GFMC: CSA RADARSAT-1 Disaster Watch
CSA RADARSAT-1 Disaster Watch
As part of its Disaster Watch Program, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)is undertaking the initiative of sending out E-mail notices to the individuals and organizations interested in knowing about RADARSAT-1 coverage of natural or human-made disasters, which occur almost daily around the world. The objective of this notice, to be entitled “CSA RADARSAT-1 Disaster Watch”, is to inform the potential users in a timely manner of the valuable space-based data and information that is available, and which may assist in coping with these disasters and mitigating their effects.
Through the “CSA RADARSAT-1 Disaster Watch” notice, information can be received concerning all of the RADARSAT-1 images that have been acquired under the Disaster Watch Program. This information includes:
- the part of the world which was imaged (which city, country, sea, etc…)
- the type of disaster that occurred there (i.e.: volcano eruption, wildland fire etc…)
- the date and time each image was acquired
- the RADARSAT-1beam mode that was used to image the area
- the RADARSAT-1cycle that the satellite was in at the time of acquisition
- the RADARSAT-1orbit that the satellite was in at the time of acquisition
- the duration of the acquisition (corresponds to how much of the area was imaged at that time)
- whether the image was downlinked in real time or stored on the onboard recorder until the satellite was within a range of a receiving station
Some of the images mentioned in the “CSARADARSAT-1 Disaster Watch” notice will have been acquired as part of the”Space and Major Disasters” international charter. Visit the Charter the following address:
http://www.disasterscharter.org/
Any such images will be identified in both the e-mailand in our Disaster Watch Archive. Please note that an Email will be received only on those days that data has been acquired under the Disaster Watch Program.
The RADARSAT-1 Disaster Watch Archive is a large, searchable database containing data acquired under the Disaster Watch Program. Interested users are invited to explore this tool by visiting our website at the following address:
http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/csa_sectors/earth/radarsat1/disaster_watch.asp#
Information is given here how RADARSAT-1 data can be ordered. In order to be included as part of the CSA RADARSAT-1 Disaster Watch distribution list contact Disaster Watch by sending an e-mail to dwreports@space.gc.ca.
