Earth System Application Category

The table below lists all Earth System Application Category and the respective focal points maintaining requirements for these. For any enquiries or questions on particular requirements recorded in OSCAR, please contact the focal points directly, where an email-address is provided.

ESAC Application areas ESAC Owner ESAC Coordinator Description
1. Space Weather Applications 1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring
1.2 Energetic Particle and Magnetosphere Forecasting and Monitoring
1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring
 INFCOM/SC-ON/ET-SWx Larisa Trichtchenko
 Space Weather encompasses the physical and phenomenological state of the natural space environment, including the Sun, the solar wind, the magnetosphere, the ionosphere and the thermosphere, and its interaction with the Earth. Space weather applications aim at observing, understanding and predicting the state of the Sun, of the interplanetary and planetary environment, their disturbances, and the impacts of these disturbances on biological and technological systems.
2. Atmospheric Applications 2.1 Global Numerical Weather Prediction and Real-time Monitoring
2.2 High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction
2.3 Nowcasting / Very Short-Range Forecasting
2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology
2.9 Agricultural Meteorology
2.6 Atmospheric Composition Forecasting and Monitoring
2.7 Atmospheric Composition Information Services in Urban and Populated Areas
2.4 Sub-Seasonal to Longer Predictions
2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring
 INFCOM/SC-ON/ET-EOSDE in collaboration with INFCOM/SC-WIPPS and with RB Erik Andersson
3. Oceanic Applications 3.1 Ocean Forecasting and Real-Time Monitoring
3.2 Coastal Forecasting
3.3 Oceanic Climate Monitoring and Services
3.4 Tsunami Monitoring and Detection
3.5 Marine Environmental Emergency Response
3.6 Maritime Safety (ports to open ocean)
3.7 Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles
 GOOS in collaboration SERCOM/SC-MMO, AG-Ocean to be consulted Emma Heslop
4. Hydrological and Terrestrial Applications 4.1 Hydrological Forecasting and Real-time Monitoring
4.2 Hydrological and Terrestrial Climate Monitoring
 SERCOM/SC-HYD in collaboration with INFCOM/AG-Hydro  
5. Cryospheric Applications 5.1 Terrestrial Cryosphere Forecasting and Monitoring
5.2 Sea-Ice Forecasting and Monitoring
5.3 Cryospheric Climate Monitoring
 INFCOM/AG-GCW Jeff Key
6. Integrated Earth System Applications 6.1 Earth System Forecasting and Monitoring
6.2 Understanding Earth System Processes
 INFCOM/SC-WIPPS David Richardson