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ESA programmes for exploitation of Earth Observation. Pierre-Philippe Mathieu Industry Section EOP-SEI pierre.philippe.mathieu@esa.int www.esa.int/eomd. Renewable Energy. Wind farm management. End-User Application. Raw EO data. Information & Services. Backscatter from
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ESA programmes for exploitation of Earth Observation Pierre-Philippe Mathieu Industry Section EOP-SEI pierre.philippe.mathieu@esa.int www.esa.int/eomd
Renewable Energy
Wind farm management End-User Application Raw EO data Information & Services Backscatter from Synthetic Aperture Radar Wind rose retrieved through numerical model of boundary layer Integration with ancillary data Sources into user software
Marine offshore renewable Wind Energy Wave Energy Denmark (Horns Rev) Portugal (Ocean Power Delivery) Courtesy NERSCC Courtesy ARGOSS
Raising awareness of users EOWIND stand at the European Wind Energy Conference in London, essential meeting point for the Wind energy industry
ExploitingSolar Radiation Managing PV plants Happy Sun Mobile Ground irradiance UV index Early Warning DLR (De), Uni Oldenburg (De), Tecsol (De) Happy Sun mobile service, FLYBY (It), VODAFONE (It)
EO supporting hydropower Digital Elevation Model Land Cover (ENISAT/SAR) River Network (ENVISAT/RA) Optimizing Hydropower Production Weather Condition (MSG) Snow Cover Extent (ENVISAT/MERIS)
Effective Seismic Surveys Explore in remote areas EO for optimal planning of seismic surveys Satellite images are being used to pre-plan the optimum positions of geophones as well as vibrator trucks in order to obtain the best possible information on subsurface characteristics INFOTERRA (Uk), WESTERN GECO (UK)
Monitoring land motion Oil field & Mining Pipeline corridor AMEC (Int), ATLANTIS (Ca), Mining (RIO TINTO, TECKCOMINCO, KINGROSS) AMEC (Int), ATLANTIS (Ca), TERRASEN GAS (Ca)
Offshore Oil exploitation Ocean weather forecasting Offshore oil exploration Joint venture between ARGOSS (Nl), NERSC (No), FUGRO GEOS (Uk) to create a company oceannumerics.com
Iceberg monitoring Iceberg detection / drift International Ice Patrol Manice format
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