Remote Sensing Analysis Framework for Maritime Surveillance Application

Abstract

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and high (HR) and very high (VHR) resolution optical satellite images are valuable sources of information for maritime situational awareness. The objective of the Maritime Security Lab Analysis Framework is to develop and integrate applications to support operational services based on those SAR and optical satellite images in near real time (NRT). In the frame of maritime surveillance services based on satellite images, the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), part of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), established a framework to support automated NRT processing of huge amounts of image data from different satellite missions provided by a network of ground stations and service providers. Developed at DLRs Maritime Safety and Security Lab Neustrelitz, the Processing Framework is intended to support operational maritime surveillance value adding services. Main com-ponents are the Processing System Management (PSM), embedded thematic processors and the Graphical User Interface (GUI). The presentation will describe the overall workflow of data handling, the inter-faces and the operator GUI, which was implemented for operational use at DLRs Ground Station Neustrelitz.