upper-air data collection

This followed on from the Johannesburg Summit in 2002 and the G-8 Evian Summit in 2003 which recognised the role of Earth observation and the use of satellite technology for monitoring the atmosphere, land and oceans to produce high-quality data for dissemination to all, particularly the developing countries.

It processes the data and provides users with reliable, up-to-date information through services that are divided into six thematic areas: land, atmosphere, climate change, emergency management and security.

by providing, upon request and without prejudice to national and Union law, relevant vessel positioning and Earth observation data to the competent national authorities and relevant Union bodies within their mandate in order to facilitate measures against threats of piracy and of intentional unlawful acts as provided for in applicable Union law or under internationally agreed legal instruments in the area of maritime transport, subject to applicable data protection rules and in accordance with administrative procedures to be established by the Administrative Board or the High Level Steering Group established in accordance with Directive ...[+++]2002/59/EC, as appropriate.

29. Considers that GMES is also a European Union flagship programme playing a key role in earth observation; underlines the importance of GMES’s contribution to achieving Europe 2020 objectives and to supporting growth and the green economy, as well as long-term investments in technology and infrastructure; reaffirms the importance of GMES as an essential tool in combating climate change and environmental degradation; notes that, through the acquisition and analysis of information at national, regional and global level, GMES will a ...[+++]llow the extraction of precise and useful data for: atmospheric, marine and land monitoring, civil protection, risk prevention, early warning systems, emergency management and recovery operations following environmental, natural or man-made disasters, maritime and costal surveillance, agricultural development, water and soil management and regional planning, making use of innovative environmental assessment and reporting technology capable of combining spatial and in-situ data;