Spaceborne Ocean Intelligence Network: SOIN - Fiscal Year 10/11 Year-End Summary

Abstract

The Spaceborne Ocean Intelligence Network (SOIN) is a six-year research and operational development project that addresses barriers to developing and implementing oceanographic applications derived from Earth-observation sensors such as RADARSAT-2 and MODIS, capabilities that will be provided by the Polar Epsilon Project, combined with existing AVHRR and MERIS sensor data. The project is divided into two phases. The recently terminated three-year Phase I focused on developing state-of-the-art sea-surface temperature and diver-visibility products, operational tools, supporting infrastructure and an ability to detect thermal fronts, eddies and water mass boundaries with RADARSAT-2 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. The ongoing three-year Phase II will focus on operationalization and implementation of SOIN capabilities. The SOIN project began in June 2007 with funding provided by the Canadian Space Agency through its Government Related Initiatives Program. This report provides a summary of project activities and accomplishments in FY 10/11.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA554309

Entities

People

  • Brendan Detracey
  • Chris Jones
  • Cristina Tollefsen
  • Darryl Williams
  • Joe Buckley
  • John Wolfe
  • Paris W. Vachon
  • Pierre Larouche
  • Sean. Pecknold
  • William Perrie

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Birds
  • Boundary Layer
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Ecology
  • Fish
  • Information Science
  • Measurement
  • National Security
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surface Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects