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Radar has been widely used in airports around the world to detect and monitor the movements of aircraft. Radar sensors aboard the satellites, on the other hand, have been increasingly used to image flood and to measure terrain and ground displacement. This is done by using radar interferometry which is similar to laser interferometry: the satellite radar measures the distance between satellite and features on the ground on different dates when it re-visits the same location and calculates the difference between two different measurements.
Radar interferometric results are easy to understand by the researchers but hard to communicate to lay person. This project will investigate how to visualise such results so that they can be easily understood by people outside the radar interferometric circle. An example of such a result can be seen at:
http://www.palsar.ersdac.or.jp/e/doc/Min_Subsidence_Monitoring_en.htm
This project will be co-supervised by staff from UNSW, the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information and the NSW Department of Lands. The student will work with a team of experts who have successfully mapped the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake (http://www.crcsi.com.au/pages/news.aspx?NewsArticleID=497&Display=1). The selected student(s) has the opportunity to be employed by Lands and CRCSI.
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