Satellite Observing Systems

Satellite observing systems are unrivalled in expertise in all aspects of satellite remote sensing of the marine environment. Serving the public and private sector organisations by providing:

Finding the Best iphone Apps for You

Iphones are one of the most advanced and fun mobile phones to have in this modern world. Even within a few years, mobile technology has come on in leaps and bounds. One look at the Iphone is proof that this statement is true.

Iphones can be used for a myriad of purposes. Some people simply use it to make phone calls and to send texts. But there is an increasing trend of using the Iphone for other applications. Applications come in a variety of forms; they can be practical, fun or an application to be used in conjunction with another service.

There are a few ways in which you can find the best iphone apps for you. Firstly, the Iphone itself has a built-in catalogue of apps that you can download and use on your phone. You can pick and choose which are the best ones for you and your lifestyle.

There are also an increasing number of third party companies providing apps for the Iphone. You can opt for a flight tracker for example. This handy application tracks flights in real time and gives you up-to-the-minute information on arrival and departure times. This is useful for people who fly a lot and want to avoid being stuck at the airport.

Many of the best iphone apps can be found on websites on the internet. You will find detailed descriptions of what each application is designed to do. You can then download it to your Iphone and Hey Presto! – You are ready to go.

• Consultancy on the applications and exploitation of marine remote sensing,
• High quality marine statistics and climatology,
• Real-time sea-state monitoring from space delivered to ships at sea,
• Training programmes world-wide.

Some of the problem areas recently tackled by us including ongoing programmes, are:

• Calibration of radar altimeters on the ERS-1, ERS-2 and ENVISAT satellites,
• Statistical data on the occurrence of the highest wave at an offshore site or along a shipping route anywhere in the world,
• The prevalence of oil slicks in summer off a tourist beach in the mediterranean,
• Seasonal cycles in the vertical migration of nutrients along a coastline, and their dependence on marine weather patterns,
• A model of sea level changes around Britain's coastline over the last decade,
• The design of an easy-access coastal information system containing data derived from the satellite record,
• Accessibility of environmental information of coastal zones by NATO navies,
• Trends in global climate change revealed in the middle of the Atlantic by satellite observations repeated over a decade.

The latest venture is the design of a system of dedicated microsats that will deliver observations of storm location and intensity in 'real-time' to forecasting centres and ships at sea.

We have longer experience in the field of creating useful marine products from raw satellite data than any company in Europe, and this is reflected in the number of Training Workshops it has been asked to organise around the world.

• We are completely current with the programmes and aspirations of all the major space agencies and we are a leading promoter of 'real-time' constellations.
  
  
• No organisation, whose interest lies in the sea, can afford to remain ignorant of the increasingly relevant role of satellite surveillance to its operations.