Program for CEOS WGCV SAR cal/val Workshop 2024

Hosted by Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India

12 - 15 November 2024

Venue: Yashpal Auditorium, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad

12 November 2024, TUESDAY
09:00 – 10:00	Registration
10:00 – 10:50	INAUGURAL SESSION
10:50 – 11:15	SESSION 1: Calibration of running missions Chair: Dirk Geudtner; Co-chair: Debjyoti Dhar
11:15 – 13:20	1.Sentinel 1 instruments status product performance and evolutions - Muriel Pinheiro 2. RADARSAT 2 Image Quality and Calibration Update -Dan Williams 3. EOS-04 Data Products Calibration Updates -Raghav Mehra 4. Performance evaluation of EOS 04 8 beam MRS mode Dual Polarimetric and Compact Polarimetric data-Sanid Chirakkal 5. TerraSAR X / TanDEM X Mission and Calibration Status with a Focus on Rainforest LTSM Time Series Data-Patrick Klenk 6. Status of ALOS 4 Initial Check out and Calibration (Online)-Takeshi Motohka
	SESSION 2: Calibration of future SAR missions Chair: C V N Rao; Co-chair: Muriel Pinheiro
14:20 – 17:00 (Tea Break 16:05 - 16:20)	1. Sentinel-1C In-Orbit SAR Calibration Activities - Dirk Geudtner 2. DLRs Independent Verification of the Sentinel 1C System Calibration- Patrick Klenk 3. Harmony the tenth Earth Explorer Mission - Björn Rommen 4. MDA CHORUS Mission Overview and Calibration Plan - Ron Caves/ Dan Williams 5. Calibration Concept for the upcoming ESA ROSE L Mission -Jens Reimann 6. Radiometric calibration and Image quality assessment of NISAR -Geoffrey Gunter 7. The CalVal Strategy for ESAs Biomass Mission -Björn Rommen
17:30 – 18:00	POSTER SESSION P11: Assessing the Performance of Radiometric Calibration of RISAT 1 Hybrid Polarimetric Data - Nibha Kumari" P12: Comprehensive Radiometric Analysis of EOS 04 C band SAR data over Homogenous Distributed Targets - K. Niharika P13: NISAR-S Band Internal Calibration for Payload Health Monitoring - Alka Saini P14: Analysis and Mitigation of Polarimetric Distortions in C band and L band Spaceborne and Airborne PolSAR Data Using Calibration Algorithms - Shashi Kumar P15: Comparative study of point target response and radiometric calibration of SLC Ground range and Geo referenced products – Bhaskar Dubey

13 November 2024, WEDNESDAY
	SESSION 3: Calibration methodology and techniques Chair: Patrick Klenk; Co-chair: Santhisree B.
09:30 – 10:55	1. SAR Calibration Toolbox an open source tool for the quality assessment of SAR data - Andrea Recchia/Beatrice Mai 2. Software Tool for Characterization of Extended Targets in SAR Data -Tanishka Gaur 3. An approach for targeting accuracy evaluation for NISAR -Bhaskar Dubey 4. Site Suitability Analysis for Corner Reflector Deployment -Ichchhit Baranwal
	SESSION 4: Calibration & Validation targets and sites Chair: Jens Reimann; Co-chair: V M Ramanujam
11:15 – 13:00	1. Development of DLRs Next Generation C band Calibration Transponders for future SAR Missions- Sebastian Raab 2. Establishment of inhouse L&S-band calibration facility for NISAR-Santhisree B." 3. Polarimetric calibration of DLRs dual band transponder and first polarimetric L band SAR measurements-Anna Maria Büchner 4. adiometric and Polarimetric Characterization of ISROs MultiBand Active Radar Calibrator - P V Jayasri 5. Deployment of CRs for geolocation accuracy assessment and displacement monitoring -Bruce Chapman "
	SESSION 5: Innovative concepts and processing algorithms Chair: Marco Lavalle; Co-chair: Deepak Putrevu
14:00 – 16:45 (Tea Break 15:45 - 16:00)	1. RFI Suppression in P Band SAR - Parikshit Parasher 2. NISAR S-SAR DBF Calibration - Samneet Thakur" 3. Unambiguous Estimation of Deformation in GBSAR through Successive Referencing -Ameya Kesarkar 4. Sentinel 1 Temperature Compensation Emulation S 1A B Results and S 1C Commissioning Preparation -Andrea Recchia/Beatrice Mai " 5. GAFA the Geometry and Frequency Agnostic SAR Processor -Björn Rommen 6. Effects of Finite Pulse Length in SweepSAR Systems - Brian P. Hawkins
17:15 – 17:45	POSTER SESSION P21: Gamma-0 over Amazon Rainforest Calibration site in multifrequency Space borne SAR-poster- Tanishka Gaur P22: Vegetation Target for on orbit SAR data radiometric stability monitoring over Indian terrain – G.Meena Kumari P23: Super Resolution SAR Tomography for Accurate Forest Height Mapping Using Spaceborne PolSAR Data - Shashi Kumar P24: Design of Retro Directive Calibration Target Antenna for bi and multistatic SAR mission the Harmony case - Davide Giudici/ Beatrice Mai P25: Quad band dual polarized low profile antenna for Multiband Active Radar Calibrator – Deepa Sharma

