(Semi-)automatic Detection of Highly Vulnerable Small Marine Vehicles for Disaster Mitigation with Radar (SAR) Satellite Imagery.
Use Case: Refugee Rubber Inflatables
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The results should represent a central building block in a bigger infrastructure facilitating the search for refugee inflatables in distress and covering the whole search and rescue-zone in the central Mediterranean. Experiencing substantial and active developments regarding satellite technology and continuously rising numbers of operable satellite systems, there is the prospect of of available SAR data in the near future in sufficient spatial and temporal resolution. This perspective is a promising outlook. First, for further developments of methods and algorithms which are capable of analyzing and processing that valuable data in automated ways and second, for the realization of a search and rescue infrastructure that depends on the continuous influx of SAR imagery.
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En nuestro proyecto queremos desarrollar las capacidades para la detección semiautomática de los barcas pequeños y no-metálicos con la data radar por satélite. Los casos de uso son zodíacos y pesqueros pequeños que regularmente los refugiados se usan para cruzar el Mar Mediterráneo. Los resultados del proyecto deben ayudar los misiones Search&Rescue para mitigar la crisis de refugiados.
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Ce projet a l'objectif à améliorer les aptitudes pour la détection semi-automatique de las barques petites et non métalliques avec les données satellitaires radar en haute résolution. Las cases d'utilisation sont les zodiaques et les balancelles petits que souvent sont utilisées des réfugiés pour traverser la Méditerranée. Les résultats de ce projet doivent aider les missions Search&Rescue pour contribuer à l'atténuation des effets de la crise des réfugiés.
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Books and Papers
Lanz, P.; Marino, A.; Simpson, M.D.; Brinkhoff, T.; Köster, F.; Möller, M. (2023):
The InflateSAR Campaign: Developing Refugee Vessel Detection Capabilities with Polarimetric SAR. Remote Sensing. 2023; 15(8):2008
, doi: 10.3390/rs15082008
Lanz, P.; Marino, A.; Brinkhoff, T.; Köster, F.; Möller, M. (2021):
The InflateSAR Campaign: Testing SAR Vessel Detection Systems for Refugee Rubber Inflatables. Remote Sensing. 2021; 13(8):1487
, doi: 10.3390/rs13081487
Lanz, P.; Marino, A.; Brinkhoff, T.; Köster, F.; Möller, M. (2020):
The InflateSAR Campaign: Evaluating SAR Identification Capabilities of Distressed Refugee Boats. Remote Sensing 2020, Vol. 12, 3516
, doi: 10.3390/rs12213516
Presentations
Lanz, P. :
Automatic Refugee Inflatable Vessel Detection with Polarimetric SAR..
TerraSAR-X / TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting, Oberpfaffenhofen, 2023.,
Oktober 2023
Lanz, P. :
Automatic Refugee Inflatable Detection with Polarimetric SAR..
PolINSAR 2023, Toulouse,
Juni 2023
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Lanz, P. :
The InflateSAR Campaign: Developing Refugee Vessel Detection Capabilities with Polarimetric SAR..
SeaSAR, Spitzbergen, 2023,
Mai 2023
Lanz, P. :
Satellite-based Radar for Disaster Mitigation: Investigating Detection Capabilities of Distressed Refugee Boats using SAR.
Living Planet Symposium 2019, Milan, Italy,
Mai 2019
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Lanz, P. :
Investigating Detection Capabilities of Distressed Refugee Boats Using SAR.
ESA POLINSAR 2019 Conference, Frascati (Rome), Italy,
Januar 2019
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