The Netherlands has experienced extreme drought in recent summers. One effect of these weather conditions is that watercourses run dry. This drying up can result in ecological damage. It is therefore valuable information for water boards to have up-to-date data on whether a watercourse is dry or not.
Satellite data offers new opportunities to monitor dry fall in watercourses. NEO was commissioned by Waterschap Aa en Maas to carry out a feasibility study on dry fall monitoring with both very high-resolution optical and radar satellite data. NEO used, among other things, radar data from the Capella Space constellation, a new commercial satellite data provider.
If you would like to know more about the possibilities of monitoring drought with remote sensing data, we would of course be happy to hear from you.
You can contact Lotte ten Harmsen van der Beek (lotte.harmsen.beek@neo.nl) or via 033-2100700.