14 November 2024, THURSDAY
	SESSION 6: Calibration of SAR system parameters for geophysical applications including AIS based Chair: Bjorn Rommen; Co-chair: C. Patnaik
9:30 – 13:10 (Tea Break 11:10 – 11:30)	1. Comparative Analysis of SAR and GNSS R Signatures for Potential Geo physical Applications - Hari Priya S." 2. Ground Based Synthetic Aperture Radar Calibration and Validation for Land Surface Deformation - Arunkumar H." 3. On the simulation of S-band backscatter for ocean calibration of the forthcoming NISAR data -Abhisek Chakraborty 4. SAR vs AIS correlation for estimation of vessel detection performances and verification of reported velocity Guillaume S. A. HAJDUCH 5. ISROs SAR ship detection products for Maritime Domain Awareness - Wasim Akram 6. Development of Novel and Adaptive Vessel AIS Association Algorithm for NovaSAR AIS and Maritime Mode Data -Samvram Sahu 7. Deep Vision for Seismic Signal Detection in SAR Interferograms with Reference to NISAR Applications -Alka Saini
	SESSION 7: Analysis Ready Data Products Chair: Rashmi Sharma; Co-chair: Usha Sundari Ryali
	1. Open source developments for processors and ARD products of ESA SAR missions -Clement Albinet 2. ISROs Roadmap for Analysis Ready SAR Data Products Raghav Mehra 3. CEOS Analysis Ready Data for SAR Status update 2024 Ake Rosenqvist 4. Data Quality Assessment of EOS-04 SAR Analysis Ready Data using in-house developed Data Quality Evaluation Software Maneesha Gupta "
	SESSION 8: SARCALNET Chair: Bruce Chapman; Co-chair: Anuja Sharma
14:00 – 15:40	1. The development of the SARCalNet database and website Muriel Pinheiro 2. Australian activities in SAR calibration and validation Matt Garthwaite 3. Pan-India Corner Reflector network development Shweta Sharma 4. Analysis of KARI Corner Reflector in Mongolia Site for KOMPSAT 6 Calibration and Image Quality Measure Horyung Jeong 5. A Wetland Mask for SARCalNet for Improved Radiometric Calibration over Natural Forest Targets Ake Rosenqvist
17:30 – 18:00	POSTER SESSION P31: Vessel Detection and Velocity Estimation using Sentinel-1 and AIS data- Hamish Dsouza P32: Calibration of UAV SAR Images Using Corner Reflectors Addressing Phase and Radiometric Inconsistencies- Somalin Nath P33: Analyzing the resolution of SWOT altimetry for geodetic applications- DVP Krishna P34: Performance evaluation of deployed corner reflectors in Antarctica for SAR radiometric calibration quality assessment – Shweta Sharma P35: Soil Moisture Retrieval over different regions of India from Sentinel 1 SAR observations- Renju