Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing

Welcome! You are connected to the web site of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society’s Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing (FARS) Committee. The aim of these pages is to provide FARS members access to information and resources, and to inform the general public about frequency allocation issues.

The Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society seeks to advance geoscience and remote sensing science and technology through scientific, technical and educational activities. The Society strives to promote a high level of technical excellence among its members by exchange of information through conferences, meetings, workshops, publications, and through its committees to provide for the needs of its members.

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FARS Charter

To provide technical assessments, guidance and recommendations regarding matters of frequency sharing and interference between remote sensing and other uses of the radiowave spectrum.
Objectives of FARS

• Maintain up-to-date data base of: a) present and projected future user requirements for frequencies, bandwidths, and noise floor; b) Scientific rationale for all elements of item a; c) present and projected future sensor specifications (spaceborne, airborne and ground based) regarding frequencies, bandwidths, and noise floor.
• Provide a standardized methodology for computing the appropriate link budgets to assess RFI between the most common types of remote sensing instruments and sources of interference.
• Respond (re-actively) to: a) requests for instrument and user requirements information; and b) technical interference assessments from outside organizations and individuals
• Pro-actively investigate potential interference problems.
• Promote the development, analysis and dissemination to interested parties of interference mitigation techniques.

If you have comments or contributions to these pages please contact one of the FARS leaders listed below.

Dr. Paolo de Matthaeis
Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing Technical Committee Chair
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research Center (GESTAR)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
USA
Email: pdematth@ieee.org

Dr. Roger Oliva
Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing Technical Committee Co-Chair
Department of Earth Observation Projects
European Space Agency
Madrid
Spain
Email: Roger.Oliva.Balague@esa.int

Dr. Yan Soldo
Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing Technical Committee Co-Chair
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research Center (GESTAR)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
USA
Email: yan.soldo@nasa.gov

About joining the Frequency Allocations in Remote Sensing Committee

Membership in the FARS Technical committee shall be open to anyone interested in issues related to frequency allocations for remote sensing. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Society membership is encouraged, but not required to join the FARS Technical Committee.

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Current membership (as of April 19, 2018):

