The 9th International Symposium on Physical
Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing
(ISPMSRS 2005)
IGSNRR, Beijing, China
17 – 19 October 2005
Organisers
ISPRS WG VII/1 “Fundamental Physics and Modeling”
Sponsors
Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Chinese 973 Project No.G2******* by Beijing Normal University
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
Prof. Guanhua Xu, Ministry of Science and Technology of China
Chairman
Prof. Shunlin Liang, University of Maryland, USA
Members
Dr. Frédéric Baret, INRA, Avignon, France
Prof. Mike Barnsley, University of Wales Swansea, UK
Prof. Marvin Bauer, University of Minnesota, USA
Prof. Jon Benediktsson, University of Iceland, Iceland
Prof. Jing Chen, University of Toronto, Canada
Prof. Peng Gong, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Dr. David Goodenough, Pacific Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada
Dr. Tom Jackson, USDA/ARS at Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Dr. David Jupp, CSIRO Earth Observation Centre, Australia
Dr. Yann Kerr, CNES/CESBIO, Frence
Dr. Marc Leroy, MEDIAS, France
Dr. Philip Lewis, University College London, UK
Prof. Deren Li, Wuhan University
Prof. Xiaowen Li, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS, China
Prof. Jiyuan Liu, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, China Dr. John V. Martonchik, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Prof. Ranga Myneni, Boston University, USA
Prof. Ziyuan Ouyang, Institute of Geochemistry, CAS
Dr. Jeff Privette, NASA/GSFC, USA
Dr. Jon Ranson, NASA/GSFC, USA
Prof. Michael Schaepman, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Prof. Jose Sobrino, University of Valencia, Spain
Dr. Karl Staenz, Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada
Prof. Alan Strahler, Boston University, USA
Prof. Qingxi Tong, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS, China
Dr. Michel Verstraete, JRC, Ispra, Italy
Dr. Charlie Walthall, USDA/ARS at Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Dr. Zhengming Wan, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA
LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Chairman
Prof. Jiyuan Liu, Director of Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
Prof. Xiaowen Li, Director of the Remote Sensing Center of Beijing Normal University and Director of Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Vice-chairman
Prof. Dafang Zhuang, Data Center for Resources and Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Secretary-general
Dr. Ronggao Liu, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Members
Prof. Boqin Zhu, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS
Prof. Renhua Zhang, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS
Prof. Lixin Zhang, Beijing Normal University
Dr. Keping Du, Beijing Normal University
Secretary
Mr. Xiaolinag Lv, Mr. Xuebo Ni, Dr. Fengting Yang, Ms. Qinghui Lin, Ms. Wenyan Hu
Program for ISPMSRS2005
Oct. 17th Morning
09:20 Opening ceremony (Room 2-602), chaired by Prof. S. Liang
09:50 Short Break
Plenary session (Room 2-602), chaired by Prof. J. Liu
10:00 Dr. Einar-Arne Herland, Mission Experts Division, ESA/ESTEC
10:30 Dr. Laiyan Sun, Director of Chinese National Space Agency, China
11:00 Dr. Diane Wickland, Program Manager, NASA Headquarters, USA
11:30 Prof. Ziyuan Ouyang, Principal Scientists for Chinese Moon Exploitation Program, China 12:00 Lunch (Exhibit Hall, 1st floor and 6th floor hall)
Oct. 17th Afternoon
Session 1: Microwave Remote Sensing Systems (Room 2-602)
Session 2: Lidar Remote Sensing Systems (Room 2-521)
Session 3: Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Systems (Room 2-421)
Session 4: Thermal Remote Sensing Systems (Room 2-321)
13:00 Oral sessions
14:40 Poster session and coffee break (Exhibit Hall, 1st floor)
15:20 Panel session “Remote Sensing Systems” (Room 2-602)
Social Event:
17:30 Taking bus to the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park
18:50 Dinner and shows
21:10 Taking bus to hotels
Oct. 18th Morning
Session 1: Physical Modeling in Remote Sensing (Room 2-602)
Session 2: Inversion of Biogeophysical Variables (Room 2-521)
Session 3: Image Classification Methods (Room 2-421)
Session 4: Data Processing Techniques (Room 2-321)
08:20 Oral sessions
10:40 Coffee break and poster session (Exhibit Hall, 1st floor)
12:00 Lunch (Exhibit Hall, 1st floor and 6th floor hall)
Oct. 18th Afternoon
Session 1: Modeling and Inversion (Room 2-602)
Session 2: Data Assimilation Methods (Room 2-521)
Session 3: Land Use and Land Cover Mapping (Room 2-421)
Session 4: Calibration and Validation (Room 2-321)
13:00 Oral sessions
14:40 Poster session and coffee break (Exhibit Hall, 1st floor)
15:20 Panel session “Modeling and Inversion Methods” (Room 2-602)
