Let the user pan, zoom, and filter to discover what data is available, rather then forcing them to enter rigid search queries and only see a limited subset of the collection. The canadian space agency and the canada centre for mapping and earth observation have released radarsat1s archive of 36,500 satellite images to the public. As part of the earthobservation copernicus program, the sentinel mission will provide scientists with accurate, timely, and easily accessible information to help shape the future of our planet. The radarsat1 background mission archives also contain 10 m resolution data acquired by means of moderately shallow finebeam modes over some 170 major cities and capital towns.
The radarsat1 provides complete global coverage with the flexibility to support specific requirements. Radarsat orthorectified mosaic data of canadian province 100m. A new radarsat1 gps rgps will again generate these and other derived products, beginning in 1999. The major user of sar data in noaa is the coast watch program. Radarsat overview national snow and ice data center. Airsar, uavsar, airmoss, seasat, ers 1 2, jers, radarsat 1, alos palsar, sentinel 1 mostly north and south america but also a lot from other parts of the globe.
The alaska satellite facility downlinks, processes, archives, and distributes remotesensing data to scienific users around the world. As of march 20, the satellite was declared nonoperational and is no longer collecting data. Objectoriented classification combines fuzzy logic, based on spectral, spatial and. Software, documentation, orbits, and sample data downloads gmtsar software includes preprocessors for ers12, envisat, alos 1, alos2, terrasarx, cosmosskymed, radarsat 2, and sentinel1a tops. The goal was to automate and improve searches on the government of canada eodms system and then position radarsat1 image locations and metadata on a world map, to allow users to easily view and filter against the whole earth observation data set. Radarsat 1 data until radarsat 1 is no longer operational or radarsat 2 is certified to be operational, whichever comes first. Gisat en satellite data supplied data radar data radarsat 2 supplied data. Radarsat 2 has a huge imaging capacity allowing users access to data with a reduced chance of conflicts. Radarsat international rsi was formed in 1989 to market, process, and distribute data from radarsat 1. Canadian space agency data use agreement other data. Radarsat 1 was declared nonoperational earlier this year and therefore is no longer collecting data. Now that robust, operational, validated, and welldocumented software is available, we intend to generate a sar wind data archiveparticularly useful for wind power assessment. Our scientists created software that allowed users to practise using radarsat 2 imagery. Radarsat data products specifications rsigs026, revision 30 may 8, 2000 page 10 of 125 1.
These are the earthscope and winsar data collections organization and distribution of terrasarx and alos2 for winsar pis. In 1997, a joint effort by nasa and the csa culminated in the creation of the radarsat antarctic mapping project ramp. Available via the government of canadas earth observation data management system, the release is part of the canadian governments effort to make its data available to encourage novel big. After that time, archival data from radarsat 1 in asfs archive will continue to be available from asf, but new data acquisition requests cannot be honored. Radarsat 2 images the earth at spatial resolutions ranging from 1 to 100 metres, providing coverage from 144 to 250,000 km 2 in a single scene. Radarsat1 sar researchers may obtain radarsat1 data obtained by other ground stations and have. Existing funding supports the processing of only seven years of radarsat 1 acquisitions into smallscale ice motion estimates. Ocean wind speed climatology from spaceborne sar imagery.
Asf also archives gps geophysical processing system products which input sar data. Positive results were obtained after the technique testing for oil spills detection on the caspian and white seas. Radarsat1 has proven to be an invaluable source of earth observation data. Radarsat1 was a canadianled project involving the canadian federal government, the canadian provinces, the united states, and the private sector.
Radarsat 2 launched in 2007 was designed to replace the first satellite and is used for a variety of applications such as sea ice mapping, ship detection, agricultural monitoring, pollution detection, geological mapping, land use mapping, and. This new threesatellite constellation is expected to collect 50 times more data than canadas first mission, radarsat 1. The gps archive currently includes ice motion, ice classification, and ocean wave spectra products derived from ers1 sar data. Radarsat1 wide and extended beam data will be processed into standard images and complexformat data products. The advanced very high resolution radiometer avhrr provides four to sixband multispectral data from the noaa polarorbiting satellite series. A new radarsat1 gps rgps will again generate these. These data have been archived since shortly after the radarsat1 launch in. March 14, 2008 ii use, duplication, or disclosure of this document or any of the information contained herein is subject to the restrictions on the title page of this document. Technical specifications about radarsat 1 satellite. The same data set is also available province wide with 100 m pixel spacing, in a lambert conformal conic lcc projection and is orthorectified to standard map bases.
