These satellite RADAR images were originally provided by C-CORE under the Polar View initiative and were funded by the European Space Agency’s Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program.  These images are used in an operational sense to determine the location of the ice front.   The accurate location of the ice front reduces the uncertainty associated with the timing of the flood.  The use of RADAR imagery for accurate location of the ice front represents a major improvement in the flood forecast capability for the residents of Badger. Technical details on the radar imagery and how it is collected are available here.

Since December 2008, the Water Resources Management Division has also been able to access RADAR imagery from RADARSAT-2, the world’s most advanced commercial c – band synthetic aperture radar satellite. This has been made possible through a partnership with the Government of Canada.

As part of its responsibilities under the Emergency Management Act, Public Safety Canada coordinates the Government of Canada’s emergency management activities with the provinces and territories, and provides support to provincial and territorial emergency management activities.

Through a Memorandum of Understanding with the Canadian Space Agency, Public Safety Canada has established protocols that are successfully enabling the Water Resources Management Division to work in concert with the Government Operations Centre to use RADARSAT-2 data for river ice monitoring. The continuing success of this new partnership will provide the Water Resources Management Division with world class data to meet its emergency management needs.

These images are in JPG format and will open in a new window. The images are approximately 800Kb in size (3040 pixels wide and 750 pixels high).

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