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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 />

26 <strong>Continuity</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Earth</strong> <strong>Observation</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>: R&D • January 2012<br />

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

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