• Siachen Glacier DInSAR (April, 1996)

  • Bam Earthquake (2003) InSAR results

  • Compact and Quad-Pol Modes of ALOS-2 Classification

About Me

YSRao

Dr. Yalamanchili Subrahmanyeswara Rao

Professor
Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE)
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai - 400076, India
Phone (O) : +91-22-2576-7683
Fax : +91-22-2572-3190
E-mail : ysrao@csre.iitb.ac.in
Website : www.mrslab.in





Education
  • Ph.D. (1992) : Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
  • Pre Ph.D. (1984) : Study of Polymers’ state by Ultrasonics, Andhra University, India.
  • M.Sc. (1982) : Physics with Industrial Electronics Specialization, Andhra University, India.
  • B.Sc. (1980) : Physics (main) with Mathematics and Chemistry as ancillaries, Andhra University, India.


Experience
  • Professor (2014 - Present) : Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
  • Associate Professor (2009 - 2014) : Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
  • Senior Research Scientist (2005 – 2009) : Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
  • Research Scientist (1999 – 2005) : Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
  • Senior Research Assistant (1985 – 1999) : Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.
Research Interest
  • Radar Interferometry
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar Polarimetry
  • Passive and Active Microwave Remote Sensing data for soil moisture and vegetation studies.
  • DEM and surface change studies.
  • SAR calibration
  • Title: Indigenous development of Early Warning Radar System for predicting failures / slope instabilities in open cast Mines.
    Financial Support: Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research (SAMEER), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India.
    Year: 2018-2020.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title: AWS4AgriSAR: Crop Inventory Mapping from SAR Data on Cloud Computing Platform.
    Financial Support: GEO-Amazon Earth Observation Cloud Credits Programme.
    Year: 2019-2022.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title: Mapping of Land subsidence and slow landslide movement along the Northern Railway track in Jammu & Kashmir using SAR Interferometry Techniques.
    Financial Support: Lombardi Engineering India Pvt. Ltd.
    Year: 2019.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Agricultural Crop Characterization using RS-2 data.
    Data Support: Radarsat-2 Data under the Science and Operational Applications Research (SOAR) Program, Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
    Year: 2017-2020
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title: Calibration of Polarimetric SAR Systems and Software Development .
    Financial Support: ISRO-IIT(B) Space Technology Cell, IIT Bombay (Indian Space Research Organisation).
    Year: 2014-2016.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title: Calibration of Polarimetric SAR Systems and Software Development .
    Financial Support: ISRO-IIT(B) Space Technology Cell, IIT Bombay (Indian Space Research Organisation).
    Year: 2014-2016.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Land cover characterization using Quad-pol SAR data.
    Data Support: Radarsat-2 Data under the Science and Operational Applications Research (SOAR) Program, Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
    Year: 2013-2015
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title:Effect Of Terrain Relief and Vegetation Cover on Interferometric SAR Derived Digital Elevation Models.
    Financial Support: ISRO-IIT(B) Space Technology Cell, IIT Bombay (Indian Space Research Organisation).
    Year: 2012-2015.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title: Development of land parameter retrieval techniques and tools.
    Financial Support: Space Application Center (SAC), ISRO, India.
    Year: 2010-2013.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title:Development and execution of SAR system calibration techniques.
    Financial Support: Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE)- Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
    Year: 2011-2012.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title:Polarimetric SAR data processing for classification and point target detection.
    Financial Support: Defence Electronics Application Laboratory (DEAL) Dehradun, Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO).
    Year: 2006-2008.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title:Soil moisture mapping using active and passive microwave remote sensing techniques.
    Financial Support:ISRO-IIT(B) Space Technology Cell, IIT Bombay (Indian Space Research Organisation) .
    Year: 2005-2006.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title:Monitoring landslides and land deformation using differential SAR Interferometry.
    Financial Support: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
    Year: 2001 – 2004.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title:ENVISAT ASAR data analysis for snow and glacier monitoring.
    Financial Support: Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment, DRDO, Chandigarh, India.
    Year: 2004.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title:DEM generation for a glacier.
    Financial Support: Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment, DRDO, Chandigarh, India.
    Year: 2001-2002.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title:Comparison of optical and SAR DEMs and their Fusion.
    Financial Support: ISRO-IIT(B) Space Technology Cell, IIT Bombay (Indian Space Research Organisation).
    Year: 2002-2003.
    Responsibility: Principal Investigator (PI).
  • Title:Snow characterization using Microwave Remote sensing.
    Financial Support:Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
    Year: 2000-2003.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title:Research and Advanced Training in SAR Interferometry.
    Financial Support: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
    Year: 1999
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title:Three training programs on SAR Interferometry.
    Financial Support: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
    Year: 1999-2000.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title:SRTM-Project and field data collection.
    Financial Support: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
    Year: 1999-2000.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title:Field experiments and ground-truth data synchronous with ERS passes – Development of database of ERS SAR SLC for Interferometry.
    Financial Support: Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS)/Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
    Year: 1999-2000.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title:Land-based applications of ENVISAT ASAR data - SAR Interferometry and Soil Moisture.
    Data Support: ESRIN/ESA, Italy.
    Year: 1999-2000.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title:Estimation of millimeter movements of corner reflectors using ERS-1/2 tandem data: Differential SAR Interferometry.
    Data Support: ESRIN/ESA, Italy.
    Year: 1998-2002.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title: Forest Bio-Mass estimation using ERS-1/2 Interferometric SAR data.
    Data Support: JRC/EC-SAI.
    Year: 1998-2000.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title:SAR Interferometry for topography and Earth Crust Movement.
    Financial Support: ISRO-IIT(B) Space Technology Cell, IIT Bombay (Indian Space Research Organisation).
    Year: 1995-2000.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title:SIR-C data processing and applications.
    Financial Support: Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS)/Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
    Year: 1996-1998.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title:Ground truth data collection synchronous with U.S.Space Shuttle SIR-C passes.
    Financial Support: Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS)/Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
    Year: 1994-1995.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title:Monitoring of soil moisture through ERS-1 SAR data.
    Financial Support: Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS)/Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
    Year: 1993-1996.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title: JERS-1 SAR verification project on "Agriculture applications-Cultivated land monitoring".
    Financial Support: National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA).
    Year: 1992-1994.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title:Airborne SAR data for natural resources in Godavari &Andamann areas.
    Financial Support: Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS)/Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
    Year: 1989-1994.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title: Optimisation of microwave sensor parameters for soil moisture studies.
    Financial Support: Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC)//Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
    Year: 1989-1993.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Title: Multifrequency model for soil moisture estimation using microwave remote sensing technique.
    Financial Support: Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC)//Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
    Year: 1985-1989.
    Responsibility: Co-Principal Investigator.
  • Agriculture and AgriFood Canada (AAFC), Ottawa, Canada.
  • Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
  • CSA - Canadian Space Agency.
  • JAXA - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
  • DLR - The German Aerospace Center.
  • ISRO - Indian Space Research Organization.
  • SAC - Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad, India.
  • SASE - Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment, DRDO, Chandigarh, India.
Academics

