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In Denmark, as in much of the world, the supply of drinking water is based entirely on groundwater resources.  In an effort to protect groundwater resources the Danish government launched a plan in 1998 aimed at intensifying hydrogeological investigation across the entire country.  Ground based methods produce highly accurate three dimensional data sets but are slow and difficult to employ in hilly terrain or populated areas. Existing airborne geophysical methods are designed for mineral and petroleum resource exploration and are not capable of mapping the near surface to the accuracy required. The need for an innovative airborne geophysical method was identified.     
 
Leading geophysicists, hydrologists and scientists at Aarhus University combined their knowledge and decades of experience to develop a helicopter-borne electromagnetic system that could quickly and economically cover the country while producing highly defined maps. With this specific aim in mind, and after several years of development, the SkyTEM high resolution electromagnetic system was born. SkyTEM Aps has flown a significant portion of Denmark and produced maps that are today being used to facilitate the identification of vulnerable areas and the creation of site-specific groundwater protection zones.
 
SkyTEM solutions are being applied by explorationists, scientists and engineers worlwide and data produced from the SkyTEM system is accepted as a quick, reliable and affordable technique to replace ground based methods.  This unique, proven and exclusive exploration technology has been applied on a wide variety of projects – from mapping aquifers in the Galapagos Islands to exploring for minerals in Greenland and discovering illegally disposed wastes in Italy and more. 
 
The acquisition of high quality data combined with and active R&D program and experienced and skilled field crews and data processors makes SkyTEM the system of choice for a world that needs accurate images of  buried resources and buried hazards.          
 
 

Research & Development

SkyTEM’s R&D group is dedicated to providing complete solutions and works to continuously improve both hardware and software for the collection and delivery of high quality data.  Always striving to generate advanced and innovative ideas SkyTEM often teams with select leading-edge companies to further develop the technology.  One partner, Analog Devices of Massachusetts, worked with SkyTEM to provide specialized electronic components that reduce instrumentation noise to the point where it is now the lowest in the industry.