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Geosciences Seminar | Dr. Yujie Zheng presents "Earth Science in the golden age of Synthetic Aperture Radar"

Thursday, November 3, 2022 4:30pm to 5:30pm

Virtual Event

Abstract: Over the last decade, Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) has grown from opportunistic science to a routine monitoring tool, transforming our understanding of earthquakes, tectonics, and volcanism. The rapid growth of InSAR data in both civil and commercial sectors adds a tremendous new data set to create new and significantly improve existing applications. In the era of global warming and climate change, these data sets can revolutionize proactive disaster planning, water resource monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, and other value-added applications. 

In this talk, I will introduce the concept and the history of SAR/InSAR, why we are now in the golden age of SAR, and how we, as earth scientists, can benefit from the wealth of data from satellite remote sensing. Specifically, I will focus on how we can better manage water resources with the help of modern SAR satellites.

Speaker Bio: Yujie Zheng received the B.S. degree in Geophysics from Peking University, China, in 2014, and the Ph.D. degree in Geophysics from Stanford University, USA, in 2020. She is currently a postdoctoral scholar at the Seismological Laboratory at California Institute of Technology, USA. Her research focuses on promoting the use of modern geodetic datasets – primarily interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) measurements to study Earth’s surface changes due to natural and anthropological processes. Her research aims to help deepen understanding of Earth processes and aid future resource and hazard management. Her research interests include radar remote sensing for environmental sustainability, natural hazards, and solid earth applications.

Virtual Event

Natural Sciences & Mathematics

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  • Siloa Willis
  • Fabiano Rodrigues

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