AquiferSense

A drought monitoring tool that turns existing EU space data into a groundwater risk map for agriculture.

We combine two Copernicus-derived signals:

• Land subsidence from Sentinel-1 radar interferometry (via the European Ground Motion Service) - as aquifers deplete from over-pumping, the land slowly sinks by millimeters per year. This is a direct, physical fingerprint of long-term groundwater loss.
• Surface soil moisture from Sentinel-1 backscatter products - showing short-term drought stress at the topsoil level.

Together, they give farmers, regulators, and insurers a full-stack picture of water loss, from topsoil to deep aquifer. 

By using EU assets that already exist, there is zero new hardware cost.