PROMOTE, PROtocol MOniToring for the GMES Service Element on Atmospheric Composition, is an ambitious proposal covering the atmosphere part of System Earth. It provides GMES services relevant to the ozone layer, UV-exposure on the ground, air quality, climate change and special applications. These services are directed at the needs for information on environment and climate by public authorities and governmental agencies. Some services are directed at the general public.
The PROMOTE consortium is a large consortium currently consisting of over 20 partners from 11 European countries (and 1 associated). More than 50 users from 16 countries and international organisations have signed Service Level Agreements for the PROMOTE services.
PROMOTE will provide Services in the following areas:
The services are being implemented in incremental fashion. During the GMES consolidation phase (Stage 1, 2004-2006) basic services on ozone and surface UV were implemented as an operational service. Services on air quality were in a demonstration phase, while climate services remained in the development phase.
In the Consolidation Phase (2006-2008) the PROMOTE strategy calls for an incremental enhancement of the ozone and UV services by providing more products of better quality. The air pollution service will become operational and climate data will become available for a limited number of greenhouse gases. In this phase the funding for the operational phase needs to be defined and acquired.
In the current Consolidation Phase (Stage 2, 2006-2009) the PROMOTE strategy calls for an incremental enhancement of the ozone and UV services by providing more products of better quality. The air quality services will become operational and climate data will become available for a limited number of greenhouse gases as well as for aerosols. In this phase the funding for the Operational Phase, 2009 and beyond, needs to be defined and secured. It is the mid-term goal of this network that the Operational Phase (2009-2013) will provide for a fully operational and financially sustained service.
The methodology advocated in PROMOTE calls for the integration of surface data and space data into models. In this combination, the information will be useful to end-users, as precursor projects have already shown. PROMOTE builds on a number of such precursor activities within ESA, EC and national programmes.
PROMOTE will further demonstrate the need for integration of space data in these models as well as the need for nesting these models in order to establish the connection between global, regional, and local scales.