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2.5 Summary The CEODA-R&D survey has collated detailed information describing 56 EO-related research projects currently being conducted in Australia. The surveyed projects comprise a representative subset of the broader research activities in this area and include the major areas of EO-related R&D in this country. These projects represent a total annual budget of nearly $35 million and employment of over 190 full time equivalents in both civil and defence organisations. (Note that the 13 large and significant projects listed in Table 2-13 collectively contribute nearly two thirds of this total annual budget and employ over half the staff numbers mentioned.) The 56 projects involved in the CEODA-R&D survey comprise less than a quarter of the current EO-related R&D projects in Australia. Many more EO-related activities which are just outside the scope of this R&D-focused study are also underway, and some of these are documented in other studies such as CEODA-Ops (Geoscience Australia, 2011). The surveyed projects, nonetheless, make significant input to a range of operational programs in Australia, with over 70% citing direct support to or from the 91 programs identified in CEODA-Ops. This research services several areas of national importance, in particular those relating to environmental and resource monitoring and reporting. 32 Continuity of Earth Observation Data for Australia: R&D • January 2012
3 EO DATA REQUIREMENTS: CURRENT EO DATA REQUIREMENTS: CURRENT Based on the 56 sample projects described in Section 2, the following sub-sections detail the type, resolution, extent and volume of EO data that is currently being used in Australian research (Section 3.1) and consider the supply channels through which these data are delivered (Section 3.2). Based on the current usage and supply information, nine Priority Data Types are identified and further discussed in Section 3.3. 3.1 Usage This section gives an overview of the usage of EO data in support of the R&D projects that have been surveyed. Usage is analysed both in overall terms, and by data type based on the 18 instrument definitions identified in the CEOS Handbook (see Table 2-2). 3.1.1 All Projects Using the survey ratings described in Section 2.1.3, the overall importance of EO data usage to the sample set of projects is summarised in Table 3-1. Over 85% of the surveyed projects depend on some form of EO data from satellite sources, while nearly 40% require airborne EO data to conduct their research activities. EO Data Source Table 3-1 EO Data Importance Entries indicate the number of projects Essential Advantageous EO Data Importance Rating Essential + Advantageous Opportunistic Promising Satellite 48 5 53 2 0 Airborne 21 11 32 7 1 Another six projects that rated Airborne EO data as essential considered Satellite sources to be either advantageous or opportunistic for their research, and a further 11 projects that rated Satellite EO data as essential, considered Airborne sources as advantageous. The results for these ratings for usage of individual data types are shown in Table 3-2 and Table 3-3 for satellite and airborne sources respectively. These numbers differ from those in Table 3-1 in that they indicate which specific EO data types are, or could be, relevant to the sample projects. With reference to Table 3-2, Low Resolution Optical data was rated as the most important EOS data type, being used by just over half of the survey projects (essential + advantageous). Medium Resolution Optical data is also needed in nearly half of the projects, and High Resolution Optical imagery in nearly one third. Passive microwave and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data types were also essential for several projects, and considered both advantageous and/or promising to others. Hyperspectral, Lidar and Radar Altimeter instruments were among the most ‘promising’ prospects for future research from satellite sources. Continuity of Earth Observation Data for Australia: R&D • January 2012 33
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REFERENCES REFERENCES ACIL Tasman (
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CEOS MIM CEOS Missions, Instruments
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SAOCOM SAtélite Argentino de Obser
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WASTAC Western Australian Satellite
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