8th Advanced Training on Radar Polarimetry

This post contains educational materials from the event ESA’s 8th Advanced Training on Radar Polarimetry training course held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from February 2-6 2026.

Access specific videos (click on ), presentation slides (click on ), and exercise data (click on ) from the sessions here below, or download all the theory slides, practical slides and datasets from the link on the left side window.

Welcome from UL FGG and ESA Introduction Biomass Mission

• Welcome from UL FGG and ESA Introduction Biomass Mission (theory) F. Sarti, K. Scipal (20.45 MB)

SAR Basics & SAR Tomography

• SAR Basics & SAR Tomography Theory, S. Tebaldini (theory) (10.7 MB)
• ,SAR and TomoSAR Practical, F. Banda (Practical)

SAR Interferometry & Polarimetry Basics

• SAR Interferometry Basics – Part 1, L.F. Famil (theory) (10.8 MB)
• SAR Interferometry Basics – Part 2, L.F. Famil (theory) (10.8 MB)
• SAR Polarimetry Basics, L.F. Famil (theory) (8.2 MB)

SAR Statistics & Polarimetric Decompositions

• SAR Statistics & Polarimetric Decompositions, A. Alonso-Gonzalez (theory) (12.6 MB)

ESA Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform (MAAP) Introduction

• ESA Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform (MAAP) Introduction, S. Brose (practical)

Polarimetric SAR Interferometry

• Polarimetric SAR Interferometry, M. Pardini, K. Papathanassiou (theory) (30.3 MB)

 SAR Applications: Snow Height Estimation

•   SAR Applications: Snow Height Estimation, I. Hajnsek (18.5 MB)

Applications of PolSAR

• Applications of PolSAR, A. Marino (theory) (6 MB)