Abstracts by session

Day 2 (Tuesday 24 April)

08:40 SCIAMACHY - Selected Scientific Highlights from 2002 - 2006

2A1 - Stratosphere
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room A
08:40 - 10:20

Burrows, John P.¹; Bovesmann, Heinrich²; SCIAMACHY , Team³

¹University of Bremen, FB1, GERMANY; ²University of Bremen, GERMANY; ³-, NETHERLANDS

09:00 GOMOS/ENVISAT Overview

Kyrola, Erkki¹; Tamminen, Johanna¹; Sofieva, Viktoria¹; Bertaux, Jean-Loup²; Hauchecorne, Alain²; Dalaudier, Francis²; Fussen, Didier³; Vanhellemont, Filip³; Fanton d'Andon, Odile⁴; Barrot, Gilbert⁴; Guirlet, Marielle⁴; Meijer, Yasjka⁵; Fehr, Thorsten⁶; Saavedra de Miguel, Lidia⁶; Snoeij, Paul⁷

¹Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND; ²Service d'Aeronomie, FRANCE; ³IASB, BELGIUM; ⁴ACRI-ST, FRANCE; ⁵RIVM, NETHERLANDS; ⁶ESA-ESRIN, ITALY; ⁷ESA-ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

09:20 MIPAS Observations of Trace Gas Families in the Stratosphere and Scientific Applications

Fischer, Herbert

Research Centre Karlsruhe, GERMANY

09:40 Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Measurements of Upper Tropospheric and Stratospheric Chemistry

Rinsland, Curtis¹; Bernath, Peter²; Boone, Chris²; Nassar, Ray³; Dufour, Ga�lle⁴; Clerbaux, Cathy⁵

¹NASA Langley Research Center, UNITED STATES; ²University of Waterloo, CANADA; ³Harvard University, UNITED STATES; ⁴Laboratoire de M�t�orologie Dynamique/Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, FRANCE; ⁵University of Paris, FRANCE

10:00 Climatology of Stratospheric HNO3 based on Odin/SMR Limb Observations during 2001-2006

Urban, Joachim¹; Pommier, M.¹; Murtagh, D.¹; Eriksson, P.¹; Ricaud, P.²

¹Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Radio and Space Science, 412 96 G�teborg, SWEDEN; ²Observatoire de Midi-Pyr�n�es, Laboratoire d'A�rologie, 31400 Toulouse, FRANCE

10:50 Global Trends (1996-2007) of Total Column Precipitable Water Derived from GOME and SCIAMACHY Observations and their Relation to Surface-Near Temperature

2A2 - Stratosphere, cont.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room A
10:50 - 12:30

Wagner, Thomas¹; Beirle, Steffen¹; Grzegorski, Michael²; Platt, Ulrich²

¹MPI for Chemistry, Mainz, GERMANY; ²Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, GERMANY

11:10 SCIAMACHY Solar Occultation: Ozone and NO2 Profiles 2002-2006

Bramstedt, Klaus¹; Amekudzi, Leonard²; Bracher, Astrid²; Rozanov, Alexei²; Bovensmann, Heinrich²; Burrows, John P.²

¹University of Bremen, GERMANY; ²Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, GERMANY

11:30 MIPAS Observations of Stratospheric Trends

Dudhia, Anu; Piccolo, Chiara

University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM

11:50 Stratospheric Distribution of CO2 from the MIPAS High-resolution Full Mission

Carlotti, Massimo¹; Dinelli, Bianca Maria²; Niro, Fabrizio³; Papandrea, Enzo¹

¹University of Bologna, ITALY; ²ISAC-CNR, Bologna, ITALY; ³SERCO-Italia, Frascati, ITALY

12:10 Interannual Variability of Stratospheric Ozone in the Equatorial Region from GOMOS/ENVISAT

Hauchecorne, Alain¹; Bertaux, Jean-Loup²; Dalaudier, Francis²; Cot, Charles³; Fussen, Didier⁴; Vanhellemont, Filip⁴; Fanton d'Andon, Odile⁵; Guirlet, Marielle⁵; Barrot, Gilbert⁵; Kyr�l�, Erkki⁶; Tamminen, Johanna⁶; Sofieva, Viktoria⁶; Meijer, Yasjka⁷; Fehr, Thorsten⁸; Saavedra de Miguel, Lidia⁸; Snoej, Paul⁹

¹Service d'A�ronomie/IPSL, CNRS, UVSQ, UPMC, FRANCE; ²Service d'A�ronomie, CNRS, FRANCE; ³Service d'A�ronomie, FRANCE; ⁴IASB/BIRA, BELGIUM; ⁵ACRI-ST, FRANCE; ⁶FMI, FINLAND; ⁷RIVM, NETHERLANDS; ⁸ESA/ESRIN, ITALY; ⁹ESA/ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

14:00 Validation of H2O and NO2 Delivered by the Operational MIPAS Processor with Correlative Data from Ground-Based Devices, Airborne Sensors and other Satellite Instruments

2A3- Atmosphere: Cal/Val - Intercomparison
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room A
14:00 - 15:40

Oelhaf, Hermann¹; H2O Validation Team, Various²; NO2 Validation Team, Various³

¹Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GERMANY; ²Various, ITALY; ³Various, FRANCE

14:20 Validation of the MIPAS Version 4.61 Ozone Product using Data Assimilation to Maximise the Number of in situ Validation Opportunities

Jones, Ashley; R�sevall, John; Murtagh, Donal

Chalmers Univerity of Technology, SWEDEN

14:40 Comparision of MIPAS Observation Error Statistics using Data Assimilation Methodology

Menard, Richard¹; Yang, Yan¹; Chabrillat, Simon²; Robichaud, Alain¹

¹Environment Canada, CANADA; ²BIRA-IASB, BELGIUM

15:00 A Comparison of Daytime Ozone Concentrations from GOMOS and MIPAS

Verronen, P.T.¹; Kyr�l�, E.¹; Tamminen, J.¹; Sofieva, V.F.¹; Kaufmann, M.²; von Clarmann, T.³; Stiller, G.³; Lop�z-Puertas, M.⁴; Funke, B.⁴; Bermejo-Pantaleon, D.⁴

¹Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND; ²Research Center Juelich, GERMANY; ³Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GERMANY; ⁴Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, SPAIN

15:20 BASCOE Assimilation of Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide observed by MIPAS and GOMOS: Comparison Between the Two Sets of Analyses

Errera, Quentin; Bonjean, Stijn; Chabrillat, Simon; Daerden, Frank

BIRA-IASB, BELGIUM

16:10 Results from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) Validation Program

2A4 - Atmosphere: Cal/Val - Intercomparison, cont.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room A
16:10 - 17:50

Walker, Kaley¹; Boone, Chris²; Strong, Kimberly¹; Bernath, Peter³; ACE Validation Team,²

¹University of Toronto, CANADA; ²University of Waterloo, CANADA; ³University of York, UNITED KINGDOM

16:30 Global Validation of SCIAMACHY O3 and NO2 Products from OL3.0 and IUP/IFE Retrieval with Collocated Measurements from Satellite Sensors HALOE, POAM III and SAGE II

Bracher, Astrid; Amekudzi, Leonard; Bramstedt, Klaus; Eichmann, Kai-Uwe; Rozanov, Alexei; von Savingy, Christian; Burrows, John Philip

University of Bremen, FB 1, Institute of Environmental Physics, GERMANY

16:50 Comparison of Operational Cloud Properties Derived from Gome/ers-2 and msg/Seviri Data

Thomas, Werner¹; Loyola, Diego²; Albert, Peter³; Hollmann, Rainer¹; Livschitz, Yakov²; Ruppert, Thomas⁴

¹Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), GERMANY; ²Deutsches Zentrum f�r Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut f�r Methodik der Fernerkundung (IMF), GERMANY; ³EUMETSAT, GERMANY; ⁴Deutsches Zentrum f�r Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum (DFD), GERMANY

17:10 GOME-2 Commissioning Results. Part 1: In-orbit Performance Verification

Eisinger, Michael¹; Lefebvre, Alain¹; Corpaccioli, Enrico¹; Frerick, Johannes¹; Callies, Jorg¹; Munro, Rosemary²

¹ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS; ²EUMETSAT, GERMANY

17:30 GOME-2 Commissioning Results. Part 2: First Geophysical Validation

Munro, Rosemary¹; Lang, Rudiger¹; Livschitz, Yakov¹; Anderson, Craig¹; Perez - Albinana, Abelardo¹; Eisinger, Michael²

¹EUMETSAT, GERMANY; ²ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

08:40 On the Capability of the SBAS-DInSAR Technique to Investigate Deformation Phenomena of Large Areas with Low Resolution Data

2B1 - InSAR Advances
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room B
08:40 - 10:20

Casu, Francesco¹; Manzo, Mariarosaria²; Lanari, Riccardo³

¹IREA - CNR & University of Cagliari, ITALY; ²IREA - CNR & University of Basilicata, ITALY; ³IREA - CNR, ITALY

09:00 Covariance Estimation for dInSAR Deformation Measurements in Presence of Strong Atmospheric Anisotropy

Knospe, Steffen; J�nsson, Sigurj�n

ETH Zurich, SWITZERLAND

09:20 Use of MERIS and MODIS Near IR Water Vapour Data for InSAR Atmospheric Correction

Li, Zhenhong¹; Fielding, Eric²; Cross, Paul¹

¹COMET, Department of Geomatic Engineering, University College London, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, UNITED STATES

09:40 MultiD SAR Focusing for Accurate Target location and Tracking of Slow Movements: Results and Validation

Serafino, Francesco¹; Lombardini, Fabrizio²; Costantini, Mario³; Fornaro, Gianfranco¹

¹IREA-CNR, ITALY; ²Universit� di Pisa, ITALY; ³Telespazio S.p.A., ITALY

10:00 ICA Techniques Applied to SAR Interferometry

Ballatore, Paola

MARSec, ITALY

10:50 Bistatic SAR Interferometry Using ENVISAT and a Ground Based Receiver: First Results

2B2 - InSAR and Persistent Scatterers
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room B
10:50 - 12:30

Lopez-Dekker, Paco; Duque, Sergi; Sanz-Marcos, Jesus; Aguasca, Albert; Mallorqu�, Jordi J.

Universitat Polit�cnica de Catalunya, SPAIN

11:10 Advances in PSInSAR

Novali, Fabrizio¹; Ferretti , Alessandro²; Rocca, Fabio³; Prati, Claudio³; De Zan, Francesco³; Fumagalli, Alfio²

¹Tele-Rilevamento Europa - T.R.E s.r.l., ITALY; ²Tele-Rilevamento Europa - T.R.E. s.r.l., ITALY; ³POLIMI, Politecnico di Milano, ITALY

11:30 Multi-track PS-InSAR Data Fusion

Ketelaar, Gini; van Leijen, Freek; Marinkovic, Petar; Hanssen, Ramon

Delft University of Technology, NETHERLANDS

11:50 Optimum Interferogram Stack vs PS: Multifrequency Analysis

Monti Guarnieri, Andrea; Rocca, Fabio; Tebaldini, Stefano

Politecnico di Milano, ITALY

12:10 Ambiguous PSI Measurements

Duro, Javier¹; Cooksley, Geraint²; Miranda, Nuno²; Arnaud, Alain²

¹ALTAMIRA INFORMATION, SPAIN; ²Altamira Information, SPAIN

14:20 Persistent Scatterer Interferometry using Adaptive Deformation Models

2B3 - Persistent Scatterers
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room B
14:00 - 15:40

14:00 PS Processing and Decorrelating Targets

De Zan, Francesco; Rocca, Fabio

POLIMI, ITALY

van Leijen, Freek J.; Hanssen, Ramon F.

Delft University of Technology, NETHERLANDS

14:40 Optimizing Success Rates for Persistent Scatterer Identification and Monitoring, Applied to Solution Salt Mining

Hanssen, Ramon; Humme, A.J.M.

Delft University of Technology, NETHERLANDS

15:00 A Comparative Analysis of MERISWater Vapor Data and Atmospheric Phase Screens from PSI and the Consequences for Long-Term Deformation Monitoring

Bamler, Richard¹; Leinweber, Ronny¹; Fischer, Juergen¹; Meyer, Franz²

¹Institute of Space Sciences, Free University Berlin, GERMANY; ²DLR, GERMANY

15:20 The Establishment of a Geodetic Network using Corner Reflectors for the Control of a PSInSAR Survey

Leighton, Jon¹; Sowter, Andrew¹; Bingley, Richard¹; Teferle, Norman¹; Tragheim, Doug²; Bateson, Luke²

¹University of Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM; ²British Geological Survey, UNITED KINGDOM

16:30 GOCE: Performance, Data Processing and Mission Products

2B4 - GOCE and SMOS nearing launch
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room B
16:10 - 17:30

16:10 GOCE: ESA's first gravity mission

Muzi, D. ¹;Popescu, A. ¹;Floberghagen R. ¹;Drinkwater M. ¹

¹ESA - ESTEC (NETEHERLANDS)

Floberghagen R. ¹; Muzi, D. ¹;Popescu, A. ¹; Drinkwater M. ¹

¹ESA - ESTEC (NETEHERLANDS)

16:30 The SMOS Mission: Implementation and Status

Hahne, A.

¹ESA - ESTEC (NETEHERLANDS)

16:30 Science objectives and expected outcome of the SMOS Mission

Kerr Y. ¹; SMOS Science Team

¹CESBIO (FRANCE)

09:20 A Multi-Sensor (MERIS - SeaWiFS - MODIS) Ocean Color Satellite Matchup Analysis in the Mediterranean Sea (BOUSSOLE Project)

2C1 - MERIS: Performance, New Algorithms and Products
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room C
08:40 - 10:20

08:40 The EO CalVal Portal

Goryl, Philippe¹; Block, Thomas²; Riazanoff, Serge³; Santer, Richard⁴

¹ESRIN, ITALY; ²Brockmann Consult, GERMANY; ³Visio Terra, FRANCE; ⁴LISE Universit� du Littoral C�te d'Opale, FRANCE

09:00 Vicarious Calibration of Multiple Optical Sensors

Smith, David; Poulsen, Caroline; Latter, Barry; Siddans, Richard; Mutlow, Chris

CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM

Antoine, David¹; D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio¹; Becu, Guislain¹; Gentili, Bernard¹; Tailliez, Dominique¹; Hooker, Stan²

¹CNRS-LOV, FRANCE; ²NASA/GSFC, UNITED STATES

09:40 Validation of MERIS Case2 Geophysical Products in the Skagerrak and the North Sea

S�rensen, Kai; H�kedal, Jo; Durand, Dominique

Norwegian Institute for Water Research, NORWAY

10:00 Detecting Algae Blooms in European Waters

Park, Young Je; Ruddick, Kevin

MUMM/RBINS, BELGIUM

10:50 The MERIS Level 1-c or the Correction of the Adjacency Effects

2C2 - MERIS: Performance, New Algorithms and Products, cont.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room C
10:50 - 12:30

Santer, Richard¹; Brockmann, Carsten²; Zagolski, Francis¹; Block, Tom³

¹Universit� du Littoral ULCO, FRANCE; ²Brockmann Consult/GKSS, GERMANY; ³Brockmann Consult, GERMANY

11:10 Aerosol Measurements and Atmospheric Correction at High Northern Latitudes: A Comparison of MERIS Data with in-Situ Measurements and Modelling

Hansen, Georg¹; Borgholm, Fredrik²; Engelsen, Ola¹; Eskelinen, Miia³; Heikkinen, Pauli⁴; Kontu, Anna⁴; Stebel, Kerstin¹; Sukuvaara, Timo⁴; S�rensen, Kai⁵

¹Norwegian Institute for Air Research, NORWAY; ²KTH NADA, SWEDEN; ³Finnish Environment Institute, FINLAND; ⁴Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND; ⁵Norwegian Institute for Water Research, NORWAY

11:30 The MERIS Aerosol Products. What New? What Next?

Santer, Richard¹; Ramon, Didier²; Zagolski, Francis³; Aznay, Ouahid³; Jolivet, Dominique²

¹Universit� du Littoral (ULCO), FRANCE; ²HYGEOS, FRANCE; ³ADRINORD/Universit� du Littoral (ULCO), FRANCE

11:50 Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Aerosol Optical Thickness and Columnar Water Vapor from MERIS FR Data

Guanter, Luis; Moreno, Jose

University of Valencia, SPAIN

12:10 Monitoring and Validation of Water Vapour Products from ENVISAT MWR and MERIS

Abdalla, Saleh; Janssen, Peter

ECMWF, UNITED KINGDOM

14:20 Sequential Water Vapor Predictions based on Time Series of GPS and MERIS Observations

2C3 - MERIS: Performance, New Algorithms and Products, cont.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room C
14:00 - 15:40

14:00 MERIS Water Vapour Validation Using GPS

Lesne, Olivia; Bourg, Ludovic; Obolensky, Grigor

ACRI-ST, FRANCE

Lindenbergh, Roderik¹; Keshin, Maxim¹; van der Marel, Hans¹; De Haan, Siebren²

¹ Delft Institute of Earth Observation and Space Systems, NETHERLANDS; ²KNMI Royal Meteorological Institute, NETHERLANDS

14:40 AlbedoMap: Global Monthly Map of Spectral and Broadband Albedos from MERIS

Preusker, Rene¹; Fischer, Juergen²; Muller, Jan-Peter³; Brockmann, Carsten⁴

¹Freie Universitaet Berlin, GERMANY; ²Freie Universit�t Berlin, GERMANY; ³UCL, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁴Brockmann Consult, GERMANY

15:00 Validation of the Operational MERIS FAPAR Products

Gobron, Nadine¹; Aussedat, Ophelie¹; Lavergne, Thomas¹; Taberner, Malcolm¹; Pinty, Bernard¹; Brito, Fabrice²; Faber, Olga³; Brockmann, Carsten³; Melin, Frederic¹; Robustelli, Monica¹; Snoeij, Paul⁴

¹European Commission � DG Joint Research Centre, ITALY; ²European Space Agency, European Space Research INstitute, ITALY; ³Carsten Brockmann Consult, GERMANY; ⁴European Space Agency EOP-SMS European Space Research and Technology Centre, NETHERLANDS

15:20 Inter-Comparison of MERIS/ENVISAT and SEVIRI/MSG Biophysical Products over Europe and Africa

F. Javier , Garc�a-Haro¹; Joaquin, Meli� Miralles¹; Fernando, Camacho-de Coca²

¹University of Valencia, SPAIN; ²EOLAB SPAIN, SPAIN

16:10 Overland Thematic Processor, an Advanced Software Tool to Process MERIS Data

2C4 - MERIS: Performance, New Algorithms and Products, cont.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room C
16:10 - 17:50

Poilv�, Herv�; Houdry, Patrick; Escalbert, Bruno; Mathian, Charlotte; Lef�vre, V�ronique

Infoterra France SAS, FRANCE

16:30 Retrieving Surface Variables for Climate Models using Operational Albedo Products

Pinty, Bernard¹; Lavergne, Thomas¹; Vossbeck, Michael²; Kaminski, Thomas²; Aussedat, Ophelie¹; Giering, Ralf²; Gobron, Nadine¹; Taberner, Malcolm¹; Verstraete, Michel¹; Widlowski, Jean-Luc¹

¹Joint Research Centre, ITALY; ²FastOpt, GERMANY

16:50 The Relationship between the MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index and Chlorophyll Content

Dash, Jadunandan¹; Curran, Paul²; Tallis, Mathew¹; Llewellyn, Gary¹; Taylor, Gail¹; Snoeij, Paul³

¹University of Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Bournemouth University, UNITED KINGDOM; ³ESA-ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

17:10 Image Information Mining: MERIS as a Case Study

Datcu, Mihai¹; Seidel, Klaus²; Colapicchioni, Andrea³

¹DLR, GERMANY; ²ETHZ, SWITZERLAND; ³ACS, ITALY

17:30 Interpolation of Cloud Contaminated Scenes of MERIS and AATSR using a Geostatistical Model

Mueller, Dagmar

GKSS Research Center, GERMANY

08:40 The CHRIS Hyperspectral Instrument & Proba-1 /CHRIS Mission

2D1 - Exploitation of Chris Proba Data
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room D
08:40 - 10:20

Cutter, Mike

SSTL, UNITED KINGDOM

09:00 The Potential of Hyperspectral and Multi-Angle Chris/Proba Images in Vegetation Identification and Monitoring

Del Frate, Fabio; Duca, Riccardo; Solimini, Domenico

Tor Vergata University, ITALY

09:20 The Potential of Spectrodirectional CHRIS/PROBA Data for Biochemistry Estimation

Huber, Silvia¹; Kneubuehler, Mathias¹; Koetz, Benjamin¹; Itten, Klaus¹; Zimmermann, Niklaus²

¹University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND; ²Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, SWITZERLAND

09:40 Multi-Temporal and Multi-Angular Proba-1/CHRIS Imagery Analyses for Estimation of Leaf Chlorophyll Status in Cotton Fields in Uzbekistan

Ruecker, Gerd¹; Dorigo, Wouter¹; Joerg, Grillenberger¹; John, Lamers²; Nazirbay, Ibragimov³; Kirsten, Kienzler²; Guenter, Strunz¹; Paul, Vlek²

¹German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY; ²Center for Development Research (ZEF), GERMANY; ³Uzbekistan National Cotton Growing Research Institute, UZBEKISTAN

10:00 LAI Estimation Based on Multi-temporal CHRIS/PROBA Data and Radiative Transfer Modelling

Koetz, Benjamin¹; Kneubuehler, Mathias¹; Huber, Sylvia¹; Schopfer, J�rg¹; Baret, Frederic²

¹University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND; ²INRA, FRANCE

10:50 Characterization of Sun and Shade Chlorophyll in Wheat Using Angular CHRIS/Proba Data

2D2 - Exploitation of CHRIS PROBA Data, cont.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room D
10:50 - 12:30

Oppelt, Natascha; Mauser, Wolfram

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit�t M�nchen, GERMANY

11:10 GonioExp06 - A Field Goniometer Intercomparison Campaign, in Support of Physical Model Inversion and Upscaling Methods for Hyperspectral, Multidirectional RS Data

Schneider, Thomas¹; Schopfer, J�rg²; Oppelt, Natascha³; Dorigo, Wouter⁴; Vreeling, Willem⁵; Gege, Peter⁶

¹TU M�nchen, Limnological Station, GERMANY; ²University Z�rich, RSL, SWITZERLAND; ³University of Munich, IGGF, GERMANY; ⁴DLR, DFD, GERMANY; ⁵DLR, MdF, NETHERLANDS; ⁶DLR, MdF, GERMANY

11:30 Estimation of Forest Fire Fuel Properties from Hyperspectral and Multi-angular CHRIS/PROBA Data

Koetz, Benjamin¹; Borgniet, Laurent²; Curt, Thomas²; Alleaume, Samuel²; Lampin, Corinne²; Jappiot, Marielle²; Allg�wer, Britta¹; Kneubuehler, Mathias¹

¹University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND; ²CEMAGREF, FRANCE

11:50 Assimilation of Hyperspectral Multi-Directional CHRIS-Data in a Coupled Radiative Transfer and Crop Growth Model

Begiebing, Silke¹; Bach, Heike¹; Mauser, Wolfram²

¹VISTA Remote Sensing in Geosciences, GERMANY; ²Department for Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, GERMANY

12:10 Narrow-band Vegetation Indexes from Hyperion and Directional CHRIS/Proba Data for Canopy Chlorophyll Density Estimation in Maize

Vincini, Massimo; Frazzi, Ermes; D'alessio, Paolo

Universit� Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, ITALY

14:00 Analyses of CHRIS Data of the AQUIFEREX Test-Sites in Tunisia Applying Radiative Transfer Models

2D3 - Exploitation of CHRIS PROBA Data, cont.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room D
14:00 - 15:40

Bach, Heike; Eder, Wolfgang; Begiebing, Silke

VISTA GmbH, GERMANY

14:20 Characterising and Monitoring Semi-arid Wetlands using Multi-Angle Hyperspectral and Multispectral Data

Schmid, Thomas¹; Gumuzzio, Jose²; Koch, Magaly³; Mather, Paul⁴

¹CIEMAT, Research Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology, SPAIN; ²Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Aut�noma de Madrid, SPAIN; ³3Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, UNITED STATES; ⁴4School of Geography, University of Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM

14:40 Optical Remote Sensing of the Plymouth Coastal Waters, UK

Doxaran, David¹; Cherukuru , RC Nagur²; Lavender, Samantha³

¹CNRS - Laboratoire d'Oc�anographie de Villefranche, FRANCE; ²CSIRO Land and Water, AUSTRALIA; ³SEOES, UNITED KINGDOM

15:00 Chlorophyll-a Retrieval in Case 2 Waters with Multiangular Proba/Chris Images

Polvorinos, Angel¹; Forteza, Matilde¹; Hernandez, M.Jesus¹; Almarza, Javier¹; Toja, Julia¹; Escot, Carmelo²

¹Seville University, SPAIN; ²EMASESA, SPAIN

15:20 PROBA Contribution to Wetland Monitoring in the Coastal Zone of San Rossore Natural Park

Barducci, Alessandro; Guzzi, Donatella; Marcoionni, Paolo; Pippi, Ivan

C.N.R. - I.F.A.C., ITALY

16:10 Envisat Platform Operations: Providing a Platform for Science

2D4 - ENVISAT: 5 Years of Operations
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room D
16:10 - 18:10

Milligan, David¹; Diekmann, Frank¹; Mesples, Daniel¹; Ventimiglia, Luca²; Eren, Yusuf³; Marc, Xavier¹; Garcia-Matatoros, Marco Antonio¹

¹ESA-ESOC, GERMANY; ² Science Systems, c/o ESA-ESOC, GERMANY; ³LSE Space AG, c/o ESA-ESOC, GERMANY

16:30 Five Years of Envisat In-Flight Payload Operations

Moore, Andrew¹; Rosen, Joel²; Barbieri, Aldo¹; Dufort, Hugues¹; Schad, Walter³; Nilsson, Magnus⁴; Diekmann, Frank⁵

¹Vega, GERMANY; ²Science Systems, GERMANY; ³Telespazio, GERMANY; ⁴LSE, GERMANY; ⁵ESA/ESOC, GERMANY

16:50 2010 and Beyond - The ENVISAT Mission Extension

Frerick, Johannes; Duesmann, Berthyl; Canela, Miguel

ESA/ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

17:10 Sensor Performances, Product and Algorithm. The evolution of Quality Assurance Toward GMES

Lecomte, Pascal

ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

17:30 ESA Information Based Services and Environments: Support to ENVISAT

Colin, Olivier; D'Elia, Sergio; Iapaolo, Michele; Marchetti, Pier Giorgio; Mougnaud, Philippe

ESA - ESRIN, ITALY

17:50 Envisat - Kodama (DRTS)- An JAXA/ESA Ka-Band Inter-Operability Demonstration Test

Rudolph, Andreas¹; Hamer, S.²

¹ESA ESOC, GERMANY; ²TERMA A.S., DENMARK

2E1 - Altimetry Performance and Calibration

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room E

08:40 - 10:20

08:40 Envisat Ocean Altimetry Performance Assessment

Faug�re, Yannice¹; Dorandeu, Jo�l¹; Lefevre, Fabien¹; F�m�nias, Pierre²; Picot, Nicolas³

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²ESA, ITALY; ³CNES, FRANCE

09:00 Envisat RA-2 USO Anomaly: Impact and Correction

Scharroo, Remko¹; Faug�re, Yannice²; F�m�nias, Pierre³; Martini, Annalisa⁴; Roca, M�nica⁵; Lillibridge, John⁶

¹Altimetrics LLC, Cornish NH, UNITED STATES; ²CLS, Ramonville, FRANCE; ³European Space Agency, Frascati, ITALY; ⁴Serco, Frascati, ITALY; ⁵IsardSat, Barcelona, SPAIN; ⁶NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring MD, UNITED STATES

09:20 Stability of the ENVISAT Altimetric Range Measurement Utilising Continuously Operating GPS at Tide Gauge Locations around the UK

Edwards, Stuart; Moore, Philip

Newcastle University, UNITED KINGDOM

09:40 Envisat RA-2 S-Band Range Calibration Versus Ku-Band Range, over the Salar de Uyuni

Reche, Mercedes¹; Roca, M�nica²; Laxon, Seymour³

¹PiLDo Labs, Barcelona, SPAIN; ²IsardSAT, BARCELONA, SPAIN; ³CPOM, UCL, London, UNITED KINGDOM

10:00 RA-2 ice and Land Measurement Performance, Long Term Monitoring and Routine Verification

Baker, Steven¹; Laxon, Seymour²; Muir, Alan¹

¹University College London (Space and Climate Physics - MSSL), UNITED KINGDOM; ²University College London - CPOM, UNITED KINGDOM

10:50 On the Future of Radar Altimeter Calibration Using GNSS Buoys

2E2 - Altimetry Performance and Calibration, continued
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room E
10:50 - 12:30

Schueler, Torben; Hein, Guenter W.

Institute of Geodesy and Navigation, GERMANY

11:10 A Global Assessment of the RA-2 Performance over All Surfaces

Berry, P.A.M; Smith, R.G.; Freeman, J.A.

Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM

11:30 Thermosphere Density Calibration in the Orbit Determination and Prediction of ERS-2 and Envisat

Doornbos, Eelco¹; Klinkrad, Heiner²; Scharroo, Remko³; Visser, Pieter¹

¹Delft University of Technology, NETHERLANDS; ²ESOC, GERMANY; ³Altimetrics LLC, UNITED STATES

11:50 The Envisat Microwave Radiometer : Correction of the 36.5 ghz Channel Drift - Update of the Calibration and Retrieval Algorithms

Obligis, Estelle-Anne¹; Eymard, Laurence²; Goldstein, Christophe³

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²CNRS/IPSL/LOCEAN, FRANCE; ³CNES, FRANCE

12:10 A Comparison of Precipitable Water Vapour from the ENVISAT MWR, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - EOS (AMSR-E) Onboard Aqua and GPS

Moore, Philip¹; Edwards, Stuart²

¹Newcastle university, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Newcastle University, UNITED KINGDOM

14:20 Global Analysis of Envisat Ku and S Band Sigma0 over all Surfaces

2E3 - New Algorithms and New Applications of Altimetry
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room E
14:00 - 15:40

14:00 Sigma-0 Blooms in the Envisat Radar Altimeter Data

Thibaut, Pierre; Ferreira, Franck; Femenias, Pierre

CLS, FRANCE

Bramer, Susan M.S.¹; Berry, Philippa A.M.²; Freeman, Jennifer A.²; Rommen, Bjorn³

¹De Montfort University, UNITED STATES; ²De Montfort University, UNITED KINGDOM; ³ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

14:40 The RA-2 Individual Echoes Processing Description and some Scientific Results

Roca, M�nica¹; Martinez, Daniel²; Reche, Mercedes²

¹IsardSAT, Barcelona, SPAIN; ²PiLDo Labs, Barcelona, SPAIN

15:00 Global Analysis of the Envisat RA-2 Burst Echoes

Berry, Philippa A.M.¹; Freeman, J.A.¹; Rogers, C.²; Benveniste, J.³

¹Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM; ²SciSys Ltd, UNITED KINGDOM; ³ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

15:20 ENVISAT Altimeter Individual Echoes: New Scientific Applications for Ocean, Land and Ice Remote Sensing

Gommenginger, Christine¹; Challenor, Peter¹; Quartly, Graham¹; Srokosz, Meric¹; Berry, Philippa²; Rogers, Catherine³; Milagro, Maria Pilar⁴; Benveniste, Jerome⁵

¹National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ²De Montfort University, UNITED KINGDOM; ³SciSys (Space & Defence) Ltd, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁴Serco c/o ESA/ESRIN, ITALY; ⁵ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

16:10 Near Real Time Global Lake and River Monitoring using the Envisat RA-2

2E4 - Exploitation of Altimetry over Continental Waters
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room E
16:10 - 17:50

Berry, P. A. M.¹; Freeman, J. A.¹; Smith, R. G.¹; Williams, J. B.²; Benveniste, J.³

¹Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM; ²UNITED KINGDOM; ³ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

16:30 Radar Altimetry for Studies of Large River Basins: Hydrological Regime of the Euphrates-Tigris Rivers

ZAKHAROVA, Elena¹; KOURAEV, Alexei²; CRETAUX, Jean-Francois³; AL-YAMANI, Faiza⁴; POLIKARPOV, Igor⁴

¹State Oceanographic Institute, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ²LEGOS (France)/ SOI (Russia), FRANCE; ³LEGOS, FRANCE; ⁴Kuwait Inst. for Scientific Research, KUWAIT

16:50 Water Levels over the Murray-Darling Basin from ENVISAT and Comparison with Topex/Poseidon and in Situ Data

Deng, X.¹; Shum, C.K.²; Yi, Y.²; Lee, H.²

¹The University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA; ²The Ohio State University, UNITED STATES

17:10 On the Use of Satellite Altimetry for Land Deformation and Wetland Studies

Shum, C.K.¹; Lee, Hyongki¹; Kuo, Cheng-yen²; Yi, Yu-chan¹; Braun, Alexander³; Ibaraki, Motomu¹

¹Ohio State University, UNITED STATES; ²National Cheng Kung University, TAIWAN; ³University of Calgary, CANADA

17:30 Global Scale Evaluation of Wetlands using the ENVISAT RA-2

Smith, Richard; Berry, P. A. M.