Social Event:
17:20Taking bus to Shengli Hotel for dinner
18:20 Taking bus from Shengli Hotel to Laoshe Tea House
21:10 Taking bus to hotels
Oct. 19th Morning
Session 1: Estimation of ET and Surface BRDF (Room 2-602) Session 2: Forestry Applications (Room 2-521)
Session 3: Environmental Change Detection (Room 2-421) Session 4: Ecosystem and Carbon Cycle (Room 2-321)
08:20 Oral sessions
10:40 Poster session and coffee break (Exhibit Hall, 1st floor)
12:00 Lunch (Exhibit Hall, 1st floor and 6th floor hall)
Oct. 19th Afternoon
Session 1: Integration with Dynamic Process Models (Room 2-602) Session 2: Agricultural Applications (Room 2-521)
Session 3: Hazards/Disasters (Room 2-421)
Session 4: Soil Moisture and Hydrological Cycle (Room 2-321)
13:00 Oral sessions
14:40 Coffee break and poster session (Exhibit Hall, 1st floor)
15:20 Panel session “Remote Sensing Applications” (Room 2-602) 17:30 Closing session (Room 2-602), chaired by Prof. M. Schaepman
Social Event:
18:00 Cocktail Lounge at IGSNRR (1st floor), sponsored by IGSNRR 19:00 Taking bus to hotels
Oral Session Program
(Only list the first author name)
Oct. 17
Oral sessions 13:00-14:40
Oral Session 1: Microwave Remote Sensing Systems: chaired by Dr. David Le Vine
(Room 2-602)
13:00 Zoltan Bartalis
Azimuthal signatures of scatterometer measurements over different land cover types in China
Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
13:20 Maurizio Santoro
Analysis of large area ERS-1/2 coherence signatures of boreal forests and implications for stem volume
retrieval
Department of Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing, Friedrich-Schiller University, Germany
13:40 Izzet Canarslan
Ship target detection on RADARSAT SAR images using mathematical morphology
Istanbul Technical University Informatics Institute Department of satellite communication and remote sensing, Turkey
14:00 Dr. Michael Berger
coSMOS: field validation of the SMOS soil moisture retrieval algorithm
ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands
14:20 D.M. Le Vine
Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture, Biomass and Salinity
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Session 2 Lidar Remote Sensing Systems: chaired by Dr. Ralph Dubayah
(Room 2-421)
13:00 Xiaoye Liu
Improving Soil Salinity Prediction with High Resolution DEM Derived from LiDAR Data
Centre for GIS, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Australia
13:20 Guoqing Sun
Evaluation of GLAS data using LVIS and field measurements
Department of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
13:40 David L B Jupp
Measuring canopy structure and forest information with the CSIRO ECHIDNA? ground based scanning
Lidar system
CSIRO Earth Observation Centre, Canberra, ACT, Australia
14:00 Wenge Ni-Meister
3DVegetation Structure Extraction from Lidar Remote Sensing
Department of Geography, Hunter College of The City University of New York, USA
14:20 Ralph Dubayah
Land Surface Characterization Using Large-Footprint Lidar: Collected Results from LVIS Experiments
University of Maryland, USA
Session 3 Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Systems: chaired by Dr. Steve Ungar
(Room 2-421)
13:00 J.G.P.W. Clevers
Estimating spatial patterns of canopy biomass and nitrogen status within grasslands through imaging
spectrometry
Centre for Geo-Information, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
13:20 Zhihong Pan
Identification of Nutrient Hotspots by Mapping Vegetation Phosphorous Concentration in Airborne
Hyperspectral Imagery
Galileo Group Inc, USA
13:40 Martin Schlerf
Assessment of vegetation nitrogen status from hyperspectral laboratory and image data
University of Trier, Remote Sensing Department, Behringstrasse, Germany
14:00 M. Menenti
Understanding vegetation response to climate variability from space with hyper-spectral, multi-angular
observations
LSIIT, Université Louis Pasteur, France
14:20 Stephen G. Ungar
A proposed future NASA imaging Spectroscopy mission, Flora
Biospheric Sciences Branch, NASA/GSFC, USA
Session 4 Thermal Remote Sensing Systems: chaired by Dr. Zhengming Wan
(Room 2-321)
13:00 Fred Prata
Thermal Remote Sensing of the Land Surface: From Theory to Applications
CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Australia
13:20 Renhua Zhang
An automatic field observed system for component emissivity of mixed ground objects
Institute of Geophysical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, China
13:40 F. Jacob
Applying NTB conversion for the normalization of multispectral thermal infrared remote sensing data: a
simulation study with the ASTER and MASTER sensors
Laboratoire de Télédétection et de Gestion des Territoires, ESA Purpan, Toulouse, France
14:00 Yunyue Yu
Comparison of Split Window Land Surface Temperature Algorithms for Climate Data Records
Earth System and Geoinformation Sciences of George Mason University, USA
14:20 Zhengming Wan
New Refinements and Validation of the MODIS Land-Surface Temperature/Emissivity Products
ICESS, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3060, USA
Oct. 18
Oral sessions 8:20-10:40
Oral sessions 1 Physical Modeling in Remote Sensing: chaired by Dr. Philip Lewis
(Room 2-602)
08:20 Philip Lewis
3D Dynamic Vegetation Modelling of Wheat for Remote Sensing Simulation and Inversion
Department of Geography and NERC Centre for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics, University College London, UK
08:40 Yuri Knyazikhin
Stochastic Transport Theory for Investigating the Three-Dimensional Canopy Structure from Space
Measurements
Department of Geography, Boston University, Boston, USA
09:00 Alan H. Strahler
The Discrete-Object Scene Model and its Application in Remote Sensing
Dept. of Geography and Environment, Boston University, USA
09:20 Mark Chopping
Geometric-Optical Modeling of Desert Grassland Canopy Structure with MISR data
Department of Earth & Environmental Studies at Montclair State University, NJ, USA
09:40 Jean-Luc Widlowski
Results from the third phase of RAMI
Joint Research Centre, IES/GVM TP 440 Via E. Fermi, 1, 21020 Ispra (V A), Italy
10:00 Wout Verhoef
Earth observation model sensitivity analysis to assess mission performances in terms of geo-biophysical
variable retrieval accuracies
National Aerospace Lab NLR, Netherlands
10:20 Wenhan Qin
Retrieving Woody Vegetation Structural Parameters from LUTs Generated with a 3-D Scene Model
SSAI and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Oral sessions 2 Inversion of Biogeophysical Variables: chaired by Dr. Fred Baret
(Room 2-521)
08:20 Frédéric Baret
The CYCLOPES LAI, fAP AR, fCover and albedo products derived from the VEGETATION, AVHRR and
MERIS sensors: principles and evaluation using ground measurements and intercomparison with MODIS INRA, CSE, Avignon, France
08:40 C. Schaaf
The Reprocessed Aqua/Terra MODIS BRDF/Albedo Product for use in Modeling Studies
Department of Geography/Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, USA
09:00 Xiaowen Li
The Spectrum Knowledge Base of Typical Objects and Remote Sensing Inversion of Land Surfaces
Parameters
Beijing Normal University, China
09:20 Gladimir Baranoski
Computer Simulation of Biophysical Phenomena: Challenges, Pitfalls and Applications
University of Waterloo, Canada
09:40 Zbynek Malenovsky
Influence of forest canopy structure simulated using the Discrete Anisotropic Radiative Transfer (DART)
model on the retrieval of spruce stand LAI
Centre for Geo-Information, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
10:00 Linda Hunt
Land Surface Remote Sensing Results from MISR
NASA Langley Research Center, USA
10:20 Ranga B. Myneni
Global Products of Vegetation Leaf Area and Fraction Absorbed P AR from MODIS Sensors onboard NASA Terra and Aqua Satellites
Department of Geography, Boston University, USA
Oral sessions 3 Image Classification Methods: chaired by Dr. Hosni Ghedira
(Room 2-421)
08:20 Anthony, Gidudu
Land Cover Mapping: Optimising SVM Classification
University of Cape Town, School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, 7701, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
08:40 Peijun Li
Multitemporal image classification by multichannel texture and Support Vector Machines (SVM)
Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Peking University, China
09:00 Chih-Cheng Hung
A Study on the Comparison of Unsupervised Training Algorithms Using Genetic Algorithms for
Multispectral Image Classification Systems
School of Computing and Software Engineering Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA 30060, USA
09:20 Hosni Ghedira
Capabilities and Limitations of Neural Networks in Snow Cover Mapping from Passive Microwave Data
NOAA-CREST, City University of New York, USA
09:40 Wanxiao Sun
Improving plant functional types product from MODIS data using evidential reasoning methods
Depart of Geography, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4514, USA
10:00 Svetlana Solodyankina
Recognition of Vegetation Types in Space of Brightness Characteristics of Multi-band Remote Sensing
Information
Geography Institute Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science
10:20 Erxue CHEN
Study on ENVISAT ASAR APS Data Processing and Classification for Rice Mappin g
Institute of Forest Resources Information Techniques, Chinese Academy of Forestry
Oral sessions 4 Data Processing Techniques: Dr. Vern Vanderbilt
(Room 2-321)
08:20 V.C. Vanderbilt
The Impact of Mismatched Pixel Sizes
NASA Ames Space Flight Center, USA
08:40 Jianhong Guo
