Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing: Techniques and Applications
暫譯: 太空載合成孔徑雷達遙感：技術與應用

這本書提供合成孔徑雷達（Synthetic Aperture Radar, SAR）、極化合成孔徑雷達（PolSAR）、干涉合成孔徑雷達（InSAR）、極化干涉合成孔徑雷達（PolInSAR）的基本和進階概念，以及有關各種應用和多種感測器數據分析的所有必要資訊。它包含了SAR遙感、數據處理和SAR技術的各種應用，匯集於一處。這將幫助讀者在地理空間技術和應用中使用基於主動微波成像感測器的信息。

這本書：
- 涵蓋合成孔徑雷達（SAR）遙感的基本和進階概念
- 介紹太空載SAR感測器
- 討論SAR遙感在地球觀測中的應用
- 探索SAR數據在固體地球、生態系統和冰凍圈的利用，包括對外星天體的成像
- 包含PolSAR和PolInSAR用於地面森林生物量檢索，以及InSAR和PolSAR用於雪參數檢索

這本書的目標讀者是遙感、攝影測量、地球科學、影像處理、農業、環境、林業及影像處理的研究人員和研究生。

Dr. Shashi Kumar received the M.Sc. degree in Physics from Patna University, Patna, India, in 2002, the M.Sc. degree in Geoinformatics under the joint education program of Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun, India, and International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India, in 2019. Since 2009, he has been working as Scientist with the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dehradun, India. Dr. Shashi Kumar is a dedicated researcher contributing to capacity building through education and research in the field of advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing that includes Polarimetric SAR (PolSAR), Polarimetric SAR Interferometry (PolInSAR), and Polarimetric Tomographic SAR (PolTomSAR), its data processing techniques, and applications. Over the past 12 years, Dr. Shashi Kumar has shown intellectual prowess in cutting-edge research works on Polarimetric SAR Remote Sensing (PolSAR), and he has published 50 journal articles, 108 conference papers, 5 newsletters, 12 Book Chapters & Lecture Notes, and 13 project reports. He has shown excellent collaborative skills by doing collaborative research work with scientists and professors from various universities and institutions. He has edited two journal issues on special topics on 'Advances in Spaceborne SAR Remote Sensing for Characterization of Natural and Manmade Features-1, &II' for the COSPAR Journal, Advances in Space Research (ASR).

Currently, Dr. Kumar is a guest editor for the 1 issue of the Advances in Space Research (ASR) for a topic on 'Synergistic Use of Remote Sensing Data and In-Situ Investigations to Reveal the Hidden Secrets of the Moon', and 1 issue of the AGU Wiley Earth and Space Science for a special topic on 'Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing for Characterization of Land Use and Land Cover'. Dr. Shashi Kumar has worked as a member of the SAR Task Group to develop SAR protocols under the partnership of the Government of India (GoI) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Forest-PLUS program. He has also performed his duties as a committee member for Commonwealth Scholarship 2016 at the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Research Development. He is a science team member for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission for the Science Products, Calibration, and Tools Development team and a science team member of Chandrayaan-2 mission's Working Group 3 for Lunar Poles and Microwave Remote Sensing. One of his significant contributions is the development of a methodological framework for Polarimetric Calibration (PolCal) of Airborne and Spaceborne fully polarimetric and hybrid/compact-pol SAR data to minimize distortions for scattering-based characterization of manmade and natural objects. In recognition of outstanding contributions toward "Polarimetric Calibration of SAR data and development of PolSAR" and "PolInSAR modelling approaches for scattering-based characterization of manmade and natural objects", the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) conferred the Indian National Geospatial Award 2021 to Dr Shashi Kumar.

Dr. Paul Siqueira was a Senior Engineer with the Radar Science and Engineering Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA. He was a Visiting Scientist with the Joint Research Center, European Commission, Ispra, Italy. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA. He is also the Co-Director of the university's Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL), where he is involved in the design, development, and the use of microwave remote sensing instruments for earth science applications, such as the deployable three-frequency weather radar (Ku-, Ka-, and W-band) and the two-frequency polarimetric radiometers (KPR and KaPR) for characterizing rain and snowfall. He has also developed a two-frequency (S- and Ka-band) airborne Interferometric SAR that can measure the surface topography and the volume scattering characteristics of natural targets (e.g. vegetation and snow). He teaches courses in microwave engineering, microwave metrology, and microwave systems engineering.

