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March 2009 No 77 March 2009 No 77 Front Cover – This Envisat image, taken on 16 February 2009, captures the devastation of Australia’s deadliest wildfires that have scorched more than 3 900 km² of the state of Victoria and claimed more than 200 lives. In this image, burned areas from the Kinglake Complex, Bunyip and Wilsons Promontory National Park fires are all visible in black. Source: ESA EARSeL Newsletter March 2009 - Number 77 EARSeL Newsletter CONTENTS ISSN 0257-0521 Bulletin of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories, http://www.earsel.org 1. EDITORIAL 5 March 2009 – Number 77 2. NEWS FROM MEMBERS 6 EARSeL Newsletter Editors 2.1. Belgium 2008 report 6 Ioannis Manakos Chariton Kalaitzidis 2.2. Croatia 2008 report 10 Research and Studies 2.3. Czech Republic 2008 report 12 Coordinator Research Fellow 2.4. Finland 2008 report 13 [email protected] [email protected] 2.5. France 2008 report 16 Department of Environmental Management 2.6. Netherlands 2008 report 21 Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania Alsyllion Agrokepion, Makedonias 1, 73100, Chania, 2.7. United Kingdom 2008 report 28 Greece 2.8. First Ministerial Conference about wa- Tel: +30 28210 35040 ter resources management in the Medi- Fax: +30 28210 35001 terranean 29 2.9. 1st EARSeL International Conference on Remote Sensing Techniques for Dis- Konstantinos Perakis Sofia Margoni aster Management and Emergency Re- Associate Professor Research Fellow sponse in the Mediterranean Region 30 [email protected] [email protected] 2.10. Report on 1st EARSeL International Department of Planning & Regional Development School of Engineering Conference on Remote Sensing Tech- University of Thessaly niques in Disaster Management and Pedion Areos, 38334, Volos, Greece Emergency Response in the Mediterra- Tel: +30 24210 74465 nean Region 31 Fax: +30 24210 74371 2.11. SIG on Urban Remote Sensing 33 2.12. New members of EARSeL 34 Editorial Assistance 3. NEWS ITEMS 35 Gesine Boettcher Nienburger Strasse 1, 3.1. Satellite helps make transportation of 30167 Hannover, Germany dangerous waste safer 35 Tel: +49 511 7622482 3.2. Satellites help locate water in Niger 36 Fax: +49 511 7622483 3.3. NASA Satellites capture sea surface Email: [email protected] heights around the world 37 3.4. ESA Water Mission on Track for Launch 38 Published by: EARSeL Secretariat, Mediterra- 3.5. TerraLook: Free Time Series Satellite nean Agronomic Institute of Chania & University of Images for Busy People 39 Thessaly, GR 3.6. New steps in ESA/Commission coop- Printing by: Cromotema, V.N. Gaia, Portugal (www.cromotema.pt) eration on GMES 40 Subscription Rates, 2009 4. FUTURE EVENTS 41 Members receive the Newsletter as part of the an- 4.1. Conferences and Symposia 41 nual membership fee. For non-members, the annual 4.2. Workshops and Training Courses 42 rates (4 issues) are as follows: Within Europe 80€ Outside Europe 88€ The Newsletter is a forum for an exchange of news and Personal subscription from members 30€ views among the members of the Association. The opinions expressed in the Newsletter do not necessarily reflect the EARSeL membership fees, 2009 views of the editor, the EARSeL Bureau or the other mem- Individual observer 330€ bers of the Association. Laboratory/Company with fewer than 10 Articles published in the Newsletter may be reproduced as researchers 330€ long as the source of the article is acknowledged. Laboratory/Company with 10 or more members 500€ EARSeL Newsletter March 2009 - Number 77 EARSeL CHAIRMAN TREASURER Prof Rudi Goossens Dr Lena Halounova Bureau Geography Department Remote Sensing Laboratory University of Ghent Department of Mapping and Cartography Krijgslaan 281 Faculty of Civil Engineering 9000 Ghent, Belgium Czech Technical University in Prague Tel: +32 9 2644709 Thakurova 7 Fax: +32 9 2644985 166 29 Prague 6 Email: [email protected] Czech Republic Tel: +420 22435 4952 VICE-CHAIRMAN Fax: +420 22435 5419 Dr Rainer Reuter Email: [email protected] Institute of Physics Carl von Ossietzky University EARSeL SECRETARIAT 26111 Oldenburg, Germany Gesine Boettcher Tel: +49 441 798 3522 Nienburger Strasse 1, Fax: +49 441 798 3201 30167 Hannover, Germany Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 511 7622482 Fax: +49 511 7622483 SECRETARY-GENERAL Email: [email protected] Dr André Marçal CICGE/FCUP - University of Porto OTHER COUNTRIES DMA, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687 Dr Mario Hernandez 4169-007 Porto, Portugal Chief Remote Sensing Tel: +351 220100873 UNESCO Fax: +351 220100809 1 Rue Miollis Email: [email protected] 75732 Paris cedex 15 France Tel: +33 1 45 68 4052 Fax: +33 1 45 68 55 70 Email: [email protected] EARSeL Newsletter March 2009 - Number 77 1. EDITORIAL Dear members, As it is customary, the March issue of the newsletter brings you the reports of activities from each national representative of EARSeL. The bulk of this newsletter content is taken up by these reports, which proves there is a