Title
Change detection and damage assessment based on the new generation radar satellites for G-MOSAIC pilot services
Author
Dekker, R.J.
van den Broek, A.C.
Contributor
Schulte-Braucks, R. (editor)
Bischoff, H. (editor)
Antoniou, A. (editor)
Publication year
2011
Abstract
Within the GMES initiative, several projects focus on supporting the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Two of them are GMOSS (2004-2008) and, addressed in this paper, G-MOSAIC (2009-2011). GMOSS was the predecessor of G-MOSAIC. An important issue in GMOSS was to connect the information needs following from the CFSP security priorities to Earth Observation (EO) technology. The aim of G-MOSAIC is to go a step further and develop geospatial information products and pilot services for the EU external relations policies (CFSP/CSDP) and security end-users. Pilot services to which TNO contributes, are developed in Cooperation with DLR, e-GEOS, GMV, Infoterra, Joanneum Research, JRC, and others. Key technology that is discussed is radar change detection. Output products give information on vessel traffic, harbour activities, transhipment of goods, timber logging, earthquake damage, and reconstruction after crisis. Present radar EO systems turn out to be well suited to monitor different activities due to different scattering mechanisms, and irrespective of cloud cover.
Subject
G-MOSAIC
GMOSS
Synthetic aperture radar
Change detection
Damage assessment
Harbour surveillance
Timber logging
Crisis management
Safety and Security
Defence, Safety and Security
Physics & Electronics
DSS - Distributed Sensor Systems
TS - Technical Sciences
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TNO identifier
464594
Publisher
European Commission, Brussels
Source
Let's Embrace Space : Space Research achievements under the 7th Framework Programme, 267-271
Document type
bookPart