Programme: European Space Agency – Invitation To Tender (ESA-ITT)
Project title: CAlibration aNd VAlidation for Sar
Acronym: CANVAS
Duration: 25 March 2025 – 24 March 2027
Project budget: 500,000 EUR
ISMAR budget: 75,000 EUR
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Summary:
The goal of the project is to create a QA framework that encompasses past, present, and future Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instruments, rather than focusing on a single mission or sensor. This ensures that the developed procedures and tools will be widely applicable, adaptable, and future-proof.
Another of the main objectives of the present ESA ITT is to consolidate, harmonize and expand the QA procedures defined after the past ESA EDAP and EDAP+projects. In this regard, not only procedures, but also guidelines for uncertainty in measurement (GUM) and fiducial reference measurements (FRM) must be
addressed for Level 1 (L1) products and SAR-derived geophysical products (also known as L2 products).
Another objective is the development of an open-source tool for Cal/Val of L1 and L2 SAR products, following guidelines and definitions during the first phase of the project.
Finally, CANVAS addresses the need for cross-calibration and cross-validation between different SAR missions. The aim is to facilitate interoperability and utilize data from multiple sources by
developing standardized procedures for comparing and validating data across various SAR missions.
Contact person in ISMAR: giuseppe.grieco@cnr.it
Partnership:
- Meteorologisk Institutt (MetNO) – Norway
- NORCE – Norway
- Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) – Spain
- Istituto di Scienze Marine – Italy
