NextGen Environmental Research Inc.
$499,946.71 CAD
≈ 6 Canadians' average pay for a year
- Department
- Canadian Space Agency
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2021-2022
- Agreement period
- December 21, 2021 – March 31, 2024
- Reference
- csa-asc:003-2021-2022-Q3-00018
Published purpose
This project develops a commercial capacity to monitor freshwater lake ice hazards from space using satellite radar and distribution of ice hazard maps to user’s cell phones and desktop computers in near real-time. NextGen Environmental Research will also build a capacity for rapid classification of radar data into ice types and hazards using Deep Learning algorithms. The lake ice hazard monitoring service will process large volumes of radar image data to help make recreational and remote communities that rely on lake ice to travel more safely and be more climate resilient in the future.
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