Service to improve monitoring of changes in water resources of individual lakes and reservoirs

The WaterInfo service aims to improve monitoring of changes in water resources of individual lakes and reservoirs to support optimised hydropower production planning, more accurate electricity market and price predictions and increased knowledge on the environmental footprint caused by hydropower operations. The approach is to classify radar imagery covering lakes and distinguishing water covered area from land. Space assets used in the demonstration project will be primarily from Earth Observation Satellites Sentinel 1a/b.

Update: the project has undergone three Contract Change Notices.