Spring 2022 - EASC 400 D100
Selected Topics in Earth Sciences (3)
Class Number: 4869
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 10 – Apr 11, 2022: Mon, Fri, 3:30–4:50 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 13, 2022
Wed, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Bernhard Rabus
btrabus@sfu.ca
1 778 782-4846
Office: ASB 9829
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Prerequisites:
To be determined by instructor.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
An advanced, in-depth treatment of a specialized area of earth sciences.
COURSE DETAILS:
General:
This course reviews the principles of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Remote Sensing and its Applications. I present an overview of SAR sensor technology and the coherent imaging theory behind data acquisition and focussing SAR data allowing students to understand the capabilities and limitations of SAR for key land and marine applications. The course focus is Interferometric SAR (InSAR) methods – from basic to advanced time series analysis and tomography. Applications covered in detail will include topographic maps and measuring ground surface motion associated with seismic displacement, compaction related subsidence, volcanic inflation, and landslides, soil/snow parameter inversion.
Recommended courses: undergraduate courses in advanced mathematics, remote sensing, geophysics, natural hazards (or permission of instructor)
Course Topics:
- Radar and SAR principles, SAR sensor technology
- Single and multi-channel SAR land and marine applications
- InSAR principles-
- Basic InSAR processing (interferogram formation, phase unwrapping, geocoding)
- Basic InSAR applications (topography, differential InSAR, 3D velocity)
- Advanced InSAR processing (Surface displacement time series, Tomography, Pol-InSAR)
- Advanced InSAR applications (Infrastructure and natural hazards, soil/snow parameter inversion)
Course Organization:
2 one-and-a-half hour lecture and 1 three-hour computer laboratory per week. Weekly assignments. 1 term research paper (topic either on evaluating/developing a novel method/algorithm or applied analysis of actual InSAR data).
Grading
- Lab Assignments 30%
- Research Paper 60%
- Class Participation 10%
Materials
RECOMMENDED READING:
The course does not use a specific textbook. A number of books area available that cover the course topics e.g.:
- Radar interferometry: data interpretation and error analysis. RF Hanssen. Springer Science & Business Media. 2001
- Radar Interferometry: Persistent Scatterer Technique. Author: BM. Kampes. Springer Science & Business Media. 2014
- Digital Processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data: Algorithms and Implementation. IG Cumming, FH Wong. Artech House - Technology & Engineering. 2005.
Powerpoint lecture materials, lab instructions, software manuals, and data sets required for the lab assignments will be provided.
Additional Resources:
Massonet, D. & Souyris, J.-C. (2008): Imaging with Synthetic Aperture Radar. EPFL Press distributed by CRC Press.
Henderson, F.M. & Lewis, A.J. (1998): Principles and Applications of Imaging Radar. Manual of Remote Sensing. Third Edition, Vol. 2. John Wiley & Sons. Inc.
Olivie, C. & Quegan, S. (2004): Understanding Synthetic Aperture Radar Images. Scitech.
Lee, J.-S. & Pottier, E. (2009): Polarimetric Radar Imaging. From Basics to Applications. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
Rees, G. (2006): Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis.
Ferretti, A., Monti-Guarneri, A., Prati, C., Rocca, F. & Massonet, D. (2007): InSAR Principles. Guidelines for SAR Interferometry Processing and Interpretation. ESA TM-19, ISBN 92-9092-233-8.
Registrar Notes:
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TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2022
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