lot of activity in the field of remote sensing around Europe. In addition to the reports, you also have the opportunity to read the declaration and the report of the 1st conference organised by EARSeL on the use of remote sensing for disaster management and emergency re- sponse in the Mediterranean region. The conference was very successful and a num- ber of areas of disaster management were covered. The 29th EARSeL Symposium is just around the corner. It appears that there will be many interesting presentations and the schedule will be quite heavy, with up to three parallel sessions running concurrently on some oc- casions. You will also have the opportunity to attend the 2nd workshop of the Education & Training SIG, which will take place in the middle of the week, during the Symposium, and the 4th workshop on Remote Sensing of Coastal Zones SIG, which will commence immediately after the Symposium. It’s not going to be all work though, as we have planned events for the evenings, and you could always enjoy Chania in the evening independently. Finally, we would like to apologise for omit- ting the report of the SIG on Urban Remote Sensing, from the previous issue. You can find this report in this issue of the newsletter. We wish you a nice Easter break and we hope we will see you in Chania on June. Sincerely, The Editorial Team 5 EARSeL Newsletter March 2009 - Number 77 2. NEWS FROM EARSeL 2.1 BELGIUM 2008 REPORT STEREO I CURRENT BELGIAN EO RESEARCH PRO- In 2007 the final results of the projects fi- GRAMMES nanced in the framework of the STEREO I programme (2001-2006) were summa- 1. The STEREO programme rized in a booklet entitled “STEREO1 Re- search Programme for Earth observation - STEREO II Long distance comprehending”. In 2008 Launched in 2006, the STEREO II re- the paper versions were distributed by the search programme “Support to Exploita- Earth Observation HelpDesk (EODesk) to tion and Research on Earth Observation” the universities and administrations but (25.85 M€, 2006-2013) is a national re- also to the high schools and to a wide pub- mote sensing programme funded by the lic. The book is available online at: Belgian federal government and managed (http://eo.belspo.be/Directory/Resources/P by the Federal Science Policy Office. ublicationDetail.aspx?resID=301). The thematic research priorities are: To order a copy, please visit the webpage: Ð Global monitoring of vegetation and (http://www.belspo.be/belspo/home/publ/ra evolution of terrestrial ecosystems ppOBS_en.stm). Ð Management of the local and regional environment (coastal zones, inland 2. Earth Observation HelpDesk water, soil, forests and biodiversity, agricultural areas, urban and peri- Continuous activities urban areas) Ð Health and humanitarian aid • Belgian Earth Observation Platform Ð Security and risk management The Belgian Earth Observation Platform The programme funds both basic scientific gathers all the information about the Bel- research (large thematic projects, small gian activities on Earth observation, in- innovation and spin-off projects) and ap- cluding announcements, events and op- plied research (development of products portunities, and supports a database con- and services) carried out by partnerships taining all relevant persons, research pro- between research organisations and pri- grammes, sensors and the data archive of vate companies and/or public administra- the Belgian Science Policy. 175 experts tions. International partners can participate remain up-to-date with the latest Belgian in the programme on the basis of shared developments in the field of Earth Obser- cost. vation via the BEOP newsletter. More in- formation: http://eo.belspo.be Following the calls for proposals in 2006 and 2007, 24 projects are ongoing. Infor- • EOEdu mation on these projects and on projects The EOEdu website which is aimed at the in Earth observation previously funded by general public and highschools has been the Belgian science policy can be found on improved and expanded. In the Applica- the following webpage: tions section, 15 new projects from the http://eo.belspo.be/Directory/Projects.aspx STEREO 1 programme are described. Visitors can discover the usefulness of A third call for proposals, worth 3 400 000 satellite images in domains like the study € and aimed solely at big thematic pro- of bluetongue disease, the management of jects, was launched in October 2008. The green spaces in towns, the fishing in Lake selected projects are scheduled to start in Tanganyika or the preservation of coral September 2009. reefs. Website: By the end of 2009, a fourth call will be http://eoedu.belspo.be/en/applications/ launched. For more information contact In the continuation of the publication of the the programme administrators 7 posters VEGETATION (see page 7), a ([email protected] and [email protected]). section of the website entitled “10 years of Imaging the Earth, SPOT VEGETATION” 6 EARSeL Newsletter March 2009 - Number 77 is being developed.
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