International Collaborative Engagement Program for Polar Research ICE-PPR Ministry of Defence Denmark Charlotte Havsteen
Situational Awareness Status
Situational awareness
Underwater
Subsurface Acoustic/Long Range Communications Environmental Awareness Hydrography (Bathymetry) Civilian operational oceanographic systems
Surface Autonomous Terrestrial vehicles Terrestrial radar Low frequency Passiv
Aerospace NRD Hyperspectral sensors Space Weather
Personel exchange Analytics Data Fusion multi level Crowd Sourcing System of systems assessment Civilian assets Adaptive engineering Open source intelligence Data exchange Enabling
Tests and Experimentation CAUSE Arctic Mobile Observing System (AMOS) Skill assessment campaigns Data collection campaigns Davis Strait?
Research Challenges Denmark Monitoring and surveillance of very large areas - Denmark Affordability Fidelity Persistence
Research challenges Improve communications and information sharing Feasibility Timeliness Tiered data Spatial data infrastructure EMODNET INSPIRE
Research Challenges Multi use Field/research stations Other assets Data
Research Challenges USA Multi-domain, networked system of systems - US Design Data fusion Common Operational Picture
Research Challenges Canada Monitoring chokepoints Assets Data fusion
Lond range target identification Research Challenges Finland
Radar satellites Ships Ice and icebergs Oil spills Temperature Wind Waves Storm surges Earthquakes Altimetry Change detection
Optical satellites
Change detection
Change Detection Ella Island
Nanosatellites Ulloriaq ADS-B AIS Camera NRD
Sensor Platforms
Hyperspectral sensors Passive system Alarm when anomaly detected F-16 RECCE POD CL-604 line Scanner replacement
Exploration of Possibilities with Advanced SAR Systems in the Arctic Region Dr. Ernst Krogager Senior Scientist Experiments with DLR F-SAR 2014-2015
Trial activities DALOEX 1 October 2014, Denmark DALOEX 2 DALOEX Exploration of possibilities with advanced SAR systems in the Arctic region (DALOEX) April/May 2015, Greenland Radar Sensors for DALOEX DLR F-SAR (Dornier 228 aircraft) primary system for experiments SELEX PicoSAR (helicopter) TerraSAR-X (satellite)
DALO F-SAR 2014 Sensors and Platforms F-SAR DLR (X, C, S, L, P-band) TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X PicoSAR, FFI (X-band) F-16 Reconnaissance Pod
DALOEX 2014 F-SAR image of test area Gniben in X-band (9,6 GHz). High-precision Digital Elevation Model used for geocoding of SAR images. Tip of above image in C-bånd (5,3 GHz).
DADALO LOEX 2015 Test in Greenland, May 2015 F-SAR: Week 1: X-C-S-L bands Week 2: P-band Week 3: X-C-S-L bands Target emplacement, ground-truth collection etc. Test sites near: Nuuk Kangerlussuaq Disko Bay Kulusuk Polarimeric imaging Coherent change detection Interferometry for generation of digital elevation models Ships etc. near icebergs Ice & snow subsurface imaging Lost aircraft search
Examples of deployment of reference reflectors and collection of ground truth
Qeqertarsuaq Test Objects
Hydrographic Surveys
Surveys From data to charts Data from other sources
Bathymetry Sonar LIDAR
Other uses
Buoys, AUW and moorings
Data dessimination
Data Exchange
ACE data fusion and exchange
Challenges Satellite data Algorithms SATCOM broadband communication Nanosatellite cooperation especially NRD and radars Underwater domain acoustics Hydrographic survey techniques Data and sensor fusion Big data : Smart data Terrestrial radars
Suggestions for Cooperation Algorithm development Satellite data fusion Hydrographic surveys and data exchange Acoustic sensors Moorings and data exchange Big data : smart data : data fusion techniques Communications Underwater sensor chains data retrieval Change detection techniques Optimizing infrastructure Experiments in the Arctic