The one-week course includes a wide overview of spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems and is suitable for PhD students which have already a basic knowledge on radar systems. The course’s contents will be as follows: SAR basics, SAR theory, SAR signal processing, image properties, SAR imaging modes, SAR system concept and design, spaceborne SAR missions, interferometry, polarimetry, tomography, applications, advanced SAR technologies (e.g., digital beamforming), innovative SAR concepts and techniques (e.g., multistatic SAR) and future developments. The lectures are complemented by practical exercises and a computer workshop.
This course is based on the lectures of Prof. Moreira and Prof. Younis held at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, as well as at national and international radar courses. It will cover all system-related aspects of spaceborne SAR systems including SAR basics, theory, signal processing, image properties, SAR imaging modes, SAR system concept and design, spaceborne SAR missions, interferometry, polarimetry, tomography, applications, advanced SAR technologies (e.g., digital beamforming), innovative SAR concepts and techniques (e.g., multistatic SAR) and future developments. The course is fully interdisciplinary and well suited for participants interested in learning different aspects of the entire end-to-end system chain of spaceborne SAR systems. It is also thought to provide a solid background knowledge for PhD students which have a focus on SAR applications and image processing. The course is complemented by practical exercises (jupyter notebook file) and a computer workshop (Python software).