Teaching


PG Course
  • GNR647: Microwave Remote Sensing.
  • GNR805: Advanced Concepts in Polarimetric SAR Image Analysis.
  • GNR603: Principles of Remote Sensing.
  • GNR621: Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • GNR617: Image Interpretation Lab.
  • GNR653: Data Analysis Methods for Geo-Spatial Applications.


Academic Supervision


PhD Thesis - Ongoing
  • Ms. Shweta Sharma, (Aug. 2012 - ): Land Deformation Mapping using Differential Interferometry and Persistent Scatterer Interferometry Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR & PSInSAR) Techniques.
  • Mr. Venkata Sai Krishna Vanama (Jan. 2016- ): Flood mapping in high density urban areas using geospatial techniques.
  • Ms. Nithyapriya Boopati, (Jul. 2016- ): Passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture.
  • Mr. Divya Sekhar Vaka (Jul. 2016- ): Time-series Analysis of InSAR Data for Earthquake Deformation Mapping.
  • Mr. Dipankar Mandal (Jul. 2017 - ) M.Tech. + Ph.D. Dual Degree: Crop Biophysical Parameter Retrieval using Polarimetric SAR Data.
  • Mr. Narayanarao Bogapurapu (Jan. 2019 - ): Soil moisture mapping using passive and active remote sensing techniques.

PhD Thesis - Completed
  • Dr. Vineet Kumar (Jan. 2014 - Aug. 2019): Full and Hybrid Polarimetric SAR Data Analysis for various Land use Land covers.
  • Dr. G.G. Ponnurangam (2011-2016): Retrieval of soil moisture using polarimetric SAR remote sensing.
  • Dr. Rinki Deo, Project category (2011- 2016): Evaluation of TanDEM-X interferometric digital elevation models generated over various terrains.
  • Dr. R. Manavalan, External student category, 2016, SAR image analysis techniques for flood area mapping.
  • Dr. Shitole Sanjay Sandipan, College Teacher Category, 2015, Processing and analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar Images for speckle reduction.
  • Dr. Varsha Ajay Turkar, College Teacher Category, 2014, Polarimetric SAR image classification for various land cover features.

Masters Thesis
  • Mr. Brijesh Maravi (2016 - 2018): Fusion of TanDEM-X and CartoSAT-1 DEM.
  • Mr. Rohit Kumar Lokhande (2015 - 2017): Land Subsidence Mapping using PSInSAR Technique.
  • Mr. Bhupesh Kunar (2014 - 2016): Flood area mapping using Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery.
  • Mr. Minal Jain (2013 - 2015): Time series TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model Evaluation, June, 2015.
  • Mr. Ranit Saha (2011 - 2013): Design and implementation of radar image processing software, June 2013.
  • Mr. Vivek Singh Yadav (2011 - 2013): Geocoding of Synthetic Aperture Radar Images, June 2013.
  • Mr. K. Srinivas Rao (2011 - 2013): Permanent scatterer synthetic aperture radar interferometry (PSInSAR) and Small Baseline subset (SBAS) data processing techniques for monitoring of Himalayan slopes.
  • Mr. Ankit Jamod (2010 - 2012): Matlab based SAR signal processor for education use.
  • Mr. Chandrakanta Ojha (2009 - 2011): Permanent scatterer SAR interferometry for landslides and land subsidence mapping.
  • Mr. Siddharth Hariharan Kalpagam (2008 - 2010): Comparison of different polarimetric SAR image classification techniques.
  • Ms. Venkata Deepika Rani Gopu (2008-2010): SAR Signal processing for image generation.


Synergistic Activity


Professional Memberships
  • Member : IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (IEEE GRSS)
  • Life Member : Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS)
  • Life member: Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG)


Editorship
  • Guest Editor: Special issue on "Selected Papers from the Polarimteric Interferomteric SAR Workshop 2019" in Remote Senisng, MDPI, 2019


Journal Reviewer
  • Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) , Wiley.
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (GRSL).
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS).
  • Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing
  • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (JAG).
  • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (JARS), SPIE.
  • International Journal of Remote Sensing (IJRS).
  • Journal of Geodesy, Springer.
  • Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), Springer.
  • Current Science, Current Science Association & Indian Academy of Sciences.




Synergistic Activities
  • Session Co-Chair: Methods and Theoretical Modelling in ESA POLinSAR, 28 Jan–1 Feb, 2019, Frascati, Italy.
  • Session Co-Chair: CEOS Calibration and Validation Workshop, 07-09 Nov. 2017, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA, California, USA.
  • Session Co-Chair: National Symposium, Indian Society of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Geomatics December, 2016, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India.


