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Dr. Shashi Kumar

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Designation Scientist/Engineer - SF
Department Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Department
Field of Expertise Polarimetric SAR Remote Sensing
Mail Address Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Department Indian Institute of Remote Sensing ISRO Dept. of Space, Govt. of India 4, Kalidas Road Dehradun- 248001 India.
  1. SAR Remote Sensing
  2. Interferometric and Differential Interferometric SAR Remote Sensing
  3. Polarimetric SAR (PolSAR) Remote Sensing & Hybrid SAR Polarimetry
  4. Polarimetric SAR Interferometry (PolInSAR)
  5. SAR Tomography
  6. Mathematical and Physical Modeling of Microwave Scattering and SAR Remote Sensing
  1. Life Member (ID: L3518) of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS)
  2. Associate Member of Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
  3. Life Member (ID: LM2761) of Indian Meteorological Society (IMS)
  4. Life Member (ID: LM3173) of Astronautical Society of India (ASI)
  5. Member (ID: 63252) of International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
  1. Ph.D. (2019): Polarimetric SAR Interferometry (PolInSAR) and Polarimetric SAR (Tomography), India Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), Roorkee
  2. M.Sc. (2009) : Geoinformatics, (Joint education program of IIRS, Dehradun, India and ITC, Enschede, The Netherlands).
  3. M.Sc. (2006) : Physics, (Patna University, Patna)
  1. Scientist ‘SF’ (January 01, 2023 -till date)
  2. Scientist ‘SE’ (January 01, 2018 - December 31, 2022)
  3. Scientist ‘SD’ (January 01, 2014 - December 31, 2017)
  4. Scientist ‘SC’ (December 07, 2009 - December 31, 2013)
* COSPAR’s Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists
The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Presented The 2022 Outstanding Paper Award on 02nd January 2024 for Young Scientists for the paper entitled “Land cover classification of spaceborne multifrequency SAR and optical multispectral data using machine learning” Rajat Garg, Anil Kumar, Manish Prateek, Kamal Pandey, Shashi Kumar , Advances in Space Research, Volume 69, Issue 4, 15 February 2022, Pages 1726-1742.
* Recipient of Indian National Geospatial Award -2021
In recognition of the outstanding contributions towards Polarimetric Calibration of SAR data and development of PolSAR and PolInSAR modelling approaches for scattering-based characterization of manmade and natural objects, the Indian Society of Remote Sensing conferred the Indian National Geospatial Award for the year 2021 on Dr. Shashi Kumar
  1. Guest Editor for the Special Issue of MDPI Remote Sensing on “Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing for Geophysical and Biophysical Parameters Retrieval” https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/010CTQ4N11
  2. Guest Editor for the Special Issue of Advances in Space Research (ASR) on “Synergistic Use of Remote Sensing Data and In-Situ Investigations to Reveal the Hidden Secrets of the Moon” https://cosparhq.cnes.fr/assets/uploads/2022/04/RS-and-Moon-announcement.pdf
  3. Guest Editor of the Special Collection for AGU Earth and Space Science (ESS) on “Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing for Characterization of Land Use and Land Cover” https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/23335084/call-for-papers.html
  4. Guest Editor for the Special Issue of Advances in Space Research (ASR) on “Spaceborne SAR Remote Sensing for Characterization of Natural and Manmade Features” https://cosparhq.cnes.fr/assets/uploads/2021/05/SAR.pdf
Representation in Committee/Group
  1. Science team member of NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission for SAR data based algorithm and tool development (2014-Present).
  2. Science team member of working group 2 and 3 of Chandrayaan-2 mission for lunar volatile and lunar environment (2018-Present).
  3. Member of task group for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) models for forest parameter retrieval under the partnership of Government of India (GoI) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Forest-PLUS program (2015-16).
  4. Member of the committee for Commonwealth Scholarship 2016 at Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Research Development, R.K. Puram, New Delhi (2016).
Professional Contributions as an External Expert
  1. Chaired a session on "Monitoring and Understanding Climate Threats to Forestry and Agriculture" as part of the workshop on "Heat Waves: Forestry and Agriculture Under Pressure - A Remote Sensing Perspective (RS-HEAT2023)." The University of Agricultural Sciences in Dharwad, Karnataka, India, and the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences Agrosphere, Forschungszentrum, Juelich, Germany, jointly organized the workshop.
  2. Participated as a subject expert in a one-day meeting, organized at Ujjain on 15 September 2022, for exploring possibilities of setting up a satellite campus of IIT Indore at Ujjain.
  3. Chaired a session at a conference on Intelligent Communication & Control Devices (ICICCD -2018) on Nov 27, 2020, at UPES Dehradun.
  4. Co-chaired a session on Microwave Remote Sensing (T13) in the ISG-ISRS, 2019 at NESAC, Umiam
  5. Chaired a session in a conference on Intelligent Communication & Control Devices (ICICCD -2018) on Dec 21, 2018, at UPES Dehradun.
  6. Member of JRF Selection Committee at Indian Institute of Science Education Research (IISER) Bhopal, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur, and University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun for the NISAR L&S band Airborne SAR Research Announcement (RA) projects.
  7. Reviewed an ISRO-funded project on Virtual Lab for SAR Image Analysis at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in July 2016.
  8. Reviewed Research Articles of Advances in Space Research (ASR), Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (CJRS), Catena, Earth and Space Science, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Geocarto International (GI), European Journal of Remote Sensing, GIScience & Remote Sensing, IEEE Access, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine (GRSM, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IEEE TGRS), IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (J-STARS), International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (IJAEOG), International Journal of Remote Sensing (IJRS), ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (JARS), Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (JISRS), Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, Natural Resources Research, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (PCE), Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment (RSASE), Remote Sensing Letters, Science of the Total Environment, and The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences.
Invited Talk and Guest Lectures
  1. Delivered a talk on “Advances in SAR and Its Applications” at the High-End Workshop on Geospatial Technology in Groundwater Resources Management sponsored by SERB, Govt of India, and organized by Central University of South Bihar, Gaya (12 March 2024).
  2. Delivered a keynote speech/talk on “Applications of SAR and InSAR for disaster management” in One-Day in-person awareness course on SAR Interferometry (InSAR) for Disaster Management, organised by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna (03 February 2024).
  3. Delivered a talk on “Volcanic deformation monitoring using SAR data” in Space Geodesy for Geodynamics and Geohazards session of Brainstorming Meet on Geodynamic and Geohazard Applications using InSAR: New opportunities with NISAR, organised by NRSC/ISRO, Hyderabad (11 - 12 October 2023).
  4. Delivered keynote speech/talk on “Potential of Spaceborne SAR Technique and Its Applications for Biophysical Parameters Retrieval of Forest Vegetation” in the workshop on “ Heat Waves: Forestry and Agriculture Under Pressure - A Remote Sensing Perspective (RS-HEAT2023)", jointly organized by University of Agricultural Sciences in Dharwad, Karnataka, India, and the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences Agrosphere, Forschungszentrum, Juelich, Germany (19 -21 October 2023).
  5. Delivered two days of talks, and conducted hands-on sessions on SAR polarimetry and interferometry at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri (12 -13 June 2023).
  6. Delivered a talk on "Polarimetric Analysis of EOS-04 Data and Its Potential Applications in Forest Parameter Retrieval" at a One-Day Workshop on EOS-4 Data Products and Applications in Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun (14 July 2023).
  7. Delivered a talk on EOS-04 Data analysis & applications at a One-Day Workshop on Workshop-cum-Meeting on EOS-04 InSAR Data Analysis in IIRS Dehradun (12- June 2023).
  8. Delivered 2 hrs talk on ‘SAR Remote Sensing’ on 26th of April 2022 in the AICTE-approved Quality Improvement Programme (QIP)-Short term course organized by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore.
  9. Delivered 3 hrs talks on ‘SAR Remote Sensing and its Applications’ on the 13th of June 2022 at the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Umiam, Meghalaya.
  10. Delivered 4 hrs talk on ‘SAR Processing’ on 4th October 2022 in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society First IADF School on Computer Vision for Earth Observation.
  11. Delivered a talk on ‘Introduction and Application of SAR Data’ on 9th December 2022 in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society’s workshop jointly organized by the Manipal Institute of Technology.
  12. A talk (September 28, 2020) on Leveraging Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Remote Sensing and its Applications for Entrepreneurship in a webinar at College of Forestry, Sirsi.
  13. Delivered talk (September 21-22, 2020) in AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Faculty Development Programme (FDP) at Engineering College Bikaner.
  14. Delivered a talk (September 2020) on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Remote Sensing and its Applications for Retrieval of Forest Parameters in a webinar at College of Forestry, Sirsi
  15. Delivered a talk on Basics of SAR polarimetry in the day pre-symposium tutorial on “Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data Processing and Applications under ISG-ISRS National Symposium 2019 at North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Umiam, Meghalaya.
  16. Delivered two days talk on Polarimetric SAR Remote Sensing and its Applications in a short course on "Microwave remote sensing with special emphasis on North East India" from 19th-23rd August 2019 at North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Umiam, Meghalaya.
  17. Delivered 6 hrs talk on PolInSAR, PSInSAR and SAR Tomography in AICTE approved Quality Improvment Programme (QIP)-Short term course for faculty members on “Optical and Microwave Remote Sensing Techniques and its Applications” from 24.12.2018 to 28.12.2018 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee.
  18. Delivered 8hrs talk on Basics of Remote Sensing & Image interpretation in training program for defence officers & scientists in January and July 2018 at Defence Image Processing and Analysis Centre (DIPAC), New Delhi.
  19. An invited talk on Advances of SAR Remote Sensing for Natural Resources at Keshava Deva Malaviya Institute of Petroleum Exploration (KDMIPE), ONGC, Dehradun on October 06, 2017.
  20. Three hours webinar on SAR data processing for the short course organized by Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Working Group on Capacity Building & Data Democracy (WGCapD) on August 01, 2017.
  21. Delivered 4.5 hrs talk on Overview of SAR Remote Sensing, SAR data processing and Basics of SAR Polarimetry & Interferometry in a webinar series on " SAR Data Processing and Applications" from 17.04.2017 to 09.06.2017 for international participants of 45 countries in the short course of Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Working Group on Capacity Building & Data Democracy (WGCapD). http://ceos.org/document_management/Working_Groups/WGCapD/SAR_Webinar_Series_Short_Report.pdf
  22. Delivered two days talk on basic and advance conceps of microwave remote sensing and SAR polarimetry in a short term training program on “Microwave Remote Sensing and it’s applications” from 24.01.2017 to 28.01.2017 at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur.
  23. Delivered 8hrs talk on Basics of Remote Sensing & Image interpretation in training program for officers of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Internal Security Academy (ISA), Mount Abu in November 2016.
  24. Delivered 2hrs talk to the trainees of Indian Forest Service (IFS) on Remote Sensing Applications in Forestry at Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun.
