Cyprus Embraces Space Themistocleous Eratosthenis presentation

1. Cyprus University of Technology
Cyprus Embraces Space 2016
Dr. Kyriacos Themistocleous
Space and Remote Sensing Technologies:
The Applications and Benefits for the Society and Economy in Cyprus

2. Outline
 Our Profile
 Our Team
 Networks & Collaborations
 8 years activities at the Cyprus University of Technology
 Strategic Future Research Plans

3. Centre for Space Applications, Remote Sensing,
Geo-Informatics, Geo-Environment and Sustainability
“ERATOSTHENES”
“ERATOSTHENIS”
Research Centre
Remote Sensing &
Geo- Environment
GeodesyGeospatial
Analytics

4. Establishment of the
Centre for Space Applications, Remote Sensing,
Geo-Informatics, Geo-Environment and Sustainability
“ERATOSTHENES”
• Establishment of the
first research centre at
the Cyprus University of
Technology
• Academics from various
departments
Remote Sensing
Space Technology
Geo-informatics
Positioning
Navigation

5. Activities since 2007
Collaboration with governmental departments
Collaboration with industrial partners
Provide practical solutions to several problems
Promotion of earth observation, navigation,
positioning to schools.
RSCY international conferences 2013, 2014, 2015,
2016…
Participation with consortiums on European and
international level (space calls, transport, security etc)

6. Group

8. • Field Spectroradiometers: 2 GER
1500, 1 SVC 1024, 1 GER1500i, 1
ASD
• Underwater enclosure
• Sun-photometers: 2 Microtops
• Software: ERDAS Imagine, ER
Mapper, Apollo, ENVI, Mapinfo,
ArcGIS etc.
• Calibration Device
• 1 Automatic CIMEL Sun Photometer
(AERONET/NASA)
• 1GPR MALA
• GPS
• NDVI Camera
• PM10 / Met Stations
• Lidar
Remote Sensing and Geo- Environment Lab

9. UAV systems
Laser Scanner
Digital cameras (Vis – NIR – Thermal)
GIS – RS softwares
GPS
Georadar
Remote Sensing Laboratory

10. Lidar Station
Remote Sensing Laboratory-EARLINET LIDAR STATION

11. UAV Glider
1-1/2 hr flight time

12. Field
Satellite
Airplanes/UAVs
Low-altitude airborne systems
Spectroradiometers

14. From ancient times Cyprus was called the
“island of the sun” because the sun
shines for 340 days a year.

15. Networks
&
Collaborations

16. Local collaboration
From Cyprus

17. Europe
• Imperial College London, (GB)
• University of Surrey, (GB)
• University College London, (GB)
• Southampton University, (GB)
• Aberdeen University, (GB)
• Cranfield University, (GB)
• University of Edinburgh, (GB)
• University of Sheffield, (GB)
• University of Pavia, (I)
• Delft University, (NE)
• Politechnico di Milano (IT)
• CNR (IT)
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), (CH)
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology, (NO)
• Instituto Superior Technico, (P)
• University of Porto, (P)
• Aalborg University, (DK)
• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, (GR)
• National Technical University of Athens, (GR)
• National Observatory of Athens, (GR)
• Federal Institute of Material Research and Testing, (DE)
• Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and
Research for Ιndustry, (CH)
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, (FR)
• TROPOS Institute (DE)
>300 Πανεπιστήμια & Ερευνητικά Κέντρα
European Collaboration

18. Asia
• Tokyo University, Japan
• Kyoto University, Japan
• Kansai University, Japan
• University of Osaka City,
Japan
• Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China
• Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, HK
• University of Malaysia-
SabahUSA
- Colorado School of Mines
- Harvard University
- University of Colorado
- Stanford University
- Georgia Tech
- Lehigh University
- University of Buffalo
- California State University
Australia
- Newcastle University of Australia,
Australia
- University of Western Australia, Australia
- Queensland University, Australia
Beyond Europe..

