AMPER-Application
of Multiparameter Polarimetry in Environmental Remote sensing
General enquires:
Prof.
Madhu Chandra
Other
information
Partners
and vacancies
 |
Deutsches
Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) |
| Scientist-in-Charge |
Prof.
Madhu Chandra |
| Address |
DLR, Institut für
Hochfrequenztechnik, Oberpfaffenhofen,
D-82234 Weßling,
Germany |
| Young
Researchers |
Andreas
Danklmayer (from 1st March 2003 up to 31st December 2005)
Dr. Angelo Liseno
(from 10th Februar 2003 up to 20th September 2003) |
| Research
Contribution |
Multiparameter
and multistatic applications involving SAR and weather radar data |
| Vacancies |
|
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University
of Essex (UESSEX) |
| Scientist-in-Charge |
Dr.
David Bebbington |
| Address |
University of Essex,
Department of Electronic System Engineering,
Wivenhoe Park, Colchester,
Essex CO4 3SO, Great Britain |
| Young
Researchers |
Laura Carrea (from 15th November 2004 up to 31th December 2005)
Petr Belsky
(from 1st Januar 2005 up to 31th December 2005 ) |
| Research
Contribution |
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| Vacancies |
|
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Danish
Defence Research Establishment (DDRE) |
| Scientist-in-Charge |
Dr.
Ernst Krogager |
| Address |
Danish Defence Research
Establishment, Sensor Department,
Ryvangs Alle, P.O.
Box 2715,
DK-2100 Kobenhavn,
Danmark |
| Young
Researchers |
Dr. Vito Alberga (from 14th of February up to 31st of December 2005)
Dr. Doroteya Staykova
(from 1st of April 2005 up to 31th of December 2005 ) |
| Research
Contribution |
Polarimetric interferometry |
| Vacancies |
|
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Universitat
Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Scientist-in-Charge |
Dr.
Xavier Fàbregas |
| Address |
Technical University
of Catalonia,
Signal Theory and
Communications Department,
Jordi Girona, 1-3,
E-08034, Barcelona,
Spain |
| Young
Researchers |
Luca
Pipia (from 1st July 2005 up to 31st December 2005)
Karel Bešorna
(from 1st July 2005 up to 31th December 2005 ) |
| Research
Contribution |
POLSAR
and POLINSAR applications for natural risk control and physical parameter
retrieval |
| Vacancies |
|
| MOTHESIM |
Modelisation-Optimisation-Theorie-Simulation
Mathematique (MOTHE) |
| Scientist-in-Charge |
Dr.
Frederic Molinet |
| Address |
MOTHESIM Centre
d'Affaires La Boursidière, Rn 186 - BP 182,
F-92357 Le Plessis-Robinson
Cedex, France |
| Young
Researchers |
Massimiliano
Casaletti (from 5th September 2003 up to 4th September 2005) |
| Research
Contribution |
|
| Vacancies |
|
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Université
de RENNES 1 (URENN) |
| Scientist-in-Charge |
Prof.
Eric Pottier |
| Address |
Université
de Rennes 1, UFR S.P.M, Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications
de Rennes, IETR - UMR CNRS 6164, Pôle Micro-ondes Radar, Campus
de Beaulieu - Bat. 11D - Bureau 116, 263 Avenue General Leclerc, CS 74205,
35042 Rennes Cedex, France |
| Young
Researchers |
Dr
Carlos Lopez (from 16th June 2003 up to 15th June 2004)
Stephan
Sauer (from 1st July 2004 up to 31st December 2005) |
| Research
Contribution |
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| Vacancies |
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Nachrichtentechnik |
Technische
Universität Chemnitz (UCHEM) |
| Scientist-in-Charge |
Prof.
Gerd Wanielik |
| Address |
Technische
Universität Chemnitz, Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik,
Professur Nachrichtentechnik,
Reichenhainer Straße
70, D-09126 Chemnitz, Germany |
| Young
Researchers |
Karel
Bešorna (from 1st December 2003 up to 28th Februar 2005)
Jaroslav Douša (from
1st November 2004 up to 31st July 2005) |
| Research
Contribution |
Developing
new methodologies of polarimetric communication and radar applications |
| Vacancies |
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Definiens
(DEFI) |
| Scientist-in-Charge |
Dr.
