Publications of year 2017

Books and proceedings

1. Akira Ishimaru. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Radiation and Scattering. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2017. Keyword(s): Scattering Theory, Wave Propagation, Radiation, Scattering, advanced analytical theory, dielectric slab, electromagnetic scattering, electromagnetic theory, electromagnetic wave propagation, excitation, Maxwell's equations, microwave waveguides, Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouim solution, boundary conditions, electromagnetic waves, energy relations, fundamental field equations, Hertz vectors, Poynting's theorem, reciprocity theorem, scalar acoustic waves, time-harmonic wave, Time-Reversal Imaging, Scattering by Turbulence, Particles, Diffuse Medium, Rough Surfaces, Coherence in Multiple Scattering, Diagram Method, Solitons, Optical Fibers, Porous Media, Permittivity, Fluid Permeability. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

Thesis

1. S. Samie Esfahany. Exploitation of distributed scatterers in synthetic aperture radar interferometry. PhD thesis, TUDelft, 2017. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

Articles in journal or book chapters

1. Othmar Frey. Synthetic Aperture Radar. In Douglas Richardson, editor, International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology, pages 1-24. Wiley, 2017. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Radar, SAR, Imaging, microwave imaging, radar systems, biosphere, carbon sequestration, co-seismic displacement, crustal deformation, data acquisition, digital earth, earth observation, earth system science, geocomputation, geodesy, geohazards, geomatics, geophysical signal processing, geospatial information, GIScience, ground deformation/subsidence monitoring, interferometry, land cover, land use change, mapping, microwave remote sensing, polarimetry, radar remote sensing, remote sensing, topography, volcano monitoring. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



2. Andrea Monti-Guarnieri, Fabio Rocca, and Stefano Tebaldini. SAR interferometry. In Novel Radar Techniques and Applications Volume 1: Real Aperture Array Radar, Imaging Radar, and Passive and Multistatic Radar, Radar, Sonar and Navigation, pages 265-312. Institution of Engineering and Technology, October 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Interferometry, InSAR, DInSAR, digital elevation models, land monitoring, passive bistatic companions, infrastructure monitoring, multibaseline acquisitions, mechanical stability, performance evaluation, interferometric data processing, electromagnetic wave penetration, radar signals, SAR interferometry, solid Earth monitoring, differential InSAR stacks processing, single-baseline acquisitions, persistent scatterers, SAR tomography, geosynchronous SAR. [bibtex-entry]



3. F. Alshawaf, K. Balidakis, G. Dick, S. Heise, and J. Wickert. Estimating trends in atmospheric water vapor and temperature time series over Germany. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 10(9):3117-3132, 2017. Note: Cited By 30. [bibtex-entry]



4. Homa Ansari, Francesco De Zan, and Richard Bamler. Sequential Estimator: Toward Efficient InSAR Time Series Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55(10):5637-5652, October 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Interferometry, InSAR, differential SAR interferometry, D-InSAR, covariance matrices, data compression, image coding, radar imaging, radar interferometry, synthetic aperture radar, time series, Big Data, InSAR time series analysis, compressed data batch artificial interferograms, data batch compression, data covariance matrix analysis, data reduction, high-precision near-real-time processing, interferometric phase estimation, recursive estimation, sequential estimator, virtual image estimator, wide-swath synthetic aperture radar mission, Coherence, Earth, Maximum likelihood estimation, Monitoring, Synthetic aperture radar, Time series analysis, Big Data, coherence estimation error, data compression, differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (DInSAR), distributed scatterers, efficiency, error analysis, low-rank approximation, maximum-likelihood estimation (MLE). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



5. A. E. A. Blomberg, T. O. Saebo, Roy E. Hansen, R. B. Pedersen, and A. Austeng. Automatic Detection of Marine Gas Seeps Using an Interferometric Sidescan Sonar. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 42(3):590-602, July 2017. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, carbon capture and storage, interferometry, oceanographic techniques, seafloor phenomena, sediments, sonar, underwater sound, volcanology, North Sea, acoustic backscatter properties, acoustic seep detection, automatic seep detection method, autonomous underwater vehicle, biogenic methane, gravel, interferometric sidescan sonar, man-made constructions, marine gas seep automatic detection, marine gas seep detection method, marine gas seep monitoring method, multibeam surveying, ocean greenhouse gases, pipelines, sandy seafloor, seafloor seeps, seafloor types, sediments, seep acoustical property, seep spatial property, sidescan surveying, signal processing techniques, silt, subseafloor CO2 storage sites, volcano CO2 release, water gas-filled bubbles, well heads, Acoustics, Backscatter, Damping, Monitoring, Resonant frequency, Sonar detection, Automatic leakage detection, carbon capture and storage (CCS) monitoring, coherence, gas seep detection, interferometric sonar, sidescan sonar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