19. International Networks
 NASA
 ESA
 EARSEL
 SPIE
 EARLINET
 ACTRIS
 GEO
 DLR

20. CUT-TEPAK AERONET
AERONET
EARLINET-ACTRIS
CUT-TEPAK LIDAR

21. 8 years activities at the Cyprus
University of Technology

22. Funding
 Participation to more than 40 (30 European and
RPF funded research+10 from industry) projects
from since 2007.
 Total budget more than 55 million euros. 5 million
where allocated to CUT
 Coordination of more than 20 funded research
projects
Research
 30 active researchers coming form different
backgrounds such as engineers; physics; earth
scientist; chemists etc working in 6 different
thematic research areas of the Lab
 Provide 120 job positions since 2007
 Academics from various departments
 More than 85 dissertations/ final year projects
 Phd Supervision (more than 20 since 2007)
Remote Sensing and Geo- Environment Lab

23. The Group has received funding for over 40 Competitive
Research Programs since 2007 from various sources:
1. Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation
2. European Union
3. Industry
Funding sources

24. Prj. No. Project Title Project Description Start Date End Date
Budget Allocated to
CUT
1 PM3 Particulates Monitoring, Modelling and Management (CIP/LIFE) 2011 2013 200,000.00 €
2 CASCADE
Catastrophic shifts in drylands: how can we prevent ecosystem degradation
(FP7 – COOPERATION)
2012 2017 399,960.00 €
3 MEDNET
Mediterranean Network for Custom Procedures and Simplification of
Clearance in Ports (INTERREG MED)
2012 2015 382,750.00 €
4 ΘΑΛ-ΧΩΡ/THAL-XOR
Bilateral Cooperation for Marine Spatial Planning in Cyprus and Greece
(INTERREG)
2013 2015 500,000.00 €
5 BACCHUS
Impact of Biogenic versus Athropogenic emissions on Clouds and Climate:
towards a Holistic UnderStanding (FP7 – COOPERATION)
2013 2017 80,352.00 €
6 ANAGENNISIS Innovative Reuse of All Tyre Components in Concrete (FP7 – COOPERATION) 2014 2018 313,760.00 €
7 PROTHEGO
PROTection of European Cultural HEritage from GeO - hazards Cultural
(JPICH)
2015 2017 100,000.00 €
8 ATHENA Remote Sensing Science Center for Cultural Heritage (H2020-TWIN-2015) 2016 2019 507,500.00 €
9 SMART GEMS Smart Grids Energy management Staff (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014) 2015 2018 135,000.00 €
10 GEO-CRADLE
Coordinating and integRating state-of-the-art Earth Observation Activities in
the regions of North Africa, Middle East, and Balkans and Developing Links
with GEO related initiatives towards GEOSS (H2020-SC5-2015-ONE-STAGE)
2016 2018 92,000.00 €
11 SEO-DWARF
Semantic EO Data Web Alert and Retrieval Framework (H2020-MSCA-RISE-
2015)
2016 2019 189,000.00 €
12 CLIMA Cultural Landscape risk Identification, Management and Assessment (JPICH) 2016 2018 100,000.00 €
13 ECOLANES
ECOLANES FP6 Strep Project-Economical and sustainable pavement
infrastructure for surface transport (FP6/EC) 2006 2009 50,000.00 €
14 DECATASTROPHIZE
UsE of SDSS and MCDA To prepAre for diSasTeRs Or Plan for multlplE
HaZards (DIRECTORATE - GENERAL HUMANITARIAN AID AND CIVIL
PROTECTION – ECHO)
2016 2018 178,788.00 €
15 INTRAPRISE
Infusing entrepreneurial skills in the corporate ICT environment (ERASMUS+)
2014 2017 65,000.00 €
European Union: External Funding
Total: 3,294,110.00 €