EAPRS laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM

08:40 Extraction of Coastal Sea State Parameters from ASAR Image and Wide Swath Mode

2F1 - (A)SAR Wind and Wave: from Methods to Applications
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room F
08:40 - 10:20

Collard, Fabrice¹; Ardhuin, Fabrice²; Chapron, Bertrand³

¹BOOST Technologies, FRANCE; ²SHOM, FRANCE; ³IFREMER, FRANCE

09:00 ENVISAT ASAR Applications Demonstrations: Alaska SAR Demonstration and Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Studies

Pichel, W.¹; Li, Xiaofeng²; Monaldo, Frank³; Wackerman, Christopher⁴; Jackson, Christopher⁵; Friedman, Karen⁶; Clemente-Colon, Pablo¹

¹NOAA/NESDIS, UNITED STATES; ²STG, UNITED STATES; ³Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, UNITED STATES; ⁴General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, UNITED STATES; ⁵Global Ocean Associates, UNITED STATES; ⁶IMSG, UNITED STATES

09:20 Study of Local Winds in Mountainous Coastal Areas by Multi-sensor Satellite Data

Alpers, Werner

University of Hamburg, GERMANY

09:40 Operational Wind Field Retrieval from ENVISATs Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar Data

Horstmann, Jochen¹; Koch, Wolfgang²

¹GKSS, GERMANY; ²GKSS Research Center, GERMANY

10:00 Bora in the Adriatic Sea and Black Sea Imaged by the ERS/Envisat Synthetic Aperture Radar

Ivanov, Andrei¹; Sumyatov, Alexander²; Alpers, Werner³

¹Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ²Geophys. Dep., Moscow State University, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ³University of Hamburg, GERMANY

10:50 Improved Bayesian Wind Vector Retrieval Scheme using ENVISAT ASAR Data: Principles and Validation Results

2F2 - (A)SAR Wind and Wave: from Methods to Applications, cont.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room F
10:50 - 12:30

Kerbaol, Vincent

Boost Technologies, FRANCE

11:10 Extracting Geophysical Parameters from Multi-Polarization SAR Imagery of the Ocean Surface

Thompson, Donald¹; Horstmann, Jochen²; Monaldo, Frank¹

¹Johns Hopkins University/APL, UNITED STATES; ²GKSS Research Center, GERMANY

11:30 On the Divergence and Vorticity of SAR Derived Wind Fields

Schulz-Stellenfleth, Johannes; Lehner, Susanne; Reppucci, Antonio; Brusch, Stephan; K�nig, Thomas

German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY

11:50 High Resolution Wind Retrieval off the Norwegian Coast from Envisat ASAR and the MM5 Mesoscale Model

Dagestad, Knut-Frode¹; Johannessen, Johnny¹; Hauge, Gard²; Kerbaol, Vincent³; Collard, Fabrice³

¹Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, NORWAY; ²Storm Weather Center, NORWAY; ³Boost Technologies, FRANCE

12:10 SAR-based Wind Climatology for Wind Turbines

Hasager, Charlotte Bay; Christiansen, Merete Bruun; Nielsen, Morten

Risoe National Laboratory, DENMARK

14:00 On the Nonlinear Mapping of a Surface Gravity Wave Spectrum into a SAR Image Spectrum and Freak Wave Detection

2F3 - (A)SAR Wind and Wave: from Methods to Applications, cont.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room F
14:00 - 15:40

Janssen, Peter

ECMWF, UNITED KINGDOM

14:20 Synthetic Aperture Radar for Ocean Current Feature Retrievals and Surface Velocity Estimates

Johannessen, Johnny A.¹; Kudryavtsev, V.²; Chapron, B.³; Collard, F.⁴; Akimov, D.²; Dagestad, K.-F.¹

¹NERSC, NORWAY; ²NIERSC, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ³IFREMER, FRANCE; ⁴BOOST, FRANCE

14:40 Comparison of Reprocessed ASAR WM Ocean Wave Spectra with WAM and Buoy Spectra, and Demonstration of Swell Tracking using WM

Fabrice, Collard¹; Johnsen, Harald²

¹BOOST Technologies, FRANCE; ²Norut IT, NORWAY

15:00 Nearshore Wave Climate from Earth Observation Measurements

Hust, Sander; Groenewoud, Peter; de Valk, Cees

ARGOSS, NETHERLANDS

15:20 ENVISAT Wind and Wave Products: Monitoring, Validation and Assimilation

Janssen, Peter; Abdalla, Saleh; Bidlot, Jean-Raymond

ECMWF, UNITED KINGDOM

16:10 Ocean Swell Spectrum Evolution in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, M�xico

2F4 - (A)SAR Wind and Wave: from Methods to Applications, cont.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Room F
16:10 - 18:10

OCAMPO-TORRES, Francisco J¹; Diaz, Guillermo²; Garcia, Hector³; Durazo, Reginaldo²

¹Department of Physical Oceanography, MEXICO; ²UABC, MEXICO; ³CICESE, MEXICO

16:30 Detection of Single Waves and Measurement of Single Waves in ERS and Envisat Radar Images

Rosenthal, Wolfgang

Privat, GERMANY

16:50 Comparison of Satellite Derived Ocean Surface Wind Speeds and their Error due to Precipitation

Blechschmidt, Anne-Marlene¹; Graßl, Hartmut²

¹University of Hamburg, GERMANY; ²Meteorological Institute of the University of Hamburg, GERMANY

17:10 Computation of Wind Field from ERS-2 and ASAR Wide Swath Images without any a Priori Information

Zecchetto, Stefano¹; de Biasio, Francesco²

¹Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ITALY; ²Istituzione Centro Previsioni e Segnalazioni Maree (ICPSM), Venezia, ITALY

17:30 Statistical Analysis of Ocean Wave and Wind Parameters Retrieved with an Empirical SAR Algorithm

Song, Guiting¹; Grassl, Hartmut²; Lehner, Susanne³; Schulz-Stellenfleth, Johannes³

¹University of Hamburg, c/o German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY; ²Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie, GERMANY; ³German Aerospace Center(DLR), GERMANY

17:50 Global Extreme Wave Statistics

Lehner, Susanne; K�nig, Thomas; Schulz-Stellenfleth, Johannes

German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY

Stravinski hall

2S1 � Conventions Panel
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Stravinski Auditorium

8:40 - 10:20

Program to be confirmed

10:50 An Update on the DUE Globcarbon Initiative: Multi-Sensor Estimation of Global Biophysical Products for Global Terrestrial Carbon Studies

2S2 - Understanding and Monitoring the Global Environment
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Stravinski Auditorium
10:50 - 12:30

Plummer, Stephen1, Arino Olivier2, Ranera Franck3, Tansey Kevin4, Chen Jing5, Dedieu Gerard6, Eva Hugh⁷, Piccolini Isidoro⁸, Borstlap Geert⁹, Beusen Bart⁹, Fierens Freddy⁹, Heyns Walter⁹, Benedetti Riccardo¹⁰, Lacaze Roselyne¹¹, Garrigues Sebastien¹², Quaife Tristan¹³, De Kauwe Martin¹³, Quegan Shaun¹³, Raupach Michael¹⁴, Briggs Peter¹⁴, Poulter Ben¹⁵, Bondeau Alberte¹⁵, Rayner Peter¹⁶, Schultz Martin¹⁷, Gobron Nadine⁷, McCallum Ian¹⁸

¹IGBP-ESA Joint Projects Office, ESA-ESRIN, ITALY; ²ESA-ESRIN, ITALY; ³SERCO, ITALY; ⁴University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁵University of Toronto, CANADA; ⁶ CESBIO, FRANCE; ⁷JRC, ITALY; ⁸Eurocopter, Texas, UNITED STATES; ⁹VITO, BELGIUM; ¹⁰FSC, ITALY; ¹¹MEDIAS, FRANCE; ¹²NASA GSFC, UNITED STATES; ¹³CTCD, UNITED KINGDOM; ¹⁴ESSP Global Carbon Project, CSIRO, AUSTRALIA; ¹⁵PIK, GERMANY; ¹⁶LSCE, FRANCE; ¹⁷MPI-Meteorology, GERMANY; ¹⁸IIASA, AUSTRIA

11:10 A Contribution to Improved Modelling of Arctic Sea Ice Dynamics in Global Climate Models: Early Results from the DUE GlobICE Project

Baker, Steven

University College London (Space and Climate Physics), UNITED KINGDOM

11:30 DUE GlobCOLOUR: Developing a Merged Global Ocean Colour Data Set for Carbon-Cycle Research

Fanton d'Andon, Odile¹; Mangin, Antoine¹; Lavender, Samantha²; Morel, Andr�³; Antoine, David³; Durand, Dominique⁴; Sorensen, Kai⁴; Maritorena, Stephane⁵; Fomferra, Norman⁶; Neumann, Andreas⁷; Demaria, Julien¹; Barrot, Gilbert¹; Pradhan, Yaswant²; Lerebourg, Christophe²; Quast, Ralf⁶; Hoekedal, Jo⁴; Pinnock, Simon⁸

¹ACRI-ST, FRANCE; ²University of Plymouth, UNITED KINGDOM; ³Laboratoire d'Oc�anographie de Villefranche, FRANCE; ⁴NIVA, NORWAY; ⁵ICESS, UNITED STATES; ⁶Brockmann Consult, GERMANY; ⁷DLR, GERMANY; ⁸ESA, ITALY

11:50 Land Cover Observations to Support the UN Rio-conventions

Herold, Martin¹; Sambale, Jacqueline¹; Latham, John²; Volden, Espen³; Schmullius, Chris¹

¹GOFC-GOLD, GERMANY; ²FAO/GTOS, ITALY; ³ESA, ITALY

12:10 DUE GLOBCOVER - A Global Land Cover Service with MERIS

Arino, Olivier¹; Leroy, Marc²; Ranera, Frank¹; Gross, Dorit¹; Bicheron, Patrice²; Nino, Fernando²; Brockmann, Carsten³; Defourny, Pierre⁴; Vancutsem, Christine⁴; Achard, Frederic⁵; Durieux, Laurent⁵; Bourg, Ludovic⁶; Di Gregorio, Antonio⁷; Witt, Ron⁸; Herold, Martin⁹; Plummer, Stephen¹⁰; Weber, Jean Louis¹¹; Goryl, Philippe¹; Houghton, Nigel¹

¹ESA, ITALY; ²MEDIAS, FRANCE; ³Brockmann Consult, GERMANY; ⁴UCL, BELGIUM; ⁵JRC, ITALY; ⁶ACRI, FRANCE; ⁷FAO, ITALY; ⁸UNEP, SWITZERLAND; ⁹GOFC-GOLD, GERMANY; ¹⁰IGBP, ITALY; ¹¹EEA, DENMARK

14:00 Space for UNFCCC and the DUE Kyoto Inventory and GSE Forest Monitoring projects

2S3 - Supporting the Conventions
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Stravinski Auditorium
14:00 - 15:40

Romero, Jose¹; Hausler, Thomas²; Volden, Espen³

¹Federal Office for the Environment, SWITZERLAND; ²GAF AG, GERMANY; ³ESA ESRIN, ITALY

14:20 Space for UNCCD and the DUE DesertWatch project

Pace, Gaetano¹; Sciortino, Maurizio²; Do Rosario, Lucio³; Laurin, Gaia¹

¹Advanced Computer Systems S.p.A., ITALY; ²ENEA, ITALY; ³Forest Service, PORTUGAL

14:40 Space for RAMSAR and the DUE GlobWetland project

Jones, Kevin¹; Taylor, Doug²; Van der Voet, Paul³; Fernandez Prieto, Diego⁴

¹Microsoft Canada, CANADA; ²Wetlands International, NETHERLANDS; ³Vexcel Netherlands, NETHERLANDS; ⁴ESA Esrin, ITALY

15:00 Space for UNCBD and the DUE Biodiversity project

Petrat, Lutz¹; Pettersson, Lasse²; Mumby, Peter³; Gaspar, Philippe⁴

¹Geoville Information Systems GmbH, AUSTRIA; ²Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), NORWAY; ³Marine Spatial Ecology Lab (MSEL), UNITED KINGDOM; ⁴Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), FRANCE

15:20 Space for the World Heritage Convention and the BEGo project

Hernandez, Mario¹; Fernandez-Prieto, Diego²

¹UNESCO, FRANCE; ²ESA ESRIN, ITALY

2P1 - (A)SAR Wind and Wave: from Methods to Applications

Poster Area

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

2P1.1 West African Weather Systems in the Development of Tropical Cyclones

Salami, Tairu¹; Idowu, O.S¹; Balogun, E.E²

¹Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIGERIA; ²Department of Physics Obafemi Awolowo Unuversity , Osun State, NIGERIA

2P1.2 Analyses of Wind and Wave Fields under Typhoon in South Korea

Yang, Chan-Su

Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute, REPUBLIC OF KOREA

2P1.3 Synoptic Measurements of SAR Wind Fields and MERIS Cloud Parameters in severe North Atlantic Storms and Polar Lows

Stephan, Brusch; Lehner, Susanne; Schulz-Stellenfleth, Johannes

German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY

2P1.4 Ocean Wave Measurements using ERS-2 SAR and ENVISAT ASAR Data

LI, Xiao-Ming¹; Lehner, Susanne¹; HE, Ming-Xia²; Schulz-Stellenfleth, Johannes¹

¹German Aerospace Center, GERMANY; ²ORSI/Ocean University of China, CHINA

2P1.5 Generation of Slope Radar Images and Retrieval of Wind Wave Slope Spectra from the Envisat Polarimetric Data

Pereslegin, Sergey¹; Elizavetin, Igor²; Ivanov, Andrei¹

¹P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ²Center Almaz, NPO Mashinostroenia, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

2P1.6 Comparison of synthetic aperture radar retrieved hurricane winds to in situ and model data

Horstmann, Jochen¹; Thompson, Donald R.²; Monaldo, Frank²; Graber, Hans C.³

¹GKSS Research Center, GERMANY; ²Johns Hopkins University / APL, UNITED STATES; ³University of Miami / CSTARS, UNITED STATES

2P1.7 Mini Warn Pool in Arabian Sea during Pre-Monsoon: A Case Study

Joshi, Madhu; Rao, A.D.

IIT-Delhi, INDIA

2P1.8 Simulation of Sar Image Effects through Pseudo Random Simulation of the Sea Wave Field

Pugliese Carratelli, Eugenio¹; Dentale, Fabio²; Reale, Ferdinando²

¹CUGRI/University of Salerno, ITALY; ²University of Salerno, ITALY

2P1.9 Polarization Ratio from Envisat ASAR AP Data and Comparison with Models

Johnsen, Harald; Engen, Geir; Guitton, Gilles

Norut IT, NORWAY

2P1.10 Preliminary Study on Developing an L-band Wind Retrieval Model Function using ALOS/PALSAR

Isoguchi, Osamu; Shimada, Masanobu

JAXA, JAPAN

2P1.11 Tropical Cyclones Features Inferred from SAR Images

Reppucci , Antonio; Lehner, Susanne; Schulz-Stellenfleth, Johanness

German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY

2P1.12 Long Term Assessment of ERS-1 and ERS-2 Wind and Wave Products

Hersbach, Hans; Abdalla, Saleh; Bidlot, Jean-Raymond

ECMWF, UNITED KINGDOM

2P2.2 Multi-Mission Altimetry: Joint Estimation of Relative Range Biases, Radial Errors and Sea State Biases for Contemporary Missions

2P2 - Altimetry Performance and Calibration
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

2P2.1 5-Years of Envisat Precise Orbit Determination

Otten, Michiel; Dow, John

ESA, GERMANY

Bosch, Wolfgang

DGFI, GERMANY

2P2.3 Next Generation Altimeter Service: Challenges and Achievements

Naeije, Marc¹; Scharroo, Remko²; Doornbos, Eelco¹

¹DEOS/Delft University of Technology, NETHERLANDS; ²Altimetrics LLC, UNITED STATES

2P2.4 EnviSat RA2 Level 1b Products Enhancement: USO Corrected Products and Full Processed Individual Echoes

Milagro-P�rez, Maria Pilar¹; Berry, Philippa²; Gommenginger, Christine³; Scharroo, Remko⁴; Serpe, Danilo¹; Benveniste, J�r�me⁵

¹SERCo S.p.A. c/o ESA/ESRIN, ITALY; ²De Montfort University, Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM; ³National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁴Altimetrics LLC, UNITED STATES; ⁵ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

2P2.5 An Operational Correction for the Ra2 Side A USO Anomaly: Method and Performance Assessment

Faug�re, Yannice¹; Zanife, Ouan Zan¹; Scharroo, Remko²; F�m�nias, Pierre³; Martini, Annalisa⁴; Roca, M�nica⁵

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²Altimetrics, UNITED STATES; ³ESA, ITALY; ⁴Serco, ITALY; ⁵IsardSat S.L., SPAIN

2P2.6 The Altimetry DPQC Team: 2 Years of Quality Control

Soussi, Batoula¹; Faugere, Yannice¹; Nogueira Loddo , Carolina²; F�m�nias, Pierre³

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²Serco, ITALY; ³ESA, ITALY

2P2.7 Altimeter Bias Determination Using Two Years of Transponder Observations

Cristea, Elena¹; Moore, Phil²

¹Austrian Academy of Sciences, AUSTRIA; ²Newcastle University, UNITED KINGDOM

2P2.8 Methods and Results of the RA-2 Sigma-0 Absolute Calibration

Bignami, Christian¹; Fascetti, Maurizio¹; Femenias, Pierre²; Nogueira Loddo, Carolina³; Mazzetta, Massimo¹; Pierdicca, Nazzareno¹; Roca, Monica⁴

¹University �La Sapienza� of Rome, ITALY; ²ESA-ESRIN, ITALY; ³SERCO S.p.A, ITALY; ⁴IsardSAT, SPAIN

2P2.9 SSALTO/DUACS : Daily Multi-mission Products for Global and Regional Applications

Dorandeu, Joel¹; Picot, Nicolas²; Le Traon, Pierre-Yves³; Dibarboure, Gerald¹

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²CNES, FRANCE; ³Ifremer, FRANCE

2P2.10 Estimating EnviSat Sea State Bias from Altimetric Data

Labroue, Sylvie; Gaspar, P.; Dorandeu, J.; Mertz, F.; Zanife, O. Z.

CLS, FRANCE

2P3.1 Comparison of Water Vapor Measurements between the Satellite Limb Sounder MIPAS/ENVISAT and the Airborne Microwave Radiometer AMSOS

2P3 - Atmosphere: Cal/Val - Intercomparison
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

M�ller, Stefan C.¹; Milz, Mathias²; K�mpfer, Niklaus¹

¹University of Bern, Institute of Applied Physics, SWITZERLAND; ²Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut f�r Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, GERMANY

2P3.2 SCIAMACHY in-Flight Calibration

Snel, Ralph; Krijger, Matthijs

SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, NETHERLANDS

2P3.3 The ASSET Ozone Analyses Intercomparison Project

Lahoz, William¹; Geer, Alan²

¹DARC, UNITED KINGDOM; ²ECMWF, UNITED KINGDOM

2P3.4 SCIAMACHY Degradation Monitoring Results

No�l, Stefan¹; Bramstedt, Klaus¹; Bovensmann, Heinrich¹; Burrows, John P.¹; Gottwald, Manfred²; Krieg, Eckhart²

¹University of Bremen, GERMANY; ²DLR-IMF, GERMANY

2P3.5 Atmospheric Chemistry Validation Status

Snoeij, Paul¹; Fehr, Thorsten²; Koopman, Rob²; Lecomte, Pascal²

¹ESA/ESTEC, NETHERLANDS; ²ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

2P3.6 Exploring NASA and ESA Atmospheric data using GIOVANNI, the Online Visualization and Analysis Tool

Leptoukh, Gregory

NASA, UNITED STATES

2P3.7 Ground-Based and Satellite Measurements of Stratospheric Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone over South of Portugal

Bortoli, Daniele¹; Silva , Ana Maria²; Giovanelli, Giorgio³

¹Evora Geophysics Centre, Univ. Evora, Evora, Portugal; ISAC-CNR, Bologna, ITALY; ²Evora Geophysics Centre, Univ. Evora, Rua Romao Ramalho 59, 7000-671 Evora, PORTUGAL; ³ISAC-CNR, via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, ITALY

2P3.8 Remote Sensing Measurements in the Arctic Polar vortex from Balloons and GOMOS/Envisat: Implications for Studies of the NO2 and OClO Stratospheric Species

Berthet, Gwenael¹; Renard, Jean-Baptiste¹; Catoire, Valery¹; Chartier, Michel¹; Robert, Claude¹; Barret, Brice²; Lefevre, Franck³; Coquelet, Florent¹; Bourgeois, Quentin¹

¹LPCE-CNRS, FRANCE; ²LA-CNRS, FRANCE; ³SA-IPSL-CNRS, FRANCE

2P3.9 Inter-Comparison of Ozone and Water Vapor Profiles Observed by Satellites and Ground-Based Microwave Radiometry

Hocke, Klemens¹; Haefele, Alexander¹; K�mpfer, Niklaus¹; Ruffieux, Dominique²; Froidevaux, Lucien³; Lambert, Alyn³; Steck, Tilman⁴; von Clarmann, Thomas⁴; Milz, Matthias⁴; Timofeyev, Y. M.⁵; Alexander, Polyakov⁵; Kyr�l�, E.⁶; Walker, Kaley⁷; Bernath, Peter⁸; Russell III, James⁹; Mlynczak , Martin¹⁰

¹University of Bern, SWITZERLAND; ²MeteoSwiss, Payerne, SWITZERLAND; ³Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UNITED STATES; ⁴IMK, FZ Karlsruhe, GERMANY; ⁵St. Petersburg State University, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ⁶Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND; ⁷University of Toronto, CANADA; ⁸University of Waterloo, CANADA; ⁹Hampton University, UNITED STATES; ¹⁰NASA Langley Research Center, UNITED STATES

2P3.10 GMES/PROMOTE Services Validation and Quality Assessment Coordination

Lambert, Jean-Christopher; Skarlas, Pauline

Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (IASB-BIRA), BELGIUM

2P3.11 Determination of SCIAMACHY LOS Misalignments

Gottwald, Manfred¹; Krieg, Eckhart¹; Slijkhuis, Sander¹; von Savigny, Christian²; Noel, Stefan²; Bovensmann, Heinrich²; Bramstedt, Klaus²

¹German Aerospace Center - Remote Sensing Technology Institute (DLR-IMF), GERMANY; ²Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP-IFE), University of Bremen, GERMANY

2P3.12 Statistical Studies about Satellite Data of NO2

Hayn, Michael¹; Beirle, Steffen¹; Menze, Bjoern H.²; Wagner, Thomas¹; Hamprecht, Fred A.²; Platt, Ulrich¹

¹Institute of Environmental Physics, University Heidelberg, GERMANY; ²Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, University Heidelberg, GERMANY

2P3.13 A Large-Scale Intercomparison of Stratospheric Vertical Distributions of NO2 and BrO Retrieved from the SCIAMACHY Limb Measurements and Ground-Based Twilight Observations

Rozanov, Alexei¹; Hendrick, Francois²; Kuehl, Sven³; Sioris, Chris⁴; Bauer, Ralf⁵; Burrows, John P.¹; Pukite, Janis³; Van Roozendael, Michael²; Wagner, Thomas³

¹Institute of Environmental Physics/Institute of Remote Sensing, University of Bremen, GERMANY; ²Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (IASB-BIRA), BELGIUM; ³Institut f�r Umweltphysik, Heidelberg, GERMANY; ⁴Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, UNITED STATES; ⁵University of Bremen, GERMANY

2P3.14 Latest Results on in-Flight Validation of SCIAMACHY's Radiometric Calibration

Tilstra, Gijsbert¹; Krijger, Matthijs¹; Stammes, Pieter²; Aben, Ilse¹

¹SRON, NETHERLANDS; ²KNMI, NETHERLANDS

2P3.15 Tropospheric Sulfur Dioxide Retrieval from SCIAMACHY: Comparison of WF-DOAS and Standard DOAS Results

Lee, Chulkyu; Richter, Andreas; Weber, Mark; Burrows, John

Insitute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, GERMANY

2P3.16 Using Advanced Inversion Techniques to Validate and Improve GOMOS Measurements

Laine, Marko; Tamminen, Johanna; Kyr�l�, Erkki

Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND

2P3.17 How to Use GOMOS Measurements?

Tamminen, Johanna¹; Kyr�l�, Erkki¹; Sofieva, Viktoria¹; Bertaux, Jean-Loup²; Hauchecorne, Alain²; Francis, Dalaudier²; Fussen, Didier³

¹Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND; ²Service d'Aeronomie, FRANCE; ³BIRA-IASB, BELGIUM

2P3.18 Intercomparison of Vertical Column Densities Derived from SCIAMACHY Infrared Nadir Observations

Schreier, Franz¹; Hess, Michael¹; Doicu, Adrian¹; von Bargen, Albrecht¹; Buchwitz, Michael²; Khlystova, Iryna²; Bovensmann, Heinrich²; Burrows, John²

¹DLR --- German Aerospace Center, GERMANY; ²University of Bremen, GERMANY

2P3.19 Comparison of O3 and NO2 Profiles from GOMOS and FinROSE-ctm Simulations

Th�lix, Laura; Backman, Leif; Ojanen, Sanna-Maria; Kyr�l�, Erkki; Tamminen, Johanna; Hassinen, Seppo

Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND

2P3.20 Absolute Calibration and Degradation of SCIAMACHY Reflectance

Krijger, J.M.; Snel, R.; Aben, I.; Landgraf, J.

SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, NETHERLANDS

2P3.21 Radiometric Accuracy of MIPAS Calibrated Spectra

Kleinert, Anne¹; Birk, Manfred²; Wagner, Georg²; Friedl-Vallon, Felix¹

¹Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GERMANY; ²DLR, GERMANY

2P3.22 Validation of High-Resolution Temperature Profiles (HRTP) Retrieved from Bi-chromatic Scintillation Measurements by GOMOS

Sofieva, Viktoria¹; Vira, Julius¹; Dalaudier, Francis²; Keckhut, Philippe²; Retscher, Christian³; Meijer, Yasjka⁴; Guirlet, Marielle⁵; Barrot, Gilbert⁵

¹Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND; ²Service d�Aeronomie, FRANCE; ³ESA/ESRIN, ITALY; ⁴RIVM, NETHERLANDS; ⁵ACRI-ST, FRANCE

2P3.23 Comparison of Partial Ozone Columns from Ozonesondes, Micro-Wave and ENVISAT Instruments in the Middle Stratosphere

St�bi, R.¹; Ruffieux, D.¹; Hocke , K.²

¹Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, MeteoSwiss, Switzerland, SWITZERLAND; ²IAP, University of Bern, Switzerland, SWITZERLAND

2P3.24 Validation of MIPAS Data against ECMWF Analyses and GOME Ozone Profiles

Waterfall, Alison; Reburn, William; Siddans, Richard; Kerridge, Brian

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM

2P3.25 Monitoring of the GOME/ERS-2 Inflight Calibration Parameters from GDP-4.0 Reprocessing

Coldewey-Egbers, Melanie; Slijkhuis, Sander; Aberle, Bernd; Loyola, Diego

DLR, GERMANY

2P3.26 The ENVISAT Atmospheric Chemistry Mission - Past, Present and Future

Fehr, Thorsten¹; Rob, Koopman²; Dehn, Angelika³; Saavedra de Miguel, Lidia³; Niro, Fabrizio³; Frerick, Johannes⁴; Barbieri, Aldo⁵; Snoeij, Paul⁴; Laur, Henri²; GOMOS Quality Working Group,⁶; MIPAS Quality Working Group,⁶; SCIAMACHY QWQ,⁶

¹ESA, ITALY; ²ESA/ESRIN, ITALY; ³Serco, ITALY; ⁴ESA/ESTEC, NETHERLANDS; ⁵ESA/ESOC, GERMANY; ⁶ITALY

2P3.27 On the Accuracy of GOME and SCIAMACHY Total Ozone Measurements in Polar Regions

Lerot, Christophe¹; Van Roozendael, Michel¹; van Geffen, Jos¹; van Gent, Jeroen¹; Fayt, Caroline¹; Spurr, Robert²

¹BIRA-IASB, 3 Avenue circulaire, B-1180, Brussels, BELGIUM; ²RT Solutions, Inc., 9 Channing Street, MA 02138 Cambridge, UNITED STATES

2P3.28 Multi-technique Comparison of MIPAS O3 Measurements with Correlative Data Obtained by FIR-FTS Measurements during the ENVISAT Stratospheric Aircraft and Balloon Campaigns (ESABC)

Redaelli, Gianluca¹; Cortesi, Ugo²; Bianchini, Giovanni²; Castelli, Elisa³; Dinelli, Bianca Maria³; Grassi, Barbara¹; Mencaraglia, Francesco²; Taddei, Antonella¹; Visconti, Guido¹

¹CETEMPS/Department of Physics, University of L'Aquila, Coppito - L'Aquila, ITALY; ²Istituto di Fisica Applicata "Nello Carrara" CNR, Firenze, ITALY; ³Istituto di Scienze della Atmosfera e del Clima CNR, Bologna, ITALY

2P3.29 Studying Envisat Attitude with SCIAMACHY Limb-scatter Measurements

von Savigny, Christian¹; Rozanov, Alexei¹; Bovensmann, Heinrich¹; Noel, Stefan¹; Gottwald, Manfred²; Slijkhuis, Sander²; Burrows, John¹

¹University of Bremen, GERMANY; ²DLR, GERMANY

2P3.30 Long-term Validation of GOMOS, MIPAS and Sciamachy Ozone and Temperature Profiles by the Envisat Quality Assessment with Lidar (EQUAL) Project

Meijer, Y. J.¹; Baray, J.-L²; Bodeker, G. E.³; Claude, H.⁴; Fricke, K. H.⁵; Gathen, P. von der⁶; Godin-Beekmann, S.⁷; Hansen, G.⁸; Keckhut, P.⁷; Leblanc, T.⁹; Marchand, M.⁷; McDermid, I. S.⁹; Nakane, H.¹⁰; Pal, S.¹¹; Quel, E. J.¹²; Snoeij, P.¹³; Swart, D. P. J.¹; Bencherif, H.²

¹RIVM, NETHERLANDS; ²IPSL, REUNION; ³NIWA, NEW ZEALAND; ⁴DWD, GERMANY; ⁵Uni. Bonn, GERMANY; ⁶AWI, GERMANY; ⁷CNRS, FRANCE; ⁸NILU, NORWAY; ⁹NASA/JPL, UNITED STATES; ¹⁰NIES, JAPAN; ¹¹SAAI for MSC, CANADA; ¹²Ceilap, ARGENTINA; ¹³ESA/ESRIN, NETHERLANDS

2P3.31 GOMOS and MIPAS Data Processing and Comparision on G-POD

Retscher, Christian; Fusco, Luigi; Goncalves, Pedro; Brito, Fabrice; Colin, Olivier; Mathot, Emmanuel

ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

2P3.32 SCIAMACHY Operations in an Extended Mission up to 2010

Gottwald, Manfred¹; Krieg, Eckhart¹; Noel, Stefan²; Bovensmann, Heinrich²

¹German Aerospace Center - Remote Sensing Technology Institute (DLR-IMF), GERMANY; ²Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP-IFE), University of Bremen, GERMANY

2P4.1 SAFE Archive for ENVISAT and Third Party Mission Products

2P4 - Envisat: 5 Years of Operation
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Pinna, Gian Maria¹; Mbaye, Stephane²

¹EO Ground Segment Department, ESA Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes - ESA/ESRIN, ITALY; ²GAEL Consultant, FRANCE

2P4.2 Envisat ASAR Background Regional Mission

Del Rio Vera, Jorge¹; Laur, Henri²; Vazzana, Sergio²

¹ESRIN, European Space Agency, ITALY; ²European Space Agency, ESRIN, ITALY

2P4.3 Ensuring Output: the Data Processing and Quality Control Service

German, Andrew¹; Fanton d'Andon, Odile²; Davies, Gareth³
¹Serco, ITALY; ²ACRI, FRANCE; ³Vega, UNITED KINGDOM

2P5.1 Worldwide Water Level Time Series on Rivers from ENVISAT Altimetry

2P5 - Exploitation of Altimetry over Continental Waters
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Gennero, Marie-Claude; Cretaux, Jean Francois; Berge-NGuyen, Muriel; Cazenave, Anny

LEGOS, FRANCE

2P5.2 Flooding in Bangladesh from Satellite Altimetry and GRACE Gravimetry

Andersen, Ole¹; Butts, Michael²; Jakobsen, Flemming²; Berry, Philippa³; Freeman, Jennifer³; Le Moine, Frank⁴

