Academic Publication: “EL-BIOS DATA CUBE: NATIONAL-SCALE BIODIVERSITY MONITORING IN GREECE THROUGH EO INDICATORS”

“2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: Acting for Sustainability and Resilience“, 7 – 12 July, 2024 • Athens, Greece. 

EL-BIOS DATA CUBE: NATIONAL-SCALE BIODIVERSITY MONITORING IN GREECE THROUGH EO INDICATORS

Vangelis Fotakidis, Konstantinos Panayiotou, Eleni Fitoka, Themistoklis Roustanis, Irene Chrysafis, Petros Patias, Harris Georgiadis, Vasilis Botzorlos, Giorgos Mallinis

(Laboratory of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (PERS lab), School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | The Goulandris Natural History Museum – Greek Biotope Wetland Centre -EKBY | Green Fund) 

ABSTRACT

Conservation and management of biological diversity is central to human health and well-being. The EU-funded LIFE project “hELlenic BIOodiversity Information System: An innovative tool for biodiversity conservation – LIFE ELBIOS” project aims to contribute in EU and national policies by designing, developing and implementing a central biodiversity information system, “EL-BIOS”, operated by the Greek Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency (NECCA). In this work, we present the development framework of the EL-BIOS EO Data Cube, a service that provides access to biodiversity indicators and variables in analysis ready form, based on Open Data Cube framework for big data management and web service applications. Using freely available Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery, six nationalscale and four local-scale biodiversity indicators are generated in a spatial and temporal systematic framework for assessing and monitoring biodiversity state and condition.

This work was implemented in the framework of the LIFE EL-BIOS project “hELlenic BIOdiversity Information System: An innovative tool for biodiversity conservation”. The LIFE EL-BIOS project (LIFE20 GIE/GR/001317) is co-financed by the LIFE Programme of the European Union and Green Fund.

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