The Polar Data Catalogue (https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/) at the University of Waterloo has released the 2008 Antarctica mosaics. Full-continent mosaics at 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, and 800 m resolutions are available at 3 different bit levels (8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit) and HH and HV polarizations. In addition, gridded 16-bit, HH and HV tile products covering sub-sections of the continent are available at 25 meter resolution.
Thanks to a partnership between the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), the prime contractor for the RADARSAT-2 program, and the Canadian Cryospheric Information Network (CCIN), the mosaic and tile images are free and fully accessible to the academic world and the public.
Using Synthetic Aperture Radar with multiple polarization modes aboard the RADARSAT-2 satellite, the CSA collected more than 3,150 images of the continent in the autumn of 2008, comprising a single pole-to-coast map covering all of Antarctica. This is the first such map of the area since RADARSAT-1 created one in 1997.
This mosaic map of the Antarctic is the latest addition to the CCIN's Polar Data Catalogue (https://www.polardata.ca). For further information, contact the CCIN/PDC Manager, Julie Friddell, at julie.friddell@uwaterloo.ca.
Thank you!
Julie E. Friddell, Ph.D.
Manager, Canadian Cryospheric Information Network/Polar Data Catalogue
University of Waterloo
julie.friddell@uwaterloo.ca