Study of Multispectral Detecting Shadow Areas and A Theoretical Model of Removing Shadows from Remote Sensing Images
International Institute for Earth System Science, Nanjing University, China
09:00 Ronggao Liu
Mapping China Using MODIS Data: Method, Software and Data Products
IGSNRR, CAS, China
09:20 Yoshio Awaya
An analysis of inter-annual changes of P AL data after an empirical radiometric correction
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan
09:40 Sathit Intajag
Speckle reduction using fuzzy morphological anisotropic diffusion
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Bangkok 10520, Thailand
10:00 Jiang Gengming
Land surface temperature and emissivity retrieval from combined mid-infrared and thermal infrared data of MSG-SEVIRI
TRIO/LSIIT/ENSPS, Université Louis Pasteur, France
10:20 Xiaoliang Lv
Removal of noise by Wavelets method to generate the high-quality time series of terrestrial MODIS products IGSNRR, CAS, China
18th Afternoon
Oral session 13:00-14:40
Oral sessions 1 Modeling and Inversion: chaired by Dr. John Martonchik
(Room 2-602)
13:00 Feng Gao
On the Blending of the Landsat and MODIS Surface Reflectance
Earth Resources Technology, Inc., 8106 Stayton Drive, Jessup, MD 20794, USA
13:20 R. Fernandes
Evaluation of stochastic radiative transfer and reflectance models of northern forest landscapes
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources, Canada
13:40 M. Disney
A lumped parameter representation of spectral reflectance from leaf to canopy
Department of Geography, University College London, UK
14:00 Li Jia
Simulation of directional Thermal Infrared radiance images using Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer
mode and radiative transfer models
Centre for Geo-Information, Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The
Netherlands
14:20 John Martonchik
Use of Multiangle Satellite Observations To Retrieve Aerosol Properties and Ocean Color
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Oral sessions 2 Data Assimilation Methods: chaired by Dr. John van Genderen
(Room 2-521)
13:00 Chunlin Huang
Experiments of soil moisture data assimilation system based on ensemble Kalman filter
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS, China
13:20 T. Quaife
Assimilating Earth Observation Data into a Vegetation Model using an Ensemble Kalman Filter.
Centre for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics, and University College London, UK
13:40 B. Coudert
Dynamic SVAT model calibration process based on thermal infrared brightness temperature data
Centre d’étude des Environnements Terrestres et Planétaires (CETP/IPSL), Vélizy, France
14:00 Claire Lauvernet
Improved estimates of vegetation biophysical variables from MERIS TOA images by using spatial and
temporal constraints
INRA-CSE, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France
14:20 Shunlin Liang
An advanced method for improving estimation of land surface variables from satellite observations: data
assimilation
Department of Geography, University of Maryland, USA
Oral sessions 3 Land Cover and Land Use Mapping: chaired by Dr. Nina Lam
(Room 2-421)
13:00 Nina S. Lam
A Spatial Metric for Land Cover Identification and Change Detection
Department of Geography & Anthropology, Louisiana State University, USA
13:20 Raul Zurita Milla
Enhanced sub-pixel land cover mapping through an effective integration of the spatial, spectral and
temporal dimensions of MERIS imagery
Wageningen UR. Centre for Geo-Information, The Netherlands
13:40 Charles N. Mundia
Urban Growth in Africa’s Major Cities: Land Use/Cover Changes and Modelling Urban Growth in Nairobi, Kenya
Graduate school of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
14:00 P. Rowhani
Land-cover change and vegetation dynamics across Africa and Europe
University of Louvain, Department of Geography, Belgium
14:20 Ryotaro Komura
Detection and Delineation of Killed Tree Crowns of Japanese Oak Wilt (JOW) using IKONOS Imagery
Ishikawa National College of Technology, JAPAN
Oral sessions 4 Calibration and Validation: chaired by Dr. Andres Kuusk
(Room 2-321)
13:00 Y. Govaerts
Operational vicarious calibration of MFG/MVIRI and MSG/SEVIRI solar channels
Eumetsat, Darmstadt, Germany
13:20 Hiroshi Watanabe
Geometric and radiometric calibration and validation of ASTER data
Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center, JAPAN
13:40 A. Lyapustin
The EOS validation dataset of surface reflectance
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
14:00 A. Kuusk
Validation of the forest radiative transfer model
Tartu Observatory, Estonia
14:20 J. R. Dim
Validation and Parametization of Cloud Radiation Fields from satellite retrievals
Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University, JAPAN
19th Morning
Oral sessions 8:20-10:40