Publication
  • Vineet Kumar, Y. S. Rao, Avik Bhattacharya, Shane Cloude, "Classification Assessment of Real Versus Simulated Compact and Quad-Pol Modes of ALOS-2", IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 1497-1501, 2019.
  • Dipankar Mandal, Mehdi Hosseini, Heather McNairn, Vineet Kumar, Avik Bhattacharya, Y. S. Rao, Scott Mitchell, Laura Dingle Robertson, Andrew Davidson, Katarzyna Dabrowska-Zielinska. "An Investigation of Inversion Methodologies to Retrieve the Leaf Area Index of Corn from C-Band SAR Data". International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, vol. 82, 101893, 2019. DOI; 10.1016/j.jag.2019.06.003
  • D Sekhar Vaka, Y. S. Rao, Avik Bhattacharya,"Surface Displacements of the 12 November 2017 Iran – Iraq Earthquake Derived Using SAR Interferometry". Geocarto International, 2019, (In Press)
  • Dipankar Mandal, Vineet Kumar, Heather McNairn, Avik Bhattacharya, Y. S. Rao, "Joint Estimation of Plant Area Index (PAI) and Wet Biomass in Wheat and Soybean from C-band Polarimetric SAR Data", International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, vol. 79, pp. 24-34, 2019.
  • Shane R. Cloude, David G. Goodenough, Hao Chen, Y. S. Rao, Wen Hong, "Pauli Phase Calibration in Compact Polarimetry", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 11 , no. 12, pp. 4906 - 4917, 2018.
  • Dipankar Mandal, Vineet Kumar, A. Bhattacharya, Y. S. Rao, Paul Siqueria, and Soumen Bera. "Sen4Rice: A Processing Chain for Differentiating Early and Late Transplanted Rice using Time-Series Sentinel-1 SAR Data with Google Earth Engine". IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 1947-1951, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2018.2865816
  • Vineet Kumar, Heather McNairn, Avik Bhattacharya, Y. S. Rao, Temporal response of crop type to transmitted ellipticity in compact-pol SAR data, IEEE Journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing, Vol. 10, pp.5163-5174, 2017.
  • G.G. Ponnurangam and Y.S.Rao, Evaluation of different orientation angle distributions within the X-Bragg scattering model for bare soil moisture estimation, Int. J. Remote Sensing, vol. 38, pp.4379-4395, 2017.
  • G.G.Ponnurangam, T. Jagdhuber, I. Hajnsek and Y.S.Rao, Soil moisture estimation using hybrid polarimetric SAR data of RISAT-1, IEEE Trans. Geosci. and Remote Sensing,Vol. 54, pp.2033-2049, 2016.
  • Shweta Sharma, Y. S. Rao, A. K. Mathur, Application of DInSAR technique for post-earthquake land deformation mapping of Eastern Nepal, Current Science, Vol. 110 (3), pp. 302-304, 2016.
  • Rinki Deo, C. Rossi, M. Eineder, T. Fritz, and Y. S. Rao. Framework for Fusion of Ascending and Descending Pass TanDEM-X Raw DEMs, IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observ. Remote Sensing, Vol. 7, pp.3347-3355, 2015.
  • Shweta Sharma, Y.S. Rao, Ajai. Building subsidence estimation using PSInSAR technique: Case study of Mumbai city. Vol. 8 (2), pp. 181-188, 2014.
  • Y. S. Rao, Rinki Deo, J. Nalini, Abhijit M Pillai, S. Muralikrishnan and V. K. Dadhwal. Quality assessment of TanDEM-X DEMs using airborne LiDAR, photogrammetry and ICESat elevation data. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume II-8, 187-192, 2014. DOI: 10.5194/isprsannals-II-8-187-2014
  • Varsha Turkar, Rinki Deo, Y.S.Rao, Shiv Mohan, Anup Das, Classification accuracy of multi-frequency and multi-polarization SAR images for various land covers, IEEE Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Remote Sensing, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 936-942, 2012.
  • Rao Y. S., Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Interferometry for Glacier Movement Studies, Encyclopedia of snow, ice and glaciers, Springer, pp.1133-1142,2011.
  • Rao K. S.. Y.S. Rao . H.K. Al Jassar, A Study on the Polarimetric Properties of Various Features using SIR-C Data, J. Indian Society of Remote Sens. 36:pp123-136, 2008.
  • Rao K.S., Y.S.Rao, H.K. Al Jassar, Retrieval of soil moisture using SIR-C polarimetric data, J. Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 36, pp.109-122, 2008.
  • Gulab Singh, Kumar V., Venkataraman G, Rao Y.S. and Snehmani, Snow porosity estimation using advanced synthetic aperture radar single look complex data analysis and its effects on backscattering coefficient, J. App. Remote Sens., Vol. 1, 013522 (23 July 2007)
  • Rao K.S., Al-Jassar H.K., Phalke S., Rao Y.S., Muller J.P., and Li Z., A study on the applicability of repeat-pass SAR interferometry for generating DEMs over several Indian test sites, International J. of Remote Sensing, 27, 595-616, 2006.
  • K.S.Rao and Y.S. Rao, Advances in microwave remote sensing towards agricultural applications, NNRMS Bulletin, India, No-2, pp. 46-60 Jan. 1997.
  • Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao and J.R. Wang, Frequency dependence of polarization phase difference and polarization index for vegetation covered fields using polarimetric, Int. J. Remote Sensing, Vol. 16, No. 18, pp. 3605-3617, Dec. 1995.
  • Ijjas G. and Y.S. Rao, Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture from Aircraft in Hungary, Int. J. of Remote Sensing, 13, 471-479, 1992.
  • Rao K.S., P.V. Narasimha Rao, Y.S. Rao, Girish Chandra, C. Suresh Raju and M.V. Bapat, A study on the effect of the soil texture on passive microwave remote sensing, J. Indian Soc. Remote Sens., Vol. 16, No.3 pp. 55-63, 1988.
  • D. S. Vaka, V. Kumar, Y. S. Rao and R. Deo, "Comparison of Various DEMs for Height Accuracy Assessment Over Different Terrains of India," IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Yokohama, 2019.
  • Dipankar Mandal, Avik Bhattacharya, Vineet Kumar, Debanshu Ratha, Subhadip Dey, Heather McNairn, Alejandro C. Frery, Y. S. Rao, "A Novel Radar Vegetation Index for Compact Polarimetric SAR Data", IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2019, Yokohama, Japan.
  • V. V. Sai Krishna, Y. S. Rao, "Change detection based flood mapping of 2015 flood event of Chennai city using SENTINEL-1 SAR images", IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2019, Yokohama, Japan.
  • Vaka, D. S., and Rao, Y. S., "Earthquake Displacement Mapping using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar", World Disaster Management Congress, Mumbai, India, 2019, pp. 226.
  • Vaka, D. S., and Rao, Y. S., "Vertical Accuracy Assessment of TanDEM-X Global DEM over various Indian Terrains", URSI Asia Pacific Radio Science Conference, New Delhi, India, 2019. DOI: 10.23919/URSIAP-RASC.2019.8738354
  • Nithyapriya Boopathi, Nan Ye, Xioling Wu, Jeffrey P. Walker, Y.S. Rao, Thomas J. Jackson, Yann Kerr, Edward Kim, Andrew McGrath, In-Young Yeo, "Ground-Based Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture Using Lower Frequency Microwave Radiometers," 2019 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC), New Delhi, India, 2019, pp. 1-1. DOI: 10.23919/URSIAP-RASC.2019.8738311
  • D. Mandal, V. Kumar, Y. S. Rao, A. Bhattacharya, S. Bera, M. K. Nanda, "Combined Analysis of RADARSAT-2 SAR and Sentinel-2 Optical Data for Improved Monitoring of Tuber Initiation Stage of Potato". Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-5, 275-279, 2018, DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-275-2018.
  • Ittycheria, N., Vaka, D. S., and Rao, Y. S.: Time Series Analysis of Surface Deformation of Bengaluru City using Sentinel-1 images, ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., IV-5, 473-477, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-5-473-2018, 2018.
  • Lal, P., Vaka, D. S., and Rao, Y. S.: Mapping Surface Flow Velocities of Siachen and Gangotri Glaciers using TerraSAR-X and Sentinel-1A Data by Intensity Tracking, ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., IV-5, 325-329, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-5-325-2018, 2018.
  • Mandal D., Kumar V., Bhattacharya A., Rao Y.S., and McNairn H. (2018) Crop Biophysical Parameters Estimation with a Multi-Target Inversion Scheme using the Sentinel-1 SAR Data. . IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium-IGARSS 2018, Valencia, Spain.
  • Divya Sekhar Vaka, Y. S. Rao, ‘Deformation of Bhuj earthquake area obtained with Persistent Scatterer Interferometric Analysis of ALOS L-band SAR Data’, IEEE International Geo. and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018, Valencia, Spain.
  • Venkata Sai Krishna Vanama, Y. S. Rao, “Spatio-temporal analysis of passive microwave remote sensing data for rapid detection of large scale flood mapping - a geospatial approach” Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 23-27 October-2017, New Delhi, India.
  • Heena Kaldane, Varsha Turkar, Mandar Sohani, and Y. S. Rao, “ Land cover change detection using PolSAR images” Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 23-27 October-2017, New Delhi, India.
  • Divya Sekhar Vaka , Shweta Sharma and Y.S.Rao, “Comparison of HH and VV Polarizations for Deformation Estimation using Persistent Scatterer Interferometry” Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 23-27 October-2017, New Delhi, India.
  • Lokhande Rohith Kumar, Divya Sekhar Vaka and Y. S. Rao, “Mapping Land Subsidence of Krishna – Godavari Basin using Persistent Scatterer Interferometry Technique” Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 23-27 October-2017, New Delhi, India.
  • Vineet Kumar, Dipankar Mandal and Y. S. Rao, “Comparison of Hybrid-Pol Descriptors from Multi-sensor Polarimetric SAR Data” Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 23-27 October-2017, New Delhi, India.
  • Dipankar Mandal, Vineet Kumar, Avik Bhattacharya and Y. S. Rao “Monitoring Rice Crop Using Time Series Sentinel-1 Data In Google Earth Engine Platform” Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, 23-27 October-2017, New Delhi, India.
  • Vineet Kumar, Dipankar Mandal, Y. S. Rao and Peter Meadows “Hybrid and Dual Linear Polarimetric RISAT-1 SAR Data for Classification Assessment” IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS-17), Texas, USA, pp. 1028-1031, 2017.
  • Thiruvengadam, P., Rao, Y.S. "Spatio-temporal variation of soil moisture and drought monitoring using passive microwave remote sensing," IGARSS, 2016,pp. 3126-3129, Beijing.
  • Kumar, V. and Rao, Y.S. "Analysis of full and hybrid polarimetric based descriptors for different land features," IGARSS, 2016, pp.4757-4760, Beijing.
  • Deo R. and Rao, Y.S. "Comparison of tandem-x and cartosat-1 stereo dems over different terrains of india," IGARSS, 2016, pp.6484-6487, Beijing.
  • Ponnurangam, G.G., Jagdhuber, T., Hajnsek, I. and Rao, Y.S. "Time series investigation of soil moisture estimation using compact polarimetry at L-band,"IGARSS, 2016, pp.1691-1694, Beijing.
