Infrastructure for Accessing and Processing EO data Brief Overview of Efforts from Earth Observation Research and Innovation Centre Amos T. Kabo-bah EORIC, Sunyani, Ghana 13th-15th June, 2017 Sunyani, Ghana
EORIC - Climate Informatics - High Performance Computing State its goals - Climate Informatics - High Performance Computing
Ground Stations 8 Satellites TERRA AQUA Suomi NPP NOAA 18 NOAA 19 Earth Observation Server & DB GeonetCAST Receiver Funded by 8 Satellites TERRA AQUA Suomi NPP NOAA 18 NOAA 19 METOP-A METOP-B FENGYUN 3B Available Data AVISO General TAMSAT Rainfall estimates Jason/OSTM Products FY-2 Products High Rate SEVIRI VITO-Vegetation Products DevCoCast-General and many more… National Partners International Partners
Baseline Ground Station Architecture FormoSat-7 / COSMIC-2 (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate) The program has agreed to establish a ground station in UENR-Ghana to improve data latency. Installation is scheduled to be completed by July, 2017. Baseline Ground Station Architecture
CARBON MONITORING TOWER The Centre is far advanced to acquire and set up a flux tower. This flux tower will be able to determine exchange rates of carbon dioxide between the forests and the atmosphere. The information gathered plays into the debate on the measurable effects of climate change.
High Performance Computing Applications Computational Fluid Dynamics GPU Computing Environmental Modelling Weather and Flood Forecasting Artificial Intelligence …and many more
UAV for precision agriculture Expected Results Building capacity of 5 MSc & 2 PhD students Training programs for selected farming communities Development of enhanced soil-water conservation methods Building capacity on the use of drone technology for agriculture
Flooding – Using TanDEM-X images TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) is the name of TerraSAR-X's twin satellite, a German Earth observation satellite using SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) - a modern radar imaging technology
Mapping the extents of damage of Small Scale Mining in Ghana Depletion of: Water Resources Forest Resources Food Crops Human Health SENTINEL 1,2 PRODUCTS
Is our problem an issue of Data Access or Data Availability? Food for Thought? Is our problem an issue of Data Access or Data Availability? Can we sustain EO dissemination without a Business Model? How can AfriGEOSS integrate activities within Africa for Big Funding from World Bank etc.?
Amos T. Kabo-bah EORIC, Sunyani, Ghana 13th-15th June, 2017 Sunyani, amos.kabobah@uenr.edu.gh THANK YOU