ISPRS - Technical Commission VIII 2012-2016

Remote Sensing Applications and Policies

President

Vinay Kumar Dadhwal, PresidentVinay Kumar Dadhwal
 
Remote Sensing
National Remote Sensing Centre
Indian Space Research Organisation Balanagar, Hyderabad
INDIA
+91 40 2387 8360
+91 40 2388 4424

 

Vice-President

MVR Sesha Sai, Vice-PresidentMVR Sesha Sai
 
Remote Sensing (Agriculture)
National Remote Sensing Centre
Indian Space Research Organisation Balanagar, Hyderabad
INDIA
+91 40 2388 4212
+91 40 2388 4424

 

Secretary

P.L.N. Raju, SecretaryP.L.N. Raju
 
Remote Sensing [&] Geoinformatics
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
Indian Space Research Organisation
4 Kalidas Road, Dehradun
Uttarakhand, Pin - 248 001
INDIA
+91 135 2524123
+91 135 2741987

 

TC Webmaster

A. Vijay Banu, TC WebmasterA. Vijay Banu
 
National Remote Sensing Centre
Indian Space Research Organisation
Balanagar, Hyderabad
INDIA
+91 40 2388 4538
+91 40 23878868

 

Terms of Reference
  • Information support for disaster and risk reduction: Early warning systems, impact assessment, monitoring, resilience and risk reduction
  • Space based inputs for health services: disease epidemiology, predictive modelling and decision support systems
  • Environmental pollution: assessment and impacts
  • Improvements in space based geo-physical products: Radiative forcing, weather forecasting and climate change analyses
  • Hydrologic modelling: Improved parameterization, scaling from river basin to micro-watershed, water and energy cycle, including interactions
  • Integration of remotely sensed inputs on Geology, Geomorphology and Pedology with the Earth Science Applications
  • Multi-scale crop monitoring for growth and stress for sustainable agricultural production and Conservation agriculture
  • Integration of spatio-temporal satellite data products for analyses on climate change / variation
  • Global and regional dynamics of land use / land cover, bio-diversity, nexus of degradation, desertification and drought, bio-geo-chemical cycles
  • Carbon fluxes in soils, vegetation and inland, coastal and ocean waters
  • Physical and biological oceanographic parameters and assimilation in coupled models
  • Geophysical products for Cryospheric studies: Status, response and trends
  • Data Policies on sharing, access and outreach, Collaborate with GEO tasks and other select international programmes on the Earth observation applications, wherever applicable

 

WG VIII/1 - Disaster and Risk Reduction

Chair
T. Srinivasa Kumar

ASG & In-charge, National Tsunami Warning Centre
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)
"Ocean Valley", Pragathi Nagar (BO), Nizampet (SO)
Hyderabad-500090
India
+91 40 23895006 / 23886006
+91 40 23892910

Co-Chair
Cees Van Westen

Earth Systems Analysis Department
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
PO Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
+31(0)53 4874263
+31(0)53 4874336

Co-Chair
Fabio Giulio Tonolo

ITHACA - Information Technology for
Humanitarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action
Via Pier Carlo Boggio, 61
10138 - Torino
Italy
+39 011 1975 1853
+39 011 1975 1122

Secretary
P.K. Champati Ray

Geosciences and Geo-Hazards Department
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
Indian Space Research Organisation
4, Kalidas Road
Dehradun- 248001
India
+91-135-2524153
+91-135-2741987
WG VIII/1  Terms of Reference
  • Generation of vulnerability and hazard zone maps for different type of disasters, such as forest fire, cyclone, floods, drought, volcano eruptions, earthquakes, landslides etc. and identification & assessment of potential risk zones
  • Integrate remotely sensed observations and communication strategies with enhanced predictive modelling capabilities for disaster detection, early warning, monitoring,  damage assessment and response
  • Development of disaster management plans for pre, during and post disaster situations and enhance support for early warning systems, emergency events mitigation and decision making.
  • Collaborate with ISPRS TC 1 & other relevant Working Groups  as well as international bodies such as GEO, CEOS, IGOS & ICSMD