  • Rao, Y.S., Meadows, P. and Kumar V. "Evaluation of risat-1 compact polarization data for calibration," IGARSS , 2016, pp.3250-3253, Beijing.
  • Varugu, B.K. and Rao, Y.S. "Glacier retreat monitoring from SAR coherence images: application to Gangotri glacier ," Proc. SPIE, 2016, New Delhi.
  • Ponnurangam G.G., T. Jagdhuber, I. Hajnsek and Y. S. Rao "Retrieval of Soil Moisture using Multi-Temporal Hybrid Polarimetric RISAT-1 Data," IGARSS 2015, Milan, Italy.
  • Vineet Kumar and Y.S. Rao "Temporal analysis of different crops using quad-pol Radarsat-2 data," IGARSS 2015, 2015, Milan, Italy.
  • De S., V. Kumar, Y.S.Rao "Crop Classification using RISAT-1 Hybrid Polarimetric SAR Data," EUSAR 2014, IEEE Xplore pp. 1017-1020, 2014, Berlin, ,Rating.
  • Deo R., Y.S. Rao "Vertical Accuracy Assessment of TanDEM-X DEM over Indian Test Areas.," EUSAR 2014, IEEE Xplore pp. 374-377, 2014, Berlin.
  • Deo R., C. Rossi, M. Eineder, T. Fritz, M. Lachaise, Y. S. Rao "Fusion of ascending and descending pass raw Tandem-x DEM," IGARSS 2014, pp.21-24,2014, Quebec, Canada.
  • Ponnurangam G.G, Y.S.Rao, A. Bhattacharya "Evaluation of Various Polarimetric Parameters for Soil Moisture Inversion using Polarimetric SAR Data,"EUSAR 2014, IEEE Xplore pp.735-738, 2014, Berlin.
  • Ponnurangam G.G, T. Jagdhuber, I. Jajnsek and Y.S.Rao "Soil Moisture Inversion Using Hybrid Polarimetric RISAT-1 Data," EUSAR 2014, IEEE Xplore pp.256-259,2014, Berlin.
  • Jain M., R. Geo, V. Kumar and Y.S. Rao "Evaluation of Time Series TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Models," ISPRS XL-8, pp.437-441, 2014, Hyderabad.
  • Kumar V., Y.S. Rao "Comparative analysis of RISAT-1 and simulated RADARSAT-2 hybrid polarimetric SAR data for different land features ," ISRPS, XL-8, pp.799-802,2014, Hyderabad.
  • Turkar V., Y. S. Rao and R.Deo "Fusion of Multi-frequency Polarimetric SAR and LISS-3 Optical Data for Classification of Various Land Cover," EUSAR 2014, IEEE Xplore pp.923-926,2014, Berlin.
  • Varsha Turkar, Shaunak De, G. G. Ponnurangam, Rinki Deo, Y. S. Rao and Anup Das (2013), Classification of RISAT-1 Hybrid Polarimetric Data for Various Land Features, Asia-Pacific Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR) conference held in Tsukuba, Japan during Sep. 23-27, 2013, Proceedings of IEEE Xplore 2013, pp.494-497.
  • Mayank Sharma, Sanjay Shitole, Avik Bhattacharya, Y. S. Rao, B.K. Mohan and Anup Das, (2013), Corned difference weighted mean SAR speckel filter, (2013), Asia-Pacific Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR) conference held in Tsukuba, Japan during Sep. 23-27, 2013, IEEE Xplore pp. 400-403.
  • Sanjay Shitole, Y. S. Rao, B. Krishna Mohan, Avik Bhattacharya and Anup Das (2013), Region Growing Based Improved SAR Speckle Filter for Polarimetric Data, Asia-Pacific Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR) conference held in Tsukuba, Japan during Sep. 23-27, 2012, IEEE Xplore pp. 517-520.
  • Varsha Turkar, Shaunak De, Y S Rao, Sanjay Shitole, Avik Bhattacharya, Anup Kumar Das., (2013), Comparative analysis of classification accuracy for RISAT-1 compact polarimetric data for various land covers, IGARSS 2013 (IEEE Geosci. & RS society), Melbourne. pp.3586-3589.
  • Sanjay Shitole, Y. S. Rao, B. Krishna Mohan, Anup Kumar Das., (2013)., Self-organizing feature map based polarimetric SAR data denoising, Proc. IGARSS 2013 (IEEE Geosci. & RS society), Melbourne. pp.2373-2376.
  • Rinki Deo, Surendar Manickam, Y. S. Rao, Shirish S. Gedam, (2013), Evaluation of interferometric SAR DEMs generated using TanDEM-X data, Proc. IGARSS 2013 (IEEE Geosci. & RS society), Melbourne. pp. 2079-2082.
  • Sanjay Shitole, Y. S. Rao, B. Krishna Mohan, (2013), Influence of speckle filtering on polarimetric SAR data, Proc. PolInSAR 2013, Frascati, Italy 28 January – 1 February 2013 (ESA SP-713, August 2013).
  • Sanjay Shitole, Rinki Deo, Y. S. Rao, and B. Krishna Mohan, (2013), Speckle filters evaluation based on separability and polarimetry index, Proc. PolInSAR 2013, Frascati, Italy 28 January – 1 February 2013 (ESA SP-713, August 2013).
  • G. G. Ponnurangam and Y. S. Rao (2013), Retrieval of soil moisture using extended polarimetric surface Scattering models, Proc. PolInSAR 2013, Frascati, Italy 28 January – 1 February 2013 (ESA SP-713, August 2013).
  • Ponnurangam G.G., and Y.S. Rao, Soil moisture mapping using ALOS PALSAR and ENVISAT ASAR data over India, Proc. Asia-Pacific conference on SAR, Seoul, Korea, Sept.26-30, 2011, pp.606-609.
  • Varsha Turkar, Rinki Deo, S. Hariharan and Y.S. Rao, Comparison of classification accuracy between fully polarimetric and dual-polarimetric SAR images, Proc. IGARSS 2011, Vancouver July 24-29 2011, pp.440-443, 2011.
  • Rao. Y. S. and. A. Chaudhari (2009), Analysis of 7 years aqua AMSR-E derived soil moisture data over India, Proc. IGARSS 2009 (IEEE Geosci. & RS society), Cape Town, July 13-17, 2009, Vol-III, page 486-489.
  • Y. S. Rao and and varsha turkar (2009), Classification of polarimetric sar data over wet and arid regions of India, IGARSS 2009, Capet Town, July 13-17, 2009, page 892-895.
  • Vijaya Kumar, G. Venkataraman, Y. S. Rao, SAR interferometry and speckle tracking approach for glacier velocity Estimation using ers-1/2 and terrasar-x spotlight high resolution data, Proc. IGARSS 2009, Capet Town, July 13-17, 2009.
