Smart use of satellite data to develop solutions to key challenges on Earth and in our everyday lives. 

The project aims to develop a technology that can provide a reliable estimation of snow water equivalent for monitoring and forecasting of potential snowmelt flood events through utilizing RADARSAT Constellation Mission data.

Canada is water rich. It contains 7% of the world’s renewable freshwater. Considering the central importance of water to Canada’s economy and the increasing pressures on our water systems, better water management is crucial for Canada’s current and future economic and environmental security.

Monitoring small solar system bodies in order to evaluate potential hazards

Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are leftover building blocks from the early Solar System that have been nudged into Earth’s neighbourhood by the gravitational effects of nearby planets. The vast majority are comets and asteroids, which, when they come close to Earth pose a risk to humans as well as to civil infrastructures like buildings and urban areas.

Monitoring and verification of zero deforestation value chains through combining Artificial Intelligence and Earth Observation

Monitoring environmental related transhumance patterns and assessing the risk for population displacement

Earth observation-based information products for drought risk reduction at the national level

Development and Validation of earth observation-based indicators for the monitoring of the Sendai framework using the example of flooding in Ecuador

Innovative multi-temporal unmixing approaches for monitoring fire-prone ecosystems with EnMAP

Remote sensing of methane plumes from EnMAP observations

Development of automatic methods for the detection and differentiation of illegal waste dumps and plastic waste in the environment using hyperspectral satellite imagery and deep learning