Canadian plans for operational demonstrations of satellite imaging radar applications
Abstract
Canadian objectives for the utilization of data from ERS-1, particularly SAR image data, for ocean, ice, and land and resources monitoring are presented. The ERS-1 data will allow suitable preparations and readiness of data handling systems and user capability for exploiting data from Canadian RADARSAT satellite. These efforts will receive support from a radar program based on ground-based and airborne scattterometers, airborne SAR, and data processing and analysis systems.
- Publication:
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IGARSS 1986: Remote Sensing: Today's Solutions for Tomorrow's Information Needs
- Pub Date:
- August 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986rsmt.conf..405L
- Keywords:
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- Canadian Space Program;
- Ers-1 (Esa Satellite);
- Radar Imagery;
- Satellite Imagery;
- Synthetic Aperture Radar;
- Data Processing;
- Environmental Monitoring;
- Ice Reporting;
- Land Use;
- Ocean Data Acquisitions Systems;
- Scatterometers;
- Communications and Radar