6. Alessandra Budillon, Angel Caroline Johnsy, and Gilda Schirinzi. Extension of a Fast GLRT Algorithm to 5D SAR Tomography of Urban Areas. Remote Sensing, 9(8), 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, radar detection, GLRT, Fast GLRT, deformation, PSI, persistent scatterer interferometry, displacement mapping, radar receivers, radar resolution, synthetic aperture radar, tomography, GLRT detector, ROC curve, SAR tomography, Sup-GLRT, elevation direction, generalized likelihood ratio test detector, multiple scatterer detection, nominal system resolution, nominal system super-resolution, receiver operating characteristic curve, signal sparsity, signal support detection operation, signal support estimation operation, signal-to-noise ratio, subspace energy measurement, synthetic aperture radar, Earth, Estimation, Signal resolution, Spatial resolution, Synthetic aperture radar, Tomography, Generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT), radar detection, sparse signals, synthetic aperture radar (SAR). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



7. J. I. Buskenes, Roy E. Hansen, and A. Austeng. Low-Complexity Adaptive Sonar Imaging. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 42(1):87-96, January 2017. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, Sonar, array signal processing, interference suppression, sonar imaging, DAS beamformer, Hamming window function, Kaiser window, Kongsberg Maritime HISAS1030 sonar, LCA beamformer, delay-and-sum beamformer, gain -3 dB, interference minimization, low-complexity adaptive sonar imaging, minimum variance distortionless response, parallel hardware, rectangular window function, robust MVDR implementation, spatial statistics, Array signal processing, Arrays, Covariance matrices, Image resolution, Imaging, Robustness, Sonar, Active, LCA, MVDR, active filters, adaptive beamforming, adaptive filters, beamforming, complexity, computational complexity, phased arrays, sonar, spatial filters. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



8. Jemil Butt, Andreas Wieser, and Stefan Conzett. Intrinsic random functions for mitigation of atmospheric effects in terrestrial radar interferometry. Journal of Applied Geodesy, 2017. Keyword(s): Atmospheric phase screen, radar interferometry, terrestrial radar interferometry ground-based radar, ground-based radar interferometry, intrinsic random functions, Kriging, IRF. [bibtex-entry]



9. Ning Cao, Hyongki Lee, Evan Zaugg, R. Shrestha, W. Carter, C. Glennie, G. Wang, Z. Lu, and J. C. Fernandez-Diaz. Airborne DInSAR Results Using Time-Domain Backprojection Algorithm: A Case Study Over the Slumgullion Landslide in Colorado With Validation Using Spaceborne SAR, Airborne LiDAR, and Ground-Based Observations. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 10(11):4987-5000, November 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Time-Domain Back-Projection, TDBP, Backprojection, Repeat-Pass Interferometry, SAR Interferometry, Displacement, Deformation Measurement, Aircraft, Interferometry, L-band, Spaceborne radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Terrain factors, Trajectory, Backprojection (BP), InSAR, SAR, differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry (DInSAR), landslide, motion compensation (MoCo), residual motion error (RME), Airborne SAR. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



10. Victor Cazcarra-Bes, Marivi Tello-Alonso, Rico Fischer, Michael Heym, and Konstantinos Papathanassiou. Monitoring of Forest Structure Dynamics by Means of L-Band SAR Tomography. Remote Sensing, 9(12), 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, Forestry, Synthetic aperture radar, Image reconstruction, Decorrelation, Estimation, forest applications, forest structure, Fourier beamforming (FB), L-band, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), tomography, L-Band, Airborne SAR. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



11. Claudio De Luca, Ivana Zinno, Michele Manunta, Riccardo Lanari, and Francesco Casu. Large areas surface deformation analysis through a cloud computing P-SBAS approach for massive processing of DInSAR time series. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017. Keyword(s): DInSAR, P-SBAS, Cloud computing, Mosaicking, ENVISAT, Sentinel-1. [bibtex-entry]