Ursula C. Benz |
| Address |
DEFINIENS Imaging
GmbH, Trappenstreustr. 1,
D-80339 Munich Germany |
| Young
Researchers |
Juan
Jose Caliz (from 1st Februar 2004 up to 31st January 2005)
Peter
Bunting (from 1st September 2004 up to 31st December 2005) |
| Research
Contribution |
Application
oriented analysis of polarimetric data using the innovative object-oriented
knowledge based image analyses, eCognition in close connection with modules
developed by Prof. Pottier, Dr. Krogager and Prof. Cloude for special polarimetric
analysis.
(Info
to eCognition: eConition is 2002 winner of Information Society Technogoloy
(IST) price of Europe, currently, eCognition is first non-US software for
image analysis, which is going to be evaluated by NIMA: First evaluation
phase of NIMA successfully performed!)
Data to be used:
Envisat + E-SAR |
| Vacancies |
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C.E.C.
Joint Research Centre (JRC) |
| Scientist-in-Charge |
Dr.
Joaquim Fortuny |
| Address |
Joint
Research Center of Europen Commission (CEC-JRC),
Space
Applications Institute / AT Unit EMSL,
Via E. Fermi, I-21020
Ispra (VA), Italy |
| Young
Researchers |
Nicolas
Marquart (from 16th January 2004 up to 31st December 2005) |
| Research
Contribution |
Development
of advanced electromagnetic models and experimental validation using the
wide-band polarimetric radar system of the European Microwave Signature
Laboratory |
| Vacancies |
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Hochfrequenztechnik und Photonik |
Technische
Universität Chemnitz (UCHEMHF) |
| Scientist-in-Charge |
Prof.
Madhu Chandra |
| Address |
Technische
Universität Chemnitz, Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik,
Professur Hochfrequenztechnik und Photonik,
Reichenhainer Straße
70, D-09126 Chemnitz, Germany |
| Young
Researchers |
Michele
Galletti (from 1st February 2004 up to 31st December 2005)
Sabrina Melchionna (from 1st August 2005 up to 31st December 2005) |
| Research
Contribution |
Developing new methodologies
of multiparameter radar applications |
| Vacancies |
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Self-financed
cooperation partners
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Naval
Research Laboratory (NLR), USA |
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Telecommunication
Research Institute (PIT)
ul.
Poligonowa 30, 04-051 Warszawa, Poland |
The
Joint Programme of Work
Project
Objectives
| The
work proposed falls into three main areas dealing with the sensor
systems and base data, the underlying physics and scattering models and
parameter retrieval and product generation. Specific objectives for each
Research Area are identified as follows: |
SYSTEMS
– Base Data Availability, Robustness and Reliability
| 1. |
Extend
and update the database developed under the previous
TMR project with multi-modal polarimetric data from targets typical
to environmental remote sensing |
| 2. |
Establish
and implement calibration methods for multi-static systems, and identify
self-consistency checks for assessing data reliability |
| 3. |
Develop
active calibration systems for multi-parameter polarimetric systems |
| 4. |
Design
intelligent polarimetric systems for enhancing radar-channel and information-channel
capacity |
|
L-Band
ESAR
HH
Channel (DLR)
|
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PHYSICS
– Scattering and Propagation Models
| 1. |
Establish
unambiguous standards for multi-static measurements of S-matrices and their
basis transformation |
| 2. |
Identify
invariants of multi-static scattering to allow assessment of calibration
state and data quality |
| 3. |
Deterministic
target scattering models for inversion applications |
| 4. |
Develop
scattering models of distributed random media and targets, including target
coherency and speckle behaviour, with a view to improving the retrieval
of environmental information |
| 5. |
Model
the effects of tropospheric propagation in order to obtain estimates of
errors in multi-modal polarimetric measurements and of the availability
and reliability in terms of different application scenarios |
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APPLICATIONS
– Data Analysis and Physical Parameter Retrieval
| 1. |
Review,
assess and further develop inversion algorithms for extraction of physical
parameters from multi-modal polarimetric measurements |
| 2. |
Perform
optimisation studies of inversion, classification, segmentation and visualisation
procedures for data analysis and product generation |
| 3. |
Develop
methods of interferometry and tomography in conjunction with decomposition
theorems for observing distributed targets |
| 4. |
Develop
coherent and incoherent polarimetric decomposition methods. Combine decomposition
methods with multi-baseline interferometric measurements |
| 5. |
Investigate
the use of statistical and wavelet-based methods in polarimetric inversion
algorithms |
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Research
Method
|
The
research method will be strongly governed by the types of sensor and data
available to the network. Four categories of data are identified as falling
within the scope of the project:
-
Multiple
Baseline / Interferometric (Tomographic) Radar Measurements
-
Multiple-Frequency
Radar Measurements
-
Bistatic
and Multi-Static Measurements
-
Multi-Basis
and Mixed-Bases weather radar Polarimetry
The
availability of data from the multi-frequency, polarimetric SAR at DLR
(ESAR), the polarimetric SAR operated by DCRS, the polarimetric weather
radar at DLR, and scattering data from the European
Microwave Laboratory at ISIS (DG-JRC) forms an important
resource, and will enable the network to develop and test algorithms using
one of the most unique data sets available anywhere. The application of
decomposition methods, statistical methods and optimisation methods will
form the basis of application development. The key idea is to extend the
application of these methods to these more advanced forms of remotely sensed
data. The decomposition methods will include Cloude-Pottier’s entropy-alpha
method, Krogager’s canonical method, and Pauli’s expansion. These will
be supplemented with statistical analysis that follows the Karhunen-Lowe
approach, and it is hoped this combination of methods will allow determination
of the most optimal methods for retrieving a variety of environmental information.
However, success is likely to rely on adequate modelling of the scattering
mechanisms involved, propagation effects and an understanding of the linkage
between data and product quality issues. Using expertise drawn from three
separate research communities, existing software will be extended to allow
analysis of polarimetric information from complicated deterministic radar
targets, and from the canonical targets used for control and validation
purposes. The new product generation algorithms developed within the network
will undergo implementation testing and validation by the industry partner
dealing with GIS-products. Other work proposed includes design specifications
for active polarimetric calibration systems and for adaptive or intelligent
microwave polarimetric systems. This will be specifically directed towards
potential use in commercial applications, an objective which is supported
by the inclusion of industrial partners within the network.
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|
Work
Plan
| As
described in the Project Objectives, the proposed
research is broken down into three Research Areas. Under the general management
plan for the network, each research area will be assigned a co-ordinator
responsible for monitoring progress and advising the Technical Committee
of any changes to the work programme. In consultation with the partner
institutions, each of these Area Co-ordinators will be responsible for
identifying a list of priorities within the group of tasks for which they
are responsible, and for drawing up a more detailed breakdown of the work
involved in completing each task. A summary description of the tasks and
the partners involved and the effort allocated by each partner towards
each of these tasks are given in the following tables. |
Task
Descriptions and Participating Institutions
| Systems
- Base Data Availability, Robustness and Reliability |
Partners |
| Extend
and supplement network database including validation data |
DLR,
UPC,
JRC |
| Develop
and test methods for calibrating bistatic/multi-static polarimetric systems
and identify self-consistent checks for establishing data reliability |
DLR,
JRC |
| Develop
new polarimetric systems for active calibration and measurements |
DLR,
UCHEM,
JRC,
UCHEMHF |
| Design
intelligent/adaptive multiparameter-polarimetric systems for enhancing
radar-channel/information-channel capacity |
UCHEM,
JRC,
UCHEMHF |
|
| Physics
– Scattering and Propagation Models |
Partners |
| Establish
standards for multi-static polarimetry so that S-matrix measurements and
transformations are unambiguously defined |
UESSEX |
| Relate
scattering and propagation formulations of bistatic/multistatic polarimetry
and develop a general multistatic scattering theory |
DLR,
