Research Announcement
ALOS Principal Investigators List (2nd RA)
SAR Calibration & Validation
As of Dec. 18, 2007
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 317 | Jong-Sen Lee | National Central University | Ionospheric Structure Imaging with ALOS PALSAR | Taiwan, R.O.C. |
| 318 | Toshifumi MORIYAMA | Nagasaki University | Polarimetric calibration and validation for ALOS/PALSAR | Japan |
| 330 | Zhen LI | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Land Surface Parameters Inversion Method Study Using ALOS/PALSAR Data | China |
| 345 | Motoyuki SATO | Tohoku University | Quantitative Estimation of Physical Properties by Radar Polarimetry | Japan |
| 381 | Y.S. Rao | Indian Institute of Technology | Soil Moisture Mapping using ALOS PALSAR PolarimetricData | India |
| 393 | Yisok Oh | Hongik University | Soil moisture retrieval over farming fields using the ALOS PALSAR observations | Korea |
| 395 | Jicang Wu | Tongji University | Monitoring ground subsidence in Yangtz River Delta using InSar, GPS, and precise leveling | China |
| 402 | Mahmud Arifin Raimadoya | Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) | ALOS-Indonesia POLinSAR Experiment (AIPEX) | Indonesia |
Optical Image & Processing
As of Jul. 1, 2008
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 320 | Naoshi KONDO | Kyoto University | Pointing Error Evaluation and Compensation of High-resolution Optical Sensor | Japan |
| 328 | Ryosuke SHIBASAKI | University of Tokyo | The method to determine high accurate position and attitude of ALOS with multi-path PRISM image data and few GCP | Japan |
| 400 | Tomohito ASAKA | Nihon University | Experimental Study on Evaluation of Digital Terrain Models using ALOS/PRISM Data | Japan |
Land Use & Land Cover
As of July 1, 2009
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 309 | May Celine T.M. Vicente | Manila Observatory | Monitoring Climate Change Impacts on Land Use and Cover towards Risk-Sensitive Development: Albay Province, Philippines | Philippines |
| 321 | Atsuko NONOMURA | Kagawa University | Development of urban forest monitoring method and land cover monitoring in Takamatsu | Japan |
| 347 | Qinmin Wang | Fuzhou University | Land use/ land cover change monitoring using ALOS PALSAR data in Fuzhou, China | China |
| 355 | Ke-Sheng CHENG | National Taiwan University | Identifying prevalent landcover conversion patterns in regions of different major developments | Taiwan, R.O.C. |
| 359 | Tat Soon YEO | National University of Singapore | Assessment and Synergistic Use of ALOS Data for Land Use Investigation and Monitoring | Singapore |
| 389 | Fahmi Amhar | National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping of Indonesia (Bakosurtanal) | Extracting Key for Landcover Change using Multitemporal PALSAR Images and its Calibration to relevant Optical Images (AVNIR-2 and/or LANDSAT) | Indonesia |
| 404 | Lim Hwee San | Universiti Sains Malaysia | The use of ALOS data in studying environmental changes in Malaysia. | Malaysia |
| 406 | ZHANG Hong | China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station (RSGS), CAS | Monitoring China Regional Land Surface processing by ALOS PALSAR data | China |
| 415 | Kiyoyuki YAOTA | Ritsumeikan University | The application for factor analysis of wild beasts harms of land cover and small elevation information created by ALOS images. | Japan |
Geology
As of Dec. 18, 2007
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 398 | Yue Huanyin | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Coal mining induced land subsidence monitoring in China by using time series multi-frequency spaceborne interferometric SAR data | China |
| 405 | Anton V. Filatov | Ugra Research Institute of Information Technologies | Detection of earth surface displacements in area of intensive oil production by radar interferometry | Russia |
Geography
As of Jun. 1, 2010
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 308 | Masahiro ETAYA | Tokai University | A study for archaeological exploration using space-borne SAR | Japan |
| 310 | Ya-Qiu Jin | Fudan University | Change Information and Reconstruction in Asia Urban Areas Using Polarimetric SAR Observations | China |
| 323 | Yosuke ITO | Naruto University of Education | Development of Technology Education for Secondary School with Earth Observation Technique | Japan |
| 324 | Yuji SAKUNO | Hiroshima University | Monitoring of water pollution and aquatic plants in the coastal lagoon environments using ALOS data | Japan |
| 416 | Toshiro SUGIMURA | Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC) | Subject development for the Remote Sensing education by ALOS data | Japan |
| 418 | Ken MATSUMOTO | Kokushikan University | Utilization of the database for ruins map of Mesopotamia | Japan |
| 425 | Yoshiyuki YAMAMOTO | Aichi Institute of Technology | Analysis of Spectral Reflectance Characteristics of Low and High Buildings | Japan |
Disaster Management
As of Aug. 1, 2008
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 340 | K.M. Sreejith | Indian Space Research Organisation | Earthquake deformation studies using L-band Differential SAR Interferometry | India |
| 357 | Taku OZAWA | National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention | Research on crustal deformation monitoring in active volcanoes by SAR interferometry | Japan |
| 379 | Ita Carolita | LAPAN (Indonesia National Aeronautics and Space Institute) | Remote Sensing and GIS for supporting Vulnerability and risk assessment to Tsunami | Indonesia |
| 390 | Xiaoli Ding | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Applying PALSAR Data to Geo-Hazards Monitoring in Southern China | China |
| 407 | Yasuhiro SUZUKI | Nagoya University | Active fault mapping and photogrammetrical analyses of faulting activities in Mongolia | Japan |
| 408 | Ryoichi FURUTA | Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC) | Establishment of monitoring and hazard level assessment system for landslide disasters by ALOS, and its application | Japan |
| 420 | Yo FUKUSHIMA | Kyoto University | Crustal deformation studies in Southwest Japan using SAR interferometry | Japan |
| 421 | Nobuhiro TOMIYAMA | Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC) | Detection of the wide-area crustal movement in Kyushu using ALOS/PALSAR data | Japan |
| 422 | Hideki YAMAMOTO | Okayama University | The Research of Satellite imagery for international relief and humanitarian activities | Japan |
| 430 | Zhiwei Li | Central South University | Ground Fissure Monitoring in China Based on PALSAR Data | China |
Agriculture
As of Sep. 1, 2009
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 337 | Wataru TAKEUCHI | University of Tokyo | An integrated approach on rice paddy monitoring over Asia with satellite remote sensing | Japan |
| 341 | Kazuo OKI | University of Tokyo | Integration Method for Field Server System, Remote Sensing Data, Soil-Vegetation Model in Agricultural Land | Japan |
| 349 | Yasuharu YAMADA | National Agriculture and Food Research Organization | Application to the disaster reduction in agricultural fields using ALOS data, such as flood extent detection | Japan |
| 363 | Nadiya MURATOVA | National centre of space researches and technologies | Combining Microwave and Optical Data for Crop Management in Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan |
| 365 | Naoki ISHITSUKA | National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences | Analysis of rice paddy fields using L-band polarimetric satellite SAR | Japan |
Snow & Ice
As of Dec. 18, 2007
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 342 | G.Venkataraman | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Snow parameters Estimation and Monitoring of movement of the Gangotri Glacier in the Indian Himalayan region | India |
| 351 | Rahmatullah Jilani | Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) | Study of Glaciers & Detection of Glacier Surface in Northern Pakistan | Pakistan |
| 372 | Jinro UKITA | Niigata University | Next generation glacier inventory over Eurasia | Japan |
| 378 | Rishi Ram Sharma | Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology | Snow and Ice cover mapping and change analysis in Nepal Himalaya | Nepal |
| 411 | Qinghua Ye | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Application of ALOS Data to study alpine glaciers/ices on Tibetan Plateau | China |
Vegetation Mapping, Forest & Wetlands
As of Nov. 2, 2009
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307 | Masayuki TAMURA | Kyoto University | Extraction of mangrove forests using remotely sensed imagery | Japan |
| 311 | Toshihisa HONMA | Hokkaido University | Verification of the wild fire expansion simulation with present vegetation | Japan |
| 314 | Masato KATOH | Shinshu University | Application for forest resource management using ALOS data | Japan |
| 315 | Erxue Chen | Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF) | Forest structure information extraction from polarimetric ALOS PALSAR data | China |
| 316 | Rikie SUZUKI | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology | Biomass mapping by ALOS/PALSAR over boreal forest in Alaska accompanied with ground-based forest survey | Japan |
| 327 | Shiv Mohan | Space Applications Center (ISRO) | Evaluation of Palarimetric, Ienterferometric and Differential Interferometric Techniques for the Vegetation and Land Subsidence Study | India |
| 331 | Xiufeng Wang | Hokkaido University | Analyses on the status of vegetation environmental change in the Asia subarctic zone (mainly the northeast, China) | Japan |
| 332 | Nguyen Thanh Hoan | Chiba University | Combination of Optical and Microwave data of ALOS for Tropical Forest Mapping | Japan |
