Water in Africa

Hunting Water in Africa




Water body map around the Niger River, near Niamey, Niger, in 2007.

Credits: Advanced Computer Systems S.p.A.

Ground water is the 'new' gold, oil, etc. Wars have been and will be fought over this natural resource. Through a combination of space and ground based earth observation system we hope to gain more knowledge of this big unknown factor in the water cycle models. SAR technology in combination with other space techniques are particularly promising. I'll return to this subject, for sure. :-)





Map of underground water infiltration probability around the Niamey area in 2007.

Credits: Advanced Computer Systems S.p.A.