ALOS Principal Investigators List (1st RA) - SAR Calibration & Validation -

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An international project led by JAXA EORC.

To obtain the image with spatial and temporal consistencies over sub-continental scale.

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Overview of ALOS and its sensors.

ALOS Principal Investigators List (1st RA) - By Research Field

As of Jul. 1, 2008

SAR Calibration & Validation
No.	Name	Organization	Reseach Title	Country
16	Yoshio YAMAGUCHI	Niigata University	Utilization of full polarimetric SAR data	Japan
25	Hiroyoshi YAMADA	Niigata University	Polarimetric Scattering Analysis in Full-Polarimetric SAR Interferometry	Japan
79	Makoto SATAKE	National institute of Information and Communications Technology	Calibration and validation for ALOS/PALSAR using Pi-SAR	Japan
102	Alexander I. Zakharov	Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Study of new calibration techniques and applications for PALSAR polarimetric mode	Russia
117	Paul R. Siqueira	University of Massachusetts	Sensitivity of the repeat-pass interferometric vegetation signature to temporal decorrelation	U.S.A.
121	Hiroshi KIMURA	Gifu University	Polarimetric calibration	Japan
175	Charles L. Werner	Gamma Remote Sensing AG	ALOS PALSAR quality assessment, calibration and validation research	Switzerland
203	Scott Hensley	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Calibration and Characterization of Interferometric Correlation Measurements	U.S.A.
228	Ridha Touzi	Canada Centre for Remote Sensing	Assessment of Polarimetric PALSAR System Parameters and Calibration	Canada
231	Motoyuki SATO	Tohoku University	Calibration and validation of PALSAR in Mongolia	Japan
232	Kazuo OUCHI	National Defense Academy of Japan	Calibration, Validation and Applications of PALSAR Polarimetric Data over Ocean and Land	Japan