25. Prj.
No.
Project Title Project Description Start Date End Date
Budget Allocated
to CUT
1 ΝΗΣΙΔΑ Study of the urban heat island effect in Cyprus ΑΕΙΦΟΡΙΑ/ΑΣΤΙ/0308(ΒΕ)/01 2008 2011 15,720.00 €
2 ETc
Estimation of Evapοtraspiration in irrigated crops using satellite remote sensing and wireless
sensors ΠΕΝΕΚ/ΕΝΙΣΧ/0308/13
2009 2012 87,360.00 €
3 VALPRO Value Driven Procurement in Building and Real Estate Sector 2010 2012 44,360.00 €
4 RedScale
Development of an automated system for monitoring red-scale population using image
analysis, wireless networks and GIS technologies
2010 2012 9,360.00 €
5 SATFLOOD
An integrated use of satellite remote sensing and hydraulic modeling for flood risk
assessment at catchment scale in Cyprus: The SATFLOOD project
2010 2013 123,460.00 €
6 AIRSPACE Air Pollution Monitoring from Space in Cyprus/ AEIΦΟΡΙΑ/ΑΣΤΙ/0609(ΒΕ)/12 2010 2012 51,954.00 €
7 SAT-COAST Coastal Water quality using earth observation in Cyprus ΠΕΝΕΚ/0609/60 2011 2014 104,680.00 €
8 WebAir2
Web and 3G mobile phone based air quality management: particulates, public health, co-
benefits
2011 2013 106,620.00 €
9 LIDAR
Integrated use of remote sensing and lidar techniques for the study of air pollution and the
optical properties of the atmosphere in Cyprus ΠΕΝΕΚ/0311
2012 2014 83,880.00 €
10 ICAROS
Development of a low altitude airborne remote sensing system for the processing of satellite
data for archaeological investigations
2012 2013 49,100.00 €
11 STEELCOR
Research Infrastructure for the Study of Corrosion in Concrete Steel Reinforcement and
Improvement of the Structural Integrity of Cyprus Buildings.
2012 2014 484,700.00 €
12 HYDRAULICS
Upgrade of the hydraulics laboratory for the modeling of water supply networks & design and
operation optimization study
2012 2015 342,532.00 €
13 RISK
Managing cultural heritage sites through space and ground technologies using geographical
information systems / ΑΕΙΦΟΡΙΑ/ ΚΟΙΑΦ/ 0311(ΒΙΕ)/06
2012 2014 62,885.00 €
14 WATERLEAKS
Integrated use of space, geophysical and hyperspectral technologies intended for monitoring
water leakages in water supply networks in Cyprus/ ΑΕΙΦΟΡΙΑ/ ΦΥΣΗ/ 0311(ΒΙΕ) /21
2012 2014 86,895.00 €
Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation: External Funding
Total: 1,653,000.00 €

26. Industry: External Funding
No. Funding Source
Project
Acronym
Project Description Start Date End Date
Allocated Project
Budget for CUT
1 NICOSIA SEWERAGE BOARD G.I.S.
Development of a GIS for the Nicosia
Seweage System
2013 2014 10,000.00 €
2 ΓΕΡΗΕΤ-OCECPR GERHET
Integrated Use of GIS and IT for
Monitoring Telecoms Utilities
2012 2015 110,000.00 €
3 University of Cyprus
Detection of buried archaeological
remains using remote sensing
techniques within the city walls of
Nicosia
04/2015 05/2015 3,500.00 €
4 ALMS SISTEMI SIMONA
Satellite Assets Integration for Maritime
Situation Awareness - Multispectral
Bathymetry
11/2014 05/2015 2,000.00 €
5
Committee on Missing Persons
in Cyprus
"Basic Theory and Software Application:
Geodesy, GIS, Remote Sensing, UAV" - 4-
day workshop in the context of Training
of Archaeologists
06/2015 07/2015 3,800.00 €
6 Department of Antiquities
Investigation of the Agios Sozomenos
archaeological site (Late Bronze Age)
11/2014 11/2014 2,000.00 €
7 Department of Antiquities
Documentation of Ancient Tombs in
Sotera Village, Famagusta
11/2014 11/2014 2,000.00 €
8 Marie Curie ITN NARNIA GIS and Archaeology' - 4-day Workshop 12/2013 12/2013 1,500.00 €
9
Ministry of Agriculture,
Natural Resources and the
Environment
Development of 28 Agri-Environmental
Indicators for the assessment of the im-
pacts of agriculture on the environment
in Cyprus
2013 2014 2,000.00 €
Total: 136,800.00 €

27. Total External Funding (European and RPF projects)
Remote
Sensing and
Geo-
Enviroment
30%
CUT
70%

28. Applications / Activities / Funded
Projects
• Archaeology /Cultural Heritage
• Marine Spatial Planning
• Water Resources Management
• Irrigation Demand / Agriculture
• Water Quality monitoring
• Forestry
• Air Pollution
• Climate Changes
• Aerosol Typing
• Aerosol/Cloud interaction
• Transport
• Crisis Management
• Bathymetry
• Positioning
• Navigation
• Animal Tracking
• Real Estate
• Utilities
• Mapping
• Infrastructure
• Education
• Navigation
• Water leakages monitoring
• Hazards (Floods, earthquakes, fires
etc)
• Defense & Security
• Tourism
• Landslides
• Safety of Life
….selected projects

29. 1. Marine Spatial Planning (MSP)
Consortium: DEPARTMENT OF MERCHANT SHIPPING, DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEYS, UNIVERSITY OF THE
AEGEAN, MINISTRY OF MARINE AND AEGEAN, CYPRUS UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE
main aim of the
project is the joint
development
methodology,
process and
suitable
implementation
framework for
Marine Spatial
Planning.