¹DNSC, DENMARK; ²DHI - Water, DENMARK; ³De Montford University, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁴NASA Goddeard, UNITED STATES

2P5.3 Malaria Risk Assessment Service Using Envisat RA-2 Data

Puigb�, Oriol¹; Roca, M�nica²; Nu�ez, Fernando³

¹GTD, Sitemas de Informaci�n, SPAIN; ²IsardSAT, Barcelona, POLAND; ³PiLDo Labs, Barcelona, SPAIN

2P6.1 Integration and Exploitation of Earth Observation Imagery in an open Source based Geographic Information System (GIS) to Support Littoral Operations

2P6 - Exploitation of CHRIS PROBA Data
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Ranelli, Peter; Trees, Charles; Askari, Farid; Fabiani, Allessio; Giannecchini, Simone; Grasso, Raffaele; Pennucci, Giuliana; Spina, Francesco; Stenvoll, Roger; McCarthy, Elena; Baldersserini, Gisella; Turgutcan, Ferda

NATO Undersea Research Centre, ITALY

2P6.2 Semi-analytical Model for the Retrieval of Inland Water Constituents in Gergal Dam (Seville, Spain) with Proba/Chris Imagery

Polorinos, Angel¹; Forteza , Matilde¹; Hernandez, M. Jesus¹; Almarza, Javier¹; Toja, Julia¹; Escot, Carmelo²

¹Seville University, SPAIN; ²EMASESA, SPAIN

2P6.3 Seasonal Changes in Parameter Estimates of Crops and Reed Stands at the Washington Test Site on Behalf of Hyperspectral and Multidirectional Proba/Chris Data Sets

Schneider, Thomas¹; Wezyk, Piotr²; Eichiner, Florian³

¹TU M�nchen, Limnological Station, GERMANY; ²Pro Gea Consulting, POLAND; ³Cornell University, UNITED STATES

2P6.4 Hyperspectral Reflectance of Sub-boreal Forests Measured by CHRIS/PROBA and Airborne Spectrometer

Kuusk, Andres; Kuusk, Joel; Lang, Mait; L�kk, T�nu; Nilson, Tiit

Tartu Observatory, ESTONIA

2P6.5 Use of Hyperspectral Data to Assess the Effects of Different Land use Strategies on Vegetation Types in Savannahs in Central Namibia

Lieckfeld, L.¹; Oldeland, Jens¹; Schultz, Christoph²; Weber, Bettina³

¹German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY; ²University of W�rzburg, GERMANY; ³University of Kaiserslautern, GERMANY

2P6.6 Towards a Comparison of Spaceborne and Ground-based Spectrodirectional Reflectance Data

Schopfer, Juerg¹; Huber, Silvia¹; Schneider, Thomas²; Dorigo, Wouter³; Oppelt, Natascha⁴; Odermatt, Daniel¹; Koetz, Ben¹; Kneubuehler, Mathias¹; Itten, Klaus I.¹

¹University of Zurich, Remote Sensing Laboratories (RSL), SWITZERLAND; ²Limnological Research Station, TU Munich, GERMANY; ³DLR/DFD, GERMANY; ⁴Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Munich, GERMANY

2P7.1 A Statistical Analysis Errors in Tropospheric Path Delay Calculation

2P7 - InSAR Advances
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Likoka, Arlinde; Karathanassi , Vassilia

National Technical University of Athens, GREECE

2P7.2 A Framework for Error-Prediction in Interferometric SAR

Mohr, Johan Jacob¹; Merryman Boncori, John Peter²

¹Technical University of Denmark, DENMARK; ²University of Rome �Tor Vergata�, ITALY

2P7.3 Test Field for INSAR Urban Subsidence Studies

Karila, Kirsi; Karjalainen, Mika; Hyypp�, Juha

Finnish Geodetic Institute, FINLAND

2P7.4 I.D.I.O.T.: A Free and Easy-to-use Software Tool for DInSAR Analysis

Reigber, Andreas; Erten, Esra; Guillaso, Stephane; Hellwich, Olaf

Berlin University of Technology, GERMANY

2P8.2 Multispectral Satellite Images Processing for Forests and Wetland Region Monitoring using Parallel MPI Implementation

2P8 - MERIS: Performance, New Algorithms and Products
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

2P8.1 Validation Status of MERIS and AATSR

Snoeij, Paul¹; Huot, Jean-Paul¹; Corlett, Gary²; Goryl, Philippe³; Lecomte, Pascal³

¹ESA/ESTEC, NETHERLANDS; ²University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM; ³ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

Sadykhov, Rauf¹; Podenok, Leonid²; Dorogush, Andrey²; Ganchenko, Valentin²; Volodko, Alexander¹; Pushkin, Yegor¹

¹Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, BELARUS; ²United Institute of Informatics Problem, BELARUS

2P8.3 A MERIS Scene Simulator to Study the Adjacency Effects

Santer, Richard¹; Zagolski, Francis²; Gilson, Mathieu²

¹ULCO, FRANCE; ²ULCO/Adrinord, FRANCE

2P8.4 ENVISAT Products Secure Browsing in Mobile Clients Using JPEG2000 Interactivity Protocol

Carvalho, H�lder; Serra, Ant�nio; Dias, Lu�s; Serr�o, Carlos; Dias, Miguel

ADETTI, PORTUGAL

2P8.5 A New Retrieval of Total Water Vapour Content from MERIS Measurements

Leinweber, Ronny; Fischer, Juergen

Institut fuer Weltraumwissenschaften/FU-Berlin, GERMANY

2P9.1 Small Scale Linear Deformation Detection by using Permanent Scatterers Technique Applied to Athens and Gulf of Corinth (Hellas)

2P9 - Persistent Scatterers
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Elias, Panagiotis¹; Kontoes, Charalambos¹; Papoutsis, Ioannis²; Kotsis, Ioannis²

¹Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, GREECE; ²Department of Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, GREECE

2P9.2 Analysis of Highly Non-Linear Deformations Due To Mining Activity with Dinsar: PSIC4 Test-Site

Blanco, Pablo; Duque, Sergi; Mallorqui, Jordi J.; Monells, Daniel

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), SPAIN

2P9.3 The Use of Visualisation and Image Analysis Techniques for Extracting more Information Content from PSInSAR Data in the Bristol-Bath Area, UK

Tragheim, Douglas; McManus, Kay

British Geological Survey, UNITED KINGDOM

2P9.4 PSInSAR without a DEM: A 3-Pass Approach

Sowter, Andrew; Warren, Mark; Bingley, Richard

University of Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM

2P10.1 Global Observations of Ozone Isotopes from MIPAS Limb Emission Spectra

2P10 - Stratosphere
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Piccolo, Chiara; Dudhia, Anu; Payne, Vivienne

AOPP, University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM

2P10.2 Interannual Differences of Water Vapour Distributions as Observed with MIPAS/Envisat

Milz, Mathias; von Clarmann, Thomas; Kellmann, Sylvia; Linden, Andrea; Stiller, Gabriele P.; Fischer, Herbert

IMK-ASF, Universit�t Karlsruhe/Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GERMANY

2P10.3 Mean Age of Stratospheric air as Derived from MIPAS SF6 Distributions

Stiller, Gabriele P.¹; von Clarmann, Thomas¹; Fischer, Herbert¹; Funke, Bernd²; Glatthor, Norbert¹; Grabowski, Udo¹; Hoepfner, Michael¹; Kellmann, Sylvia¹; Kiefer, Michael¹; Linden, Andrea¹; Lopez-Puertas, Manuel²; Milz, Mathias¹; Reddmann, Thomas¹; Steck, Tilman¹

¹Institut fuer Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Forschungszentrum / University of Karlsruhe, GERMANY; ²Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC, Granada, SPAIN

2P10.4 Vertical Profiles of BrO and OClO Measured by SCIAMACHY

K�hl, Sven¹; Pukite, Janis¹; Deutschmann, Tim²; Platt, Ulrich²; Wagner, Thomas¹

¹MPI f�r Chemie, Mainz, GERMANY; ²Institut f�r Umweltphysik, Heidelberg, GERMANY

2P10.5 Transport Studies in the Summer Stratosphere using Mipas Observations

Orsolini, Yvan¹; Lahoz, William²; Geer, Alan²

¹NILU, NORWAY; ²Univ. of Reading, UNITED KINGDOM

2P10.6 Sensitivity of NO2 Limb Retrieval in the Lower Stratosphere and Upper Troposphere Region

Bauer, Ralf; Rozanov, Alexei; Bovensmann, Heinrich; Burrows, John P.

Institute of Environmental Physics/Institute of Remote Sensing, University of Bremen, GERMANY

2P10.7 Vertical Profile of Peroxyacetyl Nitrate (PAN) from MIPAS-STR Measurements over Brazil in February 2005

Liu, Guangyuan; Blom, Cornelis; Gulde, Thomas; Keim, Corneli; Piesch, Christof

Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GERMANY

2P10.8 Global Stratospheric BrO Observations and the Br Budget

Sinnhuber, Bjoern-Martin; Rozanov, Alexei; Sheode, Ninad; Burrows, John P.

Institute of Environmental Physics/Institute of Remote Sensing, University of Bremen, GERMANY

2P10.9 An Annual Cycle of Long Lived Stratospheric Gases from MIPAS

Juckes, Martin

BADC/CCLRC, UNITED KINGDOM

2P10.10 Height Resolved Ozone Climatologies in the Arctic Winter from Ozone Soundings, GOMOS and FinROSE-ctm

Backman, Leif; Kyr�, Esko; Kyr�l�, Erkki; Th�lix, Laura; Ojanen, Sanna-Maria; Hassinen, Seppo; Kivi, Rigel; Heikkinen, Pauli

Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND

2P10.11 Observations of Stratospheric Ozone by the GOMOS and OSIRIS Instruments

Tukiainen, Simo; Kyrola, Erkki; Hassinen, Seppo; Tamminen, Johanna; Seppala, Annika

Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND

2P10.12 Global Distribution of Ozone Vertical Profiles from GOMOS Measurements in 2002-2006

Kyrola, Erkki; Tamminen, Johanna; Sofieva, Viktoria

Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND

2P10.13 Global Analysis of Scintillation Variance: Indication of Gravity Wave Breaking in the Polar Winter Upper Stratosphere

Sofieva, Viktoria F.¹; Kyr�l�, Erkki¹; Hassinen, Seppo¹; Backman, Leif¹; Tamminen, Johanna¹; Sepp�l�, Annika¹; Th�lix, Laura¹; Gurvich, Alexandre S.²; Kan, Valery²; Dalaudier, Francis³; Hauchecorne, Alain³; Bertaux, Jean-Loup³; Fussen, Didier⁴; Vanhellemont, Filip⁴; Fanton d�Andon, Odile⁵; Barrot, Gilbert⁵; Mangin, Antoine⁵; Guirlet, Marielle⁵; Fehr, Thorsten⁶; Snoeij, Paul⁶; Saavedra, Lidia⁶; Koopman, Rob⁶; Fraisse, Renaud⁷

¹Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND; ²A. M. Oboukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ³Service d�Aeronomie du CNRS, FRANCE; ⁴Institut d�Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique, BELGIUM; ⁵ACRI-ST, FRANCE; ⁶ESA/ESRIN, ITALY; ⁷EADS-Astrium, FRANCE

2P10.14 A Stratospheric BrO Climatology Based on the BASCOE 3D Chemical Transport Model

Theys, Nicolas¹; Chabrillat, Simon¹; Errera, Quentin¹; Daerden, Frank¹; Hendrick, Francois¹; Loyola, Diego²; Valks, Pieter²; Van Roozendael, Michel¹

¹Belgian Institute for Spatial Aeronomy, BELGIUM; ²DLR-IMF, GERMANY

Day 3 (Wednesday 25 April)

08:40 Total Ozone Retrieval from GOME, SCIAMACHY and Ground-based DOAS Observations using a Direct-fitting Approach: The GODFIT-2 Project

3A1 - Atmosphere: Algorithms Developments and Methods
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room A
08:40 - 10:20

Van Roozendael, Michel¹; Spurr, Robert²; Lerot, Christophe¹; Lambert, Jean-Christopher¹; van Geffen, Jos¹; van Gent, Jeroen¹; Fayt, Caroline¹; Granville, Jos�¹; Zehner, Claus³

¹Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, BELGIUM; ²RT-Solutions, UNITED STATES; ³ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

09:00 NNORSY Ozone Profile Retrieval Using Combined UV/VIS and IR Satellite Data

Kaifel, Anton¹; Felder, Martin²; Kaptur, Jasmine¹

¹Zentrum f�r Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung (ZSW), GERMANY; ²Leibniz Computing Center, GERMANY

09:20 Solar Irradiance from GOME (1995-present) and SCIAMACHY (2002-present) from the UV to NIR. Observations and Modelling

Weber, Mark¹; Pagaran, Joseph¹; Noel, Stefan¹; Skupin, Jochen²

¹University of Bremen, GERMANY; ²DESY Hamburg, GERMANY

09:40 Measuring Atmospheric CO2 from Space using Full Spectral Initiation (FSI) WFM-DOAS

Barkley, Michael; Monks, Paul

EOS Group, University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM

10:00 Application of 3D MC RTM "Tracy-II" on SCIAMACHY Limb Measurements in the UV/VIS Spectral Range

Pukite, Janis¹; K�hl, Sven¹; Deutschmann, Tim²; Platt, Ulrich²; Wagner, Thomas¹

¹MPI f�r Chemie, GERMANY; ²Institute of Environmental Physics, GERMANY

10:50 Influence of Scintillation on Quality of Ozone Monitoring by GOMOS

3A2 - Atmosphere: Algorithms Developments and Methods, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room A
10:50 - 12:30

Sofieva, Viktoria¹; Kyr�l�, Erkki¹; Dalaudier, Francis²; Kan, Valery³; Gurvich , Alexandre S.³; The GOMOS Team,⁴

¹Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND; ²Service d'Aeronomie du CNRS, FRANCE; ³A.M. Oboukov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ⁴FMI, Service d'Aeronomie, BIRA, ACRI-ST, FRANCE

11:10 GOMOS Limb Scattering Ozone Profile Retrieval

Taha, Ghassan¹; Jaross, Glen¹; Fussen, Didier²; Vanhellemont, Filip²; McPeters, Richard³

¹Science Systems and Applications Inc., UNITED STATES; ²Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, BELGIUM; ³NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, UNITED STATES

11:30 What We Learn About Ozone Molecular Energy Transfer from MIPAS/ENVISAT

Kaufmann, Martin¹; Toselli, B.²; Fernandez, R.²; Funke, B.³; Lopez-Puertas, M.³; Bermejo-Pantaleon, D.³; Stiller, G.⁴; Hoffmann, L.¹; Riese, M.¹

¹Institut f�r Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphaere, Forschungszentrum Juelich, GERMANY; ²Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Departamento de Fisicoquimica, ARGENTINA; ³Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC, SPAIN; ⁴Institut f�r Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Atmosphaerische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung, Forsch, GERMANY

11:50 Data Assimilation: End-to-end Application to Research Satellite Data

Lahoz, William

DARC, University of Reading, UNITED KINGDOM

12:10 Ozone Distributions Derived from Datellite Data Assimilation and there Impact on the Stratospheric Temperatures

Cariolle, Daniel¹; Massart, Sebastien²

¹CERFACS - METEO-FRANCE, FRANCE; ²CERFACS, FRANCE

14:00 SCIAMACHY Observes Depletion of Noctilucent Clouds during January 2005 Solar Proton Events

3A3- Upper Atmosphere
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room A
14:00 - 15:40

von Savigny, Christian¹; Sinnhuber, Miriam²; Burrows, John²; Kallenrode, May-Britt³; Schwartz, Michael⁴; Bovensmann, Heinrich⁵

¹University of Bremen, GERMANY; ²IUP, University of Bremen, GERMANY; ³University of Osnabrueck, GERMANY; ⁴Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UNITED STATES; ⁵IUP, University of Bremen, GERMANY

14:20 Analysis of NO2 Enhancements in the Upper Stratosphere and Mesosphere from 4 Years of GOMOS Data

Renard, Jean-Baptiste¹; Blelly, Pierre-Louis²; Berthet, Gwenael²; Bourgeois, Quentin²

¹CNRS, FRANCE; ²LPCE-CNRS, FRANCE

14:40 Energetic Particle Precipitation Effects on the Polar Winter Stratosphere as Observed by MIPAS/Envisat

Funke, Bernd¹; Lopez-Puertas, Manuel¹; Fischer, Herbert²; Glatthor, Norbert²; Grabowski, Udo²; Hoepfner, Michael²; Kellmann, Sylvia²; Linden, Andrea²; Milz, Mathias²; Reddmann, Thomas²; Steck, Tilman²; Stiller, Gabriele²; von Clarmann, Thomas²; Sinnhuber, Miriam³

¹Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, SPAIN; ²Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GERMANY; ³Universitaet Bremen, GERMANY

15:00 Measurements of the Upper Atmosphere with MIPAS/ENVISAT

L�pez-Puertas, Manuel¹; Funke, Bernd¹; Bermejo-Pantale�n, Diego¹; Garc�a-Comas, Maya¹; von Clarmann, Thomas²; Grabowski, Udo²; H�pfner, Michael²; Stiller, Gabriele²; Kaufmann, Martin³; Koukouli, M. E.⁴; Gardner, Jennifer L.⁵

¹Instituto de Astrof�sica de Andaluc�a, CSIC, SPAIN; ²Institut f�r Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe und Universit�t Karlsruhe, GERMANY; ³Institute of Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere, Research Center J�lich, GERMANY; ⁴Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GREECE; ⁵Stewart Radiance Laboratory, MA, UNITED STATES

15:20 NO2 Enhancements and Ozone Loss in the Middle Atmosphere during Polar Winters of 2002-2006

Sepp�l�, Annika; Kyr�l�, Erkki; Verronen, Pekka; Sofieva, Viktoria; Tamminen, Johanna; Hassinen, Seppo; Backman, Leif; Th�lix, Laura

Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND

3A4 - Troposphere and Air Quality

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room A

16:10 - 17:50

16:10 GOME and SCIAMACHY Observations of Variability and Trends in Tropospheric Constituents

Richter, Andreas; Heckel, Andreas; Wittrock, Folkard; Lee, Chulkyu; Burrows, John

University of Bremen, GERMANY

16:30 Trends and Seasonal Variability in Tropospheric NO2

van der A, Ronald¹; Eskes, Henk¹; Boersma, Folkert²; Dirksen, Ruud¹; De Smedt, Isabelle³; Van Roozendael, Michel³

¹KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ²Harvard University, UNITED STATES; ³BIRA-IASB, BELGIUM

16:50 An Eight-Year Record of Ozone Profiles and Tropospheric Column Ozone from GOME

Liu, Xiong; Chance, Kelly; Kurosu, Thomas

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, UNITED STATES

17:10 Tropospheric Ozone Information in GOME/OPERA Long-term Data Record

De Clercq, Coralie¹; Lambert, Jean-Christopher¹; Tuinder, Olaf²; van Oss, Roeland²

¹Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (IASB-BIRA), BELGIUM; ²Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), NETHERLANDS

17:30 Tropospheric Ozone from the Synergistic use of GOME/SCIAMACHY, MIPAS and ATSR Data

Siddans, Richard; Latter, Barry; Poulsen, Caroline; Kerridge, Brian

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM

08:40 Rockslide Hazards in Storfjorden, Western Norway - Application of InSAR and other Site Investigations

3B1 - InSAR Applications: Landslides
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room B
08:40 - 10:20

Lauknes, Tom R.¹; Dehls, John F.²; Blikra, Lars H.²; Larsen, Yngvar¹

¹Norut IT, NORWAY; ²Geological Survey of Norway/International Centre for Geohazards, NORWAY

09:00 Episodic Landslide Movement in Iceland Studied using SAR Interferometry

Jonsson, Sigurjon¹; Agustsson, Kristjan²

¹Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, SWITZERLAND; ²Icelandic Meteorological Office, ICELAND

09:20 SAR Interferometric Point Target Analysis and Interpretation of Aerial Photographs for Landslides Investigations in Ticino, Southern Switzerland

Strozzi, Tazio¹; Ambrosi, Christian²

¹Gamma Remote Sensing, SWITZERLAND; ²University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzlerland, SWITZERLAND

09:40 Monitoring of Lumnez Landslide with ERS and ENVISAT SAR Data

Raetzo, Hugo¹; Wegm�ller, Urs²; Strozzi, Tazio²; Marks, Florian³; Farina, Paolo³

¹Federal Office for the Environment, SWITZERLAND; ²Gamma Remote Sensing AG, SWITZERLAND; ³Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, ITALY

10:00 On the Use of PSInSAR to Characterize Coastal Instability

Farina, Paolo¹; Nicola, Casagli¹; Alessandro, Ferretti²

¹Earth Sciences Dept., University of Firenze, ITALY; ²TeleRilevamento Europa, TRE, ITALY

11:10 On the Potential of PS-InSAR for Monitoring Dikes in the Netherlands

3B2 - InSAR Applications: Subsidence
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room B
10:50 - 12:30

10:50 GMES Terrafirma: Validation of PSI for Users

Capes, Ren¹; Crosetto, Michele²; Marsh, Stuart³

¹Nigel Press Associates Ltd, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Institute of Geomatics, SPAIN; ³British Geological Survey, UNITED KINGDOM

Hanssen, Ramon F.; van Leijen, F.J.; Dentz, F.J.; Possel, B.M.J.; Samiei Estafahany, S; Slobbe, D.C.; van Halderen, L.M.; Wortel, T.P.

Delft University of Technology, NETHERLANDS

11:30 Applicability of PSInSAR for Building Hazard Identification. Study of the 29 January 2006 Katowice Exhibition Hall Collapse and the 24 February 2006 Moscow Basmanny Market Collapse

Perski, Zbigniew; Van Leijen, Freek

Delft University of Technology, NETHERLANDS

11:50 Application of ASAR Interferometry for the Motorway Deformations Assessment

Krawczyk, Artur¹; Perski, Zbigniew²

¹AGH University of Science and Technology, POLAND; ²TU Delft, NETHERLANDS

12:10 ERS and ENVISAT SAR Interferometry to Measure Land Subsidence in the Venice Lagoon on Natural and Artificial Point Targets

Teatini, Pietro¹; Strozzi, Tazio²; Tosi, Luigi³; Wegmuller, Urs²; Werner, Charles²; Carbognin, Laura³

¹DMMMSA - University of Padova, ITALY; ²Gamma Remote Sensing, SWITZERLAND; ³ISMAR - National Research Council, ITALY

14:20 Validation of persistent scatterers interferometry over a mining test site: results of the PSIC4 project

3B3 - InSAR Applications: Subsidence, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room B
14:00 - 15:40

14:00 SPN Examples of Subsidence Monitoring and Validation

Aranud, Alain¹; S�nchez, M.²; Miranda, N.²; Cooksley, G.²; Duro, J.²

¹ALTAMIRA INFORMATION, SPAIN; ²Altamira Information, SPAIN

Crosetto, M¹; Agudo, M¹; Raucoules, D²; Bourgine, B²; de Michele, M²; Le Cozannet, G²; Bremmer, C.³; Veldkamp, H³; Tragheim, D.⁴; Bateson, L⁴

¹Institute of Geomatics, SPAIN; ²BRGM, FRANCE; ³TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands, NETHERLANDS; ⁴BGS, UNITED KINGDOM

14:40 Structurally-controlled Urban Subsidence along the Mexican Volcanic Belt (MVB) Monitored by InSAR

Farina, Paolo¹; Avila-Olivera, Jorge Alejandro²; Gardu�o-Monroy, Victor Hugo³

¹Earth Sciences Dept., University of Firenze, ITALY; ²UNAM, MEXICO; ³Instituto de Investigaciones Metal�rgicas, UMSNH, MEXICO

15:00 Monitoring of Land Subsidence in Mashhad Valley, Northeast Iran, using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), Precise Leveling and Continous GPS

Motagh, Mahdi¹; Djamour, Yahya²; Walter, Thomas R.¹; Zschau, Jochen¹

¹GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ), GERMANY; ²National Cartography Center of Iran (NCC), IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

15:20 Detection, Characterisation, of Residual Mining Subsidence Using SAR Interferometry. Application to Nord/Pas-de-Calais Coalmine

Gueguen, Yann¹; Al Heib, Marwan²; Fruneau, Benedicte³; De Michele, Marcello⁴; Raucoules, Daniel⁴; Guise, Yves⁵; Planchenault, Jean⁶; Deffontaines, Benoit³

¹G2I-RNOS, FRANCE; ²INERIS-RNOS, FRANCE; ³UMLV-G2I, FRANCE; ⁴BRGM-ARN, FRANCE; ⁵BRGM, FRANCE; ⁶CdF, FRANCE

16:10 The Coherence Analysis for Detecting the Subsidence at Permanent Frozen Area in Qinhai-Tibetan Plateau

3B4 - InSAR Applications: Subsidence, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room B
16:10 - 17:50

Li, Zhen; C., Xie; X., Li

Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA

16:30 Measurement of Natural and Simulated Ground Motions using GPS Calibrated Trihedral Corner Reflectors, and Interferometric Analysis of ENVISAT and ERS Imagery

Tragheim, Douglas¹; Bateson, L.¹; Culshaw, M.¹; Gunn, D.¹; Leighton, J.²; Sowter, A.²

¹British Geological Survey, UNITED KINGDOM; ²IESSG, University of Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM

16:50 The Experience of the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia (ICC) on Continuous DInSAR Monitoring of Large Areas

Mora, Oscar; Arbiol, Roman; Pal�, Vicen�

Institut Cartografic de Catalunya (ICC), SPAIN

17:10 Ground Motion Measurement in the Lake Mead Area (Nevada, USA), by DinSAR Time Series Analysis : Probing of the Lithosphere Rheological Structure

Cavalie, O.¹; Doin, J.¹; Lasserre, C.¹; Briole, P.²

¹ENS, FRANCE; ²IPGP, FRANCE

17:30 Long-term Subsidence Monitoring in the Oslo Region using a Minimum Number of ERS Data

Weydahl, Dan Johan¹; Ramberg, Morten²

¹Norwegain Defence Research Establishment, NORWAY; ²University of Oslo, NORWAY

08:40 Global Validation of the (A)ATSR Meteo Product Sea-Surface Temperature at the Met Office

3C1 - A(A)TSR: Performance, New Algorithms and Products
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room C
08:40 - 10:20

Fennig, Karsten; Blackmore, T. A.; O'Carroll, A. G.; Saunders, R. W.

Met Office, UNITED KINGDOM

09:00 Validation of AATSR SSTs with SISTeR in the Skagerrak

Nightingale, Tim

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM

09:20 The Accuracy of SST Retrievals from AATSR: Synthesis and Integration of Comparisons to Buoys and Radiometers

Corlett, Gary

University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM

09:40 Three-way Error Analysis between AATSR, AMSR-E and in situ Sea Surface Temperature Observations

O'Carroll, Anne; Eyre, John; Saunders, Roger

Met Office, UNITED KINGDOM

10:00 Saharan Dust Corrections for the ENVISAT AATSR SST Product

Kong, Xin¹; Corlett, Gary¹; Noyes, Elizabeth¹; Remedios, John¹; Llewellyn-Jones, David¹; Merchant, Chris²; Embury, Owen²; Minnett, Peter³

¹Earth Observation Science, Space Research Centre, University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Science, University of Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM; ³RSMAS/MPO, University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, UNITED STATES

10:50 (A)ATSR Multimission Archive at the NEODC � Online Access to 80 Terabytes of High Quality SST Data in a Common Format

3C2 - A(A)TSR: Performance, New Algorithms and Products, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room C
10:50 - 12:50

Pritchard, Matt¹; Maddison, Brian²; Abolins, Jack²; Mutlow, Chris²

¹NEODC / RAL, UNITED KINGDOM; ²RAL, UNITED KINGDOM

11:10 Validation of the AATSR Land Surface Temperature Product in Inland Waters and Vegetated Surfaces

Coll, C.¹; Hook, S.²; Galve, J.M.¹

¹University of Valencia, SPAIN; ²Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UNITED STATES

11:30 AATSR Derived Land Surface Temperature over a Heterogeneous Region

Sobrino, Jos� A.¹; Soria, Guillem²; Jimenez-Mu�oz, J. C.²

¹Univeristy of Valencia, SPAIN; ²University of Valencia, SPAIN

11:50 Future Development of the Operational AATSR LST Product

Noyes, Elizabeth; Corlett, Gary; Remedios, John; Kong, Xin; Llewellyn-Jones, David

University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM

12:10 AATSR for Terrestrial Water Resource Assessment via Model-Data Assimilation

Paget, Matt; King, Edward; Briggs, Peter; Raupach, Michael

CSIRO, Marine and Atmospheric Research, AUSTRALIA

12:30 ATSR Wolrd Fire Atlas - and its 700 Users

Arino, Olivier¹; Casadio, Stefano²; Plummer, Stephen³

¹ESA, ITALY; ²SerCo, ITALY; ³IGBP, ITALY

14:00 Mapping Particulate Matter over Europe Using Ground-Based and Satellite Measurements

3C3 - Atmospheric Properties from Optical/Infrared
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room C
14:00 - 15:40

Koelemeijer, R.¹; van Noije, Twan¹; Schaap, Martijn²; de Leeuw, Gerrit²; Apituley, Arnoud³; Timmermans, Renske²; Matthijsen, Jan¹; Swart, Daan³; Schoemaker, Robin²; Builtjes, Peter²

¹Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, NETHERLANDS; ²TNO, NETHERLANDS; ³RIVM, NETHERLANDS

14:20 Retrieval of Particulate Matter Concentration (PM10) from MERIS Observation and Validation over Germany

von Hoyningen-Huene, Wolfgang¹; Kokhanovsky, Alexander A.¹; Rohen, G�nter¹; Dinter, Tilman¹; Vountas, Marco¹; Bovensmann, Heinrich¹; Burrows, John P.¹; Wichmann-Fiebig, Marion²

¹IUP, University of Bremen, GERMANY; ²Umweltbundesamt, GERMANY

14:40 How to Make Compatible Aerosol Products from Different Sensors

Santer, Richard¹; Aznay, Ouahid²

¹Universit� du Littoral ULCO, FRANCE; ²ULCO/Adrinord, FRANCE

15:00 Identifying Aerosol Dust Sources in the Sahara Using AATSR and ATSR-2

Grey, William; North, Peter; Los, Sietse

Swansea University, UNITED KINGDOM

15:20 AATSR Derived Aerosol Properties over Land

de Leeuw , Gerrit¹; Schoemaker, Robin¹; Curier, Lyana¹; Bennouna, Yasmine¹; Timmermans, Renske¹; Schaap, Martijn¹; Builtjes, Peter¹; Koelemeijer, Robert²

¹TNO, NETHERLANDS; ²MNP, NETHERLANDS

16:30 An Algorithm for the Retrieval of Cloud Top Pressure and Detection of Multi-Layer Clouds Using Combined MERIS and AATSR Observations

3C4 - Atmospheric Properties from Optical/Infrared, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room C
16:10 - 17:50

16:10 Retrieval of Atmospheric Properties Form MERIS

Fischer, J�rgen; Preusker, Rene; Leinweber, Ronny; Lindstrot, Rasmus

Free University of Berlin, GERMANY

Lindstrot, Rasmus; Preusker, Rene; Fischer, J�rgen

FU Berlin, GERMANY

16:50 Cloud Screening and Multitemporal Unmixing of MERIS FR Data

Gomez-Chova, L.¹; Zurita-Milla, R.²; Camps-Valls, G.¹; Guanter, L.¹; Clevers, J.²; Calpe, J.¹; Schaepman, M. E.²; Moreno, J.¹

¹University of Valencia, SPAIN; ²Wageningen University, NETHERLANDS

17:10 The Aerosol Optical Thickness Mapping from AATSR and MODIS Data for Land Area

Xue, Yong; Guo, Jianping; Wang, Ying

Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS, CHINA

17:30 DUE GlobAEROSOL: Validation of Global Aerosol Data from ATSR-2, AATSR and SEVIRI

Thomas, Gareth¹; Poulsen, Caroline²; Siddans, Richard²; Grainger, Don¹; Kerridge, Brian²; Gomez, Celestino³

¹University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM; ³GMV, SPAIN

08:40 Estmation of Rice Growth Parameter and Crop Phenology with Conjucntive use of RADARSAT and ENVISAT

3D1 - Agriculture and Vegetation
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room D
08:40 - 10:20

Choudhury, Indrani; Chakraborty, M.; Parihar, J. S.

