1. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 1 Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2010 July 25 – 30 IGARSS10-TU1.L09-3417 Tuesday, 2010 July 27, 8:20 – 10:00 "Recent advances in fully polarimetric Space-SAR sensor design and its applications” Invited Presentation Wolfgang-Martin Boerner University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Communications, Sensing & Navigation Laboratory Chicago, IL/USA IEEE International Geosciences& Remote Sensing Symposium

2. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 2 ABSTRACT In this overview, reasons are provided on why we do need to place multi-modal, multi-band single and multiple pass POLinSAR monitoring platforms into air and space. The questions “on what POLinSAR monitoring can provide that POL-SAR and IN-SAR by themselves cannot accomplish” is assessed; whereupon facts and justifications on placing POL-IN-BISAR satellite clusters into space are presented. Reasons for this technology becoming a basic requirement for current, near-future and much more so for future all-day & night year around monitoring of the terrestrial covers are analyzed in view of the un-abating and uncontrollable terrestrial population explosion, which has, does and for ever will result in unavoidable conflicts deteriorating unfortunately at times into terrorism. The pertinent questions on how to reduce the exorbitant cost for initiating this “home-globe security protection” technology are therefore also broached, and the expected benefits are laid out. The pertinent National and International airborne and space borne multi-modal, multi-band SAR remote sensing and security conflict surveillance support agencies are herewith invited for co-sponsoring our proposal, which is timely and fleets of orbiting multi-band space-borne POLinSAR platforms are urgently required.

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4. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 4 Multi-Altitude Near-Range and Remote Sensing in Wide-Area Environmental Surveillance for Real Time Monitoring of the Earth’s Biosphere: for an ecological investigation of the Earth through observation and identification of harmful anthropogenic influences due to the interaction of: OceansAtmosphere/Stratosphere/Mesosphere Biosphere Hydrosphere for an early warning system of natural and man-made environmental catastrophes and to take quick actions to buffer the impact to the catastrophe under the increasing pressures of a relentlessly un-abating population explosion: Severe weather Typhoons Earthquakes Volcanic Eruptions Global Weather Changes Degeneration into steppe Retreating Glaciers Pollution of Ground Water Pollution of Air Destruction of the Biosphere

5. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 5 Hydrologic cycle with volcanologic & seismic activity Volcano eruption with smock Earthquake drop-slip

6. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 6 Pacific and Indian Oceans

7. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 7 Taiwan From BBC news site

8. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 8 The terrestrial tectonology: Alfred Wegener’s tectonic plate theory and the two major seismic belts Belt 2, Circum-Pacific belt

10. Most affected regions WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 10

11. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 11 Visible Electromagnetic Spectrum

12. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 12 PI-SAR PI-SAR=TU-CNEAS-Sato-lab-Koike-Takafumi-1=030317

13. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 13 N Red: Sendai7602_HH polarization Green: Sendai7603_HH polarization Blue: Sendai7604_HH polarization

14. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 14 Flight direction Square path data

15. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 15 POLARIMETRIC SPACEBORNE SAR SENSORS ALOS / PALSAR NASDA / JAROS (J) 2003 L-Band HH,VV, (HH,HV), (VV,VH) RADARSAT 2 CSA / MDA (CA) 2004 C-Band (Quad) ENVISAT / ASAR ESA (EU) 2002 C-Band (Sngl / Twin) HH, VV, (HH,VV), (HH,HV), (HV,VV) TERRASAR BMBF / DLR / ASTRIUM 2005 X-Band (Twin) (HH,VV), (HH,HV), (HV,VV) L-Band (Quad)

16. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 16 ALOS / PALSAR TerraSAR-X RadarSAT-II Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) German Aerospace Center (DLR) / Astirum Canadian Space Agency (CSA) L-Band (quad), 2006 X-Band (quad), 2007 C-Band (quad), 2007

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18. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 18 ALOS is one of the largest Earth observing satellites ever developed, at 3850 kg. It is in a near-exact 45-day repeat sun-synchronous orbit, 690 km altitude above the equator. The active phased array SAR antenna is obliquely Earth-facing, aligned with the spacecraft velocity vector. The solar array is arranged at right angles to the orbit plane, consistent with the near-mid-day orbit phasing. The X-band down-link must be shared with optical instruments, which constrains SAR operation times.

