Coming soon: 20th SCO France Quarterly Meeting

Published on 11/02/2026

As climate change disrupts the water cycle and reshapes coastlines, spatial data provides valuable information that can raise awareness and help managers of vulnerable areas make the right decisions for the future. Demonstration on Thursday 19 March 2026 with three SCO projects at the 20th SCO France Quarterly Meeting.

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20th Quarterly © SCO

On our blue planet, saltwater covers 71% of the globe, and every day a little more, while fresh water, which is increasingly in demand, represents barely 3% of all water...

Join us on Thursday 19 March 2026 from 10.30am to 12pm for the 20th SCO France Quarterly, featuring three SCO projects that use satellite data to reduce the vulnerability of African coastlines and improve water resource management.

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The day's programme

Preamble: presentation by Emeric LAVERGNE (CNES) of HydroScopia, the platform for exploiting satellite hydrological data for territorial water management.
ALISE: Coastal areas in West Africa are vulnerable to sea level rise, threatening populations, biodiversity, infrastructure and the economy. The ALISE project is developing a multi-risk vulnerability index based on satellite data and a web-GIS platform which, designed for managers, will serve as a decision-making tool for coastal risk management in Senegal.
💡 ALISE validates SWOT for microtidal hydrodynamic modelling – 21 October 2025
CASCADES: To help better assess continental surface water resources, the CASCADES project automates satellite data processing chains, particularly Sentinel-1 and 2, to provide surface water products. A dedicated platform will provide a history of surface water maps (lakes, rivers, floodplains, etc.) and associated indices for six study sites in Asia, Africa and America.
OpHySE-MoCha: An offshoot of the SCO OpHySE project, MoCha will build a platform for forecasting extreme hydro-climatic events and supporting decision-making. The project is inspired by the alert platform deployed in French Guiana, which it is adapting to the watersheds of the African coast bordering the Mozambique Channel, where populations are largely dependent on water resources.
💡 OpHySE delivers its platform for real-time hydrological monitoring of Guyanese rivers – 19 July 2023

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