  1. Shashi Kumar and Anil Kumar. (Special Issue). Synergistic Use of Remote Sensing Data and In-Situ Investigations to Reveal the Hidden Secrets of the Moon, Advances in Space Research, Volume 73, Issue 4, Pages 2135-2322, 15 February 2024.https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/advances-in-space-research/vol/73/issue/4
  2. Shashi Kumar and Himanshu Govil. (Special Issue). Advances in Spaceborne SAR Remote Sensing for Characterization of Natural and Manmade Features – Part 1, Advances in Space Research, Volume 69, Issue 4, Pages 1681-1948, 15 February 2022,https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/advances-in-space-research/vol/69/issue/4
  3. Shashi Kumar and Himanshu Govil. (Special Issue). Advances in Spaceborne SAR Remote Sensing for Characterization of Natural and Manmade Features – Part 2, Advances in Space Research, Volume 70, Issue 12, Pages 3781-4056, 15 December 2022, https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/advances-in-space-research/vol/70/issue/12
  1. Kumar, S., & Kumar, A. (2024). Preface: Synergistic use of remote sensing data and in-situ investigations to reveal the hidden secrets of the moon. Advances in Space Research, 73(4), 2135–2136. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2023.12.044
  2. Sharma, A., Kumar, S., & Bhiravarasu, S. S. (2024). Synergistic use of remote sensing data and in-situ investigations to characterize the lunar surface. Advances in Space Research, 73(4), 2155–2174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2023.05.006
  3. Ajith Kumar, P., & Kumar, S. (2024). A Spectrophotometric evaluation of lunar nearside craters Catharina and Cyrillus for estimations of FeO, optical maturity and TiO2. Advances in Space Research, 73(4), 2203–2231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2023.07.050
  4. Dsouza, H., & Kumar, S. (2024). Characterization of the Moon’s South polar craters using optical, microwave and thermal remote sensing. Advances in Space Research, 73(4), 2297–2322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2023.11.009
  5. Thulasiraman, D., Haldar, D., Kumar, S., Ramathilagam, A. B., & Patel, N. R. (2024). Pearl Millet Crop Biophysical Parameter Retrieval From Space Borne Polarimetric SAR Data Using Machine Learning. Earth and Space Science, 11(1), e2022EA002799. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002799
  6. Masudul I., S., Kumar, V., Kumar, S., & Agrawal, S. (2024). Spectral mixture analysis of AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral data for material identification and classification for the part of Kolkata city. Advances in Space Research, 73(2), 1560–1572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.12.044
  7. Mishra, G., Govil, H., Guha, A., Kumar, H., Kumar, S., & Mukherjee, S. (2024). Comparative evaluation of airborne AVIRIS-NG and spaceborne PRISMA hyperspectral data in identification and mapping of altered/weathered minerals in Jahazpur, Rajasthan. Advances in Space Research, 73(2), 1459–1474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.09.047
  8. Geldsetzer, T., Yackel, J., Tomar, K. S., Mahmud, M., Nandan, V., & Kumar, S. (2023).Melt pond detection on landfast sea ice using dual co-polarized Ku-band backscatter. Remote Sensing of Environment, 296(1 October 2023), 113725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113725
  9. Verma, S., Kumar, S., & Dsouza, H. (2023). Polarimetric decomposition and Machine Learning-based Classification of L- and S-band Airborne SAR (LS-ASAR) Data. Earth and Space Science, 10 , e2022EA002796. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002796 (IF: 3.68)
  10. Sonkar, A., Kumar, S., & Kumar, N. (2023). Spaceborne SAR-Based Detection of Ships in Suez Gulf to Analyze the Maritime Traffic Jam Caused Due to the Blockage of Egypt’s Suez Canal Analyze the Maritime Traffic Jam Caused Due to the Blockage. Sustainability, 15(12), 9706:1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129706 . (IF: 3.889)
  11. Singh, S., Kumar, S., & Kumar, N. (2023). Evolution of Iceberg A68 since Its Inception from the Collapse of Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data. Sustainability, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043757 (IF: 3.889)
  12. Sharma, A., Kumar, S., & Bhiravarasu, S. S. (2023). Integral equation modeling for dielectric retrieval of the lunar surface using Chandrayaan-2 fully-Polarimetric L-band dual frequency SAR (DFSAR) data. Icarus, 391, 115350:1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115350 (IF: 3.657).
  13. Kumar, S., Singh, A., Sharma, A., Chaudhary, V., Joshi, A., Agrawal, S., & Chauhan, P. (2022). Polarimetric Analysis of L-band DFSAR data of Chandrayaan-2 Mission for Ice Detection in Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs) of Lunar South Polar Craters. Advances in Space Research, 70 (12), 4000-4029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.01.038 (IF: 2.611).
  14. Kumar, S., Babu, A., Agrawal, S., Asopa, U., Shukla, S., & Maiti, A. (2022). Polarimetric Calibration of Spaceborne and Airborne Multifrequency SAR Data for Scattering-Based Characterization of Manmade and Natural Features. Advances in Space Research, 69(4), 1684–1714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.02.023 (IF: 2.611).
  15. Kumar, S., & Govil, H. (2022). Preface: Advances in spaceborne SAR remote sensing for characterization of natural and manmade features – Part 2. Advances in Space Research, 70(12), 3781-3783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.10.058 (IF: 2.611).
  16. Singh, A., Niranjannaik, M., Kumar, S., & Gaurav, K. (2022). Comparison of Different Dielectric Models to Estimate Penetration Depth of L- and S-Band SAR Signals into the Ground Surface. Geographies, 2(4), 734–742. https://doi.org/10.3390/geographies2040045
  17. Kumar, S., & Govil, H. (2022). Advances in Spaceborne SAR Remote Sensing for Characterization of Natural and Manmade Features – Part 1. Advances in Space Research, 69(4), 1681–1683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.12.038 (IF: 2.611).
  18. Singh, A., Sharma, A., Kumar, S., Chang, L., Vashishtha, A., Raj, R., … Chauhan, P. (2022). Dielectric Characterization and Polarimetric Analysis of Lunar North Polar Crater Hermite-A using Chandrayaan-1 Mini-SAR, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Mini-RF, and Chandrayaan-2 DFSAR Data. Advances in Space Research, 70(12), 4030-4055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.04.059 (IF: 2.611).
  19. Babu, A., Kumar, S., & Agrawal, S. (2022). Polarimetric Calibration and Spatio-temporal Polarimetric Distortion Analysis of UAVSAR PolSAR data. Earth and Space Science, 9(4), e2020EA001629: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001629 (IF: 3.68)
  20. Mukhopadhyay, R., Kumar, S., Aghababaei, H., & Kulshrestha, A. (2022). Estimation of aboveground biomass from PolSAR and PolInSAR using regression-based modelling techniques. Geocarto International, 37(14), 4181–4207. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2021.1878289 (IF: 3.450)
  21. Bhanu Prakash, M. E., & Kumar, S. (2022). Multifrequency Analysis of PolInSAR-based Decomposition using Cosine-Squared Distribution. IETE Technical Review, 39(3), 654–661. https://doi.org/10.1080/02564602.2021.1892542 (IF: 1.932).
  22. Garg, R., Kumar, A., Prateek, M., Pandey, K., & Kumar, S. (2022). Land Cover Classification of Spaceborne Multifrequency SAR and Optical Multispectral Data using Machine Learning. Advances in Space Research, 69(4), 1726–1742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.06.028 (IF: 2.611).
  23. Chandni, C. K., Kumar, S., & Babu, A. (2022). SBAS-DInSAR analysis of January 2020 eruption of La cumbre Volcano, Galapagos Archipelago. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2022.104796 (IF: 1.845).
  24. Verma, S., Kumar, S., Mishra, V. N., & Raj, R. (2022). Multifrequency Spaceborne SAR data for Backscatter-based Characterization of Land Use and Land Cover. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, 825255:1-24. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.825255 (IF: 3.661).
  25. Kumar, S., Vignesh, S. K., Babu, A., Thakur, P. K., & Agrawal, S. (2021). PSInSAR-Based Surface Deformation Mapping of Angkor Wat Cultural Heritage Site. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 49(4), 827–842. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-020-01257-7 (IF: 1.894).
  26. Awasthi, S., Kumar, S., Thakur, P. K., Jain, K., Kumar, A., & Snehmani. (2021). Snow depth retrieval in North-Western Himalayan region using pursuit-monostatic TanDEM-X datasets applying polarimetric synthetic aperture radar interferometry based inversion Modelling. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42(8), 2872–2897. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2020.1862439 (IF: 3.790).
  27. Babu, A., Kumar, S., & Agrawal, S. (2021). Polarimetric Calibration of L-Band UAVSAR Data. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 49(3), 541–549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-020-01241-1 (IF: 1.894).
  28. Babu, A., Kumar, S., & Govil, H. (2021). Investigation on the Effects of Polarization Orientation Angle Shift in the UAVSAR Polarimetric Decomposition. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 49(3), 551–557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-020-01234-0 (IF: 1.894).
  29. Bhanu Prakash, M. E., & Kumar, S. (2021). PolInSAR decorrelation-based decomposition modelling of spaceborne multifrequency SAR data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42(4), 1398–1419. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2020.1829155 (IF: 3.790).
  30. Chaudhary, V., & Kumar, S. (2021). Dark Spot Detection for Characterization of Marine Surface Slicks using UAVSAR Quad-pol Data. Scientific Reports, 11, 8975:1-23. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88301-9 (IF: 5.516).
  31. Garg, R., Kumar, A., Bansal, N., Prateek, M., & Kumar, S. (2021). Semantic Segmentation of PolSAR image data using Advanced Deep Learning Model. Scientific Reports, 11, 15365:1-18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94422-y (IF: 5.516).
  32. Maiti, A., Kumar, S., Tolpekin, V. A., & Agarwal, S. (2021). A Computationally Efficient Hybrid Framework for Polarimetric Calibration of Quad-Pol SAR Data. Earth and Space Science, 8(3), e2020EA001447:1-22. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001447 (IF: 3.68).
  33. Ramya, M. N. S., & Kumar, S. (2021). PolInSAR Coherence-based Decomposition Modeling for scattering characterization: a case study in Uttarakhand, India. Science of Remote Sensing, 3, 100020:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2021.100020
  34. Rawat, A., Kumar, A., Upadhyay, P., & Kumar, S. (2021). A Comparative Study of 1D-Convolutional Neural Networks with Modified Possibilistic c-Mean Algorithm for Mapping Transplanted Paddy Fields Using Temporal Data. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-020-01303-4 (IF: 1.894).
  35. Rawat, A., Kumar, A., Upadhyay, P., & Kumar, S. (2021). Deep learning-based models for temporal satellite data processing: Classification of paddy transplanted fields. Ecological Informatics, 61, 101214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101214 (IF: 4.498)
  36. Vashishtha, A., & Kumar, S. (2021). Characterization of geomorphological features of lunar surface using Chandrayaan-1 Mini-SAR and LRO Mini-RF data. Quaternary International, 575–576, 338–357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.08.018 (IF: 2.454),
  37. Kumar, S., Govil, H., Srivastava, P. K., Thakur, P. K., & Kushwaha, S. P. S. (2020). Spaceborne Multifrequency PolInSAR-Based Inversion Modelling for Forest Height Retrieval. Remote Sensing, 12(24), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12244042 (IF : 5.394).
  38. Asopa, U., & Kumar, S. (2020). UAVSAR Tomography for Vertical Profile Generation of Tropical Forest of Mondah National Park, Gabon. Earth and Space Science, 7(10), e2020EA001230; 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001230 (IF: 3.68).
  39. Awasthi, S., Thakur, P. K., Kumar, S., Kumar, A., Jain, K., & Mani, S. (2020). Snow Density retrieval using Hybrid polarimetric RISAT-1 datasets. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 13, 3058–3065. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.2991156 (IF: 4.715).
  40. Chaudhary, V., & Kumar, S. (2020). Marine Oil Slicks Detection using Spaceborne and Airborne SAR data. Advances in Space Research, 66(4), 854–872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.05.003 (IF: 2.611).
  41. Rawat, A., Kumar, A., Upadhyay, P., & Kumar, S. (2020). Multisensor temporal approach for transplanted paddy fields mapping using fuzzy-based classifiers. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 14(2), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.14.024524 (IF: 1.568).
  42. Shafai, S. S., & Kumar, S. (2020). PolInSAR Coherence and Entropy‐Based Hybrid Decomposition Model. Earth and Space Science, 7(10), e2020EA001279: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020ea001279 (IF: 3.68).
