Today, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center launched a scientific platform that provides a number of analytical studies on natural and human phenomena, and their impact on environmental resources in the Emirates.
The platform is the first of its kind in the region that focuses on an in-depth study of the environment based on remote sensing, image processing, geographic information systems and artificial intelligence systems.
This platform serves as a basic basis for any new study to be included in order to enable the beneficiaries and the scientific community in general to benefit from the studies and scientific research offered by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center.
The scientific platform contains a package of analytical and research studies that will be provided periodically to government agencies, and it is concerned with studying various environmental aspects such as monitoring natural phenomena and the extent of their impact on environmental resources such as water, air quality and vegetation, following up on changes in the country's coasts and studying phenomena that have implications for Marine life like red tide and others.
In this regard, 20 analytical studies have already been completed and are listed on the scientific platform.
The scientific platform is characterized by providing all analytical studies interactively, which allows the beneficiaries to take advantage of this feature to identify environmental changes that occur in a specific area during a specific time period - through interactive maps - to identify these changes and compare them to another time period, and come up with a scientific interpretation specific. This interactive feature also enables tracking the characteristics of a specific phenomenon, so that the user can obtain accurate statistics related to the proportions of changes and determine their identity whether it is positive or negative.
For his part, Director General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center Youssef Hamad Al-Shaibani said: "The impact of this scientific platform will not be limited to the field of environmental sciences, but will also contribute to achieving the Emirates development vision for building a sustainable competitive economy by encouraging innovation, research and development, and enhancing strategic decisions." Under the banner of rational leadership, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center has always sought to search for innovative ways to benefit the community around it, as we work through our projects to develop our local capabilities in all fields, and provide an opportunity for scientific research and analytical studies to open new horizons To support our goals. "
He added, "The urgent need for scientific research and development has become more than a necessity dictated to us by the developments of the current situation under the influence of globalization and the escalation of the pace of seeking to keep pace with the progressive approach, which has become the most prominent feature of most developed countries, as its images are based on technology and scientific research in making its decisions."
Different authorities can benefit from the scientific platform from different perspectives, due to its diversity in scientific subjects. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center adopts the scientific method in extracting these reports, which depends on 4 main steps, which include identifying the phenomenon through the center's organs and advanced technologies, then put the hypothesis of the phenomenon based on the experience of the specialized team, then after that comes the stage of verifying the hypothesis. Or denying it by subjecting it to numerous tests based on international principles and standards, and putting it under long trial periods under various variables.
Through the experiment, the results of the data are obtained to be displayed through graphs to facilitate the analysis process, up to the stage of the conclusions, which are made by linking the data to each other, and converting them into information of scientific value. It is the last stage in which an integrated, analytical study is extracted, necessary to enable decision makers to make informed decisions.
In addition to the reliability of these studies, they are characterized by being very specialized, as they cover scientific and qualitative topics of studies that are difficult to obtain from other sources.
Saeed Bin Al Mansoori, Head of Applications Development and Analysis at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center, said: “The scientific platform greatly contributes to supporting the growth of strategic sectors of government entities, especially since the launch of the platform highlights the endeavors undertaken by the UAE to support the journey of smart transformation and integrate solutions The innovative technology where the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center adopts the progressive thought that supports the Emirati vision.
"The platform now contains 20 analytical studies of different environmental phenomena within the first stage of launching the platform, with many other studies added periodically. Through this scientific platform, we will be able to meet the scientific needs of all parties concerned at any time and from anywhere, especially For decision makers, as we will support the scientific community locally and globally, and establish a future that ensures the prosperity of the science of studying environmental phenomena in the UAE. In the coming years, we will have an advanced sector specialized in all types of applications and analyzes of environmental sciences that are of deep importance in developing infrastructure in the Emirates. .
These studies are not limited to government departments only, but the benefits of this scientific platform can extend to other entities and institutions not concerned with environmental phenomena such as real estate development companies, universities and educational institutions, so that these entities can benefit from space technologies owned by the Applications Development and Analysis Department in The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center, including the provision of integrated solutions that meet their needs, according to the nature of the activity of each party
The efforts of the Applications Development and Analysis Department at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center continue to spread knowledge and expand the scope of benefiting from its outputs, as it seeks to extend cooperation frameworks to all government agencies, and is keen to hold periodic meetings with government departments to determine the nature of their activities and provide integrated solutions that meet their needs. And identification of projects based on environmental study, and focus on the topics of vegetation, water cover and air quality.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center said that it is in the process of preparing to launch other applications that serve the scientific community and provide it with the necessary reports to answer urgent scientific questions, which would support the strategic decisions of government agencies within the framework of the center’s endeavor to accommodate the increasing demands from government agencies in providing scientific applications and studies that help them In their various activities.
The Department of Applications Development and Analysis at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center aims to develop smart systems and applications that benefit the service departments in the country by providing innovative software and solutions based on remote sensing and image processing technologies and geographic information systems. Recently, artificial intelligence technologies have been included to interfere in all operations Software development and provision of digital data .. The Applications Development and Analysis section also provides periodic periodic specialized analytical studies, dealing with various environmental aspects such as monitoring natural and human phenomena and the extent of their impact on environmental resources such as water, air quality and vegetation, following up on changes in the country's coasts and studying phenomena that have implications for Marine life like red tide and others.
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center is using satellites within the benefit of its capabilities to extract reports from the scientific platform, which is considered one of the advanced satellites, and it is intended for the purposes of monitoring and monitoring the Earth, and providing high-quality satellite images.
The UAE has played a strategic role in designing and manufacturing remote sensing satellites, represented by the Dubai Sat 1 and 2 satellites, as they are the nucleus of the space industry sector in the UAE, as it was manufactured in South Korea with the participation of Emirati engineers.