Oral sessions 1. Estimation of Evapotranspiration and surface BRDF: chaired by Ruenhua Zhang
(Room 2-602)
08:20 Hongjing Yu
A Simple Method for Estimation of Evapotranspiration Using Remotely Sensed Data
College of Resources Science & Technology, Beijing Normal University, China
08:40 Z.G. Sun
A Simple Remote Sensing Evapotranspiration Model based on Energy Balance and Aerodynamics
(Sim-RESET)
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 305-8571, Japan 09:00 Joshua B. Fisher
New Global Estimates of the Land-Atmosphere Water Flux: A Fully Remote Sensing Driven, Flux
Site-Validated Ecophysiological Model of Evapotranspiration
University of California at Berkeley, USA
09:20 B. Koetz
Assessment of Canopy Structure and Heterogeneity from Multi-angular CHRIS-PROBA Data
Remote Sensing Laboratories (RSL), Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland
09:40 Charles Gatebe
Airborne Spectral Measurements of Surface-Atmosphere Anisotropy for Several Surfaces and Ecosystems NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
10:00 Karen Anderson
The dynamic nature of the calibration surfaces: Quantitative models for describing varibility of
field-measured reflectance factors
Department of Geography, University of Exeter, UK
10:20 Cédric Bacour
Determination of Standard Biome Directional Signatures for Reflectance Normalization Issues
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France
Oral sessions 2 Forestry Applications: chaired by Dr. David Goodenough
(Room 2-521)
08:20 David G. Goodenough
Nonlinear feature extraction for forest species classification
Pacific Forestry Centre, Natural Resources, Canada
08:40 Conghe Song
Mapping Successional Stages of Temperate Conifer Forests with Multitemporal Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery
Department of Geography, University of North Carolina, USA
09:00 Xiaoyang Zhang
Mapping Fuel Load and Dynamics Using MODIS Data
NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, USA
09:20 Oliver Cartus
Feasibility of forest parameters retrieval in mountainous areas using ERS and JERS SAR interferometry
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Geography, Loebdergraben 32, 07743 Jena, Germany
09:40 Ferran Gascon
Comparison of 1D and 3D Soil-Vegetation Radiative Transfer Modelling for simulating the BRF of a
Mediterranean Forest Site
Wave Interaction and Propagation Section, ESA, The Netherlands, EU
10:00 Silvia Huber
Estimating Biochemicals in Complex Forest by Using Spectral Feature Analysis
University of Zurich, Department of Geography, Remote Sensing Laboratories, Zurich, Switzerland
10:20 Bingxiang Tan
Estimating Forest Crown Closure Using EO-1 Hyperion Data
Institute of Forest Resources Information Technique, Chinese Academy of Forestry
Oral sessions 3 Environmental Change Detection: chaired by Dr. Yifang Ban
(Room 2-421)
08:20 Yifang Ban
ENVISAT ASAR for Land Cover Mapping and Change Detection in the Rural-Urban Fringe of the Greater Toronto Area
Department of Infrastructure, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
08:40 Masayuki Matsuoka
Detection of the land cover change in large irrigated districts in the Yellow River basin, China using Landsat and AVHRR data
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan
09:00 T. Bailloeul
Urban building land use change mapping from high resolution satellite imagery, active contours and Hough voting
LIAMA, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
09:20 Yunpeng Wang
Land use change detection in Pearl River Delta Area from 1998 to 2003 using Landsat TM/ETM+ data:
Change magnitude, spatial pattern and socio-economic implications
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
09:40 Maria Cecilia D. Rubio
Connectivity and impact assessment of land use/cover and benthic cover change by advance remote sensing analysis
Dept. of Mechanical and Environmental Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
10:00 Takashi Kusaka
A method for estimating optical properties of the Asian dust in the air and ground reflectance from satellite
data
Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
10:20 I.N. Vladimirov
Mapping of the recovery-age dynamics of taiga forests using remotely sensed data, geographic knowledge, and mathematical models
Sochava Institute of geography of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Oral sessions 4 Ecosystem and Carbon Cycle: chaired by Dr. Diane Wickland
(Room 2-321)
08:20 Jiyuan Liu
Study on Land–use/Land-cover Change and Terrestrial Carbon Cycle in China
IGSNRR, CAS, China
08:40 Tingting Zhao
Land-Cover and Productivity Changes in Southeastern Michigan, USA
School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, USA
09:00 Liang-Fu Chen
The MODIS-based NPP model and its validation
Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
09:20 N. Gobron
Potential and analysis of F AP AR time series derived from space
EC Joint Research Centre (JRC), TP 440 Via E. Fermi, I-21020 Ispra (V A), Italy
09:40 Bingfang Wu
Plant Diversity Mapping by Remote Sensing in the Three Gorges Region of China
Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
10:00 Andrew Kidemore
Assessing Savanna Vegetation Resources for Herbivores from Hyperspectral Imagery
ITC, the Netherlands
10:20 Xiaomei Jin
Research on Recession Mechanism of Ejinaqi Oasis by Using Remote Sensing Data
School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, China
19th Afternoon
Oral session 13:00-14:40
Oral session 1 Integration with Dynamic Process models: chaired by Dr. Bernard Pinty
(Room 2-602)
13:00 Michael Schaepman
Regional Scale Ecosystem Modelling for Vegetation Scenario Development
Wageningen University, Centre for Geo-Information, The Netherlands
13:20 DanLing Tang
Seasonal changes in the phytoplankton plume off the Yangtze River associated with river discharge, wind,
and tide
South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
13:40 John B Rundle
Process, Pattern, Prediction: Using Space Data to Understand and Predict Complexity in Driven Dynamical Earth Systems
Center for Computational Science and Engineering, University of California, USA
14:00 Hongliang Fang
Assimilating MODIS products into a crop model for estimating productivity and water usage
Department of Geography, University of Maryland, USA
14:20 Bernard Pinty
Relating Remote Sensing Products to Radiation Transfer Schemes Used in Climate Models
EC Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy
Oral session 2 Agricultural Applications: chaired by Dr. Jan Clevers
(Room 2-521)
13:00 Jianqiang Ren
Study on the Winter Wheat Yield Estimation Based on the Net Primary Production Model in China
College of Resources and Environment, China Agricultural University, China
13:20 Jun Yu
Classification of agricultural crops and quality assessment using multispectral and multitemporal images
Centre of Biostochastics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Ume?, Sweden
13:40 Chattichai WAISURASINGHA
Utilization of RADARSAT Data and Digital Elevation Model to Assess Flood Damage for Rice Production in Chi River Basin Flood, Thailand
Graduate school of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
14:00 Roxana Vintila
Monitoring crop status at field scale using high revisit frequency satellite observations
ICPA, 61 Bd. Marasti, 011464 Bucharest, Romania
14:20 Jing Li
Cotton Identification Capability Assessment in Different Growth Stages Based on PROSPECT, ESAIL and
Crop Growth Models
IRSA, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Oral session 3 Hazards and Disasters: chaired by Dr. Peng Gong
(Room 2-421)
13:00 Kyu-Sung Lee
Monitoring of Drought Stress in Temperate Forest by Hyperspectral Data
Department of Geoinformatic Engineering, Inha University, Korea
13:20 Valerio Tramutoli
Robust Satellite Techniques (RST) for Natural and Environmental Hazards Monitoring and Mitigation: ten year of successful applications
University of Basilicata – DIFA-Department of Engineering and Physics of the Environment - Italy
13:40 F M Danson
Landscape controls parasitic disease transmission in central China
University of Salford, Manchester M5 4WT, UK
14:00 Chuqun Chen
Application of remote sensing technique for Long-term monitoring of thermal pollution from cooling-water discharge of nuclear power plant
South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
14:20 Claudia Kuenzer
Multitemporal coal fire dynamics – combining thermal remote sensing analysis and temperature field
mappings to assess coal fire development in Wuda coal mining
German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), German
Oral session 4 Soil Moisture and Hydrological Cycle: chaired by Dr. Jiancheng Shi
(Room 2-321)
13:00 Jiancheng Shi
On Estimate Soil Moisture with Repeat Pass Radar Measurements
ICESS, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
13:20 Tarendra Lakhankar
Vegetation Effect on Soil Moisture Retrieval from Active Microwave Data
NOAA-CREST, City University of New York, USA
13:40 Wenge Ni-Meister
Soil Moisture Initialization for Climate Prediction: Assimilating SMMR into a Land Surface Model
Department of Geography, Hunter College of The City University of New York, USA
14:00 C. Notarnicola
Laboratory measurements of soil moisture affected by hydrocarbons contamination in the microwave domain Politecnico di Bari Via Amendola, Italy
14:20 Thomas J. Jackson
Validation of Satellite Based Soil Moisture Algorithms
USDA ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab, USA
Poster Session Program
(Only list the first author name)
