Description

In recent years, the Earth Observations community has seen an increase in the availability and application of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data for disasters, water, and land cover applications such as deforestation, crops, flooding, and earthquakes.

Previous Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) online trainings focused on building the skills needed to acquire and understand SAR data, including polarimetric and interferometric SAR (PolSAR and InSAR), as well as their potential applications. The demand for guidance using SAR is extensive. This question and answer session provided participants with the opportunity to ask questions to a panel of experts.

This Q&A-type training builds on ARSET's previous webinars Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar and Radar Remote Sensing for Land, Water, and Disasters Applications. The session is also designed to prepare participants for future advanced SAR trainings.

This session was created in partnership with Franz Meyer, Chief Scientist, Alaska Satellite Facility at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF).

Prerequisites

• Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar
• Radar Remote Sensing for Land, Water, and Disasters Applications

Target Audience

Remote sensing users from local, regional, state, federal, and international organizations interested in using SAR for terrestrial applications such as inundation mapping, ecosystem monitoring, hazard response, land cover land use change studies, or surface deformation.

Course Format

• One 2-hour part
• English panel experts include:
  • Erika Podest, NASA ARSET Trainer, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
  • Franz Meyer, ASF Chief Scientist, NASA/UAF
  • Paul Rosen, Project Scientist, NASA/JPL
  • Eric Fielding, Research Scientist, NASA/JPL
  • Naiara Pinto, UAVSAR Science Coordinator, NASA/JPL
  • Eric Anderson, Research Scientist, SERVIR, NASA/University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)

Sessions

Part 1

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Materials

• Part 1 Q&A Transcript (PDF, 0.2 MB)