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Planetary Variables - Hydrological and Biological Systems
Planetary Variables provide continuous, scientifically accurate data to measure changing conditions on the Earth's surface. Utilizing observations from Planet’s own satellite fleet and the wider Earth observations ecosystem, Planetary Variables offer actionable insights into vital aspects such as hydrological and biological systems. These include metrics for water, vegetation, temperature, and forest carbon data. Users benefit from high-resolution data: Soil Water Content at 100 meter and 1 km resolution, Crop Biomass data at 10 meter resolution, Land Surface Temperature at 100 meter and 1 km resolution, and aboveground Forest Carbon quantifications at less than 5 meter resolution. These measurements are derived from a diverse range of sensors like optical, radar, passive microwave, and lidar, combined into a cohesive dataset using advanced algorithms developed by leading remote sensing scientists. This data supports many industries including agriculture, forestry, and energy by facilitating better decision-making with minimal need for additional data processing.
Earth’s hydrological and biological systems shift on a daily basis with immense complexity. Satellite data from Planet can help track some of the vital characteristics that define the health of our world, including water, vegetation, temperature, and forest carbon.
Planetary Variables render complex earth observation data from a range of constellations into actionable measurements, nearly everywhere on the Earth’s landmass. Powered by state-of-the-art remote sensing techniques and honed by a team of award-winning scientists, Planetary Variables provide users robust measurements of the Earth’s surface.
Make better decisions across a range of industries with tools powered by consistent observations and backed by an archive that spans decades.
Water
Daily observations of Soil Water Content across the globe at 100 meter and 1 km resolution
Crop Growth
Easy-to-implement, cloud-free Crop Biomass data delivered daily at 10 meter resolution
Temperature
Accurate, continuous insight into Land Surface Temperature at 100 meter and 1 km resolution
Forest Carbon
Quantifying aboveground Forest Carbon at less than 5 meter resolution
Field Boundaries
Combine global, affordable Field Boundaries with Planet data for scalable solutions
Analysis-ready Satellite Data Powered by Industry-leading Expertise in Remote Sensing for Water, Temperature, Carbon, and Vegetation
Planetary Variables data products are based on the scientific expertise of industry-leading remote sensing scientists. Our team develops advanced algorithms that process satellite data from Planet and from public constellations to produce information that is usable without the need for extensive data cleaning and processing.
Data sources from across the electromagnetic spectrum, including optical, radar, passive microwave, and lidar sensors, reveal different aspects about the physical properties of earth. By fusing these distinct sources together, Planetary Variables unlock information about key characteristics about the Earth.
Powering Solutions By Measuring Changing Conditions on the Earth’s Surface
Monitoring Forest Carbon
Our Forest Carbon dataset offers estimates of aboveground forest carbon stocks for carbon project accounting, digital MRV, reforestation, and deforestation monitoring. Built off Planet’s Surface Reflectance basemaps and validated with extensive airborne lidar, these global data allow low-cost, high-accuracy tracking of tree-scale carbon stocks.
- Quantify baseline forest carbon, tree height and canopy cover metrics
- Monitor project conditions over time to report on progress and impacts
- Provide transparent verification and insights to both project developers and jurisdictional stakeholders
Tracking Drought
Planet’s Soil Water Content data generates a reliable, objective measurement of the water content of the soils, anywhere on earth. By tracking conditions over years and decades, a baseline understanding of Soil Water Content is ideal to assess the impact of drought. In collaboration with the world’s most innovative reinsurers and brokers, Planet provides Soil Water Content data in 17 countries to help protect farmers from the impacts of drought.
- Directly measures the water available to plants, instead of measuring rainfall, which can’t account for evaporation and runoff
- Offers consistently high resolution driven by unique data downscaling and processing
- Is based on more than 19 years of archival data, collected on a daily cadence