Government of Canada RADARSAT-2 Data

Utilizations and Applications

IGARSS 2010

July 25 - 30, 2010

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Stéphane Chalifoux et al.Canadian Space AgencyManager, RADARSAT-2 Data Allocation

Committed to Providing RADARSAT Data

Continuity

1995: RADARSAT-1

2007: RADARSAT-2

2014:2015: 2015:

RCM

RADARSAT-2 Data and Product © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (2008) – All

Rights Reserved.

RADARSAT-2 Data UtilizationsData Volume:

– FY08-09 (year #1): 12 836 scenes

– FY09-10 (year #2): 20 869 scenes

– FY10-11 (year #3): 4 465 scenes (up to 25 000 scenes + 25%)

Total up to May 2010 : 38 170 scenes

RADARSAT-2 data management

– Consumption estimation planned for

10 years (April 2008 until March 2018)

– Will provide an overlap with RCM

Government of Canada Authorized Users : 240

-12 Departments

R&D Principal Investigators : >200

- 237 total projects accepted

Excluding Operational Departments

(52% of total scenes)

ICEC ScanSAR Wide

ISTOP ScanSAR Narrow

ISTOP ScanSAR Narrow Dual

DND - Operations ScanSAR Narrow Dual

DND - Projects ScanSAR Narrow Dual

ICEC : Ice Center, Environment Canada

ISTOP : Integrated Satellite Tracking of

Pollution

DND : The Department of National Defence

and the Canadian Forces

RADARSAT-2 Data Utilizations

RADARSAT-2 Applications

Maritime

Integrated Satellite Tracking for Polluters

Sea Ice Monitoring

Ship and Iceberg Detection

Oceanography

Hydrology

Snow and Ice Monitoring

Flooding

Geology

Agriculture

Forestry

Wetland

Mapping

Image Calibration

International Charter

The Northern Passage 2010

Antarctic Mapping

Caribbean Satellite Disaster Project

Integrated Satellite Tracking for Polluters

RADARSAT-1 data © Canadian Space Agency. Processed and distributed by MacDonald, Dettwiler and

Associates Ltd. Credit: EC, TC, DND, DFO, MDA, C-Core

Monitoring major Canadian waters for pollution

Maritime - Sea Ice Monitoring

RADARSAT-1 data © Canadian Space Agency. Processed and distributed by MacDonald,

Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. Credit: EC

Safe passage of ships

See Roger De Abreu et al.; Canadian Ice Service

Maritime – Ship and Iceberg Detection

Maritime security systems - vessel and iceberg detection

KENAVO PZ244

One deck, carvel built wooden fishing vessel,

one bulkhead, Lenght 29.5 feet,

Breadth 14 feet, Gross Tonnage 6.71

RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.(2010) - All Rights Reserved.

RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency. Credit: EC, DND, eOsphere

See Hannevik Tonje Nanette Arnesen; Norwegian Defence Research Establishment

Oceanography

Ocean Waves

Emili (19 jul. 2005)

Golf du Mexique

Hurricane monitoring

RADARSAT-1 data © Canadian Space Agency. Processed and distributed by MacDonald, Dettwiler and

Associates Ltd. Credit: DFO, DND, EC

Studying winds to

improve marine forecast

Hydrology - Snow and Ice Monitoring

Landsat RADARDAT-2

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Reserved. RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency.

Ice freeze-up phenomena manages the wildlife and the human activities as hunting and fishing

on ice, ice road routing and winter sports. During the spring time, this river ice is melting,

causing floods and ice jam floods.

Credit: NRCan, EC, NRC

Weather forecast & Climate change

Hydrology - FloodingMitigating and managing emergencies to limit impacts to the population and infrastructures.

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RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency. Credit: NRCan, PSC, CSA, C-CORE, INRS

Geology

Monitoring Landslide and Soil Instability

RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.(2008-10) - All Rights Reserved.

RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency.

Surficial Geology & Structure, Oil & Gas Exploration, Mineral Exploration, Geological

Hazards, Subsidence

Geology Mapping

Credit: NRCan,, CCRS, CSA

Landslide – Dam Failure

Water or smooth

surface

Mud

~ 250

m

Photograph by:

THE CANADIAN

PRESS/

Daniel Hayduk &

Darryl Dyck

See Vern Singhroy et al.; Canada Centre for Remote Sensing

Agriculture

Soil physical properties:

moisture and permeability

RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.(2008) - All Rights Reserved.

RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency.

Crop identification

Crop inventory, tillage, soil moisture, land cover / land use to

sustain and manage effectively our agricultural lands and

harvests.

Credit: AAFC, NRCan

See Jiali Shang et al.; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Forestry

Forest cover, and change detection e.g., clear-cutting, forest fires and insect defoliation,

biomass, environmental effects mapping in support of Canada's sustainable forest

management.

Credit: NRCan, EC, Wildlife Enforcement, Carleton University

Improved forest structure mapping and

monitoring of forest disturbance

Environmental change impacts

Wetlands

Wetland Mapping

Wetland (InSAR)

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RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency.

With the population constantly growing, the GoC had to elaborate politics to preserve one of

the most productive ecosystems of the planet : wetlands.

Credit: EC, NRCan,, NRC, University of Miami, Sejong University

Mapping

RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.(2008-10) - All Rights

Reserved. RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency.

Topographic mapping and up-dating

Building heights and

monitoring ground

displacement

Monitoring Ecological Integrity of Arctic National Parks

DEM

Soil

Snow and Ice

Topography, Major Cities/Landmarks, Mosaic of Canada, Native Reserves, Coastline, Ecological

Monitoring, Habitat Monitoring, Land Use / Land Cover, Wetlands, National Parks Surveillance …

Credit: PC, NRCan, INAC, CSA, CNSC, SC, University of Calgary, PCI

Image CalibrationCSA initiatives to ensure long-term, efficient calibration monitoring for present and future SAR missions

Antarctica – Dome-C Site

– RADARSAT-2 acquisition campaign undertaken by

the CSA to study the site at C-band and report to

the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

(CEOS)

Congo Area

– Radiometric characterization ongoing at C-band

using RADARSAT-2

Boreal Forest Area

– Currently utilized by the CSA as an alternate to the

Amazon for monitoring RADARSAT satellites

RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.(2008-10) - All Rights

Reserved. RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency. Credit: CSA

International CharterUSGS Activation: Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.(2010) - All Rights Reserved.

RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency.

RADARSAT-1 data © Canadian Space Agency. Processed and distributed by MacDonald, Dettwiler

and Associates Ltd. Credit: CSA

The Northern Passage 2010On Midsummer’s Eve, Børge and Thorleif will sail from Oslo, in a daring attempt to sail

through both the Northwest and Northeast passages during the same season. Can

their speedy trimaran survive the challenge of ice-filled Arctic waters, clearing both

passages before they freeze?

Ousland (Web News): '…the use of

satellite images to know where the ice

are. We will use RADARSAT, and this

will be quite important. '

The CSA will provide RADARSAT data to

the Norwegian Meteorological Institute

that will derive ice charts for a secure

travelling route!

Journey timeline: June 23 to October 2010

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RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency. Credit: CSA

Antarctic Mapping

RADARSAT-2, an exceptional contribution to IPY!

Following on the successful 1997 RADARSAT-1 campaign, RADARSAT-2 was

used to capture the 2nd completed Antarctic Mosaic.

An Antarctica Interferometric Coverage campaign was also successfully

completed.

Courtesy: NSF

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

RADARSAT-2 Data and Products © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.(2008) - All Rights Reserved.

RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency. Credit: CSA, MDA, GIIPSY

Caribbean Satellite Disaster ProjectUsing RADARSAT as a rapid and detailed local damage assessment to

assist national emergency preparedness organizations.

RADARSAT “Hurricane Watch”

CDEMA HQ

Grenada

St. Lucia

Rapid delivery – Local assessment

RADARSAT-1 data © Canadian Space Agency. Processed and distributed by MacDonald, Dettwiler and

Associates Ltd. Credit: CSA, NOAA

Mahalo!

Visit: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/events/2010/radarsat2.asp

3rd RADARSAT-2 WorkshopSeptember 27 to October 1, 2010 at the Canadian Space Agency

Contact information

For more information on RADARSAT-2 utilizations

and applications, please contact:

Stéphane Chalifoux, M. Sc.

Manager RADARSAT-2 Allocation

Canadian Space Agency

E-mail : [Stephane.Chalifoux@asc-csa.gc.ca]

Government of Canada

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