Snow Cover
The lesson on snow cover shows different approaches to map snow cover extent/snow covered area (SCA) from SAR, e.g. from SAR amplitude imagery and coherence.…
The lesson on snow cover shows different approaches to map snow cover extent/snow covered area (SCA) from SAR, e.g. from SAR amplitude imagery and coherence.…
In this lesson you learn about different applications of SAR data for derive geophysical variables and products over glaciers and ice sheets. The manifold applications…
This lesson describes the basic principles and algorithms to map sea ice concentration and other parameters from SAR. The presented applications are ranging from sea…
This lesson illustrates different applications of SAR for permafrost mapping. It is presenting application examples for research on freeze-thaw cycles, methane emission and permafrost related…
This lesson introduces water as the key variable in the hydrosphere of the Earth. It gives insights into the distribution of water on Earth and…
This lesson gives an overview of the properties of soil and soil moisture. The relevant physical basics for soil moisture measurements and existing approaches for…
This lesson introduces you to the application of SAR interferometry and advanced InSAR time-series methods (Persistent scatterer – PS, Small BAseline Subset – SBAS) to…
The application potential of Radar Remote Sensing in the hydrosphere expands far beyond soil moisture retrieval. In this lesson measurement techniques for Wetlands, Water bodies,…
This lessons gives a short review of existing radar sensors, both active and passive, used in hydrospheric applications. Furthermore, recent satellite missions carrying these sensors…
The introduction to oceanographic applications with SAR data gives a broad overview of the topic. It introduces various fields of application, gives hints on further…
The lesson “Surface Wind” gives insights into mechanisms of Sea surface wind and its impact on the water surface. The concept of empirical geophysical wind…
This lesson introduces into the physical background of surface waves and their creation. SAR mechanisms for imaging waves are presented and measurement techniques are explained.
This lesson presents approaches and techniques to measure surface ocean currents with SAR data. The methods are separated into direct and indirect measurement techniques.
The detection of oil contaminated areas at sea is one of the major applications of SAR data in oceanography. This lesson provides knowledge regarding detection…
Aside from active radar remote sensing techniques such as SAR, it is also possible to measure the natural microwave emission of the Earth. This lesson…
Anthropogenic activities have manifold influences on the shape and dynamic of the Earth’s surface. In this lesson you learn methods and concepts used to monitor…
The module “Probability Theory” provides the mathematical basics for understanding the methods of estimation theory. After defining the term “probability”, the Bayes’ Theorem is introduced…
This tutorial will give insight into soil moisture retrieval from ASCAT scatterometer data, based on multi-temporal scatterometer data and change detection. Learn how to download…
This tutorial will show you the basics of SAR data processing within the program environment of “SNAP”. These basics of SAR data processing include: generation…
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