Applications - ERS

Applications of Microwave Sensors

Geological information: vegetation cover, moisture content, depth of soil, and pattern and temporal change.
Soil mapping: types of snow, melting snow conditions.
Hydrology: flood mapping, soil moisture, fresh water ice mapping.
Forestry: cover type, clear cut and re-vegetation mapping and deforestation.
Land use: pattern and temporal change.
Ocean: mesoscale currents, regional circulation patterns.
Sea ice: ice cover and location, ice type, iceberg monitoring, and marine transport support.
Agriculture: crop assessments, compliance monitoring, and marine transport support.
Cartography: base mapping, topographic mapping.
Coastal zone mapping: land-water boundaries, erosion, oil spill determination, aquaculture, and bathymetry.