DESIS Applications and Aims

Aims

DESIS is intended to supply hyperspectral data to support scientific, humanitarian and commercial goals. lt provides information to assess the situation following environmental disasters, to help farmers manage their land in a targeted manner and to provide scientists with a basis for innovative atmospheric correction algorithms.

Applications

  • Earth observation
  • Humanitarian aid
  • Commercial data products from space
  • Targeted agriculture

Outlook

  • Global ecosystem monitoring
  • Further development of hyperspectral technologies
  • lmproved response to humanitarian crises
  • New research using hyperspectral data