The ARIES for PEOPLE-EA Explorer is a web-based application built on the k.LAB Integrated Modelling Platform. The application has access to all information (data and models) available on the Integrated Modelling network, and provides a dedicated user interface to allow the Early Adopters to easily access and test the output (ecosystem accounts) of the PEOPLE-EA project, funded by the European Space Agency, and developed by the ARIES team (BC3) in collaboration with the VITO team. It enables the power of using Earth Observation for ecosystem accounting through the use of the OpenEO (Open Earth Observations) platform, and through demonstrating the technical feasibility to integrate the European INCA ecosystem service account models.
The application can be accessed through the following link.
If not already done, you need to freely sign-up first to k.LAB (see bottom of page).
More information on accessing and using the application, can be found here.
A webinar training can be found here.
Once logged in, you will see the interface below, and you'll be able to generate ecosystem accounts for:
- Forest condition (PEOPLE-EA method)
- Soil retention service (PEOPLE-EA method)
- A set of default ARIES for SEEA accounts, not optimized for using Earth Observation
Other PEOPLE-EA ecosystem account methods are not yet integrated in the web application. More information can be found here.
