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Remote sensing activities

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VITO?

» Is a non-profit organization established by the Flemish Government to:

» Stimulate a positive, innovative climate to strenghten SME’s» Put Flanders on the “European & global” map (including it’s

international commitments)» Bridge scientific & operational communities

» Modes of operation:» Through 5-year framework contracts with the Flemish Gov:

» At least 50% income from contract research (relevance!)» Publish SCI papers» Create spin-offs (+ patents)

» Energy, industrial materials, environmental modelling, remote sensing, …

» 600+employees

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VITO & remote sensing

» About 70 employees organized in 3 research teams:

» Technology development (APEX, UAV, PROBA-V, ..)» Operational services / GEODATA (CTIV, .. )» Remote sensing Applications

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Technology development

» VGT follow-on: PROBA-V

» APEX: hyperspectral camera

» UAV – Unmanned Areal Vehicles / MEDUSA

» Automated change detection

Simulate and develop remote sensing sensors, systems and missions

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GEODATA & operational servicesSecure availability of qualitative data

» SPOT – VEGETATION processing & archiving facility» ISO certified

» APEX – airborne campaigns» Spatial Data Infrastructure» GRID-technology» Visualization techniques

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Applicationsdata to information

» Airborne / Local applications» Hyperspectral applications » Water, Coastal mapping» Habitat (quality) mapping

» Global activities» “Global” vegetation indicators – production» Agriculture and crop monitoring» Food Security & development» Data integration & dissemination

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Water quality

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Biodiversity mapping

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RS ImagesPolygon-based habitat map

» Develop an operation-oriented method to map, monitor and evaluate Natura 2000 habitats in W-Europe, using hyperspectral RS and advanced analysis techniques

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Global activities

» Within an international research network» European & global scale» Activties

» Production of time series of vegetation indicators» Area & yield estimations» Food security & development applications» Data dissemination

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JRC-MARS & VITO: 30 YEARS of NOAA-AVHRR over EUROPE

Long Term Averages (1981-2011 for 3 Variables in 4 Months

February May August November

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METOP-AVHRR: examples of global products

NDVI

LST

Total Observations

Clear Observations

September 2010Dekad 1

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AVHRR-Processing: Interactive Quality Control

Radiometric Errors

Geometric Shifts

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SPIRITS Software for the Processing and Interpretation of Remotely Sensed Image Time Series

» Time series can

» select a scenario via its name

» create a new scenario

» view the selected scenario

» edit the selected scenario

User assistance

Task queue

Info & Progress running module

Glimpse UI’s& SPX editors Typical UI

(formerly known as Mars-Food Application)

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EUMETCast - concept» What is EUMETCast?

» A multi-service dissemination system based on standard Digital Video Broadcast (DVB-S) technology, using commercial telecommunication satellites to multicast files (data and products) to a wide user community

» Off-the shelf, standard, low cost, commercially available reception equipment (comparable to household satellite TV)

» Operated by EUMETSAT » Fast (12-14Mbps in EU)

& reliable

Image courtesy of EUMETSAT

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10/04/23 VITO: remote

sensing & agriculture

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Food security monitoring in Africa

» Main constraints in Africa

» Less information on Agriculture, subsistence agriculture, highly fragmented

» Vulnerable to climate events (drought, floods, ...) with potentially high human impact

» Limited capacity locally

» VITO works together with

» FAO, WFP, local ministries

» Partnership in Europe through GMFS (Global monitoring for Food Security project)

» To

» To strengthen capacity

» To assess the agricultural season (anomalies, yield, area)

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Usage VECMAP

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Training

» Training session in the following domains:» Imaging spectroscopy » Low resolution imagery processing» Low resolution applications

» Training sessions held in:» Europe» Indonesia» Africa

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Thank you!

Flemish Institute for Technological ResearchRemote sensing department - Applications unit Boeretang 2002400 B-MolBelgiumapplications@vito.beTel: +32 14 336807Fax: +32 14 32 2795