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Published 05 Dec 2016

Applying Earth Observation to assess UK land use change

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy · United Kingdom

Key facts

Closing date
09 Jan 2017
Contract starts
01 Feb 2017
Contract ends
31 May 2017
Procedure
Open procedure
Buyer type
Central government

Description

Tenderers are invited to set out proposals to assess the feasibility of using Earth Observation (remote sensing data in combination with reference data) to track land use change in the United Kingdom over time.

This work aims to support a decision by BEIS to develop a more accurate and repeatable way for the UK to track land use change in its greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory.

The work is: •to assess the feasibility of methods of using Earth Observation to track UK land use and land use change over time; and •to develop a costed roadmap for delivering an operational system for tracking land use and land use changes in the UK from 1990 onwards suitable for incorporation in the inventory.

The work will be tendered as three (3) lots. •Lot 1: Coarse resolution optical sensors (>250m resolution) •Lot 2: Medium resolution optical sensors (10-80m resolution) •Lot 3: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors and SAR+optical data fusion

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