Innovators I - CFSP
Innovators I User Partnership- CFSP
Mapping and change detection in man-made features (buildings, infrastructures, etc.) over crisis areas which have cloud cover during a large period of the year, using super-resolution techniques.
Innovators I - CFSP | |
Innovators I User Partnership- CFSP | |
DUE (Data User Element) | |
Land | |
€100k | |
Service Demonstration | |
Completed | |
ERS-1/2 : SAR ENVISAT : ASAR |
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The CFSP innovator project demonstrated a set of products and services based on super-resolution techniques applied to SAR data from ERS-2 and ENVISAT for security applications. The user was the European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC) who has a strong background in EO data processing for security applications following their mandate from the European Council and the Common Foreign Security Policy (CFSP or PESC) from the EU. Several innovative products and services from SAR data were developed to support the EUSC routine operations during winter and cloudy season, when high resolution optical satellite imagery is not available. The proposed approach delivers products with a resolution, which although not matching the one from very-high-resolution optical satellites, can be enough to detect some changes till the arrival of the good weather. The technique can be adapted for future SAR systems The following products were developed:
The service and products were demonstrated over areas of operational interest for EUSC and were validated using their strong knowledge of the sites and information from optical satellites. The test cases covered monitoring of military harbours and associated infrastructure in accordance to Non-Proliferation Treaties as well as production of aid contingency planning. After project completion the activities were taken further by the contractor into the EC’s GMES Security service precursor FP7 G-MOSAIC. |
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SAR superesolution change detection for security applications, J |
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Indra Espacio S.A | |
EUSC |
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Daniel Carrasco INDRA ESPACIO Remote Sensing Department Calle Mar Egeo nº4, Pol. Ind. nº1 28830 San Fernando de Henares. Madrid SPAIN Tel: +34 91 626.88.49 Fax: +34 91 626.88.90 dcarrasco@indra.es |
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Espen Volden European Space Agency - ESRIN D/EOP-SEP Via Galileo Galilei C.P.94 I-00044 Frascati (Roma) ITALY Tel: +39 06-941.80624 Fax: +39 06-942.80552 Email: espen.volden@esa.int |