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:

The Current State and Future of Telecommunications

The current state of telecommunications is one which shows just how far the western world has advanced in terms of technology. We are in a world where you can literally accomplish all most anything from using a phone. But what does the future hold for the world of telecommunications?

Currently we can do the most amazing things on our phones. A free ipod touch , for example, can call people, text them, email them, play games with people, and for a small fee you can buy an application that can translate Spanish to English on the spot. It's scary when you think that a cheap iphone can do all this and so much more.

The future of telecommunications, though, is something that is less clear and yet all the while it's just as intriguing as looking at the present. The reason for this? Simply put, the creators of the iphone, 'Apple', are well known for shrouding their new releases and features in absolute secrecy until the release date.

What can we expect from the next generation of smart phones though? Well we can expect more of the same for a start. The same features will, of course, be present on any new releases but the one thing we can expect is that this technology will become more accessible to even the most cash strapped of us.

The reason for this? As long as Apple keep bringing out new releases with better technology then the price will drop on their previous releases which will allow people to buy this advanced technology for hardly anything at all.

The future of telecommunications is that the most advanced forms of telecommunications will be available to the large majority of people in the world.

  • 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.

waves

Several satellites measure the height of waves at the sea surface. We archive these and windspeed measurements in the database. This then used to provide high quality marine statistics and climatology.


Dockwise towing

Transporting a 33000 ton semi-submersible safely from Canada to Brazil depends critically on making the best use of whatever information is available on sea-state. We worked closely with DockTell on the project.


Sea State Alarm

The Sea State Alarm service transmits reports to ships comparing actual sea state along the satellite tracks with the forecast.




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