About the Summer School

GNSS-R is a low-cost passive microwave remote sensing technique for monitoring soil moisture, surface water, and hydrologically driven hazards. The integration of GNSS-R with low-cost UAS platforms represents a rapidly emerging research direction, combining L-band reflectometry with flexible, high-resolution, and rapidly deployable sensing capabilities that complement existing spaceborne missions. The Summer School will introduce participants to a newly developed drone-based polarimetric GNSS-R system and provide comprehensive training in lightweight system design and integration, UAS operation, drone-based remote sensing mission design, and the exploration of scientific applications enabled by airborne GNSS-R measurements.

This Summer School will provide hands-on training in GNSS-R instrument architecture, lightweight system integration, UAS flight safety and operational considerations, mission design using dedicated GNSS-R planning software, and GNSS-R data processing and geophysical retrieval methods. Participants will gain practical experience in designing and executing a drone-based GNSS-R field campaign on the campus farm and evaluating its applications in environmental monitoring.

To learn more about the summer school or to register, please contact Dinan Bai at dinanbai@umich.edu.