This page shows the taxonomy structure of the EO services organised thematically. There are 6 classes of service as shown on the tabs. Each class contains a number of thematic sectors into which the EO services are grouped.
- Thematic Sector: this is the classification of the grouped EO services.
- Client view: These are each EO service described as a client may wish.
- Key-words: these define the products which can make up an EO service.
Thematic Sector | EO Services | Description |
|---|---|---|
Agriculture | agri-environment | |
bad weather, impact on crops | ||
crop health (disease and stress), crop acreage and yield harvest (inventories / statistics), crop types (extent, growth, health, stress), crop yields | ||
illegal crops | ||
soil water index, surface soil moisture, run-off | ||
Forests | deforestation, degradation maps | |
storm, insect damage impact maps | ||
forest biomass (diversity, health, extent), forest type, forest classification (cover density), tree cover density (canopy coverage) | ||
illicit logging | ||
forest location, extent and tree cover density | ||
| Monitor forest carbon content | emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) | |
Inland Water | water quality, pollution, turbidity, suspended sediment concentrations (quantitative, qualitative), waterbody (temperature, extent, volume, quantity), algal blooms | |
water run-off (water quantity), hydrological network and catchment areas (water catchment) | ||
inland ice | ||
Snow & Ice | glacier | |
snow cover | ||
Land Ecosystems | critical habitat maps, wildlife corridors, linear features (hedges and boundaries, vegetation index (FAPAR; NDVI, LAI), vegetation stress, stem volume, soil moisture | |
environmental assessment | ||
pollution | ||
| Monitor land cover and detect change | arid areas, wet areas, erosion potential, CORINE (characterization & classification), soil sealing | |
Land use | illicit mining | |
land accounting (use, parcels), cadastral, land use & quality | ||
land administration, land use studies | ||
monitoring of settlements | ||
population pressures / migration | ||
Monitor vegetation encroachment | mapping of terrain, infrastructure and operations, pipeline corridor status, encroachment | |
Topography | Baseline mapping | Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), Digital Surface Model (DSM), Digital Terrain Model (DTM), terrain roughness measure, slope stability (curvature, aspect), surface deformation maps and profiles |
Measure and detect land surface change | surface movement: sand dunes, pipeline routes (corridor status), soil erosion | |
reservoir compartmentalization & optimization, permafrost zone stability, ground displacement: fault identification, reactivation & discontinuities, uplift, subsidence, heave. | ||
Geology | near surface features, lithology features, linear disturbance features: faults & discontinuities | |
seismic (survey, coupling, logistics) | ||
mineral workings / ground surface, illegal activities | ||
| Identify hydrocarbon seeps in soil | hydrocarbon seepage (oil seeps) detection (near surface geology: faults, fractures, unconformities or carrier beds) |
Thematic Sector | EO Service | Description |
|---|---|---|
Urban Areas | urban areas, urban atlas, urban settlement maps, urban development, smart cities, individual houses inventory | |
rural areas and surroundings, waste management, water supply, positioning energy, leisure | ||
Infrastructure | building inventory & footprint, strategic infrastructure development, structural interpretation | |
solar energy and radiation (design and operation) | ||
wind energy (design and operation), wind roses | ||
land surface, spatial planning, landscape visibility analysis, terrain mapping (DTMs), map transmission and land routes | ||
hydroelectric plants (design and operation) | ||
infrastructure, soft ground, identification of road or track for logistics planning, transport network | ||
Assess damage from industrial accidents | disaster risk reduction (emergency response, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction) | |
| Asset infrastructure monitoring | land cover, infrastructure, pipelines |
Thematic Sector | EO Service | Key words |
|---|---|---|
Marine ecosystem | algal bloom (phytoplankton), ocean colour compositte (chl-a, swath, qualitative, quantitative), sea surface temperature (SST) | |
turbidity & pollutants | ||
oil spill threats (early warning), natural oil seepage, | ||
gas flares and oil rigs | ||
| Monitor marine habitats | algal blooms, marine mammals, sea surface temperature, sediments, plumes, dredging operation | |
Coastal | charting / shallow water bathymetry | |
waterbody nutrients / productivity (chlorophyll-a concentration), coastal, littoral and subtidal habitat (mangroves, coral reefs, seagrass canopy density) | ||
sea rise | ||
Assess and monitor coastal water quality | sediment (qualitative, quantitative), turbidity (quality, quantitative), visibility, chlorophyll-a concentration | |
Monitor the coast line | coastal land cover, shoreline change and coastal morphology (coastal terrain models) | |
Metocean | ocean dynamics and circulation: tides and ocean currents (surface current models for tides), sea surface salinity (internal waves, eddies and frontal areas), upwelling | |
derived winds (speed, direction, stress) and waves (current veins, swell-maps: sea surface heigh), wave exposure (fetch, averaged directional wind speed and bathymetry), sea surface roughness (rain cells) | ||
extreme waves / tsunami | ||
atmospheric front, local weather phenomena, cloud structure, winds and waves, sea-surface temperature and sea-surface height | ||
Fisheries | fish-shoal location | |
illegal fishing | ||
Ships | Detect ships in critical areas | shipping and navigation |
ship | ||
Sea-ice and icebergs |
Thematic Sector | EO Service | Key words |
|---|---|---|
Atmosphere | air quality forecasting, emissions of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides. ie: CH4, tropospheric NO2 and SO2, particulate matters or aerosols | |
Monitor atmosphere composition | aerosol and carbon monoxide, greenhouse gases: CO2, Methane, NOx, SOx | |
UV & solar radiation measures | ||
Climate | carbon monitoring | |
climate change, record of stratospheric ozone | ||
Assess climate forcing | infrared radiation, scattering of solar radiation | |
Meteorology | weather monitoring and prediction (hurricane tracks, cyclone, storm tracks), visibility |
Thematic Sector | EO Services | Key words |
|---|---|---|
Floods | surface soil moisture, floodplain, flood extend mapping, flood risk assessment, flood frequency, rainfall, monitoring flash floods, flood frequency and modelling | |
Fires | forest fire risk (extent, burnt scars), damage | |
Earthquakes | earthquake (risk, information, damage), seismic, inter-seismic deformations, slip rates & active faults, stress transfer on faults | |
Landslides | landslides (risk, monitoring, damage), slope instability and subsidence detection, fault and discontinuity maps (vector or raster) | |
Volcanos | volcanic eruptions (pre-eruptive, sin-eruptive, atmospheric ash, dispersion) |
Thematic Sector | EO Service | Key words |
|---|---|---|
Security | geospatial intelligence, sensitive risk areas (mines, unexploded objects (UXO), de-mining), high risk areas, precision mapping | |
humanitarian aid maps | ||
border area monitoring. | ||
Monitor movement of people | migration and cleansing | |
Monitor economic activity | legal and illegal activities | |
Monitor transport routes | transportation of legal and illegal goods, trafficking | |
daily disease risk maps, NDVI, land cover, soil type |
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