Space Applications Centre, Indian Space research organization, INDIA

09:00 The AGRISAR Campaign: Monitoring the Vegetation Cycle using Polarimetric SAR Data

Hajnsek, Irena¹; Horn, Ralf¹; Scheiber, Rolf¹; Bianchi, Remo²; Davidson, Malcolm³

¹Microwaves and Radar Institute/ German Aerospace Center DLR, GERMANY; ²ESA ESTEC, ITALY; ³ESA ESRIN, NETHERLANDS

09:20 Fusion of Optical and SAR Satellite Data to Improve Land Cover Classification Accuracy

Riedel, Tanja; Thiel, Christian; Schmullius, Christiane

Friedrich-Schiller-University, GERMANY

09:40 Mapping Annual Crops with MERIS on Large Areas in Europe in the Frame of GMES Projects, for Serving Environmental Directives and Agricultural Policy

Cayrol, Pascale; Lef�vre, V�ronique; Poilv�, Herv�; Houdry, Patrick; Duthil, Philippe

Infoterra France SAS, FRANCE

10:00 Using ENVISAT to Characterize Growing Seasons over Large Areas

Verstraete, Michel; Gobron, Nadine; Aussedat, Ophelie; Pinty, Bernard; Robustelli, Monica; Taberner, Malcolm; Widlowski, Jean-Luc; Lavergne, Thomas

EC Joint Research Centre, ITALY

10:50 Applications of Remote-Sensing FAPAR Products for Carbon Flux Estimates

3D2 - Agriculture and Vegetation, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room D
10:50 - 12:30

Gobron, Nadine¹; Knorr, Wolfgang²; Pinty, Bernard¹; Aussedat , Ophelie¹; Taberner, Malcolm¹

¹European Commission � DG Joint Research Centre, ITALY; ²QUEST, Univ. Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM

11:10 A Method for the Detection of Solar-Induced Vegetation Fluorescence from MERIS FR Data

Guanter, Luis; Moreno, Jose

University of Valencia, SPAIN

11:30 Ecosystem Production Modelling in the Iberian Peninsula, using MERIS Datasets

Seixas, Julia¹; Carvalhais, Nuno¹; Nunes, Carla²; Rocha, Antonio Jose¹

¹Dep. Environmental Sci&Eng. - UNL, PORTUGAL; ²National School of Public Health - UNL, PORTUGAL

11:50 Using MERIS for Mountain Vegetation Mapping and Monitoring in Sweden

Reese, Heather; Olsson, Hakan

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SWEDEN

12:10 Quantifying Mediterranean Forest Productivity using Envisat MERIS Data and the CASA Model

Berberoglu, Suha¹; Donmez, Cenk¹; Curran, Paul J.²

¹Cukurova University, TURKEY; ²Bournemouth University, UNITED KINGDOM

14:00 Modelling Methane Emissions from Siberian High Arctic Environments - A Case Study for the Lena River Delta Region

3D3 - Land-use, Land-use Change and Forestry
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room D
14:00 - 15:40

Kirschke, Stefanie; Guenther, Kurt P.

German Aerospace Centre, GERMANY

14:20 Monitoring Dynamics of Landcover for a Wetland in Semi-arid Environment using ENVISAT MERIS Data

Seiler, Ralf; Csaplovics, Elmar

TU Dresden, GERMANY

14:40 Use of ASAR Multi Polarisation for Land use Discrimination Based on SVM Classification

Lardeux, C�dric¹; Frison, Pierre-Louis¹; Souyris, Jean-Claude²; Tison, C�line²; Stoll, Benoit³; Rudant, Jean-Paul¹

¹Universit� de Marne la Vall�e, FRANCE; ²CNES, FRANCE; ³Universit� de Polyn�sie Fran�aise, FRANCE

15:00 Random Forests for Classifying Multi-temporal SAR Data

Waske, Bjoern¹; Heinzel, Vanessa¹; Braun, Matthias¹; Menz, Gunter²

¹ZFL, University of Bonn, GERMANY; ²University of Bonn, GERMANY

15:20 Integrated Optical-Radar Observations of Climate-Relevant Land Surface Parameters for Boreal Ecosystems - The ENVISAT Challenge and Chance

Schmullius, Christiana¹; Bartalev, Sergey²

¹Friedrich Schiller University Jena, GERMANY; ²International Kosmos Institute (IKI), RUSSIAN FEDERATION

16:10 Forest Parameter Estimation by means of Polarimetric SAR Interferometry: Results, Conclusions and Recommendations from actual Experimental Campaigns and Studies

3D4 - Land-use, Land-use Change and Forestry, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room D
16:10 - 18:10

Papathanassiou, K.P.; Hajnsek, I.

German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY

16:30 Leaf Area Index Estimation of Boreal and Sub-Arctic Forest Using ENVISAT/ASAR Data of Various Swaths

Manninen, Terhikki¹; Stenberg, Pauline²; Rautiainen, Miina²; Voipio, Pekka³

¹Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND; ²University of Helsinki, FINLAND; ³Finnish Forest Research Institute, FINLAND

16:50 Comparison of Forest Biomass Estimates in Siberia using Spaceborne SAR, Inventory-Based Information and the LPJ Dynamic Global Vegetation Model

Santoro, Maurizio¹; Beer, Christian²; Wiesmann, Andreas¹; Shvidenko, Anatoly³; Schmullius, Christiane⁴

¹Gamma Remote Sensing, SWITZERLAND; ²Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, GERMANY; ³International Insitute for Applied Systems Analysis, AUSTRIA; ⁴Friedrich-Schiller University, GERMANY

17:10 Boreal Forest Stem Volume Estimation from Multitemporal C-Band InSAR Observations

Askne, Jan¹; Santoro, Maurizio²

¹Chalmers University of Technology, SWEDEN; ²Gamma Remote Sensing, SWITZERLAND

17:30 Analysis of ASAR APP Time Series over Siberia for Optimising Forest Cover Mapping - A GSE Forest Monitoring Study

Thiel, Carolin; Thiel, Christian; Schmullius, Christiane

Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, GERMANY

17:50 Automated Detection of Forest Changes over French Guiana Using ERS-1 and Asar Imagery

Henry, Jean-Baptiste¹; H�me, Tuomas¹; Rauste, Yrj�¹; Sirro, Laura¹; Ahola, Heikki¹; De Grandi, Frank²; Stach, Nicolas³; Mathias, Etienne⁴

¹VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, FINLAND; ²Joint Research Centre, ITALY; ³Inventaire Forestier National, FRANCE; ⁴CITEPA, FRANCE

3E1 - Geoid, Ocean Circulation and Coastal Zones

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room E

08:40 - 10:20

08:40 Toward The Accurate Estimation of the Ocean Absolute Dynamic Topography from Altimetry: Oceanographic Validation of Present (GRACE) and Future (GOCE) Geoid Models

Schaeffer, Philippe¹; Lemoine, Jean-Michel²; Larnicol, Gilles¹; Rio, Marie-Helene¹

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²CNES, FRANCE

09:00 Integration of Altimetry and GOCE Geoid for Ocean Modeling: Results from the GOCINA Project

Knudsen, Per¹; Team, GOCINA²

¹Danish National Space Center, DENMARK; ²DENMARK

09:20 Refining Global Marine Gravity Prediction from Satellite and Ships. DNSC06 Global Marine Gravity Field and Associated Bathymetry

Andersen, Ole¹; Knudsen, Per¹; Berry, P.²; Kenyon, S.³; Trimmer, Ron³

¹DNSC, DENMARK; ²De Montford University, UNITED KINGDOM; ³National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, UNITED STATES

09:40 Altimetric Mean Sea Surfaces (DNSC06-MSS) and Ocean Variability

Andersen, Ole; Knudsen, Per

DNSC, DENMARK

10:00 Arctic Sea Level Change from ERS and Envisat

Scharroo, Remko¹; Ridout, Andy²; Laxon, Seymour²; Smith, Walter³

¹Altimetrics LLC, Cornish NH, UNITED STATES; ²UCL/CPOM, London, UNITED KINGDOM; ³NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring MD, UNITED STATES

11:10 An Application of the Radon Transform to Study Planetary Waves in the Indian Ocean

3E2 - Geoid, Ocean Circulation and Coastal Zones, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room E
10:50 - 12:30

10:50 Sea Level Change in the Polar Oceans

Kuo, Chung-yen¹; Shum, C. K.²; Yi, Yuchan²; Braun, Alexander³

¹National Cheng Kung University, TAIWAN; ²Ohio State University, UNITED STATES; ³University of Calgary, CANADA

de la Rosa H�hn, Sara¹; Cipollini, Paolo²; Snaith, Helen M.²

¹Institute of Oceanography, University of Hamburg, GERMANY; ²National Oceanography Centre, Southamppton, UNITED KINGDOM

11:30 Meso-scale Oceanography of the Australian Region from Altimeters, Radiometers and Drifting Buoys

Griffin, David

CSIRO, AUSTRALIA

11:50 Mean Sea Surface Velocity Field of south Indian Ocean and the Mesoscale Variability Derived by Combining Drifter and Satellite Data

Peter, Benny¹; Daisuke, Ambe²; Imawaki, Shiro²

¹COCHIN UNIVERSITY, INDIA; ²Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, JAPAN

12:10 Coastal and Polar Ocean Tide Modeling

Yi, Yuchan¹; Shum, C.K.¹; Matsumoto, Koji²; Deng, Xiaoli³; Han, Shin-chan¹; Braun, Alexander⁴; Iz, Baki⁵

¹Ohio State University, UNITED STATES; ²National Astronomical Observatory, JAPAN; ³University of New Southwales, AUSTRALIA; ⁴University of Calgary, CANADA; ⁵Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HONG KONG

14:20 The Wet Tropospheric Correction for Altimetry in Coastal and Inland Water Regions

3E3 - Geoid, Ocean Circulation and Coastal Zones, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room E
14:00 - 15:40

14:00 Tides in Coastal Areas from Altimeter Data

Calkoen, Charles; Wensink, G. J. Han

ARGOSS, NETHERLANDS

Desportes, Charles¹; Obligis, Estelle¹; Eymard, Laurence²

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²CNRS/IPSL/LOCEAN, FRANCE

14:40 Hurricane Intensity Forecasting at NOAA using Envisat Altimetry

Lillibridge, John¹; Shay, Nick²; DeMaria, Mark³; Goni, Gustavo⁴; Mainelli, Michelle⁵; Scharroo, Remko⁶; Russell, Lamar⁷

¹NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, Silver Spring, MD 20910, UNITED STATES; ²University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Miami, FL 33149, UNITED STATES; ³NOAA Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch, Fort Collins, CO 80523, UNITED STATES; ⁴NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL 33149, UNITED STATES; ⁵NOAA National Hurricane Center, Tropical Prediction Center, Miami, FL 33165, UNITED STATES; ⁶Altimetrics LLC, Cornish, NH 03745, UNITED STATES; ⁷U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529, UNITED STATES

15:00 Analysis of Extreme Low Pressure Events like Hurricanes and Extra-Tropical Storms Thanks to Altimetry

Mertz, Fran�oise¹; Carrere, Loren¹; Dorandeu, Jo�l¹; Guijarro, Juan²; Chung Chi, Lin²

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²Estec/ESA, NETHERLANDS

15:20 Envisat - Taking the Measure of North Atlantic Storms

Quartly, Graham¹; Poulsen, Caroline²; Guymer, Trevor³

¹National Oceanography Centre, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM; ³Inter Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology, UNITED KINGDOM

16:10 A Comparison of Two Altimeter Wave Period Algorithms against Data from a N E Pacific Buoy

3E4 - Wind and Wave/Sea State Modelling
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room E
16:10 - 17:50

Carter, David

Satellite Observing Systems, UNITED KINGDOM

16:30 Towards Air/Sea CO2 Fluxes from Space

Challenor, Peter¹; Byfield, Valborg¹; Woolf, David²; Fangohr, Susanne¹

¹National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ²University of the Highlands and Islands, UNITED KINGDOM

16:50 Assessment and Improvement of Wave Modelling at Global Scales, Using Buoy, Altimeter and SAR Measurements

Queffeulou, Pierre¹; Ardhuin, Fabrice²; Chapron, Bertrand¹; Collard, Fabrice³; Lefevre, Jean-Michel⁴; Skandrani, Chafih⁴

¹IFREMER, FRANCE; ²SHOM, FRANCE; ³BOOST Technologies, FRANCE; ⁴M�t�o France, FRANCE

17:10 Ku-Band Radar Altimeter Surface Wind Speed Algorithm

Abdalla, Saleh

ECMWF, UNITED KINGDOM

17:30 Investigation of Large Scale and Regional Features of Wave Heights from Altimeter Measurements

Queffeulou, Pierre

IFREMER, FRANCE

08:40 Review of ASAR Instrument Performance and Product Quality Evolution

3F1 - Radar Performances, New Products and Algorithms
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room F
08:40 - 10:20

Rosich, Betlem¹; Meadows, P. J.²; Monti-Guarnieri, A.³; Tranfaglia, M.⁴; Santuari, M.⁴

¹ESA ESRIN, ITALY; ²2BAE SYSTEMS Advanced Technology Centre, UNITED KINGDOM; ³Politecnico di Milano, ITALY; ⁴Serco Spa, ITALY

09:00 ERS-2 SAR performance, product evolution and interferometric exploitation of zero gyro mode data

Rosich, Betlem¹; Meadows, P.J.²; Pilgrim, A.²; Tranfaglia, M.³

¹ESA ESRIN, ITALY; ²BAE Systems Advance Technology, UNITED KINGDOM; ³Serco Spa, ITALY

09:20 Global Automatic Orthorectification of ASAR Products in ESRIN GPOD

Cossu, R.¹; Fusco, L.¹; Brito, F.²; Goncalves, P.²; Lavalle, M.¹

¹Esa Esrin, ITALY; ²Terradue Srl, ITALY

09:40 Optimizing Azimuth Antenna Steering: beyond TOPSAR

Davide, D'Aria; Fabio, Rocca

Politecnico di Milano, ITALY

10:00 Multi-Target-Multi-Image Technique for SAR Antenna Pattern Estimation

Fabio, Rocca¹; Paola, Rizzoli¹; Christian, Rossi²; Davide, Giudici¹

¹Politecnico di Milano, ITALY; ²aresys, ITALY

11:10 Global Redeployment of the EnviSat ASAR Transponders for Around Orbit Calibration

3F2 - Radar Performances, New Products and Algorithms, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room F
10:50 - 12:30

10:50 ALOS PALSAR Verification Processor

Pasquali, Paolo¹; Monti Guarnieri, Andrea²; D'Aria, Davide³; Costa, Leonardo³; Small, David⁴; Jehle, Michael⁴; Rosich, Betlem⁵

¹Sarmap s.a., SWITZERLAND; ²Politecnico di Milano, ITALY; ³Aresys S.R.L., ITALY; ⁴Remote Sensing Laboratories -University of Z�rich, SWITZERLAND; ⁵ESA - ESRIN, ITALY

Goetz, Christoph¹; Jackson, Harry²; Rosich, Betlem³; Tranfaglia, Massimo⁴; Meadows, Peter⁵; Canela, Miguel⁶; Lorza-Pitt, Rafael⁶; Viau, Pierre⁶

¹RHEA/RheaTech Ltd., UNITED KINGDOM; ²SERCO FM BV., NETHERLANDS; ³ESA/ESRIN, ITALY; ⁴SERCO S.p.A., ITALY; ⁵BAE Systems Advance Technology Centre, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁶ESA/ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

11:30 Automatic Image-to-Image Registration of Near Real-Time Sar Images

Wessel, Birgit; Huber, Martin; Roth, Achim

German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY

11:50 Geometric and Radiometric Correction of ESA SAR Products

Small, David¹; Schubert, Adrian²; Meier, Erich²; Rosich, Betlem³

¹University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND; ²Remote Sensing Laboratories, University of Z�rich, SWITZERLAND; ³ESA-ESRIN, ITALY

12:10 Validation and assimilation of upgraded ASAR level 2 wave products

Aouf, Lofti¹; Lefevre, Jean Michel²; Collard, Fabrice³; Chapron, Bertrand⁴

¹Meteo France, FRANCE; ²Division Marine et Oceanographie Meteo France, FRANCE; ³Boost Technologies, FRANCE; ⁴Laboratoire d'Oceanographie Spatiale IFREMER, FRANCE

14:20 Envisat WS Repeat Pass ScanSAR Interferometry in ROI_PAC Applied to Deformation Studies

3F3 - ASAR Wide Swath: Algorithms & Results
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room F
14:00 - 15:40

14:00 WSS Product Verification using Derived Image Mosaics

Schubert, Adrian¹; Small, David¹; Rosich, Betlem²; Meier, Erich¹

¹Remote Sensing Laboratories, SWITZERLAND; ²ESA-ESRIN, ITALY

Rosen, Paul; Fielding, Eric

Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Inst. of Technology, UNITED STATES

14:40 Using Anisotropic Diffusion for Coherence Estimation

Aspert, Fran�ois¹; Pasquali, Paolo²; Thiran, Jean-Philippe¹; Cantone, Alessio²

¹Ecole Polytechnique F�d�rale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, SWITZERLAND; ²Sarmap S.A., Cascine di Barico, 6989 Purasca, SWITZERLAND

15:00 Monitoring deformation in Afar, Ethiopia, using Envisat Wide-Swath Interferometry

Wright, Tim¹; Pasquali , Paolo²; D'Aria, Davide³; Monti Guarnieri , Andrea⁴; Hamling, Ian¹

¹University of Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Sarmap s.a., SWITZERLAND; ³ARESYS s.r.l., ITALY; ⁴Electronic Department - Politecnico di Milano, ITALY

15:20 Monitoring surface deformation in active margin settings with the ScanSAR technique using Wide Swath ENVISAT data

Anderssohn, J.; Kaufmann, H.

GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, GERMANY

16:30 Application of Envisat ASAR and MERIS Imagery for Monitoring Sustainable Development of the Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada

3F4 - EOMD
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room F
16:10 - 18:10

16:10 Developing the EO Value Adding Business and Industry

Bally, Philippe¹; Campbell, Gordon¹; Cataldo, Mariangela²; Coulson, Stephen¹; Grabak, Ola¹; Mathieu, Pierre Philippe¹

¹ESA ESRIN, ITALY; ²SERCO, ITALY

Dean, Andy¹; Mangin, Antoine²; Hughes, Simon¹; Tsui, Olivier¹; Syed, Aneeqa¹; Dow, Duncan³; Gibbons, Wade¹; Boivin, Thomas¹

¹Hatfield Consultants Ltd., CANADA; ²ACRI-st, FRANCE; ³RTL Consulting, CANADA

16:50 EO-HYDRO: An Earth Observation Service for Hydropower Plant Management

Tampellini, Lucia¹; Ober, Giovanna¹; Vescovi, Fabio Domenico¹; Strozzi, Tazio²; Vincent, Pierre³; Eikvil, Line⁴; Malnes, Eirik⁵

¹CGS, ITALY; ²Gamma, SWITZERLAND; ³VIASAT, CANADA; ⁴NR, NORWAY; ⁵NORUT, NORWAY

17:10 Monitoring Mining Induced Ground-movements using SAR Interferometric Techniques

Wegm�ller, Urs¹; Petrat, Lutz²; Schlautmann, Michael²; Strozzi, Tazio¹; Busch, Wolfgang³; Al-Enezi, Abdullah⁴; Deutschmann, Joachim⁵; Hoffmann, Frank⁶; Paar, Wim⁷; Schade, Marco⁸; Spreckels, Volker⁵; Staisch, Holger⁹; Kuchenbecker, Rainer¹⁰; Schafer, Michael¹¹; Maly, Reinhard¹²; Benecke, Norbert²

¹Gamma Remote Sensing AG, SWITZERLAND; ²Deutsche Montan Technologie GmbH, GERMANY; ³Technische Universit�t Clausthal, GERMANY; ⁴Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, KUWAIT; ⁵Deutsche Steinkohle AG, GERMANY; ⁶Vattenfall Europe Mining AG, GERMANY; ⁷Akzo Base Chemicals bv, NETHERLANDS; ⁸Lausitzer und Mitteldeutsche Bergbau- Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, GERMANY; ⁹RWE WWE Netzservice GmbH, GERMANY; ¹⁰Deutsche Montan technologie GmbH, GERMANY; ¹¹Technische Universitat Clausthal, GERMANY; ¹²Cavity GmbH, GERMANY

17:30 Earth Observation Data Assimilation in Marine Biogeochemical Forecasting in Support of the Fish Farming Community in the Sea of Chilo�, Chile

Tornfeldt S�rensen, Jacob V.¹; Hansen, Lars Boye²; Erichsen, Anders C.¹; Rasmussen, Michael Schultz²

¹DHI Water & Environment, DENMARK; ²Geographic Resource Analysis and Science A/S, DENMARK

17:50 Near-surface Characterization from Remote Sensing Data

Laake, Dr. Andreas¹; Insley, Dr. Martin²

¹WesternGeco, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Infoterra, UNITED KINGDOM

08:40 Overview of Science Results of Aura's Ozone Monitoring Instrument

Room G

3G1 - Research with the Ozone Monitoring Instrument
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room G
08:40 - 10:20

Levelt, P. F.¹; Bhartia, P. K.²; Tamminen, J.³; Veefkind, J. P.¹; Dobber, M. R.¹

¹KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ²NASA-GSFC, UNITED STATES; ³FMI, FINLAND

09:00 Validation Results from the Joint ESA KNMI NIVR Calibration and Validation Announcement of Opportunity for the Ozone Monitoring Instrument

Kroon, Mark¹; Brinksma, Ellen²; Zehner, Claus³; Carpay, Joost⁴; Levelt, Pieternel²

¹Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute [KNMI], P.O. Box 201, NL-3730 AE De Bilt, NETHERLANDS; ²Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute [KNMI], NETHERLANDS; ³European Space Agency [ESA], ESRIN, ITALY; ⁴Netherlands Agency for Space Research [NIVR], NETHERLANDS

09:20 Total Ozone Measurement from Space- Issues and Challenges

Bhartia, Pawan

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, UNITED STATES

09:40 Measurements of HCHO, Glyoxal, BrO and OClO from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument on EOS Aura

Chance, Kelly¹; Kurosu, Thomas P.¹; Volkamer, Rainer²

¹Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, UNITED STATES; ²University of California at San Diego, UNITED STATES

10:00 Very Fast Delivery Products of OMI

Hassinen, Seppo¹; Tamminen, Johanna¹; Tanskanen, Aapo¹; Koskela, Tapani¹; Karhu, Juha M.¹; Lakkala, Kaisa¹; M�lkki, Anssi¹; Leppelmeier, Gilbert²; Aulamo, Osmo¹

¹Finnish Meteorological Institute, FINLAND; ²G & S Associates, FINLAND

11:10 New Insights into Volcanic Degassing from OMI and the A-Train

3G2 - Research with the Ozone Monitoring Instrument, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room G
10:50 - 12:30

10:50 SO2 Data from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)

Krotkov, Nickolay¹; Yang, Kai¹; Carn, Simon²; Bhartia, Pawan³; Krueger, Arlin²

¹Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Center,University of Maryland, Baltimore County, UNITED STATES; ²Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, UNITED STATES; ³Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, UNITED STATES

Carn, Simon¹; Krotkov, Nickolay¹; Krueger, Arlin¹; Hoff, Ray¹; Yang, Kai¹; Prata, Fred²

¹University of Maryland Baltimore County, UNITED STATES; ²Norwegian Institute for Air Research, NORWAY

11:30 Detecting Tropospheric NO2 from Space with the OMI Instrument

Dirksen, Ruud¹; Eskes, Henk¹; van der A, Ronald¹; Boersma, Folkert²

¹KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ²Harvard University, UNITED STATES

11:50 Global Measurements of Aerosol Absorption Using near UV Satellite Observations

Torres, Omar¹; Bhartia, Pawan²; Ahn, Changwoo³

¹University of Maryland, Baltimore County, UNITED STATES; ²NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, UNITED STATES; ³Science Systems and Applications Inc., UNITED STATES

12:10 OMI Observations of the 2006 Smog Episodes in Europe

Veefkind, Pepijn¹; Levelt, Pieternel¹; Eskes, Henk¹; Braak, Remco¹; Veihelmann, Ben¹; Gleason, Jim²; Brinksma, Ellen¹

¹KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ²NASA-GSFC, UNITED STATES

14:00 Operationalisation of a Multi User Concept for Satellite Based Oil and Ship Detection Services

3G3 - Detection and Monitoring of Oil Spills and Oil Slicks
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room G
14:00 - 15:40

Steinbakk, Line; Pedersen, Jan Petter; Bauna, Tony

Kongsberg Satellite Services, NORWAY

14:20 Complex Monitoring of Oil Pollution in the Baltic, Black and Caspian Seas

Kostianoy, Andrey¹; Lavrova, Olga²; Mityagina, Marina²; Bocharova, Tatyana²; Litovchenko, Konstantin³; Lebedev, Sergey⁴; Stanichny, Sergey⁵; Soloviev, Dmitry⁵; Sirota, Aleksandr⁶

¹P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ²Russian Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ³Russian Research Institute for Space Instrument-Making, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ⁴Geophysical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ⁵Marine Hydrophysical Institute, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, UKRAINE; ⁶Atlantic Research Institute for Fishery and Oceanography, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

14:40 Benefits of Operational Oceanography for Oil Spill Management

Jacq, Fabienne¹; Besnard, Sophie¹; Bahurel, Pierre²; Toumazou, Vincent²

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²MERCATOR-OCEAN, FRANCE

15:00 The Use of Satellite Imagery to Monitor Oil Pollution in Lebanon

Tarchi, Dario¹; Bulgarelli, Barbara²; Ferraro, Guido²; Fortuny, Joaquim²; Sieber, Alois²

¹EC- JRC, ITALY; ²EC JRC IPSC, ITALY

15:20 A GIS Approach to Mapping of Oil Spills in the Marine Environment

Ivanov, Andrei¹; Zatyagalova, Victoria²

¹P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology Russian Academy of Sciences RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ²Center Almaz, NPO Mashinostroenia, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

16:10 Remote Sensing of Slick as Indicators of Marine Processes in the Coastal Zone

3G4 - Detection and Monitoring of Oil Spills and Oil Slicks, cont.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Room G
16:10 - 17:50

Gade, Martin¹; Ermakov, Stanislav²; Lavrova, Olga³; Mitnik, Leonid⁴; da Silva, Jos�⁵; Woolf, David⁶

¹Universit�t Hamburg, GERMANY; ²Institute of Applied Physics, RAS, Nizhny Novgorod, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ³Space Research Institute, RAS, Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ⁴Pacific Oceanological Institute, RAS, Vladivostok, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ⁵Universidade de Lisboa, PORTUGAL; ⁶National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM

16:30 SAR Observations of Oil Spills and Natural Surface Slicks in the Black Sea

Malinovsky, Vladimir¹; Sandven, Stein²

¹Marine Hydrophysical Institute, UKRAINE; ²Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, NORWAY

16:50 Classifying Oil Spills and Look-alikes in ENVISAT ASAR Images

Brekke, Camilla¹; Solberg, A.²

¹Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, University of Oslo, NORWAY; ²University of Oslo, NORWAY

17:10 Dual-polarized SAR Data for Oil Spill Detection

Nunziata, Ferdinando¹; Gambardella, Attilio²; Migliaccio, Maurizio¹

¹Universit� degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, ITALY; ²Universit� degli Studi di Cagliari, ITALY

17:30 Generalised Algorithm for oil Spill Detection on ERS and ENVISAT SAR Imagery

Nirchio, Francesco¹; Di Tomaso, Simona²; Trivero, Paolo³; Biamino, Walter³

¹Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, ITALY; ²Consorzio INNOVA, ITALY; ³Universit� del Piemonte Orientale "Amedeo Avogadro", ITALY

3P1 - A(A)TSR: Performance, New Algorithms and Products

Poster Area

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

3P1.1 (A)RC Radiative Transfer and SST Retrieval

Embury, Owen; Merchant, Chris

University of Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM

3P1.2 (A)ATSR Re-Analysis for Climate - Cloud Clearing Methodology

Merchant, Chris

University of Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM

3P1.3 Towards a 12-Year Record of Global Aerosol Properties from ATSR-2 and AATSR

Grey, William; North, Peter; Los, Sietse

Swansea University, UNITED KINGDOM

3P1.4 An Accuracy Assessment of AATSR LST Data Using Empirical and Theoretical Methods

Noyes, Elizabeth; Corlett, Gary; Remedios, John; Kong, Xin; Llewellyn-Jones, David

University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM

3P1.5 Long Term Validation of AATSR SSTs Using the M-AERI

Corlett, Gary¹; Minnett, Peter²; Noyes, Elizabeth¹; Remedios, John¹; Llewellyn-Jones, David¹

¹University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM; ²University of Miami, UNITED STATES

3P1.6 vomir.esrin.esa.int: Over 300 Volcanoes Monitored in Real-Time by AATSR

Colin, Olivier; Rubio, Miguel; Mathot, Emmanuel
ESA Esrin, ITALY

3P2.2 Estimation of Crop Yield by the Combined use of Optical and Microwave Remote Sensing Time Series

3P2 - Agriculture and Vegetation
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

3P2.1 Effects of Scale on Vegetation Index Products

Knudsen, Thomas

Danish National Space Center, DENMARK

Heinzel, Vanessa¹; Waske, Bj�rn¹; Braun, Matthias¹; Menz, Gunter²

¹ZFL, University Bonn, GERMANY; ²University Bonn, GERMANY

3P2.3 Contributions to Precision Agriculture through High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing in Southern Europe

Garc�a-Torres, Luis; Pe�a-Barrag�n, Jose-Manuel; L�pez-Granados, Francisca; Jurado-Exp�sito, Montse; G�mez-Casero, Maria-Teresa

Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, SPAIN

3P2.4 Relationship between the MERIS Vegetation Indices and Crop Yield for the State of South Dakota, USA

Dash, Jadunandan¹; Curran, Paul²

¹University of Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Bournemouth University, UNITED KINGDOM

3P2.5 Monitoring Agricultural Activities Using ASAR ENVISAT Data

Tavakkoli Sabour, Seyed Mohammad; Lohmann, Peter; Soergel, Uwe

Institute of Photogrammetry and Geoinformation, GERMANY

3P2.6 Supervised Wishart Classifier for Rice Mapping using Multi-temporal ENVISAT ASAR APS Data

Chen, Erxue X.¹; Li, Z. Y.¹; Tan, B. X.¹; Pang , Y.¹; Tian, X.¹; Li, B. B.²

¹Institute of Forest Resources Information Technique, CAF., CHINA; ²Institute of Agriculture Modernization, Jiangsu Academy of Agriculture Sciences, CHINA

3P2.7 Monitoring Drought Conditions in the Mediterranean Areas Using Moderate and Coarse Resolution Satellite Data

F.Javier, Garc�a-Haro¹; M. Amparo, Gilabert¹; Fernando, Belda²; Demetrio, Segarra¹; Beatriz, Martinez¹; Aleixandre, Verger¹; Joaqu�n, Meli�¹

¹University of Valencia, SPAIN; ²Instituto Nacional de Meteorolog�a, SPAIN

3P2.8 Using MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (MTCI) Global Composites to Estimate 'Season Length'

Dash, Jadunandan¹; Lankester, Thomas²

¹University of Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Infoterra Ltd., UNITED KINGDOM

3P3.1 Optimising EnviSat ASAR interferometry opportunities by orbit maintenance

3P3 - ASAR Wide Swath: Algorithms and Results
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Rosich, Betlem

ESA Esrin, ITALY

3P3.2 Multitaper Based Spectral Filters for ScanSAR Interferometry

Larsen, Yngvar; Engen, Geir

Norut IT, NORWAY

3P3.3 ASAR Wide Swath Mode Interferometry: Optimisation of the scan pattern synchronisation

Rosich, Betlem¹; Monti Guarnieri, Andrea²; D'Aria, Dario³; Duesmann, Berthyl⁴; Navas, Ignacio⁵; Vazzana, Sergio¹

¹ESA ESRIN, ITALY; ²Politecnico di Milano, ITALY; ³Aresys s.r.l, ITALY; ⁴ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS; ⁵RHEA, NETHERLANDS

3P4.1 Software Package SCIATRAN 2.1 - New Developments in the Radiative Transfer Modeling and the Retrieval Technique

3P4 - Atmosphere: Algorithms Developments and Methods
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Rozanov, Alexei; Rozanov, Vladimir; Burrows, John P.