17PM: Poster Session 1. Microwave Remote Sensing Systems
Wang
1. Wenqin
Estimating the Doppler Centroid of Spaceborne SAR Based on Fractional Fourier Transform
Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2. Gao Lan
Sar Image Classification Method Based on Fractal Dimension and Neural Networks
Energy and Dynamic Engineering College, WHUT, China
3. Shouyu Chen
Application of BP Neural Network model with Fuzzy Optimization in Retrieval of Biomass Parameters
School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Dalian University of Technology, China
4. Tian Jin
Ground penetration synthetic aperture radar subsurface imaging model and its modified Back-Projection
algorithm
School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, China
5. MingXiang Huang
Multi-temporal ERS-2 SAR Data for Land Use Classification Using Neural Networks in Coastal Zone of Shangyu City, China
Institute of Agricultural Remote Sensing and Information System, Zhejiang University, China
6. Li-li Zhang
SRTM3 based Terrain Analysis on the Tibet Plateau
Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resource Research, CAS, China
7. Asadov H.H.
Synthesis of adaptive remote sensing system with varying distance as far as studied surface
chief of Department of ANASA Baku, Azerbaijan
8. Yu Hai-feng
Sub-aperture Method of Detecting and Tracking Ground Slow Moving Targets By Spotlight Mode Synthetic Aperture Radar
Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
9. C. Notarnicola
Laboratory measurements of soil moisture affected by hydrocarbons contamination in the microwave domain Politecnico di Bari Via Amendola, 126/B, 70126 Bari, Italy
10. Xiao Cheng
Use of ERS Tandem InSAR Data for Mapping Grounding Lines and Ice Motion in the Upstream Regions of the Amery Ice Shelf
Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
11. Jiang Bin
Studies on Motion Compensation for High Resolution Profile of Extended Target Produced by Stepped Chirp Radar
ATR Key Lab, National University of Defense Technology, China
12. Xin Ren
Studing on the Production of the Lunar Surface Digital Image Models Using CE-1 MRSC
National Astronomical Observatories, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
13. Qiming Zeng
Interferometric SAR Phase Noise Reduction: theory, methods and evaluation
Key Lab of Spatial Information Integration and Applications of Beijing Municipal Peking University, China
14. Li JunXian
Doppler Frequency Parameters Estimation for SAR Imaging Using A Modified Discrete Chirp-Fourier Transform College of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, China
17PM: Poster Session 2. Lidar Remote Sensing Systems
1. Wenquan Han
Research On Application of LIDAR Technology in China
Nanjing Institute Of Surveying Mapping & Investigation, Co.Ltd, China
Tan
2. Bingxiang
Study on Estimating Forest Crown Closure Using EO-1 Hyperion Data
Institute of Forest Resources Information Technique, Chinese Academy of Forestry, China
3. Yong Pang
Forest Height Estimation from ICESAT GLAS in Northeastern China
Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
4. Jinjia Guo
Low Relative Humidity Layer Observation and Analysis with Lidar
Ocean Remote Sensing Institute, Ocean University of China, China
5. Xiaoye Liu
Fusion of Lidar Data and Digital Imagery for Improving Feature Detection and Classification
Centre for GIS, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800, Melbourne, Australia
6. LIU Li-chao
Vertical distribution of aeolian dust observed by Lidar at Shapotou, southeast fringe of Tengger Desert
The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), 2-1, Japan
Wu
7. Songhua
Multi-scale analysis of the wind data from Doppler lidar using empirical mode decomposition method
Ocean Remote Sensing Institute (ORSI), Ocean University of China, China
8. Zhi-shen Liu
Characters of marine atmospheric boundary layer structure and aerosol profile observed by HSRL and satellite data
Ocean University of China, China
9. XianFeng Huang
Curve Footprint Building Extraction from Airborne Laser Scanning Data
State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, China
10. XianFeng Huang
Experimental Comparison of Extraction Algorithms for Lines and Planar Patch from Airborne Laser Scanning Data
State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, China
17PM: Poster Session 3. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Systems
1. Ning Lu
Hyperspectral data recognition and mapping of soil salinization in arid environments
China University of Geosciences, China
2. Barat. Mojaradia
Hyperspectral Data analysis and supervised feature extraction based on angular criterion
Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Eng., KN Toosi University of Technology, Iran
3. Duan Hongtao