12. Masato Furuya, Takato Suzuki, Jun Maeda, and Kosuke Heki. Midlatitude sporadic-E episodes viewed by L-band split-spectrum InSAR. Earth, Planets and Space, 69(1):175, December 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Interferometry, Interferometry, Split-Spectrum, Split-band, Split-Spectrum Interferometry, Split-band Interferometry, Total Electron Content Estimation, TEC Estimation, Ionospheric TEC, Faraday Rotation, Path Delay, Spaceborne SAR, L-Band, ALOS, Phased Array L-band SAR, PALSAR, Calibration, Ionosphere, Ionospheric Path Delay. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



13. Matthew C. Garthwaite. On the Design of Radar Corner Reflectors for Deformation Monitoring in Multi-Frequency InSAR. Remote Sensing, 9(7), 2017. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



14. Giorgio Gomba, Fernando Rodriguez Gonzalez, and Francesco De Zan. Ionospheric Phase Screen Compensation for the Sentinel-1 TOPS and ALOS-2 ScanSAR Modes. IEEE_J_GRS, 55(1):223-235, January 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, split-spectrum, split-spectrum interferometry, split-band, split-band interferometry, ionospheric disturbances, total electron content (atmosphere), 2015 Nepal earthquake, 2016 Taiwan earthquake, ALOS-2 ScanSAR modes, ALOS-2 interferograms, C-band interferograms, Sentinel-1 TOPS, dispersive ionospheric component, interferometric measurements, ionospheric phase screen compensation, local global positioning system measurements, split-spectrum method, synthetic aperture radar acquisitions, total electron content maps, Azimuth, Correlation, Electrostatic discharges, Ionosphere, Satellites, Synthetic aperture radar, Timing, InSAR, SAR ionospheric effects, ionosphere estimation. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



15. G. Gomba and F. De Zan. Bayesian Data Combination for the Estimation of Ionospheric Effects in SAR Interferograms. IEEE_J_GRS, 55(11):6582-6593, November 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, split-spectrum, split-spectrum interferometry, split-band, split-band interferometry, Bayes methods, Faraday effect, fractals, inverse problems, ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation, radar imaging, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, Bayesian data combination, Bayesian inverse problem, Faraday rotation method, SAR images, SAR interferograms, advanced land observing satellite phased array type L-band SAR L-band images, azimuth mutual shifts, data-based model parameter estimation, differential ionospheric phase screen, error source, estimation accuracy, information sources, interferometric pair images, ionosphere turbulence, ionospheric effects estimation, ionospheric propagation path delay, physically realistic fractal modeling, range variations, sensitive azimuth shifts, simple split-spectrum method, small-scale azimuth variations, synthetic aperture radar interferograms, Azimuth, Estimation, Extraterrestrial measurements, Ionosphere, Synthetic aperture radar, Ionosphere estimation, SAR ionospheric effects, interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR), methods\textquoteright combination. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



16. Céline Lamarche, Maurizio Santoro, Sophie Bontemps, Raphaël D'Andrimont, Julien Radoux, Laura Giustarini, Carsten Brockmann, Jan Wevers, Pierre Defourny, and Olivier Arino. Compilation and Validation of SAR and Optical Data Products for a Complete and Global Map of Inland/Ocean Water Tailored to the Climate Modeling Community. Remote Sensing, 9(1), 2017. Keyword(s): Remote Sensing, Water. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



17. Yang Lei, Paul Siqueira, and Robert Treuhaft. A physical scattering model of repeat-pass InSAR correlation for vegetation. Waves in Random and Complex Media, 27(1):129-152, 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Scattering Model, Interferometry, Correlation, Vegetation. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



18. D. Li, M. Rodriguez-Cassola, P. Prats-Iraola, M. Wu, and A. Moreira. Reverse Backprojection Algorithm for the Accurate Generation of SAR Raw Data of Natural Scenes. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14(11):2072-2076, November 2017. Keyword(s): data acquisition, geophysical image processing, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation, reverse backprojection algorithm, SAR raw data, natural scenes, SAR image formation sibling, multistatic SAR missions, synthetic aperture radar mission concepts, geosynchronous SAR missions, observation geometry, acquisition strategy, atmospheric propagation, Synthetic aperture radar, Low earth orbit satellites, Azimuth, Atmospheric modeling, Standards, Algorithm design and analysis, Data models, Azimuth variation, backprojection algorithm, geosynchronous (GEO) SAR, raw data simulation, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), terrain observation with progressive scan (TOPS), tropospheric propagation. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



