Maritime
Maritime
Aerial Hyperspectral Coastal Monitoring
Coastal areas are among the most important natural ecosystems. A large number of the world population are living and working in this region. The global economy relies heavily on transport by shipping making it a security and safety sensitive area. Sustainable integrated coastal zone management is used today for monitoring and controlling the vulnerable area.
Aerial Robots for Maritime Applications
Environmental surveillance, inspection of off-shore facilities or harbour security are maritime applications, which need air-borne monitoring. Autonomous aerial robots or unmanned aerial vehicles offer new possibilities for these application areas and can provide a cost-effective alternative to manned aircrafts.
Airborne and Underwater Technology for Maritime Domain Awareness
Maritime domain awareness means by definition the understanding of anything associated with the maritime domain that could impact the security, safety, economy, or environment. Being aware of the maritime domain implies a seamless observation of the maritime domain. The mission of OPTIMARE is to increase the awareness by means of networks of airborne and underwater sensors.
Marine Environmental and Climate Research & Applications
Nordwest-Verbund Meeresforschung e. V. (Northwest Marine Research Association) provides a competent contact point for interested companies for questions on marine RTD and a platform for joint marine research projects. Thus it is creating synergies and collaborations within the north-western region of Germany.
Research for the Maritime Environment
ISL is performing environmental research e.g. on the impacts of anti-fouling vessel paints on the maritime environment, simulating noise emissions in container terminals, simulating air pollution on rivers with dense vessel traffic.
Maritime Safety and Security - DeMarine
The international transportation is of paramount importance for the global economy. Large amounts of goods are carried by ships of different types from port to port to sustain our modern living standards. The safety and security of vessels and shipping routes are thus of high importance for modern life. Ships are threatened by natural hazards as well as container losses or even piracy. Remote sensing can assist in improving the safety and security.
Detection and Classification on Man-Made Offshore Objectives
The DeMarine sub-project DEKO focuses on the development of services for the automatic detection and classification of ships and offshore artificial objects on the basis of Earth Observation data acquired by the German remote sensing satellites TerraSAR-X and RapidEye. The objectives are 1st the development of reliable detection algorithms and 2nd the definition of effective and customised service concepts.
Space based Automatic Identification System
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a maritime anti-collision system, which uses VHF signals to communicate ship- and voyage-related data of surface vessels. By detecting the AIS messages with land-based receivers, it is already possible to perform monitoring and surveillance of coastal maritime traffic (range ~40 nautical miles).
Daily Maps of Sea Ice for Maritime Safety and climate Research
The IUP (Institute of Environmental Physics) of the University of Bremen provides daily global and regional sea ice maps based on satellite data. They are used by a wordwide community for operational, scientific and general applications, in ship routing and climate research.
