Freshwater Availability
Freshwater is vital to all terrestrial life. While surface freshwater represents only about 1.2% of all water on Earth, humans rely mostly on surface freshwater sources (such as lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and reservoirs).
Our communities and economies depend on this critical resource to deliver water for drinking, agriculture, sanitation, and industry. Surface water is particularly vulnerable to fluctuations such as drought, and shortages can impact human health, sanitation, agriculture and food production, and industry.
GeoOptics’ altimetry data products for accurate and frequent measurement of aboveground freshwater availability and snowpack. Remote, satellite-based measurements can provide decisionmakers and communities the information they need for water use planning at a fraction of the cost of manual on-the-ground measurements.