Dams’ Safety - gap analysis

P37: Dams’ Safety

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Maturity score

Mean: 2.4

STD: 0.80

Constraints and limitations

·   SAR signal coherence can be reduced in vegetated areas, making it challenging to monitor dam stability in regions with dense vegetation.

·   Changes in the dam environment, such as construction activity or vegetation growth can cause temporal decorrelation, reducing the coherence needed for accurate deformation measurement.

·   SAR data might not capture localized deformation patterns if the area of interest is smaller than the SAR pixel size.

Relevant user needs

UN37: Projection of risk to portfolio assets into the future.

R&D gaps

·   High cost of VHR SAR imagery which is necessary to capture small horizontal/vertical displacements.

Potential improvements drivers

·   Price models

Utilisation level review

Utilisation score

Mean: 2.5

STD: 0.50

No utilisation

Low utilisation

Medium utilisation

·   The product is already satisfying the technical and usability requirements.

·   Unawareness of the existence of the best available commercial EO product with better specifications.

High utilisation

Critical gaps related to relevant user needs

Guideline gap

UN37: Projection of risk to portfolio assets into the future.