Last Name	First Name	Affiliation	Country
Adams	Ian S.	Naval Research Lab	USA
Aksoy	Mustafa	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	USA
Barbosa	Jose	DEIMOS, Lisbon	Portugal
Benson	Michael	The University of Michigan, Radiation Lab	USA
Bettenhausen	Michael	Naval Research Lab	USA
Blackwell	William J.	MIT Lincoln Lab	USA
Biswas	Sayak Krishna	USRA/NASA MSFC	USA
Boerner	Wolfgang	Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago	USA
Borade	Vivek	Unknown	India
Bose	Soumojit	Center for Environmental Technology (CET) at CU Boulder	USA
Bradley	Damon	NASA Goddard SPace Flight Center	USA
Brewer	Marty	Remote Sensing Systems	USA
Bringer	Alexandra	ElectroScience Laboratory, The Ohio State University	USA
Brown	Shannon	NASA JPL	USA
Bruzzone	Lorenzo	Dept. of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, Trento	Italy
Buch	Kaushal D.	Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope	India
Camps	Adriano	Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya and IEEC/UPC, Barcelona	Spain
Castro	Rita	Deimos Engenharia, Lisbon	Portugal
Chae	Chun Sik	NASA JPL	USA
Chandra	Madhu	Department of Microwave Engineering and Photonics, Chemnitz University of Technology	Germany
Chauhan	Narinder S.	NPOESS/IPO/The Aerospace Corp.	USA
Chen	David	AOSS Dept, The University of Michigan	USA
Cruz-Pol	Sandra	UPR-Mayagüez	USA
Daganzo-Eusebio	Elena	ESA	The Netherlands
De Amici	Giovanni	NASA Goddard SPace Flight Center	USA
DeBoer	David	Radio Astronomy Lab, University of California at Berkeley	USA
de Matthaeis	Paolo	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	USA
Deng	Yu	Alion Science & Technology	USA
Dewhurst	Brian	NASA, Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation	USA
Dobson	Craig	NASA	USA
Dong	Xiaolong	National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences	China
Ellingson	Steven W.	ECE Dept, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	USA
England	Anthony (Tony)	Dean, College of Engineering, Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn	USA
Farrar	Spencer Lee	The Aerospace Corporation	USA
Ford	John	National Radio Astronomy Observatory, WV	USA
Freedman	Adam	NASA JPL	USA
Gabarro	Carolina	Institut de Ciències del Mar, ICM-CSIC, and the SMOS Barcelona Expert Centre	Spain
Gaier	Todd	NASA JPL	USA
Gaiser	Peter	Naval Research Lab	USA
Gasiewski	Al	ECE Dept, University of Colorado at Boulder	USA
Hardy	Caroline	University of Johannesburg	South Africa
He	Jieying	University of Colorado, Boulder	USA
Hornbuckle	Brian	Iowa State University	USA
Horne	William D.	NASA HQ	USA
Inggs	Mike	Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town	South Africa
Johnson	Joel T.	ElectroScience Lab, Ohio State University,	USA
Judge	Jasmeet	Dept of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida	USA
Keeler	Jeff	National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)	USA
Kerr	Yann	Director of CESBIO (CNES/CNRS/UPS/IRD)	France
Khalsa	Siri Jodha	U.Colo./NSIDC	USA
Kim	Duk-jin	Seoul National University	South Korea
Kim	Ed	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	USA
Kim	Seungbum	NASA JPL	USA
Kleynhans	Waldo	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research	South Africa
Kummerow	Chris	Dept of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University	USA
Kunkee	David	The Aerospace Corp.	USA
Lagerloef	Gary	President, Earth and Space Research Institute	USA
Lamb	Mark	Northrop Grumman, Los Angeles	USA
Lang	David	US National Academy of Sciences	USA
Laymon	Charles	USRA/Science and Technology Institute	USA
Lecompte	Malcom	Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina	USA
Le Vine	David	NASA Goddard SPace Flight Center	USA
Li	Li	Naval Research Lab	USA
Lim	Boon	NASA JPL	USA
Limbach	Markus	DLR	Germany
Liou	Yuei-An	Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University	Taiwan
Long	David	Brigham Young University	USA
Lubar	David	Spectrum Management GOES-R Program, The Aerospace Corporation, Denver, Colorado	USA
Maeda	Korehiro	The University of Tokyo	Japan
Maloney	Patricia	The Aerospace Corporation	USA
Mango	Stephen	National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System	USA
Markov	Vladislav	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology	Russia
Martin-Neira	Manuel	ESA-ESTEC	The Netherlands
Martin-Porqueras	Fernando	IDEAS, ESAC	Spain
McGinnis	David	NESDIS/NOAA	USA
McKague	Darren	AOSS Dept, The University of Michigan	USA
Mentzer	James	NOAA – NESDIS/OSD	USA
Misra	Sidhart	NASA JPL	USA
Mohammed	Priscilla N.	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	USA
Narayanan	Ram	Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University	USA
Njoku	Eni	NASA JPL	USA
Oliva	Roger	ESA	France
Padmanabhan	Sharmila	NASA JPL	USA
Pampaloni	Paolo	Institute of Applied Physics, IFAC-CNR	Italy
Panditrao	Satej	NRSC	India
Park	Hyuk	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya	Spain
Peichl	Markus	DLR	Germany
Peng	Jinzheng	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	USA
Periasamy	Lavanya	University of Colorado at Boulder	USA
Picard	Bruno	CLS, France	France
Piepmeier	Jeff	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	USA
Pierce	Leland	University of Michigan	USA
Pla	Jean	CNES	France
Reising	Steven	Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University	USA
Richaume	Philippe	CNES, CESBIO	France
Rincon	Rafael F.	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	USA
Rommen	Bjorn	ESA, ESTEC	The Netherlands
Rosenkranz	Phil	Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	USA
Ruf	Chris	AOSS Dept, The University of Michigan	USA
Sagar	Sachin	MyWay Educational Charitable Trust	India
Salam	Abdul	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	USA
Schoenwald	Adam	NASA	USA
Shah	Rashmi	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	USA
Shibata	Akira	Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan	Japan
Shiue	James	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	USA
Siqueira	Paul	University of Massachusetts	USA
Skofronick-Jackson	Gail	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	USA
Skou	Niels	Technical University of Denmark	Denmark
Smith	Craig	Independent Contractor	Australia
Soebjaerg	Sten	National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)	Denmark
Soldo	Yan	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	USA
St. Germain	Karen	Division Director for Communications Systems, Space and Intelligence Office, U.S. Department of Defense	USA
Tanner	Alan	NASA JPL	USA
Tao	Mingliang	Northwestern Polytechnical University	China
Tedesco	Marco	Dept of Earth and Atmospheric Science, City University of New York	USA
Thomas	Ivan	Observatoire de Paris, Station de Radioastronomie	France
Toluwalope	Ogunjo Samuel	Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State	Nigeria
Tristant	Phillipe	European Meteorological Network (EUMETNET)	France
Truesdale	David	Naval Research Lab	USA
Turek	Scott (Robert S.)	Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems	USA
Ustuner	Mustafa	Yildiz Technical University	Turkey
Venkitasubramony	Aravind	CU Boulder, Dept of ECE	USA
VonDeak	Thomas	NASA HQ Spectrum Management Office	USA
Wang	Tianlin	AOSS Dept, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	USA
Wentz	Frank	President and CEO of Remote Sensing Systems	USA
Wiesbeck	Werner	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Germany
Wilson	Bill	Georgia Tech Research Institute	USA
Zhou	Feng	National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University	China
Zhu	Di	National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences	China
Zuzek	John	NASA Remote Sensing Spectrum Program Manager	USA

