On-Board Anomaly Detection for Efficient Marine Environmental Monitoring

arXiv:2610.03649v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Marine ecosystems are impacted by various threats such as oil spills, algal blooms, and sediment floods, which disrupt habitats, wildlife, and human activities. Advances in satellite imagery and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have enhanced our capabilities for early detection and mitigation of such hazards. In this paper, we propose a marine event detection pipeline for Earth observation satellites equipped with multi- or hyperspectral sensors. Our approach includes a self-supervised neural network encoder that compresses satellite images into a reduced latent space, enabling efficient onboard processing. A machine learning anomaly detection model identifies deviations from normal sea patterns to detect environmental anomalies. We compare its performance against traditional algorithms such as Isolation Forest, One-Class Support Vector Machine and Local Outlier Factors. Our lightweight, resource-efficient pipeline is optimized for deployment on satellites with limited computational resources, ranging from embedded CPUs to AI hardware accelerators. By prioritizing the transmission of critical information, our solution enhances system responsiveness and optimizes satellite communication bandwidth. Demonstrated through current integration across multiple missions, including European Space Agency's (ESA) Phisat-2 mission and Microsoft/Thales Alenia Space IMAGIN-e mission, our pipeline aims to improve marine environmental monitoring by providing timely alerts and efficient data reduction.

Abstract:Marine ecosystems are impacted by various threats such as oil spills, algal blooms, and sediment floods, which disrupt habitats, wildlife, and human activities. Advances in satellite imagery and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have enhanced our capabilities for early detection and mitigation of such hazards. In this paper, we propose a marine event detection pipeline for Earth observation satellites equipped with multi- or hyperspectral sensors. Our approach includes a self-supervised neural network encoder that compresses satellite images into a reduced latent space, enabling efficient onboard processing. A machine learning anomaly detection model identifies deviations from normal sea patterns to detect environmental anomalies. We compare its performance against traditional algorithms such as Isolation Forest, One-Class Support Vector Machine and Local Outlier Factors. Our lightweight, resource-efficient pipeline is optimized for deployment on satellites with limited computational resources, ranging from embedded CPUs to AI hardware accelerators. By prioritizing the transmission of critical information, our solution enhances system responsiveness and optimizes satellite communication bandwidth. Demonstrated through current integration across multiple missions, including European Space Agency's (ESA) Phisat-2 mission and Microsoft/Thales Alenia Space IMAGIN-e mission, our pipeline aims to improve marine environmental monitoring by providing timely alerts and efficient data reduction.

8 pages, 3 figures. Presented at the 9th International Workshop on On-Board Payload Data Compression (OBPDC 2024), Gran Canaria, Spain, 2-4 October 2024

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG)

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