Innovators TIGER - Lake Victoria
TIGER Innovators - Lake Victoria
TIGER Innovator project aiming to develop dedicated remote sensing products and services to help monitoring both the quality and quantity of water of Lake Victoria.
Innovators TIGER - Lake Victoria | |
TIGER Innovators - Lake Victoria | |
DUE (Data User Element) | |
Land | |
€100k | |
Service Demonstration | |
Completed | |
ENVISAT : ASAR ENVISAT : MERIS |
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Lake Victoria is the largest fresh water lake in Africa. It is well-known for its environmental problems and for its economic value to the riparian countries. The national fisheries research institutes of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania and other water management authorities are committed to both monitor the threats that face the lake and inventory the riches. The involved countries seek to manage the lake in a sustainable way. Thus far they have hardly used information that has been derived from satellite data. Vexcel the Netherlands and the Nairobi based Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) have engaged in a project that aims to further the use of this kind of information in the fisheries research institutes. Goals are to develop dedicated products and services and to build capacity at the three institutes to ensure that expertise is available to implement this data structurally. |
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MICROSOFT Netherlands | |
RCRMD |
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RCMRD : Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development LVFO FIRRI TAFIRI : Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute |
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Paul van der Voet Vexcel Netherlands PO Box 117 6700 AC Wageningen The Netherlands Phone: +31 317 421 221 Fax: +31 317 416 146 Email: paul.vandervoet@vexcel.com |
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Diego Fernandez European Space Agency - ESRIN D/EOP-SEP via Galileo Galilei I-00044 Frascati (Roma) Tel: +39 06-941-80676 Fax: +39 06-941-80552 Email: Diego.Fernandez@esa.int |