Assessment of third-party SAR missions in the framework of the Earthnet Data Assessment Project (EDAP): results and tools

Abstract:
The paper provides an overview of the activities performed in the framework of the ESA Earthnet Data Assessment Project. The project focuses on the quality and suitability assessments of candidate missions being considered for the Earthnet Third Party Missions. The paper focuses on SAR missions’ assessment presenting the monitored quality parameters and an overview of the missions assessed so far. The assessment of ICEYE mission is reported here as an example of the performed activities. Finally, an open-source tool for the quality assessment of SAR data is presented.