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Ismailia | What on Earth is Synthetic Aperture Radar?

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | Free Space Data!

High-Level Project Summary

In this project, we are making a video to introduce the Synthetic Aperture Radar to the public by explaining its mechanism of action from the beginning, since its launching from the Earth, through how it is designed until it begins to work and provides us with information about the Earth. Through this project, the public will reach the definition of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) because we are targeting them by this project, not astronauts and scientists, as introducing this information in this way to the public helps them understand space-related matters and certify what space agencies issue about outer space.

Link to Project "Demo"

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ji4rwivApWJvJPxC2STWGXooAoQ-V38Q/view?usp=sharing

Link to Final Project

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a-l-fYCjb668UJuUriDTj1bfk9sTJYG_/view?usp=sharing

Detailed Project Description

This video explains the Synthetic Aperture Radar in all its details, how it works, its applications, and finally explaining how to obtain information from the SAR. Here in this video, we explain how the SAR is different from other satellites. All this information is presented by a nice arrangement, with a clear voiceover, to make the information easy to understand, with embedded images and videos about SAR, as we started with the intro that gives the watcher the first impression about what we are talking about, then turning to the part where we explain the mechanism of SAR, after that, we present the application of the Synthetic Aperture Radars. Lastly, it is the conclusion and how to reach the information we get from SAR.

This makes the public seek to learn more because what makes the person search for more information is the source of information and how it is presenting the information in a coordinated and tidy manner so he will explore more and more, and this is what we hope to achieve in this project as dividing it into different sections arranged on each other and starting to work on each part’s scriptwriting, voiceover, and montage will give the best results. Finally, we used different software applications like Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, and Audacity

Space Agency Data

[1] https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/backgrounders/what-is-sar

This website images and explanations were used in writing the script and some shots in the video. It could inspire us to organize and begin writing the script as it explained both the mechanism and applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar.

[2] https://earth.esa.int/documents/10174/2700124/sar_land_apps_1_theory.pdf?forcedefault=true

The PDF's Chapter 1. What is Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)? and Chapter 3. Appropriate land applications were used to give more detail to the video script for explaining the applications and mechanism well. It could inspire us to understand the science and math behind SAR well to be able to explain it to others better in the video.

[3] https://search.asf.alaska.edu/#/?zoom=6.015&center=35.730,26.657&resultsLoaded=false

This Website Data Search Method was explained in both the video script and shots. We could understand from the website how it works to get free SAR data, and we recorded the screen while doing so. It could inspire us to understand how to access this data and use it in a real application in society.

Hackathon Journey

My trip during that hackathon was another experiment that I had to explore more about science. Still, it became a superior experiment from the beginning of the team's formation and getting to know colleagues who share the same passion for science.

I have learned many skills such as research and how to get the correct information from reliable sources besides the increase in my experience in dealing with others and working with a group of individuals who share the same passion. After consultation about choosing the appropriate challenge for us, we found that this challenge was suitable for us, as we have good experience in voiceover and video production, and we wanted to direct that experience to the right place.

We started by researching and writing the appropriate script and reviewing it. After that, one of us did the voiceover while the rest of the team collected the video materials. Finally, two of us have produced the video. We faced a problem that the voice was not clear enough, so we had to re-record it with better quality, but we realized our mistake, and we finished this part quickly and more efficiently to get this impressive result.