Islam Mansour is a postdoctoral researcher at UniBw Munich working on foundation models for SAR and optical Earth observation. PhD from ETH Zurich on hybrid AI-physical modelling for forest height and biomass retrieval from TanDEM-X InSAR.https://imansour.net/https://imansour.net/publications/2026-05-14-mansour-hybrid-machine-learning-2026/https://imansour.net/publications/2026-05-14-mansour-hybrid-machine-learning-2026/A hybrid machine learning model combining TanDEM-X InSAR and Landsat optical data for forest height estimation.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2025-12-07-mansour-hybrid-ai-physical-2025/https://imansour.net/publications/2025-12-07-mansour-hybrid-ai-physical-2025/Doctoral thesis on combining data-driven machine learning with physics-based scattering models to improve parameter retrieval from interferometric SAR.Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2025-06-11-mansour-hybrid-a-iphysical-modeling-2025a/https://imansour.net/publications/2025-06-11-mansour-hybrid-a-iphysical-modeling-2025a/A hybrid AI-physical method to correct penetration bias in X-band InSAR DEMs over the Greenland Ice Sheet, parameterising the vertical structure function via machine learning.Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2025-01-01-mansour-hybrid-machine-learning-2025a/https://imansour.net/publications/2025-01-01-mansour-hybrid-machine-learning-2025a/A hybrid model-based and machine learning approach to forest height estimation from TanDEM-X InSAR, validated over tropical biomes including Gabon and the Amazon.Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2024-07-01-albrecht-characterization-2024/https://imansour.net/publications/2024-07-01-albrecht-characterization-2024/Discusses the synergetic combination of TanDEM-X interferometric measurements and GEDI lidar waveforms to map forest height and structure changes, comparing two TanDEM-X global coverages (2011-2013 and 2018-2020).Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2024-07-01-mansour-correction-2024/https://imansour.net/publications/2024-07-01-mansour-correction-2024/Rapid changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet require precise elevation monitoring to understand ice dynamics and predict sea level rise. X-band Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) has the potential for this purpose but is limited by microwave signal...Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2023-10-01-mansour-synergizing-2023/https://imansour.net/publications/2023-10-01-mansour-synergizing-2023/Presents the hybrid AI-physical forest height estimation approach applied over Gabon, at the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Science Team Meeting.Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2023-09-01-mansour-combining-2023/https://imansour.net/publications/2023-09-01-mansour-combining-2023/In the realm of artificial intelligence, specifically utilizing methodologies such as machine learning and deep learning, a conspicuous display of substantial potential across various parameter estimation problems has been demonstrated. However, such AI...Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2023-07-01-mansour-combining-2023-1/https://imansour.net/publications/2023-07-01-mansour-combining-2023-1/The synergy of TanDEM-X interferometric data with GEDI lidar full waveform measurements for large-scale forest mapping has been addressed in a number of studies in the last years. In a number of studies, the GEDI lidar full waveforms have been used to...Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2023-06-01-mansour-machine-2023/https://imansour.net/publications/2023-06-01-mansour-machine-2023/Model-based (PM) forest height inversion from Polarimetric Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (Pol-InSAR) measurements is today an established application demonstrated and validated at large scales for a wide variety of boreal and tropical forest sites...Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2022-07-01-mansour-towards-2022/https://imansour.net/publications/2022-07-01-mansour-towards-2022/There is a necessity for developing and incorporating retrieval models, including Physical Models (PMs) and Machine Learning (ML) models for the inversion of geophysical parameters from multi-parameter SAR data. Over the last two decades, interferometric...Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2021-02-01-mansour-analysis-2021/https://imansour.net/publications/2021-02-01-mansour-analysis-2021/Multi-frequency polarimetric SAR analysis of the 2018-2019 PermASAR airborne campaign over the permafrost region of Herschel Island, northwest Canada.Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://imansour.net/publications/2019-08-01-loesch-3d-nodate/https://imansour.net/publications/2019-08-01-loesch-3d-nodate/Machine learning algorithms for 3D matching of TerraSAR-X-derived ground control points with mobile LiDAR mapping data, for georeferencing of pole-like structures.Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT