SAR Applications
SAR applications for earth observation
- infrastructural planning
- topographic surveying and mapping
- creation and update of maps for transportation and shipping
- evaluation of traffic volume
- structural analyses of roads, bridges, banks and buildings, before and after completion for insurance industry
- examination of damages after flooding, forest fire, earth quake etc.
- monitoring fillings of oil tanks and the state of pipelines in the gas and oil industry
- exploring natural resources
- documentation of forest decline and polar ice
- investigating movements of sand dunes and expansions of deserts
- availability check of food and fresh water resources
- military surveillance and policing of borders and coasts as well as buildings, airports, roads and harbours
- controling nuclear power plants, petrochemical factories, refineries and pipelines
- reliable day and night operations
- fast access and high repetition rate (A&R2)
- "Far-Out-Of-Area (FOOA)" surveillance possibilities