UESSEX |
| Develop
and test electromagnetic scattering models used in the inversion of surface
and volume scattering from the ground |
UESSEX,
MOTHE,
URENN |
| Develop
polarimetric scattering models for monostatic and bistatic radar measurements
of distributed and random targets |
DLR,
UESSEX,
URENN |
| Model
the influence of tropospheric propagation on polarimetric and interferometric
SAR measurements and develop algorithms for correcting propagation-induced
errors |
DLR,
UESSEX |
|
| Applications
– Data Analysis and Physical Parameter Retrieval |
Partners |
| Review
and further develop inversion algorithms employing complete or partial
scattering matrix data in coherent and partially coherent forms |
DLR,
DDRE,
URENN,
UCHEM |
| Conduct
optimisation studies of inversion for application in classification, segmentation
and visualisation |
DLR,
UPC,
URENN,
DEFI |
| Establish
the utility of polarimetric interferometry/tomography for obtaining terrain
elevation models, observing buried objects and observing clouds |
DLR,
UPC |
| Develop
and validate polarimetric tomography/interferometry using decomposition
theorems |
DLR,
DDRE,
UPC,
MOTHE,
URENN |
| Investigate
and validate the use of statistical and wavelet-based methods in inversion
algorithms applied to SAR and weather radar observations |
DLR,
DEFI |
Organisation
and Management
| Overall
financial and administrative responsibility for the network will be held
by DLR in Germany. The Technical Coordinator will be
supported by an administrative assistant responsible for maintaining records
and performing financial, contractual and publicity-related duties. In
addition, each individual partner institution will have a nominated Scientific
Representative who will act as the primary point of contact, and who will
have responsibility for monitoring the progress and training requirements
of young scientists in their institution. The Technical Committee will
consist of the Scientific Representatives from each partner institution
and will be chaired by the Technical Coordinator. The Technical Committee
is responsible for overseeing progress against the project objectives and
will meet every six months for the duration of
the project. The three Research Coordinators will be members of the Technical
Committee, selected at the first meeting of the Technical Committee. Each
will be responsible for overseeing progress in one of the three Research
Areas, and their first duty will be to establish a priority plan for their
area, setting short to medium-term objectives. The Research Coordinators
will be responsible for reporting any significant delays or results in
their area to the full Technical Committee. In addition, a separate Training
Committee will exist to oversee and manage the training programme. This
will consist of the Technical Coordinator and Scientific Representatives
from DLR, UESSEX, URENN,
UCHEM,
DDRE,
UPC
and MOTHESIM. Specific measures which will be taken
to promote and ensure working level interaction between network partners,
will include the following: |
| Establishment of
common data resources accessible to all partners |
| Exchange of information,
data and software via electronic network |
| Short term visits
of researchers within the network |
| Regular business
meetings
and workshops (at 6 month intervals) |
| Secondment of young
researchers and participating scientists between institution |
| Organisation of
common
lecture courses (DLR, URENN
and UCHEM) |
| Jointly authored
publications
(reports, journal articles). As an indicative objective we anticipate about
4 publications (in refereed journals) by the mid-term stage and a
similar number of joint publications at the end of the project |
| Up-and-coming scientific
developments will be continually passed on to the industry partners in
order to promote wider dissemination and the translation of scientific
developments into practical applications. Scientific Representatives
from UCHEM and DEFI will steer
this activity |
Training
A
minimum overall total of 303 person-months will be provided by young
researchers whose employment will be financed by the contract. The available
positions are reported in the section Partners and vacancies
for each partner. We understand a flexibility of about 20 % for the total
balance between pre/post doctoral appointments or between participants.
Given the nature
of the network, and the intention that there should be a high level of
cross-fertilisation of skills and expertise, it is anticipated that the
incidence of trainees moving between partner institutions should be high.
