Radarsat Geophysical Processor System (RGPS)

The RGPS is designed to generate products that provide estimates of sea ice motion, deformation and sea ice thickness. The system uses Radarsat-1 ScanSAR Wide B (SWB) imagery acquired over the last six years over the entire Arctic Ocean. At the beginning of each winter season a regular grid with a default spacing of 10 km is initialized that defines the freeze up ice condition. With changing ice condition this regular grid distorts in shape and location. The distorted Langrangian grid is stored as an RGPS data product that reflects the ice condition at a particular time.

In am currently working on some ideas on how to make this valuable data set more accessible for users.