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This 5-day course will cover basic & advanced InSAR theory, InSAR processing with the JPL/Caltech InSAR Scientific Computing Environment (ISCE), methods for mitigating noise in InSAR data, access the ARIA & OPERA standard InSAR products and prepare them for time-series analysis, InSAR time-series analysis with the MintPy software, pixel offset tracking, and basic data interpretation and modeling.

Time: 5 days, 5 main sessions, with additional morning and evening office hours; homework assignments
Primary Audience: Graduate students, postdocs and early career scientists interested in using InSAR in their research.
Secondary Audience: Instructors who plan to teach InSAR processing and analysis.

Learning Objectives: 

By the end of this course learners will be able to:

• Process interferograms using the ISCE software environments and adjacent open source software tools.
• Distinguish between different sources of noise in InSAR data and apply appropriate corrections.
• Interpret interferograms and prepare them for modeling.
• Utilize pixel offset tracking to measure large surface motions such as those related to glaciers and large earthquakes.
• Produce and utilize InSAR time series for their applications of interest. 

Participant Commitment

• Around 40 hours total (5 days, 5 main sessions, with additional morning and evening office hours; homework assignments)

Prerequisites, Computer and Data

• Computer with functioning web browser and stable internet connection (with connection speeds capable of sustaining live streaming)
• Graduate student status or equivalent past experience, in the geosciences or a related field
• Ability to elucidate the research need, or other need, for taking the course in writing

Brief Agenda

Tentative agenda is listed below, and subject to change. Full agenda will be sent along with a syllabus closer to the start of the course.

Day 1	Plenary Lectures: Introduction and InSAR Theory (4-hours – midday) PM Office Hour (1-hour)
Day 2	AM Office Hour (1-hour) Plenary Lectures: Sentinel-1 Processing and Interpretation (4-hours – midday) PM Office Hour (1-hour)
Day 3	AM Office Hour (1-hour) Plenary Lectures: Sentinel-1 Processing and Interpretation (4-hours – midday) PM Office Hour (1-hour)
Day 4	AM Office Hour (1-hour) Plenary Lectures: Sentinel-1 Processing and Interpretation (4-hours – midday) PM Office Hour (1-hour)
Day 5	AM Office Hour (1-hour) Plenary Lectures: Sentinel-1 Processing and Interpretation (4-hours – midday)

Assessment:

Attendees will demonstrate the learning goals by successfully completing at least 80% of the assignments in the course.

Instructors

• Gareth Funning (University of California, Riverside)
• Franz J Meyer (University of Alaska, Fairbanks)
• Heresh Fattahi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) 
• Zhang Yunjun (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
• Eric Fielding (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
• Ann Chen (University of Texas, Austin)
• Zachary Hoppinen (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory)
• Alex Lewandowski (University of Alaska, Fairbanks / Alaska Satellite Facility)
• Jack Tarricone (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
• Scott Staniewicz (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)