Dr. Siqueira is a Principal Investigator for NASA's Terrestrial Ecology and Earth Science Technology programs, the Science Definition Team Ecosystems Lead for NASA's next-generation SAR (NISAR) that will launch in 2022, and a Science Advisor for JAXA's ALOS-2 instrument. He was a recipient of the Harvard Forest Bullard Fellowship. He was the Chairman of the Alaska Satellite Facilities' User Working Group. He also participates in the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on Radio Frequencies (CORF).

Dr. Himanshu Govil received the M.Sc. degree in Geology from Aligarh Muslim University, India, in 2006, and completed P. G. Diploma in Geoinformatics under the joint education program of Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun, India, and International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, The Netherlands, in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree from Aligarh Mulsim University (AMU), Aligarh, India, in 2015. Since 2015, he has been working as an Assistant Professor in Department Applied Geology, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur, Chhatisgarh, India. Dr. Himanshu Govil is handling Research Announcement (RA) projects related to the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) and NASA-ISRO Hyperspectral mission (AVIRIS-NG) missions. His research interests include Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Thermal Remote Sensing and SAR remote sensing with special emphasis on Mineral mapping, subsidence and subsurface monitoring.

Shefali Agrawal is a physicist at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing with academic qualifications obtained both in India and in abroad (ITC, Netherlands). She pursues her academic interest in addressing both fundamental and applied aspects of remote sensing, GIS, and allied spatial technology with emphasis on satellite photogrammetry, Lidar remote sensing, Hyperspectral Remote sensing, UAV remote sensing, Underwater Image processing, and advanced image processing related to land use /land cover characterization and vegetation physics dynamics. She has many accomplishments in her professional career and has contributed to various National and International projects, such as mapping and monitoring of land use land cover/ Vegetation type across south-central Asia for the first time from SPOT Vegetation satellite data using spectral modeling under the European Commission program. She is currently, Group Head, Geospatial Technology and Outreach Programme Group which consists of all there technology departments at IIRS; and is engaged in 3-D surface characterization and simulation through the integration of Satellite stereo imageries, Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS), and UAV based data at IIRS for natural resources and archaeological applications. She has over 25 years of experience and produced around 100 papers in national and international journals.

Dr. Shashi Kumar 於2002年獲得印度巴特那大學的物理學碩士學位，於2009年在印度遙感研究所（IIRS）和荷蘭恩斯赫德的國際地理資訊科學與地球觀測研究所（ITC）聯合教育計畫下獲得地理資訊碩士學位，並於2019年獲得印度理工學院（IIT）魯爾基分校的博士學位。自2009年以來，他一直在印度遙感研究所（IIRS）擔任科學家，隸屬於印度空間研究組織（ISRO）。Dr. Shashi Kumar 是一位專注於高級合成孔徑雷達（SAR）遙感的研究者，該領域包括極化合成孔徑雷達（PolSAR）、極化合成孔徑雷達干涉測量（PolInSAR）和極化斷層合成孔徑雷達（PolTomSAR），以及其數據處理技術和應用。在過去的12年中，Dr. Shashi Kumar 在極化合成孔徑雷達遙感（PolSAR）前沿研究中展現了卓越的智力，已發表50篇期刊文章、108篇會議論文、5篇通訊、12章書籍章節及講義，以及13份項目報告。他在與來自各大學和機構的科學家及教授進行合作研究方面展現了優秀的協作能力。他編輯了COSPAR期刊《太空研究進展》（Advances in Space Research）中有關「太空合成孔徑雷達遙感在自然和人造特徵表徵中的進展-1和II」的兩期特刊。

