Primary Research Interests

Microwave remote sensing, scatterometry, radar, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), resolution enhancement and irregular sampling theory, signal processing, estimation theory, mesoscale atmospheric dynamics, systems engineering, and polar ice.

Research Description

As an essential tool for the study of the Earth microwave remote sensing can provide valuable information regarding the state of the oceans, polar regions, and vegetated areas. I am currently involved in interdisicplinary research and development of a variety of advanced microwave remote sensing instruments, techniques, and applications, including the development of mesoscale models of oceanic winds for use in model-based wind retrieval (estimation) algorithms from scatterometer data, resolution enhancement algorithms, irregular sampling theory, cryosphere studies, innovative SAR and scatterometer systems, and satellite systems engineering.

Selected specific research topics include:

Spaceborne wind scatterometry and radiometry
Scatterometer model functions and wind retrieval
Rain modeling and measurement
Remote sensing of polar ice
Remote sensing of tropical and subtropical vegetaion
Airborne and satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Interferometric SAR
Ground-based radar remote sensing
Resolution enhancement and reconstruction algorithms
Irregular sampling and reconstruction theory
Cubesats and satellite systems engineering
Radiometry
Compressive sensing