Radar products
Characteristics
- The radar sensors offer 3 major advantages:
  • they can acquire images through clouds, mist, fog or smoke,
  • they can acquire images both day and night,
  • they measure the physical chacteristics and geometry of the objects observed (structure, water content, biomass).

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Reunion Island by Envisat

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ERS image

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Applications
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  • Mapping of inter-tropical and polar areas and misty shorelines,
  • Geology, hydrology, mineral and petroleum prospecting,
  • Detecting of surface movements (by interferometry): seismic activity, landslides, subsidence,
  • Maritime applications: surveillance of shipping, detecting of marine pollution,
  • Mapping and ice monitoring,
  • Disaster management and mitigation: floods, forest fires,
  • Agriculture and forestry: detecting changes due to vegetation growth, variations in soil humidity, farming and forestry (ploughing, deforestation),
  • Surveillance, Defence and intelligence.
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Products
- Radar products are acquired by the Envisat and ERS satellites.
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