EARSeL SIG Lidar Remote Sensing of Land and Sea

The workshop covered the main aspects of laser remote sensing of land and sea, divided into the following thematic sessions:

1. Application of lidars in remote sensing of marine and inland waters (chaired by Prof. V. Fadeev, Russia)
2. Laser techniques in topographic mapping, land application (Prof. F. Ackermann, Germany)
3. Remote sensing of phytoplankton and vegetation (Dr. I. Moya, France)
4. New technologies (Dr. S. Babichenko, Estonia)
5. Organic pollution (Dr. R. Reuter, Germany)

Thirty scientific presentations were focused on developing and applying techniques to solve practical problems of environmental monitoring and topographic mapping. A round-table dicussion chaired by Dr. A. Dudelzak (Canada) addressed the problems of implementation of the lidars into routine operational applications.

The objective of the workshop was to present the state-of-the-art in laser remote sensing of land and sea.

We would like to thank all the participants who attended the workshop, and those who animated the discussions during the sessions. The support from the Estonia Academy of Sciences in Tallinn, who hosted the workshop, is particularly appreciated. We are especially grateful to Madeleine Godefroy for her support in organising the workshop.

Sergei Babichenko,
Rainer Reuter

Scientific Committee

Dr. Sergey Babichenko - Chairman, Institute of Ecology, ESTONIA
Dr. Rainer Reuter - Co-Chairman, University of Oldenburg, GERMANY
Prof. (em.) Friedrich Ackermann, Stuttgart University, GERMANY
Prof. Viktor Fadeev, Moscow State University, RUSSIA
Dr. Ismael Moya, LURE-CNRS, FRANCE
Dr. Sune Svanberg, Lund Institute of Technology, SWEDEN
Prof. Boris Tamm, Estonian Academy of Sciences, ESTONIA

Jaan-Mati Punning, Institute of Ecology, ESTONIA
Madeleine Godefroy, EARSeL Secretariat, FRANCE
Galina Varlamova, Estonian Academy of Sciences, ESTONIA

The Proceedings of this Workshop held in Tallinn, Estonia, in July 1997 are available from the EARSeL Secretariat. Please contact M. Godefroy for more information.

Abstracts of the Proceedings are available below.

Program

SESSION 1
APPLICATION OF LIDARS IN REMOTE SENSING OF MARINE AND INLAND WATERS.

Airborne laser fluorosensing of maritime parameters: application of geostatistics
Milchers W., Patsayeva S., Reuter R., Willkomm R.,
Abstract

The ENEA mobile lidar fluorosensor equipment for marine campaigns.
Barbini R., Colao F., Fantoni R., Palucci A., Ribezzo S.,
Abstract

Non-linear flourimetry as diagnostics method for natural organic complexes
Fadeev V.V.
Abstract

Laser induced saturation of Dissolved organic matter fluorescence in natural water.
Patsayeva S., Barbini R., Colao F., Fantoni R., Palucci A., Reuter R
Abstract

Interpretation of the fluorescence signature of marine, coastal and estuarine waters.
Lamotte M., Belin C., Parlanti E. , Ewald M., Patsayeva S,
Abstract

Laser diagnostics of various types of humic substances using fluorescence saturation spectroscopy.
Filippova E.M., I.V. Boichuk, T.A. Dolenko, Fadeev V.
Abstract

Application of tuneable lidars of FLS-series in marine investigations
Babichenko S., Poryvkina L.
Abstract

Contrast enhanced imaging in the sea: application of the optical transfer function for image reconstruction
Ahrenberg F., Harsdorf S., Niehues J., Reuter R.
Abstract

Shipboard oceanographic fluorescence lidar development and evaluation based on measurements in the Antarctic waters
Ohm K., Reuter R., Willkomm R., Stolze M.,
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SESSION 2
LASER TECHNIQUES IN TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING, LAND APPLICATIONS

Airborne laser scanning - a brief status review
Ackermann F.

Airborne laser scanning - a new remote sensing method for mapping terrain.
Kost W, Loddenkemper M, Petring J.
Abstract

Restitution of airborne laser scanner data in wooded areas
Kraus K.
Abstract

Generation of 3-D city models from airborne laser scanning data.
Haala A., Brenner C.
Abstract

Helicopter Aerial Laser Ranging.
Sterner H.
Abstract

What laser scanning can do today: current techniques.
Samberg A.
Abstract

SESSION 3
REMOTE SENSING OF PHYTOPLANKTON AND VEGETATION

Laser remote sensing of green plants and algae photosynthetic efficiency
Barbini R, Colao F, Fantoni R, Palucci A, Ribezzo S.
Abstract

Remote laser diagnostics of photosynthetic organisms by the method of fluorescence saturation spectroscopy.
Fadeev V., Rubin G. L., Uvenkov Ya.
Abstract

Spectral Fluorescent Signatures (SFS) in characterisation of water environment
Poryvkina L, Babichenko S, Leeben A.
Abstract

SESSION 4
NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Hydrographic LIDAR in space: Fermats Principle as an analytical approach for atmospheric radiative transfer simulation.
Reuter R., Zielinski O.,
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Submarine fluorescence Lidar for environmental monitoring.
Harsdorf S., Janssen M., Reuter R. and Wachowicz B.
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SESSION 5
ORGANIC POLLUTIONS

Development of a statistics based system for fluorescent diagnostics of organic pollution in water.
Orlov Yu., Persiantsev I., Chudova D., Pavlov Yu., Babichenko S
Abstract

Remote laser diagnostics of oil films on water surface using fluorescence saturation spectroscopy.
Chubarov V, Fadeev V, Glushkov S, Shaporev V.
Abstract