EO4CAM
EUSI / DLR
The effects of climate change are already being felt in Bavaria today. The earlier these changes are recognized, the more effectively their economic and societal impacts can be mitigated. The aim of EO4CAM (Earth Observation Laboratory for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation) is to support decision-makers with earth observation data and derived products, models and scenarios.
Satellite data can be used to detect gradual environmental changes through archival imagery spanning decades, and to monitor current developments with high spatial and temporal resolution. These observations are used to develop models of the observed processes, which can help estimate how they might evolve in the future and guide the development of adaptation measures to climate change.
EO4CAM is aimed at decision-makers, who will be continuously informed via the EO4CAM data portal with objective, reliable information on ongoing change processes. The project focuses on urban areas, agriculture, and forestry, as well as the cross-cutting topics of geohazards, biodiversity, and health.
EO4CAM brings together an interdisciplinary expert group of scientists who are researching how Earth observation can support policy-making, public administration, and society in coping with the impacts of climate change.
Initially focused on Bavaria, EO4CAM is a joint effort involving the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) at the Julius-Maximilians University of Wuerzburg (JMU)—a collaboration between the Chair of Remote Sensing and the Chair of Global Urbanization and Remote Sensing.
The project is funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy.