REGISTRATION OPENS IN MAY

This 5-day course will cover basic & advanced InSAR theory, InSAR processing with the JPL/Caltech InSAR Scientific Computing Environment (ISCE), methods for mitigating noise in InSAR data, access the ARIA & OPERA standard InSAR products and prepare them for time-series analysis, InSAR time-series analysis with the MintPy software, pixel offset tracking, and basic data interpretation and modeling.

Time: 5 days, 5 main sessions, with additional morning and evening office hours; homework assignments
Primary Audience: Graduate students, postdocs and early career scientists interested in using InSAR in their research.
Secondary Audience: Instructors who plan to teach InSAR processing and analysis.

Learning Objectives: 

By the end of this course learners will be able to:

• Process interferograms using the ISCE software environments and adjacent open source software tools.
• Distinguish between different sources of noise in InSAR data and apply appropriate corrections.
• Interpret interferograms and prepare them for modeling.
• Utilize pixel offset tracking to measure large surface motions such as those related to glaciers and large earthquakes.
• Produce and utilize InSAR time series for their applications of interest. 

Participant Commitment

• Around 40 hours total (5 days, 5 main sessions, with additional morning and evening office hours; homework assignments)

Prerequisites, Computer and Data

• Computer with functioning web browser and stable internet connection (with connection speeds capable of sustaining live streaming)
• Graduate student status or equivalent past experience, in the geosciences or a related field
• Ability to elucidate the research need, or other need, for taking the course in writing

Brief Agenda

Tentative agenda is listed below, and subject to change. 

Day 1	Plenary Lectures: Introduction and InSAR Theory (4-hours) PM Office Hour (1-hour)
Day 2	AM Office Hour (1-hour) Plenary Lectures: Sentinel-1 Processing and Interpretation (4-hours) PM Office Hour (1-hour)
Day 3	AM Office Hour (1-hour) Plenary Lectures: Sentinel-1 Processing and Interpretation (4-hours) PM Office Hour (1-hour)
Day 4	AM Office Hour (1-hour) Plenary Lectures: Sentinel-1 Processing and Interpretation (4-hours) PM Office Hour (1-hour)
Day 5	AM Office Hour (1-hour) Plenary Lectures: Sentinel-1 Processing and Interpretation (4-hours)

Assessment:

Attendees will demonstrate the learning goals by successfully completing at least 80% of the assignments in the course.

Instructors

• Gareth Funning (University of California, Riverside)
• Franz J Meyer (University of Alaska, Fairbanks)
• Heresh Fattahi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) 
• Zhang Yunjun (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
• Eric Fielding (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
• Ann Chen (University of Texas, Austin)
• Zachary Hoppinen (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory)
• Alex Lewandowski (University of Alaska, Fairbanks / Alaska Satellite Facility)
• Jack Tarricone (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
• Scott Staniewicz (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)