Environmental & Natural Disaster Monitoring
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Satellite data can help in many ways to provide a more sustainable life on Earth. It can be used to monitor green house emissions both on a local scale as well as on a global scale. Deforestation through legal/illegal activities can be tracked in almost real-time. It can provide details about the extent and depth of a natural catastrophe such as a wild fire or flood within hours of the event. Such an information is critical both for insurance sector clients as well as disaster relief teams. When combined with other meteorological data satellite data can also be used for prediction of floods, earthquake, cyclone etc.    

Flood Monitoring

After a natural disaster like flood, precise and timely information about where and what help is required is critical for disaster relief teams. High resolution satellite data can provide this information in less than a day. When combined with other meteorological data it can also be used to predict the location and timing of flood. 

Wild Fire detection

As global temperatures are rising wild fires are becoming frequent and dangerous. Firefighters may find it hard to access the the exact speed and location and direction of the fire. Satellite data can provide valuable insights for fire prevention and response. For example, satellite data can help to identify fire risks near human settlements, infrastructure, historical buildings and other vulnerable areas. Satellite data can also be used to detect fire outbreaks before they are noticed on the ground. Moreover, satellite data can monitor the changes in vegetation health as the fire spreads, enabling fire management teams to allocate their resources such as fire tankers and aircrafts more effectively. Satellite data can also aid in assessing and classifying the burn severity after the fire.

Emissions monitoring

Emissions monitoring is a long-standing challenge. Many high-sensitivity gas sensors can provide point-based sensing or small-scale networked sensing, but large-scale monitoring of emissions remains a big challenge. Satellite data enables the monitoring of emissions at different scales, from a single coal plant or an industrial area to a city or a whole country. This information is vital for regulators to track the polluters and for companies to reduce their carbon footprint.

Monitoring Deforestation

Deforestation due to illegal activities is difficult to monitor because of the inaccessibility of large forest areas. Manual monitoring is inefficient and unreliable, as it may not provide timely and accurate information. Satellite data can be very helpful in such a scenario, especially when combined with machine learning techniques that can automate forest monitoring.