The Application of Hyperspectral Data in Monitoring the Water Trophic State of Nanhu lake, China
Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, CAS, China
Wei
4. Yuchun
The hyperspectral data monitoring model of Chla in summer, Taihu Lake, China
Pivot Lab of Geographic Information Science in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Normal University, China
5. DU Peijun
Multi-scale analysis of spectral vector in hyperspectral RS data
Department of RS and GISCi, China University of Mining and Technology, China
6. Peijun Du
Hyperspectral RS image classification based on Support Vector Machine (SVM)
Department of RS and GISCi, China University of Mining and Technology, China
7. A.K. Skidmore
ASSESSING SAVANNA VEGETATION RESOURCES FOR HERBIVORES FROM HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERY ITC, PO Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede, The Netherlands
Wang
8. Zongming
Study on Hyperstectral Remote Sensing Estimation Model for the Corn LAI with Canopy Reflectance
Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, China
9. Heike Bach
Analyses of hyperspectral and directional CHRIS data for monitoring of agricultural crops using the canopy reflectance model SLC
VISTA GmbH, Germany
10. CHEN Gui-hong
Texture Analysis of Hyperspectral Image --Based on HyMap Data of Barrax in Spanish
Beijing Information Resources Management Center, China
11. Yan SHEN
Analysis of dry-leaf biochemistry based on the hyperspectral position variables normalized by the corresponding area
College of Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China
12. B. Koetz
Assessment of canopy structure and heterogeneity from mulit-angular CHRIS-PROBA data
Remote Sensing Laboratories (RSL), Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
13. B. Koetz
Inversion of combined Radiative Transfer Models for Imaging Spectrometer and LIDAR Data
Remote Sensing Laboratories (RSL), Dept. of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
14. Yongchao ZHAO
Rocks/Minerals Information Extraction of Mount ISA in Northern Australia by Using the Hyperspectral Data of HYMAP
Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
15. Y.Maghsoudi
Using a Weighted Random Subspace Method to Improve the Classification Accuracy of Hyperspectral Images
Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Eng., KN Toosi University of Technology, Iran
16. Chen Zhongxin
Farm Weeds Identification with Hyperspectral Spectroscopy
Key Laboratory of Resources Remote Sensing & Digital Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, China
17. Shudong Wang
A simple method for spectral unmixingof three mixed objects with Hyperspectral technique
Center for Remote Sensing and GIS, Beijing Normal University, China
18. Shudong Wang
Changes of “red edge” and its related parameters of the various leaves with losing of water
Center for Remote Sensing and GIS, Beijing Normal University, China
19. Jin Chen
Biological soil crust detection in desert based on EO-1 Hyperion data
College of Resource Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, China
17PM: Poster Session 4. Thermal Remote Sensing Systems
1. Alavi panah S. K.
Study of temperature range and and daily cycles in desert using field measurements and interpretation of TM and ETM+ thermal data
College of Geography, Dept. of Cartography, University of Tehran, Iran.
Yan
2. Bokun
Correlation between SiO2 content of Si-containing minerals and thermal infrared emissivity spectral features China University of Geosciences, China
3. Renzong Ruan
Identification of Inland Fresh Water Wetland Using SAR and ETM+ Data
Department of Urban and Resources Sciences, Nanjing University, China
4. Kebiao Mao
An Advanced and Optimized Split-Window Algorithm for Retrieving Land-Surface Temperature from ASTER Data Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS, China
5. Junichi Susaki
Comparison of Estimators of BRDF Model Parameters using Limited Number of Observations
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
6. Junichi Susaki
Comparison between broadband albedos converted by Liang model and MODIS albedo products
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
7. Gengming JIANG
Land surface temperature and emissivity retrieval from combined mid-infrared and thermal infrared data of MSG-SEVIRI
TRIO/LSIIT/ENSPS, Bld Sebastein Brant, BP10413, 67412 Illkirch, France
Wang
8. Kaicun
Global land surface broadband emissivity from Terra/Aqua MODIS
LAGEO, Institute of Atmospheric Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
9. Ji Liang
The Comparison of Methods for Retrieving the Land Surface Temperature from LANDSAT 7
Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China
10. Maofang Gao
Validation of the Chinese land surface temperature products retrieved from Moderate Resolution Imaging