Curriculum Vitae

For the past 18 years I am associated mainly with research work on microwave remote sensing applications for land and interferometry. I have used data extensively from microwave radiometers, radar and visible and IR sensors. Analysis of microwave remote sensing data and quantification of soil moisture in smooth, rough and vegetation covered fields were done along with dielectric, radiation and numerical models. SAR Interferometry technique has been applied using ERS-1&2 and ENVISAT data to generate Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) and surface displacement maps.

As a part of my Ph.D. programme, I had done courses on Electro Magnetic theory, Radar Systems, Data processing in Remote Sensing Image Processing, Image Interpretation and Laboratory work too. I did some of my doctoral research at Technical University, Department of Microwave and Telecommunication, Budapest using 1.4 and 2.7 GHz microwave and thermal infrared radiometers data. Since 1990, I have been actively working on visual and digital interpretation of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data for land based studies. I have analysed the SAR data from recent satellites viz. JERS-1 (Japanese Earth Resources Satellite) and ERS-1&2 (European Remote Sensing Satellite ). I have also collected ground truth synchronous with SIR-C/X-SAR mission and processed the SIR-C data for various applications such as soil moisture, roughness and vegetation. Presently, I am working with ERS-1 and 2, JERS-1 SAR and SIR-C/X-SAR data for land based and interferometric studies.

After completing my M.Sc., I researched for about two years on thermal and mechanical properties of organic materials using Ultrasonic Interferometer & Pulse Transceiver.

Teaching Experience:

Experience   in Computers

   Languages Known   : FORTRAN, C, PASCAL and BASIC
     ( hands-on experience in Fortran and C )

System administration on DEC Alpha and LINUX machines.

Packages

I have been also using various packages developed by JPL (POLCAL software, SIR-C), University of Michigan (Michigan Microwave canopy scattering model, MIMICS), ESRIN ESA (DESC software for ERS-1), Politechnico, Milano, Italy ( SAR Interferometry).

7) Hobbies

Swimming, practicing Indian Classical Music, reading and meditation.

