Introduction
The Sentinel Users Preparation (SUP) initiative is part of a series of actions with the objective to develop and test novel methodologies to exploit Copernicus Expansion missions class datasets in existing application domains. Several of the upcoming missions will be combined to develop innovative products to gain relevant experience and expertise on both the supply and demand side.
Within CHILL-Y (CHIME + LSTM + ROSE-L: Assessment of Yield Quantity and Quality) representative datasets of three upcoming Sentinel Expansion missions will be created and used to demonstrate a novel service for improved yield quantity and yield quality assessment. The novel application CHILL-Y will consider the nitrogen (CHIME) and water use efficiency (LSTM, ROSE-L) of arable crops and thereby contribute to the SUP high-priority topic ‘food systems and agriculture’. Innovative algorithms and prototype solutions will utilize a new generation of future operational EO data, thermal and hyperspectral as well as L-band radar data, in combination with physical and AI models.
The novel datasets and methods will be tested and evaluated in several test areas and crop types in Europe in cooperation with stakeholders (Champion Users). This ensures knowledge transfer and future benefit for the users of the developed solutions by considering their needs in the co-development process.
The activity CHIME + LSTM + ROSE-L: Assessment of Yield Quantity and Quality (CHILL-Y) is carried out under a programme of, and funded by, the European Space Agency
Project’s goals
The objective of the initiative is to develop and test novel methodologies to exploit Copernicus Expansion missions class datasets in existing application domains to develop innovative products, and to gain relevant experience and expertise on both the supply and demand side. The SUP initiative aims at ensuring that European entities are optimally placed to exploit the unique opportunities offered by the future Copernicus Sentinel Expansion and Next Generation missions and therefore are expected to:
- Consolidate the scientific basis for key algorithms, methods and products addressing aspects beyond the single primary mission objectives and especially focusing on synergistic aspects.
- Generate recommendations with respect to the future Sentinel satellite fleet as a system-of-systems and the development of multi-mission retrieval algorithms and products.
- Build the necessary expertise in both the European science community and downstream industry sectors with respect to the new instruments and their exploitation.
- Construct a portfolio of novel methods, innovative products, new scientific results, and benchmarking datasets to speed up the exploitation of the upcoming missions as these become available.
- Support and stimulate scientists’, users’ and stakeholders’ readiness to rapidly uptake derived information products within their operational activities.
Project timeline
The project is expected to run from November 2024 to December 2026.
For any updates about the project please visit https://www.chill-y.space/ or contact catherine.odera@kappazeta.ee .