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Table 2-10 Future Operational Outcomes from Surveyed Projects<br />
Application Area Operational Outcomes Essential EO <strong>Data</strong> Types<br />
Oceanography<br />
Coastal<br />
Meteorology<br />
Glaciology<br />
Hydrology<br />
Geology<br />
Submarine detection; fishing surveillance;<br />
ocean weather alerts<br />
Sea surface topography, tidal modelling,<br />
tsunami warnings<br />
Sea surface temperature, coral health<br />
warnings, ocean colour<br />
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Low Resolution Optical, Radar Altimeters, in situ<br />
Passive Microwave, Radar Altimeters, in situ<br />
Monitoring seagrass health/extent High Resolution Optical<br />
Systematic shallow coastal bathymetry/<br />
vegetation mapping<br />
<strong>Earth</strong> radiation budget radiometers, Low Resolution Optical,<br />
Ocean Colour Instruments, in situ<br />
Low Resolution Optical, Medium Resolution Optical, High<br />
Resolution Optical, Hyperspectral, Ocean Colour Instruments<br />
Routine water quality monitoring Low Resolution Optical, Ocean Colour Instruments<br />
Dust warnings;<br />
Improved weather <strong>for</strong>ecasting and<br />
climate modelling<br />
Cloud pr<strong>of</strong>ile and rain radars, Lidar, Multiple Direction/<br />
Polarisation Instruments<br />
Atmospheric chemistry instruments, atmospheric temperature<br />
and humidity sounders, cloud pr<strong>of</strong>ile and rain radars, Low<br />
Resolution Optical, passive microwave, Lidar, multiple direction/<br />
polarisation instruments, Radar Altimeters, Scatterometers<br />
Atmospheric correction models Multi-direction polarisation instruments, in situ<br />
Monitoring velocity fields <strong>of</strong> glaciers and<br />
ice sheets<br />
Improved precipitation, flood <strong>for</strong>ecasting,<br />
drought monitoring<br />
SAR (C-band)<br />
Passive Microwave, SAR (L-band), in situ<br />
Monthly evapotranspiration estimate Low Resolution Optical, High Resolution Optical, in situ<br />
Improved management <strong>of</strong> water<br />
resources from eco-hydrological<br />
dynamics<br />
Catchment scale changes in total water<br />
storage <strong>for</strong> water accounting<br />
Mapping surface permeability<br />
Routine monitoring <strong>of</strong> inland water<br />
quality<br />
Map paleovalleys <strong>for</strong> groundwater<br />
locations in arid and semi-arid <strong>Australia</strong><br />
Understanding plate tectonics<br />
Quantifying methane gas emissions and<br />
other pollutants from mining<br />
3D mineral maps (sub-surface and<br />
surface mineralogy)<br />
Low Resolution Optical<br />
Gravity instruments<br />
Medium Resolution Optical, High Resolution Optical,<br />
Hyperspectral, in situ<br />
Low Resolution Optical, Medium Resolution Optical, High<br />
Resolution Optical, Hyperspectral, Ocean Colour Instruments<br />
Low Resolution Optical, Radar Altimeters<br />
Radar Altimeters; gravity, magnetic field and geodynamic<br />
instruments<br />
High Resolution Optical, Hyperspectral, in situ<br />
Atmospheric chemistry instruments, Medium Resolution Optical,<br />
High Resolution Optical, Hyperspectral, in situ<br />
Characterising soil types High Resolution Optical, Hyperspectral, in situ<br />
Integrated, continental GIS <strong>for</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
lithosphere <strong>for</strong> mineral exploration<br />
Medium Resolution Optical; High Resolution Optical;<br />
Hyperspectral; gravity magnetic field, and geodynamic<br />
instruments; in situ