 

WG VIII/2 - Health

Chair
Fazlay S. Faruque

GIS & Remote Sensing Program
University of Mississippi Medical Ctr
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39110
USA
+1-601-815-9027
+1-601-815-9025

Co-Chair
David J. Lary

University of Texas at Dallas
800 W Campbell Rd, Richardson,
TX 75080
USA
+1-972-489-2059

Co-Chair
Richard Kiang

NASA - Goddard Space Flight Ctr
8800 Greenbelt Road
Greenbelt, MD 20771
USA
+1-301-614-5375
+1-301-614-5268

Secretary
Timi S. Vann

NOAA - Western Regional Team Coordinator
2725 Montlake Blvd. East
Seattle, WA 98112
USA
+1-206- 861-7618
+1-206-860-3217

WG Webmaster
Peggy Harper

Office of Communications
Mississippi Department of Health
570 Woodrow Wilson, Suite 100
Jackson, MS 39215-1700
USA
+1-601-576-7677

Regional Coordinator
Abdulkader A. Murad

King Abdulaziz University
P.O. Box 80210
Jeddah – 21589
Saudi Arabia
+966-02-6952247

Regional Coordinator
Yves M. Tourre

Anewworld and CNES
21 Bd. Lazare Carnot
31000 Toulouse
France
+33-531617200

Regional Coordinator
Masami Onoda

Fellow, Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) JAXA
Ochanomizu Sola City
4-6 Kanda Surugadai Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-8008
Japan
+81 50 3362 4645
WG VIII/2  Terms of Reference
  • Integrate Earth observation products with predictive models for environmental health tracking and early warning, and for disease surveillance in cooperation with other international, national, and regional organizations and activities.
  • Collaborate with the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) to support initiatives of mutual interest.
  • Contribute to the GEO Health Societal Benefit Area
  • Bridge the Earth observing communities of practice and health communities of practice by including health professionals in ISPRS sanctioned technical sessions, workshops, and symposia
  • Provide scholarly contributions to advance knowledge and practice of Earth observation for public health through collaboration among working group members
  • Build capacity to enhance interdisciplinary research collaborations in the fields of remote sensing and public health. 

 

WG VIII/3 - Weather, Atmosphere and Climate Studies

Chair
Dev Niyogi

Purdue University and Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
LILY 2-420, 915 W. State St.
W. Lafayette, IN 47906-2054
USA
+1 765-4189575
+1 765-496-2926
WG VIII/3  Terms of Reference
  • Enhance retrieving and monitoring status and effects of clouds and aerosols.
  • Enhance retrieving and monitoring status and effects of atmospheric greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, methane, etc.
  • Enhance retrieving and monitoring capabilities of atmospheric minor constituents and aerosols both in stratosphere and troposphere.
  • Enhance the monitoring capabilities of atmospheric winds.
  • Increase the accuracy of atmospheric radiative forcing to contribute to the climate models.
  • Increase the knowledge of atmospheric processes to improve the climate models.
  • Improve the quality of remote sensing data input to numerical weather forecast system to increase the accuracy of weather forecasting and now-casting.
  • Collaborate with GEO and take part in GEO task where appropriate

 

WG VIII/4 - Water

Chair
Yann Kerr

CESBIO (CNES/CNRS/UPS/IRD)
18, avenue Edouard Belin
31401 Toulouse Cedex 9
France
+33 5 61 55 85 22
+33 5 61 55 85 00

Co-Chair
Ad De Roo

European Commission
DG Joint Research Centre
Unit H01 - Water Resources
TP 261, 21027 Ispra
Italy
+39 0332 786240
+39 0332 786653

Co-Chair
M. Sekhar

Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012
INDIA
+91-80-2293 2245
+91-80-23600404

Secretary
Sat Kumar Tomer

CESBIO, OMP
18, avenue Edouard Belin
31401 Toulouse Cedex 9
France
WG VIII/4  Terms of Reference
  • Early warning systems for natural disaster like droughts and floods.
  • Upscaling/Downscaling the soil moisture and latent heat retrieved from the satellites.
  • Improvement in the hydrological/soil parameterization by using the satellite products.
  • Global and regional dynamics of desertification and drought.
  • Assimilation of satellite data into a crop/hydrological model.
  • Collaborate with GEO and take part in GEO task where appropriate.

