The SeaDarQ System Overview

The SeaDarQ system is composed of a data acquisition and processing unit which collects and processes radar data from a standard conventional ship's navigation radar. Radar data from a digital X-band radar that images the sea surface with a rotating antenna is processed and information from the sea clutter is extracted. The clutter, which is a radar signal generated by wave reflection, is the result of disturbances of the water surface. These disturbances have different patterns or structures, caused for example, by bottom topography, boundary layers or currents.

Information from these parameters can be extracted using different algorithms and it is therefore possible to isolate the factor from which the disturbance originated. This can be used to successfully extract information about oil slicks, currents, waves, ships tracks, water depth, bottom topography, ice and small floating objects.

The SeaDarQ system can be installed on land or on a vessel and can be divided into three main product areas:

	The SeaDarQ System Requirements and specifications of the SeaDarQ system Hardware and software description SeaDarQ data acquisition software Optional extras Radar hardware and specifications read more...
	Oil Spill Detection Real time detection of floating oil slicks Continuous monitoring of oil spills day and night Spill area determination Prediction of slick drift read more...
	Extraction of Hydrographic and Oceanographic Parameters Measurement of wave spectra, current speed vector and wave height Calculation of water depth and bottom topography Rapid Environmental Assessment read more...
	Detection Small Objects Clutter filtering for detection of small stationary floating objects Use of AIS identification in combination with adaptive filtering Detection of moving objects and ship wakes read more...