Institute of Environmental Physics/Institute of Remote Sensing, University of Bremen, GERMANY

3P4.2 Data Processing and Quality Control Activities in Support to the MIPAS Mission

Niro, Fabrizio¹; Fehr, Thorsten²

¹Serco - DPQC, ITALY; ²ESRIN - ESA, ITALY

3P4.4 The FRESCO+ Cloud Algorithm for GOME and SCIAMACHY: Improvement and Validation

Wang, Ping; Stammes, Piet

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), NETHERLANDS

3P4.5 Assimilation of Limb Radiances from MIPAS at ECMWF Using 1d and 2d Radiative Transfer Models

Bormann, Niels; Healy, Sean B.; Hamrud, Mats

ECMWF, UNITED KINGDOM

3P4.6 The New GOME/ERS-2 Level 1 Products

Loyola, Diego; Aberle, Bernd; Slijkhuis, Sander; Ruppert, Thomas; Zimmer, Walter

German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY

3P4.7 Improved Spectroscopic Data for Nitric Acid and First Observation of Atmospheric H¹⁵NO3 in MIPAS Spectra

Flaud, Jean-Marie¹; Brizzi, Gabriele²; Carlotti, Massimo²; Perrin, Agnes¹; Ridolfi , Marco²

¹Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Syst�mes Atmosph�riques (LISA), CNRS, Universit�s Paris 12&7, FRANCE; ²Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica e Inorganica, Universit� di Bologna, ITALY

3P4.8 Total Ozone Retrieval Improvements for the Future GOME Data Processor

Loyola, Diego¹; Van Roozendael, Michel²; Spurr, Rob³; Balis, Dimitris⁴; Lambert, Jean-Christopher²; Kaifel, Anton⁵; Pflug, Bringfried¹; Valks, Pieter¹; Butenko, Leonid¹; Zimmer, Walter¹; Ruppert, Thomas¹

¹German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY; ²Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA), BELGIUM; ³RT Solutions, Inc., UNITED STATES; ⁴Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), GREECE; ⁵Zentrum f�r Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung(ZSW), GERMANY

3P4.9 NNORSY Ozone Profile Retrieval from SCIAMACHY Nadir UV-VIS Spectra

Kaifel, Anton¹; Kaptur, Jasmine¹; Felder, Martin²

¹Zentrum f�r Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung (ZSW), GERMANY; ²Leibniz Computing Center, GERMANY

3P4.10 Results of a New Straylight Correction for SCIAMACHY

Slijkhuis, Sander¹; Snel, Ralph²; Lichtenberg, Guenter¹; Aberle, Bernd¹; Kretschel, Klaus¹; von Bargen, Albrecht¹

¹DLR, GERMANY; ²SRON, NETHERLANDS

3P4.11 Overview of MIPAS Operational Products

MIPAS Quality Working Group,

ITALY

3P4.12 Data Processing and Quality Control Activities in Support to the SCIAMACHY Mission

Dehn, Angelika¹; Fehr, Thorsten²

¹Serco S.p.A, ITALY; ²ESRIN/ESA, ITALY

3P4.13 Combined Ozone retrieval using the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) and the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES)

Waymark, Claire; Dudhia, Anu; Barnett, John; Taylor, Fred; Piccolo, Chiara

University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM

3P4.14 A New Method for Inverse Problems in Stellar Occultation

COT, Charles¹; Hauchecorne, Alain²

¹CNRS, FRANCE; ²CNRS/IPSL/Service d'A�ronomie, FRANCE

3P4.15 Comparison of the Inversion Algorithms Applied to the Ozone Vertical Profile Retrieval from SCIAMACHY Limb Measurements

Rozanov, Alexei¹; Eichmann, Kai-Uve¹; von Savigny, Christian¹; Bovensmann, Heinrich¹; Burrows, John P.¹; von Bargen, Albrecht²; Doicu, Adrian²; Hilgers, Siegfried²; Godin-Beekmann, Sophie³; Leblanc, Thierry⁴; McDermid, Stuart⁴

¹Institute of Environmental Physics/Institute of Remote Sensing, University of Bremen, GERMANY; ²German Aerospace Center (DLR) Oberpfaffenhofen, GERMANY; ³Service d'A�ronomie - CNRS, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, FRANCE; ⁴Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UNITED STATES

3P4.16 New Global Ozone Profile Climatology Based on GOME Data - Static and Dynamic Approach

Kaptur, Jasmine S.; Kaifel, Anton K.

Zentrum f. Sonnenenergie- u. Wasserstoff-Forschung (ZSW), GERMANY

3P4.17 Future Data Analysis Techniques for Atmospheric Remote Sensing Measurements: First Steps towards Grid Computing

Hoffmann, Lars¹; Kaufmann, Martin¹; Spang, Reinhold¹; Riese, Martin¹; Moore, David²; Remedios, John²

¹Forschungszentrum J�lich, GERMANY; ²University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM

3P4.18 Neural Network Algorithms for the Retrieval of Ozone Concentration Profiles from ENVISAT-SCIAMACHY Measurements

Sellitto, Pasquale¹; Del Frate, Fabio¹; Burini, Alessandro²

¹Earth Observation Laboratory, DISP, Tor Vergata University of Rome, ITALY; ²GEO-K srl, ITALY

3P4.19 Design of Neural Network Algorithms for the Retrieval of Tropospheric Ozone from Satellite Data

Del Frate, Fabio; Sellitto, Pasquale; Solimini, Domenico

Earth Observation Laboratory, DISP, Tor Vergata University of Rome, ITALY

3P4.20 Quality Assessment of GOMOS Level2 Products

Guirlet, Marielle¹; GOMOS Quality Working Group,²

¹ACRI-ST, FRANCE; ²FRANCE

3P4.21 Data Processing and Quality Control Activities in Support to the GOMOS Mission

Saavedra de Miguel, Lidia¹; Fehr, Thorsten²

¹Serco S.p.A, ITALY; ²ESA-ESRIN Frascati, ITALY

3P4.22 New Reference Atmospheres and IG2 Climatologies for MIPAS

Leigh, Roland J.; Remedios, John J.; Waterfall, Alison M.

University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM

3P4.23 Current Retrieval and Intercomparisons Results of SCIAMACHY Nighttime NOx

Amekudzi, Leonard K.¹; Bramstedt, Klaus²; Bracher, Astrid¹; Rozanov, Alexej¹; Bovensmann , Heinrich¹; Burrows, John P.¹

¹Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing (IUP), GERMANY; ² Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, GERMANY

3P4.24 MERIS and GOMOS 2nd Global Mission Reprocessing

Barrot, Gilbert

ACRI-ST, FRANCE

3P4.25 A Joint CO, Vibrational Temperature Retrieval from MIPAS

Walker, Joanna; Dudhia, Anu

Oxford University, UNITED KINGDOM

3P4.26 Information operator Approach and Iterative Regularization Methods for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

Doicu, Adrian¹; Hilgers, Siegfried²; von Bargen, Albrecht²; Rozanov, Alexei³; Eichmann, Kai-Uwe³; von Savigny, Christian³; Burrows, John³

¹DLR-German Aerospace Center, GERMANY; ²German Aerospace Center, GERMANY; ³Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, GERMANY

3P4.27 Improved SCIAMACHY WFDOAS Total Ozone Retrieval: Steps towards Homogenising Long-Term Total Ozone Datasets from GOME and SCIAMACHY

Weber, Mark¹; Lamsal, Lok Nath²; Burrows, John¹

¹University of Bremen FB1, GERMANY; ²Dalhousie University, CANADA

3P4.28 Operational SCIAMACHY Level 1b-2 Off-line Processor: Total Vertical Columns for Ozone and NO2 and Cloud Products

von Bargen, Albrecht¹; Schroeder, Thomas¹; Kretschel, Klaus¹; Hess, Michael¹; Lerot, Christophe²; Van Roozendael, Michel²; Vountas, Marko³; Kokhanovsky, Alexander³; Lotz, Wolfhardt³; Bovensmann, Heinrich³

¹German Aerospace Center, GERMANY; ²Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, BELGIUM; ³University of Bremen, GERMANY

3P4.29 DRACULA -Advanced Retrieval Tool for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

Doicu, Adrian¹; Schreier, Franz²; Hilgers, Siegfried²; von Bargen, Albrecht²

¹DLR-German Aerospace Center, GERMANY; ²German Aerospace Center, GERMANY

3P4.30 Near-real-time Estimation of Spectral Surface Albedo from GOME/ERS-2 and GOME-2/MetOP Measurements

Pflug, B.; Loyola, D.; Valks, P.; Zimmer, W.

DLR - Remote Sensing Technolgy Institute, GERMANY

3P5.1 Remote Sensing of Cloud-aerosol Effects from ENVISAT-AATSR Data: A Case Study over the South of Portugal

3P5 - Atmospheric Properties from Optical/Infrared
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Santos, Dina; Costa, Maria-Joao; Bortoli, Daniele; Silva, Ana Maria

Evora Geophysics Centre (CGE), University of Evora, Rua Romao Ramalho 59, 7000-671 Evora, PORTUGAL

3P5.2 MODIS Aerosol Optical Properties over North Italy for Estimating Surface-Level PM2.5

Di Nicolantonio, W.¹; Cacciari, A.¹; Bolzacchin, E.²; Ferrero, L.²; Volta, M-L.³; Pisoni, E.³

¹Carlo Gavazzi Space S.p.A @ ISAC-CNR, ITALY; ²Universit� di Milano Bicocc, ITALY; ³Universit� di Brescia, ITALY

3P5.3 A New Aerosol Climatology for Aerosol Remote Sensing over Ocean

Aznay, Ouahid¹; Zagolski, Francis¹; Santer, Richard²; Yahi, Houda³

¹ADRINORD/Universit� du Littoral (ULCO), FRANCE; ²Universit� du Littoral (ULCO), FRANCE; ³ADEME/Universit� du Littoral (ULCO), FRANCE

3P5.4 A Comparison of MERIS Aerosol Products to the Gotland AERONET Data from 2002

Kratzer, Susanne¹; Moore, Gerald²

¹Stockholm University, SWEDEN; ²Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM

3P5.5 Aerosol Retrievals over Land and sea Surfaces using Combined Satellite Measurements from MSG-SEVIRI and ENVISAT-AATSR

Bennouna, Yasmine; de Leeuw, Gerrit

TNO Defence, Security and Safety, NETHERLANDS

3P5.6 The Effect of Sensor Resolution on the Number of Cloud-free Observations from Space

Krijger, J. M.¹; van Weele, M.²; Aben, I.³; Frey, R.⁴

¹SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, NETHERLANDS; ²KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, NETHERLANDS; ³SRON Space Research Netherlands, NETHERLANDS; ⁴Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite, UNITED STATES

3P5.7 GOSAT Calibration Plan

Shiomi, Kei¹; Kawakami, Shuji¹; Kina, Tomoko¹; Yoshida, Mayumi²; Sekio, Nami²; Mitomi, Yasushi²; Kataoka, Fumie²

¹Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAPAN; ²Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, JAPAN

3P5.8 Cloud Structures

Paperin, Micheal¹; Brockmann, Carsten¹; Fischer, J�rgen²; Preusker, Rene²

¹Brockmann Consult, GERMANY; ²Freie Universit�t Berlin Institut f�r Weltraumwissenschaften, GERMANY

3P5.9 Urban Aerosol Mapping using ENVISAT MERIS

Retalis, Adrianos¹; Sifakis, Nicolaos²

¹National Observatory of Athens, IERSD, GREECE; ²National Observatory of Athens, ISARS, GREECE

3P5.10 "DUE Contrails": Contrail Cirrus Coverage and Radiative Forcing Derived from Satellite Data

Mannstein, Hermann¹; Krebs, Waldemar¹; Jelinek, Frank²; Pinnock, Simon³

¹Deutsches Zentrum f�r Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), GERMANY; ²EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre, FRANCE; ³ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

3P5.11 A Dual-View Optimal Estimation Scheme for Aerosol Retrieval Using AATSR Data

Sayer, Andrew; Grainger, D.; Thomas, Gareth

University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM

3P5.12 Air Quality Monitoring with MERIS: PM10

Santer, Richard¹; Aznay, Ouahid¹; Ramon, Didier²

¹Universit� du Littoral Cote d'Opale, FRANCE; ²HYGEOS, FRANCE

3P6.1 Estimation of the Ocean Tide Effect on the Altimetric Measurements

3P6 - Geoid, Ocean Circulation and Coastal Zones
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Rami, Ali¹; Khelif, M'hamed²; Kahlouche , Salem¹; Dennoukri, Toufik¹

¹National Centre of Space Techniques; ²Abou Bakr Belkaid University, Faculty of Science Engineering 13000 Tlemcen Algeria

3P6.2 GOCE, GUT and Operational Ocean Modelling

Knudsen, Per

Danish National Space Center, DENMARK

3P6.3 Monitoring the Ocean Surface Circulation Variability from Global Observed Surface Current Products: The SURCOUF Products

Rio, Marie-H�l�ne; Faug�re, Yannice; Dibarboure, Gerald; Larnicol, Gilles

CLS, FRANCE

3P6.4 Improving the Quality of Satellite Altimetry Data over Area of High Frequency Variability

Larnicol, Gilles¹; Pujol, Isabelle²; Volkov, Denis³; Caballero, Ainhoa⁴

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²INGV, ITALY; ³CLS, ESTONIA; ⁴AZTI, SPAIN

3P6.5 An Assessment of Satellite Altimetry in Proximity of the Mediterranean Coastline

Fenoglio-Marc, Luciana¹; Vignudelli, Stefano²; Cipollini , Paolo³; Becker, Matthias¹; Fehlau, Maraike¹

¹Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, GERMANY; ²Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Area Ricerca San Cataldo, Pisa, ITALY; ³National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM

3P6.6 On the Quality of Real Time Altimetric Maps : Comparison with in-situ Data

Larnicol, Gilles¹; Pascual, Ananda²; Boone, Christine¹; Dibarboure, Gerald¹

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²IMEDEA, SPAIN

3P6.7 Residual Tide Analysis in Shallow Water - Contributions of ENVISAT and ERS Altimetry

Savcenko, Roman; Bosch, Wolfgang

DGFI, GERMANY

3P6.8 X-track, a New Processing Tool for Altimetry in Coastal Areas

Roblou, Laurent¹; Le Henaff, Matthieu²; Maraldi, Claire²

¹NOVELTIS, FRANCE; ²LEGOS, FRANCE

3P6.9 Making Radar Altimetry More Usable and Web-Interoperable in the Coastal Ocean

Vignudelli, Stefano¹; Cipollini, Paolo²; Snaith, Helen M.²; Venuti, Fabio²; Lyard, Florent³; Roblou, Laurent⁴; Kostianoy, Andrey⁵; Lebedev, Sergey⁶; Mamedov, Ramiz⁷

¹Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Biofisica, Area Ricerca CNR San Cataldo, 56127 Pisa, ITALY; ²National Oceanography Centre, European Way, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ³Laboratoire d'Etudes and G�ophysique et Oc�anographie Spatiale, 18 Av.Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse, FRANCE; ⁴Noveltis, Parc Technologique du Canal 2, Avenue de l'Europe 31520, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, FRANCE; ⁵P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Nakhimovsky Pr. 36, 117997 Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ⁶Geophysical Center, Molodezhnaya Str. 3, 119991 Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ⁷Institute of Geography, Center for Caspian Sea Problems, H. Javid Str. 31, AZ1143 Baku, AZERBAIJAN

3P6.10 High Resolution Altimetry Reveals New Characteristics of the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

Ablain, Michel¹; Dorandeu, Jo�l¹; Le Traon, Pierre-Yves²

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²Ifremer, FRANCE

3P7.1 Alpine Landslide Survey and Monitoring with Interferometric SAR Techniques in the Frame of the EC Framework 6 GMES Project ASSIST

3P7 - InSAR Applications: Landslides
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Wiesmann, Andreas¹; Wegmuller, Urs¹; Strozzi, Tazio¹; Rhyner, Jakob²; Meister, Roland²; Klingler, Christian³; Werner, Charles¹

¹Gamma Remote Sensing, SWITZERLAND; ²Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, SWITZERLAND; ³Alpine Safety and Information Center, AUSTRIA

3P7.2 Slope Movements Detected by ERS InSAR in a Periglacial Mountain Environment (Western Valais Alps, Switzerland)

Delaloye, Reynald¹; Lambiel, Christophe²; Lugon, Ralph³; Raetzo, Hugo⁴; Strozzi, Tazio⁵

¹Dept. of Geosciences, Geography, University of Fribourg, SWITZERLAND; ²Institute of Geography, University of Lausanne, SWITZERLAND; ³Univ. Institue Kurt B�sch, Sion, SWITZERLAND; ⁴Federal Office for the Environment, Bern, SWITZERLAND; ⁵Gamma Remote Sensing, G�mligen, SWITZERLAND

3P7.3 A Comparative Analysis of the DInSAR Results Achieved by the SBAS and SPINUA Techniques: a Case Study of the Maratea Valley, Italy

Wasowski , J.¹; Casarano, D.¹; Bovenga, F.²; Conte, D.²; Nutricato , R.²; Refice, A.³; Berardino , P.⁴; Manzo, M.⁵; Pepe, A.⁶; Zeni, G.⁵; Lanari, R.⁴

¹CNR-IRPI, ITALY; ²Dipartimento Interateneo di Fisica, Politecnico di Bari, ITALY; ³CNR ISSIA, ITALY; ⁴CNR IREA, ITALY; ⁵CNR IREA; Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Fisica dell�Ambiente, Universit� della Basilicata, ITALY; ⁶CNR IREA; Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica e delle Telecomunicazioni, Universit� di Napoli, ITALY

3P7.4 PREVIEW project: Differential SAR Interferometric Analisys of Alpine Landslides

Minati, Federico¹; Righini, Gaia²; Casagli, Nicola²; Costantini, Mario¹

¹Telespazio SpA, ITALY; ²Department of Earth Sciences, University of Firenze, ITALY

3P8.1 Land Subsidence in the Tehran Region as a Consequence of Steady Reservoir Discharge

3P8 - InSAR Applications: Subsidence
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Schenk, Andreas¹; Hoffmann, J�rn²

¹Technical University Berlin, GERMANY; ²German Aerospace Center, GERMANY

3P8.2 Application of InSAR to the Ground Deformation Studies in the Mexicali Valley, B.C., Mexico

Sarychikhina , Olga¹; Mellors, Rob²; Glowacka, Ewa¹; Vazquez Gonzalez, Rogelio¹

¹Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y Educaccion Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), MEXICO; ²San Diego State University (SDSU), UNITED STATES

3P8.3 Linear Deformation Rate Estimation Based on Coherent Point Target Interferometry

Ge, Daqing; Guo, Xiaofang; Wang, Yan; Wang, Yi; Yang, Suming

AGRS, CHINA

3P8.4 First Results of SAR Interferometry of Surface Deformation on Qeshm Island in the Straight of Hormoz

Nilforoushan, Faramarz¹; Rune Lauknes, Tom²; Talbot, Christopher¹

¹Uppsala University, SWEDEN; ²Norut IT, NORWAY

3P8.5 London subsidence InSAR. InSAR processing refinements, InSAR validation and InSAR results used as an objective basis to predict, model and map London Clay subsidence under Climate Change scenarios

Stow, Richard¹; Raclavsky, Konstantin²
¹EnviroScience UNITED KINGDOM;²Institute of Environmental Engineering CZECH REPUBLIC

3P9.1 GOFC-GOLD Activities towards Operational Land Cover Observations

3P9 - Land-use, Land-use Change and Forestry
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Sambale, Jacqueline; Schmullius, Chris; Herold, Martin

GOFC-GOLD, FSU Jena, GERMANY

3P9.2 Ecosystem Monitoring Development in the European Russian Tundra Based on SAR/ERS Data

Elsakov, Vladimir

Institute of Biology, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

3P9.3 A Comparison of MERIS and MODIS Data for Land Cover Characterization

Carr�o, Hugo; Caetano, M�rio

Portuguese Geographic Institute, PORTUGAL

3P9.4 Application of Remote Sensing in the Survey of Forest Ecosystem in Algerian Steppe

Zegrar, Ahmed

National Centre of Spaces Techniques, ALGERIA

3P9.5 Joint Use of ENVISAT ASAR and Radarsat-1 data in Land-Cover Classification using Multitemporal SAR Data

Park, Nowook¹; Chi, Kwanghoon¹; Kim, Younsoo²; Lee, Kwangjae²

¹Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF; ²Korea Aerospace Research Institute, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

3P9.6 Monitoring of Degradation and Drought in East Africa using ENVISAT MERIS

Klein, D.¹; Menz, Gunter²

¹Univerity of Bonn, GERMANY; ²University of Bonn, GERMANY

3P9.7 Monitoring of Forest Damage caused by Gipsy Moth in Hungary using ENVISAT MERIS Data (2005-2006)

N�dor, Gizella; L�szl�, Istv�n; Suba, Zsuzsanna

Institute of Geodesy Cartography and Remote Sensing, HUNGARY

3P9.8 The Irkutsk Regional Information System for Environmental Protection (IRIS)

Frotscher, Karsten; Thiel, Carolin

Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, GERMANY

3P9.9 Application of Remote Sensing Alsat-1 in Analysis of Ecological Ecosystem in Semi Arid Land, Algeria

Zegrar, Ahmed

National Centre of Spaces Techniques, ALGERIA

3P9.10 SEVESEO: EO-Based Services in Support to Industrial and Technological Risk Management

Meuleman, Koen¹; Lefebre, Filip²; Gontier, Eric¹; Knaeps, Els¹; Sterckx, Sindy¹; Paganini, Marc³

¹VITO-TAP, BELGIUM; ²VITO-IMS, BELGIUM; ³ESA, ITALY

3P9.11 Mapping and Identification of Forest Types/Eco-Systems in Lower Region of Kala Oya Basin and Flood Plain during Rainy Season Using GIS and RS

Vithanage, Jagath; Weerakoon , Devaka; Manawadu, Lasantha

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka., SRI LANKA

3P9.12 Forest Ecosystem Dynamics using SPOT and MODIS Satellite Images

Stagakis, Stavros; Markos, Nikos; Levizou, Efi; Kyparissis, Aris

University of Ioannina, GREECE

3P9.13 Spatial Unmixing of MERIS FR Data for Monitoring Vegetation Seasonal Dynamics

Zurita-Milla, Raul¹; Kaiser, Georg²; Clevers, Jan¹; Schneider, W²; Schaepman, Michael¹

¹Wageningen University, NETHERLANDS; ²University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, AUSTRIA

3P9.14 Which Spatial Aggregation Level is the Most Appropriate for Global Vegetation Monitoring?

Horion, St�phanie¹; Eerens, Herman²; Tychon, Bernard³; Cornet, Yves¹

¹Dept. Geography, University of Li�ge, BELGIUM; ²Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO), BELGIUM; ³Dept. Environmental Sciences and Management, University of Li�ge, BELGIUM

3P10.1 Assessment Of The ASAR Sensor Radiometric Quality In Comparison To ERS-2 And RADARSAT-1 SAR Data

3P10 - Radar Performances, New Products and Algorithms
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Zribi, Mehrez¹; Delorme, Arthur²

¹ CETP/CNRS, 10-12 av. de l'Europe, 78140 V�lizy, France, FRANCE; ²BRGM, FRANCE

3P10.2 ERS-2 Scatterometer: Instrument and Data Performances Assessment Since the Beginning of the Mission

Crapolicchio, Raffaele¹; Paciucci, A.¹; Lecomte, P.²

¹Serco spa, ITALY; ²ESA-ESRIN, ITALY

3P10.3 Analysis of Man-Made Target Detection in SAR Imagery

Wang, Changlin; Zhong, Xuelian

Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS, CHINA

3P10.4 Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Formation Process: Application to a Region of North Algeria

Smara, Youcef; Bouchemakh, Lynda; Akliouat, Hacene

University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumedienne, ALGERIA

3P10.5 Signal Error Analysis of Active Calibration via Transponder

Wang, W.Q.

Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA

3P10.6 SIB-ESS-C - A Spatial Data Infrastructure to facilitate Earth System Science in Siberia

Gerlach, Roman; Schmullius, Christiane; Hese, Soeren

Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, GERMANY

3P10.7 New DPQC Data Flow and Quality Control Concept

Sunda, Michela; Paciucci, Alessandra

Serco S.p.A, ITALY

3P10.8 Optimising EnviSat ASAR interferometry opportunities by orbit maintenance

Duesmann, Berthyl¹; Kuijper, Dirk²; Barat, Itziar¹

¹ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS; ²LOGICA UK, GERMANY

3P11.2 Space-based Observations of Air Pollution during Coffee Break and Lunch: (Why) are they Different?

3P11 - Research with the Ozone Monitoring Instrument
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Boersma, K. Folkert¹; Jacob, Daniel J.¹; Eskes, Henk J.²; van der A, Ronald J.²; Veefkind, J. Pepijn²; Yantosca, Robert M.¹

¹Harvard University, UNITED STATES; ²KNMI, NETHERLANDS

3P11.3 Validation Status of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument

Kroon, Mark¹; Brinksma, Ellen¹; McPeters, Richard²; Braak, Remco¹; Veefkind, Pepijn¹; Levelt, Pieternel¹

¹Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute [KNMI], NETHERLANDS; ²NASA Goddard Space Flight Center [GSFC], UNITED STATES

3P11.4 Aerosol Retrieval from OMI: Validation Results

Curier, R. L.¹; Veefkind, J. P.²; Braak, R.²; Torres, O.³; de Leeuw, G.¹

¹TNO Defense Security and Safety, NETHERLANDS; ²KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ³Goddard Earth Sciences Technology Center, UNITED STATES

3P11.5 Validation of Satellite NO2 and Aerosol during the Dandelions Campaigns

Brinksma, Ellen¹; Volten, Hester²; The Dandelions Team, (2005 and 2006)³

¹KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ²RIVM, NETHERLANDS; ³BIRA-IASB, IUP_Heidelberg,IUP_Bremen, TNO, NASA-GSFC, NETHERLANDS

3P11.6 Global Comparisons of Total O3 Columns from SCIAMACHY OL3.0 and Weighting Function DOAS (WFDOAS) Algorithm, OMI-TOMS and GOME WFDOAS

Bracher, Astrid; Weber, Mark; Lamsal, Lok N.; Bramstedt, Klaus; Burrows, John P.

University of Bremen, GERMANY

3P11.7 Validation of OMI TOMS-V8 Total Ozone Columns Using a Data Assimilation System

Migliorini, S.¹; Brugge, Roger²; O'Neill, Alan²

¹University of Reading, UNITED KINGDOM; ²DARC - University of Reading, UNITED KINGDOM

3P11.8 OMI Validation by Ground-based Remote Sensing: Ozone Columns and Atmospheric Profiles

Shavrina, Angelina; Pavlenko, Yakov; Veles, Alex

Main Astronomical Observatory of NASU, UKRAINE

3P12.1 SCIAMACHY Nighttime Limb Observations of Hydroxyl Airglow Emissions

3P12 - Upper Atmosphere
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Lehmann, C.¹; Kaufmann, M.¹; Hoffmann, L.¹; Riese, M.¹; von Savigny, C.²; Lopez-Puertas, M.³; Funke, B.³

¹Institut fuer Chemie und Dynamik der Geosphaere (ICG I), Forschungszentrum Juelich, GERMANY; ²Institut fuer Umweltphysik, Universitaet Bremen, Bremen, GERMANY; ³Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC, Granada, SPAIN

3P12.2 Observations of Nitrous Oxide 4.5 �m non-LTE Emission by MIPAS/Envisat

Bermejo-Pantale�n, Diego¹; Funke, Bernd¹; L�pez-Puertas, Manuel¹; von Clarmann, Thomas²; Stiller, Gabriele²; Grabowski, Udo²; H�pfner, Michael²

¹Instituto de Astrof�sica de Andaluc�a, CSIC, SPAIN; ²Institut f�r Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe und Universit�t Karlsruhe, GERMANY

3P12.3 Determination of Mesopause Temperature from GOMOS OH Emission Spectra

Hauchecorne, Alain¹; Bertaux, Jean-Loup¹; Moreels, Guy²

¹Service d'A�ronomie/IPSL, CNRS, UVSQ, UPMC, FRANCE; ²Observatoire de Besan�on, FRANCE

3P12.4 Detection and Characterization of the Mesospheric Sodium Layer Using SCIAMACHY Limb Measurements

Casadio, S.¹; Lang, Ruediger²; Zehner, Claus³

¹SERCO Italia, ITALY; ²Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, C/o EUMETSAT, Am Kavallerisand 31, 64295 Darmstadt, GERMANY; ³ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

3P12.5 Water Vapour and Methane non-LTE Parameters Derived from MIPAS on Board EnviSat

Koukouli, Maria Elissavet¹; Lopez-Puertas, Manuel²; Gil-Lopez, Sergio²; Funke, Bernd²; Milz, Mathias³; Grabowski, Udo³; Stiller, Gabriele³; von Clarmann, Thomas³

¹Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, GREECE; ²Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, SPAIN; ³Institut fuer Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, GERMANY

3P12.6 Analysis of Non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium CO 4.7 um Fundamental, Isotopic and Hot Band Emissions Measured by MIPAS on Envisat

Funke, Bernd¹; Lopez-Puertas, Manuel¹; Bermejo-Pantaleon, Diego¹; von Clarmann, Thomas²; Stiller, Gabriele²; Hoepfner, Michael²; Grabowski, Udo²; Kaufmann, Martin³

¹Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, SPAIN; ²Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GERMANY; ³Forschungszentrum Juelich, GERMANY

3P12.7 Mesospheric Retrievals from MIPAS

Dudhia, Anu; Millian Valle, Luis

University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM

3P13.1 Validation of a Regional Wave Model with Envisat and Buoy Observations

3P13 - Wind and Wave/Sea State Modelling
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Li, Jian-Guo; Holt, Martin

Met Office, UNITED KINGDOM

3P13.2 A Comparison of Monthly Mean Wave Heights from Topex, ERS-2 and Envisat Altimeter Data

Carter, David

Satellite Observing Systems, UNITED KINGDOM

3P13.3 A New Look at Ocean Wind and Waves with ENVISAT RA-2: Assessment and New Products

Gommenginger, Christine¹; Challenor, Peter¹; Gomez-Enri, Jesus²

¹National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ²University of Cadiz, s/n 11510 Puerto Real (Cadiz), SPAIN

3P13.4 Measuring Ocean Global Wave-Skewness using Envisat RA-2 Ocean Waveforms

Gomez-Enri, Jesus¹; Villares, Pilar¹; Gommenginger, Christine²; Srokosz, Meric²; Challenor, Peter²; Alonso, Jose Juan¹; Arias, Manuel¹; Catalan Perez-Urquiola, Manuel¹; Medina, Camilo¹

¹University of Cadiz, SPAIN; ²National Oceanography Centre, UNITED KINGDOM

3P14.1 Application of Envisat for the Mapping and Estimation of Natural Oil Seeps in the South Caspian Sea

3P14 - Detection and Monitoring of Oil Spill and Oil Slicks

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Zatyagalova, Victoria¹; Ivanov, Andrei²; Golubov, Boris³

¹NPO Mashinostroenia, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ²P. P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ³Institute of Dynamics of Geospheres, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

3P14.2 Exploiting Sun Glint Signatures from Meris and Modis Imagery in Combination to SAR Data to Detect Oil Slicks

Adamo, Maria¹; De Carolis, Giacomo²; De Pasquale, Vito²; Pasquariello, Guido²

¹University of Bari Dept. of Physics, ITALY; ²CNR-ISSIA, ITALY

3P14.3 A New Object-Oriented Methodology to Detect Oil Spills Using ENVISAT Images

Topouzelis, Kostas¹; Karathanassi, Vassilia²; Pavlakis, Petros³; Rokos, Demetrius²

¹EC - Joint Research Centre, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, SERAC Unit, ITALY; ²Laboratory of Remote Sensing, National Technical University of Athens, GREECE; ³Hellenic National Centre of Marine Research, GREECE

3P14.4 Detection and Discrimination of Sea Surface Films in the Coastal Zone of Northeastern Black Sea using SAR Data

Mityagina, Marina; Lavrova, Olga; Bocharova, Tatiana

Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

3P15.1 DInSAR Ground Movement Monitoring in the Rural Environment of an Open Pit Mining Area

3P15 - EOMD
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Sch�fer, Michael; Walter, Diana; Busch, Wolfgang

Clausthal University of Technology, GERMANY

Day 4 (Thursday 26 April)

08:40 A Combined GOME and SCIAMACHY Global Water Vapour Data Set

4A1 - Troposphere and Air Quality
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room A
08:40 - 10:20

No�l, Stefan; Mieruch, Sebastian; Bovensmann, Heinrich; Burrows, John P.