The gender balance of trainees will be monitored at a network level, and
will be included as an item in the Final Report. A mixture of lengths of
appointment would be anticipated but from previous experience we have found
that even short-term appointments of as little as one year can be useful
if sufficiently focussed. The training program envisaged would put particular
emphasis on the following aspects:
|
| Electrical
engineering |
 |
Radar
and microwave techniques
Microwave and electronic
devices
Signal theory |
|
| Remote
sensing |
 |
Polarimetric
sensors (radars, radiometers)
Inversion methods
Satellites |
|
| Physics |
 |
Scattering
of electromagnetic waves from random media and surfaces
Propagation of electromagnetic
waves in random media
Single and multiple
scattering theory
Radiation transfer
theory |
|
| Applied
mathematics |
 |
Statistics
and stochastics
Group theory
Special functions |
|
| Numerical
analysis and computer science |
 |
Scientific
programming
Data handling and
data management
Graphics, visualisation |
|
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The following specific
actions are identified to ensure the success of the training programme:
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The training coordinator
will be tasked with ensuring that the training objectives of the
network are fully and successfully met.
-
For the duration of
the network, training courses will be organised annually. These
will generally take the form of short workshops focussed on particular
themes organised to coincide with progress meetings. The training staff
will consist of researchers from the various network partners and course
materials should be prepared and distributed in advance.
-
As far as possible,
trainees will be encouraged to work within established research teams,
this promoting mutual support and cooperation. Both pre- and post-doctoral
researchers will be encouraged to present their own work either at network
organised workshops, or to a wider audience, through publication. Where
feasible, trainees will be also encouraged to participate in ‘learn-by-teaching’
activities organised as part of the network, or to coach more junior
or less experienced trainees.
-
Trainees will be encouraged
to take advantage of any additional and ancillary training opportunities
(e.g. project management, presentation skills, etc.) available within the
partner institutions.
-
The training programme
will seek to take advantage of the broad-based nature of the network which
includes university departments, government research organisations and
commercial enterprises, as well as covering different scientific disciplines.
Use of common data resources will be an initial step to encouraging interaction
between trainees from different institutions and in providing experience
working with advanced sensor instrumentation.
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Training in the industrial
context will be ensured by including the participation of the industry
partners in the training actions as teachers and co-organisers. Short visits
to the industry partners for ‘hands on’ training will also be scheduled.
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Training
courses
|
Meetings
| |
Type |
Date |
Location |
|
Constitutive
Meeting |
21st
- 22nd February 2003 |
UPC
Barcelona
Spain |
|
1.
Half-Year Meeting
1.
Training workshop |
1st -
2nd December 2003 |
TU
Chemnitz
Germany |
|
2.
Half-Year Meeting
2.
Training workshop |
3rd -
5th May 2004 |
MOTHESIM
Paris
France |
|
Mid-Term
Review Meeting
3rd Training Workshop |
1st -
2nd December 2004 |
Brussels
Belgium |
| |
4.
Half-Year Meeting |
18th - 19th April 2005 |
JRC
Ispra
Italy |
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5.
Half-Year Meeting |
6th - 8th July 2005 |
DDRE
Copenhagen
Denmark |
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Final
workshop |
7th - 8th December 2005 |
University of Essex
Colchester
U.K. |
Joint
Publications
Conferences
| M.
Chandra, T. Otto, P. Tracksdorf, D.
Bebbington, M. Hagen, "On
the Ratio of Polarimetric Scattering Anisotropy of Hydrometeors between
the Forward and Backward Scattering Directions", URSI Kleinheubacher
Tagung 2003, Miltenberg (Germany), 29 Sept.-02 Oct. 2003 |
UCHEMHF-UESSEX |
| M.
Chandra, A. Danklmayer, E. Lüneburg, "On
the Statistical Properties of Polarimetric Weather Radar Signatures",
URSI Kleinheubacher Tagung 2003, Miltenberg (Germany), 29 Sept.-02 Oct.
2003 |
UCHEMHF-DLR |
| A.
