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  • 2011 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to Earth and planetary radar remote sensing

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Paul A. Rosen is affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Lab in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within engineering and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on aerospace engineering, atmospheric science, astronomy and astrophysics, environmental engineering, and geophysics.

Their work covers several main research topics including Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applications and techniques, cryospheric studies and observations, geophysics and gravity measurements, planetary science and exploration, soil moisture and remote sensing, GNSS positioning and interference, and advanced SAR imaging techniques.

Recent publications by Paul A. Rosen include:

  • The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Global seasonal Sentinel-1 interferometric coherence and backscatter data set, 2022, Scientific Data
  • Remote Sensing of Groundwater: Current Capabilities and Future Directions, 2022, Water Resources Research
  • On Closure Phase and Systematic Bias in Multilooked SAR Interferometry, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Range Geolocation Accuracy of C-/L-Band SAR and its Implications for Operational Stack Coregistration, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

They frequently publish in venues such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
  • JPL Data
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • UNC Libraries

Frequent collaborators in their research include Heresh Fattahi, M. Simons, P. S. Agram, Zhang Yunjun, and Xiaoqing Pi. These collaborations have resulted in multiple joint publications and ongoing research activities.

In recognition of contributions to the field of earth and planetary radar remote sensing, Paul A. Rosen was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2011.

Best Publications

  • The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

    Tom G. Farr;Paul A. Rosen;Edward Caro;Robert Crippen

  • Synthetic aperture radar interferometry

    P.A. Rosen;S. Hensley;I.R. Joughin;F.K. Li

  • Atmospheric effects in interferometric synthetic aperture radar surface deformation and topographic maps

    Howard A. Zebker;Paul A. Rosen;Scott Hensley

  • SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY TO MEASURE EARTH'S SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY AND ITS DEFORMATION

    Roland Burgmann;Paul A. Rosen;Eric J. Fielding

  • On the derivation of coseismic displacement fields using differential radar interferometry: The Landers earthquake

    Howard A. Zebker;Paul A. Rosen;Richard M. Goldstein;Andrew Gabriel

  • Updated repeat orbit interferometry package released

    Paul A. Rosen;Scott Hensley;Gilles Peltzer;Mark Simons

  • Accuracy of topographic maps derived from ERS-1 interferometric radar

    H.A. Zebker;C.L. Werner;P.A. Rosen;S. Hensley

  • Three-dimensional deformation caused by the Bam, Iran, earthquake and the origin of shallow slip deficit

    Yuri Fialko;David Sandwell;Mark Simons;Paul Rosen

  • Detection of aquifer system compaction and land subsidence using interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Antelope Valley, Mojave Desert, California

    D. L. Galloway;K. W. Hudnut;S. E. Ingebritsen;S. P. Phillips

  • Surface deformation and coherence measurements of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, from SIR C radar interferometry

    P. A. Rosen;S. Hensley;H. A. Zebker;F. H. Webb

  • Poroelastic rebound along the Landers 1992 earthquake surface rupture

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Rosen;Francois Rogez;K. Hudnut

  • A generalized phase unwrapping approach for sparse data

    M. Costantini;P.A. Rosen

  • Surface Displacement of the 17 May 1993 Eureka Valley, California, Earthquake Observed by SAR Interferometry

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Rosen

  • Postseismic Rebound in Fault Step-Overs Caused by Pore Fluid Flow

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Rosen;Francois Rogez;Ken Hudnut

  • Voyager Radio Science Observations of Neptune and Triton

    G. L. Tyler;D. N. Sweetnam;J. D. Anderson;S. E. Borutzki

  • Transient strain accumulation and fault interaction in the eastern California shear zone

    Gilles Peltzer;Fréderic Crampé;Scott Hensley;Paul Rosen

  • The 2003 Bam (Iran) earthquake: Rupture of a blind strike-slip fault

    Morteza Talebian;Eric J. Fielding;Eric J. Fielding;Gareth J. Funning;Manoucher Ghorashi

  • The InSAR scientific computing environment

    Paul A. Rosen;Eric Gurrola;Gian Franco Sacco;Howard Zebker

  • NASADEM GLOBAL ELEVATION MODEL: METHODS AND PROGRESS

    R. Crippen;S. Buckley;P. Agram;E. Belz

  • Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Geodesy

    M. Simons;P. A. Rosen

  • On the derivation of coseismic displacement fields using differential radar interferometry: The Landers earthquake

    H.A. Zebker;P. Rosen

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott Hensley
Scott Hensley Jet Propulsion Lab
Eric J. Fielding
Eric J. Fielding Jet Propulsion Lab
Mark Simons
Mark Simons California Institute of Technology
Howard A. Zebker
Howard A. Zebker Stanford University
Paul Lundgren
Paul Lundgren California Institute of Technology
Charles Werner
Charles Werner University of Zurich
Gilles Peltzer
Gilles Peltzer University of California, Los Angeles
Anthony Freeman
Anthony Freeman Jet Propulsion Lab
G. L. Tyler
G. L. Tyler Stanford University
Tom G. Farr
Tom G. Farr California Institute of Technology

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