The majority of the data, south of 60 degrees was acquired during the growing seasons of 1998 and 1999. It utilized synthetic aperture radar sar to obtain images of the earths surface to manage natural resources and monitor global climate change. Allen hills, cryology, location, antarctica, what radarsat 1, where ohio radarsat lets scientist see the frozen continent. It also manages the sar data archive and access to the archived sar data through the earth observation data management system eodms. The second radarsat satellite was successfully launched on 14 december 2007. To prepare for this new huge data stream, cgdi led significant upgrades to all threeground stations in inuvik, nwt, prince albert, sk and gatineau, qc, and created a robust earth observation data management system eodms for canadians to discover and download radarsat.
The earth observation data management system eodms is a fully integrated geospatial platform provided by nrcan to the general public to discover and access authoritative earth observation eo data. Radarsat antarctic mapping project antarctic imaging campaign 2 a nasa pathfinder project nag59538 year 1 summary and year2 budget request prepared by. Download free radarsat data of canada gis resources. Radarsat1 archive transcription to the new system started on april 1, 2009 at ccrs. Data processing software products provide for manual and automatic detection of oil slicks on the sea surface. The satellites images were used internationally to manage and. The canadian space agency and the canada centre for mapping and earth observation have released radarsat1 s archive of 36,500 satellite images to the public. Operating in cband, the radarsat 2 sar payload ensures continuity of all existing radarsat 1 modes, and offers an extensive range of additional features ranging from improvement in resolution to full flexibility in the selection of polarization options. Radarsat1 collects data on resource management, ice, ocean and environmental monitoring and arctic and offshore surveillance. Nasas provision of the complete esa sentinel 1 synthetic aperture radar sar data archive through the asf daac is by agreement between the u. To download radarsat1 data from unavcowinsar, you must be affiliated with a full or adjunct i institutional member of winsar.
July 15, 2014 v use, duplication, or disclosure of this document or any of the information contained herein is subject to the restrictions on the title page of this document. Esdr of smallscale kinematics of arctic ocean sea ice. Radarsat 2 provides highresolution sar imagery regardless of light and weather conditions. Radarsat1 was canadas first commercial earth observation satellite. Animation of the radarsat dataset of allen hills in antarctica. Radarsat 2 is in the same orbit as radarsat 1, separated by 30 minutes and having the same ground track and repeat cycle as radarsat 1. Waleed abdalati the national aeronautics and space administration headquarters office of earth science may 21, 2001. This tool will allow users to view existing data as well as potential acquisitions.
Mda will provide the radarsat 2 acquisition planning tool software so users can search the radarsat 2 archive independently and make preliminary assessments for the data acquisitions they require. These are considered historical data, which will be useful reference for observing future urban growth or decay. For the remaining years of radarsat 1 data, we propose. Radarsat mosaic was produced using canadian space agencys radarsat data archive and scansar narrow b descending mode data. Sar data archives the unavco has over 120 tb of l0raw and slc data data are organized into collections that allow access control based on user authorization ers1 2, envisat, radarsat1 limited to north america. Radarsat 1 r1, launched on november 4, 1995 and declared operational april 1, 1996 is an. The jers 1 and radarsat 1 datasets have restricted access and require submission of a data access request form. Radarsat1 was featured on the back of the canadian 100 dollar bill in 2004. Land use classification on the basis of multidate landsatetm and radarsat 1 images.
Natural resource canada has also made sure that government, industry and academic users will be ready to make use of radarsat constellation data. Create a script to automate searches in the eodms database and display the results on a map. This paper will provide an introduction of this near realtime radarsat data system and some preliminary results ofthe use of radarsat data for ocean applications. Ers 1 2, radarsat 1, envisat limited to north america, tsx and alos2 from pi proposals some supersites data csk, rsat2 asf. This short paper announces the intention to generate a sar wind. There is fairly continuous global coverage since june 1979, with morning and afternoon acquisitions available. The radarsat project, led by the canadian space agency csa, was built on the development of remote sensing technologies and applications work carried out by the canadian centre for remote sensing ccrs. The radarsat data product specification is designed both to answer the questions of the.
It was owned by a consortium of aerospace companies consisting of mda, spar aerospace, com dev international, and lockheed martin. The multiyear archive of radarsat1 data offers the prospect of generating a highresolution wind data archive. Radarsat 1 was developed by the canadian space agency csa and was launched on 4 november 1995. Spaceborne sar remote sensing took a giant leap forward with the launch of the radarsat satellite in 1995. Radarsat1 was canadas first earth observation satellite. Using these tools, users could refine and enhance their systems as needed in advance of the launch, so they. The scansar wide beam mode provides coverage of a ground swath approximately triple the width of the wide swath beam mode swaths. Radarsat2 cscda copernicus space component data access. In 20, the radarsat1 mission continues to deliver important data well. Nrcan is responsible for the longterm archiving and distribution of the images as well as downlinking of satellite data at its ground stations.
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