19. ALOS-PALSAR Polarimteric Mode Ascending Descending 2006/8/19 2006/8/17 ALPSRP029970850-1.1A 2006/10/2 ALPSRP036680850-1.1A ALPSRP030192750-1.1D Tomakomai Hokkaido ©JAXA, METI 2007/10/10 Yoshio Yamaguchi ALPSRP091090850-1.1A WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 19

20. Pd Ps Pv Color-Composite POLSAR image analysis Scattering matrix = Quad. Pol. data HV Basis HH, 2HV, VV VV HV HH Pauli Basis HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV <Average> Eigenvalue Entropy, Alpha-angle, Anisotropy λ1 λ2 λ3 double bounce Scattering Power Decomposition Covariance matrix Coherency matrix surface scattering volume scattering Pd, Pv, Ps, Pc WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 20

21. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 21 The four-component decomposition of scattering powers Ps, Pd, Pv, and Pc

22. Pd Ps Pv Fugen-dake Unzen 32.825N 130.364E Google earth optical image ALOS-PALSAR pol. image ALPSRP072570650-1.1A ©JAXA, METI 2007/6/5 WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 22

23. Pd Pv Ps Scattering power decomposition Pd, Pv, Ps Pauli-basis HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV HV-basis Fugen-dake Unzen 32.825N 130.364E HH, 2HV, VV 2007/6/5 ALPSRP072570650-1.1A ©JAXA, METI WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 23

24. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 24 4-compornent scattering power decomposition algorithm using rotated coherency matrix Rader line of sight Deorientation Rotation of imsge

25. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 25 4-compornent scattering power decomposition algorithm using rotated coherency matrix

26. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 26 4-compornent scattering power decomposition algorithm using rotated coherency matrix

27. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 27 Four-component decomposition New rotated decomposition Scattering power decomposition by rotation of coherency matrix forNiigata City area in Niigata Prefecture of Japan

28. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 28 Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan (a) Original decomposition (b) Decomposition after T33 rotation (e) Patch C: forest (d) Patch B: oriented urban (c) Patch A: orthogonal urban Deorientation

29. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 29 Decomposed color coded image of Sapporo, Japan

30. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 30 Interest area 3800m 0m Monitoring of ongoing surface deformation along Cheleng-Pu fault Data fusion of DEM and RADARSAT SAR images By CSRSR. Taiwan

31. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 31 ELF/ULF Electromagnetic Spectrum

32. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 32 Earth-Ionosphere Cavity

33. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 33 Tectonic Stress Electromagnetic Signatures

34. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 34 Schumann Spherics (Electric Storm) Signatures

35. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 35 Recent electromagnetic signatures associated with the Chi-Chi and Chia-Yi earthquakes of 1999. Three-axes Fluxgate Magnetometer ULF Magnetometric & Electrometric Measurement Arrangement

36. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 36 Recent electromagnetic signatures associated with the Chi-Chi and Chia-Yi earthquakes of 1999. Simplified Schematic of the Site and Equipment Layout

37. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 37 ULF Tectonic & Spherics Signatures at About .1 to 20 Hz

38. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 38 Averaged Tectonic Stress Signatures during Northridge Earthquake

40. Black circle: Earthquakes M >= 5.0 Earthquakes occurred in six blue circles (except HC, LP) were compared with the anomaly Taiwan

41. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 40 Recent electromagnetic signatures associated with the Chi-Chi and Chia-Yi earthquakes of 1999, May to December in Taiwan The raw data in LY station in March, April May, August, September, October, November and December, 1999.

42. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 41 Brief introduction of DIFF-RP-IN-SAR

43. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 42 Monitoring of ongoing surface deformation along Cheleng-Pu fault

44. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 43 The destruction along the Cheleng-Pu fault caused by the Chi-Chi earthquake of 1999 September 21

45. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 44

46. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 45 1022 EQs 2 earthquakes occurred on 10/22/1999 in Chiayi area Combined surface deformation of the two eqs were observed by SAR Interferometry (Bn=232m) Approx. 2 fringes can be observed from interferogram, representing 5~6cm slant range deformation

47. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 46 The destruction along the Cheleng-Pu fault caused by the Chi-Chi earthquake of 1999 September 21

48. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 47 The destruction along the Cheleng-Pu fault caused by the Chi-Chi earthquake of 1999 September 21