  43. Shukla, S., Tolpekin, V., Kumar, S., & Stein, A. (2020). Investigating the retention of solar wind implanted helium-3 on the moon from the analysis of multi-wavelength remote sensing data. Remote Sensing, 12(20), 3350-1–24. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12203350 (IF: 5.394).
  44. Singh, A., Gaurav, K., Meena, G. K., & Kumar, S. (2020). Estimation of Soil Moisture Applying Modified Dubois Model to Sentinel-1; A Regional Study from Central India. Remote Sensing, 12(14), 2266-1–19. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12142266 (IF: 5.394).
  45. Singh, A., Kushwah, S. K. P., & Kumar, S. (2020). Backscatter and coherence analysis using spaceborne C-band data for forest characterization. Journal of Geomatics, 14(1), 39–48. https://isgindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/JoG_Vol_14_No_1_April_2020.pdf
  46. Kumar, S., Garg, R. D., Govil, H., & Kushwaha, S. P. S. (2019). PolSAR-decomposition-based extended water cloud modeling for forest aboveground biomass estimation. Remote Sensing, 11(19), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11192287 (IF: 5.394).
  47. Babu, A., & Kumar, S. (2019). SBAS interferometric analysis for volcanic eruption of Hawaii island. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 370, 31–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.01.011 (IF: 2.986),
  48. Babu, A., Kumar, S., & Agrawal, S. (2019). Polarimetric Calibration of RISAT-1 Compact-Pol Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 12(10), 3731–3736. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2019.2932019 (IF: 4.715).
  49. Shukla, S., Kumar, S., & Tolpekin, V. A. (2019). Petrophysical Insights Into Lunar Mafic Extrusive Basalts Over Reiner Gamma Formation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, PP, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2019.2909352 (IF: 4.715).
  50. Tomar, K. S., Kumar, S., & Tolpekin, V. A. (2019). Evaluation of Hybrid Polarimetric Decomposition Techniques for Forest Biomass Estimation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 12(10), 3712–3718. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2019.2947088 (IF: 4.715).
  51. Khati, U., Singh, G., & Kumar, S. (2018). Potential of Space-Borne PolInSAR for Forest Canopy Height Estimation Over India—A Case Study Using Fully Polarimetric L-, C-, and X-Band SAR Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 11(7), 2406–2416. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2835388 (IF: 4.715).
  52. Gonnuru, P., & Kumar, S. (2018). PsInSAR based land subsidence estimation of Burgan oil field using TerraSAR-X data. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 9, 17–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2017.11.003 (JCI: 0.81).
  53. Govil, H., Gill, N., Rajendran, S., Santosh, M., & Kumar, S. (2018). Identification of new base metal mineralization in Kumaon Himalaya, India, using hyperspectral remote sensing and hydrothermal alteration. Ore Geology Reviews, 92, 271–283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2017.11.023 (IF: 3.714),
  54. Kumar, S., Sara, R., Singh, J., Agrawal, S., & Kushwaha, S. P. S. (2018). Spaceborne PolInSAR and ground-based TLS data modeling for characterization of forest structural and biophysical parameters. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 11(April), 241–253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2018.07.010 (JCI: 0.81).
  55. Kumar, S., Joshi, S. K., & Govil, H. (2017). Spaceborne PolSAR tomography for forest height retrieval. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 10(12), 5175–5185. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2741723 (IF: 4.715).
  56. Kumar, S., Khati, U. G., Chandola, S., Agrawal, S., & Kushwaha, S. P. S. (2017). Polarimetric SAR Interferometry based modeling for tree height and aboveground biomass retrieval in a tropical deciduous forest. Advances in Space Research, 60(3), 571–586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.04.018 (IF: 2.611).).
  57. Kumar, S., Garg, R. D., Kushwaha, S. P. S., Jayawardhana, W. G. N. N., & Agarwal, S. (2017). Bistatic PolInSAR Inversion Modelling for Plant Height Retrieval in a Tropical Forest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section A - Physical Sciences, 87(4), 817–826. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40010-017-0451-9 (IF: 1.291).
  58. Kumar, S., Garg, R. D., Kushwaha, S. P. S., & Pandey, U. (2017). Spaceborne SAR Tomography for Vertical Profile Retrieval of Forest Vegetation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section A - Physical Sciences, 87(4), 807–816. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40010-017-0450-x (IF: 1.291).
  59. Joshi, S. K., & Kumar, S. (2017). Performance of PolSAR backscatter and PolInSAR coherence for scattering characterization of forest vegetation using single pass X-band spaceborne synthetic aperture radar data. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 11(2), 026022. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jrs.11.026022 (IF: 1.568).
  60. Joshi, S. K., & Kumar, S. (2017). Spaceborne PolInSAR tomography for vertical profile retrieval of forest vegetation. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 11(1), 016001. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jrs.11.016001 (IF: 1.568).
  61. Behera, M. D., Tripathi, P., Mishra, B., Kumar, S., Chitale, V. S., & Behera, S. K. (2016). Above-ground biomass and carbon estimates of Shorea robusta and Tectona grandis forests using QuadPOL ALOS PALSAR data. Advances in Space Research, 57(2), 552–561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2015.11.010 (IF: 2.611).
  62. Sai Bharadwaj, P., Kumar, S., Kushwaha, S. P. S., & Bijker, W. (2015). Polarimetric scattering model for estimation of above ground biomass of multilayer vegetation using ALOS-PALSAR quad-pol data. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 83–84, 187–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2015.09.003 (IF: 3.311).
  63. Kumar, P. A., & Kumar, S. (2014). Estimation of optical maturity parameter for lunar soil characterization using Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3). Advances in Space Research, 53(12), 1694–1719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2014.01.009 (IF: 2.611).).
  64. Kumar, S., Pandey, U., Kushwaha, S. P., Chatterjee, R. S., & Bijker, W. (2012). Aboveground biomass estimation of tropical forest from Envisat advanced synthetic aperture radar data using modeling approach. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 6(1), 063588.https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jrs.6.063588 (IF: 1.568).
  1. Kumar, S., Siqueira, P., Govil, H., & Agrawal, S. (2023). Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing: Techniques and Applications (1st ed.; Kumar, S., P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal, eds.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204466
  1. Kumar, S., & Sharma, A. (2023). Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing. In S. Kumar, P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing (1st ed., pp. 1–12). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204466-1
  2. Shafai, S. S., Kumar, S., Aghababaei, H., & Kulshrestha, A. (2023). Polarimetric Interferometric Decomposition. In S. Kumar, P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing (1st ed., pp. 45–87). Boca Raton: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204466-3
  3. Kumar, A., Garg, R., & Kumar, S. (2023a). Implementation of Machine Learning Classification Models on Multifrequency Band SAR Dataset. In S. Kumar, P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing (1st ed., pp. 89–105). Boca Raton: CRC Press.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204466-4
  4. Kumar, A., Garg, R., & Kumar, S. (2023b). Implementation of Neural Network-Based Classification Models on Multifrequency Band SAR Dataset. In S. Kumar, P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing (1st ed., pp. 107–121). Boca Raton: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204466-5
  5. Tripathi, A., Kumar, S., & Maithani, S. (2023). Improved Data Fusion based Land use/Land cover Classification using PolSAR and optical remotely sensed satellite data- A Machine Learning approach. In S. Kumar, P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing (1st ed., pp. 123–146). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press Taylor and Francis.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204466-6
  6. Chaudhary, V., & Kumar, S. (2023). Marine Oil Slick Detection Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing Techniques. In S. Kumar, P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing (1st ed., pp. 211–234). Boca Raton: CRC Press.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204466-9
  7. Mukhopadhyay, R., Kumar, S., Aghababaei, H., & Kulshrestha, A. (2023). Spaceborne C-Band PolSAR Backscatter and PolInSAR Coherence-Based Modeling for Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation. In S. Kumar, P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing (1st ed., pp. 235–249). Boca Raton: CRC Press.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204466-10
  8. Singh, S., Kumar, S., Thakur, P. K., & Mishra, V. N. (2023). Analysis of Polarimetric Techniques for Characterization of Glacial Feature. In S. Kumar, P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing (1st ed., pp. 251–268). Boca Raton: CRC Press.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204466-11
  9. Kandasamy, V., & Kumar, S. (2023). SAR for Cultural Heritage Monitoring. In S. Kumar, P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing (1st ed., pp. 313–328). Boca Raton: CRC Press.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204466-14
  10. Bhaumik, P., Govil, H., Kumar, S., & Rajendran, S. (2023). Extraction and Evaluation of Lineaments From DEMs Generated from Different Bands of Microwave Data and Optical Data. In S. Kumar, P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing (1st ed., pp. 329–350). Boca Raton: CRC Press.http://192.168.17.20/downloadCardLetter/IIRS2023010417733
  11. Singh, A., Kumar, S. & Chang, L. (2023). An Insight to the Lunar Surface. In S. Kumar, P. Siqueira, H. Govil, & S. Agrawal (Eds.), Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing (1st ed., pp. 363–392). Boca Raton: CRC Press.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003204466-17
  12. Kumar, S., & Jayawardhana, W. G. N. N. (2022). Potential of Spaceborne Bistatic Polarimetric Interferometric SAR Modelling for Vegetation Height Estimation. In B. R. Parida, A. C. Pandey, M. D. Behera, & N. Kumar (Eds.), Handbook of Himalayan Ecosystems and Sustainability, Volume 1 (Ist, pp. 121–142). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press Taylor and Francis.
  13. Bhanu Prakash, M. E., & Kumar, S. (2022). Emerging Techniques of Polarimetric Interferometric SAR for Scattering-based Characterization. In P. K. Srivastava, D. K. Gupta, R. Prasad, T. Islam, & D. Han (Eds.), Radar Remote Sensing: Application and Challenges (1st ed., pp. 259–285). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823457-0.00014-8
  14. Monika, Govil, H., & Kumar, S. (2022). Identification of Sub-surface features using L-band SAR data in Jaisalmer, India. In P. K. Srivastava, D. K. Gupta, R. Prasad, T. Islam, & D. Han (Eds.), Radar Remote Sensing: Application and Challenges (1st ed., pp. 109–122). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823457-0.00007-0
  15. Agrawal, S., Raghavendra, S., Kumar, S., & Pande, H. (2019). Geospatial Data for the Himalayan Region: Requirements, Availability, and Challenges. In R. R. Navalgund, A. S. Kumar, & S. Nandy (Eds.), Remote Sensing of Northwest Himalayan Ecosystems (pp. 471–500). Singapore: Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2128-3_22
Lecture Notes
  1. Kumar, S. (2016). Advances in SAR polarimetry. In SPIE APRS symposium, pre-symposium tutorial.
  2. Kumar, S. (2014). PolSAR Data Processing. In S. Kumar & P. K. Thakur (Eds.), Lecture Notes of ISPRS TC VIII Pre-Symposium Tutorial on Polarimetric SAR Data Processing and Applications (1st ed., pp. 51–73). PPEG & MPF, NRSC.
  3. Kumar, S., & Khati, U. G. (2014). Polarimetric SAR Interferometry (PolInSAR) for Tree Height Estimation. In S. Kumar & P. K. Thakur (Eds.), Lecture Notes of ISPRS TC VIII Pre-Symposium Tutorial on Polarimetric SAR Data Processing and Applications (1st ed., pp. 125–137). PPEG & MPF, NRSC.
  4. Kumar, S., & Kumari, S. (2014). Microwave Remote Sensing (SAR). In S. Kumar & P. K. Thakur (Eds.), Lecture Notes of ISPRS TC VIII Pre-Symposium Tutorial on Polarimetric SAR Data Processing and Applications (1st ed., pp. 1–14). PPEG & MPF, NRSC.
