Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
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Session Agenda
Date: April 25th, 2023 Instructor(s): Erith & Jose Sanchez
Time / Topics
09:00 – 10:30
Welcome and set up check
Radar overview: what is radar, what is SAR, how data is collected, key radar systems
10:30 - 10:45
Coffee break
10:45 – 11:30
Accessing SAR data
Earthdata, Alaska Satellite Facility Data Search platforms
11:30 – 12:00
SAR data processing: Challenge
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:30
SAR data processing: Sentinel-1
Opening and displaying Sentinel-1 SAR data
14:30 –15:30
SAR in QGIS: identifying water bodies