On April 15 within the V International Conference “Remote sensing – the synergy of high technologies” Sovzond Company (Russia), MDA (Canada) and Kongsberg Spacetec (Norway) will organize a series of theme seminars on radar data application. Nowadays there is the strong tendency of radar data use in different spheres of life for various purposes. The launches of a range of high-resolution satellites SkyMed-1-4, TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X and RADARSAT-2 became very significant events. Each of them has its peculiarities: COSMO-SkyMed consists of 3 machines thus provides better periodicity of interferometric shooting (up to 1 day) and operational monitoring survey (up to 16 times a day), TerraSAR-X gives the possibility of image planning and order (virtual reception), RADARSAT-2 makes full polarimetric survey and stable interferometric shooting which is typical for C-band wavelengths.

 The main areas for radar data use are the quick access to spatial information and real-time monitoring, construction of digital terrain models and topography, identification and mapping of land surface subsidence and construction progress, monitoring of forests in terms of logging operations, classification of the species composition of forests, estimation the height of the forest and biomass, monitoring of agricultural land (status of the fields, classification of crops, monitoring of agricultural works, yield forecasting, etc.), monitoring of ice conditions and shipping problems for oil and gas industry, etc. Main topics of the seminars: - Radar data use in oil and gas industry (projects about the construction of a digital elevation model and monitoring of earth surface displacement made by Sovzond Company for Gazprom JSC, Lukoil JSC and NK Rosneft JSC, and by MDA for foreign companies. - Radar data use for efficient all-weather monitoring of ice in waters and navigation (up to 20 times a day).

Projects of Sovzond Company, MDA, Kongsberg Spacetec. - Radar data use in agricultural industry (projects of Sovzond Company and MDA) - Radar data use in forest industry (projects of Sovzond Company and MDA) In spite of numerous advantages of radar data including their independence of clouds and illumination many consumers are still afraid of difficulties in data processing. Within these seminars specialists of Sovzond Company, MDA and Kongsberg Spacetec will tell about universal and reproducible techniques of radar data processing aimed at achieving concrete results. 

They will also demonstrate the peculiarities of modern radar data and the possibility of their processing in SARscape by the example of the performed projects. Besides the experience of Sovzond Company, MDA and Kongsberg Spacetec participants will also get acquainted with the world latest achievements in the sphere of radar data processing and with the results of the conference «PolInSAR-2011» organized by European space agency in January 2011. Please indicate your interest to participate by filling in the registration form http://www.sovzondconference.ru/2011/eng/registration.html.For detailed information e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call +7 (495) 988-75-11, 514-83-39.