ASF Technical Seminars     The ASF Seminar Series was introduced in 2002 as an internal training tool. Starting in the Fall of 2005, the seminar is being offered as a one credit course including reading assignments, presentation critiques, and discussion. A variety of topics have been covered including: SAR (basics, processing, applications, etc.) SAR Interferometry (basics and applications) Remote Sensing (optical and thermal data) Digital Image Processing Geographic Information Systems For inquiries related to the seminar series, please email Rudi Gens.

SAR Course Offered During UAF Summer Sessions     The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers two courses, SAR: Principles and Applications (GEOS 695, F03), and InSAR: Principles and Applications (GEOS 695, F04)  for credit this summer.  The SAR class is scheduled for June 19-23, and the InSAR class is scheduled for June 26-30.  Students and anyone interested in working with SAR data are encouraged to enroll and gain a better understanding of the following: Operational SAR satellites amd SAR Sensors Acquiring, processing, and interpreting SAR data Ordering data on the EOS data gateway Geocoding SAR data Generating a Digital Elevation Model Processing data sets for your own research application and area of interest Using the ASF RADARSAT-1 baseline catalog to determine which datasets would best meet your InSAR processing needs Understanding the advantages and practical limitations of SAR and InSAR Generating a Digital Elevation Model Details about the courses are available at the Summer Sessions Schedule. Information from last summers courses can be found at ASF Newsletter from fall 2005 which contains a picture of the class participants from summer 2005 and words from Rudi Gens, the primary professor for the class.