Adrian Schubert - Department of Geography

Adrian Schubert
Research Associate, RSL – U. of Zurich
Nationality: Swiss / Canadian
Winterthurerstrasse 190 Birth Date: October 21, 1971
CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
E-Mail: adrian.schubert[at]geo.uzh.ch
Telephone: +41 (44) 635 65 23
URL: http://www.rsl.ch
ESA-Related Project Experience at Remote Sensing Laboratories (RSL)
SAR Geometric Calibration (2009-2011)
⋅ Studies on the relative radiometric accuracy and consistency within the ASAR IM- and
AP-mode product families
⋅ Studies on the relative and absolute geometric accuracy of ALOS PALSAR products
⋅ Proposed detailed SAR geometric quality indicators in support of GEOSS/QA4EO
goals
⋅ Geolocation analysis on ENVISAT ASAR products following the satellite’s orbit change
in October 2010
ASAR Geometric Calibration (2006-2008)
⋅ Studies on the relative radiometric accuracy and consistency between ASAR WSS and
WSM products
⋅ Software upgrade and algorithm description for WSS product mosaicking software
⋅ Reports on relative and absolute geometric accuracy of WS, AP, and IM products
⋅ Development of WSS product mosaicking software
⋅ Geometric characterisation of WSS / WSM products
⋅ Studies on the absolute and relative geometric accuracy and consistency of ASAR IMmode
products (IMP, IMS, IMM, IMG), AP-mode products (APP, APS, APM, APG)
Other Activities
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Validated the extremely high geolocation accuracy of TerraSAR-X high-resolution
spotlight products after correcting for atmospheric refraction, plate tectonics, and solid-
Earth tides
⋅ Estimation of the surface velocity field of the Aletsch glacier in the Bernese Alps using
TerraSAR-X high-resolution spotlight images
⋅ Development of a dense image matching tool in MATLAB, based on multi-resolution
wavelet decomposition. Used for studies on ASAR product relative geometric accuracies
(2006-2007), as well as early AP-product cross-channel geometric validation (2002).

⋅ Development of an ASAR product input tool capable of handling all level-1 IM-, AP-,
WS-, and GM-mode products, as well as browse products.
⋅ SAR interferometry (InSAR)
⋅ Development of a tool for transforming images or DEMs between different map
projections
⋅ Developed a method for utilising stereogrammetry to aid InSAR phase-unwrapping
⋅ Software engineering in C/C++, MATLAB, IDL, and Tcl/Tk, on Unix, Linux and
Windows workstations.
⋅ Preparation and supervision of numerous student lectures and tutorials.
Education
2001-2004 Doctoral Degree, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Thesis title: "Stereo-Assisted Interferometric SAR"
1996-1997 Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées (DESS) double-compétence,
University of Paris VI, France
Computer Science Applied to Earth Science
1995-1996 Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA), University of Paris VII, France
Physical Methods in Remote Sensing
1989-1994 Bachelor’s Degree of Science, University of Waterloo, Canada
Honours Applied Physics (Cooperative work-study program)
Further Work Experience
1996 Centre d’Études Terrestre et Planétaire, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France
(4 months) Implementation of an algorithm in C and IDL for the 3-D reconstruction of
rain cells using airborne radar data
1993 Mining and Mineral Research Laboratories, Canada Centre for
(4 months) Mineral and Energy Technology, Ottawa, Canada
Programming in FORTRAN-77 as well as laboratory work on the thermal
properties of industrial explosives
1992 Energy Technology Centre, Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy
(8 months) Technology, Ottawa, Canada
Conducted a study on the feasibility of wind energy use on Mars
1991 Metals Technology Laboratories, Canada Centre for Mineral and
(4 months) Energy Technology, Ottawa, Canada
Measurements of the high-temperature magnetic properties of Fe-Nd-B
1990 Land Resource Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada
(8 months) Measurements of the interactions between pesticides and soils
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Computing Skills
Software Development
⋅ C++ / C
⋅ MATLAB
⋅ Tcl/Tk
⋅ IDL
⋅ HTML
⋅ FORTRAN 77 / 90
⋅ SNIFF+ (Wind River)
⋅ CVS / RCS / SVN
GIS Products
⋅ ERDAS IMAGINE
⋅ ER Mapper
⋅ Geomatica
⋅ ArcView
⋅ ENVI
Operating Systems
⋅ Unix / Linux
⋅ Windows
Application Areas
⋅ Analysis, geocoding and visualisation
of radar remote sensing images
⋅ Graphical user interfaces
⋅ Geomatics
⋅ Image matching
Office Tools
⋅ Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel)
⋅ Adobe Framemaker
⋅ Adobe Photoshop
Personal Interests and Activities
Music : Composition of electronic and classical music
Sport : Salsa dance, bicycling, hiking, tennis
Languages
English : native language
German : fluent
French : fluent
Russian : basics
Selected Publications
Schubert A., Jehle M., Small D., Meier E., Influence of Atmospheric Path Delay on the
Absolute Geolocation Accuracy of TerraSAR-X High-Resolution Products, IEEE
Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48(2), February 2010, pp. 751-758.
Schubert A., Small D., Miranda N., Geometric Quality Indicators for SAR Products, Proc.
CEOS Cal/Val Workshop 2010, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2010.
Schubert A., Small D., Miranda N., Meier E., ASAR Product Consistency and Geolocation
Accuracy, Proc. CEOS 2008, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, 2008
Schubert A., Small D., Rosich B., Meier E., ASAR WSS Product Verification using Derived
Image Mosaics, Proc. ENVISAT Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland, 2007
Small D., Schubert A., Rosich B., Meier E., Geometric and Radiometric Correction of ESA
SAR Products, Proc. ENVISAT Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland, 2007
Schubert A., Stereo-Assisted Interferometric SAR, doctoral thesis, Remote Sensing
Laboratories, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland, 2004
Schubert A., Small D., Meier E., Nuesch D., Extraction of Surface Topography from SAR
Images using Combined Interferometry and Stereogrammetry, Proc. EUSAR 2004, Ulm,
Germany, 2004, pp. 775-778.
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