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Valour: Climate Change Could Affect Maritime Connectivity

The North Atlantic hurricane season and other extreme ocean weather will likely become more problematic for satellite-delivered maritime connectivity as climate change's impacts increase, Valour Consultancy blogged Wednesday. While L-band services should continue working properly, high-throughput applications using higher wavelengths…

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such as Ku and Ka are more prone to weather-related disruption, it said. Adaptive power control and adaptive modulation can help but aren't silver bullets, Valour said. Maritime operators should plan for this, incorporating AI functions onboard so that slower satellite bands can fill in when higher wavelengths suffer from weather-related issues, it added.