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

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