planblue

PlanBlue's planblue is an advanced seafloor monitoring solution that combines hyperspectral imaging, precise underwater navigation, and AI-based automated data processing. According to the vendor, this product ground-truths aerial and satellite imagery, providing detailed and objective insights into benthic habitats, with a primary focus on seagrass meadows. It is intended for small to large companies involved in blue carbon projects, as well as marine conservation organizations, environmental consulting firms, research institutions, government agencies, and underwater construction companies. The product caters to professionals and industries including environmental scientists, marine biologists, ecologists, geospatial analysts, and oceanographers.

High-resolution hyperspectral seafloor data: According to the vendor, planblue combines underwater hyperspectral imaging and AI-based automated data processing to provide high-resolution seafloor data, enabling detailed mapping of the seafloor. The vendor claims that this data is crucial for ground-truthing aerial and satellite imagery for blue carbon projects and revealing the economic and ecological value of the seafloor.

Multi-layered analysis of the seafloor: The vendor states that planblue offers a multi-layered analysis of the seafloor, including orthoimagery that reveals the seafloor's appearance, density, and coverage of benthic organisms. It is claimed that the product accurately estimates the health and carbon stock of seagrass meadows, with the potential to extend the analysis to other benthic organisms in the future.

Orthoimagery: According to the vendor, planblue provides highly detailed and comprehensive images of the seafloor through its 5.4K RGB sensor and underwater navigation unit. The vendor states that these images are meticulously processed, including water column corrections and white balancing, serving as the foundation for other data products.

Elevation: The vendor claims that planblue allows users to access accurate elevation models of the scanned area in GeoTIFF format with a resolution of 1x1cm. It is stated that this elevation data validates existing bathymetry data and calculates the canopy height of seagrass meadows, supporting the estimation of seagrass biomass.

Coverage: According to the vendor, planblue utilizes an AI-driven processing pipeline to detect and distinguish living and attached seagrass meadows, generating a dataset indicating their coverage as a percent value. The vendor also suggests that there is potential to incorporate additional benthic organisms and structures in the dataset.

Biomass: The vendor claims that planblue employs an AI-driven pipeline to estimate above-ground seagrass biomass, providing biomass data in kg/m2. It is stated that this data combines information from the AI-driven pipeline, Digital Elevation Model, and Coverage dataset.

Carbon Stock: According to the vendor, planblue enables users to quantify the carbon content within seagrass meadows, estimating carbon stock in kg/m2. The vendor claims that this is achieved through advanced AI-driven processing pipelines and empirical scientific data, operating at a spatial resolution of 10x10 cm.

Health: The vendor states that planblue's UHI sensor provides valuable insight into the health and productivity of seagrass meadows. It is claimed that the product offers a range of pre-determined indices for assessing health and productivity, providing insight into the chlorophyll data and overall health of seagrass meadows.

Time-to-data: According to the vendor, planblue's software pipelines enable quick processing of seafloor data, supported by standardized processing and AI algorithms. The vendor suggests that this reduces lead times for generating valuable information products.

Geo-referenced: The vendor claims that with the help of underwater navigation sensors, planblue enables effective return to areas of interest, supporting the tracking of changes over time in specific locations. It is stated that this enhances the accuracy and precision of data analysis and comparison.