  5. Kumar, S., & Thakur, P. K. (Eds.). (2014). Lecture Notes of ISPRS TC VIII Pre-Symposium Tutorial on Polarimetric SAR Data Processing and Applications (1st ed.). PPEG & MPF, NRSC.
  6. Kumar, S. (2011). Microwave Remote Sensing. In Lecture Notes International Training Course on Microwave Remote Sensing and its Applications (First edit). Center for Space Science & Technology Education in Asia & The Pacific (CSSTEAP), Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO.
  7. Kumar, S., & Balaji, P. M. (2011). Differential SAR Interferometry (DInSAR). In Lecture Notes International Training Course on Microwave Remote Sensing and its Applications (First edit). Center for Space Science & Technology Education in Asia & The Pacific (CSSTEAP), Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO.
  1. Dinesh, D., Kumar, S., Khati, U. G., & Saran, S. (2023). Polarimetric Decomposition Techniques and Machine Learning Modelling for Soil Moisture Retrieval from Simulated NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) L-Band Data. 11th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry and BIOMASS, 1. Espaces Vanel Toulouse, France: European Space Agency.
  2. Dsouza, H., & Kumar, S. (2023). Polarimetric Analysis of de Gerlache Crater Using Chandrayaan-2 DFSAR Data. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023, 2023(2806), 1449:1-2. The Woodlands, Texas, USA: Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. Retrieved from https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1449.pdf
  3. Dsouza, H., Kumar, S. & Khati, U. G. (2023). Polarimetric Analysis of Permanently Shadowed Regions on the Moon Using Dual-Frequency Full-Pol Data From Chandrayaan-2 DFSAR. 11th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry and BIOMASS, 1. Espaces Vanel Toulouse, France: European Space Agency.
  4. Kumari, K., & Kumar, S. (2023). Machine Learning Based Modeling for Forest Aboveground Biomass Retrieval. 2023 International Conference on Machine Intelligence for GeoAnalytics and Remote Sensing (MIGARS), 1, 1–4. Hyderabad, India: IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/MIGARS57353.2023.10064607.
  5. Thulasiraman, D., Haldar, D., Kumar, S., Balaji, A., Patel, N. R., & Verma, A. (2023). Sensitivity Analysis of SAR Data for Pearl Millet Crop. International Conference on Innovations to Transform Drylands (ICRISAT 2023), 1. Hyderabad, India: International Conference on Innovations to Transform Drylands.
  6. Kumar, Shashi. (2022). Polarimetric Distortion Analysis of L- and S-Band Airborne SAR ( LS-ASAR ): A Precursor Study of the Spaceborne Dual-Frequency L- and S-Band NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar ( NISAR ) Mission †. In S. Mariani (Ed.), 9th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications (pp. 1–8). Online: MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsa-9-13186
  7. Chaudhary, V., & Kumar, S. (2022). Oil Platform Detection from Airborne L- and S-Band SAR Data Using Thresholding and YOLOV5. 2021 IEEE International India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), 348–351. https://doi.org/10.1109/InGARSS51564.2021.9792089
  8. Kandasamy, V., & Kumar, S. (2022). Angkor Wat Deformation Monitoring from 2017 to 2021. 2021 IEEE International India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), 122–124. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/InGARSS51564.2021.9792040
  9. Kumar, A., Garg, R., Dahiya, S., Prateek, M., & Kumar, S. (2022). Semantic Segmentation of L&S Band SAR Data after Tuning the Hyper Parameters in Machine Learning Models. 2021 IEEE International India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), 365–368. https://doi.org/10.1109/InGARSS51564.2021.9792137
  10. Kumar, S, Chaudhary, V., Singh, A., & Chauhan, P. (2022). Scattering-based Analysis of South Polar Crater of the Lunar Surface Using L-band SAR Data of Chandrayaan-2 Mission. 2021 IEEE International India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), 459–462. https://doi.org/10.1109/InGARSS51564.2021.9791981
  11. Shafai, S. S., Kumar, S., Aghababaei, H., & Kulshrestha, A. (2022). Evaluating the Effect of POA Compensation on Polinsar Coherence for L-and-S Band Airborne SAR Data. 2021 IEEE International India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), 356–359. https://doi.org/10.1109/InGARSS51564.2021.9792001
  12. Sharma, A., Kumar, S., & Bhiravarasu, S. S. (2022). Scattering Mechanism of Erlanger Crater Using Chandryaan-2 L-Band DFSAR Data. 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2031:1-2. The Woodlands, Texas, USA: Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. Retrieved from https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2022/pdf/2031.pdf
  13. Bhanu Prakash, M. E., & Kumar, S. (2021). Extraction of Urban Areas using PolInSAR Decorrelation Based Decomposition. POLINSAR 2021 – 10th International Workshop on Science and Applications of SAR Polarimetry and Polarimetric Interferometry, 1.
  14. Mukhopadhyay, R., Kumar, S., Aghababaei, H., & Kulshrestha, A. (2021). Analysis Of Coherence As A Function Of The Ground-to-Volume Scattering Ratio For Forest Region. FRINGE 2021 - 11th International Workshop on Advances in the Science and Applications of SAR Interferometry, 1.
  15. C K, C., & Kumar, S. (2020). DInSAR based Analysis of January 2020 Eruption of Fernandina Volcano, Galapagos. 2020 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), 250–253.https://doi.org/10.1109/InGARSS48198.2020.9358954
  16. Shukla, S., Maiti, A., Patterson, G. W., Prem, P., Bhiravarasu, S. S., Tolpekin, V. A., & Kumar, S. (2020). Modelling the Physical Nature of Lunar Regolith at S-Band and L-Band Wavelengths using the Chandrayaan-2 DFSAR and LRO Mini-RF Radars. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), 2268. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/pdf/2268.pdf
  17. Asopa U., Kumar S. (2020) Multi Frequency Polarimetric Decomposition of UAVSAR Data. In: Jain K., Khoshelham K., Zhu X., Tiwari A. (eds) Proceedings of UASG 2019. UASG 2019. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 51. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37393-1_28
  18. Kumar, S., Kumari, V., Alice, ME, B. P., Babu, A., Maiti, A., & Agrawal, S. (2020). Polarimetric SAR Calibration and Processing Tool V1.0: A Tool for Polarimetric Calibration and Processing of SAR Data. 2020 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), 459–464. https://doi.org/10.1109/SPIN48934.2020.9071299
  19. Maiti, A., Kumar, S., Tolpekin, V., & Agarwal, S. (2020). Polarimetric Calibration of L-band Airborne SAR. In N. Paparoditis, C. Mallet, F. Lafarge, S. Hinz, R. Feitosa, M. Weinmann, & B. Jutzi (Eds.), ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences: Vols. V-1–2020 (Issue March, pp. 369–374). International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-V-1-2020-369-2020
  20. ME, B. P., & Kumar, S. (2020). PolInSAR based Polarimetric Decomposition using Cosine square distribution. 2020 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Integrated Networks (SPIN), 465–470. https://doi.org/10.1109/SPIN48934.2020.9071416
  21. Vashishtha, A., & Kumar, S. (2020). Detection of New Potential Site of Lava Tube in Marius Hills Region by Three Component Decomposition Technique of LRO Mini-RF Data. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), 1880. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/pdf/1880.pdf
  22. Shukla, S., Maiti, A., Patterson, G. W., Prem, P., Cahill, J. T. S., Thomson, B. J., Tolpekin, V. A., & Kumar, S. (2020). Mini-RF Global and Polar S-Band Maps of the Variation in the Moon’s Dielectric Constant. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), 2509. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/pdf/2509.pdf
  23. Jain, S., & Kumar, S. (2020). Spaceborne Thermal Remote Sensing for Characterization of the Land Surface Temperature of Manmade and Natural Features. Proceedings, 67(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.3390/ASEC2020-07568
  24. Singh, A., Gaurav, K., & Kumar, S. (2020). Evaluating the potential of Sentinel-1 images for the estimation of soil moisture on an alluvial Fan. EGU General Assembly 2020, 19614. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19614
  25. Agrawal, N., Kumar, S., & Tolpekin, V. A. (2019). PolInSAR based scattering information retrieval for forest aboveground biomass estimation. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, 42(2/W13), 1913–1920. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W13-1913-2019
  26. Babu, A., & Kumar, S. (2019). InSAR Coherence and Backscatter Images Based Analysis for the Anak Krakatau Volcano Eruption. In J. Martínez-Frías (Ed.), Proceedings (Vol. 24, Issue 1, pp. 21:1-8). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI AG). https://doi.org/10.3390/IECG2019-06216
  27. Babu, A., & Kumar, S. (2019). PSInSAR Processing for Volcanic Ground Deformation Monitoring Over Fogo Island. In J. Martínez-Frías (Ed.), Proceedings (Vol. 24, Issue 1, pp. 3:1-8). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI AG). https://doi.org/10.3390/IECG2019-06217
  28. Babu, A., Kumar, S., & Agrawal, S. (2019). RISAT-1 Compact Polarimetric Calibration and Decomposition. In Q. Wang (Ed.), Proceedings (Vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 3:1-7). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI AG). https://doi.org/10.3390/ECRS-3-06189
  29. Balaji, P. M., & Kumar, S. (2019). Effect of Atmospheric propagation of Electromagnetic Wave on DInSAR Phase. In Q. Wang (Ed.), Proceedings (Vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 5:1-8). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI AG). https://doi.org/10.3390/ECRS-3-06188
  30. Garg, R., Kumar, A., & Kumar, S. (2019). Ship Detection using L & S Band Airborne SAR Data. 2019 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC), March, 407286.
  31. Majumdar, S., Thakur, P. K., Ling, C., & Kumar, S. (2019). X-band Polarimetric SAR Copolar Phase Difference for Fresh Snow Depth Estimation in the Northwestern Himalayan Watershed. IEEE 2019 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2019), 4104–4105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8898884
  32. Majumdar, S., Thakur, P. K., Ling, C., Kumar, S., & Ryan G., S. (2019). Spaceborne Polarimetric SAR Interferometry for Snow Depth Retrieval in the Northwestern Himalayan Watershed. The Geological Society of America 2019 Annual Meeting, 1. https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2019AM-338916
  33. Shukla, S., Kumar, S., & Tolpekin, V. A. (2019). Advancing to Lunar Lava Tube Sensing: A New Radar Perspective of Philolaus Skylight Candidates. 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2019, 2283. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2019/pdf/2283.pdf
  34. Shukla, S., Kumar, S., & Tolpekin, V. A. (2019). Revisiting the Retention Framework of Lunar Helium-3 through Space Weathering Processes and its Implications. Lunar ISRU 2019: Developing a New Space Economy through Lunar Resources and Their Utilization, 5108. https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpi/contribution_docs/LPI-002152.pdf
  35. Singh, A, Meena, G. K., Kumar, S., & Gaurav, K. (2019). Evaluation of the Penetration Depth of L- and S-Band (NISAR mission) Microwave SAR Signals into Ground. 2019 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC), 1. https://doi.org/10.23919/URSIAP-RASC.2019.8738217
  36. Singh, Awinash, Kumar, S., & Jhajharia, K. (2019). PolInSAR coherence based decomposition for scattering characterization of urban area. 3rd International Electronic Conference on Remote Sensing, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3390/ECRS-3-06185
  37. Asopa, U., Kumar, S., & Thakur, P. K. (2018). PSInSAR Study of Lyngenfjord Norway, using TerraSAR-X Data. ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., IV–5, 245–251. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-5-245-2018
  38. Babu, A., & Kumar, S. (2018). Tree Canopy Height Estimation Using Multi Baseline Rvog Inversion Technique. ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XLII–5(November), 605–611. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-5-605-2018
  39. Bhowmick, R. S., Kumar, A., Singh, G. D., & Kumar, S. (2018). Model for land cover estimation using unsupervised machine learning on Google maps color images. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, 42(5), 147–154. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-147-2018
  40. Dini Das, A. S., Kumar, S., Babu, A., & Thakur, P. K. (2018). Insar coherence and polarimetric parameters based characterization of flooded area -case study of a natural world heritage site kaziranga national park. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4(5), 265–272. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-5-265-2018
  41. Gonnuru, P., Kumar, S., & Kumar, A. S. (2018). PsInSAR coherence based displacement analysis of Krishna delta using sentinel-1 interferometric wide swath data. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4(5), 273–278. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-5-273-2018
  42. Gonnuru, Pratyusha, & Kumar, S. (2018). C-band SAR interferometry for change detection analysis in Krishna River Delta. 2018 3rd International Conference on Microwave and Photonics, ICMAP 2018, 2018-Janua(Icmap), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMAP.2018.8354534
  43. Gonnuru, Pratyusha, & Kumar, S. (2018). TerraSAR-X based PsInSAR for subsidence mapping of Burgan oil field, Kuwait. 2018 3rd International Conference on Microwave and Photonics, ICMAP 2018, 2018-Janua(Icmap), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMAP.2018.8354473
  44. Grover, A., Kumar, S., & Kumar, A. (2018). Ship detection using Sentinel-1 SAR data. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4(5), 317–324. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-5-317-2018
  45. Shukla, S., & Kumar, S. (2018). Effect of polarization orientation angle compensation on airborne L - Band UAVSAR data for the Munich area, Germany. Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR, 2018-June, 784–789.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8438115/
  46. Shukla, S., & Kumar, S. (2018). Hybrid polarimetric decomposition modelling of lunar surface for scattering characterization using miniature RADAR data. Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR, 2018-June, 794–799.
