Research & Meetings

3 rd Science Team meeting - Announcement

Date: October 14 - 15, 2002

Venue: Friedrich-Schiller University (FSU), Jena, Germany

October 14 (Monday)
(1) Welcome & Registration
Welcome remarks (Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Cristian Russel, Pro-Rektor of Fredrich-Schiller University Jena)
Logistical issues (C. Schmullius, Fredrich-Schller Univ.)
(2) Background & Status up-date
The agenda and meeting objectives (A. Rosenqvist, NASDA EORC)
The Kyoto & Carbon Initiative - a brief introduction (A. Rosenqvist)
Caracteristics of the K&C acquisition strategies for ALOS and ADEOS-II (A. Rosenqvist)
ALOS acquisition simulation results (M. Watanabe, NASDA EORC)
(3) Support to carbon science and international agreements
CARBOEUROPE- The carbon cycle research program of the EU and the move towards more Remote Sensing input (R. Zimmermann, MPI-BGC)
E.O. support to the Kyoto Protocol (Y. Rauste, VTT)
Potential support to water prospecting in arid Africa by SAR (P. Paillou, Obs. Astr. Bordeaux)
FAO activies and data needs - potentials for ALOS support (P. Reichert, FAO)
(4) Synergy with other international efforts
SIBERIA-II and the Boreas-Machine (C. Schmullius, FSU)
Continental-scale mosaicking over Siberia-GBFM status up-date and implications for ALOS (Y. Rauste, VTT)
Forest biomass estimation by Pol-InSAR - Performance analysis for ALOS PALSAR (A. Moreira, DLR)
(5) Product Working Group Session
Products defined at the 2nd Science Panel meeting in Santa Barbara
Outline of the WG session (A. Rosenqvist)
WG discussions (All participants - division into sub-groups)
October 15 (Tuesday)
(1) Product Working Group Session (cont'd)
Summarizing the WG discussions (All participants)
(2) Working Group presentations and discussions
WG presentation 1 - Boreal and Temperate ARD and Wetlands(C. Schmullius, FSU)
WG presentation 2a - Arid Products - (Water supply)(P. Paillou, OAB)
(3) Working Group presentations and discussions
WG presentation 2b - Tropical Products (R. Lucas, Univ. of Wales Aberystwyth)
(4) Summing up & additional issues
Reaching consensus on target products (All participants)
PALSAR processing chain at EORC (Rosenqvist / Shimada, NASDA, EORC)
Conclusions (A. Rosenqvist)