Welcome to the EMSL!

The European Microwave Signature Laboratory (EMSL) is the main experimental facility of the Sensors, Radar Technologies, and Cybersecurity Unit, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, Directorate General Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. We are based in Ispra, Northern Italy.

Since its inauguration in April 1992, the EMSL has been doing continuous experimental work focused on themes at the forefront of radar signature research putting its unique measurement features at the service of remote sensing applications and industrial customers.

Our main achievements can be seen in a number of studies and experimental activities covering topics such as radar interferometry, three-dimensional radar imaging, soil moisture and surface roughness retrieval, backscatter modelling of vegetation and rough surfaces, and antenna measurements, to mention only a few. A large number of these experiments have resulted in reference radar data sets which are now publicly available here.

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Thursday, 12 May 2005
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