  47. Shukla, S., Majumdar, S., Maiti, A., & Kumar, S. (2018). New insights into solar wind implanted volatiles for lunar regolith characterization: A simulation based approach. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4(4), 199–206. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-4-199-2018
  48. Shukla, S, & Kumar, S. (2018). Remote compositional pyroxene estimates in the Reiner gamma formation using feature-oriented PCA: New insights into lunar swirls. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2018-July, 1624–1627. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8518857
  49. Singh, A., Meena, G. K., Kumar, S., & Gaurav, K. (2018). Analysis of the effect of incidence angle and moisture content on the penetration depth of L-and S-band SAR signals into the ground surface. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4(5), 197–202.
  50. Tripathi, A., & Kumar, S. (2018). Effect of Phase Filtering on Interferometry based Displacement Analysis of Cultural Heritage Sites. 2018 5th IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, UPCON 2018, 1, 1–5.
  51. Tripathi, A., Kumar, S., & Maithani, S. (2018). Spaceborne bistatic polarimetrie SAR for scattering analysis and classification of man-made and natural features. 2018 3rd International Conference on Microwave and Photonics, ICMAP 2018, 2018-Janua(Icmap), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMAP.2018.8354494
  52. Tripathi, A., Maithani, S., & Kumar, S. (2018). Minimization of the ambiguity of merging of urban builtup and fallow land features by generating “C2” covariance matrix using spaceborne bistatic dual Pol SAR data. Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, RAIT 2018, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/RAIT.2018.8389058
  53. Tripathi, A., Maithani, S., & Kumar, S. (2018). X-band persistent SAR interferometry for surface subsidence detection in Rudrapur City, India. Proc. SPIE 10793, Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications in Urban Environments III, October 2018, 28.https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2326267
  54. Awasthi, S., Kumar, S., Thakur, P. K., & Mani, S. (2017). Pol-InSAR based snow depth retrieval using spaceborne TerraSAR-X data. 8th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Networking Technologies, ICCCNT 2017, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCCNT.2017.8204066
  55. Awasthi, Shubham, Kumar, S., & Thakur, P. K. (2017a). Analysis of polarization orientation angle shift on high resolution spaceborne x-band and C band sar data. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing - Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, ACRS 2017, 2017-Octob, 1–10. https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2017/Missing_pro2/Missing_2_180321/Abstract Id- 1511 ANALYSIS OF POLARIZATION ORIENTATION ANGLE SHIFT ON HIGH-RESOLUTION SPACEBORNE X-BAND AND C BAND DATA.pdf
  56. Awasthi, Shubham, Kumar, S., & Thakur, P. K. (2017). Evaluation of RISAT-1 FRS-2 Quad Pol Data to be Fully Polarimetric data. The 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 2017, Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, 1–9.http://a-a-r-s.org/acrs/administrator/components/com_jresearch/files/publications/978.pdf
  57. Awasthi, Shubham, Kumar, S., Thakur, P. K., Singh, A., & Mani, S. (2017). Snow density retrieval using hybrid polarimetric spaceborne SAR data. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing - Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, ACRS 2017, 2017-Octob, 1–5. https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2017/Missing_pro2/Missing_2_180321/Abstract Id-162 SNOW DENSITY RETRIEVAL USING HYBRID POLARIMETRIC SPACEBORNE SAR DATA.pdf
  58. Awasthi, Shubham, Kumar, S., Thakur, P. K., & Snehmani. (2017). Snow Depth estimation with Co-polar phase difference using multi-temporal spaceborne TerraSAR-X data. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing - Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, ACRS 2017, 2017-Octob, 1–5. https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2017/Missing_pro2/Missing_2_180321/Abstract Id- 979 SNOW DEPTH ESTIMATION WITH CO-POLAR PHASE DIFFERENCE USING MULTI-TEMPORAL SPACEBORNE TERRASAR-XDATA.pdf
  59. Kulshrestha, A., Kumar, S., & Bijker, W. (2017). Dark Spot Detection for Characterization of Oil Spills Using PolSAR Remote Sensing. The 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 2017, Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, 1, 1–7. https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2017/Missing_pro2/Missing_2_180321/1474.pdf
  60. Kumar, A., Kumar, S., & Srivastav, S. K. (2017). Investigating the scattering mechanism in low calcium pyroxene zones over the Bullialdus crater on Moon using M3 and Mini-RF data. The 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, ACRS 2017, Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, 1–10. http://a-a-r-s.org/acrs/administrator/components/com_jresearch/files/publications/1216.pdf
  61. Kumar, Shashi., Joshi, S. K., Tomar, K. S., Aggarwal, N., Khati, U. G., Chandola, S., Bharadwaj, S. P., Agarwal, S., & Kushwaha, S. P. S. (2017). PolInSAR based modelling for scattering characterization and forest parameter retrieval. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing - Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, ACRS 2017, 2017-Octob.https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2017/ID_753_1652/1076.pdf
  62. Kumar, Shashi, & Joshi, S. K. (2017). SAR tomography for forest structure investigation. Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC, 0, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2016.7931452
  63. Ramya, M. N. S., & Kumar, S. (2017). Comparison of PolSAR and PolInSAR coherence based land use/land cover classification. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing - Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, ACRS 2017, 1, 1–10.https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2017/ID_753_1652/1090.pdf
  64. Shukla, S., Kumar, S., & Agrawal, S. (2017). Mineral mapping of FeO and TiO2 of the cassini crater using moon mineralogy mapper (M3) of chandrayaan-1. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing - Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, ACRS 2017, 2017-Octob.
  65. Tripathi, A., & Kumar, S. (2017). SAR interferometry based displacement mapping of cultural heritage sites. 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing - Space Applications: Touching Human Lives, ACRS 2017, 2017-Octob, 1–6. https://a-a-r-s.org/proceeding/ACRS2017/ID_5_749/665.pdf
  66. Agrawal, N., Kumar, S., & Tolpekin, V. (2016). Polarimetric SAR interferometry-based decomposition modelling for reliable scattering retrieval. Land Surface and Cryosphere Remote Sensing III, 9877(May 2016), 987708. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223977
  67. Gupta, A., Kumar, S., & Pandey, U. (2016). Effect of polarization orientation angle shift on X-band TDM SAR COSSC product of TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X. Land Surface and Cryosphere Remote Sensing III, 9877(May 2016), 987726. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223704
  68. Joshi, S. K., Kumar, S., & Agrawal, S. (2016). Performance of PolSAR backscatter and PolInSAR coherence for scattering characterization of forest vegetation using TerraSAR-X data. Land Surface and Cryosphere Remote Sensing III, 9877(May 2016), 987707. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223898
  69. Joshi, S. K., Kumar, S., Agrawal, S., & Dinh, H. T. M. (2016). PolInSAR tomography for vertical profile retrieval of forest vegetation using spaceborne SAR data. Land Surface and Cryosphere Remote Sensing III, 9877(May 2016), 987709.https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228068
  70. Kumar, S., Garg, R. D., & Kushwaha, S. P. S. (2016). Deorientation of PolSAR coherency matrix for volume scattering retrieval. Land Surface and Cryosphere Remote Sensing III, 9877(May 2016), 987705. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223680
  71. Kumar, S., Gupta, V., Gonnuru, P., & Joshi, S. K. (2016). PolSAR calibration and reconstruction of hybrid polarimetric RISAT-1 data for pseudo quad-pol decomposition: a comparison with quad-pol. Earth Observing Missions and Sensors: Development, Implementation, and Characterization IV, 9881(May 2016), 98812C. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2225425
  72. Kumar, S., Kattamuri, H. P., & Agarwal, S. (2016). Dark spot detection for characterization of marine surface slicks using PolSAR remote sensing. Remote Sensing of the Oceans and Inland Waters: Techniques, Applications, and Challenges, 9878(May 2016), 98780K. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224415
  73. Mangla, R., Kumar, S., & Nandy, S. (2016). Random forest regression modelling for forest aboveground biomass estimation using RISAT-1 PolSAR and terrestrial LiDAR data. Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring XV, 9879(May 2016), 98790Q. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227380
  74. P., A. K., & Kumar, S. (2016). Estimation of lunar surface maturity and ferrous oxide from Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data through data interpolation techniques. Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Remote Sensing Technology, Techniques and Applications VI, 9880(April 2016), 988018. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228050
  75. Prajapati, R., Kumar, S., & Agrawal, S. (2016). Simulation of SAR backscatter for forest vegetation. Earth Observing Missions and Sensors: Development, Implementation, and Characterization IV, 9881(May 2016), 98811T. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2224036
  76. Ramya, M. N. S., & Kumar, S. (2016). Feature extraction using multi-temporal fully polarimetric SAR data. Land Surface and Cryosphere Remote Sensing III, 9877(May 2016), 987718. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2227310
  77. Tomar, K. S., Kumar, S., Tolpekin, V. A., & Joshi, S. K. (2016). Semi-empirical modelling for forest above ground biomass estimation using hybrid and fully PolSAR data. Land Surface and Cryosphere Remote Sensing III, 9877(May 2016), 987729. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2223639
  78. Gupta, A., Kumar, S., & Joshi, S. K. (2015). Analysis of Polarization Orientation Angle Shift Effect on TerraSAR-X Data. 11th International Conference on Microwaves Antenna Propagation & Remote Sensing, 217–221.
  79. Joshi, S. K., & Kumar, S. (2015). PolSAR Backscatter and PolInSAR Coherence Based Analysis for Forest Tree Species. 11th International Conference on Microwaves Antenna Propagation & Remote Sensing, 205–209.
  80. Khati, U. G., Kumar, S., Agrawal, S., & Singh, J. (2015). Forest Height Estimation Using Space-Borne PolInSAR Dataset over Tropical Forests of India. PolInSAR2015, 729, 27. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ESASP.729E..27K
  81. Prajapati, R., Kumar, S., & Agrawal, S. (2015). Comparative Analysis of Incoherent Decomposition Models for scattering information retrieval. 11th International Conference on Microwaves Antenna Propagation & Remote Sensing, 210–215.
  82. Singh, J., Kumar, S., & Kushwaha, S. P. S. (2015). A Study on PolInSAR Coherence Based Regression Analysis of Forest Biomass (BARKOT Reserve Forest India), Using RADARSAT-2 Datasets. PolInSAR 2015, 729, 69. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ESASP.729E..69S
  83. Gurunadham, R., & Kumar, S. (2014). Extraction of aqueous minerals on Mars surface using CRISM based targeted reduced data records. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, 40(8), 431–436. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-8-431-2014
  84. Mangla, R., & Kumar, S. (2014). DEM construction using DINSAR. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, XL–8(1), 817–820.
  85. Singh, J., Kumar, S., & Kushwaha, S. P. S. (2014). PolInSAR coherence-based regression analysis of forest biomass using RADARSAT-2 datasets. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, 40(8), 631–635.
  86. Tummala, K., Jha, A. K., & Kumar, S. (2014). Study of the Effects of Target Geometry on Synthetic Aperture Radar Images using Simulation Studies. ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XL–8(8), 1227–1231.
  87. Khati, U. G., Kumar, S., & Thakur, P. K. (2013). Effect of Shift in Polarization Orientation Angle on Multi-wavelength Fully Polarimetric Data. International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna Propagation and Remote Sensing, ICMARS-2013, 30–34.
  88. Amrutkar, R. P., Kumar, S., Kushwaha, S. P. S., & Bhatt, G. D. (2012). Forest Biophysical Parameter Retrieval using PolSAR Technique. International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna Propagation and Remote Sensing, ICMARS-2012, 128–133.
  89. Richardson, C. D., & Kumar, S. (2012). Effects of Polarization Orientation Angle Shift Compensation in Total Modelled Power and Span of Coherency Matrix. International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna Propagation and Remote Sensing, ICMARS-2012, 163–168.
  90. Balaji, P. M., Kumar, S., & Huurneman, G. (2011). Estimation and Correction of Tropospheric and Ionospheric Effects on Differential SAR Interferograms. International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna Propagation and Remote Sensing, ICMARS-2011, 47–48.
  91. Kumar, S., Pandey, U., Kushwaha, S. P. S., Chatterjee, R. S., & Bijker, W. (2011). Retrieval of Forest Parameters from Envisat ASAR Data for Biomass Inventory in Dudhwa National Park, U.P., India. International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna Propagation and Remote Sensing, ICMARS-2011, 39–40.
  92. Nandan, V., Kumar, S., & Tolpekin, V. A. (2011). Retrieval of Volume Scattering Information using Three Component Decomposition Model Based on Compact Polarimetry. International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna Propagation and Remote Sensing, ICMARS-2011, 45–47.
  93. Richardson, C. D., Kumar, S., & Hussin, Y. A. (2011). Polarimetric Scattering Model for Multilayered Vegetation in Tropical Forest. International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna Propagation and Remote Sensing, ICMARS-2011, 37–38.
  1. कुमार, शशि.(2024). चंद्रमा की सतह का सिंथेटिक एपर्चर रडार आधारित अवलोकन. उपग्रहीय भू अवलोकन द्वारा पर्यावरण एवं जलवायु का अध्ययन, हिंदी तकनीकी संगोष्ठी 2024. पृष्ठ: 1–3. देहरादून, भारत: भारतीय सुदूर संवेदन संस्थान (भा.सु.सं.सं.).
  2. Chaudhary, V., & Kumar, S. (2023). PolSAR data for Characterization of Marine Surface Slicks and Ship Detection. NISAR Science Workshop & Focussed Technical Meeting 2023, 1. Ahmedabad, India: Space Applications Centre.
  3. Dinesh, D., Kumar, S., & Saran, S. (2023). Decomposition-Based Soil Moisture Estimation Using Simulated NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) L-Band Data. NISAR Science Workshop & Focussed Technical Meeting 2023, 1. Ahmedabad, India: Space Applications Centre.
  4. Dsouza, H. (2023). Visualization and Characterization of Chandrayaan-3 Landing Site. Indian Planetary Science Conference (IPSC) 2023, 56. Ahmedabad, India: Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. Retrieved from https://www.prl.res.in/ipsc2023/volume_of_abstract.pdf
  5. Dsouza, H., & Kumar, S. (2023). दृश्य, उष्णता और सूक्ष्मतरंग सुदूर संवेदन का उपयोग करते हुए, आर्टेमिस ३ के लिए चयनित अवतरणस्थान डी-गरलाशे क्रेटर का विश्लेषण. Sangoshti, 1. Dehradun, India: Indian Institute of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Remote Sensing.
  6. Garg, R., Kumar, A., Bansal, N., Prateek, M., & Kumar, S. (2023). Semantic segmentation of PolSAR image data using advanced deep learning model. NISAR Science Workshop & Focussed Technical Meeting 2023, 1. Ahmedabad, India: Space Applications Centre.
  7. Kumar, S. (2023). Polarimetric Analysis of EOS-04 Data and Its Potential Applications in Forest Parameter Retrieval. In Workshop on EOS4 Data Products and Applications. Dehradun, India.
  8. Kumar, S., & Dsouza, H. (2023). Polarimetric Analysis of EOS-04 Data. In Workshop-cum-Meeting on EOS-04 InSAR Data Analysis. Dehradun, India.
  9. Verma, S., & Kumar, S. (2023). Land use land cover classification of ISRO L- & S-band Airborne SAR ( ASAR ) using SVM classifier. NISAR Science Workshop & Focussed Technical Meeting 2023, 1. Ahmedabad, India: Space Applications Centre.
  10. Kumar, S., Singh, S., Agrawal, S., & Chauhan, P. (2021). Polarimetric Analysis of South polar crater of the Lunar Surface using L-band SAR data of Chandrayaan-2. Indian Planetary Science Conference (IPSC-2021), 1(1), 32. https://www.prl.res.in/ipsc2021/Volume_of_Abstracts.pdf
  11. Kumar, S., & Chaudhary, V. (2020). Oil Spill and Ship Detection using Airborne L-band SAR data. NISAR ASAR Workshop and Joint Science Team Meeting 2020, SAC, Ahmedabad.
  12. Kumar, S., Kumari, V., Alice, ME, B. P., Babu, A., Maiti, A., & Agrawal, S. (2020). Polarimetric Calibration of Dual-Frequency L & S-band Airborne SAR (ASAR) data and Tool Development. NISAR ASAR Workshop and Joint Science Team Meeting 2020, SAC, Ahmedabad.
  13. Kumar, S., & ME, B. P. (2020). Solutions to Overcome the Challenges in Polarimetric Decomposition Modelling of Simulated NISAR Products. NISAR ASAR Workshop and Joint Science Team Meeting 2020, SAC, Ahmedabad.
  14. Chaudhary, V., & Kumar, S. (2020). Detection and Classification of Marine Slicks through Decomposition and Supervised Classification Using PolSAR Data. In P. Kumar, B. R. Nikam, & A. Siddiqui (Eds.), National Seminar on Recent Advances in Geospatial Technology & Applications (pp. 233–238). Indian Institute of Remote Sensing & Indian Society of Remote Sensing.https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/pdf/national-seminar/Proceedings_National_Seminar.pdf
  15. Garg, R., Kumar, A., & Kumar, S. (2020). Implementation of Semantic Segmentation on UAVSAR Data. National Seminar on Recent Advances in Geospatial Technology & Applications, 131–133.https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/pdf/national-seminar/Proceedings_National_Seminar.pdf
  16. ME, B. P., & Kumar, S. (2020). Analysis of Multiple Component Scattering Model Decomposition. National Seminar on Recent Advances in Geospatial Technology & Applications, 107–110. https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/pdf/national-seminar/Proceedings_National_Seminar.pdf
  17. Kumar, S. (2019). PolInSAR Inversion Modelling for Forest Height Retrieval. National Symposium on Innovations in Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Development with Special Emphasis on NER, 1–2.
  18. Kanani, N., & Kumar, S. (2016). PolSAR Remote Sensing for Oil Spill Characterization. National Symposium on Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS with Special Emphasis on Mountain Ecosystems & Annual Conventions of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing & the Indian Society of Geomatics, 1–17.
  19. Ramya, M. N. S., & Kumar, S. (2016). Fully Polarimetric RADARSAT-2 Data for Land Use and Land Cover Classification. National Symposium on Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS with Special Emphasis on Mountain Ecosystems & Annual Conventions of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing & the Indian Society of Geomatics.
  20. Joshi, S. K., & Kumar, S. (2015). Dual Frequency Spaceborne SAR Tomography for Understanding Backscattering Behavior in Forest Vegetation. National Symposium On Geomatics For Digital India & Annual Conventions of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing & the Indian Society of Geomatics.
  21. Joshi, S. K., Kumar, S., & Dinh, H. T. M. (2015). Tomographic Processing of Fully Polarimetric Spaceborne SAR Data for Backscatter Power Retrieval at Different Heights of Forest Vegetation. NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Workshop 2015.
  22. Joshi, S. K., Ramya, M. N. S., Agarwal, S., Pande, H., Seth, P., & Kumar, S. (2015). Automated Water Body Extraction by the Synergistic Use of Optical and SAR Data in Hilly Terrain. National Symposium On Geomatics For Digital India & Annual Conventions of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing & the Indian Society of Geomatics.
  23. Kumar, A., Shanu, S., Kainthura, P., Kumar, S., & Prateek, M. (2015). Implementation of Evolutionary Computing Algorithm in PolSARpro SIM Tool. NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Workshop 2015.
  24. Kumar, S., Sai Bharadwaj, P., Amrutkar, R. P., Tomar, K. S., Agrawal, N., Agarwal, S., & Kushwaha, S. P. S. (2015). PolSAR and PolInSAR Remote Sensing for Forest Structural and Biophysical Parameter Retrieval. NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Workshop 2015.
  25. Mangla, R., Kumar, S., Nandy, S., Trivedi, M., & Singh, K. (2015). Integration of SAR and LiDAR Remote Sensing using machine learning based regression model for forest aboveground biomass estimation. NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Workshop 2015.
  26. Prajapati, R., & Kumar, S. (2015). Comparative study and analysis of incoherent decomposition models for scattering characterization in urban areas. National Symposium On Geomatics For Digital India & Annual Conventions of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing & the Indian Society of Geomatics.
  27. Tomar, K. S., Kumar, S., & Tolpekin, V. A. (2015). Hybrid polarimetric decomposition for aboveground biomass estimation using semi-empirical modelling. NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Workshop 2015.
  28. Kumar, S., Chandola, S., Khati, U. G., Agrawal, S., & Kushwaha, S. P. S. (2014). PolInSAR based Modeling for Forest Aboveground Biomass and Tree Height Retrieval. NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Workshop 2014.
  29. Amrutkar, R. P., Kumar, S., & Singh, S. (2013). Forest Tree Height Estimation Using PolInSAR Coherence-based Semi-empirical Modeling. National Symposium on Remote Sensing and GIS for Environment with Special Emphasis on Marine and Coastal Dynamics, ISG-ISRS, 2013, 1.
  30. Kumar, S. (2011). Hybrid polarimetric data analysis and decomposition modeling of Lunar Surface for scattering information retrieval at S-band wavelength using Chandrayan-1, Mini-SAR. Second Mini SAR Workshop, Space Application Centre (SAC).