19. Simone Mancon, Andrea Monti Guarnieri, Davide Giudici, and Stefano Tebaldini. On the Phase Calibration by Multisquint Analysis in TOPSAR and Stripmap Interferometry. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 55(1):134-147, January 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Interferometry, Atmospheric modeling, Interferometry, Orbits, Spaceborne radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Target tracking, Trajectory, Calibration, TOPSAR, interferometry, multisquint phase, spaceborne, synthetic aperture radar, SAR, Spaceborne SAR. [bibtex-entry]



20. Christopher R. Mannix, David P. Belcher, and Paul S. Cannon. Measurement of Ionospheric Scintillation Parameters From SAR Images Using Corner Reflectors. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 55(12):6695-6702, December 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processin, Ionosphere, Ionospheric Scintillation, Global Positioning System, ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation, radar imaging, radiowave propagation, synthetic aperture radar, Ascension Island, L-band, PALSAR-2, SAR PSF, SAR images, analytical theory, corner reflector, corner reflectors, ionospheric scintillation parameters, ionospheric turbulence parameters p, phase scintillation, point spread function, simultaneous GPS measurements, size 5.0 m, spotlight mode, Extraterrestrial measurements, Ionosphere, Radar tracking, Satellites, Spaceborne radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Ionosphere, ionospheric electromagnetic propagation, synthetic aperture radar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



21. Delwyn Moller, Konstantinos M. Andreadis, Kat J. Bormann, Scott Hensley, and Thomas H. Painter. Mapping Snow Depth From Ka-Band Interferometry: Proof of Concept and Comparison With Scanning Lidar Retrievals. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14(6):886-890, June 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, GLINT, Ka-band, airborne SAR, snow, snow depth, interferometry, SAR interferometry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



22. Andrea Monti Guarnieri and Fabio Rocca. Options for continuous radar Earth observations. Science China Information Sciences, 60(6), May 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, geostationary, geostationary SAR, geosynchronous, geosynchronous SAR, Spaceborne SAR. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



23. Amy L. Parker, Will E. Featherstone, Nigel T. Penna, Mick S. Filmer, and Matthew C. Garthwaite. Practical Considerations before Installing Ground-Based Geodetic Infrastructure for Integrated InSAR and cGNSS Monitoring of Vertical Land Motion. Sensors, 17(8):1-20, 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, GNSS, GPS, SAR Interferometry, Integration of GNSS Networks and SAR data, Persistent Scatterer Interferometry, PSI. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



24. Achille Peternier, John Peter Merryman Boncori, and Paolo Pasquali. Near-real-time focusing of ENVISAT ASAR Stripmap and Sentinel-1 TOPS imagery exploiting OpenCL GPGPU technology. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Azimuth Focusing, Image Focusing, GPGPU, GPU, Graphics Processing Units, General-purpose Computing, Parallelization, OpenCL, CUDA. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



25. M. Pieraccini and L. Miccinesi. ArcSAR: Theory, Simulations, and Experimental Verification. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 65(1):293-301, January 2017. Keyword(s): GB-SAR, ground-based SAR, terrestrial SAR, radar imaging, synthetic aperture radar, 3D space, ArcSAR images, antenna movement, defocusing effect, ground-based synthetic aperture radar, image synthesis, linear rail, spatial diversity, Apertures, Radar antennas, Radar imaging, Spaceborne radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Ground-based synthetic aperture radar (GBSAR), GBSAR, terrestrial radar, radar, remote sensing, synthetic aperture radar (SAR). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



26. Badreddine Rekioua, Matthieu Davy, Laurent Ferro-Famil, and Stefano Tebaldini. Snowpack permittivity profile retrieval from tomographic SAR data. Comptes Rendus Physique, 18(1):57-65, 2017. Keyword(s): Snowpack, snow permittivity, SAR, SAR tomography, GB-SAR, ground-based SAR, Time-domain back-projection, TDBP. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



27. Zahra Sadeghi, Mohammad Javad Valadan Zoej, and Jan-Peter Muller. Combination of Persistent Scatterer Interferometry and Single-Baseline Polarimetric Coherence Optimisation to Estimate Deformation Rates with Application to Tehran Basin. PFG -- Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science, 85(5):327-340, December 2017. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



28. Zahra Sadeghi, M. J. Valadan Zoej, and J. P. Muller. Monitoring Land Subsidence in a Rural Area Using a Combination of ADInSAR and Polarimetric Coherence Optimization. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 10(8):3582-3590, August 2017. Keyword(s): environmental monitoring (geophysics), geomorphology, optimisation, radar interferometry, radar polarimetry, remote sensing by radar, synthetic aperture radar, MCPO, North Iran, Tehran basin, TerraSAR-X images, agricultural fields, coherence-set based polarimetry optimization, coherent pixel density, differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry, land subsidence monitoring, modified coherence set-based polarimetry optimization, pixel phase quality, polarimetric ADInSAR, polarimetric DInSAR, polarimetric coherence optimization, rural area, satellites, search polarimetry optimization, single-baseline coherence optimization method, single-baseline coherence optimization technique, Coherence, Interferometry, Optimization methods, Polarimetry, Synthetic aperture radar, Advanced differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry (ADInSAR), coherence optimization, polarimetric differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry (DInSAR), polarimetry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



29. H. Schuh, J. Wickert, G. Dick, M. Ge, M. Ramatschi, X. Li, Z. Deng, F. Alshawaf, C. Arras, and B. Männel. GNSS research at GFZ for monitoring the Earth system [GNSS-Arbeiten am GFZ zum Monitoring des Systems Erde]. AVN Allgemeine Vermessungs-Nachrichten, 124(6):175-185, 2017. Note: Cited By 0. [bibtex-entry]



30. Tazio Strozzi, Rafael Caduff, Urs Wegmuller, Hugo Raetzo, and Marc Hauser. Widespread surface subsidence measured with satellite SAR interferometry in the Swiss alpine range associated with the construction of the Gotthard Base Tunnel. Remote Sensing of Environment, 190:1 - 12, 2017. Keyword(s): SAR interferometry, Tunnel, Surface subsidence, Landslides. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



31. S. A. V. Synnes, A. J. Hunter, Roy E. Hansen, T. O. Saebo, H. J. Callow, R. van Vossen, and A. Austeng. Wideband Synthetic Aperture Sonar Backprojection With Maximization of Wave Number Domain Support. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 42(4):880-891, October 2017. Keyword(s): Synthetic Aperture Sonar, SAS, image filtering, image resolution, optimisation, sensor arrays, sonar imaging, synthetic aperture sonar, time-domain analysis, BP, SAS arrays, SAS image formation algorithms, TDBP access data, WD filtering, aspect-dependent scattering, data degradation, frequency-dependent scattering, generic SAS design, sensor data quality, spatial domain quality metrics, time domain backprojection access data, wave number domain counterpart, wave number domain support maximization, wideband SAS systems, wideband synthetic aperture sonar backprojection, widebeam synthetic aperture sonar backprojection, Image resolution, Imaging, Performance evaluation, Scattering, Sonar applications, Synthetic aperture sonar, Wideband, Along-track ambiguity, backprojection (BP) algorithm, grating lobes, synthetic aperture sonar (SAS), wideband sonar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



32. Karina Wilgan, Fabian Hurter, Alain Geiger, Witold Rohm, and Jaroslaw Bosy. Tropospheric refractivity and zenith path delays from least-squares collocation of meteorological and GNSS data. Journal of Geodesy, 91(2):117-134, 2017. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



33. H. Yu, Y. Lan, J. Xu, D. An, and Hyonki Lee. Large-Scale ${L}^{0}$ -Norm and ${L}^{1}$ -Norm 2-D Phase Unwrapping. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55(8):4712-4728, August 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Phase Unwrapping, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, signal processing, synthetic aperture radar, InSAR technology, L0-norm 2D phase unwrapping, L1-norm 2D phase unwrapping, L1-norm envelope-sparsity theorem, big-data, computer hardware, global L1-norm PU solution, local L1-norm PU solution, subinterferograms, synthetic aperture radar interferometry, tiling accuracy, tiling resolution, tiling strategy, Hardware, Laser radar, Laser theory, Memory management, Optimization, Spatial resolution, Synthetic aperture radar interferometry, 2-D phase unwrapping (PU), L1-norm, L0-norm, large scale, synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR), tiling strategy. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



