DroughtFood InsecurityUrban Sprawl

Satellite Analysis for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Name: Satalyse
Author: Satalyse

Addis Ababa is one of Africa's fastest-growing capitals, expanding rapidly into surrounding highland agricultural land, while the wider Ethiopian region faces recurring drought that is among the most severe on the continent. Satellite temporal analysis linking urban growth to agricultural land loss, combined with drought risk scoring calibrated to local precipitation baselines, provides the evidence base for food security and urban resilience planning.

9.03°, 38.74°

Highland tropical with a main rainy season (Jun–Sep) and a short season (Mar–Apr); drought years produce sharp NDVI anomalies detectable across the Sahel and Horn of Africa.

What you can analyze here

The Satalyse API covers every major satellite analysis type for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. These endpoints are most relevant for this location:

Temporal Analysis

POST /api/v1/satellite/analyze-temporal-trends

Feature Extraction

POST /api/v1/satellite/extract-features

Change Detection

POST /api/v1/satellite/detect-changes

Risk Scoring

POST /api/v1/satellite/score-risk

Code example

This snippet is pre-filled with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's coordinates and calls the Temporal Analysis endpoint.

addis-ababa_analysis.py

1"color:#c084fc">import requests
2
3response = requests.post(
4    "https://api.satalyse.dev/api/v1/satellite/analyze-temporal-trends",
5    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sat_sk_live_..."},
6    json={
7        "geometry": {
8            "type": "Polygon",
9            "coordinates": [[
10            [38.71, 9],
11            [38.77, 9],
12            [38.77, 9.06],
13            [38.71, 9.06],
14            [38.71, 9]
15            ]]
16        },
17        "start_date": "2023-01-01",
18        "end_date":   "2025-01-01",
19        "interval": "monthly",
20        "metric": "NDVI",
21        "forecast_days": 90
22    }
23)
24
25data = response.json()
26trend = data["trend_analysis"]
27"color:#c084fc">print("color:#c084fc">f"Trend: {trend['overall_trend']}")
28"color:#c084fc">print("color:#c084fc">f"Rate o">f change: {trend['rate_of_change_per_month']:.4">f} / month")

Data sources used for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Source	What it provides	Resolution
Sentinel-2	Multispectral optical imagery (NDVI, land cover)	10 m
Landsat 8	Long-term land surface reflectance and temperature	30 m
MODIS	Daily global coverage, fire, vegetation anomalies	250 m – 1 km
SRTM	Digital elevation model, terrain, slope, aspect	30 m
CHIRPS	Historical and near-real-time precipitation estimates	5 km
JRC Global Surface Water	Water presence history and seasonal flood extent	30 m