Remote Sensing Education
and Training

Introduction to SAR and Water Resource Applications

The Introduction to SAR and Water Resource Applications workshop will be held September 9, 10, and 11, 2008 at USGS/EROS. The workshop is limited to 25 participants. All seats have been filled. Registration is closed. Off-site participation is an option.

Curriculum Contents

• Day 1 (Tues. September 9th) -- Introduction to SAR (1300-1700)

  1230	Registration Opens
  1300	Welcome -- Tom Holm, USGS
  1320	Workshop Objectives & Introductions -- Jennifer Rover, USGS
  1330	Introduction to RADAR -- Kevin Murnaghan, CCRS Background Synthetic Aperture Radar principles SAR Image Processing Calibration Speckle Filtering Geometric corrections Information extraction
  1500	Break
  1520	Introduction to RADAR cont'd
  1600	RADARSAT-2 Update -- Brian Brisco, CCRS
  1630	Potential Wetland Applications with RADARSAT-2 -- Jennifer Rover, USGS; Alisa Gallant, USGS; Bruce Wylie, ARTS
  1745	Optional evening social at Old Chicago, near hotel (Dutch Treat)

• Day 2 (Wed. September 10th) -- Advanced SAR Concepts and RADARSAT-2 (0830 -1700)

  0830	RADARSAT-2 Overview and Update -- Brian Brisco, CCRS
  0930	Interferometry -- Zhong Lu, USGS
  1015	Break
  1035	Interferometry cont'd -- Zhong Lu, USGS
  1200	Catered lunch provided
  1300	Polarimetry -- Joost van der Sanden, CCRS
  1500	Break
  1520	Polarimetry cont'd -- Joost van der Sanden, CCRS

• Day 3 (Thur. September 11th) -- Water Resource Applications with SAR (0830 - 1700)

  0830	Software Demonstrations -- Kevin Murnaghan, CCRS; Brian Brisco, CCRS Surface Water (FnFCE) Polarimetric Work Station (PWS)
  1030	Break
  1050	Radar Applications at EROS -- Russell Rykhus, SGT Measuring Permafrost Thaw Subsidence using InSAR Wildfire monitoring using Radarsat-1 amplitude and InSAR coherence data Oil exploration activities observed using SAR data SAR amplitude data used to map lake ice conditions in Northern Alaska
  1130	Radar Intelligence for Carp and Critters -- Brian Huberty, USFWS
  1200	Catered lunch provided
  1230	Tour of EROS and the Archive (optional) -- Wayne Miller, USGS; Tom Holm, USGS
  1315	Hybrid Multi-Sensor SAR-Optical Approach to Mapping and Monitoring Wetlands - Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, MTRI
  1345	Overview of Lidar and Its Applications -- Dean Gesch, USGS
  1415	Hydrologic Derivatives from Lidar -- Sandra Poppenga, USGS
  1445	Break
  1500	Additional presentations or an informal discussion
  1600	Workshop Adjourns
  1600	USGS EROS -- CCRS Collaboration Planning for YRB-Arctic, ILM-PPR, and Other Projects -- Tieszen, Brisco, Murnaghan, van der Sanden, Lu, Balser, Rykhus, Wylie, Gallant, Rover