Remote water quality monitoring “on-line” using LEO satellites

Stadler, Hermann; Skritek, Paul

doi:10.2166/wst.2003.0119

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“…Others investigated the link between drought and respiratory illnesses [ 208 ] or between heat and elderly health [ 215 , 211 ] or childhood diarrhea [ 205 ]. Additional parameters or pollutants that can be sensed by remote sensing include artificial lights [ 207 ], soil contaminants (heavy metals [ 203 ], nitrates, nitrogens [ 197 ]), water quality [ 128 , 97 , 14 ], and arsenic [ 198 ].…”

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Applications of Space Technologies to Global Health: Scoping Review

Dietrich¹,

Dekova²,

Davy³

et al. 2018

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundSpace technology has an impact on many domains of activity on earth, including in the field of global health. With the recent adoption of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals that highlight the need for strengthening partnerships in different domains, it is useful to better characterize the relationship between space technology and global health.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to identify the applications of space technologies to global health, the key stakeholders in the field, as well as gaps and challenges.MethodsWe used a scoping review methodology, including a literature review and the involvement of stakeholders, via a brief self-administered, open-response questionnaire. A distinct search on several search engines was conducted for each of the four key technological domains that were previously identified by the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs’ Expert Group on Space and Global Health (Domain A: remote sensing; Domain B: global navigation satellite systems; Domain C: satellite communication; and Domain D: human space flight). Themes in which space technologies are of benefit to global health were extracted. Key stakeholders, as well as gaps, challenges, and perspectives were identified.ResultsA total of 222 sources were included for Domain A, 82 sources for Domain B, 144 sources for Domain C, and 31 sources for Domain D. A total of 3 questionnaires out of 16 sent were answered. Global navigation satellite systems and geographic information systems are used for the study and forecasting of communicable and noncommunicable diseases; satellite communication and global navigation satellite systems for disaster response; satellite communication for telemedicine and tele-education; and global navigation satellite systems for autonomy improvement, access to health care, as well as for safe and efficient transportation. Various health research and technologies developed for inhabited space flights have been adapted for terrestrial use.ConclusionsAlthough numerous examples of space technology applications to global health exist, improved awareness, training, and collaboration of the research community is needed.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applications of Space Technologies to Global Health: Scoping Review

Dietrich¹,

Dekova²,

Davy³

et al. 2018

J Med Internet Res

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“…Others investigated the link between drought and respiratory illnesses [208] or between heat and elderly health [215,211] or childhood diarrhea [205]. Additional parameters or pollutants that can be sensed by remote sensing include artificial lights [207], soil contaminants (heavy metals [203], nitrates, nitrogens [197]), water quality [128,97,14], and arsenic [198].…”

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Applications of Space Technologies to Global Health: Scoping Review (Preprint)

Dietrich¹,

Dekova²,

Davy³

et al. 2017

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BACKGROUND Space technology has an impact on many domains of activity on earth, including in the field of global health. With the recent adoption of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals that highlight the need for strengthening partnerships in different domains, it is useful to better characterize the relationship between space technology and global health. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify the applications of space technologies to global health, the key stakeholders in the field, as well as gaps and challenges. METHODS We used a scoping review methodology, including a literature review and the involvement of stakeholders, via a brief self-administered, open-response questionnaire. A distinct search on several search engines was conducted for each of the four key technological domains that were previously identified by the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs’ Expert Group on Space and Global Health (Domain A: remote sensing; Domain B: global navigation satellite systems; Domain C: satellite communication; and Domain D: human space flight). Themes in which space technologies are of benefit to global health were extracted. Key stakeholders, as well as gaps, challenges, and perspectives were identified. RESULTS A total of 222 sources were included for Domain A, 82 sources for Domain B, 144 sources for Domain C, and 31 sources for Domain D. A total of 3 questionnaires out of 16 sent were answered. Global navigation satellite systems and geographic information systems are used for the study and forecasting of communicable and noncommunicable diseases; satellite communication and global navigation satellite systems for disaster response; satellite communication for telemedicine and tele-education; and global navigation satellite systems for autonomy improvement, access to health care, as well as for safe and efficient transportation. Various health research and technologies developed for inhabited space flights have been adapted for terrestrial use. CONCLUSIONS Although numerous examples of space technology applications to global health exist, improved awareness, training, and collaboration of the research community is needed.

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“…In-situ sensing, however, is still necessary to provide information about certain physical phenomena, which cannot be captured by remote sensing satellites. For instance, remote sensing satellites can acquire information about the water surface such as the temperature; but they do not provide any sub-surface information such as the acoustics and ion contents of the water [9].…”

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Plasma

Aksoy

2005

Proceedings of the 13th Annual ACM International Conference on Multimedia

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While sensor networks continue to attract significant interest in various research communities, high impact applications still have a long list of challenges to be addressed. An individual sensor system can provide important observations within a local area. However, local observations alone are not sufficient for some applications that require planetary scale coverage. Monitoring volcanic activity, nuclear disasters, magnetic field changes, migration patterns of species, pandemic disease spread patterns are some examples to such applications. These applications require a close interaction between different sensor networks with in-situ and remotely sensed observations. In this paper we describe our PLASMA (PLAnetary Scale Monitoring Architecture) project to motivate the challenges that need to be addressed at such scale. These include approximations in spatiotemporal attributes due to resource constraints and also multi-attribute visualization to enable a real-time user interface to the system.

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Remote water quality monitoring “on-line” using LEO satellites

Cited by 6 publications

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Applications of Space Technologies to Global Health: Scoping Review

Applications of Space Technologies to Global Health: Scoping Review

Applications of Space Technologies to Global Health: Scoping Review (Preprint)

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