Expected results commited and impact :
O1. To deploy a weather/climate forecast intelligent service exploring the frontiers of sub-seasonal climate predictions and their synthesis with weather forecast and seasonal climate predictions to provide robust forecasts for decision-making processes in the wine sector: For each of the temporal scales (weather, subseasonal and seasonal), the predictions systems were calibrated and downscaled. Real-time operational weather/climate intelligent service was implemented for short-term weather forecasts (MONARCH), sub-seasonal (NCEP CFSv2) and seasonal (ECMWF SEAS5) climate forecasts through the THREDDS server.
O2. To deploy a disease management service capable of launching warning alerts on the appearance of most important diseases based on the symptoms and characteristics of each geographical area and creating contingency plans according to users’ available tools: 2 diseases have been analysed (powdery mildew, downy mildew).
O3. Build a set of Copernicus and GEOSS downstream services integrating satellite with in-situ data to optimize crop management using the highest quality data. Artificial Neural Networks and EO and in-field imagery used to combine novel algorithms to estimate key crop management indicators: Detection and prediction of the phenological phases of the vines: budbreak, flowering, fruit set, veraison, maturity and leaf fall; detection and prediction of the different key crop management indicators (leaf water potential, leaf area index, phenological phases of the vine) and the management and use of data from EOS (Copernicus, GEOSS), including the use of Sentinel-2 Level 1C and EUTMETSAT MSG-CPP.
O4. Establish an integrated, modular management solution for vineyard cultivation in 3 demo-sites: Portugal, Italy, Spain using EOS and in-field monitoring tools: VitiGEOSS provides access to innovative applications for optimizing vineyard management under a single point of entry for selected fields in Portugal, Spain, and Italy. Solutions configurated in the VitiGEOSS portal.
O5. Validation of sustainable wine production indicators via integration of EO and field monitoring techniques to empower decision-makers in the wine sector with the necessary toolbox to make wine production in Europe environmentally and commercially sustainable: Pilot plots have been established, together with the experimental design for field data collection, and the installation of the in-field cameras and machinery sensors.
O6. Develop a successful market entry strategy based on market analysis and stakeholder consultation: Comprehensive analysis of environment forces, market trends, entry barriers, competition, risks, opportunities and the consortium’s resources and constraints done. List of all background IPRs, side ground IPRs, and foreground IPRs reported.
O7. Build capacity among technology developers and commercialisation partners to ensure the usability of the project results. The organisation of 4 workshops (seminars and training courses) on data analysis, satellite data acquisition &probabilistic climate forecast for appropriate decision making, supported with the presence of relevant stakeholders of wine, agricultural sector and EuroGEOSS participants.
The Consortium has been highly active in dissemination and a huge audience has been reached, being up to 33 articles published in printed and online media outlets.
VitiGEOSS media impacts include key sectorial magazines, as InfoWine.com El Correo del Vino, Vinetur, Tecnovino or Mundo Vino.
