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Advancements and Applications of Drone-Borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Systems

Session Organizers

João Roberto Moreira Neto
Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos
Hugo Enrique Hernandez-Figueroa
University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

Session Chairs

João Roberto Moreira Neto
Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos
Hugo Enrique Hernandez-Figueroa
University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

Session Infomation

This session will provide a forum to discuss recent trends and applications of drone-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems from both hardware and software perspectives, focusing on their use in fields such as agriculture, mining, environmental monitoring, natural disaster response, and more. Of particular interest is the research line in underground tomography.

Submitted Articles

Note: The following submitted articles are not guaranteed to be scheduled in the final program at this stage. The final presentation type and arranged session will be decided by Technical Program Committee.
Note: +: Presenting Author, *: Corresponding Author
Presenting Author Talk Time Paper Title | Authors | Abstract Session Date / Room
8:30
Invited
Compact Multiband Interferometric SAR System for Surface and Sub-surface Target Detection and Tomographic Mapping
+*Renato Machado (São José dos Campos)
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1A_10
2025-05-05
AM
Room: 10 - Capital Suite 7
8:50
Invited
Boreal Forest Belowground Biomass Measurement by Using Drone-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar Tomography
+*Henrik J. Persson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), João Roberto Moreira Neto (Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos), Gian C. Oré (University of Campinas), Ansgar Jörgenfelt (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Shivam Rawat (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Rubén Valbuena (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Eduardo Freitas (Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos), Christian Wimmer (Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos), Hugo Enrique Hernandez-Figueroa (University of Campinas (UNICAMP))
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1A_10
2025-05-05
AM
Room: 10 - Capital Suite 7
9:10
A UAV Radar System for Reconstructing Vertical Structure of Forests by Single Pass
+*Zhen Li (Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Ping Zhang (Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Zhipeng Wu (Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
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1A_10
2025-05-05
AM
Room: 10 - Capital Suite 7
9:25
Suppression of Angular Side-lobes in Drone-Borne SAR Tomography
+*Konstantin Alexandrovich Lukin (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), Juliana A. Goes (University of Campinas), João Roberto Moreira Neto (Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos), Hugo E. Hernandez-Figueroa (University of Campinas)
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1A_10
2025-05-05
AM
Room: 10 - Capital Suite 7
9:40
Non-invasive Exploration of Archaeological Falaj System: L-band SAR Tomography Insights
+*Luciano Prado de Olivera (Technology Innovation Institute), Jarrah Hammadi (Technology Innovation Institute), T. Prabowo (Technology Innovation Institute), Leonardo S. Bins (Technology Innovation Institute), João Roberto Moreira Neto (Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos), Mae Al Mansoori (Technology Innovation Institute), Felix Vega (Technology Innovation Institute)
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1A_10
2025-05-05
AM
Room: 10 - Capital Suite 7
10:00Coffee Break
10:30
Mapping Underground Moisture: Insights from Drone-borne SAR System in UAE
+*Luciano Prado de Olivera (Technology Innovation Institute), Jarrah Hammadi (Technology Innovation Institute), T. Prabowo (Technology Innovation Institute), Leonardo S. Bins (Technology Innovation Institute), Gian C. Oré (University of Campinas), João Roberto Moreira Neto (Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos), Mae Al Mansoori (Technology Innovation Institute), Felix Vega (Technology Innovation Institute)
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1A_10
2025-05-05
AM
Room: 10 - Capital Suite 7
10:45
Soil Moisture Monitoring for Precision Agriculture via Drone-borne Multi-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
+*Gian Carlos Oré Huacles (University of Campinas), Armando Marino (University of Stirling, Stirling), William Kirk (Surveyar Ltd), Luciano Prado de Olivera (Technology Innovation Institute), João Roberto Moreira Neto (Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos), Juliana A. Goes (University of Campinas), Hugo Enrique Hernandez-Figueroa (University of Campinas (UNICAMP))
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1A_10
2025-05-05
AM
Room: 10 - Capital Suite 7
11:00
Localization of Buried Objects by P/L/C-band SAR Tomography
+*Gian Carlos Oré Huacles (University of Campinas), Karin K. De Vicente (Superintendence of Technical-Scientific Police), Joao Machado (Superintendence of Technical-Scientific Police), Christian Wimmer (Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos), Eduardo Freitas (Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos), Hugo Enrique Hernandez-Figueroa (University of Campinas (UNICAMP))
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1A_10
2025-05-05
AM
Room: 10 - Capital Suite 7
11:15
Iron Mine Survey Based on Drone-borne Tomographic SAR System
Gian Carlos Oré Huacles (University of Campinas), Daiane Munch (Vale Institute of Technology), Luiz Antonio Pereira Silva (Vale Institute of Technology), Bruna Cordeiro (Federal University of Ouro Preto), +*João Roberto Moreira Neto (Radaz S.A., São José dos Campos), Juliana A. Goes (University of Campinas), Hugo Enrique Hernandez-Figueroa (University of Campinas (UNICAMP)), Rosa Elvira Correa Pabón (Federal University of Ouro Preto)
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1A_10
2025-05-05
AM
Room: 10 - Capital Suite 7
11:30
Efficient Control and Data Processing of Drone-borne SAR on Xilinx Kria K26 SoM
*Elisson Eric da Silva Andrade (University of Campinas), A. A. Santos (University of Campinas), +Hugo Enrique Hernandez-Figueroa (University of Campinas (UNICAMP))
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1A_10
2025-05-05
AM
Room: 10 - Capital Suite 7
11:45
Time and Spectral Characteristics of X-band Radar Echoes Reflected from Wind Turbine with Rotating Rotor
Tomasz Karas (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology), +Wladyslaw Magiera (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology), *Paweł Kabacik (Wrocław University of Science and Technology), Grzegorz Jaromi (EuroTech)
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1A_10
2025-05-05
AM
Room: 10 - Capital Suite 7

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