| 335 | Manabu WATANABE | Tohoku University | Measurement of northern environment by using L-band SAR polarimetry data | Japan |
| 369 | Guo Zhifeng | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Forest Characterization and Biomass Estimation in Northeastern China Using ALOS Data | China |
| 376 | Janet Nichol | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Estimating the carbon storage capacity of Hong Kong's vegetation | China |
| 423 | Lu Xi Xi | National University of Singapore | Assessing forest change associated sediment modifications for large tropical estuaries using ALOS PALSAR data | Singapore |
| 427 | Bryan Mercer | Intermap Technologies Corporation | Forest Height and Biomass Estimation Using Space-borne Polarimetric SAR Data | Canada |
Hydrology & Water Resource
As of Aug. 1, 2009
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 303 | Joong-Sun WON | Yonsei University | Water Level Measurement in Coastal Regions and Wetlands using ALOS PALSAR | Korea |
| 305 | Seigo NASU | Kochi University of Technology | Monitoring of Suspended Sediment in Surface Water Using Remotely Sensed Data | Japan |
| 352 | Rahmatullah Jilani | Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) | Mapping of River Indus Flood Plains Using ALOS Data | Pakistan |
| 375 | Li Jiren | China Inst. of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) | ALOS APPLICATION IN CHINA FLOOD_ MAPPING AND RISK ASSESSMENT | China |
| 384 | Virany Sengtianthr | Water Resources and Environment Research Institute (WERI), Water Resources and Environment Administration (AREA) |
Flood Risk Mapping using Remote Sensing and GIS | Lao PDR. |
| 397 | Kazuhiko FUKAMI | Public Works Research Institute | Study on applicability of ALOS data for flood inundation simulation | Japan |
| 399 | Shigeo OGAWA | National Agriculture and Food Research Organization | Monitoring of preparatory water in paddy irrigation in lower Chikugo river basin, Japan | Japan |
| 429 | Sang-Wan Kim | Sejong University | A space-based hydrological monitoring of wetlands using SAR interferometry | Korea |
| 433 | Kenji TANAKA | Kyoto University | Making geometrical parameters of urban canopy model from PRISM-derived DSM | Japan |
Ocean
As of Sep. 1, 2009
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Teruhisa SHIMADA | Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University | Terrain-induced wind jets and air-sea-land interaction in the Japan Sea | Japan |
| 302 | Ichio ASANUMA | Tokyo University of Information Sciences | Response of the ocean surface following to the ocean production | Japan |
| 325 | Sam Wouthuyzen | Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences | Monitoring Harmful Algal Bloom in Coastal Waters of Southeast Asia Using ALOS and Ocean Color Images | Indonesia |
| 326 | Tong Phuoc Hoang Son | Institute of Oceanography, Nha Trang, Viet Num | Application of ALOS and Ocean Color Imageries sources for monitoring of Coral Health in coastal waters of South of Viet Nam | Vietnam |
| 348 | Sei-ichi SAITOH | Hokkaido University | Fisheries Resources Management using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System | Japan |
| 356 | Leonid M. Mitnik | V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (POI FEB RAS) | Oceanic dynamic phenomena and sea ice study in the Northwest Pacific Ocean | Russia |
| 358 | Duk-jin Kim | Seoul National University | Oceanographic Application of ALOS PALSAR Imagery to the Coast of Korea Peninsula | Korea |
| 364 | Leonid M. Mitnik | V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (POI FEB RAS) | Oil spill detection and mapping in the Northwest Pacific Ocean by L-band ALOS PALSAR | Russia |
| 366 | Katsuo OKAMOTO | National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences | Development of monitoring method of red soil sediment off Okinawa Island using ALOS data | Japan |
| 367 | Katsutoshi KOZAI | Kobe University | Indonesian coral reef habitat mapping by using ALOS satellite data | Japan |
| 385 | TAERIM KIM | Kunsan National University | Study on polarimetric characteristics of SAR signatures caused by the interactions between tidal current and underwater bottom topography | Korea |
| 394 | Teruo OHSAWA | Kobe University | Investigation on methodology of offshore wind resource assessment using synthetic aperture radar | Japan |
International Polar Year
As of Aug. 1, 2009
| No. | Name | Organization | Reseach Title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322 | Kay I. OHSHIMA | Hokkaido University | Development of sea-ice thickness algorithm from PALSAR data, combined with in-situ observations and other satellite data | Japan |
| 371 | Tsutomu YAMANOKUCHI | Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan (RESTEC) | Precise extraction of ice sheet topography and grounding line in Antarctica using ALOS / PALSAR data | Japan |