David Small

Dr. David Small
Radar Remote Sensing
Geographisches Institut - Remote Sensing Lab.
Universität Zürich
Winterthurerstr. 190
CH-8057 Zürich
Switzerland


Phone: +41 (0) 44 635 51 43
Phone2: +41 (0) 44 635 51 61
Fax: +41 (0) 44 635 68 48
E-mail: david.small(at)geo.uzh.ch
URL Institution: www.geo.uzh.ch/rsl
Personal URL: link


Additional functions:
Member of European Space Agency Sentinel-1 Next Generation Mission Advisory Group
Member of European Space Agency Synthetic Aperture Radar Quality Working Group


Key Publications of David Small (up to ten) :
SMALL D., ROHNER C., MIRANDA N., RUETSCHI M., & SCHAEPMAN M. E. [2022]. Wide-Area Analysis-Ready Radar Backscatter Composites. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 14p. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3055562

CHATENOUX B., RICHARD J.-P., SMALL D., ROEOESLI C., WINGATE V., POUSSIN C., … GIULIANI G. (2021). The Swiss data cube, analysis ready data archive using earth observations of Switzerland. Nature Scientific Data, 8(1), 295. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-01076-6

RÜETSCHI M., SMALL D., WASER L.T. [2019], Rapid Detection of Windthrows Using Sentinel-1 C-Band SAR Data, Remote Sensing, vol. 11, Jan. 2019.

RÜETSCHI M., SCHAEPMAN M., SMALL D. [2018], Using Multitemporal Sentinel-1 C-band Backscatter to Monitor Phenology and Classify Deciduous and Coniferous Forests in Northern Switzerland, Remote Sensing, vol. 10, no. 55, Jan. 2018.

SCHUBERT A., MIRANDA N., GEUDTNER D., SMALL D. [2017], Sentinel-1A/B Combined Product Geolocation Accuracy, Remote Sens., vol. 9, no. 607, Jun. 2017.

MAGNARD C., MORSDORF F., SMALL D., STILLA U., SCHAEPMAN M., MEIER E. [2016], Single tree identification using airborne multi baseline SAR interferometry data, Rem. Sens. Env., vol. 186, pp. 567-580, Dec. 2016.

ATWOOD D., SMALL D., GENS R. [2012], Improving PolSAR Land Cover Classification with Radiometric Correction of the Coherency Matrix, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 848-856.

SMALL D. [2011]: Flattening Gamma: Radiometric Terrain Correction for SAR Imagery, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 49, No. 8, pp. 3081-3093.

SCHUBERT A., JEHLE M., SMALL D., MEIER E. [2010]: Influence of Atmospheric Path Delay on the Absolute Geolocation Accuracy of TerraSAR-X High-Resolution Products, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 48, No. 2, Feb. 2010, pp. 751-758.


Expertise of David Small:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering
Topic HydrosphereHydrosphere
Precipitation / Runoff
Topic CryosphereGlaciers
Polar Ice Sheets/ Sea Ice
Snow Cover
Topic LithosphereTectonics
Topic BiosphereBiodiversity
Topic Economy/ResourceUseWater
Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Spatial ZonesMountain / Highland
Polar
Spatial ScaleGlobal / Hemispheric
Continental
Regional
National / Cultural
Time FrameRecent / Today
Statistical FocusMean Change / Trends
Variability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
Decadal / Centennial
MethodsData Collection - Measurement
Data Analysis
Modeling
Applied Research / Technology
Phenological TopicsPlants
snow/ice cover
remote sensing
Phenological MethodPhenological Method
Observation
GeoForum General-TechnologyTechnologies, Engineering, Physics
GeoForum Geo-TechnologyGeodesy and Photogrammetry
Cartography
Geoinformatics
Seismology
Alpine ConventionAC Mountain Agriculture
AC Mountain Forests
Biodiversity Convention Thematic AreasForest Biodiversity
Mountain Biodiversity
Biodiversity Convention Cross Cutting IssuesBiodiversity Funding Sources
Ecological Network Basic KnowledgeLand Cover / Land Use Analysis
PolarArctic
High Altitude

Specialties of David Small:
Geometry and Radiometry of Earth Observing Radar Sensors (e.g. observing snow melt with spaceborne radar); Interferometric processing of radar data.

Last update: 12/13/23
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