9th INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON RETRIEVAL OF BIO- & GEO- PHYSICAL PARAMETERS FROM SAR DATA FOR LAND APPLICATIONS

Session

Ice and Snow I

20 Nov 2026, 11:10

Aula Master (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya )

13. Addressing Radar Penetration and Calibration Challenges for Accurate Glacier Elevation Change Monitoring with Current and Future InSAR Missions

Alexandre Becker Campos (German Aerospace Center (DLR))

20/11/2026, 11:10

Ice and Snow

ORAL

Accurate and spatially comprehensive monitoring of changes in glacier elevation is crucial for understanding glaciological processes, such as snow depth and geodetic mass balance, as well as snow and ice dynamics. In-situ measurements, while precise, are spatially limited and logistically challenging. Alternatively, LiDAR sensors can provide highly accurate measurements but are constrained by...

24. Super-Resolution Snowpack Tomography from X-Band UAV SAR Using Covariance-Based Compressive Sensing

Luca Mantuano (Politecnico di Milano)

20/11/2026, 11:30

Ice and Snow

ORAL

Snowpack characterization is of significant interest for hydrological and climate applications, particularly in mountainous environments, where conventional remote sensing techniques may suffer from limited spatial resolution. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) tomography provides the capability to resolve scattering contributions along the vertical direction and therefore represents a promising...

18. Closure Phase for Assessing Scattering-Structure Changes in Long-Wavelength SAR Observations

Hossein Aghababaei (ITC, university of Twente.)

20/11/2026, 11:50

Ice and Snow

ORAL

Long-wavelength synthetic aperture radar (SAR) missions provide a unique opportunity to investigate changes within penetrable natural media. This study introduces a closure-phase-based framework for evaluating scene stability and scattering complexity using multi-temporal SAR observations.
For long-wavelength SAR systems, measurements over natural media such as forests, snow, and ice can...

36. Surface Elevation Loss and Mass Balance Estimation of Swiss Glaciers Using TanDEM-X Single-Pass InSAR DEM Time Series

Francesco Luca Ferrari (ETH Zurich)

20/11/2026, 12:10

Ice and Snow

ORAL

Glaciers are among the most sensitive indicators of climate change and play a key role in regional hydrology. Over the past decades, Alpine glaciers have experienced accelerated mass loss, characterized by significant spatial variability in elevation-change rates (GLAMOS, 2025). SAR interferometry provides a unique opportunity for glacier monitoring by enabling consistent elevation...