49. ALOS-PALSAR Polarimteric Mode 2009/5/1 Data no. PASL1100905011424530907020000 PASL1100905011424530907020001 PASL1100905011424530907020002 PASL1100905011424530907020003 PASL1100905011424530907020004 Ascending Chelengpu-fault Taiwan Taiwan 21.5° ©METI, ERSDAC Yoshio Yamaguchi WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 48 Sun Moon-lake Taitong

50. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 49 3.4.5.6.7.8 Polarimetric mode Incident angle :23.1° Date:2009/05/01 Path:442 Frame:430(3),440(4) 450(5),460(6) 470(7),480(8)

51. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 50 Pd Pv Ps Luye Taitung

52. Pd Ps Pv Color-Composite POLSAR image analysis Scattering matrix = Quad. Pol. data HV Basis HH, 2HV, VV VV HV HH Pauli Basis HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV <Average> Eigenvalue Entropy, Alpha-angle, Anisotropy λ1 λ2 λ3 double bounce Scattering Power Decomposition Covariance matrix Coherency matrix surface scattering volume scattering Pd, Pv, Ps, Pc WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 51

53. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 52 The four-component decomposition of scattering powers Ps, Pd, Pv, and Pc

54. Pd Ps Pv Taiwan N 2009/5/1 22.710N 121.091E Google earth optical image PASL1100905011424200907020000 N ©METI, ERSDAC Scattering power decomposition (Pd, Ps, Pv) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 53 Taitong

55. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 54 Taitong

56. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition N Pd, Pv, Ps N Pauli-basis Taiwan HV-basis HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV 2009/5/1 N 22.710N 121.091E PASL11009050114242009070200 ©METI, ERSDAC HH, 2HV, VV WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 55

57. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 56 4-compornent scattering power decomposition algorithm using rotated coherency matrix Rader line of sight Deorientation Rotation of imsge

58. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition N Pd, Pv, Ps N T33 Rotation Pauli-basis Taiwan HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV HV-basis N 22.710N 121.091E HH, 2HV, VV 2009/5/1 PASL11009050114242009070200 ©METI, ERSDAC WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 57

59. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 58 Pd Ps Pv Yushan Nlt. Park Luye

60. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 59 Yushan Mountain

61. Pd Ps Pv Taiwan N 2009/5/1 23.207N 120.983E Google earth optical image PASL1100905011424200907020001 N ©METI, ERSDAC Scattering power decomposition (Pd, Ps, Pv) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 60

62. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition N Pd, Pv, Ps N Pauli-basis Taiwan 23.207N 120.983E HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV HV-basis N PASL1100905011424200907020001 ©METI, ERSDAC 2009/5/1 HH, 2HV, VV WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 61

63. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition N Pd, Pv, Ps N T33 Rotation Pauli-basis 2009/5/1 HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV HV-basis N Taiwan 23.207N 120.983E PASL1100905011424200907020001 ©METI, ERSDAC HH, 2HV, VV WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 62

64. Pd Ps Pv Taiwan N 23.703N 120.875E PASL1100905011424200907020002 Google earth optical image Puli City ©METI, ERSDAC Jiji 2009/5/1 Sun Moon Lake Scattering power decomposition (Pd, Ps, Pv)

65. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 64 Sun-Moon Lake

66. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition Pd, Pv, Ps Pauli-basis Taiwan 23.703N 120.875E HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV HV-basis 2009/5/1 PASL1100905011424200907020002 ©METI, ERSDAC HH, 2HV, VV

67. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 66 The destruction along the Cheleng-Pu fault caused by the Chi-Chi earthquake of 1999 September 21

68. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition Pd, Pv, Ps T33 Rotation Pauli-basis Taiwan HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV 23.703N 120.875E HV-basis 2009/5/1 PASL1100905011424200907020002 ©METI, ERSDAC HH, 2HV, VV

69. Pd Ps Pv Taiwan N 24.200N 120.766E PASL1100905011424200907020003 Google earth optical image Miaoli City Houlong River Jhonggang River ©METI, ERSDAC 2009/5/1 Scattering power decomposition (Pd, Ps, Pv)

70. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 69 Houlong River Estuary

71. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition Pd, Pv, Ps Pauli-basis Taiwan 24.200N 120.983E HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV 2009/5/1 HV-basis PASL1100905011424200907020003 ©METI, ERSDAC HH, 2HV, VV

72. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition Pd, Pv, Ps T33 Rotation Pauli-basis Taiwan 24.200N 120.983E HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV HV-basis 2009/5/1 PASL1100905011424200907020003 ©METI, ERSDAC HH, 2HV, VV

