Sensors, Missions & Data
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…
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Lithosphere
This lesson introduces you to the application of SAR interferometry and advanced InSAR time-series methods (Persistent scatterer – PS, Small BAseline Subset – SBAS) to…
Oceanography
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…
Surface Wind
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…
Surface Waves
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.
Surface Currents
This lesson presents approaches and techniques to measure surface ocean currents with SAR data. The methods are separated into direct and indirect measurement techniques.
Oil Detection
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…
Passive Microwaves
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…
Anthroposphere
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…
Probability Theory
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…