Liseno, K.P. Papathanassiou, R. Pierri, A.Moreira, "A
Model-Based Linear Approach to Airborne SAR Tomography: First Results over
Forests", EUSAR 2004, Ulm (Germany), 25-27 May 2004 |
DLR |
| A.
Danklmayer, E.Archibald, T. Boerner, D. Hounam, M.
Chandra, "Atmospheric
Effects and Product Quality in the Application of SAR Interferometry",
EUSAR 2004, Ulm
(Germany), 25-27 May 2004 |
UCHEMHF-DLR |
| C.
Lopez-Martinez, E. Pottier, X. Fàbregas, "Formulation
and Validation of a Multidimensional SAR Data Speckle Noise Model",
EUSAR 2004, Ulm (Germany), 25-27 May 2004 |
URENNES-UPC |
| C.
Lopez-Martinez, I. Hajnsek, J.-S.
Lee, E. Pottier, X. Fàbregas, "Polarimetric
Speckle Noise Effects in Quantitative Physical Paramers Retrieval",
EUSAR 2004, Ulm (Germany), 25-27 May 2004 |
URENNES-UPC-Naval
Research Laboratory |
| C.
Lopez-Martinez, E. Pottier, X. Fàbregas, "New
Alternative for SAR Coherence Estimation", EUSAR 2004, Ulm (Germany),
25-27 May 2004 |
URENNES-UPC |
| C.
Lopez-Martinez, E. Pottier, "Statistical
Assessment of Eigen-vector Based Target Decomposition Theorems in Radar
Polarimetry", IGARSS 2004 Anchorage (Alaska USA), 20-24 September 2004 |
URENNES |
| V.
Alberga, E. Krogager, M. Chandra,
G. Wanielik, "Potential
of Coherent Decompositions in SAR Polarimetry and Interferometry",
IGARSS 2004 Anchorage (Alaska USA), 20-24 September 2004 |
DDRE-UCHEMHF-UCHEM |
| D.
Bebbington, L. Carrea, G.
Wanielik, "Application
of Geometric Polarization to Invariance Properties in Bistatic Scattering",
URSI Kleinheubacher Tagung 2004, Miltenberg (Germany), 27 Sept.-01 Oct.
2004 |
UESSEX-UCHEM |
| M.
Chandra, L. Carrea, G. Popovic, "Application
of Multiparameter Polarimetry in Environmental Remote Sensing: AMPER Project",
URSI Kleinheubacher Tagung 2004, Miltenberg (Germany), 27 Sept.-01 Oct.
2004 |
UCHEMHF |
| M.
Casaletti, F. Molinet, J. Fortuny-Guasch, "Field
Diffracted by a Target in Front of a Flat Rough Surface: a Perturbation
Method Approach", URSI Kleinheubacher Tagung 2004, Miltenberg (Germany),
27 Sept.-01 Oct. 2004 |
MOTHE-JRC |
| N.
Marquart, F. Molinet, J. Fortuny-Guasch, "A
GTD Model for the Analysis of the Polarimetric Properties of a Target in
Front of an Air Ground Interface", URSI Kleinheubacher Tagung 2004,
Miltenberg (Germany), 27 Sept.-01 Oct. 2004 |
MOTHE-JRC |
| M.
Galletti, M. Chandra, E. Pottier, M. Hagen, "Potential
Application of the Entropy-Alpha Method for Obtaining Rainrate Estimates
using Polarimetric Weather Radar Measurements", URSI Kleinheubacher
Tagung 2004, Miltenberg (Germany), 27 Sept.-01 Oct. 2004 |
UCHEMHF-URENNES |
| A.
Danklmayer, M. Chandra, E. Lüneburg, "Principal
Component Analysis in Radar Polarimetry", URSI Kleinheubacher Tagung
2004, Miltenberg (Germany), 27 Sept.-01 Oct. 2004 |
DLR-UCHEMHF |
| A.
Danklmayer, R. Scheiber, T. Boerner, M.
Chandra, "Analysis Methods
of Atmospheric Artefacts in the Application of SAR", URSI Kleinheubacher
Tagung 2004, Miltenberg (Germany), 27 Sept.-01 Oct. 2004 |
DLR-UCHEMHF |
| K.
