Background

The European Space Agency has awarded, in the framework of the General Studies Programme, two studies on the benefits of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POL-inSAR) for applications development. The successful launch of the Envisat ASAR in March 2002 is demonstrating the interest of multipolarisation for new applications development.

In this context, the POL-INSAR Workshop was hosted by ESA and held at ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, from 14 to 16 January 2003.

Copies of the POLINSAR PROCEEDINGS SP-529 can be ordered from the ESA Publications Division.

Photos of the conference are available here.

Participation

The Workshop is open to ESA Principal Investigators and scientists working in the field of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry (POL-inSAR), and to representatives from national, European and international space agencies.

Objectives

The main objectives of the workshop are to:

  Provide a forum for scientific exchange

  Present new results from European studies in the field

  Present the geophysical parameters that can be retrieved and their accuracy

  Assess the available POL-inSAR tools and data sets

  Demonstrate the latest techniques

  Assess the state of the art in the field

  Make recommendations for algorithm development and new products

  Formulate recommendations for future missions and applications