30. 2. Oceanography: Bathymetric maps
Satellite assets Integration for Maritime
situatiON Awareness. Demonstration project
under ARTES-20 schema in partnership with
Engineerin Srl (I).
Bathymetry
mapping using
multispectral and
SAR remote
sensing data-
SIMONA

31. 3. Water Management: Monitoring water leakages
Funding (200, 000 euros): Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation, Structural Funds
Partners: Cyprus University of Technology (Coordinators), Water Development Department, FORTH, FREDERICK UNIVERSITY
Water leakages
detection using
integrated RS
technologies:
satellite images –
UAVs – Geophysics
-
spectroradiometers

32. 4. Risk analysis: Flood risk
Funding (200, 000 euros), Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation, Structural Funds
Partners: Cyprus University of Technology (Coordinators), Technical University of Crete, National Observatory of Athens, Cyprus Meteorological Service,
Water Development Department
Integrated Use Of
Satellite Remote
Sensing And
Hydraulic Modeling
For The Flood Risk
Assessment At A
Catchment Scale In
Cyprus

33. Field spectro-radiometric
measurements
5. Water quality monitoring
Synoptic coverage
and continuous
monitoring of
coastal waters to
detect at any time
any pollution event
achieving in the
immediate and
sustainable
management of
water resources

34. 6. Defense & Security
• Ministry of Defense
• Cyprus Intelligence Service
Drones
Satellite
sensors
UAVs
Miniature
spectroradi
ometers
Military target
detection on buried
structures using
space techniques
for security and
defense
applications

35. Overgrazing in the Pissouri area
7. Monitoring overgrazed ecosystems
Better
understanding of
sudden shifts in
drylands that may
lead to major
losses in
biodiversity and
concomitant
ecosystem services

36. 8. Urban and regional planning: British Bases land
development agreement
Land use

37. 9. Urban heat
Funding Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation
Partners: Meteorological Department, National Observatory of Athens
study the urban
heat island effect
in Cyprus based on
both
multi‐temporal
satellite and
meteorological
data

38. • Satellite imagery: retrieval of
surface
reflectance/temperature
• Spectroradiometric
measurements: retrieval of
ground reflectance
• Micro-sensors: soil moisture,
temperature, RH etc.
• Irrigation models
10. Irrigation demand - Agriculture
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297.38
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Surface Reflectance of Spring Potatoes using the GER 1500 Spectroradiometer
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Integration of:
-Spectroscopy
micro-sensor technology
Remote sensing

39. Mapping agricultural fields in
the area of Zygi with
Agricultural Research
Institute
11. Mapping

40. LIVASAtmospheric Research
Cyprus is characterized as ‘An Atmospheric cross path’
Surrounding by different aerosol sources such as Arabian Desert, Saharan
Extremely complex Atmospheric Scenarios
Aerosol types seldom observed over Europe

41. ILATIC: Integration of active and passive remote sensing techniques
for atmospheric research (air pollution & aerosol optical properties)
Aerosol types seldom observed over Europe

42. Extremely complex Atmospheric Scenarios
12. AirSpace
Air pollution from space (MODIS, CALIPSO, AERONET, LIDAR)
Aerosol Type separation
Calibration and Validation
MODIS & CALIPSO aerosol products

43. Utilize data from the campaign performed in
Cyprus by CUT, TROPOS, and CyI for adding
information on Aerosol/cloud interaction.
BACCHUS
campaign
Cyprus, 4 March-
14 April 2015
13. Aerosol-Cloud Interaction EU-FP7
New methods for High level products
from satellite observations
e.g. Dust Mass Concentration,
Ice Nuclei Concentration Profiling

44. 14. Air pollution: 3G mobile phone for air quality
Funding (800, 000 euros)
•Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation/Eureka
•European Commission
Consortium
•Cyprus University of Technology (coordinator)
•Environmental Software & Services (ESS) GMBH-Austria
•Oikon Ltd-Croatia
•Department of Labour and Inspection (CY)

