Satellite Monitoring of ship emissions in the Baltic Sea

In 2018, maritime transport accounted for 2.89% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The ESA-coordinated SAMBA project combines AIS/GPS maritime emissions with remote sensing-based atmospheric pollution data to develop a maritime emission compliance monitoring service.

Source: International Maritime Organization

The objective of SAMBA is to establish feasibility of space-based services for maritime emission monitoring. SAMBA will achieve its objective by combining AIS/GPS-based maritime emissions with remote sensing-based atmospheric pollution monitoring into maritime emission compliance monitoring and information provision service. The primary users will be national and regional authorities in countries surrounding the European coastal seas, and users receiving added value to existing air quality forecasting services.