Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) GMT5SAR – InSAR processing system based on GMT. Gamma – Gamma Remote Sensing SAR and Interferometry Software. RADAR stands for "RAdio Detection And Ranging". • Radar is an active remote sensing system operating at the microwave wavelength. Similarly, the various polarizations may also be considered as different bands of information. Radar signals can penetrate into vegetation and soil and even can give you the surface information at mm to m depth level at the same time major disadvantage is that radar signals do not contain any spectral characters while Passive Remote Sensing signals have spectral characters. (for developers) ISCE – InSAR Scientific Computing Environment. Doris – Delft object-oriented radar interferomtric software. September 3, 2007 Lecture D1La1 Introduction to SAR remote sensing Thuy Le Toan Characteristics of radar remote sensing Advantages compared to optical remote sensing all weather capability (small sensitivity of clouds, light rain) day and night operation (independence of sun illumination) Multitemporal/time series InSAR analysis

Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) Remote Sensing Basics and Applications This post will provide an overview of the basics of Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) and applications. Depending on the wavelength and polarization of the radar … Radar data collected at different wavelengths is analogous to the different bands of data in optical remote sensing. 1. Radar basics. Radar (Microwave) Remote Sensing Basics. By virtue of sending out pulses of microwave electromagnetic radiation this type of instrument can be classified as an "active sensor" - it measures the time between pulses and their reflected components to determine distance. • Radar is a ranging instrument: (RAdio Detection And Ranging) Basic principles: The sensor transmits a microwave (radio) signal towards a target and detects the backscattered radiation. Main types of radars.