34. S. Zhou, L. Yang, L. Zhao, and G. Bi. Quasi-Polar-Based FFBP Algorithm for Miniature UAV SAR Imaging Without Navigational Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55(12):7053-7065, December 2017. Keyword(s): autonomous aerial vehicles, image resolution, radar imaging, radar resolution, synthetic aperture radar, polar coordinate system, phase autofocusing, trajectory deviations, quasipolar grid image, data-driven motion compensation, back-projection algorithm, unmanned aerial vehicle synthetic aperture radar applications, time-domain algorithms, trajectory designation, flexible geometric configuration, navigational data, miniature UAV SAR imaging, FFBP algorithm, miniature UAV-SAR test bed, raw data experiments, high-resolution SAR applications, image focusing quality, analytical image spectrum, phase errors, quasipolar coordinate system, Synthetic aperture radar, Trajectory, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Signal processing algorithms, Algorithm design and analysis, Fast factorized back-projection (FFBP), motion compensation (MOCO), quasi-polar coordinate system, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

Conference articles

1. Ludovic Brucker, Christopher Hiemstra, Hans-Peter Marshall, Kelly Elder, Roger De Roo, Mohammad Mousavi, Francis Bliven, Walt Peterson, Jeffrey Deems, Peter Gadomski, Arthur Gelvin, Lucas Spaete, Theodore Barnhart, Ty Brandt, John Burkhart, Christopher Crawford, Tri Datta, Havard Erikstrod, Nancy Glenn, Katherine Hale, Brent Holben, Paul Houser, Keith Jennings, Richard Kelly, Jason Kraft, Alexandre Langlois, Daniel McGrath, Chelsea Merriman, Noah Molotch, Anne Nolin, Chris Polashenski, Mark Raleigh, Karl Rittger, Chago Rodriguez, Alexandre Roy, McKenzie Skiles, Eric Small, Marco Tedesco, Chris Tennant, Aaron Thompson, Liuxi Tian, Zach Uhlmann, Ryan Webb, and Matt Wingo. A first overview of SnowEx ground-based remote sensing activities during the winter 2016-2017. In 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), pages 1391-1394, July 2017. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



2. Ning Cao, Hyongki Lee, Evan Zaugg, Ramesh Shrestha, William E. Carter, Craig Glennie, Zhong Lu, and Juan Carlos Fernandez Diaz. Evaluation of an airborne SAR system for deformation mapping: A case study over the slumgullion landslide. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., pages 1684-1687, July 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, Interferometry, SAR Interferometry, InSAR, Differential SAR Interferometry, DInSAR, Repeat-Pass Interferometry, deformation monitoring, subsidence monitoring, Displacement, Earth, Global Positioning System, Laser radar, Spaceborne radar, Strain, Synthetic aperture radar, Terrain factors, GPS, Landslide, LiDAR, SAR. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



3. Elias J. Deeb, Hans-Peter Marshall, Richard R. Forster, Cathleen E. Jones, Christopher A. Hiemstra, and Paul R. Siqueira. Supporting NASA SnowEx remote sensing strategies and requirements for L-band interferometric snow depth and snow water equivalent estimation. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., pages 1395-1396, July 2017. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



4. M. Faisal, M. A. H. Chowdhury, M. A. I. Bhuyan, N. H. M. Bhuyan, and A. Matin. Development of a polarimetric interferometric GB-SAR and perform measurement for a fixed target. In Proc. Computer and Communication Engineering (ECCE) 2017 Int. Conf. Electrical, pages 285-289, February 2017. Keyword(s): GB-SAR, ground-based SAR, terrestrial SAR, horn antennas, radar antennas, radar interferometry, radar target recognition, synthetic aperture radar, SAR system, antenna positioner, building vehicles, data compression, double ridge guide horn antenna, fixed target, ground vehicles, ground-based synthetic aperture radar system, innovative monitoring technique, perform measurement, polarimetric & interferometric GB-SAR, vector network analyzer, Antenna measurements, Apertures, Frequency-domain analysis, Image reconstruction, Monitoring, Synthetic aperture radar, Time-domain analysis, Global Backprojection (GBP), Ground-Based SAR (GB-SAR), Interferometry, Low loss-high frequency cable, Vector Network Analyzer (VNA). [bibtex-entry]



5. Othmar Frey, Charles L. Werner, Rafael Caduff, and Andreas Wiesmann. Inversion of Snow Structure Parameters from Time Series of Tomographic Measurements With SnowScat. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., pages 2472-2475, 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR Tomography, Tomographic profiling, SnowScat, ESA, European Space Agency, X-Band, Ku-Band, Polarimetry, ground-based radar, Snow, Snowpack, geophysical signal processing, radar polarimetry, synthetic aperture radar, SWE, Snow Water Equivalent, Autofocus, Time-Domain Back-Projection, TDBP, Backprojection. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



