Special Interest Group
    Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone

    3rd Workshop Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone
    From Inland to Marine Waters

    Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, 7 to 9 June 2007

    in the framework of the
    27th EARSeL Symposium Geoinformation in Europe
    Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, 4-7 June 2007

    Contents

    • The Workshop
    • Workshop Programme (including publications)
    • Timetable
    • Abstract Book
    • Participants at the Workshop
    • Scientific and Organising Committee
    • Publication
    • Important Dates
    • Oceans and Climate Presentation
    • New: Photo Gallery

    The Workshop

      More than 60% of humans live within 60 km from the coastline, and therefore coastal zones are important environmental and economic resources. As a complex interface between land and oceans, its investigation from space or using airborne sensors has always been a challenge. The workshop continues the 1st Workshop (Ghent, Belgium, June 2003) and the 2nd Workshop (Porto, Portugal, 2005) on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone. In view of the venue in the southern Alps the 3rd workshop focuses on the impact of inland waters (rivers, lakes, ground water) to the coastal zones, to the processes induced by freshwater in the marine environment, and the dynamics and budgets of substance transport between land and seas.

      Topics:

        • remote sensing of lakes, rivers and terrestrial run-off into coastal waters
        • physical dynamics of currents, tides, waves and sediment transport
        • morphodynamical processes and their relevance for coastal engineering
        • habitat mapping and modelling
        • flux and transformation of seawater constituents including pollutants
        • interaction of physical, biological and chemical conditions and processes
        • GIS and Coastal Zone Management

      and their investigation with Remote Sensing:
        • active and passive methods in all spectral ranges, sensor combinations
        • satellite, airborne and ground-based methods including ground truth
        • modelling of radiative transfer, image processing and related aspects.
        • interaction of physical, biological and chemical conditions and processes

      The working language at the Workshop is English.

    Scientific Committee

      Rainer Reuter, University of Oldenburg, Germany (chairman)
      Sergey Babichenko, LDI Inc., Tallinn, Estonia
      Vittorio Barale, JRC ISPRA, Italy
      Carsten Brockmann, Brockmann Consult, Geesthacht, Germany
      Victor V. Fadeev, Moscow State University, Russia
      Claudia Giardino, IREA, Bolzano, Italy
      Preben Gudmandsen, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
      Antonio Palucci, ENEA C.R. Frascati, Italy
      Jacques Populus, IFREMER, Plouzané, France
      Robin Vaughan, Dundee University, UK
      Hans van der Woerd, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Organising Committee

      Gesine Böttcher, EARSeL Secretariat, Hannover, Germany
      Mario Angelo Gomarasca, IREA-CNR, Milano, Italy
      Rainer Reuter, University of Oldenburg, Germany

    Publication

      Contributions presented at the workshop will be published in the Workshop Proceedings on CD-ROM. Manuscripts must be prepared according to the style guide in the sample paper (80 kB rtf file). Please save the file on your computer and use it as a sample paper for manuscript preparation. A conversion to Microsoft Word might be appropriate to reduce the file size if graphics are included in your document. There is no limit as to the number of pages and colour graphics.

      The manuscripts will also be available on the Internet within EARSeL's Workshop Proceedings Series.

      Authors are particularly encouraged to submit their manuscripts to EARSeL's reviewed open-access journal EARSeL eProceedings.

    Important Dates

      Abstract due date: 15 February 2007
      Notification of acceptance: 15 March 2007
      Preliminary Programme on-line: 20 April 2007
      Author registration due date: 1 May 2007
      Workshop Programme with abstracts on-line: 7 May 2007
      Manuscript submission for Workshop Proceedings: 7 to 9 June 2007 (at workshop)
      Manuscript submission for reviewed publication in EARSeL eProceedings at any time.

    Workshop Keynote at EARSeL Symposium

      Oceans and Climate Keynote held in the Workshop Keynotes Session at the EARSeL Symposium, 7 June 2007. Download ppt file (8 MB)

    Photo Gallery (click to enlarge)

      Excursion to Sirmione, a lovely place at the Garda Lake...

           

      ...and a boat trip with practical exercises!

           

           

      Waiting for data!

             

             

      Sirmione is a nice place!

             

             

             

      Data download from the drifter

         
      Final meeting at the Research Station in Sirmione

       

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