Land training 2005

The presentations made during the 2005 Advanced Land Training course in Beijing, P.R. China, are available below as PDF files, organized by lecturers, and in chronological order of presentation.

Click on the titles to access the presentations.

SAR Module

• SAR Image information content: Scattering physics (7.6Mb)
• SAR Image measurements: statistical properties (2.3Mb)
• Use of SAR in applications (8Mb)

• Principles of SAR interferometry (14.2Mb)
• Differential interferometry (8.4Mb)
• Interferometry applications (10.4Mb)
• Permanent Scatterers Technique (13.4Mb)

• Crop and Forest Backscatter Characteristics  (12.7Mb)
• Multitemporal Analysis for Agricultural and Forest Applications  (15.2Mb)
• Interferometric Applications  (24.9Mb)
• Introduction to Modelling (4.1Mb)

• SAR polarimetry basics (9Mb)
• Polarimetry advanced concepts and applications (14.4Mb)
• Polsarpro Software (9Mb)

Optical-Thermal Module

• Optical Remote Sensing (Physical Laws & Concepts) (1.2Mb)
• Radiative Transfer in Soil-Canopy-Atmosphere System 1. Theory (1.1Mb)
• Radiative Transfer in Soil-Canopy-Atmosphere System 2. Applications (3.5Mb)
• The MERIS Instrument on Board Envisat (9.5Mb)
• Image Simulation (8Mb)
• Retrieval of Biophysical Variables (1.4Mb)

• TIR (Physical Laws, Atmospheric Effects and Correction) (4.9Mb)
• (A)ATSR Instruments: Image characteristics (5.9Mb)
• Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (4.8Mb)
• Fire Detection (5.2Mb)

• Surface Energy Balance System 1 (2.2Mb)
• Surface Energy Balance System 2 (3.9Mb)
• Drought monitoring state of the art (2.9Mb)
• Synergetic aspects for soil moisture monitoring (9.4Mb)
• Wind scatterometer: instrument and applications (soil moisture) (3.2Mb)