1. Infrastructure for Accessing and Processing EO data Brief Overview of Efforts from Earth Observation Research and Innovation Centre
Amos T. Kabo-bah EORIC, Sunyani, Ghana 13th-15th June, 2017 Sunyani, Ghana

2. EORIC - Climate Informatics - High Performance Computing
State its goals
- Climate Informatics High Performance Computing

3. Ground Stations 8 Satellites TERRA AQUA Suomi NPP NOAA 18 NOAA 19
Earth Observation Server & DB
GeonetCAST Receiver
Funded by
8 Satellites
TERRA
AQUA
Suomi NPP
NOAA 18
NOAA 19
METOP-A
METOP-B
FENGYUN 3B
Available Data
AVISO General
TAMSAT Rainfall estimates
Jason/OSTM Products
FY-2 Products
High Rate SEVIRI
VITO-Vegetation Products
DevCoCast-General
and many more…
National Partners
International Partners

5. Baseline Ground Station Architecture
FormoSat-7 / COSMIC-2 (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate)
The program has agreed to establish a ground station in UENR-Ghana to improve data latency. Installation is scheduled to be completed by July, 2017.
Baseline Ground Station Architecture

6. CARBON MONITORING TOWER
The Centre is far advanced to acquire and set up a flux tower. This flux tower will be able to determine exchange rates of carbon dioxide between the forests and the atmosphere. The information gathered plays into the debate on the measurable effects of climate change.

7. High Performance Computing
Applications
Computational Fluid Dynamics
GPU Computing
Environmental Modelling
Weather and Flood Forecasting
Artificial Intelligence
…and many more

8. UAV for precision agriculture
Expected Results
Building capacity of 5 MSc & 2 PhD students
Training programs for selected farming communities
Development of enhanced soil-water conservation methods
Building capacity on the use of drone technology for agriculture

9. Flooding – Using TanDEM-X images
TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) is the name of TerraSAR-X's twin satellite, a German Earth observation satellite using SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) - a modern radar imaging technology

10. Mapping the extents of damage of Small Scale Mining in Ghana
Depletion of:
Water Resources
Forest Resources
Food Crops
Human Health
SENTINEL 1,2 PRODUCTS

11. Is our problem an issue of Data Access or Data Availability?
Food for Thought?
Is our problem an issue of Data Access or Data Availability?
Can we sustain EO dissemination without a Business Model?
How can AfriGEOSS integrate activities within Africa for Big Funding from World Bank etc.?

12. Amos T. Kabo-bah EORIC, Sunyani, Ghana 13th-15th June, 2017 Sunyani, amos.kabobah@uenr.edu.gh
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