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IOOS Houston TX 2 – 4 March 2004. Role of the Private Sector in Providing Satellite Remote Sensing Information. Robert L. (Buzz) Bernstein SeaSpace Corporation Email [email protected]. Tel 858-746-1103. X-Band 3.6 m MODIS/OCM. L-Band 1.2 m - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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1January 2004
Role of the Private Sector in Providing Satellite Remote
Sensing InformationRobert L. (Buzz) Bernstein
SeaSpace Corporation
Email [email protected]
IOOS Houston TX 2 – 4 March 2004
Tel 858-746-1103
2January 2004
Corporate Offices – San Diego, California, USA
L-Band 1.2 m
NOAA/FY-1 & SeaWiFS
X-Band 3.6 m MODIS/OCM
X-Band 4.5 m SAR
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Satellite Platforms Currently Tracked at SeaSpace
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SeaSpace Corporate Focus:
Lowering the barriers that stand between users and the environmental satellite data they need for their applications
The Two Main Barriers:
I. Ready access to the data sources
II. Having gained data access, the necessary hardware & software tools to process, manipulate, analyze, and archive the resulting data
Data Sourc
es
Data UsersAcces
sTools
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SeaSpace TeraScan systems operate in 30+ countries and at more than 500 user-sites…
User base:
50% Science & research 50% operational
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…including many academic & gov’t labs as well as civilian and military operational organizations
across the U.S.
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http://sdcoos.ucsd.edu
San Diego Coastal Ocean Observing System
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Environmental remote sensing satellites may be divided into two distinct classes:
Freely accessible (or nearly so) – operated by U.S. and non-U.S. gov’t organizations (e.g. NOAA/AVHRR; Terra & Aqua MODIS; India’s Oceansat-1/OCM; China’s FY-1)
and
Access limited via expensive user fees – operated by U.S. and non-U.S. gov’t organizations, as well as private companies (e.g. LANDSAT, RADARSAT, Ikonos)Freely accessible data typically at >250m resolution with ~1 day repeat coverage
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Environmental remote sensing satellites may be divided into two distinct classes:
Freely accessible (or nearly so) – operated by U.S. and non-U.S. gov’t organizations (e.g. NOAA/AVHRR; Terra & Aqua MODIS; India’s Oceansat-1/OCM; China’s FY-1)
and
Access limited via expensive user fees – operated by U.S. and non-U.S. gov’t organizations, as well as private companies (e.g. LANDSAT, RADARSAT, Ikonos)Freely accessible data typically at >250m resolution with ~1 day repeat coverage
Limited access data typically at <30m resolution with 10+ day repeat coverage
For most IOOS purposes, the great cost and long periods between repeat coverage makes the Limited Access data relatively less useful
So let’s concentrate on the freely accessible government satellite data sources…
What is the appropriate role of the private sector here?
What is the appropriate role of the government?
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Government Role: build, launch, operate and make data readily available
Private Sector Role: data processing & distribution systems tailored to end user needs
End Users
Government organizations often attempt to assume too much of the Private Sector Role
This limits or entirely eliminates the Private Sector, in what would otherwise be an end-user, market-responsive activity
It also reduces the available Government funds for operating the various freely available environmental satellites
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Leveraging an existing network of satellite acquisition and processing systems
to encourage data sharing among a much larger end-user community
One example of a private sector role …
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Encourages sharing of data and methodologies
Builds system redundancy
Eliminates satellite tracking time-conflicts
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Conclusions:
With regard to private sector involvement in satellite remote sensing aspects of IOOS
There are multiple useful roles -
Data acquisition, processing, dissemination
Integrated data management
But these useful roles for the private sector can be swiftly eliminated by policy and funding choices within various branches of government
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