List of Current and Past Chairs

• 2017–present: Dr. Paolo de Matthaeis / Dr. Roger Oliva / Dr. Yan Soldo
• 2013–2017: Dr. Sidharth Misra / Dr. Paolo de Matthaeis
• 2011-2013: Dr. William Blackwell / Dr. Ian Adams
• 2007-2009: Dr. Shannon Brown / Dr. Ian Adams
• 2005-2007: Dr. Joel Johnson / Dr. Dave Kunkee & Dr. Shannon Brown
• 2003-2005: Dr. David Kunkee / Dr. David DeBoer
• 2002-2003: Dr. Chris Ruf / Dr. Ram Narayanan
• 2001-2002: Dr. Ram Narayanan / Dr. Chris Ruf
• 2000-2001: Dr. Ram Narayanan

Presentations and minutes from past annual meetings

• FARS 2017 Meeting presentation
• FARS 2017 Meeting minutes
• FARS 2016 Meeting presentation
• FARS 2016 Meeting minutes
• FARS 2014 Meeting presentation
• FARS 2014 Meeting minutes
• FARS 2013 Meeting presentation
• FARS 2011 Meeting presentation
• FARS 2011 Meeting minutes
• FARS 2009 Meeting presentation
• FARS 2008 Meeting minutes
• FARS 2007 Meeting presentation

Upcoming meetings

• The 2017 Annual FARS Technical Committee Meeting will be held during IGARSS 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

FARS-related Magazine Articles

• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Magazine, March 2016
• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Magazine, June 2014
• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Magazine, March 2013
• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Newsletter, June 2005

Related International and National Organizations

• Scientific Committee on Frequency Allocations for Radio Astronomy and Space Science (IUCAF) of the International Council for Science
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an agency of the United Nations
• Space Frequency Coordination Group (SFCG)
• Committee on Radio Frequencies (CORF) of the USA National Academy of Sciences
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), part of the USA the Department of Commerce
• USA Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• European Radio Spectrum Policy Group (RSPG)
• European Union Radio Spectrum Committee (RSC)
• Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC)

Documents

• FCC Table of Frequency Allocations
• European Table of Frequency Allocations
• Spectrum Management for Science in the 21st Century
• Handbook of Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses
• A Strategy for Active Remote Sensing amid Increased Demand for Radio Spectrum
• ITU Radio Regulations

Tools for frequency allocation information and for locating RF Interference: in testing phase

March 30, 2018
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