73. Pd Ps Pv N Jhonggang River Estuary Taiwan 24.697N 120.656E Google earth optical image 2009/5/1 PASL1100905011424200907020004 ©METI, ERSDAC Jhonggang River Estuary Scattering power decomposition (Pd, Ps, Pv)

74. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition Pd, Pv, Ps Pauli-basis Taiwan 24.200N 120.766E 2009/5/1 HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV HV-basis PASL1100905011424200907020004 ©METI, ERSDAC HH, 2HV, VV

75. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition Pd, Pv, Ps T33 Rotation Taiwan Pauli-basis 24.200N 120.766E HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV 2009/5/1 HV-basis PASL1100905011424200907020004 ©METI, ERSDAC HH, 2HV, VV

76. ALOS-PALSAR Polarimteric Mode Ascending 2007/3/10 Data no. ALPSRP059887030 ALPSRP059887040 2009/3/15 Data no. ALPSRP167247030 ALPSRP167247040 ©JAXA, METI Yoshio Yamaguchi WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 75

77. Pd Ps Pv Indonesia -7.942N 112.870E N 2007/3/10 Google earth optical image ALPSRP059887030-P1.1__A ©JAXA, METI Scattering power Decomposition Decomposed image (Ps, Pd, Pv) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 76

78. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition Pd, Pv, Ps (80 up) 2007/3/10 Pauli-basis -7.942N 112.870E HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV (0-50 up) HV-basis Indonesia ALPSRP059887030-P1.1__A ©JAXA, METI HH, 2HV, VV (50 up) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 77

79. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition 2007/3/10 Pd, Pv, Ps (80 up) T33 Rotation Pauli-basis HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV (80 up) HV-basis Indonesia -7.942N 112.870E ALPSRP059887030-P1.1__A ©JAXA, METI HH, 2HV, VV (50 up) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 78

80. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 79 “Natural hazards are inevitable. Natural disasters are not.”

81. ALOS-PALSAR Polarimteric Mode 2008 Sichuan earthquake, China Descending illumination ©JAXA, METI 06/23 06/28 Yoshio Yamaguchi WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 80

82. Pd Ps Pv 2008 Sichuan earthquake China N 31.850N 104.644E 2008/6/23 ALPSRP128522970-P1.1__D Google earth optical image ©JAXA, METI Scattering power Decomposition Decomposed image (Ps, Pd, Pv) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 81

83. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition ALPSRP128522970-P1.1__D Pd, Pv, Ps (80 up) 2008/6/23 Pauli-basis 2008 Sichuan earthquake China HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV (0-50 up) HV-basis 31.850N 104.644E ©JAXA, METI HH, 2HV, VV (50 up) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 82

84. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition ALPSRP128522970-P1.1__D Pd, Pv, Ps (80 up) 2008/6/23 T33 Rotation Pauli-basis 2008 Sichuan earthquake China HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV (80 up) 31.850N 104.644E HV-basis ©JAXA, METI HH, 2HV, VV (50 up) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 83

85. ALOS-PALSAR Polarimteric Mode: 2007 ~ 2010 2007/3/10 Data no. ALPSRP059887030 ALPSRP059887040 Indonesia Ascending 2009/3/15 Data no. ALPSRP167247030 ALPSRP167247040 ©JAXA, METI Yoshio Yamaguchi WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 84

86. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 85 South-East Asia

87. Feb 26, 2005 Mw6.7 Kuala Lumpur Mar 28, 2005 Ms8.4 2004 Apr 10, 2005 Ms6.7 Singapore 1907 PADANG 1861 1935 2002 1797 Jakarta 1833 2000 Krakatau A flurry of ruptures have occurred since 2000 WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 86

88. Pd Ps Pv Indonesia -7.942N 112.870E N 2007/3/10 Google earth optical image ALPSRP059887030-P1.1__A ©JAXA, METI Scattering power Decomposition Decomposed image (Ps, Pd, Pv) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 87

89. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition Pd, Pv, Ps (80 up) 2007/3/10 Pauli-basis -7.942N 112.870E HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV (0-50 up) HV-basis Indonesia ALPSRP059887030-P1.1__A ©JAXA, METI HH, 2HV, VV (50 up) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 88