Besorna, S. Kühn, U. Neubert, G.
Wanielik, "Analysis of
the Polarization Property of Elecromagnetic Waves for Application in Mobile
Communication Systems", URSI Kleinheubacher Tagung 2004, Miltenberg
(Germany), 27 Sept.-01 Oct. 2004 |
UCHEM |
| K.
Besorna, S. Kühn, U. Neubert, G.
Wanielik, "Visual Identification
and Analysis of Electromagnetic Wave Polarisation in Wireless Mobile Communication
Systems", URSI Kleinheubacher Tagung 2004, Miltenberg (Germany), 27
Sept.-01 Oct. 2004 |
UCHEM |
| P.
Tracksdorf, A. Ghorbani, M.
Chandra, M. Hagen, D.
Bebbington, "Estimation
of Decorrelation Time of Polarimetric C - Band Weather Radar Signals",
URSI Kleinheubacher Tagung 2004, Miltenberg (Germany), 27 Sept.-01 Oct.
2004 |
UCHEMHF-UESSEX |
| T.
Otto, M. Chandra,
M. Hagen, D. Bebbington,
"Analysis and Measurement of Differential
Propagation Phase Measured with C-Band Weather Radars", URSI Kleinheubacher
Tagung 2004, Miltenberg (Germany), 27 Sept.-01 Oct. 2004 |
UCHEMHF-UESSEX |
| J.
Steinert, M.Chandra,
J. Lorenti, D. Hounam, "Classification
of Weather Targets Using Polarimetric Weather Radar Signatures", URSI
Kleinheubacher Tagung 2004, Miltenberg (Germany), 27 Sept.-01 Oct. 2004 |
UCHEMHF |
| K.B.
Khadhra, T. Boerner, M. Chandra,
D. Hounam, "Bistatic Measurements
and Analysis of Scattering", URSI Kleinheubacher Tagung 2004, Miltenberg
(Germany), 27 Sept.-01 Oct. 2004 |
UCHEMHF |
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Journals
| C.
Lopez-Martinez, X. Fàbregas, E. Pottier, “Multidimensional
Speckle Noise Model”. Accepted to IEE EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing |
URENNES-UPC |
| C.
Lopez-Martinez, Irena Hajnsek, Jong-Sen
Lee, Eric Pottier, Xavier Fàbregas “Polarimetric Speckle
Noise Effects in Quantitative Physical Parameters Retrieval”. Invited paper
to IEE Proceedings Radar, Sonar and Navigation |
URENNES-UPC-Naval
Research Laboratory |
| C.
Lopez-Martinez, X. Fàbregas, E. Pottier, “Wavelet Transform-Based Interferometric SAR Coherence Estimator”. IEEE Signal Processing Letters,
Vol. 12, No. 12, December 2005 |
URENNES-UPC |
| V. Alberga, G. Satalino, D. Staykova, E. Krogager,
“Neural network approach to comparison of polarimetric SAR observables for land cover classification”. Accepted for publication by IEEE Transactions
on Geoscience and Remote Sensing |
DDRE |
| Nicolas P. Marquart, Frederic Molinet,
“Investigations on the Polarimetric Behaviour of a Target near the Soil”. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2006 |
JRC-MOTHESIM |
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Useful
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Epsilon
Nought is a place where you can find information and resources about
radar remote sensing, as well as the possibility for discussion with others
which maybe have similar problems. |
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The
web site of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory managed for NASA by the
California Institute of Technology, regarding the work they are doing in
imaging radar. |
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The
Alaska Satellite Facility, located in the Geophysical Institute at
the University of Alaska Fairbanks, downlinks, processes, archives, and
distributes SAR data from the European Space Agency's ERS-1 and ERS-2 satellites,
NASDA's JERS-1 satellite, and the Canadian Space Agency's RADARSAT-1 satellite.
ASF is one of several Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) sponsored
by NASA as part of the Earth Observing System initiative. |
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