目前，Dr. Kumar 是《太空研究進展》（ASR）第1期的客座編輯，主題為「遙感數據與現場調查的協同使用以揭示月球的隱藏秘密」，以及AGU Wiley地球與空間科學的第1期特刊，主題為「合成孔徑雷達遙感在土地使用和土地覆蓋表徵中的應用」。Dr. Shashi Kumar 曾作為SAR工作組的成員，參與在印度政府（GoI）和美國國際開發署（USAID）Forest-PLUS計畫下開發SAR協議。他還擔任2016年英聯邦獎學金的委員會成員，任職於人力資源發展部高等教育部門。他是NASA-ISRO合成孔徑雷達（NISAR）任務的科學產品、校準和工具開發團隊的科學團隊成員，以及Chandrayaan-2任務的工作組3成員，專注於月球極地和微波遙感。他的一項重要貢獻是開發了一個極化校準（PolCal）的方法框架，用於空中和太空全極化及混合/緊湊極化SAR數據，以最小化失真，實現基於散射的人造和自然物體的特徵表徵。因其在「SAR數據的極化校準及PolSAR的發展」和「基於散射的人造和自然物體特徵表徵的PolInSAR建模方法」方面的卓越貢獻，印度遙感學會（ISRS）頒發2021年印度國家地理空間獎給Dr. Shashi Kumar。

Dr. Paul Siqueira 曾任美國加州帕薩迪納噴射推進實驗室雷達科學與工程部的高級工程師。他曾是歐洲委員會聯合研究中心的訪問科學家，位於意大利伊斯普拉。目前，他是美國馬薩諸塞州阿默斯特大學電機與計算機工程系的教授，同時也是該校微波遙感實驗室（MIRSL）的共同主任，參與設計、開發及使用微波遙感儀器於地球科學應用，例如可部署的三頻氣象雷達（Ku、Ka和W頻）及兩頻極化輻射計（KPR和KaPR）以表徵降雨和降雪。他還開發了一種兩頻（S和Ka頻）的空中干涉合成孔徑雷達，能夠測量自然目標（如植被和雪）的表面地形和體積散射特徵。他教授微波工程、微波計量學和微波系統工程等課程。

Dr. Siqueira 是NASA陸地生態與地球科學技術計畫的首席研究員，NASA下一代SAR（NISAR）科學定義團隊的生態系統負責人，該任務將於2022年發射，並擔任JAXA ALOS-2儀器的科學顧問。他曾獲得哈佛森林Bullard獎學金，並擔任阿拉斯加衛星設施用戶工作組的主席。他還參與美國國家科學院的無線電頻率委員會（CORF）。

Dr. Himanshu Govil 於2006年獲得印度阿利格爾穆斯林大學的地質學碩士學位，並於2008年在印度遙感研究所（IIRS）和荷蘭恩斯赫德的國際地理資訊科學與地球觀測研究所（ITC）聯合教育計畫下完成地理資訊的研究生文憑，於2015年獲得阿利格爾穆斯林大學（AMU）的博士學位。自2015年以來，他一直在印度恰蒂斯加爾邦的國立技術學院（NIT）萊普爾的應用地質學系擔任助理教授。Dr. Himanshu Govil 負責與NASA-ISRO合成孔徑雷達（NISAR）和NASA-ISRO高光譜任務（AVIRIS-NG）相關的研究公告（RA）項目。他的研究興趣包括高光譜遙感、熱遙感和SAR遙感，特別強調礦物映射、地面沉降和地下監測。

Shefali Agrawal 是印度遙感研究所的物理學家，擁有在印度和國外（ITC，荷蘭）獲得的學術資格。她的學術興趣在於解決遙感、地理資訊系統（GIS）及相關空間技術的基本和應用方面，重點關注衛星攝影測量、激光雷達遙感、高光譜遙感、無人機遙感、水下影像處理以及與土地使用/覆蓋特徵和植被物理動態相關的先進影像處理。她在職業生涯中取得了許多成就，並參與了各種國內和國際項目，例如首次利用SPOT Vegetation衛星數據通過光譜建模映射和監測南中亞的土地使用和覆蓋/植被類型，該項目由歐洲委員會計畫支持。她目前是地理空間技術與外展計畫組的組長，該組包括IIRS的所有技術部門，並參與通過整合衛星立體影像、地面激光掃描（TLS）和基於無人機的數據進行3D表面特徵化和模擬，應用於自然資源和考古學。她擁有超過25年的經驗，並在國內外期刊上發表了約100篇論文。