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 2nd SAR Workshop

(September 30-October 1 2008, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany)

 

 

As a follow on to the STG action to enhance the coordination among the SAR Space Agencies in response to the IPY scientific objectives, a SAR/InSAR coordination workshop was held on 5/6 March 2008 at the Canadian Space Agency. As a result of this meeting, the SAR operating Agencies agreed on the strategic guidelines for imaging activities and on thematic priorities as outlined by the science community.  Despite the significant way forward and considerable efforts we are putting to fulfill our commitments, there is still a need to develop a SAR Acquisition Consolidated Plan and discuss the way forward for a SAR processing strategy and data dissemination plan.

As part of the SAR coordination process, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is organising a second meeting to address the harmonisation and coordination of the acquisition plans.  The objectives of this meeting are:

* Consolidate the current SAR planning and imaging activities occurring under the auspices of IPY/STG in order to avoid gaps and overlaps and optimize resources (i.e. thematic / instrument matrix, common planning tool, etc.)
* Distribute imaging load according to Agencies' capacities and priorities, and develop acquisition plans
* Look at a short/med/long term planning approach to continue the acquisitions (if at all possible)

The meeting will be held at the DLR facilities in Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany).
We now established the date of the workshop on 30 Sept./1 Oct.2008.

Logistical Information

How to get to DLR:
http://www.dlr.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-362/8073_read-7297/

Hotels close to DLR:
http://www.5sli.de/tourismus/hotel-landkreis-starnberg.php

Hotels in Munich:
http://www.muenchen.de/Tourismus/Accommodation_Hotels/7604/index.html

 

DRAFT Agenda

 

GIIPSY Draft Acquisition Plan Recommendation for TSX.  These plans were prepared to provide DLR with an estimate of SAR loading for Antarctic regions south of about –80^o.  Comments welcome.  These are in addition to any individual proposals and to several super-site areas that the STG is considering in Greenland and Antarctica.

  Filchner Ascending

  Filchner Descending

  TAM Ascending

  TAM Descending

 

JAXA IPY Web Site (Comments welcomed by Dr. Masanobu Shimada)

Japanese:http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/index_j.htm

http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/ipy/ipy_jindex.htm

English:http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/index.htm

http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/ipy/ipy_index.htm

PALSAR Animations. Antarctic:   /A,  /B,  /C

 

ESA/ESRIN Acquisitions and Plans

 

Information on upcoming ERS-2 acquisition from O’Higgins Station:

   http://earth.esa.int/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=5780

   Acquisition map for O’Higgins Station

  Animation of ESA SAR data over Lincoln Sea.  Courtesy Ron Kwok

 

MEETING AGENDA, PRESENTATIONS, MINUTES

Global Inter-agency IPY Polar Snapshot Year

GIIPSY