ESA’s 7th Advanced Training Course on Radar Polarimetry

The European Space Agency (ESA) organised the 7^th ESA Advanced Course on Radar Polarimetry for training the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists in dual and fully polarimetric data for science and applications development.

Objectives:

The main objectives of the course were to:

• Train the next generation of European and Canadian Principal Investigators (PIs);
• Explain theoretical principles, processing algorithms, data products and their use in various applications;
• Introduce available tools and methods for the exploitation of dual-pol and full-pol data;
• Provide first-hand and up-to-date information on state-of-the-art methods and applications in Radar Polarimetry, Polarimetric SAR Interferometry and SAR Tomography;
• Provide an introduction to the BIOMASS mission, data and applications.

Content:

The course provided a substantial and balanced introduction to the basics and advanced concepts of:

Participants:

Post graduate, PhD students, post-doctoral research scientists and users from ESA member states and associated countries interested in Radar Polarimetry, BIOMASS and their applications were invited to apply.

Research scientists and students from all other countries were also welcome to apply and participate in the course, subject to availability.

The official language of the training course was English, and the course was free to attend.

Participation was limited and subject to a selection process, with participants with familiarity in SAR and Python in preference.

Female applicants were encouraged to apply.

For more information, see the official course website.