Title:
Soil and Snow - Aerial Truthing of Enhanced Radar Backscatter Inversion for the Arctic (SATERBIA)
Agreement Number:
19FAFRAA09
Agreement Value:
$299,420.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 19, 2020 - Mar 31, 2027
Description:
A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is an airborne or space-borne radar enabling the generation of high-resolution remote sensing imagery. The project's overall purpose is to develop a novel ground and airborne sensor technology, and to provide major leverage to highly qualified personnel (HQP) trainees' research on enhancing Arctic land and planetary applications of space borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR).
The main objectives are developing and evaluating the novel technology and deriving models to retrieve soil and snow structure parameters, and surface displacement over permafrost. Technology development includes an experimental miniature airborne SAR, and a novel ground sensor configuration to measure the permafrost's active layer's seasonal motion under snow cover.
Organization:
Canadian Space Agency
Expected Results:
The Research component of the program provides financial support to organizations to conduct space related research
and development in priority areas. It will support targeted knowledge development and innovation to sustain and enhance the Canadian capacity to use space to address national needs and priorities in the
future.
Location:
Burnaby, British Columbia, CA V5A 1S6
Reference Number:
003-2020-2021-Q1-04441
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Additional Information:
The Proponent has requested an extension to the Project completion date until March 31, 2027, at no additional cost to the CSA, in order to achieve the project’s objectives.
Amendment Date
Jan 26, 2026
Recipient's Legal Name:
Simon Fraser University
Program:
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Program Purpose:
This program supports knowledge development and innovation in the CSA's priority areas while increasing the awareness and participation of Canadians in space-related disciplines and activities.
The Research Component aims to support the development of science and technology; foster the continual development of a critical mass of researchers and highly qualified people in Canada; and support information gathering and space-related studies and research pertaining to Canadian Space Agency priorities.