Subsections
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- Fundamentals of microwave remote sensing: Electromagnetic wave propagation, backscattering, radiation, emission, absorption, interference, polarization, atmospheric effects, dielectric properties of surface materials, active and passive microwave sensors, sensors parameters.
- Measurement capabilities: Ranging, Doppler effects, change detection, target characteristics, imaging geometry and spectral characteristics, radar equation, radiative transfer, interferometric radiometer.
- Active radar techniques: Radar types; monostatic, bistatic, multistatic, Side Looking Radar System (SLAR), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Satellite radar interferometry (InSAR), differential SAR interferometry (DInSAR), multi-temporal InSAR, SAR polarimetry (PolSAR), polarimetric SAR interferometry (POLInSAR), satellite altimetry.
- Applications: Monitoring: Landslides, land subsidence, land use and land cover analysis, urban infrastructure, agriculture, earthquake studies, volcanos, defence and security surveillance, glacier dynamics, seal level rise, water resources, Monitoring different weather systems; Mapping: Forestry, soil moisture, soil temperature, vegetation, precipitation, flood area, snow cover and snow water equivalent, atmospheric temperature profile, ocean studies.
- I.H. Woodhouse, Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing, Taylor & Francis, 2017
- F.T. Ulaby, R.K. Moore, & A.K. Fung, Microwave Remote Sensing; active and passive, Vol. 1, 2 and 3, Addison – Wesley publication company, 2001
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- D. Massonet, & J.C. Souyris, Imaging with Synthetic Aperture Rada, EPFL Press distributed by CRC Press, 2008
- G. Franceschetti, & R. Lanari, Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing, CRC Press, 1999.
- J.S. Lee, & E. Pottier, Polarimetric Radar Imaging. From Basics to Applications, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2009
- A. Ferretti, A. Monti-Guarneri, C. Prati, F. Rocca, & D. Massonet, InSAR Principles. Guidelines for SAR Interferometry Processing and Interpretation, ESA TM-19, ISBN 92-9092-233-8, 2007
