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 provider
2. What are the main thematic areas of activity of your Organisation?Climate change (e.g. climatology- meteorology atmospheric composition- air quality- radiation)Energy (including renewables such as solar / wind energy - etc.)
3. Has your organisation participated in EO-related projects?Yes
4. Has your Organisation participated in any Copernicus service provision, Copernicus User requirements definition or Copernicus Research & Innovation action?Yes
5. Has your Organisation participated in any GEO/GEOSS SBA Tasks, community activities or initiatives?Yes
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. AbroadNone (0 Actors)

Capacities
From the list below, please choose all the domains in which your organisation has capacities. 1) Space-borne capacities (EO satellites- Ground Segment (GS)-EO satellite acquisition stations & antennas- Mirror sites of GSs- Core GSs- etc)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 Yes
Please specify if possible:
NWAA, HRPT
Do you own/operate EO Ground Segment facilities, for reception storage and redistribution of satellite data? e.g. ESA Mirror Site Yes
Satellite Mission/Operator 1
EUMETSAT
What is the geographic coverage/extent?National
Are there data catalogues available?No
What is the temporal resolution of data acquisition?Hourly
Data availability/accessReal Time/Near Real Time
What is the main data policy applied?Commercial

1. What type of ground-based/in-situ networks or facilities do you operate?Meteorological/ClimaticAtmospheric Composition/Profiling

Number of stations120
What is the geographic coverage/extent?Local
Is your network of stations/facilities registered in some National/Regional/International network(s)?Yes

Number of stations-
2. From the list below, please choose all the networks for which you systematically collect and store data. Meteorologic/ClimaticAtmospheric Composition/Profiling

Which are the measured attributes (e.g. temperature, humidity, precipitation, etc)? Please specify below
atl Met. data
Are METADATA available?Yes
Link(s) to web server(s)/portals if available or any available description/information
Some of them in the site of WMO
Contact details of the person in charge. (Please provide name, email and phone number)
mheissa@hotmail.com
Start Year1961
End YearOn going
What is the temporal resolution of data acquisition? You can choose more than oneHourly
Data availability/access:Real Time/Near Real Time
What is the main data policy applied?Free and OpenCommercial

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

Model/Algorithm1
WARF, climate model, Rgcm, ETa
Which of the following application area(s) does the model serve? Meteorologic/ClimaticAtmospheric Composition/Profiling
Please specify the source of EO data used in the model.In situ data (e.g. temperature-pressure-humidity)
Please list the providers of input data for the model
temp, presip, humidity, rainfall, wind, cloud
What is the geographic coverage/extent the model applies to?National
Are METADATA available?No
Contact details of the person in charge
EMA
Does your Organisation have sufficient available computing resources for the processing and exploitation of EO data and the models running?Server Clusters

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)Metocean (wind-waves)Air QualityClimateMarine Ecosystems (including pollution-oil spills)WeatherFloodsFiresAgriculture (farming-crops-yield-etc)
Do you provide these products/services freely or on a commercial basis?Some are charged for

National Activities
1. Is there funding for EO activities available in your country? Yes
2. Is there a National Space Policy/Strategy? Yes
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
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?
Yearly sustainable development workshop

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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