The prototype atmospheric services of Kopernikus are currently provided by two cooperating consortia that operate the PROMOTE GMES Service Element project funded by the European Space Agency, and the GEMS project funded by the European Commission as part of the 6th Framework Programme for Research, Technical Development and Demonstration.

The focus of PROMOTE is the delivery of services to support informed decisions on issues related to stratospheric ozone depletion, surface UV exposure, air quality and climate change. Services are based both on products derived directly from satellite data and on products from established data assimilation and modelling systems. Services can be accessed from PROMOTE website.

The focus of GEMS is to develop new integrated systems for monitoring the global distributions of atmospheric constituents important for climate, and for monitoring and forecasting constituents affecting air quality and surface solar radiation, with a focus on Europe. Trial versions of these systems are currently being operated, and the products can be accessed from GEMS website.

From mid-2009, the core services of the atmospheric component of Kopernikus will be delivered by a new consortium comprising most of the partners of the GEMS project and core production partners from PROMOTE, following the conclusion of a grant from the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme. These services will continue and rationalize the provision of the main sets of data products provided currently by PROMOTE and GEMS. It is also expected that the Framework Programme will support development of a set of downstream services that provide user-oriented information based on the core-service data products.

More information by asking a question here for GEMS and here for PROMOTE