System Description

The SeaDarQ radar system from Nortek consists of four modules:

• A rotating X-band radar

• A hardware module for routing signal from the radar and external interfaces such as GPS, AIS, Gyro

• Digitization hardware that sets the data stream up for video processing

• A software module that processes the radar and external signal

 The system is composed of a data acquisition and processing unit which collects and processes radar data real time from a VTS navigation radar. Information from the sea surface is extracted and with a use of different algorithms successfully provides data about oil slicks, currents, waves, ships tracks, water depth, bottom topography, ice and small floating objects. With the SeaDarQ software it is possible to conduct real time, continuous surveillance of the water surface from a ship borne or stationary land based system.

World-wide service, maintenance and installation can be guaranteed. The software is capable of managing all the radar data and combining it with information from other sensors and storing this real time on disc or ram. This creates an opportunity to obtain real time data acquisition from navigation radar, and to measure and process the radar images over time.