First Call for Abstracts
FD-6: SAR Polarimetry: Basics, Processing Techniques and Applications
Sunday 12 July, 8:30 – 17:30
Presented by
Eric Pottier, Laurent Ferro-Famil, IETR UMR CNRS 6164, University of Rennes 1, France
Abstract
SAR Polarimetry represents today a very active area of research in Radar Remote Sensing, and it becomes important to train and prepare the future generation to this very important topic. The aim of this tutorial is to provide a substantial and balanced introduction to the basic theory, scattering concepts, systems and advanced concepts, and applications typical to radar polarimetric remote sensing. This tutorial on SAR polarimetry touches several subjects: basic theory, scattering modeling, data representations, target decompositions, speckle filtering, terrain and land-use classification, man-made target analysis, etc. This lecture will be illustrated by ALOS-PALSAR, TerraSAR-X and RADARSAT-2 polarimetric SAR images. The connection to polarimetric SAR interferometry will be also briefly reviewed. This lecture is intended to scientists, engineers and students engaged in the fields of Radar Remote Sensing and interested in Polarimetric SAR image analysis and applications. Some background in SAR processing techniques and microwave scattering would be an advantage and familiarity in matrix algebra is required.
Speaker Biographies
Eric Pottier (M’95, SM’06) received the MSc and Ph.D. in signal processing and telecommunication from the University of Rennes 1, respectively in 1987 and 1990, and the Habilitation from the University of Nantes in 1998. From 1988 to 1999 he was an Associate Professor at IRESTE -University of Nantes, Nantes, France. Since 1999, he has been a Full Professor at the University of Rennes 1, France, where he is currently the Deputy Director of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes (I.E.T.R – CNRS UMR 6164) and also Head of the Image and Remote Sensing Group – SAPHIR Team. His current activities of research and education are centered in the topics of analog electronics, microwave theory and radar imaging with emphasis in radar polarimetry. His research covers a wide spectrum of areas from radar image processing (SAR, ISAR), polarimetric scattering modeling, supervised/unsupervised polarimetric segmentation and classification to fundamentals and basic theory of polarimetry.
Laurent Ferro-Famil (M’00) received the laurea degree in electronics systems and computer engineering, the M.S. degree in electronics, and the Ph.D. degree in 1996, 1996, and 2000, respectively, all from the University of Nantes, France. He received the Habilitation from the University of Rennes 1 in 2007. Laurent Ferro-Famil has been an Assistant Professor at the University of Rennes I, Rennes, France. He is a member of the Radar Polarimetry Remote Sensing group of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes (I.E.T.R). His current activities in education concern analog electronics, digital communications, microwave theory, and polarimetric radar imaging. He is especially interested in SAR signal processing, radar polarimetry theory, and natural media remote sensing from polarimetric interferometric SAR data, with applications to segmentation, classification, electromagnetic scattering modeling, physical parameter inversion, and time frequency analysis.