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www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org SDCG-6 Session 7 Canadian Space Agency contributions to R&D Support strategy (Element 3) Yves Crevier Canadian Space Agency SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Canadian Space Agency Engagement The Canadian Space Agency overarching objectives in support of the GFOI Element 3: • To support our National Forest community (government, academic and private sectors) • To enable end-users to exploit the large amount of SAR data that is now or will soon be available in support of their programs forest management, ecosystem protection, carbon accounting, etc. • Focusing our investments • Supporting and providing access to missions that meet user requirements • Investing in operationally focused science and ensuring transition towards operationalisation • Going beyond the science into Societal benefits SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014

www. earthobservations. org Canadian Space Agency www. gfoi. org Acquisitions over GFOI R&D Study Sites • Due to the commercial nature of the RADARSAT 2 mission, the CSA is restricted to supporting science related activities as identified and endorsed by the GFOI science framework under the Element 3. • Mostly interested in the following topics: • Use of Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) for the monitoring of forest related attributes; • Interoperability and complementarity between SAR and optical datasets; • SAR/SAR mission interoperability; • Development of SAR-based approaches, algorithms, and methods that are viably sustainable to support local, regional, national, continental and global forest monitoring and carbon accounting. SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014

www. earthobservations. org Canadian Space Agency www. gfoi. org New and Archive data over GFOI R&D Study Sites • Unprocessed and “globally distributed” RADARSAT 1 archive of limited coherent use forest monitoring; • Archive collected under the FCT framework – documented in support slides; • Willingness to develop dense time series over punctual sites to support key science and demonstration activities. SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014

www. earthobservations. org Canadian Space Agency www. gfoi. org Data provision for R&D • • The CSA express its willingness to contribute new RADARSAT 2 data in the context of Element 3; Moving from a SOAR-based data dissemination approach to an open sharing process as defined within a potential data service element à la GEOGLAM – assuming a secured cloud computing and data repository environment; – Require a thorough a priori identification of image products and certification of data user organizations and individuals; – Number of scenes and access is project dependant and is to be determined; • • • Operating under background mission framework; As a counterpart, we are assuming open sharing of ground data, methods, and derived results; No cost to users – all processing and data costs will be covered by CSA; Data products and processing level to be agreed with PIs; Open to a coordinated AO on GFOI key science questions. SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Canadian Space Agency Summary • CSA contribution to GFOI science plan can generate better understanding on issues related to SAR only, SAR/SAR and SAR/Optical data interoperability. • As such, it is expected that the key science requirements, articulated in the context of Element 3, represent the position of the Global federated community under GFOI. • In this context, the CSA Earth Observation programs (for data, science and demonstration) will remain available to support innovative development of solutions. • Data requests will need to comply to the Canadian Remote Sensing Space System Act (RSSSA) and underlying Master Agreement principles between the Crown and MDA SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Support slides SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Acquisition Between Feb 2011 to end of Sept 2011 (NDs) • Full or partial wet and dry coverage for the following NDs (details next slide) : – – – Borneo, Cameroon, Columbia, Mexico, Sumatra, Tanzania Continued planning for 2 national coverages Total number of images acquired: 727 No data processing or data distribution during this period Currently addressing data processing and specific acquisitions for Tasmania and Tanzania SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org National Coverages Status ND Ordered by VS (in situ 2011) Dry season Wet season Mexico Fernando Paz MEX-1, MEX-5, MEX 4, MEX-7, MEX-3 Jan-May/June Jun/Jul-Nov/Dec Colombia Josef Kellndorfer Dec-March or July/August may/June or October/Novemb er Dual-pol, Quadpol, Peru ? Brazil Julio Dalge Guyana Dirk Hoekman GUY-1, GUY-2 Jul-Sep Jan-Feb Quad-pol Cameroon Gernot Ramminger CAM-3, CAM-4, CAM 5, CAM-6 Nov-Mar Apr-Oct DRC - Tanzania Line Steinbakk Amani ( -5. 13, 38. 63), Liwale (TBD) Dec-Mar, Jun-Oct Mar-May Dual-pol, Quadpol Indonesia Dirk Hoekman BOR-3, SUM-2 Jul-Sep Jan-Feb Quad-pol Australia/Tasmania Tony Milne AU-1, AU-2, AU-3 Nepal ? Xingu Special Experiment Site Josef Kellndorfer jul/aug jan/feb Completed Partially Completed Ongoing Not covered BRAX-2 SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014 RADARSAT-2

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Acquisition Between Feb 2011 to end of Sept 2011 (VSs) • Acquisitions over verification sites planned on every cycles – – – – Ten 24 -day cycles during the reporting period acquisitions performance around 85% (Details next slide) All acquisitions in Fine Quad (polarimetric mode) Continued planning for VS over the next year Total number of images acquired: 366 scenes No data processing or data distribution during this period Currently addressing a request from Tanzania SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014

www. earthobservations. org www. gfoi. org Verification Sites Status Country Verification sites Number of cycles covered (asc or desc) MEXICO Chiapas-1 7/10 Chiapas-2 8/10 Campeche 6/10 Oaxaca 8/10 Hidalgo 3/10 Nuevo Leon 8/10 Michoacan 7/10 Andes-Huila 9/10 Choco-Cajambre 8/10 Pacifico-Bajo_Mira 7/10 Amazonia-Tinigua 7/10 Andes-Antioquia 10/10 Bosques de Pomac 9/10 Alpahuayo Mishana 7/10 Manglares de Tumbes 10/10 San Matias San Carlos 9/10 Cordillera Azul 8/10 Cuenca baja del VRAE 8/10 Ambito de Barranquita 9/10 Xingu-1 9/10 Xingu-2 10/10 COLUMBIA PERU BRAZIL GUYANA CAMEROON TANZANIA BORNEO WUR-FRA-SAR-1 GFC-2 GFC-3 Fairview Crashwater-N. Rupununi Apoteri East Region (Ndelele) Adamawa Region (tibati) Adamawa Region (Mbakaou) 0/10 10/10 7/10 10/10 9/10 FAO_FRA-1 FAO_FRA-2 FAO_FRA-3 Nilo Forest Reserve E-Kalimantan/Sbh SW- Kalimantan SE- Kalimantan (KFCP REDD) 8/9 8/9 10/10 9/10 10/10 SDCG-6 Oslo, Norway October 22 -24, 2014 7/10 8/10 7/10