Numerous man-made and natural disasters have stricken mankind since the beginning of the new millennium. The scale
and impact of such disasters often prevent the collection of sufficient data for an objective assessment and coordination
of timely rescue and relief missions on the ground. As a potential solution to this problem, in recent years constellations
of Earth observation small satellites and in particular micro-satellites (<100 kg) in low Earth orbit have emerged as an
efficient platform for reliable disaster monitoring. The main task of the Earth observation satellites is to capture images
of the Earth surface using various techniques. For a large number of applications the resulting delay between image
capture and delivery is not acceptable, in particular for rapid response remote sensing aiming at disaster monitoring and
detection. In such cases almost instantaneous data availability is a strict requirement to enable an assessment of the
situation and instigate an adequate response. Examples include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, flooding, forest fires and
oil spills. The proposed solution to this issue are low-cost networked distributed satellite systems in low Earth orbit
capable of connecting to terrestrial networks and geostationary Earth orbit spacecraft in real time. This paper discusses
enabling technologies for rapid response disaster monitoring and detection from space such as very small satellite design,
intersatellite communication, intelligent on-board processing, distributed computing and bio-inspired routing techniques.
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High-Performance Computing in Geoscience and Remote Sensing
13 September 2018 | Berlin, Germany
High-Performance Computing in Geoscience and Remote Sensing
12 September 2017 | Warsaw, Poland
High-Performance Computing in Geoscience and Remote Sensing
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