University of Bremen, GERMANY

09:00 Biogeoscience Review of the SCIAMACHY Results

Muller and the SCIAMACHY team, Christian

Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, BELGIUM

09:20 Evidence for Long-range Transport of Carbon Monoxide in the Southern Hemisphere from SCIAMACHY Observations

Gloudemans, Annemieke¹; Krol, Maarten¹; Meirink, Jan Fokke²; de Laat, Jos³; van der Werf, Guido⁴; Schrijver, Hans¹; van den Broek, Miranda¹; Aben, Ilse¹

¹SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, NETHERLANDS; ²Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (IMAU), NETHERLANDS; ³KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ⁴Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Free University of Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS

09:40 Satellite Chartography of Atmospheric Methane from SCIAMACHY onboard ENVISAT

Frankenberg, Christian¹; Gloudemans, Annemieke²; Meirink, Jan Fokke³; Wagner, Thomas⁴; Houweling, Sander³; Bergamaschi, Peter⁵; Aben, Ilse²; Schrijver, Hans²

¹Netherlands Institute for Space Research, NETHERLANDS; ²SRON, NETHERLANDS; ³IMAU, NETHERLANDS; ⁴IUP Heidelberg, GERMANY; ⁵JRC Ispra, ITALY

10:00 Three Years of SCIAMACHY Carbon Dioxide and Methane Column Averaged Mixing Ratio Measurements

Schneising, Oliver¹; Buchwitz, Michael²; Bovensmann, Heinrich²; Burrows, John P.²

¹University of Bremen FB1, Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), GERMANY; ²University of Bremen FB1, IUP, GERMANY

10:50 Identification of Tropospheric Trace Gas Sources: Synergistic use of Satellite Observations

4A2 - Troposphere and Air Quality, cont.
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room A
10:50 - 12:30

Marbach, Thierry¹; Beirle , Steffen²; Frankenberg, Christian³; Platt, Ulrich⁴; Wagner, Thomas²

¹Max Planck Institut fur Chemie, GERMANY; ²MPI for Chemistry also at IUP Heidelberg, GERMANY; ³ESRON, NETHERLANDS; ⁴IUP Heidelberg, GERMANY

11:10 Carbon Monoxide Measurements from MIPAS on Envisat

Funke, Bernd¹; Lopez-Puertas, Manuel¹; Stiller, Gabriele²; von Clarmann, Thomas²; Fischer, Herbert²; Glatthor, Norbert²; Grabowski, Udo²; Hoepfner, Michael²; Kellamnn, Sylvia²; Linden, Andrea²; Milz, Mathias²; Steck, Tilman²

¹Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, SPAIN; ²Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GERMANY

11:30 Measuring Peroxyacetyl Nitrate from the MIPAS-E Instrument

Moore, David P.; Remedios, John J.

University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM

11:50 Southern Hemispheric Biomass Burning as seen by MIPAS: C2H6 and Ozone

von Clarmann, Thomas¹; Stiller, Gabriele¹; Milz, Mathias¹; Glatthor, Norbert¹; Funke, Bernd²; Grabowski, Udo¹; Hoepfner, Michael¹; Kellmann, Sylvia¹; Kiefer, Michael¹; Linden, Andrea¹; Steck, Tilman¹; Fischer, Herbert¹

¹Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GERMANY; ²Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (CSIC), SPAIN

12:10 Global HDO Measurements with MIPAS

Steinwagner, J�rg¹; von Clarmann, Thomas²; Milz, Mathias²; Glatthor, Norbert²; Grabowski, Udo²; Stiller, Gabriele²; F�glistaler, Stefan³; R�ckmann, Thomas⁴

¹Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg and Inst. for Meteorology and Climate Research,, GERMANY; ²Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research, Research Center Karlsruhe, GERMANY; ³Atmospheric and Climate Science ETH, Z�rich, SWITZERLAND; ⁴Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, GERMANY

14:20 The Relationship between Absorbing Aerosols and Clouds: A New Look from SCIAMACHY

4A3 - Aerosols and Clouds
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room A
14:00 - 15:40

14:00 Global SCIAMACHY Cloud Products

Kokhanovsky, Alexander; Rozanov, Vladimir; Vountas, Marco; Heinrich, Bovensmann; Burrows, John

University of Bremen, GERMANY

De Graaf, Martin¹; Tilstra, Gijsbert²; Aben, Ilse²

¹KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ²SRON, NETHERLANDS

14:40 Retrieval of Cloud Top Height from SCIAMACHY using Broad Band Spectometers and Absorptions of O2 and O4

Grzegorski, Michael¹; Deutschmann, Tim¹; Platt, Ulrich¹; Wagner, Thomas²

¹Institute of environmental physics, University of Heidelberg, GERMANY; ²Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz; also at Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg, GERMANY

15:00 Tropospheric and Stratospheric Measurements of key Atmospheric Compounds from the Ground and Space

Jones, Nicholas¹; Griffith, David¹; Guergova, Guergana¹; Paton-Walsh, Clare¹; Wilson, Stephen¹; De Maziere, Martine²; Vigouroux, Corinne²

¹University of Wollongong, AUSTRALIA; ²Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, BELGIUM

15:20 Aerosol Properties from OMI: Overview and Results of the Multi-wavelength Algorithm

Veihelmann, B.; Veefkind, J.P.; Braak, R.; Levelt, P.F.; de Haan, J.F.

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), NETHERLANDS

4A4 - Aerosols and Clouds, cont.

Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room A

16:10 - 17:50

16:10 Impact of Clouds on Tropospheric Trace Gas Retrievals

Beirle, Steffen¹; Deutschmann, Tim²; Grzegorski, Michael²; Platt, Ulrich²; Wagner, Thomas¹

¹MPI Mainz, GERMANY; ²IUP Uni Heidelberg, GERMANY

16:30 Investigating the Effect of Upper Tropospheric Clouds on Tropical MIPAS H2O and O3 Retrievals

Sembhi, Harjinder¹; Remedios, John J.¹; Greenhough, John¹; Raspollini, Piera²

¹University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Istituto di Fisica Applicata 'Nello Carrara' (IFAC), ITALY

16:50 MIPAS Aerosol Retrievals: Towards a Global Climatology of Multi-wavelength Extinctions and Aerosol Size Distribution Parameters

Spang, Reinhold¹; Hoffmann, Lars¹; Rohs, Susanne¹; Remedios, John²; Moore, David²; Riese, Martin¹

¹Research Centre Juelich, Institute for Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere, ICG I - Stratospher, GERMANY; ²EOS/SRC, University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM

17:10 Variational Assimilation of Aerosol Retrievals in an Aerosol Chemistry-Transport Model with Wild Fire Emissions

Elbern, Hendrik; Nieradzik, Lars

Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Cologne, GERMANY

17:30 Assimilation of Satellite-Based Aerosol Optical Depth in a Chemical Transport Model Using Aerosol Component Information

Schroedter-Homscheidt, Marion¹; Martynenko, Dmytro¹; Elbern, Hendrik²; Holzer-Popp, Thomas¹

¹DLR, GERMANY; ²Universit�t zu K�ln, GERMANY

09:00 Creep Motion along the Chaman Fault on the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border as Detected by InSAR Data

4B1 - InSAR Applications: Tectonics
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room B
08:40 - 10:20

08:40 Observing the Earthquake Cycle with InSAR

Parsons, Barry¹; Barisin, Ivana¹; Biggs, Juliet¹; Elliott, John¹; Ryder, Isabelle¹; Jackson, James²; Wright, Tim³

¹COMET, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM; ²COMET, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM; ³COMET, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM

Furuya, Masato¹; Satyabala, S. P.²; Szeliga, Walter³; Bilham, Roger³

¹Earthquake Res. Inst., Univ. of Tokyo, JAPAN; ²National Geophysical Research Institute, INDIA; ³Univ. Colorado at Boulder, UNITED STATES

09:20 Earthquake and Fault Interactions in Southwest Asia, from SAR Interferometry and Image Offsets

Fielding, Eric¹; Lundgren, Paul¹; Funning, Gareth²; Burgmann, Roland²; Li, Zhenhong³; Pathier, Erwan⁴

¹Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, UNITED STATES; ²University of California, Berkeley, UNITED STATES; ³University College London, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁴LGIT-Universite Joseph Fourier, FRANCE

09:40 Generation of Three-Dimensional Deformation Map at Low Resolution Using a Combination of Spectral Diversity Via Least Square Approach

Erten, Esra; Reigber, Andreas; Hellwich, Olaf

TU Berlin Computer Vision and Remote Sensing, GERMANY

10:00 Studying Fault Activity in Dangxiong by Corner Reflector D-InSAR Technique

Zhang, Zhoushu¹; Muller, Jan-Peter²; Li, Zhenhong²; Zeng, Qiming³; Gong, Lixia¹

¹Institute of Crustal Dynamics, CEA, CHINA; ²University College London, UNITED KINGDOM; ³Peking University, CHINA

10:50 PSInSAR Results using ERS and Envisat Data in the Niigata Area

4B2 - InSAR Applications: Tectonics, cont.
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room B
10:50 - 12:30

Novali, Fabrizio¹; Ferretti, Alessandro¹; Rocca, Fabio²; Fumagalli, Alfio¹; Prati, Claudio²; Kuzuoka, Shigeki³; Mizuno, Toshimi⁴

¹Tele-Rilevamento Europa � T.R.E. S.r.l., ITALY; ²Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione - Politecnico di Milano, ITALY; ³ImageONE Co., LTD., JAPAN; ⁴OYO Corporation, JAPAN

11:10 Crustal Deformation and Fault Slip during the Seismic Cycle in the North Chile Subduction Zone, from GPS and InSAR (ERS and ENVISAT) Observations

De Chabalier, Jean-Bernard¹; Campos, Jaime²; Peyrat, Sophie¹; Armijo, Rolando¹; Ruegg, Jean-Claude¹; Charade, Olivier¹; Nercessian, Alexandre¹; Perez, A³; Bonvalot, Sylvain⁴; Vilotte, Jean-Pierre¹; Bouin, Marie-Paule¹; Bernard, Pascal¹; Chieh, Mohamed⁵

¹Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, FRANCE; ²Departamento de Geofisica, Universidad de Chile, CHILE; ³Universidad de Chile, CHILE; ⁴Institut de Recherche et de Developpement, FRANCE; ⁵California Institute of Techonology, UNITED STATES

11:30 ERS and ENVISAT Investigation of Strain Accumulation on the Southern San Andreas Fault

Fialko, Yuri; Sandwell, David; Meng, Wei

UCSD, UNITED STATES

11:50 InSAR Time Series Analysis for Southern California

Lundgren, Paul; Fielding, Eric; Liu, Zhen; Lohman, Rowena; Gurrola, Eric

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, UNITED STATES

12:10 Current Trends in Research within the WInSAR Consortium

Zebker, Howard¹; WInSAR Consortium, (Various)²

¹Stanford University, UNITED STATES; ²US Research Institutions, UNITED STATES

14:00 Improved Source Imaging of the Kleifarvatn Earthquake, Iceland, through a Combined use of Ascending and Descending InSAR Data

4B3 - InSAR Applications: Tectonics, cont.
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room B
14:00 - 15:40

Sudhaus, Henriette; Jonsson, Sigurjon

ETH, SWITZERLAND

14:20 Post-Seismic Deformation in South Iceland Studied using Persistent Scatterer Interferometry

Jonsson, Sigurjon¹; Hoffmann, Joern²; Arnadottir, Thora³

¹ETH Zurich, SWITZERLAND; ²DLR, GERMANY; ³University of Iceland, ICELAND

14:40 The 2005 Afar (Ethiopia) Rifting Episode: Envisat Witnesses a Continent Splitting Apart

Wright, Tim¹; Ayele, Atalay²; Biggs, Juliet³; Buck, Roger⁴; Calais, Eric⁵; Ebinger, Cindy⁶; Hamling, Ian¹; Keir, Derek⁷; Lewi, Elias²; Qin, Ran⁴; Stork, Anna³; Yirgu, Gezahegn²

¹University of Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Addis Ababa University, ETHIOPIA; ³University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁴Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, UNITED STATES; ⁵Purdue University, UNITED STATES; ⁶University of Rochester, UNITED STATES; ⁷Royal Hollow University of London, UNITED KINGDOM

15:00 Tectonic and Volcanic Activity in the East African Rift System : Preliminary InSAR Results for the Tanganyika Earthquake (5th December 2005, M 6.8) and the Last Ol Doinyo Lengai Eruption (March 2006)

Kervyn, Fran�ois¹; d'Oreye, Nicolas²; Gonz�lez M�ndez, Pablo Jos�³

¹Royal Museum for Central Africa, BELGIUM; ²National Museum of Natural History, LUXEMBOURG; ³Institute of Astronomy and Geodesy (CSIC-UCM), SPAIN

15:20 Earthquake Prone Areas Monitored by Means of ENVISAT and ERS Data in the Frame of Eurorisk-Preview Project

Stramondo, Salvatore¹; Berardino, Paolo²; Buongiorno, Maria Fabrizia³; Lanari, Riccardo²; Costantini, Mario⁴; Bignami, Christian⁵

¹Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ITALY; ²Istituto di Rilevamento Elettromagnetico e Ambientale CNR, Napoli, ITALY; ³Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, ITALY; ⁴Telespazio S.p.A., Roma, ITALY; ⁵Universit� �La Sapienza�- Facolt� di Ingegneria, Roma, ITALY

16:10 InSAR Measurements of Volcanic Deformation at Etna using Meteorological Modelling for Atmospheric Correction

4B4 - InSAR Applications: Volcanoes
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room B
16:10 - 18:10

Holley, Rachel; Wadge, Geoff; Zhu, Min

ESSC, University of Reading, UNITED KINGDOM

16:30 A Two-Scale Ground Deformation Analysis by Exploiting ENVISAT Radar Data Via the SBAS DInSAR Technique: The Campi Flegrei Case Study

Berardino, Paolo¹; Casu, Francesco²; Fornaro, Gianfranco¹; Manunta, Michele²; Manzo, Mariarosaria³; Pepe, Antonio⁴; Pepe, Susi⁵; Sansosti, Eugenio¹; Serafino, Francesco¹; Solaro, Giuseppe⁶; Tizzani, Pietro¹; Zeni, Giovanni³

¹IREA-CNR, ITALY; ²University of Cagliari and IREA-CNR, ITALY; ³University of Basilicata and IREA-CNR, ITALY; ⁴University of Napoli, ITALY; ⁵Vesuvius Observatory and IREA-CNR, ITALY; ⁶Vesuvius Observatory, ITALY

16:50 Deformation due to Magma Movement and Ice Unloading at Katla Volcano, Iceland, detected by Persistent Scatterer InSAR

Hooper, Andrew; Pedersen, Rikke

Nordic Volcanological Center, ICELAND

17:10 Dynamic Deformation of Okmok Volcano (Alaska), Observed from ERS-1, ERS-2, JERS-1, Radarsat-1, and Envisat InSAR

Lu, Zhong; Dzurisin, Dan; Wicks, Chuck

USGS, UNITED STATES

17:30 Application of Interferometric Point Target Analysis to Izu-Oshima Volcano, Japan

Furuya, Masato

Earthquake Res. Inst., Univ. of Tokyo, JAPAN

17:50 InSAR Study and Monitoring of the Nyiragongo - Nyamuragira Volcanoes, Democratic Republic of Congo

d'Oreye, Nicolas¹; Kervyn, Fran�ois²; Fernandez, Jose³; Cayol, Val�rie⁴

¹National Museum of Natural History, LUXEMBOURG; ²Royal Museum for Central Africa, BELGIUM; ³Instituto de Astronomia y Geodesia, CSIC, SPAIN; ⁴Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, FRANCE

09:00 Time Series of Automatically Determined Chlorophyll-a in Swiss Lakes based on MERIS Data in 2003-2006

4C1 - Inland Water Quality
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room C
08:40 - 10:20

08:40 Satellite Monitoring of Lake Water Quality in Egypt

Puestow, Thomas¹; English, Jerry¹; Khan, Amir Ali²; Khan, Haseen²; Koponen, Sampsa³; Pyhalati, Timo⁴; ElGanzori, Akram⁵

¹C-CORE, CANADA; ²Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation, CANADA; ³Helsinki University of Technology, FINLAND; ⁴Finnish Environment Institute, FINLAND; ⁵Drainage Research Institute, EGYPT

Odermatt, Daniel; Nieke, Jens; Kneub�hler, Mathias; Itten, Klaus

RSL Remote Sensing Laboratories, SWITZERLAND

09:20 Comparison of the MERIS Products over Large European Lakes and Measured Data

Reinart, Anu; Alikas, Krista; Valdmets, Kristi; Ansko, Ilmar

Tartu Observatory, ESTONIA

09:40 Progresing in Validation of Inland Water Quality Algorithms using MERIS Sensor and in Synergy with other Multi and Hyperspectral Sensors in Spanish Waterbodies

Pe�a-Mart�nez, Ram�n; Dominguez-Gomez, Jos�-Antonio; Ruiz-Verd�, Antonio

Centre for Hydrographic Studies of CEDEX, SPAIN

10:00 Adjacency Effects and Bio-Optical Model Regionalisation: MERIS Data to Assess Lake Water Quality in the Subalpine Ecoregion

Giardino, Claudia¹; Candiani, Gabriele²; Brando, Vittorio Ernesto³

¹Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ITALY; ²CNR-Irea, ITALY; ³CSIRO-Land and Water, AUSTRALIA

10:50 Properties of Coastal Waters around the US: Preliminary Results Using MERIS Data

4C2 - Coastal Zones
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room C
10:50 - 12:50

Lee, ZhongPing¹; Hu, Chuanmin²; Gray, Deric¹; Arnone, Robert¹; Weidemann, Alan¹; Ray, Ricky¹

¹Naval Research Laboratory, UNITED STATES; ²College of Marine Science, UNITED STATES

11:10 Sediment and Chlorophyll Concentrations from Major Chinese Rivers using MERIS Imagery

Mulhearn, P. J.; Jones, Ian S. F.

University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA

11:30 Integration of Satellite Images with in situ Data and Modelling Tools to Support Water Quality Management: Value for Money to Water Utilities

P�voa, Carlos¹; Pina, Pedro²; Neves, Ramiro²

¹AdP, PORTUGAL; ²IST, PORTUGAL

11:50 Synergetic use of ASAR-MERIS data for coastal monitoring - SARIS

Pettersson, Lasse H; Dagestad, Knut-Frode

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, NORWAY

12:10 Novelty Detection - Recognition and Evaluation of Exceptional Water Reflectance Spectra

Schiller, Helmut; Schoenfeld, Wolfgang; Krasemann, Hajo; Schiller, Kathrin

GKSS-Research Centre, GERMANY

14:00 Assessment of Standard SeaWiFS, MODIS and MERIS Bio-Optical Products in Northern European Waters

4C3 - Ocean Colour
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room C
14:00 - 15:40

Tilstone, Gavin¹; Shutler, Jamie¹; Martinez-Vicente, Victor¹; Blondeau-Patissier, David²; Fishwick, James¹

¹Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM; ²CSIRO, Canberra, AUSTRALIA

14:20 Improving the Estimation of North Sea Primary Production: MERIS CHL in VGPM

Eleveld, Marieke A.¹; van der Woerd, Hans J.¹; Beck, Hylke²

¹VU - Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), NETHERLANDS; ²VU - Hydrology and Geo-environmental Sciences, NETHERLANDS

14:40 Primary Productivity Parameters of Coastal Waters derived from ENVISAT Data

Doerffer, Roland; Roettgers, Ruediger; Heymann, Kerstin; Schoenfeld, Wolfgang; Colijn, Franciscus

GKSS Research Center, GERMANY

15:00 A Novel Technique for Estimation of Primary Production Directly from Earth Observation Data: An Inherent Optical Property Approach

Barker, Kathryn¹; Lavender, Samantha¹; Smyth, Tim²; Aiken, Jim²

¹University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1 3DH, UNITED KINGDOM

15:20 Operational Oceanography Based MERIS Products and Data from Ships of Opportunity

S�rensen, Kai; Karud, Jan; Torbj�rn, Johnsen; Wehde, Henning; Durand, Dominique

Norwegian Institute for Water Research, NORWAY

16:10 A Global Survey of Intense Surface Plankton Blooms using MERIS MCI

4C4 - Ocean Colour, cont.
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room C
16:10 - 17:50

Gower, Jim¹; King, Stephanie¹; Goncalves, Pedro²

¹Institute of Ocean Sciences/Fisheries and Oceans Canada, CANADA; ²ESRIN/ESA, ITALY

16:30 Satellite Monitoring of Cyanobacterial Blooms in the Baltic Sea during the Period 1997-2006 - Results and Future Development

Hansson, Martin; H�kansson, Bertil

SMHI - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute - Oceanographic Unit, SWEDEN

16:50 Results of European Water quality Assessment Service of Marcoast

Mangin, Antoine¹; Fanton d'Andon, Odile¹; Garnesson, Philippe¹; Babin, Marcel²; Melin, Frederic³; Kaitala, Seppo⁴; Breton, Fran�oise⁵; Canalis, Aleix⁵; Siddorn, John⁶; Meiner, Andrus⁷; Gelabert, Eva⁷

¹ACRI-ST, FRANCE; ²LOV, FRANCE; ³JRC, ITALY; ⁴FIMR, FINLAND; ⁵ETC-TE, SPAIN; ⁶UKMO, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁷EEA, DENMARK

17:10 Regionalisation on the Adriatic Sea of Marcoast Products

Manunta, Paolo¹; De Pasquale, Vito²; Matarrese, Raffaella³; Pasquariello, Guido²

¹Planetek Italia srl, ITALY; ²CNR - ISSIA, ITALY; ³University of Bari Dept.Physics, ITALY

17:30 Phytoplankton Distribution and Light absorption from SCIAMACHY Data using Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy

Bracher, Astrid¹; Vountas, Marco¹; Dinter, Tilman¹; R�ttgers, R�diger²; Doerffer, Roland²; Burrows, John P.¹

¹University of Bremen, FB 1, Institute of Environmental Physics, GERMANY; ²Institute for Coastal Research GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, GERMANY

08:40 Monitoring Snow Cover on the Italian Alps with ENVISAT ASAR Data

4D1 - Hydrology and Soil Moisture
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room D
08:40 - 10:20

Pampaloni, Paolo; Brogioni, Marco; Macelloni, Giovanni; Paloscia, Simonetta; Pettinato, Simone; Santi, Emanuele

Institute of Applied Physics - IFAC-CNR, ITALY

09:00 A System for Operational Snowmelt Runoff Forecasting using Satellite Data

Nagler, Thomas¹; Rott, Helmut²; Malcher, Petra¹; M�ller, Florian¹; Pirker, Otto³

¹ENVEO IT GmbH, AUSTRIA; ²Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, AUSTRIA; ³Verbund AHP, AUSTRIA

09:20 Provision of Snow Information from Satellite Data for Central Europe within the GMES Activity PolarView

Bach, Heike¹; Appel, Florian¹; Mauser, Wolfram²

¹VISTA GmbH, GERMANY; ²University of Muncih, GERMANY

09:40 High Resolution Mapping of Soil Moisture and Snow Cover with ASAR/ENVISAT Images

Paloscia, Simonetta; Brogioni, M.; Macelloni, G.; Pampaloni, P.; Pettinato, S.; Santi, E.

CNR-IFAC, ITALY

10:00 Soil Moisture Determination using an ASAR Time Series

Barrett, Brian¹; Dwyer, Ned²; Whelan, Padraig¹; Bartlett, Darius¹

¹University College Cork (UCC), IRELAND; ²Coastal and Marine Resources Centre (UCC), IRELAND

10:50 Estimation of Soil Moisture from Multi-incidence ASAR-ENVISAT Radar Data

4D2 - Hydrology and Soil Moisture, cont.
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room D
10:50 - 12:30

ZRIBI, Mehrez¹; Baghdadi, Nicolas²

¹CETP/CNRS, FRANCE; ²BRGM, FRANCE

11:10 Soil Moisture and Vegetation Parameters Retrieval from Multi-temporal ASAR Data Acquired in Southern Italy

Mattia, Francesco; Satalino, Giuseppe; Balenzano, Anna

CNR-ISSIA, ITALY

11:30 New Inversion Method for Snow Density and Snow Liquid Water Content Retrieval using C-band Data from ENVISAT/ASAR Alternating Polarization in Alpine Environment

Niang, Mohamed¹; Dedieu, Jean-Pierre²; Durand, Yves³; Merindol, Laurent³; Bernier, Monique¹; Dumont, Marie⁴

¹INRS - ETE, CANADA; ²CNRS Edytem, FRANCE; ³CEN M�t�o-France, FRANCE; ⁴M�t�o-France, FRANCE

11:50 Retrieval of Soil Humidity by Means of SEVIRI-MSG Data , ENVISAT-ASAR Data and MODIS Data

Rossi, Gianluigi¹; Natali, Stefano¹; Iannetta , Massimo²; Marini , Alberto³

¹MEEO S.n.c., ITALY; ²ENEA CR Casaccia, ITALY; ³Universit� degli Studi di Cagliari, ITALY

12:10 Experimental 1km Soil Moisture Products from ENVISAT ASAR for Southern Africa

Wagner, Wolfgang¹; Pathe, Carsten¹; Sabel, Daniel¹; Bartsch, Annett¹; K�nzer, Claudia¹; Scipal, Klaus²

¹Vienna University of Technology, AUSTRIA; ²European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, UNITED KINGDOM

14:00 Recent Results about ASAR Observation of Wetland Marshes

4D3 - Wetlands and Water Dynamics
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room D
14:00 - 15:40

Karszenbaum, Haydee¹; Ferrazzoli, Paolo²; Guerriero, Leila²; Salvia, Mercedes¹; Kandus, Patricia³; Perna, Pablo¹; Grings, Francisco Matias¹

¹Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics, ARGENTINA; ²Universit� di Roma “Tor Vergata��, Facolt� di Ingegneria, Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemi, ITALY; ³Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEyN), Dpto. de Ecolog�a, G, ARGENTINA

14:20 Study of Ecosystem Dynamics in Sahelian Floodplains using Envisat ASAR C-band Data and ALOS PALSAR L-band Data

Westra, Toon; De Wulf, Robert

Ghent University, BELGIUM

14:40 Wetland Mapping in the West Siberian Lowlands with ENVISAT ASAR Global Mode

Bartsch, Annett; Pathe, Carsten; Wagner, Wolfgang

Vienna University of Technology, AUSTRIA

15:00 Multi-Temporal Analysis in the Niger Inland Delta Using ERS 1/2 and ASAR Data

Schmidt, Jana

University of Dresden, Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, GERMANY

15:20 Integrated Water Resouces Management for Zambia: Satellite-derived Geo-information to Support Policy- and Decision-making Processes

Nyambe, Imasiku A.¹; Kampata, Jonathan²; Mwasambili, Rees³; Phiri, George⁴; D�Hulst, Gregory⁵

¹University of Zambia, Geology Department in the School of Mines, ZAMBIA; ²Ministry of Energy and Water Development � Department of Water Affairs, ZAMBIA; ³Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Unit, Ministry of Local Government and Housing, ZAMBIA; ⁴Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, ZAMBIA; ⁵GIM, BELGIUM

16:10 Use of ENVISAT ASAR and ERS SAR Data for Flood Rapid Mapping

4D4 - Floods
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room D
16:10 - 17:50

Schneiderhan, Tobias; Hoffmann, J�rn; Huber, Martin; Zwenzner, Hendrik; Voigt, Stefan

German Aerospace Center (DLR), GERMANY

16:30 Synergy of High SAR and Optical Data for Flood Monitoring; the 2005-2006 Central European Floods Gained Experience

Yesou, Herve; Allenbach, Bernard; Andreoli, Remi; Battiston, Stephanie; Bestault, Claude; Clandillon, Stephen; Fellah, Kader; Meyer, Colette; Scius, Hubert; Tholey, Nadine; Fraipont de, Paul

SERTIT, FRANCE

16:50 ASAR Products Handling and Analysis for a quasi Systematic Flood Monitoring Service in G-POD

Cossu, R.¹ ;Bally, P.¹; Brito, F.²; Fellah, K.³; Goncalves, P.²; Fusco, L.¹

¹Esa Esrin, ITALY; ²Terradue Srl, ITALY; ³SERTIT, FRANCE

17:10 Multi-temporal SAR Data Analysis for Landcover, Water-Level Change, and Subsidence Studies in Southeastern Louisiana

Oh-ig, Kwoun; Lu, Zhong

SAIC / contractor to USGS EROS, UNITED STATES

17:30 Donn�es ENVISAT et Risques Naturels dans les �les du Sud ouest de l�Oc�an Indien

Amir, Ahmed¹; Rudant, Jean Paul¹; Rakotondraompiana, Solofo²; Naoildine, Houmadi³; AMIR, Ahmed³; AMIR, Ahmed²

¹Laboratoire des G�omat�riaux Institut francilien des G�osciences Universit� de Marne-La-val�e, FRANCE; ²Laboratoire de G�ophysique de l�Environnement et T�l�d�tection, IOGA, Universit� d'Antananarivo, MADAGASCAR; ³Centre National de Documentation et de Recherches Scientifiques, COMOROS

09:00 Application of ENVISAT and ERS Data to Flood Monitoring in Cloud-Prone and Rainy Area of China

4E1 - Dragon

Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room E

08:40 - 10:20

08:40 The Dragon Programme - Status and Achievements

Desnos, Yves Louis¹; Zengyuan, Li²; Zhihai, Gao²; Zmuda, Andy³

¹ESA, ITALY; ²Inst. of Forest Resources Information Techniques, CHINA; ³Serco Spa, ITALY

Li, Jiren; Huang, Shifeng; Li, Lin; Sun, Tao; Li, Xiaotao

China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, CHINA

09:20 Near Real Time Flood Monitoring in R.P. China during the 2005 and 2006 Flood and Typhoons Seasons Based on ENVISAT ASAR Medium and High Resolution Images

Yesou, Herve¹; Li , Jiren²; Malosti, Rita³; Andreoli, R�mi¹; Huang, Shifeng²; Cattaneo, Fabrizia⁴; Xin, Jingfeng²

¹SERTIT, FRANCE; ²IWHR, CHINA; ³SERCO SpA, support to the European Space Agency (ESA ESRIN), ITALY; ⁴ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

09:40 Monitoring Landslide Susceptibility in Three Gorges Area using Corner Reflector Differential Interferometry

Zeng, Qiming¹; Muller, Jan-Peter²; Li, Zhenhong²; Zhang, Jingfa³; Xue, Huaiping⁴

¹Peking University, CHINA; ²University College London, UNITED KINGDOM; ³China Seismological Bureau, CHINA; ⁴Chinese Academy of Science, CHINA

10:00 Accelerated Volcano Activities in North East China from Persistent Scatterers SAR Interferometry

Sun, Jianbao

Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA

10:50 Creation of Large Area Forest Biomass Maps for NE China Using ERS-1/2 Tandem Coherence

4E2 - Dragon, cont.
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room E
10:50 - 12:30

Cartus, Oliver¹; Santoro, Maurizio²; Schmullius, Christiane¹; Pang, Yong³; Li, Zengyuan³

¹Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, GERMANY; ²Gamma Remote Sensing AG, SWITZERLAND; ³Chinese Academy of Forestry, CHINA

11:10 Assessment and Update of Forest Classification Using Multi-Parameter Satellite SAR Data for NE China

Tian, Xin¹; Li, Zengyuan¹; Chen, Erxue¹; Schmullius, Christiane²; Desnos, Yves-Louis³; Zmuda, Andrew⁴

¹Chinese Academy of Forestry, CHINA; ²Friedrich-Schiller University, GERMANY; ³European Space Agency, FRANCE; ⁴Serco, ITALY

11:30 Multi-track PS Analysis in Shanghai

Perissin, Daniele¹; Prati, Claudio¹; Rocca, Fabio¹; Li, Deren²; Liao, Mingsheng²

¹Politecnico di Milano, ITALY; ²LIESMARS, Wuhan University, CHINA

11:50 Synergy of Low and Medium resolution ENVISAT ASAR and Optical Data for Lake Watershed Monitoring: Case Study of Poyang Lake (Jiangxi, P.R. China)

Andreoli, R�mi¹; Yesou, Herv�¹; Li, Jiren²; Desnos, Yves-Louis³

¹SERTIT, FRANCE; ²IWHR, CHINA; ³ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

12:10 Assessment of ENVISAT/ASAR Data for Rice Mapping and Crop Parameters Retrieval in China

Bouvet, Alexandre¹; Le Toan, Thuy¹; Tan, Bingxiang²; Li, Bingbai³; He, Wei²; Zhang, Pingping³

¹CESBIO, FRANCE; ²Chinese Academy of Forestry, CHINA; ³Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, CHINA

14:00 Land Cover/Land Use Classification Based on SAR Data in Southeast China

4E3 - Dragon, cont.
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room E
14:00 - 15:40

Ling, Feilong; Wang, Xiaoqin; Shi, Xiaoming

Fuzhou University, CHINA

14:20 MERIS Performance in the Yellow Sea: Evaluation of Atmospheric and Bio-optical Inversion Algorithms

He, Shuangyan¹; Li, Wei¹; Hu, Lianbo¹; Wang, Yunfei¹; Zhang, Tinglu¹; Fischer, Juergen²; Lee, Zhongping³; Hu, Chuanmin¹

¹Ocean University of China, CHINA; ²Freie Universitaet Berlin, GERMANY; ³Naval Research Lab, UNITED STATES

14:40 Study of Rain Events in the South China Sea by Synergetic use of Multi-sensor Satellite and Ground-based Meteorological Data

Alpers, Werner¹; Cheng, Chao Ming²; Shao, Yun³; Yang, Limin⁴

¹University of Hamburg, GERMANY; ²Hong Kong Observatory, HONG KONG; ³Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA; ⁴Chinese University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG

15:00 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting in China

Kelder, Hennie¹; Van der A, Ronald¹; Van Roozendael, Michel²; De Smedt, Isabelle²; Kourtidis, Kostas³; De Leeuw, Gerrit⁴; Zhang, Peng⁵; Wang, Pucai⁶; Van de Vel, Karen⁷; Buchwitz, Michael⁸; Zerefos, Christos⁹; Balis, Dimitris¹⁰

