Research & Meetings

8th Science Team meeting - Program (Final)

Date June 11 - 13, 2007 (Mon. - Wed.)

Venue: JAXA, TKSC

Agenda

June 11 (Mon), 12 (Tue), 13 (wed), 2007

June 11 (Mon), 2007
TKSC HQ Bldg(C-1), Meeting room 3 pdf file
~10:00 Registration
10:15 Introduction (M. Shimada, JAXA EORC / A. Rosenqvist, JRC)
10:20-10:50 Background (A. Rosenqvist)
· Brief K&C overview for first-timers
· Status of the PALSAR observation strategy
10:50-11:30 Mission status up-date (M. Shimada)
· Platform and sensor status
· PALSAR Cal/Val results
11:30-12:00 PRISM and AVNIR-2 (T. Tadono, JAXA EORC)
12:00-13:00 LUNCH
13:00-13:30 K&C processing at EORC (A. Mukaida, RESTEC)
· Processing schedule
· ASPERA/FTP transfer protocols
· The ALOS Geoscience and Applications Processor (AGAP)
13:30-14:50 K&C mosaic generation
· Masanobu Shimada (JAXA)
· Bruce Chapman (JPL)
· Ake Rosenqvist (JRC)
· Philippe Paillou (U. Bordeaux)
14:50-15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:00-18:00 Data issues - Working Session
· Strip data geometry and radiometry
· ScanSAR issues
· Ancillary information


~18:00 Adjourn
~18:30 Welcome Reception
June 12 (Tue), 2007
TKSC HQ Bldg(C-1), Meeting room 3 pdf file
10:00-11:20 Google Earth and Wiki - On-line demos
· A. Mukaida
· Bruce Chapman
11:20-12:00 External presentations
· Kenji Kushida (U. Hokkaido, Japan)
· Manabu Watanabe (Tohoku Univ.)
12:00-13:00 LUNCH
13:00-14:45 Science Team project reports
· Philippe Paillou (U. Bordeaux)
· Tony Milne (Horizon/UNSW)
· Richard Lucas (by Tony Milne)
· Bill Salas (Applied Geosolutions)
14:30-14:45 COFFEE BREAK
14:45-15:45 Work Session - Wetlands Theme
Lead: Laura Hess
15:45-17:00 Work Session - Data Issues
~17:00 Adjourn
June 13 (Wed), 2007
TKSC HQ Bldg(C-1), Meeting room 3 pdf file
10:00-12:00 Science Team project reports
· Laura Hess (UCSB)
· Dirk Hoekman (Wageningen University)
· Kyle McDonald (JPL)
· Kostas Papathanassiou (DLR)
12:00-13:00 LUNCH
13:00-14:30 Science Team project reports
· Paul Siqueira (U. Massachusetts)
· Johan Fransson (SLU)
· Thuy Le Toan (by Ake)
· Maurizio Santoro/Christiane Schmullius (by Ake)
14:30-14:45 Work Session - Data Issues
14:45-15:00 COFFEE BREAK
15:00-16:30 Meeting summary and Action Items (Ake)
~16:30 Adjourn