  1. R. P. Amrutkar, S. Kumar, S. Singh, "Forest Tree Height Estimation Using POLInSAR Coherence-based Semi-empirical Modeling" in ISG National Symposium 2013, Visakhapatnam, December 2013. (Best Paper Award)
  2. U. Khati, S. Kumar and P. Thakur "Effect of Shift in Polarization Orientation Angle on Multi-wavelength Fully Polarimetric Data" in International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna, Propagation & Remote Sensing, ICMARS, Jodhpur, December 2013. (Best Paper Award)
  3. R. P. Amrutkar, S. Kumar, S.P.S. Kushuwaha, and G.D. Bhatt, "Forest Biophysical Parameter Retrieval Using PolSAR Technique" in International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna, Propagation & Remote Sensing, ICMARS, Jodhpur, 11th December 2012. (Best Paper Award)
  4. V. Nandan, S. Kumar, and V. Tolpekin, "Retrieval of Volume Scattering information using three component decomposition model based on Compact Polarimetry," in International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna, Propagation & Remote Sensing, ICMARS, Jodhpur, 7th December 2011. (Best Poster Award)
  1. Chatterjee, R. S., & Kumar, S. (2017, June). 20th Outreach Programme on “Microwave Radar Remote Sensing and its Applications” (April 10-28, 2017). Contact - Newsletter, 20–21. Retrieved from https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/pdf/newsletter/Contact June_2017.pdf
  2. Kumar, S. (2016, December). Short Course on Capacity Building on SAR Data Usage for Forest Carbon Estimation (November 22-26, 2016). Contact - Newsletter, 20–21. Retrieved from https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/pdf/newsletter/Contact_December_2016.pdf
  3. Agrawal, S., Tiwari, P. S., Raghvendra, S., & Kumar, S. (2015, December). 3D modelling using Space and Terrestrial Observations. Contact - Newsletter, 12. Retrieved from https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/pdf/newsletter/Contact_Newsletter_Dec_2015.pdf
  4. Joshi, S. K., Kumar, S., & Agrawal, S. (2015, December). Tomographic Processing of Fully Polarimetric Spaceborne SAR Data for Forest Vegetation Imaging. Contact - Newsletter, 14. Retrieved from https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/pdf/newsletter/Contact_Newsletter_Dec_2015.pdf
  5. Khati, U. G., & Kumar, S. (2014, June). PolInSAR Based Scattering Information and Physical Property Retrieval of Vegetation. Contact - Newsletter, 5–6. Retrieved from https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/pdf/newsletter/contact_newletter_june_2014.pdf
  1. ISRO-DOS Project on Airborne L- and S- band Airborne SAR under NISAR Mission: 7 (ongoing) Projects on Oil spill detection, PolSAR calibration, Snow parameter retrieval, Drainage congestion, linear feature detection, PolSAR processing and Forest parameter retrieval.
    1. Dark Spot Detection for Characterization of Marine Surface Slicks using PolSAR Remote Sensing.
      Duration-3 Years (Ongoing)
      Team: Dr. Shashi Kumar (Investigator)
    2. Polarimetric SAR calibration of L- and S-band PolSAR data for scattering information retrieval of Manmade and Natural Features.
      Duration-3 Years (Completed)
      Team: Dr. Shashi Kumar (Investigator)
    3. Snow physical parameter retrieval and glacier dynamics study using L and S- Band Air-SAR data and assimilation in snow/glacier models.
      Duration - 3 Years (Ongoing).
      Team: Dr. Praveen Kumar Thakur (Investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
      Dr. Shashi Kumar (Co-investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
    4. Potential of dual frequency polarimetry SAR images to understand the effect of drainage congestion due to road network on the flood inundation in the Kosi fan.
      Duration - 3 Years (Ongoing)
      Team: Dr. Kumar Gaurav (Investigator), IISER, Bhopal
      Dr. Shashi Kumar (Co-investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
    5. Utilization of dual frequency polarimetric SAR data for scattering based sub-surface geological and linear feature characterization.
      Duration - 3 Years (Ongoing)
      Team: Dr. Himanshu Govil (Investigator), NIT, Raipur
      Dr. Shashi Kumar (Co-investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
    6. Implementation of Evolutionary Computing Algorithm for polarimetric SAR data processing and classification.
      Duration - 3 Years (Ongoing)
      Team: Mr. Anil Kumar (Investigator), UPES, Dehradun
      Dr. Shashi Kumar (Co-investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
    7. Forest classification and biophysical parameter retrieval using multi-frequency PolSAR techniques.
      Duration - 3 Years (Ongoing)
      Team: Dr. Arjun Koppad (Investigator), College of Forestry, Sirsi
      Dr. Shashi Kumar (Co-investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
  2. ISRO Technology Development Programme (TDP): 4 Projects on Forest parameter retrieval, PolSAR Tomography, Classification of Land use / Land cover, and PolSAR Calibration
    1. Development of semi-empirical/numerical models for biophysical characterization of tropical forest using spaceborne PolSAR and PolInSAR techniques. (2011-2014).
      Team: Dr. Shashi Kumar (Investigator), IIRS, DehradunDr.
      Satya P.S. Kushwaha(Co-investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
    2. PolInSAR Tomography for Forest Vegetation. (2014-2017).
      Team: Dr. Shashi Kumar (Investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
    3. Polarimetric SAR Calibration of PolSAR Data. (2017-2020).
      Team: Dr. Shashi Kumar (Investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
      Ms. Shefali Agrawal (Co-investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
    4. Integration of Optical and SAR data for Land use / Land cover classification. (2017-2020).
      Team: Dr. Sandeep Maithani (Investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
      Dr. Shashi Kumar (Co-investigator), IIRS, Dehradun
  3. Government of India (GoI) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Forest-PLUS program: 1 project on development of SAR-based models.
    1. USAID/India Forest-PLUS program on SAR Technical Protocol for Forest Monitoring. (2015-17).
      Team: Dr. Chandra Shekhar Jha, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO, Hyderabad ; Dr. Chakrapani Patnaik, & Dr. Anup Kumar Das, Space Application Centre (SAC), ISRO, Ahmedabad; Dr. Shashi Kumar, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO, Dehradun ; Mr. Kamaljeet Singh, Dr. Sunil Chandra, & Mr. Abhay Kumar Saxena, Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun; Dr. Uttara Pandey, IORA Ecological Solutions Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi; Dr. Paul Siqueira, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States.
  1. Kumar, Shashi, Shefali Agrawal, and Arun Babu. 2021. “Polarimetric SAR Calibration of PolSAR Data: TDP Report.” Dehradun, India.
  2. Gaurav, Kumar, Shashi Kumar, Abhilash Singh, and Niranjan Naik. 2021. “Potential of Dual Frequency Polarimetry SAR Images to Understand the Effect of Drainage Congestion Due to Road Network and Their Impact on Flood Hazard in the Kosi Fan (Hyd-01): NISAR L&S Band Airborne SAR RA Project Report.” Ahmedabad, India.
  3. Koppad, A.G., Shashi Kumar, Uttara Pandey, Malini, and Syeda Sarfin. 2021. “Forest Classification and Biophysical Parameter Retrieval Using Multi-Frequency PolSAR Techniques (Eco-10): : NISAR L&S Band Airborne SAR RA Project Report.” Ahmedabad, India.
  4. Kumar, Anil, Shashi Kumar, Manish Prateek, Susheela Dahiya, and Rajat Garg. 2021. “Implementation of Evolutionary Computing Algorithm for Polarimetric SAR Data Processing and Classification (TEC-07): NISAR L&S Band Airborne SAR RA Project Report.” Ahmedabad, India, India.
  5. Kumar, Shashi, and Arun Babu. 2021. “Polarimetric SAR Calibration of L- and S-Band PolSAR Data for Scattering Information Retrieval of Manmade and Natural Features (MIS-01): NISAR L&S Band Airborne SAR RA Project Report.” Ahmedabad, India.
  6. Kumar, Shashi, and Vaishali Chaudhary. 2021. “Dark Spot Detection for Characterization of Marine Surface Slicks Using PolSAR Remote Sensing (Oce-03): NISAR L&S Band Airborne SAR RA Project Report.” Ahmedabad, India.
  7. Govil, Himanshu, Shashi Kumar, and Monika. 2021. “Utilization of Dual Frequency Polarimetric SAR Data for Scattering Based Sub-Surface Geological and Linear Feature Characterization (Geo-02): NISAR L&S Band Airborne SAR RA Project Closure Report.” Ahmedabad, India.
  8. Thakur, Praveen K., Vaibhav Garg, Shashi Kumar, Arpit Chouksey, S.P. Aggarwal, Snehmani, and Ajanta Goswami. 2021. “Snow Physical Parameter Retrieval and Glacier Dynamics Study Using L and S band Air-SAR Data and Assimilation in Snow/Glacier Models (Mis 03): NISAR L&S Band Airborne SAR RA Project Closure Report.” Ahmedabad, India.
  9. Maithani, Sandeep, and Shashi Kumar. 2019. “Integration of Optical and SAR Data for Land Use / Land Cover Classification: TDP Report.”, IIRS, ISRO, Dehradun, India.
  10. Kumar, Shashi, & Joshi, S. K. (2017). PolInSAR Tomography for Forest Vegetation: TDP Report. IIRS, ISRO, Dehradun, India.
  11. Kumar, Shashi, & Kushwaha, S. P. S. (2017). ISRO TDP on Development of semi-empirical/numerical models for biophysical characterization of tropical forest using spaceborne PolSAR and PolInSAR techniques. IIRS, ISRO, Dehradun, India.
  12. Kumar, Shashi, & Gonnuru, P. (2016). Hybrid and Quad-pol data processing for scattering pattern identification: In-house project report. IIRS, ISRO, Dehradun, India.

Supervision of M.Sc. Research of Joint Education Programme of Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO, Dehradun & University of Twente Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, Netherlands

  1. Researcher’s Name: Lakshmi Baburajan Research Title: Scattering–based characterization of manmade and natural features for polarimetric calibration of SAR images (2021-2023). Supervisors: Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Hossein Aghababaei (ITC, The Netherlands)
  2. Researcher’s Name: Shaifali Garg Research Title: PolSAR-based characterization of the Lunar surface using DFSAR data of Chandrayaan-2 mission (2021-2023). Supervisors: Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Hossein Aghababaei (ITC, The Netherlands)
  3. Researcher’s Name: Awinash Singh (2019-2021)
    Research Title: Polarimetric modeling of dual-frequency SAR data for characterization of the lunar surface.
