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Annual Report 2009/2010 - JUWEL - Forschungszentrum Jülich

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parameters of the SAR system, such as the incidence angle [1,2]. That is why the<br />

investigation area proves to be challenging in two different aspects: First, the Olkiluoto Island<br />

is mainly covered by coniferous forest; second, the island’s surface is rather flat with<br />

maximum 18 meters height above sea level. However, as W0LF is expected to get into<br />

operation in 2020 as the first geological repository worldwide, possibilities and limits of SAR<br />

imagery processing are to be studied for this particular area.<br />

Site-specific Characteristics at Onkalo<br />

In 2004, Finland began underground construction of the Onkalo (Underground Rock<br />

Characterisation Facility), planned to be later licensed as a part of the Geological Repository<br />

on the Olkiluoto Island adjacent to the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in western Finland. The<br />

Olkiluoto area is flat; the highest point of the Olkiluoto Island is 18 m above present sea level.<br />

The access tunnel to the Onkalo underground facility is located at one of the local rocky hills<br />

(near the borehole KR8, Fig. 129 left) at the elevation of 9 to 10 meters above the present<br />

sea level.<br />

SAR detection<br />

exercise<br />

Onkalo<br />

GR<br />

Fig. 129: Left: The location of the entrance to the underground research premises is located<br />

near the investigation borehole KR8 (marked with triangle symbols on the right) at the<br />

distance of 2 km from the nuclear power plant shown in the grey area on the left. [3].<br />

Right: The underground rock characterisation premises to be excavated at Olkiluoto.<br />

The planned access tunnel on the left [4] is excavated during several phases of subcontracts<br />

to the current fourth loop as shown on the right [5].<br />

Investigations using TerraSAR-X imagery<br />

TerraSAR-X, working with the X-band (9.65 Ghz), has been realized as Public Private<br />

Partnerships (PPP) between the German Aerospace Agency (DLR) and industry (EADS<br />

Astrium).<br />

Depending on the acquisition mode, different swath widths and polarization modes are<br />

available. In the highest possible spatial resolution (High Resolution Spotlight Mode),<br />

TerraSAR-X offers single polarization (HH or VV) in 1.1 m and dual polarization (HH/VV) in<br />

2.2 m resolution for a scene size of 10 km (cross) by 5 km (along) [6]. Two high-resolution<br />

spotlight images, acquired on May 23 and June 3, <strong>2010</strong> with the same parameters, were<br />

used for the study.<br />

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