GMES Sentinel-1 Analysis of Marine Applications Potential (AMAP)

Abstract

This document is the Final Report deliverable under ESTEC Contract No. 21303/07/NL/CB "GMES Sentinel-1 analysis of marine applications potential (AMAP)". The document includes ship detectability modelling that has been carried out for Sentinel-1, including development of a ship detectability tool that applies to Sentinel-1, RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, and Envisat ASAR image data. Limitations of the tool's predictions are discussed, and examples from RADARSAT-1 and Envisat ASAR are provided to illustrate the performance of the tool. Also considered is Sentinel-1's expected capability for other maritime applications, including iceberg detection, wind retrieval, oil spill detection, sea ice surveillance, and ship wake detection. In general, the Interferometric Wide Swath mode with its high spatial resolution and 250 km swath will be a useful mode for maritime surveillance in the littoral zone.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA639048

Entities

People

  • John Wolfe
  • Paris W. Vachon

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic Identification Systems
  • Cross Polarization
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Doppler Effect
  • Environment
  • Identification Systems
  • Littoral Zones
  • Oil Spills
  • Radar
  • Radial Velocity
  • Scattering
  • Sea Ice
  • Security
  • Surveillance
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Wake Detection

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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