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An Earth Observation Framework for the Lithium Exploration

Catapult Co-Authors: Cristian Rossi, Maral Bayaraa, Stephen Spittle, Anoop Pandey, Niki Henry This paper presents an overview of a large research project involving collaboration from the...

Tailings Dams Monitoring using Satellite-Enabled Technologies

Catapult Co-Authors: Maral Bayaraa, Stephen Spittle, Chris Williams, Vladimir Stoiljkovic Tailings dams risk reduction is one of the highest priorities within the mining industry and presents...

Geomorphometric analysis of the 2014-2015 Bárðarbunga volcanic unrest, Iceland, using multi-temporal TanDEM-X DEMs

Catapult Co-Author: Cristian Rossi Topographical information is of major interest when assessing material flows throughout active volcanic systems. In order to obtain accurate estimates of...

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Lithium Exploration Using a Multi-Disciplinary Earth Observation Framework Over Cornwall, UK

Catapult Co-Authors: Cristian Rossi, Maral Bayaraa, Stephen Spittle, Anoop Pandey, Niki Henry The increasing global effort to overcome the addiction to fossil fuels is driving the...

Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) stacking techniques for remote monitoring of bridge scour failure

Catapult Co-Author: Cristian Rossi Scour is the removal of ground material in water bodies due to environmental changes in water flow. It particularly occurs at...

In-season biomass estimation of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) using fully polarimetric SAR imagery

Catapult Co-Author: Dan Wicks Accurate estimation of crop biophysical and biochemical parameters during crop growing seasons is essential for improving site-specific management and yield estimation. The...

The worsening impacts of land reclamation assessed with Sentinel-1: The Rize (Turkey) test case

Catapult Co-Author: Cristian Rossi Massive amounts of land are being reclaimed to build airports, new cities, ports, and highways. Hundreds of kilometers are added each...

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Reconfigurable Phased Array Antenna Consisting of High-Gain High-Tilt Circularly Polarized Four-Arm Curl Elements for Near Horizon Scanning Satellite Applications

Catapult Co-Author(s): Thanos Arampatzis & Alessandro Modigliana Abstract: A 2 × 2 phased array consisting of beam reconfigurable four-arm right-handed circularly polarized (RHCP) curl unit elements...

Catapult Network Awarded Investment

Today, we welcome the announcement from Government of a £780m investment in the Catapult network, securing the next five years of innovation and R&D in...

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Latin America Engagement Update

One of the Satellite Application Catapult’s key roles is to open international opportunities for the UK satellite applications sector. With Chile and the surrounding regions playing...

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Small Satellite Market Intelligence

Florian Deconinck, our Small Satellite Programme Manager, celebrates the 1-year anniversary of our quarterly report, and explains how you could feature in our next edition!...

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Research into the value of satellite-derived Earth Observation capabilities to UK Government

Click here to find out more and to download the report. London Economics were commissioned by Innovate UK to evidence the current and near-term potential...

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