¹KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ²BIRA-IASB, BELGIUM; ³DUTH, GREECE; ⁴FMI, FINLAND; ⁵NSMC, CHINA; ⁶IAP-CAS, CHINA; ⁷VITO, BELGIUM; ⁸University of Bremen, GERMANY; ⁹NOA, GREECE; ¹⁰LAP-AUTH, GREECE

15:20 Rice Monitoring in China (The Dragon Project)

Le Toan, Thuy¹; Tan, Bingxiang²; Li, Bingbai³; Bondeau, Alberte⁴; Zhang, Wen⁵; Bouvet, Alexandre¹; He, Wei²; Zhang, Pingping³; Zhiming, Wang³; Yang, Shenbin³; Huang, Yao⁵; Li, Zengyuan²

¹CESBIO, FRANCE; ²Chinese Academy of Forestry, CHINA; ³Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, CHINA; ⁴PIK, GERMANY; ⁵Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS, CHINA

16:10 L-Band SAR Data Assimilation for Improved Land Surface Modelling

4E4 - Mapping and Cartography
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room E
16:10 - 17:50

Loew, Alexander¹; Hajnsek, Irena²; Hoekman, Dirk³; Vissers, Martin⁴

¹University of Munich, GERMANY; ²German Aerospace Center, GERMANY; ³Wageningen University, NETHERLANDS; ⁴SARVISION, NETHERLANDS

16:30 Temporal-Spectral Knowledge-based Classifier for SAR and Optical Data

Cantone, Alessio¹; Barbieri , Massimo¹; Holecz, Francesco¹; Baraldi, Andrea²

¹Sarmap, SWITZERLAND; ²Joint Research Centre, ITALY

16:50 Supervised Landuse Classification using ENVISAT Imagery by a Generalised Local Estimator Technique

Schulz, Karsten¹; Samaniego, Luis¹; Bardossy, Andras²

¹UFZ-Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig, GERMANY; ²University of Stuttgart, GERMANY

17:10 Change Detection through Joint Segmentation of SAR and Optical Images

Costantini, Mario¹; Lombardo, Pierfrancesco²; Orsomando, Federica²; Zavagli, Massimo¹

¹Telespazio SpA, ITALY; ²INFOCOM Department of �La Sapienza� University of Rome, ITALY

17:30 Time-varying Segmentation for Mapping of Land Cover Changes

Aspert, Fran�ois¹; Bach Cuadra, Meritxell¹; Cantone, Alessio²; Thiran, Jean-Philippe¹; Holecz, Francesco²

¹Ecole Polytechnique F�d�rale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, SWITZERLAND; ²Sarmap S.A., Cascine di Barico, 6989 Purasca, SWITZERLAND

08:40 Modelling Mass Balance and Climate Sensitivity of Glaciers using Satellite Data

4F1 - Glacier and Ice Sheet Mass Balance
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room F
08:40 - 10:20

Nagler, Thomas¹; Malcher, Petra¹; Bippus, Gabriele²

¹ENVEO IT, AUSTRIA; ²University of Innsbruck, AUSTRIA

09:00 Semi-Controlled Interferometric Mosaic Of The Largest European Glacier

Sharov, Aleksey¹; Nikolskiy, Dmitry²

¹Joanneum Research, AUSTRIA; ²Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

09:20 The correlation of glacier mass balance and SAR backscatter on Svartisen, Norway

Brown, Ian¹; Jackson, Miriam²; Engeset, Rune²

¹Stockholm University, SWEDEN; ²NVE, SWEDEN

09:40 Elevation Changes of the Greenland Ice Sheet Derived from ENVISAT Radar Altimeter Data

Zwally, Jay¹; Brenner, Anita²; Cornejo, Helen³; DiMarzio, John³; Yi, Donghui³

¹NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, UNITED STATES; ²Science Systems & Applications, Inc., UNITED STATES; ³SGT, Inc., UNITED STATES

10:00 Space and Time Topographic Signatures of Ice Sheet

R�my, Fr�d�rique; Legr�sy, Beno�t

CNRS, FRANCE

10:50 Measurements of Ice Motion in Antarctica and Greenland with Envisat ASAR I2 Background Mission

4F2 - Ice Sheet Mass Balance
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room F
10:50 - 12:30

Rignot, Eric

JPL, UNITED STATES

11:10 Icebergs in the Southern Ocean - Distribution and Drift

Young, Neal

ACE CRC and AGAD, AUSTRALIA

11:30 Precise Radar Altimetry and the Mass Balance of Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

Legresy, Benoit¹; Remy, Frederique¹; Lacroix, Pascal²; Blarel, Fabien¹; Testut, Laurent²

¹CNRS/LEGOS, FRANCE; ²LEGOS, FRANCE

11:50 Antarctic Elevation Changes from Envisat RA2 and ERS-2 Altimetry

Wallis, David; Wingham, Duncan

University College London, UNITED KINGDOM

12:10 Effects of Snow Properties on the Dual Frequency Radar Altimeter Signal of ENVISAT over the Amery Ice Shelf and the Antarctic Plateau

Lacroix, Pascal¹; Legresy, Benoit¹; Dechambre, Monique²; Coleman, Richard³; Remy, Frederique¹

¹LEGOS/CNRS, FRANCE; ²CETP/CNRS, FRANCE; ³Univ. of Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

14:00 Melt Extent and Pattern in Greenland and Antarctica from Envisat ASAR Global Monitoring Mode

4F3 - Ice Sheet and Glacier Processes
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room F
14:00 - 15:40

Luckman, Adrian

Swansea university, UNITED KINGDOM

14:20 Ice Dam Fluctuations at the Marginal Lake Gr�nal�n (Iceland) before and during a GLOF

Scharrer, Kilian¹; Mayer, Christoph²; M�nzer, Ulrich¹; Gudmundsson, �g�st³

¹Ludwig-Maximilians University, GERMANY; ²Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Commission for Glaciology, GERMANY; ³Fjark�nnun ehf, ICELAND

14:40 Surface Velocity of Swiss Alpine Glaciers from ERS SAR Interferometry

Strozzi, Tazio; Werner, Charles; Wegm�ller, Urs; Wiesmann, Andreas

Gamma Remote Sensing, SWITZERLAND

15:00 Monitoring Subglacial Outbursts using RA2 and ASAR

Sherperd, Andrew¹; Wingham, Duncan²

¹University of Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM; ²University College London, UNITED KINGDOM

15:20 Summer Surface Melting in a Coastal Region of Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, Detected from ENVISAT ASAR- Imagery

Lepp�ranta, Matti¹; Mattila, Olli-Pekka²

¹University of Helsinki, Department of Physical Sciences, Division of Geophysics, FINLAND; ²Univeristy of Helsinki, Department of Physical Sciences, FINLAND

16:10 Sea Ice Freeboard and Thickness from Space-borne Altimetry

4F4 - Sea Ice Mass Balance
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Room F
16:10 - 18:10

Laxon, Seymour; Farrell, Sinead; Giles, Katharine; Andrew, Ridout

UCL-CPOM, UNITED KINGDOM

16:30 Validation of Envisat Radar Altimetry over Arctic Sea Ice

Connor, Laurence N.¹; Krabill, William B.²; Laxon, Seymour³; McAdoo, David¹; Ridout, Andy³

¹NOAA/NESDIS, UNITED STATES; ²NASA GSFC Wallops Flight Facility, UNITED STATES; ³CPOM - University College London, UNITED KINGDOM

16:50 The Spatial Covariance of Estimates of Sea Ice Thickness from ERS radar Altimetry Measurements of ice Freeboard

Giles, Katharine; Laxon, Seymour

University College London, UNITED KINGDOM

17:10 Sea Ice Aerodynamic Roughness from SAR Imagery

Dierking, Wolfgang; Hartmann, Joerg; Luepkes, Christof

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, GERMANY

17:30 Ross Sea Polynyas: Response Of Ice Concentration Retrievals To Large Areas Of Thin Ice

Kwok, Ronald¹; Comiso, Josefino²; Martin, Seelye³; Drucker, Robert³

¹Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UNITED STATES; ²Goddard Space Flight Center, UNITED STATES; ³University of Washington, UNITED STATES

17:50 Ice Drift and Area Flux in the Fram Strait from ENVISAT ASAR Data

Sandven, Stein; Kloster, Kjell; Stette, Morten

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, NORWAY

Stravinski hall

4S1 - GMES
Thursday, April 26, 2007 �Stravinski hall
08:40 - 10:20

Program to be confirmed

4S2 � GMES, cont.
Thursday, April 26, 2007 �Stravinski hall
10:50 - 12:30

Program to be confirmed

14:00 The Global Monitoring for Food Security Project: Using ENVISAT MERIS and ASAR for Monitoring Agriculture in Africa

4S3 - GMES, cont.
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Stravinski hall
14:00 - 15:40

Bydekerke, Lieven¹; Holecz, Francesco²

¹VITO, BELGIUM; ²SARMAP, SWITZERLAND

14:20 Risk-Eos, flood and forest fire risk Information Service

Desmazieres, Yves

INFOTERRA, FRANCE

14:40 Marine and Coastal Environmental Information Services: MarCoast Project after 18 Months

Bruniquel, Jerome

Alcatel Alenia Space, FRANCE

15:00 Polar View - Earth Observation for Polar Monitoring

Puestow, Thomas¹; Randell, Charles¹; Fleming, Andrew²; Seina, Ari³

¹C-CORE, CANADA; ²British Antarctic Survey, UNITED KINGDOM; ³Finnish Institute of Marine Research, FINLAND

15:20 Terrafirma : Terrain motion mapping for Europe

Capes, Ren

NPA Group, UNITED KINGDOM

16:10 GSE Land geoinformation services for urban development, spatial planning, water quality and irrigation for Europe

4S4 - GMES, cont.
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Stravinski hall
16:10 - 17:50

Kunz, Steffen

INFOTERRA GmbH, GERMANY

16:30 GMES Service Element Forest Monitoring Activities

Haeusler, Thomas; Gomez, Sharon

GAF Ag, GERMANY

16:50 PROMOTE-2 - The GMES Service Element "Atmosphere"

Holzer-Popp, Thomas¹; Paliouras, Eleni¹; van Oss, Roeland²; van der A, Ronald²; Hoeller, Robert³; and the , PROMOTE-2 Team⁴

¹DLR, GERMANY; ²KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ³UBA-A, AUSTRIA; ⁴Various, GERMANY

17:10 RESPOND : geo-information services for Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Management

Vek, Nick

Infoterra, UNITED KINGDOM

17:30 Providing Maritime Monitoring Services in Spain within ESA GSE MARISS using ENVISAT ASAR

Gomez Cid, Celestino; Cicuendez Perez, Juan Ignacio

GMV Aerospace and Defence, SPAIN

4P1 � Aerosols, Clouds and UV

Poster Area

Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

4P1.1 Global Distribution of Atmospheric Photon Path Lengths Derived from GOME and SCIAMACHY

Wagner, Thomas¹; Beirle, Steffen¹; Grzegorski, Michael²; Deutschmann, Tim²; Platt, Ulrich²

¹MPI for Chemistry, Mainz, GERMANY; ²Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, GERMANY

4P1.2 Benefits and Limitations of Synergetic Aerosol Retrieval

Holzer-Popp, Thomas¹; Schroedter-Homscheidt, Marion¹; Breitkreuz, Hanne-Katarin²; Martynenko, Dmytro¹

¹DLR, GERMANY; ²Universit�t W�rzburg, GERMANY

4P1.3 Global Cloud Properties Monitored from Space by using Oxygen Absorption Bands

Stammes, Pieter; Wang, Ping; Fournier, Nicolas; A, van der, Ronald; Sneep, Maarten

KNMI, NETHERLANDS

4P1.5 Fast Forward Modelling of Observations for Cloudy Atmospheric States

Mackie, Shona; Merchant, Chris; Embury, Owen

University of Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM

4P1.6 Cloud Parameter Retrieval from MIPAS Spectra

Hurley, Jane; Grainger, Don; Dudhia, Anu

University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM

4P1.7 Retrieval of Aerosol Properties over Bright Reflecting Desert Regions from Top of Atmosphere Radiance

Dinter, Tilman¹; von Hoyningen-Huene, Wolfgang¹; Burrows, John P.¹; Diouri, Mohammed²

¹Institute of Environmental Physics, University Bremen, GERMANY; ²University Mohammed I. , Oujda, MOROCCO

4P1.8 Measuring Total Particle Extinction from the MIPAS-E Instrument

Moore, David P.; Remedios, John J.

University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM

4P3.1 Dust Awareness ESA GSE PROMOTE Service: Contributing to a European System for Dust Storms Early Warning

4P3 - Atmospheric Applications
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Gomez Cid, Celestino; Perez Navarro, Oscar

GMV Aerospace and Defence, SPAIN

4P3.2 Atmospheric Data Access for the Geospatial User Community

Van de Vegte, John^1; Van der Wel, Frans¹; Som de Cerff, Wim¹; van Hees, Richard²; Schaepman, Michael³; Hoogerwerf, Marc³; Domenico, Ben⁴; Nativi, Stefano⁵; Wilhelmi, Olga⁶; de Jeu, Richard⁷
¹KNMI NETHERLANDS;²SRON NETHERLANDS;³WUR NETHERLANDS;⁴UNIDATA NETHERLANDS;⁵IMAA NETHERLANDS;⁶NCAR NETHERLANDS;⁷VU NETHERLANDS

4P4.1 Combined use of ASAR WS and AMSR-E Images to study Antarctic Polynya Siize Fluctuations

4P4 - Cryosphere
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Flavio, Parmiggiani

ISAC-CNR, ITALY

4P4.2 Sea Ice Studies with almost Simultaneous Radar and Buoy Data

Gudmandsen, Preben¹; Wilkinson, Jeremy²; Toudal Pedersen, Leif³

¹Technical University of Denmark, DENMARK; ²The Scottish Association for Marine Science, UNITED KINGDOM; ³Danish Center for Remote Sensing, DENMARK

4P4.3 Using Radar and Optical Data to Study the Glacier Changes on the 'Roof of the World' (ESA Project no 2401)

Deroin, Jean-Paul¹; Wen, Jun²; Dai, Mo³; Humbert, Louis³; Wang, Zhi-Jun²

¹Universit� de Marne la Vall�e, FRANCE; ²Cold and Arid Region Environmental and Engineering Research Institute Lanzhou, CHINA; ³Institut EGID BORDEAUX 3, FRANCE

4P4.4 Internal Calibration Processing Methods for ESA's CryoSat-2 Radar Altimeter

Cullen, Robert¹; Francis, Richard¹; Mavrocordatos, Constantin¹; Rey, Laurent²; Viau, Pierre¹; Wingham, Duncan³

¹ESA, NETHERLANDS; ²Alcatel Alenia Space, FRANCE; ³University College London, UNITED KINGDOM

4P4.5 Antarctic ENVISAT SAR and INSAR Calibration Experiment during the International Polar Year : First Application at Dome C

Rosich, Betlem¹; Lopez, Jean-Marc²; Souyris, Jean-Claude²; Frezzotti, Massimo³; Remy, Frederique⁴; Legresy, Benoit⁴

¹ESA/ESRIN, ITALY; ²CNES, FRANCE; ³ENEA, ITALY; ⁴CNRS/LEGOS, FRANCE

4P4.6 Validation of Radar Altimeter Measurements over Ice

Legresy, Benoit¹; Blarel, Fabien¹; Lacroix, Pascal²; Roemer, Swen³; Coleman, Richard⁴

¹CNRS/LEGOS, FRANCE; ²LEGOS, FRANCE; ³GFZ, GERMANY; ⁴University of Tasmania, AUSTRALIA

4P4.7 ESA's CryoSat-2 Multi-mode Level 0 to Level 1b Science Processors - Algorithm Design and Pre-launch Verification with the Airborne Advanced Synthetic Interferometric Radar Altimeter System (ASIRAS)

Cullen, Robert¹; Wingham, Duncan²; Francis, Richard¹; Mavrocordatos, Constantin¹; Viau, Pierre¹

¹ESA, NETHERLANDS; ²University College London, UNITED KINGDOM

4P4.8 Dependence of Backscatter Coefficient in Multi-beam SAR Data on Snow Accumulation Rate over Law Dome, Antarctica

Young, Neal

ACE CRC & AGAD, AUSTRALIA

4P4.9 Roughness of the Antarctic Snow Cover Assessed by Scattering of Microwave and Visible Radiation

Young, Neal

ACE CRC & AGAD, AUSTRALIA

4P4.10 Snow Depth and Surface Conditions of Austfonna Ice Cap (Svalbard) using Field Observations and Satellite Altimetry

KOURAEV, Alexei¹; Legresy, Benoit²; Remy, Frederique²; Taurisano, Andrea³

¹LEGOS (France)/ SOI (Russia), FRANCE; ²LEGOS, FRANCE; ³Norwegian Polar Institute, NORWAY

4P4.11 Wide Swath Interferometry Applications of Envisat ASAR in the Antarctic

Rignot, Eric¹; Wegmuller, Urs²

¹JPL, UNITED STATES; ²Gamma Remote Sensing, SWITZERLAND

4P4.13 Statistical Modeling and Classification of ASAR Alternating Polarization Sea Ice Data

Doulgeris, Anthony¹; Hall, Richard²; Eltoft, Totbjorn¹; Trondstad, Stein³

¹University of Tromso, NORWAY; ²KSAT, NORWAY; ³NPI, NORWAY

4P6.1 Large Scale Land Cover Map Generation Based on Low and Medium Resolution ENVISAT ASAR Data, Application to Poyang Lake Area (Jiangxi, P.R. China)

4P6 - Dragon
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Andreoli, R�mi¹; Huang, Shifeng²; Li, Jiren²; Yesou, Herv�¹; Desnos, Yves-Louis³

¹SERTIT, FRANCE; ²IWHR, CHINA; ³ESA/ESRIN, ITALY

4P6.2 Change Detection Analysis Dedicated to Flood Monitoring Using ENVISAT Wide Swath Mode Data

Andreoli, R�mi; Yesou, Herv�

SERTIT, FRANCE

4P6.3 Generalization of Water Height and Flood Water Extent Forecast Based on the Synergy between ENVISAT ASAR and MERIS Data

Andreoli, R�mi¹; Li, Jiren²; Yesou, Herv�¹

¹SERTIT, FRANCE; ²IWHR, CHINA

4P7.1 ESA Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing, Lisbon, Portugal, 2-7 September 2007

4P7 - Education and Training
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Desnos, Yves Louis¹; Simon , Muriel²; Moura Cruz, Clara³; Caetano, Mario⁴; Painho, Marco⁵

¹ESA, ITALY; ²Serco Spa, ITALY; ³Consultant, ITALY; ⁴IGP, PORTUGAL; ⁵ISEGI-UNL, PORTUGAL

4P7.2 African Capacity Building in Remote Sensing with the UNESCO-Bilko Programme

Byfield, Valborg¹; Shillington, Frank²; Kirugara, David³; Dobson, Malcolm⁴; Edwards, Alasdair⁵; Donlon, Craig⁶

¹National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ²University of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA; ³Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, KENYA; ⁴Scotland on Line, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁵University of Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁶The Met Office, UNITED KINGDOM

4P7.3 The TIGER capacity building facility, an ESA initiative to support water research in Africa

Ghaye, Laurence¹; Palazzo, Francesco²; Fernandez, Diego³; Su, Bob⁴

¹RSAC Ltd, ITALY; ²Serco, ITALY; ³ESA ESRIN, ITALY; ⁴International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, NETHERLANDS

4P8.1 Disaster Monitoring with the Integrated Utilization of Envisat and other Satellite Data Sets in the 2004-2006 Period in Hungary

4P8 - Floods
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Csornai, G�bor; Suba, Zsuzsanna; N�dor, Gizella; L�szl�, Istv�n; Wirnhardt, Csaba

Institute of Geodesy Cartography and Remote Sensing, HUNGARY

4P9.1 Surface Soil Moisture Retrieval from ENVISAT/ASAR AP Observations Combining two Backscattering Models

4P9 - Hydrology and Soil Moisture
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Alvarez-Mozos, Jesus; Gonzalez-Audicana, Maria; Casali, Javier

Public University of Navarre, SPAIN

4P9.2 Using ENVISAT ScanSAR Data for Characterising Scaling Properties of Scatterometer Derived Soil Moisture Information over Southern Africa

Sabel, Daniel¹; Pathe, Carsten¹; Wagner, Wolfgang¹; Hasenauer, Stefan¹; Bartsch, Annett¹; K�nzer, Claudia¹; Scipal, Klaus²

¹Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vienna University of Technology, AUSTRIA; ²European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, UNITED KINGDOM

4P9.3 Field and Basin Scale Analyses of ASAR Imagery for Soil Moisture Estimation in the Campidano Plain, Sardinia

Gherboudj, Imen¹; Filion, R�becca¹; Paniconi, Claudio¹; Bernier, Monique¹; Melis, Massimo²; Soddu Pirellas, Antonino²

¹INRS-ETE, CANADA; ²CRAS, ITALY

4P9.4 Monitoring of Spring Snowmelt with ENVISAT ASAR WS in the Eastern Alps by Combination of Ascending and Descending Orbits

Bartsch, Annett; Jansa, Josef; Sch�ner, Monika; Wagner, Wolfgang

Vienna University of Technology, AUSTRIA

4P9.5 Sensitivity of ASAR Data to Soil Moisture And Data Integration Approach to Moisture Mapping: Preliminary Results of Experimental Campaigns

Bignami, Christian; Pierdicca, Nazzareno; Pulvirenti, Luca; Ticconi, Francesca

University La sapienza of Rome, ITALY

4P9.6 5 Years of Envisat Asar Soil Moisture Observations in Southern Germany

Loew, Alexander¹; Bach, Heike²; Mauser, Wolfram¹

¹University of Munich, GERMANY; ²VISTA-Remote Sensing in Geosciences, GERMANY

4P10.1 Multitemporal Assessment of Chlorophyll a (Chl-a) Distribution in Lake Kivu using Multisensor Satellite Data

4P10 - Inland Water Quality
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Kneub�hler, Mathias¹; Frank, Toni¹; Kellenberger, Tobias¹; Pasche, Natacha²; Schmid, Martin²

¹RSL-Remote Sensing Laboratories, SWITZERLAND; ²Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, SWITZERLAND

4P10.2 Study of the Water Quality of Alqueva Artificial Lake in the South of Portugal using MERIS Data

Potes, Miguel¹; Costa, Maria-Joao¹; da Silva, Jose Carlos²

¹Evora Geophysics Centre (CGE), University of Evora, Rua Romao Ramalho 59, 7000-671 Evora, PORTUGAL; ²Instituto de Oceanografia, Rua Ernesto de Vasconcelos, Campo Grande 1749-016 Lisbon, PORTUGAL

4P10.3 Monitoring of Chlorophyll a and Toxic Algal Blooms (phycocyanin) in Inland Reservoirs in the Volta Basin, Western Africa

Beiermann, Timo

German Aerospace Center/ GLOWA Volta Project, GERMANY

4P11.1 Co-Seismic Displacement Estimation of Qeshm Earthquake using InSAR

4P11 - InSAR Applications: Tectonics
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Valadan Zouj, M.Javad; Mobasheri, Mohammad Reza; Dehghani, Maryam

K.N.Toosi University of Technology, IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

4P11.2 EMITRU : Envisat Modeling of Indonesia's 2004 Tsunami Run Up

Raimadoya, Mahmud¹; Trisasongko, Bambang¹; Sunindyo, Djoko²

¹Bogor Agricultural University, INDONESIA; ²PT Dow AgroSciences Indonesia, INDONESIA

4P11.3 InSAR Study of Earthquakes of the South-East Tibet

Sripati Panditaradhyula, Satyabala

National Geophysical Research Institute, INDIA

4P11.4 SAR Interferometric Study of Deformation Processes in Kresna Fault

Hristo , Nikolov¹; Tishchenko, Yurij²; Petkov, Doyno¹; Rangelov, Boyko³; Dimitrova, Sonya³; Savorskiy, Viktor²

¹STIL-BAS, BULGARIA; ²IRE-RAN, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ³GhI-BAS, BULGARIA

4P11.5 InSAR Measurements Used to Constrain the Current Slip Along the Carmel Fault System, Israel

Baer, Gidon; Novitsky, Ran

Geological Survey of Israel, ISRAEL

4P11.6 Deformation in the Granada Basin (Southern Betic Cordillera) Studied by PS-InSAR: Preliminary Results

Ruiz, Antonio M.¹; Sousa, Joaquim Joao²; Hanssen, Ramon F.³; Perski, Zbigniew³; Bastos, Luisa²; Gil, Antonio J.¹

¹Universidad de Ja�n, SPAIN; ²Observat�rio Astron�mico da Universidade do Porto, PORTUGAL; ³Delft University of Technology, NETHERLANDS

4P11.7 Extending the Temporal Coverage of Icelandic Crustal Deformation Measurements through ENVISAT InSAR Images

Pedersen, Rikke¹; Hooper, Andrew J.¹; Sigmundsson, Freysteinn¹; Feigl, Kurt L.²

¹Nordic Volcanological Center, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, ICELAND; ²Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, UNITED STATES

4P12.2 The 2005 Volcano-tectonic Crisis in Afar (Ethiopia) Revealed by ASAR ENVISAT Data

4P12 - InSAR Applications: Volcanoes
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

4P12.1 InSAR Imaging of Aleutian Volcanoes

Lu, Zhong; Dzurins, Dan; Wicks, Chuck; Power, John

USGS, UNITED STATES

De Chabalier, Jean-Bernard¹; King, Geofrey¹; Jacques, Eric¹; Tait, Steve¹; Nercessian, Alexandre¹; Ayele, Atalay²; Kidane, Tesfaye³; Kassim, Mohamed⁴; Ahmed, Omar⁴

¹Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, FRANCE; ²Geophysical Observatory of Adis Ababa, ETHIOPIA; ³Adis Ababa University, ETHIOPIA; ⁴Arta Goephysical Observatory, DJIBOUTI

4P12.3 ASAR Not like-ERS Swaths for Study the Mt. Etna Ground Deformations

Puglisi, Giuseppe; Guglielmino, Francesco; Bonforte, Alessandro; Palano, Mimmo

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - Sez. di Catania, ITALY

4P12.4 NRT Monitoring of the 2004 Subglacial Gr�msv�tn Eruption (Iceland) with ENVISAT-ASAR Data

M�nzer, Ulrich¹; Scharrer, Kilian¹; Gudmundsson, �g�st²

¹Ludwig-Maximilians University, GERMANY; ²Fjark�nnun ehf, ICELAND

4P12.5 ASAR Images a Diverse Set of Deformation Patterns at Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i

Poland, Michael

USGS - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, UNITED STATES

4P12.6 Detecting Deformation on Shishaldin Volcano, Aleutians, from Persistent Scatter Analysis

Johanson, Ingrid A.; Wicks, Charles. W; Lu, Zhong

U.S. Geological Survey, UNITED STATES

4P12.7 InSAR Study and Monitoring of the Nyiragongo - Nyamuragira Volcanoes, Democratic Republic of Congo

d'Oreye, Nicolas¹; Kervyn, Fran�ois²; Fernandez, Jose³; Cayol, Val�rie⁴

¹National Museum of Natural History, LUXEMBOURG; ²Royal Museum for Central Africa, BELGIUM; ³Instituto de Astronomia y Geodesia, CSIC, SPAIN; ⁴Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, FRANCE

4P12.8 Pre-operative Test-case of Eurorisk-Preview Project during 2006 Mt. Etna Eruption

Guglielmino, Francesco¹; Puglisi, Giuseppe¹; Buongiorno, Maria Fabrizia²; Fern�ndez, Jose'³; Spinetti, Claudia²

¹Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Catania, ITALY; ²Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, ITALY; ³Institute of Astronomy and Geodesy (CSIC-UCM), Facultad de Ciencias Matematicas, Madrid, SPAIN

4P12.9 Monitoring Actives Volcanoes by using of ENVISAT and ERS data: First Results of the Eurorisk-Preview Project

Spinetti, Claudia¹; Berardino, Paolo²; Buongiorno, Maria Fabrizia¹; Fern�ndez, Jose'³; Guglielmino, Francesco⁴; Lanari, Riccardo²; Puglisi, Giuseppe⁴

¹Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, ITALY; ²Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente, National Research Council, Napoli, ITALY; ³Institute of Astronomy and Geodesy (CSIC-UCM), Facultad de Ciencias Matematicas, Madrid, SPAIN; ⁴Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Catania, ITALY

4P13.1 ENVISAT ASAR Geometry Capabilities, Context of Coastal Mapping of Gabon & Nigeria within the Framework of ESA DUE Coastchart Project

4P13 - Mapping and Cartography
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Trebossen, Herv�¹; Paganini, Marc²; Rosich , Betlem³

¹Centre R�gional AGRHYMET, BP11011 Niamey, NIGER; ² ESA/ESRIN, Via Galileo Galilei, Casella Postale 64, 00044 Frascati, ITALY; ³Universit� de Marne La Vall�e, Laboratoire G2I, 5 Bd Descartes , Champs / Marne, 77454 Marne la Vall, FRANCE

4P13.2 Geological Features Quantification: From Native ERS SAR to 3D Geologic Modelling

Pajot, Emmanuel¹; Dhont, Damien²; Rudant, Jean Paul³; Deffontaines, Benoit³

¹UMLV-UPPA, FRANCE; ²UPPA, FRANCE; ³UMLV, FRANCE

4P13.3 Synergistic Usage of ASAR WS and MERIS Data for Large Scale Water and Vegetation Monitoring in Africa - A Science Product of the Aquifer Project

Thiel, Christian; Leiterer, Reik; Reiche, Johannes; Schmullius, Christiane

Friedrich-Schiller-University, GERMANY

4P13.4 The Use of SAR Interferometric Coherence Images to Study Sandy Desertification in Southeast Niger: Preliminary Results

Bodart, Catherine¹; Ozer, Andr�²

¹FNRS Research Fellow, Dept. Geography, University of Li�ge, BELGIUM; ²Dept. Geography, University of Li�ge, BELGIUM

4P13.5 Potential of Radar (ASAR ENVISAT) and Optic (SPOT) Images for Maps Updating in Tropical Areas: Examples of French Guyana and Senegal

Kouame, Jacob¹; Dia, Aliou²; Wade, Souleye²; Rudant, Jean-Paul¹; Classeau , Nicolas¹

¹Unversit� de Marne La Vall�e, FRANCE; ²Universit� de Dakar (S�n�gal), SENEGAL

4P13.6 Monitoring a Sahelian Region with ENVISAT-ASAR Data

Zine, Sonia¹; Frison, Pierre-Louis¹; Baup, Fr�d�ric²; Mougin, Eric²; Chatillon, J�r�me¹; G�rard, Bruno³; Rudant, Jean-Paul¹

¹Universit� de Marne la Vall�e, FRANCE; ²CESBIO, FRANCE; ³Universit� de Louvain, BELGIUM

4P13.7 Water Erosion Assessment around the Town of Nioro du Rip (Senegal) using Earth Observation Data and GIS

Wade, Souleye¹; NDoye, Birama¹; Rudant, Jean Paul²

¹Laboratoire de T�l�d�tection Appliqu�e/Institut des Sciences de la Terre/Universit� Cheikh Anta Diop, SENEGAL; ²Laboratoire des G�omat�riaux/Institut Francilien des G�osciences/Universit� de Marne la Vall�e, FRANCE

4P13.8 Coastal Zone Mapping in Saint Louis (Senegal) using Multitemporal ERS SAR and ENVISAT ASAR Data

Wade, Souleye¹; Ba, Kader¹; Trebossen, Herve²; Niang, Isabelle³; Rudant, Jean Paul⁴

¹Laboratoire de T�l�d�tection Appliqu�e/Institut des Sciences de la Terre/Universit� Cheikh Anta Diop, SENEGAL; ²Centre R�gional AGRHYMET de Niamey, NIGER; ³D�partement de G�ologie/Facult� des Sciences et Techniques/Universit� Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, SENEGAL; ⁴Laboratoire des G�omat�riaux/Institut Francilien des G�osciences/Universit� de Marne la Vall�e, FRANCE

4P13.9 Application of Optical and Microwave Spectral Data to Geological Mapping in Central Portugal

Raba�a, Teresa¹; Vicente, Ana²; Pereira, Alcides²

¹Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Viseu, PORTUGAL; ²FCTUC, PORTUGAL

4P13.10 Estimation of Surface Reflectance and Biophysical Canopy Variables over Canada Using MERIS/ENVISAT Data

B�al, David¹; Fernandes, Richard¹; Latifovic, Rasim¹; Baret, Fr�d�ric²; Vermote, Eric³

¹Natural Resources Canada, CANADA; ²Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, FRANCE; ³University of Maryland, UNITED STATES

4P13.11 The Effect of Land-cover Change on the Urban Heat Island Phenomenon: Greater Cairo Case Study

Darwish, Ahmed¹; Shakweer, Abeer²; Elghazali, Sherief¹

¹Information Technology Institute, EGYPT; ²Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), Center of Future Studies, EGYPT

