Within the Copernicus&Me initiative, we interviewed 11 European organisations to bring you simple and readable case studies reporting on their experience of use of satellite-based services.
Ten of them provided us with information that we could present in an aggregated analysis.
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VIDA: Supporting access to electricity in Sierra Leone
- Decision-makers in low- and middle-income countries often lack information to plan electrification in rural areas.
- With Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 imagery it is possible to visualise such information on maps.
- Thanks to satellite-based maps governments can take informed decisions to carry out the electrification process.
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D-ICE: Diminishing the carbon footprint of ships
- The French SME D-ICE was looking for ways to decrease the carbon footprint of ships.
- Copernicus satellites provide historical data on weather, wind, waves and sea currents on sea routes to support wind-propelled ships.
- Using these historical data, ships can take routes with low power consumption.
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Monitoring and preventing floods in Wallonia
- The Public Service of Wallonia needs reliable and up-to-date information on flood risks.
- Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data allowed for the creation of land cover and land use maps of the regional territory.
- With the maps, the PSW can comply with the EU floods directive, and design flood risk management plans.
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Monitoring water turbidity during the port extension works at Port-la-Nouvelle
- The Occitanie region needed to monitor water turbidity.
- Data from Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 provided a “water turbidity weather forecast” nearby the works.
- Damage to the nearby natural areas was avoided while extending the port.
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Mitigating the effects of climate change at public transport stops in Prague
- The city of Prague wanted to visualise heat vulnerability nearby public transport stops.
- Data from Sentinel-2A allowed the city to realise the urban heat vulnerability map of Prague.
- Transport stops most vulnerable to heat were adapted and made more comfortable for citizens and tourists.
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Safeguarding cultural heritage in Rhodes
- The Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese needed to monitor soil movements nearby archaeological remains.
- Data from Sentinel-1 allowed for the creation of soil deformation maps of the area.
- The Ephorate can foresee the effects of soil movements and take measures to secure and restore monuments.
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Preventing and managing forest fires in Castilla-La Mancha
- The Government of Castilla La-Mancha needs reliable and up-to-date information on the variables that can favour fires and on the affected forest areas.
- Copernicus satellites provide data to both prevent and manage forest fires.
- The data provided by Copernicus have highly contributed to decreasing uncertainty and increasing preparedness against forest fires in the region.
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Supporting insurance companies to deal with climate-related damage to agriculture
- Increasing climate change makes it difficult to foresee and assess the economic losses caused by weather-related disasters.
- DSE, a French SME, combines artificial intelligence and Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data to estimate agricultural damage caused by weather-related events.
- This system allows insurance companies to save money and time for damage assessment and to avoid frauds.
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Improving financial estimates and forecasts
- The lack of real-time data makes it hard to assess and estimate economic growth and business opportunities comparably in different geographical zones.
- QuantCube, a French SME, uses satellite-based data to provide economic indicators in real-time.
- Using Copernicus data, QuantCube can enhance its macroeconomic indicators with granular, reliable and transparent data.
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Copernicus data and services to SHELTER cultural heritage
- There is an increasing need for accurate and harmonised data on land cover in multi-national projects aimed at safeguarding cultural heritage.
- Ekodenge, a Turkish SME, uses data on land cover from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 to map risks around cultural heritage sites.
- The Sentinel data will be used to propose measures to increase the resilience of cultural heritage sites and make recommendations on “building back better” techniques.
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Detecting stubble burning in agricultural fields in Serbia
- Stubble burning is a common practice in cultivated fields in Serbia, threatening the health and safety of the territory.
- With the support of the BıoSense Instıtute, UNDP Serbia created a web gıs portal to detect open fıres usıng data from Sentınel-2.
- The portal allows the government to detect stubble burnıng and to undertake evidence-based actions against this practice .
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