IPY Legacy Data Set

Mission Planning Examples

Antarctic Ice Sheet InSAR

South Looking

Satellite: RADARSAT-1

Beam: Fine 1, Mixed Standard, Extended high - ascending and descending

3 cycles, 7200

Satellite: TerraSAR -X

TBD

North Looking Antarctic InSARNorth Looking ALOS PALSAR

(from JAXA web site)

MAMM (McMurdo)

Satellite: RADARSAT-1

Beam: Fine 1, Mixed Standard, Extended Low 1 - ascending and descending

Acquisitions/cycle: 532

Minutes/cycle: 910

Scenes/cycle: 5800

MAMM (OBR)

Satellite: RADARSAT-1

Beam: Fine 1 and Mixed Standard - ascending and descending

Acquisitions/cycle: 286

Minutes/cycle: 600

Scenes/cycle: 4100

Greenland InSAR

Greenland

Satellite: RADARSAT-1

Beam: Fine 1 descending

Acquisitions/cycle: 47

Minutes/cycle: 200

Scenes/cycle: 1700

Arctic Sea Ice

Arctic Sea Ice (1 week)

Satellite: RADARSAT-1

Beam: ScanSAR Wide B

Acquisitions/cycle: 105

Minutes/cycle: 630

Scenes/cycle: 600

Antarctic Sea Ice

Antarctic Sea Ice (1week)

Satellite: RADARSAT-1

Beam: ScanSAR Wide B

Acquisitions/cycle: 120

Minutes/cycle: 560

Scenes/cycle: 540

High Resolution Optical

• PRISM Acquisition Plan (JAXA web site) - summer seasons

IPY Mission Planning Issues• Access to mission planning tools for high res

optical and microwave satellites (e.g.: ERS-2, Envisat, Radarsat-2, TerraSAR-X, ALOS)

• Approach for developing a coordinated mission plan

• Mission planning rules for distributing acquisition and processing load

• Establish international mission planning team to devise optimal IPY plan