Introduction to GNSS Reflectometry

Abstract

GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R) is an emerging remote sensing technology, which has been exploited to sense land and ocean surface to retrieve a range of environmental parameters and detect ocean objects and disasters. In this seminar, Prof. Yu will talk about the fundamentals of this technology. Particularly, the seminar will focus on some specific application examples of ground-based, airborne and spaceborne GNSS-R techniques, including retrieval of sea surface wind speed, sea wave height, sea surface rainfall strength, snow depth and soil moisture. Prof. Yu will also show his recent research results related to GNSS-R. 

Speaker

Prof. Kegen Yu received the PhD degree in electrical engineering from The University of Sydney, Australia, in 2003. He has worked for universities and research institutions in Australia, China and Finland. He is currently a Distinguished Professor with China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China. Prof. Yu has co-authored the book "Ground-Based Wireless Positioning" (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2009) and another book titled "Wireless Positioning: Principles and Practice" (Springer, 2018). Additionally, he authored the book "Theory and Practice of GNSS Reflectometry" (Springer, 2021). He has contributed to over 200 refereed journal and conference articles, including more than 70 articles published in IEEE journals. He was ranked in the world’s top 2% scientists list in 2022 by Stanford University and Elsevier. His research interests include GNSS-R, wireless positioning, and remote sensing.