VITO - Remote Sensing and Coastal Zone Management 18/02/2016 1
VITO IN NUMBERS» 750 employees» 26 nationalities» More than 400 patents worldwide» HQ in Mol, België. Offices in Ostend, Berchem, Ghent, Genk» Subsidiary in China» 200 scientific articles in 2014» 1000 research projects» 140 mio turnover in 2014» More than 500 research partners 18/02/2016 2
VITO: AREAS OF EXPERTISE Energy Materials Chemistry Health Land use 18/02/2016 3 3
VITO s Remote Sensing Unit 18/02/2016 4
REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS Platforms UAV AIRBORNE HALE UAV SATELLITE Sensors Value Added Services & Information Products Markets Vegetation Agriculture Water Forest Environment & Security 18/02/2016 5
OUR EXPERTISE Multidisciplinary team of 80+ professionals in Remote Sensing: Researchers, Engineers, IT specialists, Operators and PhD s» Operational image processing, archiving and dissemination» Airborne & satellite» Proba-V» Copernicus global land» Calibration and validation» Pre-processing» Atmospheric corrections» Geometric corrections and mosaicking» Higher level product development» Thematic priorities:» Water & coast» Biodiversity» Agriculture Some Figures: 2.6+ PB online storage 6 TAPE ROBOTS (Ability to read LTO3-4-5-6) 500+ physical servers 50+ virtual servers 18/02/2016 6 6
Remote Sensing & Coastal Zone 18/02/2016 7
Product True colour and TSM concentration Rhône river plume Sensor MODIS, Sentinel-3, Proba- V Revisit daily Belgian Coastal zone Spatial resolution 300m Mode Historic Near real time Usage Background concentrations Direction and extent of sediment plumes Origin of plume (river outflow, other dredging activity?) Rio de La Plata 18/02/2016 8
TSM AND TURBIDITY Seasonal dynamics of the Rhône river plume (06 March 2014, 9 May 2014, 17 October 2014) based on MODIS imagery -> 250 m spatial resolution -> Daily coverage but cloud cover -> Definition of historic background concentrations + Near Real Time observations 18/02/2016 9 9
Product True colour and TSM concentration Belgian Coastal zone Sensor Landsat-8 Sentinel-2 Revisit weekly Spatial resolution 20-30m Rio de La Plata Mode Historic Near real time Usage Background concentrations Direction and extent of sediment plumes Origin of plume (river outflow, other dredging activity?) Rhône river plume 18/02/2016 10
TSM AND TURBIDITY TSM product for lake Balaton Data source: landsat-8 complete view (16/07/2014) -> 30 m spatial resolution -> 16 day revisit -> ideally combined with S2 Total suspended matter concentration (mg L-1) 18/02/2016 11 11
Product Near Field true colour and TSM concentration Sensor Different sensors on airborne platform (manned/unmanned) Revisit On demand to very high (seconds) Spatial resolution m dm - cm TSM concentrations Scheldt river Mannned airborne Mode Near real time Usage Direction and extent of sediment plumes (+dynamics) Cal/Val sediment transport models TSM concentrations harbour of Zeebrugge Drone images TSM concentrations harbour of Antwerp Drone images 18/02/2016 12
Product Coral reef (bottom substrate, depth) Sensor Airborne Sentinel-2, Landsat Revisit On demand weekly Spatial resolution 2-6m 20-30m Mode Near real time Historic Usage Baseline conditions before dredging, changes after dredging Sedimentation, seagrass, geomorphological zones 18/02/2016 13
Product Coastal vegetation (extent, changes, species and associations) Sensor Landsat-8, Sentinel-2 Airborne Revisit weekly On demand Spatial resolution 20/30m 2-6m Mode Near real time Historic Usage Baseline conditions before dredging, changes after dredging Biodiversity, health, greenness 18/02/2016 14
Product Coastline changes, coastal erosion Sensor Landsat-8, Sentinel-2 Airborne Revisit weekly On demand Spatial resolution 20/30m 2-6m Mode Near real time Historic Usage Natural changes of the system Changes after dredging Bangladesh (g) changes from 2002 to 2003 (h) changes from 2003 to 2009 green = land gained blue = eroded land. Belgian coast
More info: els.knaeps @vito.be; ils.reusen @vito.be; remotesensing @vito.be 18/02/2016 16