8) List of Publications

1. Alpana Sharma and Y.S. Rao, Educational Application of BAM, Iran Earthquake Data Sets from ENVISAT ASAR for InSAR and DInSAR Studies, will be presented in ISRS symposium, to be held at Jaipur during Nov. 3-5, 2004.
2. Rao Y.S., G.Venkataraman, K.S. Rao, and A. Snehmani, SAR Interferometry for DEM generation and movement of Indian Glaciers, Proc. of IGARSS 2004 symposium, held at Alaska, USA, 2004.
3. Rao Y.S., G. Venkataraman, K.S. Rao, Snehmani and P. Mathur, Application of Differntial SAR Interferometry for the movement of Gangotri and Siachen Glaciers, presented in the International Symposium on Snow Monitoring and Avalanches, held at Manali, India, during 16-16 April, 2004
4. Narvekar P.S., Y.S. Rao, K.S. Rao and G. Venkataraman, Brightness Temperature (TB) Data Analysis from Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) onboard Aqua Satellite for Snow Cover Mapping, presented in the International Symposium on Snow Monitoring and Avalanches, held at Manali, India, during 16-16 April, 2004
5. Ryan M. and Y.S. Rao, PC Based Raw Data Processor for Interferometric SAR Applications, presented in 1st Int. Conference on Microwaves, antenna, propagation and Remote Sensing, held at Jodhpur, India, 15-19 Dec. 2003.
6. Rao Y.S., Comparison of Software for InSAR Applicatoins, presented in Fringe 2003 workshop, held at Frascati, Italy, Dec.1-5, 2003.
7. Rao Y.S. and K.S. Rao, Comparison of DEMs derived from InSAR and IRS-1C optical stereo techniques, presented in Fringe 2003 workshop, held at Frascati, Italy, Dec.1-5, 2003. http://earth.esa.int/workshops/fringe03/participants/287/ paper_ysrao_comp_dems_full_paper.pdf.
8. Rao Y.S. Comparison of foreign and Indian satellite data distribution systems and requirement for NRSA Viewer, Proc. 13th User Interactoin Meet, NRSA Data Centre, Hyderabad, Feb. 26-27, 2003.
9. Rao Y.S., K.S. Rao, M. Khare and A. Kaushal, Comparison of optical stereo and InSAR derived DEMs, Proc. of "Advances in Microwave Symposium" held in CSRE, IIT, Bombay during Jan. 21-23, 2003.
10. Mahato B.C., Ahok Kumar, Y.S. Rao, G. Venkataraman, and Snehmani, SAR Data Analysis for mapping Beaskund Glacier, Proc. of National Symposium on Remote Sensing and GIS, held at CSRE, IIT, Bombay during Dec. 5-7, 2001
11. Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao, D. Jayanand and Prithviraj, Field Experimetns Synchronous with SRTM flights, Proc. IGARSS 2001 (CD-ROM) held in Sydney, Australia, July 9-13, 2001.
12. Rao, K.S., Y.S. Rao, J. Kannan and B.S. Pani, Application of Remote Sensing for Bhuj Earthquake, Proc. Recent Earthquakes of Chamoli and Bhuj, pp. 217-224, held in Agra,May 24-26, 2001
13. Rao Y.S., K.S. Rao, G. Venkatarama, Application of SAR Interferometry to Himalayan glaciers for DEM generation and movement studies, Proc. Remote Sensing and Mountain meteoreology, held in Manali during Nov. 2000.
14. Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao, C. Rama Prabha, G. Venkataraman and M.V. Khire, Differential InSAR Research at IIT Bombay - Simulation Experiments Synchronous with ERS 1/2 Tandem Passes, Proc. of Fringe'99, held at Leige, Belgium, Nov.10-12, 1999. http://earth.esa.int/pub/ESA_DOC/fringe1999/Papers/rao.pdf
15. Rao K.S. and Y.S. Rao and SAR Interferometry for topography and glacier movement, Proc. of National snow science workshop (NSSW) proceedings, will be published soon, (workshop was held at Manali during 29-30, Oct. 1999).
16. Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao and R.K. Midha, Indian SAR interferometry research and educational programs, will appear in proceeding of 2nd International symposium on Operatinalisation of Remote Sensing, held at ITC, Netherlands, August 16 - 20, 1999. http://www.itc.nl/symposia/index.html
17. Rao K.S. and Y.S. Rao, SAR Interferometry and Glaciology Applications, Proc. of Snow, Ice and Glaciers - A Himalayan Perceptive symposium, held at Lucknow, March 9-11, 1999
18. Rao Y.S. and K.S. Rao, Comparison of models for soil moisture estimation using SIR-C data, presented in ISPRS symposium held in Nov.24-25, 1997 at Hyderabad, India.
19. Rao, K.S. and Y.S. Rao, Soil moisture estimation using SIR-C data: A case study over Bhavnagar test site, India. Presented in IGARSS'97 symposium, Singapore, August 4-8, 1997.