6. Scott Hensley. An analytic expression for the phase noise properties of the Goldstein-Werner power spectral filter. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symp. (IGARSS), pages 3802-3805, July 2017. Keyword(s): Fourier transforms, filters, geophysical signal processing, radar interferometry, remote sensing by radar, spectral analysis, synthetic aperture radar, Fourier transform, Goldstein-Werner power spectral filter, interferogram filtering, maximal noise reduction, phase noise properties, radar interferometric applications, repeat pass radar interferometry, Correlation, Noise reduction, Phase noise, Radar, Signal to noise ratio, Transfer functions, Goldstein-Werner filter, filtering, interferogram, phase noise, power spectral filter. [bibtex-entry]



7. Zahra Sadeghi, M. J. Valadan Zoej, A. Hooper, and J. M. Lopez-Sanchez. An Enhanced Polarimetric Persistent Scatterer Interferometry Method to Increase Number and Quality of Selected Pixels. In Proc. FRINGE 2017, Helsinki, Finland, June 2017. [bibtex-entry]



8. M. Schuetz, M. Oesterlein, C. Birkenhauer, and M. Vossiek. A custom lightweight UAV for radar remote sensing: Concept design, properties and possible applications. In 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility (ICMIM), pages 107-110, March 2017. Keyword(s): embedded systems, Global Positioning System, ground penetrating radar, MIMO radar, radar interferometry, remote sensing, synthetic aperture radar, custom lightweight UAV, radar remote sensing, concept design, tailor-made UAV-based sensor platform, radar remote sensing, radar baseband processing, differential GPS system, synthetic apertures, interferometric remote sensing, MIMO radar system, side-looking-airborne-radar, full interferometric SAR processing, radar altimeter measurement, altitude estimators, ultrasonic sensors, barometric sensors, Radar remote sensing, Synthetic aperture radar, Radar antennas, Baseband, Antenna arrays, Clocks, multicopter, UAV, remote sensing, system design, radar system, SAR, interferometry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



9. M. Adnan Siddique, Irena Hajnsek, and Othmar Frey. A Case Study on the Use of Differential SAR Tomography for Measuring Deformation in Layover Areas in Rugged Alpine Terrain. In Proc. IEEE Int. Geosci. Remote Sens. Symp., pages 5850-5853, 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, SAR tomography, Synthetic aperture radar (SAR), SAR Interferometry, InSAR, interferometric stacking, persistent scatterer interferometry, PSI, spaceborne SAR radar interferometry, spaceborne radar, X-Band, TerraSAR-X, synthetic aperture radar, tomography, 3-D point cloud retrieval, SAR tomography based 3-D point cloud extraction, high-resolution spaceborne SAR, Cosmo Skymed, interferometric stack, layover scenario case, persistent scatterer interferometry, PSI, point-like scatterer, processing approach, Alpine Remote Sensing, Spaceborne radar, Synthetic aperture radar, Three-dimensional displays, Tomography, 3-D point cloud, SAR interferometry. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]



10. Hui Wang, Yongjiang Xia, Man Jiang, and Lingzhen Kong. Research on W-band FMCW Rail-SAR system with high resolution. In 2017 18th International Radar Symposium (IRS), pages 1-6, June 2017. Keyword(s): SAR Processing, W-Band, FM radar, millimetre wave radar, radar imaging, radar resolution, synthetic aperture radar, RD imaging algorithm, W-band FMCW rail-SAR system, high resolution imaging, small target imaging, system parameter simulation, Antenna arrays, Azimuth, Imaging, Rails, Signal resolution, Simulation, Synthetic aperture radar. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

Miscellaneous

1. IEEE Std 686-2017 (Revision of IEEE Std 686-2008), Sep. 2017. Keyword(s): IEEE standards, radar, IEEE standard, radar terminology, IEEE Standards, Radar, Aerospace electronics, Dictionaries, Terminology, IEEE 686(TM), radar, terminology. [Abstract] [bibtex-entry]

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It is rather a collection of papers which I store in my literature data base. Hence, the list of publications under PUBLICATIONS OF AUTHOR'S NAME should NOT be mistaken for a complete bibliography of that author.

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