Jacob Connolly
- Email: py15jmc@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Characterising sources of noise and bias in InSAR time series
- Supervisors: Professor Andy Hooper, Professor Tim Wright, Dr Stuart King, Dr David Bekaert, Dr Tom Ingleby
Profile
I am a PhD student in the Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics (IGT) within the School of Earth and Environment. As part of the NERC SENSE Earth Observation CDT, I am characterising sources of noise and bias in InSAR time series data. InSAR is an extremely useful tool for monitoring ground deformation around fault zones and volcanoes but also for monitoring subsidence in urban areas as a result of natural and anthropogenic processes. My project focuses on:
- Developing new methods of estimating the noise of pixels in InSAR time series data
- Detecting change in high-resolution InSAR data using statistical inference techniques
- Improving our understanding of how changes in soil moisture and vegetation can introduce bias and ways to mitigate these effects.
This is a computational project drawing on areas such as data science, software engineering, and geospatial analysis.
The project partner is NASA JPL and the CASE partner is SatSense Ltd.
Research interests
- Remote sensing
- Geodesy
- Earth Observation
- Synthetic Aperture Radar
Qualifications
- 2015 - 2020 MPhys Physics with Astrophysics (Ind), University of Leeds
Research groups and institutes
- Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics