EECS 632: Radar Remote Sensing

Instructor: Professor Fawwaz Ulaby

Coverage
Radar scattering by man-made and natural objects, radar system design, synthetic-aperture radar, radar altimeters, applications of radar remote sensing to oceanography, meteorology, hydrology, and ecology.

Textbook
Microwave Radar and Radiometric Remote Sensing, Fawwaz Ulaby and David Long, UM Press, 2014.

Syllabus

• Chapter 5: Radar Scattering
• Chapter 10: Surface-Scattering Models and Land Observations
• Chapter 11: Volume-Scattering Models and Land Observations
• Chapter 13: Radar Measurements and Scatterometers
• Chapter 14: Real- and Synthetic-Aperture Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• Chapter 15: Interferometric SAR
• Chapter 16: Radar Remote Sensing of the Ocean
• Chapter 17: Spaceborne Altimetry