HI SNR Lab

Research

The High-quality Imaging, Signals, N’ Radar (HI-SNR) laboratory develops data assimilation, computational imaging, and signal processing methods in two areas:

1. Multistatic Radar for Environmental Applications?
We develop multistatic radars and algorithms for retreiving properties of the environment for the following purposes: 1. Equip scientists with the tools needed to improve our understanding of the environment. We develop radar-based methods for making measurements of environmental processes at a quality or scale that is not possible with existing tools. This includes projects such as generating 2D maps of the temperature distribution inside glaciers. 2. Develop systems than enable resource monitoring and improved resource management. This includes projects such as monitoring soil moisture for improved irrigaiton practices. We are a crib to grave team that puts environmental solutions into the hands of scientists and and environmental agencies.
2. Computational Photography?
We develop computational photography algorithms that improve image quality and make camera performance more equitable.

Highlighted

2020 IGARSS Prize Paper Award Winner
Processing-Based Synchronization Approach for Bistatic Radar Glacial Tomography
This novel processing based synchronization approach allows coherent long-offset radar processing. This is a key enabling technology for radar tomography of glaciers.
N. Bienert, D.. Schroeder, S. Peters, M. Siegfried

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2024

Multi-Offset Radio-Echo Sounding for Estimation of Englacial and Subglacial Thermal Conditions and Material Properties
Multi-Offset Radio-Echo Sounding for Estimation of Englacial and Subglacial Thermal Conditions and Material Properties
Daniel May, Dustin Schroeder, Paul Summers, Thomas Teisberg, Anna Broome, Nicole Bienert
Copernicus GmbH  ·  27 Nov 2024  ·  doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-61
A Concept For Multistatic Radar Tomography Of Crop Root Zone Soil Moisture
A Concept For Multistatic Radar Tomography Of Crop Root Zone Soil Moisture
Nicole Bienert, Mahta Moghaddam
IGARSS 2024 - 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium  ·  07 Jul 2024  ·  doi:10.1109/igarss53475.2024.10640578

2023

Bistatic Radar Tomography of Shear Margins: Simulated Temperature and Basal Material Inversions
Bistatic Radar Tomography of Shear Margins: Simulated Temperature and Basal Material Inversions
Nicole Bienert, Dustin M. Schroeder, Paul Summers
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing  ·  01 Jan 2023  ·  doi:10.1109/TGRS.2022.3213047

2022

Side-Facing UHF-Band Radar System to Monitor Tree Water Status
Side-Facing UHF-Band Radar System to Monitor Tree Water Status
Krishna Rao, Yesenia J. Ulloa, Nicole Bienert, Nona R. Chiariello, Natan M. Holtzman, …, Sean T. Peters, Keith Winstein, Davide Castelletti, Dustin M. Schroeder, Alexandra G. Konings
IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium  ·  17 Jul 2022  ·  doi:10.1109/igarss46834.2022.9883620
SFMCW Orthogonal Wave Beamforming Concept for Distributed Orbital Sounding
SFMCW Orthogonal Wave Beamforming Concept for Distributed Orbital Sounding
Nicole Bienert, Mark S. Haynes, Dustin M. Schroeder, Robert M. Beauchamp
IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium  ·  17 Jul 2022  ·  doi:10.1109/igarss46834.2022.9883236
Processing and Detecting Artifacts in Multi-Input Multi-Output Phase-Sensitive ICE Penetrating Radar Data
Processing and Detecting Artifacts in Multi-Input Multi-Output Phase-Sensitive ICE Penetrating Radar Data
Akua A. McLeod, Sean T. Peters, Riley Culberg, Dustin M. Schroeder, Nicole L. Bienert, Winnie Chu, Tun Jan Young, Poul Christoffersen
IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium  ·  17 Jul 2022  ·  doi:10.1109/igarss46834.2022.9883837
Post-Processing Synchronized Bistatic Radar for Long Offset Glacier Sounding
Post-Processing Synchronized Bistatic Radar for Long Offset Glacier Sounding
Nicole L. Bienert, Dustin M. Schroeder, Sean T. Peters, Emma J. MacKie, Eliza J. Dawson, Matthew R. Siegfried, Rohan Sanda, Poul Christoffersen
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing  ·  01 Jan 2022  ·  doi:10.1109/TGRS.2022.3147172

2021

Glaciological Constraints on Link Budgets for Orbital Radar Sounding of Earth's ICE Sheets
Glaciological Constraints on Link Budgets for Orbital Radar Sounding of Earth's ICE Sheets
Dustin M. Schroeder, Nicole L. Bienert, Riley Culberg, Emma J. MacKie, Thomas O. Teisberg, Winnie Chu, Duncan A. Young
2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS  ·  11 Jul 2021  ·  doi:10.1109/igarss47720.2021.9553237
Debris: Distributed Element Beamformer Radar for Ice and Subsurface Sounding
Debris: Distributed Element Beamformer Radar for Ice and Subsurface Sounding
Mark S. Haynes, Robert M. Beauchamp, Ala Khazendar, Rayan Mazouz, Marco B. Quadrelli, Paolo Focardi, Richard E. Hodges, William Bertiger, Nicole Bienert
2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS  ·  11 Jul 2021  ·  doi:10.1109/igarss47720.2021.9554746
Inferring Ice Fabric From Birefringence Loss in Airborne Radargrams: Application to the Eastern Shear Margin of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
Inferring Ice Fabric From Birefringence Loss in Airborne Radargrams: Application to the Eastern Shear Margin of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica
T. J. Young, D. M. Schroeder, T. M. Jordan, P. Christoffersen, S. M. Tulaczyk, R. Culberg, N. L. Bienert
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface  ·  01 May 2021  ·  doi:10.1029/2020JF006023
Polarimetric radar-sounding to infer and quantify shear margin ice fabric anisotropy
Polarimetric radar-sounding to infer and quantify shear margin ice fabric anisotropy
Tun Jan Young, Thomas M Jordan, Carlos Martín, Dustin M Schroeder, Poul Christoffersen, Slawek M Tulaczyk, Riley Culberg, Nicole L Bienert
Copernicus GmbH  ·  03 Mar 2021  ·  doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-2107

2020

Processing-Based Synchronization Approach for Bistatic Radar Glacial Tomography
Processing-Based Synchronization Approach for Bistatic Radar Glacial Tomography
Nicole L. Bienert, Dustin M. Schroeder, Sean T. Peters, Matthew R. Siegfried
IGARSS 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium  ·  26 Sep 2020  ·  doi:10.1109/igarss39084.2020.9323969

2017

Inflatable antenna for CubeSat: A new spherical design for increased X-band gain
Inflatable antenna for CubeSat: A new spherical design for increased X-band gain
Alessandra Babuscia, Jonathan Sauder, Aman Chandra, Jekan Thangavelautham, Lorenzo Feruglio, Nicole Bienert
2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference  ·  01 Mar 2017  ·  doi:10.1109/aero.2017.7943897