Drones validate satellite data for Digital Earth Australia
Channel: GeoscienceAustralia
Date: 2021-07-25

Geoscience Australia’s Digital Earth Australia program processes vast archives of satellite images for use by Australia government, industry, and communities. The images provide insights that support the management of land, water, floods, and bushfires across the country.

Provided by the NASA/United States Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat and European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel programs, the imagery we process must be prepared for use in Australian contexts and quality-assured for application to Australian projects.

The validation of satellite data in the field is a critical part of this work. Our drones carry spectrometers and other measurement equipment over otherwise inaccessible territory: over forest canopies, across wetlands, and over canyons.

This video is produced with thanks to:
Dr Mark Broomhall, Assistant Director, Earth Observations Calibration and Validation, Digital Earth Australia
Eric Hay, Spectral Data Quality Officer and Database Analyst, Digital Earth Australia

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