  • Rao, Y.S. and Sonika Sharma (2006), Monitoring of flood over Gujarat region using AQUA AMSR-E derived surface soil moisture, SPIE Vol. 6412, 641208 (Dec. 12, 2006).
  • Gulab Singh, Vijay Kumar, Kishor Mohite, G. Venkataraman, Y. S. Rao, and Snehmani, Snow wetness estimation in Himalayan snow covered regions using ENVISAT-ASAR data, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6410, 641008 (Dec. 9, 2006).
  • Rao, Y.S., S. Sharma, V. Garg and G. Venkataraman (2006), Soil Moisture Mapping over India using Aqua AMSR-E derived Soil Moisutre Product, Proc. IGARSS 2006, pp. 2999-3002, Denver, CO, USA.
  • V. Kumar, Y.S. Rao, G. Venkataraman, R.N. Sarwade and Snehmani (2006), Analysis of Aqua AMSR-E derived Snow Water Equivalent over Himalayan Snow Covered Regions, Proc. IGARSS 2006, pp.702-705, Denver, CO, USA.
  • Rao Y.S., G.Venkataraman, K.S. Rao, and A. Snehmani, SAR Interferometry for DEM generation and movement of Indian Glaciers, Proc. of IGARSS 2004, pp. 1128-1131, Vol2, Alaska, USA, 2004.
  • Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao, D. Jayanand and Prithviraj, Field Experimetns Synchronous with SRTM flights, Proc. IGARSS 2001 (CD-ROM) held in Sydney, Australia, July 9-13, 2001.
  • Rao, K.S. and Y.S. Rao, Soil moisture estimation using SIR-C data: A case study over Bhavnagar test site, India. IGARSS'97 symposium, Singapore, Aug. 4-8, 1997.
  • Rao K.S. and Y.S. Rao, Field experiments synchronous with ERS-1 and 2 tandem mission for the simulation of neotectonic movement, Proc. 3rd ERS-1 symposium, held at Florence, 17-20 March, ESA SP-414, Vol. 1, pp. 429-433,1997.
  • Jai S. Sukhatme, V. Walavalkhar, Y.S. Rao, G.Venkataraman, M.V. Khire and K.S. Rao, Development of SAR Interferometry at IIT, Bombay, India, Proc. of IGARSS'96 symposium held at Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, during 27-31 May 1996r, Vol. 1, pp.430-433.
  • Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao, L. Venkataratnam and P.V.N. Rao, Potential of SIR-C data to study vegetation over Gujarat test site, Proc. of IGARSS'96 symposium held at Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, during 27-31 May 1996, Vol. 1, pp.201-203.
  • Rao Y.S., P.V.N. Rao, L. Venkataratnam and K.S. Rao, ERS-1 and JERS-1 SAR data analysis for soil moisture and vegetation, Proc. of IGARSS'96 symposium held at Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, during 27-31 May 1996, Vol. 1, pp.163-165.
  • Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao and J.R. Wang, Frequency dependence of polarization phase difference and polarization index for vegetation covered fields using polari- metric AIRSAR data, Proc. IGARSS '93 symposium, held in Tokyo, Japan, August 1993. Vol. 1, pp. 37-39.
  • Ijjas G., Y.S. Rao, F. Horcher, Z. Vargai and L. Aujeszky, Soil moisture estimation using truck-mounted L-, S-, and thermal-infrared radiometers and different theoretical models, Proc. 11 th EARSeL Symposium, July 1991, pp. 216-223.
  • Rao K.S., Suresh Raju and Y.S. Rao, Model for the retrieval of soil moisture and surface roughness parameters from multifrequency backscattering coefficients, Proc. of IGARSS '91, symposium, Espoo, Finland, 397-400, 1991.
  • Ijjas G., K.S. Rao and Y.S. Rao, Efficiency of 1.4 and 2.7 GHz radiometers data for the retrieval of soil moisture profile, Proc. of IGARSS symposium held at Espoo, Finland during June 3-6, 1991, 765-768, 1991.
  • Y. S. Rao, V. Kumar, "Comparison of Hybrid Polarimetric Parameters from RISAT-1 and ALOS-2 Compact Mode SAR Data", ESA POLinSAR, 28 Jan–1 Feb, 2019, Frascati, Italy.
  • D. Ratha, Y. S. Rao, Eric Pottier, "Ambiguities in Poincare sphere orbit signatures of elementary scatterers under orthogonal transformations of the HV basis for dual-pol mode acquisition", ESA POLinSAR, 28 Jan–1 Feb, 2019, Frascati, Italy.
  • D. Mandal, H. McNairn, S. Mitchell, V. Kumar, Y. S. Rao, A. Bhattacharya, "Estimation of crop biophysical parameters using Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Remote Sensing Data". 50 Years of Canada-India Partnership: The Shastri Institute, Parliamentary Event in Ottawa, Canada on 26 November 2018. https://twitter.com/siciio/status/1067204322491019264
  • V. Kumar, D. Mandal, A. Bhattacharya, Y. S. Rao, "JECAM Site-India: Status", Earth Observation Technologies for Crop Monitoring: A Workshop to Promote Collaborations among GEOGLAM/JECAM/AsiaRiCEon 17-20 September 2018, Taichung City, Taiwan. http://jecam.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SiteProgress_India_Vineet_2018.ppt
  • D. Mandal, V. Kumar, A. Bhattacharya, Y. S. Rao, "JECAM SAR Inter-comparison Experiment-India". JECAM Special Event during IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium-IGARSS 2018, Valencia, Spain. http://jecam.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/JECAMNEWSLETTER12_AugSept_2018.pdf
  • Vineet Kumar and Y. S. Rao “Hybrid Polarimetric RISAT-1 SAR Data Evaluation using Corner Reflectors; CEOS Calibration and Validation Workshop, 07-09 Nov. 2017, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA, California, USA.
  • Vineet Kumar, Y. S. Rao and Rinki Deo “Vertical Accuracy Assessment of TanDEM-X GlobalDEM using DGPS Measurements over Different Terrains of India”; CEOS Calibration and Validation Workshop, 07-09 Nov. 2017, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA, California, USA.