4P13.12 Combining Edge Segmentation and Region Growing Segmentation for Multi-spectral High Resolution Remotely Sensed Imagery

Nabil, Ayman¹; Sarhan, Ebadaa²; Darwish, Ahmed³

¹Misr International University, EGYPT; ²Helwan University, EGYPT; ³Information Technology Institute, EGYPT

4P13.13 Topographic Features Map Using Self Organizing Neural Network and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Data

Ehsani, Amirhoushang; Friedrich , Quiel

Institute Technology Royal(KTH), SWEDEN

4P13.14 Map Updating Using ASAR ENVISAT Imagery and the Sigma0 Software

Cavayas , Fran�ois¹; Gosselin, Claire²

¹Universit� de Montr�al, CANADA; ²Synetix Inc., CANADA

4P13.15 DEM Generation and Analysis on Rugged Terrain Using ENVISAT/ASAR Multi-Angle InSAR Data

Li, xinwul; Guo, Huadong; Li, Zhen

Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA

4P13.16 DTED-2 DEM Production at National Scale using SRTM-X and ERS Data

Malvarosa, Fabio¹; Minati, Federico¹; Zappitelli, Elisabetta¹; Costantini, Mario¹; Seifert, Frank Martin²

¹Telespazio S.p.A., ITALY; ²ESA ESRIN, ITALY

4P14.1 Spatial-temporal Distribution and Characteristics of Internal Waves in the Okhotsk and Japan Seas Studied by ERS-1/2 SAR and Envisat ASAR

4P14 - Ocean Circulation and Sea Features
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Mitnik, Leonid; Dubina, Vyacheslav

V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

4P14.2 Single-Look SAR Images and Detection of Sea Dark Areas

Gambardella, Attilio¹; Nunziata, Ferdinando²; Sorrentino, Antonio²; Ferrara, Giuseppe²; Migliaccio, Maurizio²

¹Universit� degli Studi di Cagliari, ITALY; ²Universit� degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, ITALY

4P14.3 Characterization of Internal Waves in the Strait of Gibraltar using SAR Images and in-situ Measurements

Gomez-Enri, Jesus; Vazquez-Escobar, Agueda; Bruno, Miguel; Mariscal, Luis; Villares, Pilar

University of Cadiz, SPAIN

4P14.4 Mesoscale Sea Surface Currents Derived from Multi-Sensor Satellite Imagery

Gade, Martin; Fiedler, Gerald; Dreschler-Fischer, Leonie

Universit�t Hamburg, GERMANY

4P14.5 Satellite Remote Sensing of Water Dynamics in the Strait of Kerch Region

Lavrova, Olga; Bocharova, Tatiana; Sabinin, Konstantin

Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

4P14.6 Case Study: Use of SAR Data for the Operational Control of Fishering Ships Positioning

Lavrova, Olga; Bocharova, Tatiana; Mityagina, Marina; Pyrkov, Vladimir

Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

4P14.7 Comparison of Bathymetric Signatures on SAR and Optical Satellite Images

Thankappan, Medhavy; Smith, Craig J.; Jones, Andrew; Logan, Graham; Kennard, John

Geoscience Australia, AUSTRALIA

4P14.8 SAR Imaged Oceanic Internal Waves off Bay of Bengal

KVSR, Prasad¹; M, Rajasekhar²

¹Andhra University, INDIA; ²Meteorology Facility,Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Indian Space Research Centre(ISRO), INDIA

4P15.1 Validation of MERIS Chl-a Observations in Dutch Coastal Waters: Unexpected Implications for the Validation of Atmospheric Correction

4P15 - Ocean Colour
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Peters, Steef

IVM/VU, NETHERLANDS

4P15.2 The Marine Carbon Cycle from North to South along the Galathea 3 Route

Christiansen, Merete Bruun; Soerensen, Lise Lotte; Nissen, Jesper; Hasager, Charlotte Bay

Risoe National Laboratory, DENMARK

4P15.3 A Near-Real Time Interactive Diagnostics System for Continuous Automatic Comparison and Validation of MERIS Data

Shutler, Jamie¹; Kelly-Gerreyn, Boris²; Henning, Mark¹; Tilstone, Gavin¹; Groom, Steve¹

¹Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM; ²National Oceanography Centre Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM

4P15.4 Validation of MERIS-reflectance from Ferries

S�rensen, Kai¹; H�kedal, Jo²

¹Norwegian Institute for Water Research, NORWAY; ²Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), NORWAY

4P15.5 The Northwestern Mediterranean Spring Bloom: a Satellite (MERIS) and in Situ (ARGO) Integrated View

D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio; Antoine, David; Claustre, Herv�; Morel, Andr�

CNRS - Laboratoire d�Oceanographie de Villefranche, FRANCE

4P15.6 Synergistic use of Ferrybox and ENVISAT Data with the Aid of a Hydrodynamic Transport Model

Krasemann, Hajo; Petersen, Wilhelm

GKSS-Research Centre, GERMANY

4P15.7 Optical Heterogeneity in the Wadden Sea

Hommersom, Annelies¹; Peters, Steef¹; Wernand, Marcel R.²

¹IVM - Free University, NETHERLANDS; ²NIOZ, NETHERLANDS

4P15.8 Cross-Validation of Ocean Color Data Products from MERIS, MODIS, and SeaWiFS for Chinese Marginal Oceans

Hu, Lianbo; He, Shuangyan; Wang, Yunfei; He, Mingxia

Ocean University of China, CHINA

4P15.9 Regional Products for the Baltic Sea in the Frame of ESA MARCOAST GSE

Krawczyk, Harald; Neumann, Andreas; Walzel, Thomas; Gerasch, Birgit

German Aerospace Center, GERMANY

4P15.10 Contribution to Water Quality Monitoring in the North Sea and Baltic Sea

Stelzer, Kerstin¹; Brockmann, Carsten¹; Klein, Holger²; G�bel, Jeanette³; Kr�mer, Uwe¹; Paperin, Michael¹

¹Brockmann Consult, GERMANY; ²Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, GERMANY; ³Landesamt f�r Natur und Umwelt SH, GERMANY

4P16.1 Deriving a Sea Surface Temperature Record Suitable for Climate Change Research from the along-track Scanning Radiometers

4P16 - Sea Surface Temperature
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Merchant, Chris

University of Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM

4P16.2 The Role of AATSR Data for Enhancing the Oceanographic and Operational Applications of Merged SST Products from ESA's Medspiration Service

Robinson, Ian¹; Donlon, Craig²; Arino, Olivier³; Piolle, Jean-Francois⁴; Le Borgne, Pierre⁵

¹National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Met Office, UNITED KINGDOM; ³ESRIN, ITALY; ⁴Ifremer, FRANCE; ⁵Meteo-France, FRANCE

4P16.3 A New Approach for a Validation Match-up Quality Indicator Applied to AATSR and the ISAR Radiometer

Wimmer, Werenfrid¹; Donlon, Craig²; Robinson, Ian¹

¹National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ²MetOffice, UNITED KINGDOM

4P16.4 The GHRSST-PP / Medspiration High Resolution Diagnostic Data Set (HR-DDS) and Real Time Comparison of Satellite, Analysis and Model SSTs to AATSR

Poulter, David¹; Donlon, Craig²; Robinson, Ian¹

¹National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Met Office, UNITED KINGDOM

4P17 � Third Party Missions
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

4P17.1 Access to SPOT Data through ESA TPM

Del Rio Vera, Jorge¹; Hoersch, Bianca²

¹European Space Agency/ESRIN, ITALY; ²European Space Agency, ITALY

4P17.2 ALOS Background Mission

Del Rio Vera, Jorge; Hoersch, Bianca

European Space Agency/ESRIN, ITALY

4P18.1 Space-borne Tropospheric NO2 above the Alpine Region: Evidences for Systematic Retrieval Errors and Effect of Inaccurate Pixel Surface Pressure

4P18 � Troposhere and Air Quality
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Brunner, Dominik¹; Schaub, Daniel¹; Boersma, Folkert²; Folini, Doris¹; Keller, Johannes³; Buchmann, Brigitte¹; Staehelin, Johannes⁴

¹Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, SWITZERLAND; ²Harvard University, Applied Sciences and Engineering, UNITED STATES; ³Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry, SWITZERLAND; ⁴ETH Z�rich, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, SWITZERLAND

4P18.2 Reconstructing Fine-scale air Pollution Structures from Coarsely Resolved Satellite Observations using an Iterative Method

Brunner, Dominik; Schaub, Daniel; Buchmann, Brigitte

Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, SWITZERLAND

4P18.3 Retrieval of Formaldehyde from High-resolution MIPAS-Envisat Spectra

Steck, Tilman¹; Glatthor, Norbert¹; von Clarmann, Thomas¹; Grabowski, Udo¹; Hoepfner, Michael¹; Kellmann, Sylvia¹; Kiefer, Michael¹; Linden, Andrea¹; Milz, Mathias¹; Stiller, Gabriele¹; Fischer, Herbert¹; Funke, Bernd²; Perrin, Agnes³; Flaud, Jean-Marie³

¹Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, IMK, GERMANY; ²Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (CSIC), SPAIN; ³Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systemes Atmospheriques (LISA), FRANCE

4P18.4 Global Distribution of Peroxyacetyl Nitrate (PAN) in the Upper Troposphere Derived from MIPAS Level-1B Spectra

Glatthor, Norbert¹; von Clarmann, Thomas¹; Fischer, Herbert¹; Funke, Bernd²; Grabowski, Udo¹; Hoepfner, Michael¹; Kellmann, Sylvia¹; Linden, Andrea¹; Milz, Mathias¹; Steck, Tilman¹; Stiller, Gabriele¹

¹Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, GERMANY; ²Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, SPAIN

4P18.5 An Air Quality Study for Greece with the Mm5/Camx Modeling System

Katragkou, Eleni¹; Kioutsioukis, Ioannis¹; Poupkou, Anastasis¹; Lisaridis , Iraklis¹; Markakis , Konstantinos¹; Karathanasis , Stavros²; Touloumi , Efrosini²; Melas , Dimitrios¹; Balis, Dimitrios¹

¹Aristotle University of thessaloniki, GREECE; ²Region of Central Macedonia, GREECE

4P18.6 Global Observation of Formaldehyde in the Troposphere by Satellites: GOME and SCIAMACHY Results

De Smedt, Isabelle¹; Van Roozendael, Michel¹; M�ller, Jean-Fran�ois¹; Van der A, Ronald²; Eskes, Henk²

¹BIRA-IASB, BELGIUM; ²KNMI, NETHERLANDS

4P18.7 Retrievals of O3 and H2O in the UTLS from Envisat-MIPAS

Reburn, William; Waterfall, Alison; Siddans, Richard; Kerridge, Brian

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM

4P18.8 TEMIS Surface UV Products based on SCIAMACHY and MSG

van Weele, Michiel¹; van der A, Ronald¹; van Geffen, Jos²

¹KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ²BIRA-IASB, BELGIUM

4P18.9 Evolution of the Trend in Atmospheric CH4 Concentrations over the Last Two Decades

Drevet, J�r�me¹; Kaplan, Jed²; Bey, Isabelle¹

¹EPFL, SWITZERLAND; ²University of Bern, SWITZERLAND

4P18.10 Three Years of SCIAMACHY Carbon Monoxide Measurements

Khlystova, Iryna; Buchwitz, Michael; Bovensmann, Heinrich; Burrows, John P.

University of Bremen FB1, IUP, GERMANY

4P18.11 Simultaneous Global Observations of Tropospheric Trace Gases from Space

Mr, Buchwitz¹; KhlystovaMs, I.¹; Richter, A.¹; Schneising, O.¹; Burrows, J.¹; Kanakidou, M.²; Myriokefalitakis, S.²

¹Institute of Enviromental Physics, Bremen, GERMANY; ²Crete University, GREECE

4P18.12 Synpotic Near-real Time Maps of Tropospheric NO2 Vertical Columns Obtained with Statistical Methods

Meyer-Arnek, Julian; Erbertseder, Thilo; Baier, Frank; Valks, Pieter; Bock, Lisa

German Aerospace Center, GERMANY

4P18.13 First Results of Total Ozone and NO2 from the GOME-2 Instrument on MetOp

Valks, Pieter¹; Loyola, Diego¹; Butenko, Leonid¹; Zimmer, Walter¹; Kiemle, Stephan¹; Ruppert, Thomas¹; Balis, Dimitris²

¹German Aerospace Centre, GERMANY; ²University of Thessaloniki, GREECE

4P20.1 Remote Sensing and Urban Malaria: Contribution of Radar Imagery to Determine Potential Anopheles Breeding Site in Antananarivo (Madagascar)

4P20 - Wetlands and Water Dynamics
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Rakotomanana, Fanjasoa¹; Jolivet, Laurence²; Randremanana, Rindra Vatosoa¹; Rudant, Jean Paul³

¹Cellule SIG-T�l�d�tection, Unit� Epid�miologie, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, MADAGASCAR; ²Ecole Nationale de Sciences G�ographique, Marne La Vall�e, FRANCE; ³Institut Francilien des Sciences Appliqu�es, Universit� Marne La Vall�e, FRANCE

4P21.1 First Results from MARSCHALS: Airborne Simulator of a Future Millimetre-Wave Limb-Sounder for PREMIER

4P21 � Ongoing Research for the Earth Explorer Core candidates
Thursday, April 26, 2007 � Poster area
17:50 - 19:30

Siddans, Richard; Reburn, W. Jolyon; Kerridge, Brian J.; Moyna, Brian P.; Oldfield, Matthew L.; Gerber, Daniel
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory UNITED KINGDOM

Day 5 (Friday 27 April)

08:40 The PROMOTE Ozone Profile Service: Long-term 3D Ozone Reanalysis of ERS-2 and ENVISAT Data Sets

5A1 - Atmospheric Applications
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room A
08:40 - 10:20

Ebertseder, Thilo¹; Baier, Frank¹; Schwinger, Joerg²; Meyer-Arnek, Julian¹; Bittner, Michael¹

¹DLR, GERMANY; ²RIU, GERMANY

09:00 Use of AATSR and SCIAMACHY Data (SYNAER product) for Regional Scale Air Quality Assessments through EMEP

Vik, Aasmund Fahre¹; Stebel, Kerstin¹; Fjaeraa, Ann-Mari¹; Yttri, Karl Espen¹; Holzer-Popp, Thomas²; Schroedter-Homscheidt, Marion²

¹Norwegian Institute for Air Research, NILU, NORWAY; ²German Aerospace Centre, DLR, GERMANY

09:20 Using Satellite Aerosol Products for Monitoring National and Regional Air Quality in Austria

Hoeller, Robert¹; Holzer-Popp, Thomas²; Garnesson, Philippe³; Nagl, Christian¹

¹Federal Environment Agency, AUSTRIA; ²DLR-DFD, GERMANY; ³ACRI-ST, FRANCE

09:40 First Years Results from Croydon airTEXT

Kilbane-Dawe, Iarla

CERC, UNITED KINGDOM

10:00 Monitoring of Volcanic Activity from Satellite as Part of GSE PROMOTE

Van Geffen, Jos¹; Van Roozendael, Michel¹; Di Nicolantonio, Walter²; Tampellini, Lucia²; Valks, Pieter³; Erbetseder, Thilo³; Van der A, Ronald⁴

¹Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), BELGIUM; ²Carlo Gavazzi Space (CGS), ITALY; ³German Centre for Air and Space Research (DLR), GERMANY; ⁴Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), NETHERLANDS

10:50 Estimating the Climate Impact of International Shipping by using Satellite Data

5A2 - Atmospheric Applications, cont.
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room A
10:50 - 12:30

Bovensmann, Heinrich¹; Franke, K.¹; Schreier, M.¹; Richter, A.¹; Burrows, J.¹; Joxe, L.¹; Eyring, V.²; Lauer, A.²

¹University of Bremen, FB1, GERMANY; ²Institut f�r Physik der Atmosph�re, DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, GERMANY

11:10 ESA DUE GlobAEROSOL, Providing Aerosol Information for a Wide Users' Community

Gomez Cid, Celestino¹; Thomas, Gareth²; Poulsen, Caroline³; Carboni, Elisa²; Grainger, Don²; Siddans, Richard³; Deschamps, Pierre-Yves⁴; Pinnock, Simon⁵

¹GMV Aerospace and Defence, SPAIN; ²University of Oxford, UNITED KINGDOM; ³Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁴Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosph�rique. Universit� de Lille, FRANCE; ⁵ESA-ESRIN, ITALY

11:30 Data Assimilation

O'Neill, Alan¹; Styles, Jon²; Stott, Zof²; Simmons, Adrian³; Eskes, Henk⁴; Elbern, Hendrik⁵; Lahoz, William¹

¹DARC, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Asimila, UNITED KINGDOM; ³ECMWF, ITALY; ⁴KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ⁵UKOELN, GERMANY

11:50 Improving ASSET Ozone Analyses with Multi-Sensor Data Assimilation

Massart, Sebastien¹; Jackson, David²; Segers, Arjo³; Peuch, Vincent Henri⁴

¹CERFCAS, FRANCE; ²Met Office, UNITED KINGDOM; ³KNMI, NETHERLANDS; ⁴Meteo France, FRANCE

12:10 Monitoring and Assimilation of ENVISAT NRT Retrievals at ECMWF

Dragani, Rossana

ECMWF, UNITED KINGDOM

08:40 PolSARpro v2.0: The Versatile Educational Toolbox for Polarimetric and Interferometric Polarimetric SAR Data Processing

5B1 - ESA Toolboxes
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room B
08:40 - 10:20

Pottier, Eric¹; Ferro-Famil, Laurent¹; Allain, Sophie¹; Cloude, Shane²; Hajnsek, Irena³; Papathanassiou, Kostas³; Pearson, Tim⁴; Desnos, Yves Louis⁴

¹I.E.T.R - UMR CNRS 6164 - University of Rennes 1, FRANCE; ²AELc, UNITED KINGDOM; ³DLR - HR, GERMANY; ⁴ESA - ESRIN, ITALY

09:00 Basic Radar Altimetry Toolbox and Radar Altimetry Tutorial: A New Set of Tools for All Altimetry Users

Rosmorduc, Vinca¹; Benveniste, J�r�me²; Dorandeu, Jo�l¹; Picot, Nicolas³

¹CLS, FRANCE; ²ESA, ITALY; ³CNES, FRANCE

09:20 BEAT - The Basic Envisat Atmospheric Toolbox

Niemeijer, Sander

Science & Technology BV, NETHERLANDS

09:40 A Programming Environment for Prototyping New Algorithms for AATSR and MERIS - iBEAM

Brockmann, Carsten¹; Fomferra, Norman¹; Peters, Marco¹; Marco, Z�hlke¹; Regner, Peter²; Doerffer, Roland³

¹Brockmann Consult, GERMANY; ²ESRIN, ITALY; ³GKSS Forschungszentrum, GERMANY

10:00 The MERIS Regional Case 2 Water Algorithm Package in BEAM

Doerffer, Roland¹; Schiller, Helmut¹; Brockmann, Carsten²; Peters, Marco²; Regner, Peter³

¹GKSS Research Center, GERMANY; ²Brockmann Consult, GERMANY; ³ESA-ESRIN, ITALY

11:10 CoreH2O - A dual-frequency SAR Mission for Hydrology and Climate Research in Cold Environment

5B2 - New Earth Explorer Core Mission Candidates
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room B
10:50 - 12:50

10:50 BIOMASS - terrestrial carbon assessment

Davidson, Malcom; Bensi, Paolo; Lin, Chung-Chi; BIOMASS MAG, Members of

ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

Rebhan, Helge; Bensi, Paolo; Lin, Chung-Chi; CoreH20 MAG, Members of

ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

11:30 The FLuorescence Explorer (FLEX) � a proposed mission to observe vegetation photosynthetic activity from space

Berger, Michael; Bezy, Jean Loup; Bensi, Paolo; FLEX MAG, members of

ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

11:50 TRAQ tropospheric composition and air quality

Langen, Jorg; Bensi, Paolo; Bezy, Jean Loup; TRAQ MAG, Members of

¹ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

12:10 PREMIER- Process Exploration through Measurements of Infrared and Millimetre-wave Emitted Radiation

Langen, Jorg; Bensi, Paolo; Bezy, Jean Loup; Lin, Chung-Chi; PREMIER MAG, Members of

ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

12:30 A- SCOPE - Advanced Space Carbon and Climate Observation of Planet Earth

Ingmann, Paul; Bensi, Paolo; Bezy, Jean Loup; Durand, Yanning; A-SCOPE MAG, members of

ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

08:40 AATSR - Completing the the First 15 Years Global SST for Climate

5C1 Sea Surface Temperature
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room C
08:40 - 10:20

Llewellyn-Jones, David T¹; Mutlow, Chris T²; Corlett, Gary K¹

¹Space Research Centre, University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM; ²Space Science and Technology Dept., Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UNITED KINGDOM

09:00 The Application of ENVISAT AATSR Data in the Next Generation of Sea Surface Temperature within the International GODAE High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Pilot Project (GHRSST-PP)

Donlon, Craig; Stark, John

Met Office, UNITED KINGDOM

09:20 The Measurement of Global Change using Sea-Surface Temperature Data from the (A)ATSR and AVHRR Space Sensors

Corlett, Gary; Good, Simon; Remedios, John; Noyes, Elizabeth; Llewellyn-Jones, David

University of Leicester, UNITED KINGDOM

09:40 Use of EnviSat AATSR within a High Resolution Near Real Time Global Sea Surface Temperature Analysis System

Stark, John; Donlon, Craig

Met Office, UNITED KINGDOM

10:00 Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Temperatures � A Case Study of Error Variability

Barton, Ian

CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, AUSTRALIA

10:50 Observing the Ocean from Envisat: A UNESCO-Bilko Teaching Module on Marine Applications of Envisat Data

5C2 - Education and Training
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room B
08:40 - 10:20

Byfield, Valborg¹; Donlon, Craig²; Da Silva, Jose³; Shillington, Frank⁴; McNeall, Doug¹; Dobson, Malcolm⁵; Edwards, Alasdair⁶; Quartly, Graham D.¹

¹National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UNITED KINGDOM; ²The Met Office, UNITED KINGDOM; ³Universidade de Lisboa, PORTUGAL; ⁴University of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA; ⁵Scotland on Line, UNITED KINGDOM; ⁶University of Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM

11:10 Sixteen Years of Altimetry Outreach

Rosmorduc, Vinca

CLS, FRANCE

11:30 Using Real-time Satellite Data in the Classroom: The Argonautica and Calisph'Air Educational Projects

de Staerke, Danielle¹; Richardson, Annie²; Robinson, Dianne³

¹CNES, FRANCE; ²JPL/NASA, UNITED STATES; ³Hampton University, UNITED STATES

11:50 Envisat for School: The Satellite Eye for the Galathea 3 Expedition

Hasager, Charlotte Bay¹; S�rensen, Peter Br�gger²; Pedersen, Leif Toudal³; H�yer, Jacob L.⁴; Viskum J�rgensen, Peter⁴; H�jerslev , Niels Kristian⁵; Lichtenegger, J�rg⁶

¹Ris� National Laboratory, DENMARK; ²ESA-consultant for EDUSPACE, DENMARK; ³Danish Center for Remote Sensing, Technical University of Denmark, DENMARK; ⁴Danish Meteorological Institute, DENMARK; ⁵Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK; ⁶ESA-consultant for EDUSPACE, SWITZERLAND

12:10 Eduspace a Multi-Lingual Earth Observation Website for Teaching and Learning

Fea, Maurizio¹; Ghaye, Laurence²; Lichtenegger , Juerg³; Br�gger S�rensen, Peter⁴; Str�msholm, Birgit⁵

¹Esa Esrin, ITALY; ²RSAC Ltd, ITALY; ³ESA Consultant, SWITZERLAND; ⁴Aabenraa Gymnasium og HF, DENMARK; ⁵Norvegian Space Centre, NORWAY

09:20 Advantages of Sentinel-1�s Single Mode Short Revisit Time: Persistent Scatterer Quality Results with Distributed Scatterers

5D1 - Sentinel-1, the Future European Radar Observatory
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room B
08:40 - 10:20

08:40 ESA Sentinel-1 SAR mission

Davidson, Malcom; Attema, Evert; Levrini, Guido

ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS

09:00 Sentinel-1 Benefits to Coastal Monitoring Services

Wahl, Terje; Strom, Guro

Norvegian Space Centre, NORWAY

Rocca, F.; De Zan, F.; Monti Guarnieri, A.; Tebaldini, S.

Politenico di Milano, ITALY

09:40 Land Cover Mapping with Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites

Schmullius, C.; Santoro, Maurizio; Riedel, Tanja; Cartus, Olivier; Thiel, Carolin

FSU Jena Geoinformatics & Earth Observation, GERMANY

10:00 Operational Ice Monitoring with Wide Swath Satellite SAR: Today and Tomorrow

Flett, Dean; De Abreu, Roger; Arkett, Matt

Canadian Ice Service, CANADA

10:50 Verification of ALOS PALSAR, AVNIR and PRISM Products Quality

5D2 � Third Party Missions
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room D
10:50 - 12:30

Rosich, Betlem; Goryl, Philippe

European Space Agency/ESRIN, ITALY

11:10 The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): Status and Results

Bernath, Peter

University of Waterloo, CANADA

11:30 VEN�S: A Joint Israeli - French Earth Observation Scientific Mission with High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Capabilities

Dedieu, G�rard¹; Karnieli, Arnon²; Hagolle, Olivier³; Jeanjean, Herv�³; Cabot, Fran�ois³; Ferrier, Pierric³; Yaniv, Yoram⁴

¹CESBIO/CNES, FRANCE; ²Ben Gurion University of the Negev, ISRAEL; ³CNES, FRANCE; ⁴MBT Space Division, Israel Aircraft Industries, ISRAEL

11:50 The TanDEM-X Mission

Zink, Manfred; Krieger, G.; Fiedler, H.; Hajnsek, I.; Moreira, A.; Werner, M.

DLR, GERMANY

12:10 COSMO-SkyMed Program: Utilization and Description of an Advanced Space EO Dual-Use As

Coletta, Alessandro¹; Angino , Giuseppe²; Battazza, Fabrizio¹; Caltagirone, Francesco¹; Impagnatiello, Fabrizio²; Valentini, Giovanni¹; Capuzi, Arnaldo¹; Fagioli, Sandro²; Leonardi, Roberto³

¹ASI, ITALY; ²Alcatel Alenia Space Italia, ITALY; ³Italian Ministry of Defense, ITALY

5E1 - Mapping and Cartography, cont.

Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room E

08:40 - 10:20

08:40 Earth Observation in Service the Environmental Burden of Diseases - A New Methodology with Synergies for European Policies

Skouloudis, Andreas N.; Rickerby, David; Paert, Peter

European Commission, Dg-JRC, ITALY

09:00 DUE EPIDEMIO, EO in Epidemiology

Weisse, Kathrin¹; Pinnock, Simon²; Pluschke, Gerd³; McHugh, Sherry⁴; Wiesmann, Andreas⁵; Siegert, Florian⁶; Barbey, Christelle⁷

¹Jena-Optronik, GERMANY; ²ESA / ESRIN, ITALY; ³Swiss Tropical Institute, SWITZERLAND; ⁴C-Core, CANADA; ⁵Gamma Remote Sensing, SWITZERLAND; ⁶RSS, GERMANY; ⁷Silogic, FRANCE

09:20 Remote Sensing and GIS Contribution to Natural Hazard Risk Site Detection - Demonstrated by Examples from N-Venezuela, Central Italy and SW-Germany / NW-Switzerland

Theilen-Willige, Barbara

TU Berlin, GERMANY

09:40 The Use of MERIS Spectrometer Data in Seasonal Snow Mapping

Eskelinen, Miia; Mets�m�ki, Sari

Finnish Environment Institute, FINLAND

10:00 Validation of the PS Height Estimate by Means of Photogrammetric Data

Perissin, Daniele

Politecnico di Milano, ITALY

10:50 SAR Superresolution Change Detection for Security Applications

5E2 - Mapping and Cartography, cont.
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room E
10:50 - 12:10

Romero, Rosana¹; Sanz-Marcos, Jesus¹; Carrasco, Daniel¹; Moreno, Victoriano¹; Valero, Juan Luis²; Lafitte, Marc²

¹Indra Espacio, SPAIN; ²EUSC, SPAIN

11:10 AltPol Backscatter from Man-Made Objects Using ENVISAT ASAR Acquired with Different Incidence Angles

Weydahl, Dan Johan

Norwegain Defence Research Establishment, NORWAY

11:30 Automatic Detection of Archeological Sites Using a Hybrid Process of Remote Sensing, GIS Techniques and a Shape Detection Algorithm

Bridgwood, Ian¹; Rasmussen, Michael²; S�rensen , Mikael²; Carlucci, Renzo³; Bernardini, Fabrizio³; Osman, Ahmed⁴

¹Rovsing A/S, DENMARK; ²GRAS A/S, DENMARK; ³SOGESI S. p. A, ITALY; ⁴CULTNAT, EGYPT

11:50 Browsing the Scales - The CARTO-CHANGE Project

Hoffmann, C.¹; Gangkofner, U.¹; Arino, O.²; Kleeschulte, S.³; Weber, J.⁴; Weichselbaum, J.¹

¹GeoVille GmbH, AUSTRIA; ²ESA/Esrin, ITALY; ³ETC-TE, SPAIN; ⁴EEA, DENMARK

08:40 Operational Demonstration of Envisat ASAR Global Monitoring Mode Data at the Canadian Ice Service

5F1 - Operational Sea Ice Monitoring and Modelling
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room F
08:40 - 10:20

Power, Richard; Wilson, Katherine; Flett, Dean

Canadian Ice Service, CANADA

09:00 Classification of Sea Ice from Envisat ASAR AP Data with a Spectral Information Theoretic Kernel Method

Anfinsen, S.N.¹; Hall, Richard²; Tronstad, Stein³

¹University of Troms�, NORWAY; ²Kongsberg Satellite Services, NORWAY; ³Norwegian Polar Institute, NORWAY

09:20 C-Band Multiple Polarization SAR for Ice Monitoring - What Can it Do for the Canadian Ice Service?

Flett, Dean; De Abreu, Roger; Arkett, Matt

Canadian Ice Service, CANADA

09:40 Use of Envisat Data in Sea Ice Modeling

Lepp�ranta, Matti¹; Wang, Keguang²

¹University of Helsinki, FINLAND; ²University of Helsinki, Department of Physical Sciences, FINLAND

10:00 Iceberg Observations in the Barents Sea by Radar and Optical Satellite Images

Sandven, Stein; Babiker, Mohamed; Kloster, Kjell

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, NORWAY

5F2 - CryoSAT-2
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room F
10:50 - 12:30

10:50 Cryosat : from disaster to rebirth

Francis, Richard¹; Gilles, Pascal²

¹ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS; ²ESA ESRIN, ITALY

11:10 The continuing importance of CryoSat

Wingham, D.J.

CPOM/UCL, UNITED KINGDOM

11:30 The challenge to rebuild CryoSat

Mallow, U.¹; Rey, L.²

¹Astrium GmbH, GERMANY; ²Alcatel alenia space, FRANCE

11:50 Improving the marine reference surface for CryoSat

Drinkwater, Mark¹; Forsburg, R.²; Laxon, S³

¹ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS; ²KMS, DENMARK; ³CPOM/UCL, UNITED KINGDOM

12:10 Artic experiments to support CryoSat

Cullen, Robert¹; Davidson, Malcom²; Fornari, Marco²; Wingham, Duncan³

¹RHEA, NETHERLANDS; ²ESA ESTEC, NETHERLANDS; ³Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, UNITED KINGDOM

08:40 The Upper Ocean Response Before and After Coastally Trapped Disturbances as Derived from Multi-sensor Satellite Data

Room G

5G1 - Ocean Circulation and Sea Features
Friday, April 27, 2007 � Room G
08:40 - 10:20

Holt, Benjamin¹; Armstrong, Ed¹; Vazquez, Jorge¹; Breaker, Larry²

¹Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, UNITED STATES; ²Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, UNITED STATES

09:00 Using Envisat ASAR for the Study of Winter Mesoscale Cyclones in the Asia Marginal Seas

Mitnik, Maia

V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

09:20 Remote Sensing of Mesoscale Features in the Agulhas Current: An Example of Perfect Synergy

Johannessen, Johnny A.¹; Backeberg, B.²

¹NERSC, NORWAY; ²Dep. of Oceanography, Univ. of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA

09:40 Satellite-based Services to Support Sustainable Management of Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems

Gaspar, Philippe¹; Lehodey, Patrick²; Schwab, Philippe³; Jacq, Fabienne¹

¹CLS, Satellite Oceanography Division, FRANCE; ²CLS, Satellite Oceanography Divsion -Marine Ecosystem Modeling and Monitoring from Space, FRANCE; ³CLS, Technical Division, FRANCE

10:00 Satellite-based Research on Oceanic Planetary Waves: Recent Advances and Open Questions

Cipollini, Paolo

National Oceanography Centre, Southamppton, UNITED KINGDOM