90. Pd Ps Pv Scattering power decomposition 2007/3/10 Pd, Pv, Ps (80 up) T33 Rotation Pauli-basis HH-VV, 2HV, HH+VV (80 up) HV-basis Indonesia -7.942N 112.870E ALPSRP059887030-P1.1__A ©JAXA, METI HH, 2HV, VV (50 up) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 89

91. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 90 ALOS-PALSAR Polarimetric Mode Philippines Ascending 13.501N 123.551E 2009/5/30 Data no. ALPSRP178330260 © METI, JAXA Yoshio Yamaguchi

92. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 91 Pd Ps Pv Mt. Mayon Philippines 13.501N 123.551E 2009/5/30 N Google Earth optical image Data no. ALPSRP178330260 ©METI, JAXA Scattering power Decomposition Decomposed image (Ps, Pd, Pv) with rotation 2*12 window

93. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 92 Pd Ps Pv Mt. Mayon Philippines 13.498N 123.561E 2010/1/15 N Google Earth optical image Data no. ALPSRP211880260 ©METI, JAXA Scattering power Decomposition Decomposed image (Ps, Pd, Pv) with rotation 2*12 window

94. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 93 Pd Ps Pv Mt. Mayon Philippines 13.498N 123.568E 2010/4/17 N Google Earth optical image Data no. ALPSRP225300260-P1.1__A ©METI, JAXA Scattering power Decomposition Decomposed image (Ps, Pd, Pv) with rotation 2*12 window

95. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 94 Philippines Pd Ps Pv Mt. Mayon 2009/5/30 2010/1/15 2010/4/17

96. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 95 Krakatau 8/26/1883 Next major eruption within 20 years

97. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 96 Indian Ocean Tsunamis: 1833 & 2004 Hannah Fairfield/The New York Times, Science Section, January 4, 2005

98. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 97 Eyjafjallajökull Eyjafjallajökull Keflavik Aachen Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull Volcano

99. Physical interpretation of rain cell signatures Partial backscattering at hydrometeors (precipitation volume) Attenuation of incident wave Received signals A Amplitude B z t B A Backscattered wave (attenuated) (B) Transmited wave Backscattered wave from hydrometeors (A) WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 98

100. Azimuth Range Slant range reflectivity profile („A-scope“) for the rain cell cut from a very recent TerraSAR-X measurement Power [dB] WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 99

101. Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull Volcano WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 100

102. NASA-JPL UAVSAR on Global Hawk WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 101

103. GROB Super-High-Altitude UAV WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 102 Grob G520T Egret D-FSTN

104. TandemSAR-X DLR Launch: 2010 June 21 WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 103

105. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 104 TanDEM-X Launch June 21, 2010 at 2:14 UTC

106. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 105 DLR/Astrium First TanDEM-X images 2010 June Madagascar

107. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 106 DLR/Astrium First TanDEM-X images Ukraine - Donez

108. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 107 DLR/Astrium First TanDEM-X images 2010 June Moscow - Sherementyevo

109. TandemSAR-L (Destiny): JPL & DLR WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 108

110. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 109

111. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 110

112. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 111 Interference Obstruction: EMI-SAR

113. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 112

114. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 113

115. Known members of GRSS WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 114

118. Place : Seoul Educational Culture Center

119. Venue : Seoul is the capital of Korea and also conveniently located in the middle of several major northeast Asian metropolises. The city is and infinite discoveries with over 600 years history. The ancient capital of an ancient land, Seoul is a city where the traditional and the cutting-edge exist side-by-side in perfect harmony.

120. Important Dates :

121. Abstract (2p) Submission: March 14, 2011

122. Notification of Acceptance: May 30, 2011

123. Final Paper (4p) Submission: July 18, 2011

124. Pre-Registration Deadline: July18, 2011

125. Submission : Authors are invited to submit two pages abstracts of original contributions in the form of paper summaries. The abstract should concisely describes the objectives, results and conclusions of the original work.

128. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 119 IGARSS 2011Sendai, JapanIEEE GRSS Japan Chapter1 - 5 August, 2011 http://igarss11.org/ http://www.grss-ieee.org/

129. WIDEBAND INTERFEROMETRIC SENSING AND IMAGING POLARIMETRY 120 FOUNDATIONS AND RELEVANCE OF MODERN EARTH REMOTE SENSING & ITS ACTIVITIES Conclusions: The Electromagnetic Spectrum: A Natural Global Treasure Terrestrial Remote Sensing with PolSAR: The Diagnostics of the Health of the Earth at all weather and volcanic conditions and at day and night