  • Vineet Kumar and Y. S. Rao “Rice crop monitoring using hybrid-pol RISAT-1 satellite data” POLINSAR-2017 International Workshop, 23-27 January 2017, Frascati, Italy.
  • Dipankar Mandal, Vineet Kumar, and Y. S. Rao “Winter Barley crop biophysical parameter retrieval using multi-output support vector regression from polarimetric SAR data” POLINSAR- 2017 International Workshop, 23-27 January 2017, Frascati, Italy.
  • Mandal D., Kumar V., and Rao Y.S. (2016). Kernel-PCA based Support Vector Machine for Multi-temporal Crop Classification using RADARSAT-2 Data. National Symposium, Indian Society of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Geomatics 2016.
  • Nithyapriya B., Thiruvengadam, P., Rao Y.S. (2016). Soil Moisture Pattern over India using SMOA and SMAP Data Products. National Symposium, Indian Society of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Geomatics 2016.
  • G. G. Ponnurangam, T. Jagdhuber, I. Hajnsek and Y. S. Rao "Time Series Analysis of Hybrid Polarimetric RISAT-1 Data for Soil Moisture Estimation,"POLinSAR 2015, 2015, Frascati, Rome, Italy.
  • Rajesh, J., G. G. Ponnurangam, Vineet Kumar, Y. S. Rao, V. M. Ramanujam "Calibration of RISAT-1 compact polarimetric SAR systems using point targets,"CEOS-WGCV - SAR Subgroup, 2015, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
  • Varugu B. K., M. Singh and Y. S. Rao "Glacier velocity estimation using high resolution SAR images Application to Gangotri glacier in Himalayas," ISRS, 2015, Jaipur.
  • G. G. Ponnurangam, Y. S. Rao and G. Venkataraman, Soil moisture inversion using dual polarimetric TerraSAR-X SAR-X Data, http://terrasar-x.dlr.de/papers_sci_meet_5/final/TSX_poster/4_5th_TSX_Science_Meeting_2013_fullpaper_Gramini-Ganesan-Ponnurangam.pdf
  • Ponnurangam G. G., Y. S. Rao, Shiv Mohan and Anup Das. .Soil moisture estimation using fully polarimetric RADARSAT-2 data., presented at Geomatrix.12 held at IIT Bombay during Feb 26 - 29, 2012.
  • Ponnurangam G. G., and Y. S. Rao, .Soil moisture mapping using fully polarimetric SAR data., presented at symposium of ISRS held at Bhopal during Nov 9-11, 2011.
  • Rao Y.S., Chandrakant Ojha and Rinki, Persistence Scatterer interferometry for surface movement mapping over Himalayan region, Proc. Asia-Pacific conference on SAR, Seoul, Korea, Sept. 26-30, 2011, pp. 610-613.
  • Deepika Rani Gopu, Rinki Deo and Y. S. Rao, Synthetic Aperture Radar Signal Processing using MATLAB for Educational use, presented during the symposium of ISRS held at Lonavala during Dec. 1-3, 2010.
  • S Hariharan Kalpagam and Y. S. Rao, Classification of SAR Images using different Polarization and Frequency Combinations, presented during the symposium of ISRS held at Lonavala during Dec. 1-3, 2010.
  • Chandrakant Ojha and Y.S. Rao, Analysis of Aqua AMSR-E L3-Daily Soil Moisture Product for Flood Mapping over Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka Test Areas, presented during the symposium of ISRS held at Lonavala during Dec. 1-3, 2010.
  • Varsha Turkar and Y.S. Rao (2011), Classification of SIR-C and ALOS PALSAR data using artificial neural network, Geomatrix-11 conference, IIT, Bombay, Feb. 26-27, 2011.
  • Varsha Turkar and Y. S. Rao, Effect of different target decomposition techniques on classification accuracy for polarimetric SAR data, International conference ICTSM.11 organised by NMIMS, Parle, Mumbai held during 25-27th 2011.
  • Varsha Turkar and Y.S. Rao, Analysis of multi-frequency SIR-C data over India, International conference ICWET 2011 organised by TCET, Mumbai 25-27th 2011.
  • Rao, Y.S., Analsysis of Aqua AMSR-E L-3 Daily soil moisture product for soil moisture and flood mapping over Indian test areas, paper presented in symposium of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), Nirma Univeristy, Ahmedabad, Dec. 18-20, 2008.
  • Rao Y.S., Free software for InSAR and DInSAR studies, paper presented in symposium of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Nirma Univeristy, Ahmedabad, Dec. 18-20, 2008.
  • Rao, Y.S., Gulab Singh and G. Venkataraman (2008), Soil moisture mapping using ALOS PALSAR Quad-pol data, Proc. of Int. Conference on Microwave 08, held at Jaipur during Nov. 21-14, 2008, pp.214-216.
  • Varsha Turkar and Y. S. Rao, (2008), Classification of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar images from SIR-C and ALOS PALSAR, Proc. of Int. Conference on Microwave 08, held at Jaipur during Nov. 21-14, 2008, pp. 438-440.
  • Rao, Y.S., G. Singh, G. Venkataraman and Snehmani (2008), Application of SAR interferometry for DEM generation and movement studies over Himalayna glaciers, Proc. Natioanl Snow Science Workshop 2008 (NSSW-08), 11-12 Jan. 2008, pp.210-217.
  • Rao, Y.S., V. Kumar, Gulab Singh, G. Venkataraman and Snehmani (2008), The loss of coherence in the InSAR images of Himalayan Glaciers, Proceedings of international workshop on Snow, Ice, Glacier and Avalanches, IIT Bombay, Jan. 7-9, 2008, pp.232-239.
  • Rao, Y.S., A.K. Singh, S. Sharma and G. Venkataraman,i (2007), ENVISAT ASAR Polarimetric Data for soil moisture mapping, PolInSAR workshop 2007, held at Frascati, Italy, 2007.http://earth.esa.int/workshops/polinsar2007/papers/113_rao.pdf
