Satellite Earth Observation and National Data Regulation

Modeling Earth Observation Satellite Data Semantically

This paper presents preliminary research results on using semantic technologies to model Earth observation satellite data. The research goal is to enhance the data search functionalities that satellite data catalogues provide to researchers and practitioners. An ontology that captures characteristics of satellite data is introduced. How to utilize this ontology in assisting data search and how ...

Satellite earth observation in operational oceanography

The role and contribution of satellite data in operational oceanography is reviewed, with emphasis on northern European seas. The possibility to observe various ocean parameters and processes by existing satellite sensors, such as optical instruments, infrared radiometers, passive Ž . microwave radiometers, and active microwave systems altimeter, scatterometer, SAR is discussed. The basic param...

Optimized Filtering and Compression System for an Earth Observation Satellite

Most earth observation satellites in their daily image processing routine operate using the “store and forward” mechanism; this mode of operation is not efficient due to the huge amount of data that has to be stored on-board the satellite (but cannot due to memory constraints). The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) 3U CubeSat named ZACUBE-02 will perform the filtering and compressi...

Detecting Phytoplankton Size Class Using Satellite Earth Observation

Satellite Earth observation data to identify anthropogenic pressures in selected protected areas

Protected areas are experiencing increased levels of human pressure. To enable appropriate conservation action, it is critical to map and monitor changes in the type and extent of land cover/use and habitat classes, which can be related to human pressures over time. Satellite Earth observation (EO) data and techniques offer the opportunity to detect such changes. Yet association with field info...