Title :
Applications potential of RADARSAT-2 - update
Author :
van der Sanden, J.J. ; Thomas, S.J. ; Lukowski, T.I. ; Charbonneau, F.J. ; DeAbreu, R. ; Hawkins, R.K. ; Livingstone, C.E. ; McNairn, H. ; Scheuchl, B. ; Singhroy, V. ; Toutin, Th ; Touzi, R. ; Vachon, P.W.
Author_Institution :
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, we briefly preview and demonstrate how the technical improvements included in RADARSAT-2 will impact the system´s potential utility for 32 applications in the fields of agriculture, cartography, disaster management, forestry, geology, hydrology, oceans, and sea and land ice.
Keywords :
agriculture; cartography; data acquisition; disasters; forestry; geology; hydrology; ice; oceanography; radar polarimetry; radiowave interferometry; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; RADARSAT-2; SAR interferometry; SAR polarimetry; agriculture; cartography; disaster management; forestry; geology; hydrology; land ice; oceans; sea ice; synthetic aperture radar; Agriculture; Forestry; Geology; Hurricanes; Ice; Oceans; Petroleum; Polarization; Remote sensing; Research and development;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2005. IGARSS '05. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9050-4
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526093