  • Alpana Sharma and Y.S. Rao, Educational Application of BAM, Iran Earthquake Data th ENVISAT ASAR data sets through InSAR and DInSAR Techniques, Presented in ISRS symposium, held at Jaipur during Nov. 3-5, 2004.(best poster award was received).
  • Rao Y.S., G. Venkataraman, K.S. Rao, Snehmani and P. Mathur, Application of Differntial SAR Interferometry for the movement of Gangotri and Siachen Glaciers, presented in the International Symposium on Snow Monitoring and Avalanches, held at Manali, India, during 16-16 April, 2004.
  • Narvekar P.S., Y.S. Rao, K.S. Rao and G. Venkataraman, Brightness Temperature (TB) Data Analysis from Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) onboard Aqua Satellite for Snow Cover Mapping, presented in the International Symposium on Snow Monitoring and Avalanches, held at Manali, India, during 16-16 April, 2004. (second best poster award).
  • Ryan M. and Y.S. Rao, PC Based Raw Data Processor for Interferometric SAR Applications, presented in 1st Int. Conference on Microwaves, antenna, propagation and Remote Sensing, held at Jodhpur, India, 15-19 Dec. 2003.
  • Rao Y.S., Comparison of Software for InSAR Applicatoins, presented in Fringe 2003 workshop, held at Frascati, Italy, Dec.1-5, 2003.
  • Rao Y.S. and K.S. Rao, Comparison of DEMs derived from InSAR and IRS-1C optical stereo techniques, presented in Fringe 2003 workshop, Frascati, Italy, Dec.1-5, 2003.
  • Rao Y.S. Comparison of foreign and Indian satellite data distribution systems and requirement for NRSA Viewer, Proc. 13th User Interactoin Meet, NRSA Data Centre, Hyderabad, Feb. 26-27, 2003.
  • Rao Y.S., K.S. Rao, M. Khare and A. Kaushal, Comparison of optical stereo and InSAR derived DEMs, Proc. of "Advances in Microwave Symposium" held in CSRE, IIT, Bombay during Jan. 21-23, 2003.
  • Mahato B.C., Ahok Kumar, Y.S. Rao, G. Venkataraman, and Snehmani, SAR Data Analysis for mapping Beaskund Glacier, Proc. of National Symposium on Remote Sensing and GIS, held at CSRE, IIT, Bombay during Dec. 5-7, 2001.
  • Rao, K.S., Y.S. Rao, J. Kannan and B.S. Pani, Application of Remote Sensing for Bhuj Earthquake, Proc. Recent Earthquakes of Chamoli and Bhuj, pp. 217-224, held in Agra,May 24-26, 2001.
  • Rao Y.S., K.S. Rao, G. Venkatarama, Application of SAR Interferometry to Himalayan glaciers for DEM generation and movement studies, Proc. Remote Sensing and Mountain meteoreology, held in Manali during Nov. 2000.
  • Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao, C. Rama Prabha, G. Venkataraman and M.V. Khire, Differential InSAR Research at IIT Bombay - Simulation Experiments Synchronous with ERS 1/2 Tandem Passes, Proc. of Fringe'99, held at Leige, Belgium, Nov.10-12, 1999. http://earth.esa.int/pub/ESA_DOC/fringe1999/Papers/rao.pdf
  • Rao K.S. and Y.S. Rao and SAR Interferometry for topography and glacier movement, Proc. of National snow science workshop (NSSW) proceedings, Manali, 29-30, Oct. 1999.
  • Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao and R.K. Midha, Indian SAR interferometry research and educational programs, will appear in proceeding of 2nd International symposium on Operatinalisation of Remote Sensing, held at ITC, Netherlands, August 16 - 20, 1999. http://www.itc.nl/symposia/index.html
  • Rao K.S. and Y.S. Rao, SAR Interferometry and Glaciology Applications, Proc. of Snow, Ice and Glaciers - A Himalayan Perceptive symposium, Lucknow, March 9-11, 1999.
  • Rao Y.S. and K.S. Rao, Comparison of models for soil moisture estimation using SIR-C data, presented in ISPRS symposium held in Nov.24-25, 1997 at Hyderabad, India.
  • Rao Y.S., K.S. Rao, Decomposition of Stokes matrix of SIR-C data into odd, even and depolarization components, Presented in the Symposium of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, held at Pune, India, December 4-6, 1996.
  • Rao Y.S. and K.S. Rao, Study of vegetation through polarization phase difference using SIR-C data, presented in the Symposium of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, held at Pune, India, December 4-6, 1996.
  • Rao Y.S. and K.S. Rao, Polarimetric signatures of various land features over Gujarat test site using SIR-C data, Presented in the Indo-US Symposium IIT, Bombay, Oct. 6-9, 1996.
  • K.S Rao and Y.S. Rao, The potential of JERS-1 L-band SAR data to discriminate soil moisture levels and vegetation types, Proc. of Results repor- ting meeting of JERS-1 system verification program, held in Tokyo during Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 1994, Vol 2. pp.46-54.
  • Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao and G. Ijjas, Soil moisture estimation from multifrequency microwave radiometer data based on statistical inversion technique, Proc.ESA/ NASA International Workshop, held at Saint Lary, France, pp.475- 484, VSP 1994.
  • Rao Y.S., K.S. Rao, M. Jafrullah, B.K. Mohan and M.V. Khire, Combined use of Intera X-band SAR, ERS-1 SAR and IRS-1A data for agricultural applications, Proceedings of National Symposium on Microwave Remote Sensing and Users' meet, Ahmedabad, India, pp. 161-166, Jan. 1994.
  • Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao and M.V. Khire, Polarimetric AIRSAR data analysis for soil moisture mapping, Presented in the Symposium of Indian Society of society of Remote Sensing, Nov. 25-27, 1993, Guwahati, India.
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