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Satellite Detection
Space-based, Synthetic Aperture
Radar (SAR), with its potential for all weather detection over wide regions, has
the potential to play a significant role in iceberg surveillance. This role is
deemed significant whether it is in strategic iceberg detection for oil production
or for wide area iceberg mapping for transportation safety.
Due to the nature of SAR and its wide area coverage, it can play a significant
role in offshore surveillance. SAR has been demonstrated to effectively detect
iceberg and vessel targets, and in some cases, to provide information to aid in
vessel/iceberg discrimination.
SAR services involve the
near-real-time acquisition of SAR frames over the surveillance region of interest
to produce a detection list for integration in ice management databases. These
data are then fused into an iceberg detection database for further tracking and
risk analysis. If requested, specific strategic analysis, problem solving and
recommendations to industry clients can be performed.
The following examples of Space
based iceberg detection have been provided by C-Core of St. John's as an example of
Space-based SAR capabilities.
| ENVISAT |
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Resolution |
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| 30 Metre |
30 Metre(AP) |
| RADARSAT |
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Resolution |
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Fine Mode
8 Metre |
Wide Mode
30 Metre |
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