PROJECTS
TOWARDS THE RETRIEVAL OF LAKE ICE THICKNESS FROM SATELLITE ALTIMETRY MISSIONS (LIAM)
The objective of this project is to examine the sensitivity of radar backscatter and brightness temperature measurements acquired by satellite altimetry missions to lake ice thickness, an Essential Climate Variable (ECV), using the Snow Microwave Radiative Transfer (SMRT) model. H2O Geomatics is leading this effort.
Project team: H2O Geomatics (Canada), Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement at Université Grenoble Alpes (France), Ocean Next (France)
Funding: European Space Agency
Duration: 2020-2021
ESA CCI+ LAKES
The overarching objective of Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Lakes is to produce and validate a consistent data set of the variables grouped under the Lakes Essential Climate Variable (ECV) which include Lake Water Level (LWL), Lake Water Extent (LWE), Lake Surface Water temperature (LSWT), Lake Ice Cover (LIC), and Lake Water-Leaving Reflectance (LWLR). The project aims to process the longest period of combined satellite observations by designing and operating processing chains contributing to a sustainable production system.
H2O Geomatics is a partner leading the development of the LIC product from optical satellite data.
Project team: CLS (France), LEGOS (France), University of Reading (United Kingdom), National Research Council of Italy (Italy), H2O Geomatics (Canada), Brockman Consult GmbH (Germany), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (United Kingdom), GeoEcoMar (Romania), SERTIT (France), TRE-Altamira (Spain), NORUT (Norway)
Funding: European Space Agency
Duration: 2019-2022
DEVELOPMENT OF A CROP DISEASE RISK ASSESSMENT WEB TOOL FOR THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES
Under the Innovative Solutions Canada program, this project (Phase 1 - Proof of concept) addressed a challenge articulated by the Canadian Space Agency (Challenge ID - Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Advanced Autonomous Space Systems).
The project designed and delivered the first version of a crop disease risk model based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the prototype of a Crop Disease Risk Assessment web tool.
Project team: H2O Geomatics (Canada), Lim Geomatics (Canada)
Funding: Innovative Solutions Canada /Canadian Space Agency
Duration: 2019-2020