20. Rao K.S. and Y.S. Rao, Field experiments synchronous with ERS-1 and 2 tandem mission for the simulation of neotechtonic movement, Proc. 3rd ERS-1 symposium, held at Florence, 17-20 March, ESA SP-414, Vol. 1, pp. 429-433,1997.
21. K.S.Rao and Y.S. Rao, Advances in microwave remote sensing towards agricultural applications, NNRMS Bulletin, India, No-2, Jan. 1997., pp. 46-60.
22. Rao Y.S., K.S. Rao, Decomposition of Stokes matrix of SIR-C data into odd, even and depolarization components, Presented in the Symposium of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, held at Pune, India, December 4-6, 1996.
23. Rao Y.S. and K.S. Rao, Study of vegetation through polarization phase difference using SIR-C data, presented in the Symposium of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, held at Pune, India, December 4-6, 1996.
24. Rao Y.S. and K.S. Rao, Polarimetric signatures of various land features over Gujarat test site using SIR-C data, Presented in the Indo-US Symposium held at IIT, Bombay, October 6-9, 1996.
25. Jai S. Sukhatme, V. Walavalkhar, Y.S. Rao, G.Venkataraman, M.V. Khire and K.S. Rao, Development of SAR Interferometry at IIT, Bombay, India, Proc. of IGARSS'96 symposium held at Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, during 27-31 May 1996r, Vol. 1, pp.430-433.
26. Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao, L. Venkataratnam and P.V.N. Rao, Potential of SIR-C data to study vegetation over Gujarat test site, Proc. of IGARSS'96 symposium held at Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, during 27-31 May 1996, Vol. 1, pp.201-203.
27. Rao Y.S., P.V.N. Rao, L. Venkataratnam and K.S. Rao, ERS-1 and JERS-1 SAR data analysis for soil moisture and vegetation, Proc. of IGARSS'96 symposium held at Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, during 27-31 May 1996, Vol. 1, pp.163-165,
28. K.S Rao and Y.S. Rao, The potential of JERS-1 L-band SAR data to discriminate soil moisture levels and vegetation types, Proc. of Results repor- ting meeting of JERS-1 system verification program, held in Tokyo during Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 1994, Vol 2. pp.46-54.
29. Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao and G. Ijjas, Soil moisture estimation from multifrequency microwave radiometer data based on statistical inversion technique, Proc.ESA/ NASA International Workshop, held at Saint Lary, France, pp.475- 484, VSP 1994.
30. Rao Y.S., K.S. Rao, M. Jafrullah, B.K. Mohan and M.V. Khire, Combined use of Intera X-band SAR, ERS-1 SAR and IRS-1A data for agricultural applications, Proc. National Symposium on Microwave Remote Sensing and Users'meet, Ahmedabad, India, pp. 161-166, Jan. 1994.
31. Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao and M.V. Khire, Polarimetric AIRSAR data analysis for soil moisture mapping, Presented in the Symposium of Indian Society of society of Remote Sensing, Nov. 25-27, 1993, Guwahati, India.
32. Rao K.S., Y.S. Rao and J.R. Wang, Frequency dependence of polarization phase difference and polarization index for vegetation covered fields using polari- metric AIRSAR data, Proc. IGARSS '93 symposium, held in Tokyo, Japan, August 1993. Vol. 1, pp. 37-39. Also in Int. J. Remote Sensing, Vol. 16, No. 18, pp. 3605-3617, Dec. 1995.
33. Ijjas G., Y.S. Rao, F. Horcher, Z. Vargai and L. Aujeszky, Soil moisture estimation using truck-mounted L-, S-, and thermal-infrared radiometers and different theoretical models, Proc. 11 th EARSeL Symposium, July 1991, pp. 216-223.
34. Rao K.S., Suresh Raju and Y.S. Rao, Model for the retrieval of soil moisture and surface roughness parameters from multifrequency backscattering coefficients, Proc. of IGARSS '91, symposium, Espoo, Finland, 397-400, 1991.
35. Ijjas G., K.S. Rao and Y.S. Rao, Efficiency of 1.4 and 2.7 GHz radiometers data for the retrieval of soil moisture profile, Proc. of IGARSS symposium held at Espoo, Finland during June 3-6, 1991, 765-768, 1991.
36. Ijjas G. and Y.S. Rao, Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture from Aircraft in Hungary, Int. J. of Remote Sensing, 13, 471-479, 1992.
37. Rao K.S, P.V.N. Rao, Y.S. Rao, Girish Chandra, C.S. Raju and M.V. Bapat, A study on the effect of soil texture on passive microwave remote sensing, J. of Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 16, 55-63, 1988.