Coastal Eyes, a Multi-Mission Topographic, Current Retrieval and Debris Mapping Sensor System

Areté Associates proposes the Coastal Eyes, a multi-mission sensor system to respond to NOAA’s core mission objectives for coastal emergency management measurements to map land and surface water topography over coastal, waterways and fresh water regions; surface (fresh and oceans) currents, debris detections and storm surges. Areté will develop a responsive, cost-effective sensor solution, which will sue enabling algorithms developed by Areté to meet this need. Coastal Eyes includes an innovative 3D SAR processor that uses a COTS Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for topographic measurements over wide-swaths; the current retrieval capability of Areté’s RiverEye and the commercial Remote Ocean Current Imaging System (ROCIS). Coastal Eyes also integrates the Pushbroom Imaging Littoral LIDAR (PILLS), a compact LIDAR developed by Areté, witch a Standard SAR, and with a real-time processor to produce a responsive solution to quickly provide actionable results to the user.