Remote Sensing Laboratory

Byrd Polar Research Center

To contact us:

Kenneth Jezek                                                               Mark Drinkwater

1090 Carmack Road                                                      Head, Mission Science Division

Columbus, OHIO 43210                                                  ESA, ESTEC

USA                                                                                Earth Observations

Phone: 614 292 7973                                                     Postbus 299,  2200 AG Noordwijk

Email: jezek.1@osu.edu                                                  The Netherlands

                                                                                       E-mail:  Mark.Drinkwater@esa.int

                                                                                        Tel: +31 (0)71 565 5673

                                                                                       Fax: +31 (0)71 565 5675

 

MODIS Bands 1 and 2 False Color—Jacobshavn Glacier, June 2005 (K. Jezek)

Space Task Group of the IPY Sub-Committee on Observations SAR Workshop

(March 5-6, 2008, Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert, Canada)

 

As part of ongoing IPY Space Task Group activities, the Canadian Space Agency hosted an IPY SAR/InSAR workshop in response to an action item from STG-1.

 

The goal of the meeting was to develop an acquisition strategy for SAR and InSAR data that achieves the maximum number of IPY science objectives in such a way as to distribute the acquisition load across the different agencies – understanding that no single agency can accommodate all of the tasks.  This will require a level of coordination between the space agencies that has not yet been attempted.  The workshop focused on data acquisition requirements, as outlined by the scientific community, based on Agency strategic plans for IPY and unique capabilities of their systems.  Data processing and distribution issues were briefly addressed but the primary objective was to populate the archive given the unique opportunity of IPY.

 

The workshop main tasks were:

1)       To review existing GIIPSY science requirements as outlined in the Global Inter-agency IPY Polar Snapshot Year (GIISPY) Strategy Document. The document can be found under the following link: http://bprc.osu.edu/rsl/GIIPSY/documents/GIIPSY_Science_Sum_Nov_3.doc

2)       To present the Agencies strategic priorities in line with IPY science activities.

3)       To present and review SAR data which are being collected, and are planned for collection during the IPY.

4)       To present the satellite and ground segment operators system capabilities and constraints related to the acquisition of data in support to IPY.

5)       and finally to attempt to forge a coordinated / multi-agency SAR acquisition plan for the remainder of IPY acquisitions.

 

In order to meet these ambitious objectives, invited attendees, which include members of the science and operational communities, space agencies operating SAR satellite; space agencies with data transmission, ground segment and processing capabilities, and ground segment operators, were requested to actively contribute to the achievement of the workshop objectives.

 

Logistical Information

 

Two local hotels:

      http://dix30.althotels.ca/en/index.asp Hotel ALT

      http://www.hotelmortagne.com/francais.htm Hotel Mortagne

 

Map to CSA

 

AGENDA and PRESENTATIONS

Agenda

Meeting Introduction (YC)

STG Background (YC)

GIIPSY Background (KJ)

ESA Portfolio (HL)

ESA and IPY (YD)

ESA Constraints (HL)

DLR Strategic Objectives (ED)

DLR IPY Data Constraints (ED)

TerraSAR Capabilities (DF)

TerraSAR Data Access (DF)

CSA Strategic Objectives (YC)

R1 Constraints (RSJ)

R2 Allocation (DdL)

ASF and JAXA (DA)

Ice Services (DL)

CNES Complementary Optical Studies (ET)

Summary and Action Items (YC and KJ)

Meeting Minutes

Participants List

Data Acquisition Plans

Strawman Acquisition Strategy Spreadsheet

Antarctic Acquisition Template

Sea Ice Acquisition Template

Arctic Land Ice Acquisition template

Global Inter-agency IPY Polar Snapshot Year

GIIPSY