or give concrete examples of the products/services.
Themetic maps in order to support precision agriculture. These maps have been provided during the AGRO_LESS project.
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?
Landsat, MODIS (forthcoming Sentinel 2)

National Activities
1. Is there funding for EO activities available in your country? N/A
2. Is there a National Space Policy/Strategy? N/A
3. Is there a Space Agency in your country? No
4. Which of the following best describes the level of coordination of EO activities in your country? N/A
5. Which of the following best describes the level of interaction between the EO community and decision makers in your country?Scarce
6. Can you give examples of high impact EO dedicated workshops organized in your country in the last decade?
Development of an integrated geo-information system for soil data and delineation of the agricultural national zones" (ΟPEKEPE- Organization for subsidies payments and controls, 2012-2014)

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 to both

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