    Supervisors: Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Ling Chang (ITC, The Netherlands)
  4. Researcher’s Name: Akshat Rawat (2019-2021)
    Research Title: Multi-frequency SAR data based PolInSAR inversion modeling for forest height retrieval
    Supervisors: Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Hossein Aghababaei (ITC, The Netherlands)
  5. Researcher’s Name: Shahid Shuja Shafai (2018-2020)
    Research Title: PolInSAR coherence based decomposition modeling for scattering characterization of manmade and natural features
    Supervisors: Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Hossein Aghababaei & Mr. Anurag Kulshrestha (ITC, The Netherlands)
  6. Researcher’s Name: Ritwika Mukhopadhya(2018-2020)
    Research Title: Machine learning regression for above-ground biomass estimation using PolSAR and PolInSAR data
    Supervisors: Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Hossein Aghababaei & Mr. Anurag Kulshrestha (ITC, The Netherlands)
  7. Researcher’s Name: Yegireddi Sriharsha (2018-2020)
    Research Title: Polarimetric calibration of Hybrid-Pol SAR data for Pseudo-Quad-Pol reconstruction
    Supervisors: Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Hossein Aghababaei & Mr. Anurag Kulshrestha (ITC, The Netherlands)
  8. Researcher’s Name: Shashwat Shukla (2017-2019)
    Research Title: Lunar Regolith Characterization for Solar Wind Implanted Helium-3 using M3 Spectroscopy and Biastatic Miniature RADAR
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2019/msc/gfm/shukla.pdf
    Supervisors: Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Valentyn A. Tolpekin (ITC, The Netherlands)
  9. Researcher’s Name: Abhisek Maiti (2017-2019)
    Research Title: Polarimetric calibration of SAR data using manmade point targets and uniformly distributed natural targets
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2019/msc/gfm/majumdar.pdf
    Supervisors: Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Valentyn A. Tolpekin (ITC, The Netherlands)
  10. Researcher’s Name: Sayantan Majumdar (2017-2019)
    Research Title: Snow depth and SWE estimation using Spaceborne Polarimetric and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2019/msc/gfm/majumdar.pdf
    Supervisors: Dr. Praveen K. Thakur & Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Ling Chang (ITC, The Netherlands)
  11. Researcher’s Name: Anurag Kulshrestha (2016-2018)
    Research Title: Dark spot detection for characterization of oil spills using PolSAR remote sensing
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2018/msc/gfm/kulshrestha.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar and Dr. Ir. Wietske Bijker (ITC, The Netherlands)
  12. Researcher’s Name: Krishnakali Ghosh (2016-2018)
    Research Title: Multi-baseline PolInSAR inversion and simulation of interferometric wavenumber for forest height retrieval using spaceborne SAR data
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2018/msc/gfm/ghosh.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar and Dr. Valentyn A. Tolpekin (ITC, The Netherlands)
  13. Researcher’s Name: Amit K. Haldar (2014-2016)
    Research Title: Terrestrial Laser Scanning based Modelling for Forest Structural Parameter Retrieval
    https://library-itc-utwente-nl.ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login/2016/msc/gfm/haldar.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar & Mr. S. Raghavendra and Prof. Dr. Ir George Vosselman (ITC, The Netherlands)
  14. Researcher’s Name: Gautam Solanki (2014-2016)
    Research Title: Polarimetric SAR interferometry based inversion modelling for tree height estimation
    https://library-itc-utwente-nl.ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login/2016/msc/gfm/solanki.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar and Dr. Valentyn A. Tolpekin (ITC, The Netherlands)
  15. Researcher’s Name: Kiledar Singh Tomar (2013-2015)
    Research Title: Hybrid polarimetric decomposition for aboveground biomass estimation using semi - empirical modelling
    https://library-itc-utwente-nl.ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login/2015/msc/gfm/tomar.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar and Dr. Valentyn A. Tolpekin (ITC, The Netherlands)
  16. Researcher’s Name: Neeraj Agrawal (2013-2015)
    Research Title: PolInSAR based scattering information retrieval for forest aboveground biomass estimation
    https://library-itc-utwente-nl.ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login/2015/msc/gfm/agrawal.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar and Dr. Valentyn A. Tolpekin (ITC, The Netherlands)
  17. Researcher’s Name: Shreya Chandola (2012-2014)
    Research Title: Polarimetric SAR interferometry for forest aboveground biomass estimation
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2014/msc/gfm/chandola.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar and Dr. Valentyn A. Tolpekin (ITC, The Netherlands)
  18. Researcher’s Name: Abhishek Sobbana (2012-2014)
    Research Title: Non reflection symmetry based polarimetric modeling for forest biophysical characterization using spaceborne PolSAR data
    https://library-itc-utwente-nl.ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login/2014/msc/gfm/sobbana.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar & Prof. Dr. Satya P.S. Kushwaha and Dr. Ir. Wietske Bijker (ITC, The Netherlands)
  19. Researcher’s Name: Sai Bharadwaj Poolla (2011-2013)
    Research Title: Polarimetric scattering model for biophysical characterization of multilayer vegetation using space borne PolSAR data
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2013/msc/gfm/poolla.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar & Prof. Dr. Satya P.S. Kushwaha and Dr. Ir. Wietske Bijker (ITC, The Netherlands)
  20. Researcher’s Name: Bala Bhavya Kausika (2011-2013)
    Research Title: Polarimetric modeling of lunar surface for scattering information retrieval using Mini-SAR data of Chandrayaan-1
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2013/msc/gfm/kausika.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar and Dr. Valentyn A. Tolpekin (ITC, The Netherlands)
  21. Researcher’s Name: Vishnu Nandan (2010-2012)
    Research Title: Retrieval of volume scatterer information using three component decomposition model, based on compact polarimetry
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2012/msc/gfm/nandan.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar and Dr. Valentyn A. Tolpekin (ITC, The Netherlands)
  22. Researcher’s Name: Ruchi Verma (2010-2012)
    Research Title: Polarimetric decomposition based on general characterisation of scattering from urban areas and multiple component scattering model
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2012/msc/gfm/verma.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar and Dr. Valentyn A. Tolpekin (ITC, The Netherlands)
  23. Researcher’s Name: Abhishek Banerjee (2010-2012)
    Research Title: Tea bush biomass assessment through polarimetric decomposition and semi empirical modelling
    https://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/StudentThesis/Banerjee_Abhishek_28155_thesis.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar & Prof. Dr. Satya P.S. Kushwaha and Prof. Dr. Ir Alfred Stein & Dr. Ir. Wietske Bijker (ITC, The Netherlands
  24. Researcher’s Name: Charles D Richardson Chelladurai (2009-2011)
    Research Title: Polarimetric scattering model for multilayered vegetation in tropical forest
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2011/msc/gfm/richardson.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar and Dr. Yousif Hussin (ITC, The Netherlands)
  25. Researcher’s Name: Preethi Malur Balaji (2009-2011)
    Research Title: Estimation and correction of tropospheric and ionospheric effects on differential SAR interferograms
    https://library.itc.utwente.nl/papers_2011/msc/gfm/balaji.pdf
    Supervisors: Shashi Kumar and Mr. Gerrit Huurneman (ITC, The Netherlands)

Supervision of M.Tech. Research Work

  1. Researcher’s Name: Hamish Dsouza Research Title: Dielectric characterization of the lunar surface and lava tube detection using Chandrayaan-2 DFSAR data (2022-23). Supervisor: Dr. Shashi Kumar
  2. Researcher’s Name: Dev Dinesh Research Title: Polarimetric modeling for soil dielectric characterization and analysis of spatiotemporal variation (2022-23). Supervisors: Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Sameer Saran
  3. Researcher’s Name: Luvkesh Attri Research Title: Study of multifrequency spaceborne polarimetric SAR data for urban land cover classification (2022-23). Supervisors: Dr. Sandeep Maithani and Dr. Shashi Kumar
  4. Researcher’s Name: Aanchal Sharma (2020-2022)
    Research Title: Polarimetric modeling for lunar surface characterization using Chandrayaan-2 L and S band DFSAR data
    Supervisor: Dr. Shashi Kumar
  5. Researcher’s Name: Elka Siju (2020-2022)
    Research Title: Investigating the polarimetric and interferometric characteristics of SAR data to assess the flood dynamics of Kaziranga National Park
    Supervisors: Mr. Chandra M. Bhatt and Dr. Shashi Kumar
  6. Researcher’s Name: Brij Mohan Bohra (2019-2021)
    Research Title: Evaluation of space-borne SAR and airborne SAR data for Snow Depth and SWE estimation
    Supervisors: Dr. Praveen K. Thakur and Dr. Shashi Kumar
  7. Researcher’s Name: Nilushika Jayawardhana (CSSTEAP Trainee)
    Research Title: Monitoring the changes of forest structural parameters using multi-temporal C-band SAR data (pursuing)
    Supervisors: Dr. Hitendra Padalia, Dr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. K.R.M.U Bandara (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
  8. Researcher’s Name: Bhanu Prakash ME (2018-2020)
    Research Title: PolInSAR coherence based decomposition modeling for manmade and natural features
    Supervisor: Dr. Shashi Kumar
  9. Researcher’s Name: Ankita Vashishtha (2018-2020)
    Research Title: Polarimetric modelling for scattering based dielectric characterization of lunar surface
    Supervisor: Dr. Shashi Kumar
  10. Researcher’s Name: Anuvi Rawat (2017-2019)
    Research Title: Evaluation of Fuzzy and Learning based algorithms for specific crop mapping
    - A temporal approach.
    Supervisors: Dr. Anil Kumar and Dr. Shashi Kumar
  11. Researcher’s Name: Arun Babu (2017-2019)
    Research Title: Polarimetric calibration of SAR data to minimize crosstalk and channel imbalance from scattering matrix
    Supervisors: Dr. Shashi Kumar and Ms. Shefali Agrawal
  12. Researcher’s Name: Udit Asopa (2017-2019)
    Research Title: PolSAR tomography for vertical profile retrieval of forest vegetation using spaceborne SAR data
    Supervisor: Dr. Shashi Kumar
  13. Researcher’s Name: Akshar Tripathi (2016-2018)
    Research Title: Assessment of PolSAR backscatter and optical data for improved image classification
    Supervisors: Dr. Sandeep Maithani and Mr. Shashi Kumar
  14. Researcher’s Name: Pratyusha Gonnuru (CSSTEAP Trainee) (2016-2018)
    Research Title: Multi-temporal SAR Interferometry for change detection and displacement mapping of Krishna River Delta Supervisor: Mr. Shashi Kumar
  15. Researcher’s Name: Shubham Awasthi (2015-2017)
    Research Title: Snow Parameter retrieval using Quadpol and Hybrid SAR data
    Supervisors: Mr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Praveen K. Thakur
  16. Researcher’s Name: Ramya MNS (CSSTEAP Trainee) (2015-2017)
    Research Title: PolInSAR Coherence based Decomposition modelling for characterization of man-made and natural features
    Supervisor: Mr. Shashi Kumar
  17. Researcher’s Name: Sushil K. Joshi (2014-2016)
    Research Title: Tomographic processing of fully polarimetric SAR data for 3D reconstruction of forest area
    Supervisor: Mr. Shashi Kumar
  18. Researcher’s Name: Richa Prajapati (2014-2016)
    Research Title: Impact of Interferometric Wavenumber on PolInSAR Inversion of Spaceborne SAR Data
    Supervisors: Mr. Shashi Kumar and Ms. Shefali Agrawal
  19. Researcher’s Name: Jenia Singh (2013-2015)
    Research Title: PolinSAR and TLS data modeling for forest biophysical parameter characterization
    http://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/StudentThesis/JENIA_MTech_2013-15.pdf
    Supervisors: Mr. Shashi Kumar and Mr. S. Raghavendra
  20. Researcher’s Name: Rohit Mangla (2013-2015)
    Research Title: Machine learning based Regression model for forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation using RISAT-1 POLSAR and TLS Lidar Data
    http://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/StudentThesis/Rohit_Mangla_MTech_2013-15.pdf
    Supervisors: Mr. Shashi Kumar and Dr. Subrata Nandy
  21. Researcher’s Name: Kimeera Tummala (2012-2014)
    Research Title: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data simulation for radar backscatter cross-section retrieval
    http://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/StudentThesis/kimeera_mtech_2012-14.pdf
    Supervisors: Mr. A.K. Jha and Mr. Shashi Kumar
  22. Researcher’s Name: Unmesh Govind Khati (2012-2014)
    Research Title: PolInSAR based scattering information and physical property retrieval of natural features
    http://www.iirs.gov.in/iirs/sites/default/files/StudentThesis/Unmesh_Khati_mtech_2012-14.pdf
    Supervisors: Mr. Shashi Kumar
  23. Researcher’s Name: Rushanka Pramod Amrutkar (CSSTEAP Trainee) (2011-2013)
    Research Title: PolInSAR Coherence based Decomposition modelling for characterization of man-made and natural features
    Supervisor: Mr. Shashi Kumar & Dr. Sarnam Singh
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