Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

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Session Agenda

Date: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023

Instructor(s): Jose (Pepe) Ochoa

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

Time / Topics

09:00 – 10:15

Welcome and set up check

Radar overview: what is radar, what is SAR, how data is collected, key radar systems

10:15 - 10h30

Coffee break

10:30 – 11:00

Accessing SAR data

Earthdata, Alaska Satellite Facility Data Search platforms

11:00 – 12:00

SAR data processing: Sentinel-1

    SAR data processing: Challenges

    Opening and displaying Sentinel-1 SAR data

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 14:15

Data Analysis and Interpretation

    SAR data in QGIS

14:15 –15:00

Overview of InSAR data

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