Radar Interferometry Group
Radar interferometry uses synthetic aperture radar mapping satellites to form detailed images of geological surfaces. This powerful technique can reveal centimeter-sized changes in the Earth's crust due to natural phenomena.
Current attractions:Department | Thesis Title | Where are they now? | |
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Arlen Schmidt | Electrical Engineering |
Radar Imaging of Satellites at Meter Wavelengths | Sky Research |
Curtis Chen | Electrical Engineering |
Statistical-cost Network-flow Approaches to Two-dimensional Phase Unwrapping for Radar Interferometry | Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) |
Takuya Ishikawa | Electrical Engineering |
Design of a New Radar System for Train Tracking and Control | East Japan Railway Company |
Weber Hoen | Applied Physics |
A Correlation-based Approach to Modeling Interferometric Radar Observations of the Greenland Ice Sheet | MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
Sigurjón Jónsson | Geophysics | Modeling Volcano and Earthquake Deformation from Satellite Radar Interferometric Observations | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) |
Jörn Hoffmann | Geophysics | The Application of Satellite Radar Interferometry to the Study of Land Subsidence Over Developed Aquifer Systems | German Aerospace Center (DLR) |
Leif Harcke | Electrical Engineering | Radar Imaging of Solar System Ices | SRI International |
Andy Hooper | Geophysics | Persistent Scatterer Radar Interferometry for Crustal Deformation Studies and Modeling of Volcanic Deformation | Nordic Volcanological Center, University of Iceland |
Student Opportunities
Research Assistantships
Most of our graduate students are supported by research assistantships, which generally means that initially you
spend half of your time on coursework, and half on a research project. As you complete coursework,
all of your time will be spent on research. In some cases projects are set by group needs, but in
most cases we are able to define projects according to students' interests. We often have opportunities
available in the group, so stop by and ask if you think that radar remote sensing and interferometry
is an area that you'd like to work on for 5 years.
Skills and disciplines
Our work is broad in scope, and we expect students to be familiar with many technical areas. Since
radar is an eclectic subject, as a group our students encompass many skills. Over the past few and
next few years we have completed and anticipate theses comprised of original research in many areas, including:
Digital signal processing | Modeling crustal deformation | |
Digital image processing | Modeling groundwater flow | |
Electromagnetic wave propagation and scattering | Space geodesy | |
High-speed computing | Inverse modeling | |
High-speed networking |
Undergraduate Research:
Our group sponsors undergraduate research both during the academic year and in the summer as part of the REU program. During the academic year this is most often in the form of directed research with course credit; the summer program involves a small stipend and on-campus housing. Interested students should contact group members for opportunities.
Summer 2004 Posters from our undergraduate students:
Weekly group meetings:
Wednesday, 12:00 p.m.
Mitchell Building
Room 372
Software
Downloadable software packages for radar and InSAR processing
--These are free, but please acknowledge their use in your research--
Documentation is included in some packages, but note that we do not support any of these products formally. You are free to use them but you are on your own as regards installation and usage.
Our group barbecue in June 2002 was well attended. Here are view 1 and view 2 from our group dinner in June 2001. We also have a picture from a pizza party in the spring of 2000.
Contact: zebker_group@insar.stanford.edu