UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO PROFILE
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Background
Our research lab, the Theoretical and Applied Remote Sensing Laboratory, is concerned with the observation of terrestrial hydrologic processes for advancing our understanding of climate change and water resource management. Our research group seeks to develop and apply novel approaches to estimate and map snow water storage on the Earth using remote sensing systems. To this end, the group conducts field work, and develops and uses physics-based, empirical and geospatial models of snow and wintertime landscapes to advance our understanding of snow on the Earth's surface.
In addition to focusing our research efforts on snow accumulation, the lab is active in other applications of remote sensing and the cryosphere. We have worked on issues related to sea ice dynamics in the Arctic basin, terrestrial soil freeze-thaw dynamics and glacier monitoring from space.
Our partner investigators are leading experts in the fields of remote sensing of terrestrial snow, sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets, land surface freeze-thaw processes, lake ice dynamics, and catchment hydrology. In addition, the investigators include an Industrial Research Chair in SAR remote sensing.
This RFP seeks bids to build a fully qualified and functioning dual frequency Ku and L-band airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system capable of measuring radar phase and amplitude returns from winter time terrestrial landscape and water body targets that can be used to produce single look complex data for analysis of normalized radar cross section response (s0) or InSAR applications. The system will be referred to as the ‘CryoSAR’ herewith – functional and technical requirements are detailed in Section 6.0 of the RFP.
Delivery of the instrument is desired for Spring, 2020.
The budget for the project is capped at $950,000 CAD, plus HST.
Questions regarding this Request for Proposal may be submitted via email to the RFP Contact Person as follows:
Christine Wagner, CPPB, CSCP, Senior Buyer - Procurement and Contract Services
200 University Avenue West
University of Waterloo, East Campus 2
Waterloo ON N2L 5Z5
Email: cpwagner@uwaterloo.ca or, procure@uwaterloo.ca
