The Pléiades Neo satellite constellation of Airbus unlocks new possibilities for enhanced water management and protection from space. The constellation brings a high level of detail and accuracy with the addition of the deep blue band. It can be used for both hydrological and bathymetry applications. It allows deeper penetration in water bodies and a clearer understanding of underwater relief.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGMENT
Whether for drinking, irrigation, power generation, manufacturing, or recreation, water is one of the most critical natural resources. But increasing demand from the growing population and climate change impacts are placing severe stress on water resources. Sustainable water resource management is a key concern for governments across the world.
Satellite-based data can help in monitoring water availability, long-term trends and water allocation planning, flood mapping and management, reservoir capacity estimates, water flows, extraction of streams and drainages, irrigation performance evaluation, snowmelt-runoff forecasts, reservoir sedimentation, watershed treatment, drought monitoring, and so on. Satellite imagery can help monitor the quality, quantity, and geographic distribution.
Micronet Solutions has been involved in the execution of the leading watershed program in India, the National Watershed Information System Project (WARIS) of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It used space-borne multispectral data to generate baseline information on various natural resources, namely soils, forest cover, surface water, groundwater, and land use/land cover, and subsequent integration of such information with slope and socioeconomic data in a GIS platform to generate locale-specific prescription for sustainable development of land and water resources development on a watershed basis.
Through its satellite imagery, Planet Labs aims to change the way governments around the world, both large and small, monitor water to protect biodiversity and ensure the most equitable distribution of water resources.
MDA’s radar data through the RADARSAT satellite offers reliable information for water resource management. Applications include open surface water detection and flood monitoring, wetland classification, soil moisture estimation, long term trends for a better understanding of the freshwater cycle.
The satellite data also helps in water masks and the creation of digital elevation models (DEMs).
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