Solid Earth Sciences (S)
Session Sub-categoryTechnology & Techniques (TT)
Session IDS-TT36
Title Synthetic Aperture Radar and its application
Short Title SAR and its application
Date & Time Oral session JUNE 5 (SAT) AM1, AM2 Channel 22
Poster session JUNE 5 (SAT) PM3
Main ConvenerName Yohei Kinoshita
Affiliation University of Tsukuba
Co-Convener 1Name Takahiro Abe
Affiliation Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University
Co-Convener 2Name Shoko Kobayashi
Affiliation Tamagawa University
Co-Convener 3Name Yuji Himematsu
Affiliation National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
Session Language J
Scope ALOS-2 and Sentinel-1, which have highly enhanced capacity compared to previous SAR satellites, were launched in 2014, and their utilization has been widely expanding as data have accumulated for approximately six years. Other long-operating SAR satellites like TerraSAR-X and Cosmo-SkyMed also contribute to expanding the SAR utilization. Now we are facing a new and abundant era of the satellite SAR, along with a worldwide trend to an open and free data policy of satellite data, under the situation of next-generation advanced and/or constellated SAR satellite plans by both public agencies (e.g. ALOS-4 and NISAR) and private sectors. In addition, SAR technologies with other platforms, such as ground-based SAR with high temporal resolution and UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) SAR with flexible operability, have also been developed and used for various targets. These facts indicate that the SAR utilization has become widespread in both basic researches (e.g., earth science) and diverse applications (e.g., disaster prevention and forest monitoring). In this session, we would like to invite various kinds of research and application results with regard to SAR, sharing our knowledge and having a discussion for the advancement of the SAR utilization.
Presentation Format Oral and Poster presentation
Collaboration Joint with -
Co-sponsored with The Geodetic Society of Japan, The Remote Sensing of Society Japan