Analysis of Sentinel-1 marine applications potential

Author

Vachon, Paris W. ; Wolfe, John ; Greidanus, Harm

Author_Institution

Defence R&D Canada-Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

1734

Lastpage

1737

Abstract

Ship detectability modelling 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. Capabilities and limitations of the tool´s predictions are discussed. 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 surveillance of the littoral zone.

Keywords

geophysical image processing; image resolution; object detection; oceanographic techniques; oil pollution; radar imaging; radar interferometry; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; ships; spaceborne radar; surveillance; synthetic aperture radar; wind; Envisat ASAR image data; Interferometric Wide Swath mode; RADARSAT-1; RADARSAT-2; Sentinel-1 marine application potential; iceberg detection; littoral zone surveillance; maritime application; oil spill detection; sea ice surveillance; ship detectability modelling; ship detectability tool; ship wake detection; spatial resolution; wind retrieval; Marine vehicles; Noise; Oceans; Sea ice; Surveillance; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind speed; SAR; Sentinel-1; ship detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351187

Filename

6351187