45. • Atmospheric effects account for the
major proportion of the at-satellite
received signal.
• It has been found that sometimes has
been ignored from various researchers.
• It is the most important step in the pre-
processing of satellite imagery. Histogram diagram for the Landsat TM band 1 image acquired on
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Themistocleous K., Hadjimitsis M.G., Retalis A.,
Michaelides S., Chrysoulakis N., Toulios L., I. Clayton
C.R.,"Atmospheric correction for satellite remotely sensed
data intended for agricultural applications: Impact on
vegetation indices",2010,"Natural Hazards and Earth
System Science",10,1,89,95
15. Development of Atmospheric correction methods
for optical remote sensing data

46. Limestone surface area at quarries (Limassol Area)
Asphalt parking place (with white lines) (Limassol Area)
Diabase quarry area (Limassol Area)
Whitish soil (Paphos Area)
Whitish-Grey soil (Paphos Area)
Asphalt parking place (without any white lines) (Paphos Area)
Atmospheric correction
using non-variant targets

47. Air quality mapping

48. Collaboration
with PWD
16. Monitoring transport pavements using earth
observation

49. • 19 Partners from Europe
• Total funding: €6.45 million (CUT
€350,000)
• Data collected from 58 ports in the
Mediterranean
• MEDNET Port Operations
Observatory
• Development of GIS maps for
participating ports and statistics
MEDNET - Mediterranean Network for Custom Procedures and Simplification of
Clearance in Ports
17. Transport Planning
www.mednetproject.eu

50. 18. Remote Sensing for Cultural Heritage and Archaeology
Devoted to the development, introduction
and systematic use of advanced remote
sensing science and technologies in the
field of archaeology, built cultural
heritage, their multi-temporal analysis
and interpretation and the distant
monitoring of their natural and
anthropogenic environment.
Department of Antiquities ARCLAND network
JPI on Cultural Heritage (JPI-CH)
Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation
Church of Cyprus
Local & foreign
archaeological missions in
Cyprus
Forensic Archaeology: Committee on Missing
Persons in Cyprus (CMP)

51. 19. Cultural Heritage management
 Non destructive
 Non-contact
 Archive data
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Paphos district
Urban
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Vegetation

52. 20. Evaluating the Potentials of ESA Sentinel-2 for
Archaeological Perspective
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53. Detection of un-excavated archaeological sites
Our proposed equation from
a GeoEye example
(Ilis archaeological site in
Greece).
Detection of Unexcavated
buried remains
Fusion of RS data

54. Nea Paphos - interferometry

55. Curium Archaeological Site

56. Google Earth
UAV

57. 21. 3D Models from UAV for
Curium Theatre and Asinou
Church

58. 14. 3D Models from UAV for
Curium Theatre and Asinou
Church

59. Λόφος Φάμπρικας, Πάφος

60. Palepaphos (Kouklia)

61. 3D model
Loutiras- Palepaphos

62. On going activities…

63. 63
Countries: Italy, United Kingdom,
Cyprus, Denmark
Consortium: Università degli Studi della Tuscia
(Project Leader), University of Stirling, Cyprus
University of Technology, ALMA Sistemi sas,
University of Copenhagen
JPI-CHCLIMA– Cultural Landscape risk
Identification, Management and Assessment.
Interactive and interdisciplinary
project to prevent damages to buried
and exposed archaeological heritage
through integration of Remote
Sensing Earth Observations and
ground based data.

64. UNESCO World Heritage
JPI-CH
Countries:
Italy
UK
Cyprus
Spain

65. 65
Center of Excellence- ATHENA
Remote Sensing Archaeology
Linked with Smart
Investigation of
Cyprus
With CNR & DLR

66. ATHENA
Remote Sensing Science Center for Cultural Heritage
In periods of economic
instability, national
considerations are
overruling the process
of European
integration. Cultural
Heritage (CH) is an
integral element of a
European set of
values and respect for
heritage is vital for
developing a common
European identity.
The Centre aims to be in close collaboration with both
national as well international research institutes and
stakeholders, providing integrated remote sensing services
and solutions in the area of the Eastern Mediterranean. The
new perspectives on archaeological and cultural
heritage in the region will position ATHENA as a centre
of knowledge and a standard lab in the field of Remote
Sensing Archaeology.

67. Funding Sources: new proposals
• Attract more funds from …
Industry
• Continue having a dynamic, multi-
disciplinary, and challenging environment
for research of the highest international
standard.
• Continue strong interactions with
industry and establish new initiatives.
• To commercialize research and
innovation.

68. www.cyprusremotesensing.com
Thank youCyprus University of Technology