Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

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Session Agenda

Date: 15 May 2023

Instructor(s): Kyle Woodward

Contact information: em-trainings@sig-gis.com

Time	Topics
09:00 – 09:20	Welcome remarks - USAID, CIMH
09:20 – 09:40	Summary of trainings to date - Servir Amazonia Group Photo
9:40 - 10:30	Instructor and participant introductions Set-up Check Overview: What is Radar & SAR, how is data collected, key radar systems
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:30	Accessing SAR data Earthdata, Alaska Satellite Facility Data Search
11:30 - 12:00	SAR data processing: Challenges
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch
13:00 – 14:15	SAR data processing: Sentinel-1 Opening and displaying Sentinel-1 SAR data
14:15 - 15:00	Overview of InSAR data

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Table of contents

• Introduction
• Data Access
• Data Processing
• Data Analysis and Interpretation
• SAR in QGIS