Natural
resources management
Agrometeorological
services
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Cropland Yield estimates
Service enables public agencies to assess
the impactof meteorological factors on the
productive capacity of crop land, quantifying
ecosystem stress Levels.
EU
CAP Declaration Assessment
The service is indispensable for local agencies
and Regions for premium assignment on land
declared “farmland”.
Land Productive
Capacity
Cross-referencing the map with land registry
boundaries Deriving productive capacity
average value.
Establishing new land and agricultural unit
income Identifying productive capacity at
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Air quality
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Service Components
• Large-scale
mapping of desert aerosol
• Pollutant
concentrations maps
Service
Objectives
• Data availability
for documenting the natural origin of atmospheric
aerosol
• Decision-maker support for
the introduction of air pollution control
measures
• Planning support for land-based
measurement station networks
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Coastal areas and Water quality
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Service components
• Monitoring
of algae eutrophization and water temperature
• Measurements of coastline variations over
time
Service objectives
• Human activitity management
in coastal areas
• Contrasts between
coastal erosion systems
• Identification
and control of suitable areas for productive
installations
• Management alga bloom
related biochemical stress with serious
impact on fishing, navigation and tourism
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Forest
inventory
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Forest inventory is a suitable tool to supply
a rigorous and certifiable picture of the
state of forest resources and their changes
over time, as also of the ecological, environmental
and harvesting conditions of woods and their
ecological, social and job importance.
Objectives of the service
To provide updated statistics on the
quality and quantity of forest resources
available for the timber market and tourist-recreational
planning.
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Landfills and Quarries
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Components of the service
• Integrated information system on landfills
• Monitoring territorial variations
in areas earmarked for quarries or landfills
Objectives of the service
• An integrated tool for disseminating
information on areas designated for landfills.
• Identification of unauthorised landfills
and quarries.
• Monitoring of sites
designated for a quarry or landfill.
• Planning of waste disposal and mining
activities.
• Support for territorial
planning and control activities.
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QuickBird
Resolution
60 cm
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Launched on 18 October 2001, the QUICKBIRD
satellite is equipped with sensors suitable
to provide images of the highest geometrical
resolution currently available in the market:
i.e. 0.61 m. in panchromatic mode, and up
to 2,44 m. in multispectrum mode.
Telespazio, a long-standing shareholder
of Digital Globe Inc., holds together with
its subsidiary Eurimage, the exclusive image–distribution
rights in Europe, North Africa and Latin
America.
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