The NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences Board has granted the Big EO Analytics project eithin the Open Technology Programme.
Europe recently launched Copernicus Sentinel satellite missions marking a new era for Earth Observation. Ground breaking RADAR (Sentinel-1) and optical (Sentinel 2) dense satellite time series data with global coverage are available free-of-charge to support services and science. The sheer volume of the data and information brings a big data challenge for the Earth Observation community. Developments towards operationalized approaches that combine both data streams are paramount to use Sentinel satellite data for consistent and robust change monitoring. This project will allow us to innovate and operationalize our current expertise on combining optical and RADAR satellite images. An open data management infrastructure for flexible and efficient access and analysis of big satellite data, covering the whole processing chain from data storage, analysis, querying, and visualization will be developed together with open-source toolkits. This project will improve access and lower the processing burden for all actors; including Small and Medium Enterprises.
Project leader: dr. Ir. J. Verbesselt - Wageningen University & Research Project coordinator: dr. Johannes Reiche - Wageningen University & Research Start date: 14-01-2018 End date: 1-09-2022 Programme: Open Technologieprogramma