 

WG VIII/5 - Energy & Geological Applications

Chair
SM. Ramasamy

Gandhigram Rural University
Gandhigram - 624 302
Dindigul District
Tamil Nadu
India
+91 451 2452305, 451 2453845
+91 451 2454535

Co-Chair
Dr. Sanjeevi

Department of Geology
Anna University
Madras 600 025.
India
+91 44 22358446

Secretary
Saied Pirasteh

Department of Geography & Environmental Management
Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change, University of Waterloo
Canada N2L 3G1
+1 416 835 5930

Regional coordinator (Europe)
Derek Rust

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Portsmouth
Barnamy Building
Barnamy road
Ports mouth PO 1 3 QL
United Kingdom

Regional coordinator (Asia)
Rao Divi

Dept of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Kuwait University
Kuwait
+965 2498 5962

Regional coordinator (SEA and Australia)
C.J. Kumanan

Centre for Remote Sensing
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirapalli -620 021
Tamil Nadu
India
+91 9443841583
+91 451 2454535
WG VIII/5  Terms of Reference
  • Generation of spectral library of rock forming minerals, rock types, metaliferous host rocks and the alteration zones, integrating ground based spectral reflectance data and multi-sensor satellite data
  • Adoption of multi- sensor, multi- resolution and hyper spectral remote sensing data and GIS based 3D visualization of deep seated mineral Deposits to the exploration of non Renewable Resources, radioactive and geothermal resources
  • 3 dimensional visualization of probable hydro carbon / Gas bearing deep seated geological structures, growth faults connecting such deep seated structures to the surface expressed active faults and detection of zones of degasification along such active faults using Digital elevation models of geophysical, bore hole lithological and surface topographical data.
  • Elucidation of tectonic evolution offolded mountains using structural trends and the fractures interpreted from satellite stereo images and the shaded relief out puts
  • Employ remotely sensed data, mapping lithological, tectonic, geomorphic and hydrologic Anomalies and construct post collision tectonic models and evaluation of their impacts and Control Over mineral, aquifer systems, hydrocarbon, natural disasters and the eco systems.
  • Modeling of river basins with special reference to their life histories including erosional-depositional dynamics, catchment erosion /youthful stage behavior, delta building activity and deduction of interface dynamics between the river flow dynamics and the active tectonics, sea level changes, palaeo flood cycle, palaeo climate etc and finally evolve plans for soil conservation, flood rhythmicities and forecasting, secondary minerals, ground water targeting, recharge, command area development, Engineering geology projects etc.
  • Remote sensing,analysis of ETOPO data and coastal morphotectonic and morphodynamic modeling Leading to natural resources based, ecosystem sustainable and disaster protective and predictive Developmental planning.
  • Application of satellite stereo images, generation of shaded relief maps in mapping the fracture systems and spatio- linear modeling of fractured aquifer systems.
  • Help facilitate the development of geological and geomorphological product standards and related error assessment derived from remote sensing data
  • Foster technology transfer through the sharing of convincing geological and geomorhological case histories derived from remote sensing data
  • Collaboratewith other ICSU GeoUnions; collaborate with GEO and take part in GEO task where appropriate.

 

WG VIII/6 - Cryosphere

Chair
Josefino Comiso

Cryospheric Sciences Branch,
Code 614.1
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD, 20771
USA
+1-301-614-5708
+1-301-614-5644

Co-Chair
Kohei Cho

Research & Information Center
Tokai University
2-28-4, Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo, 151-0063
Japan
+813-3481-0611
+813-3481-0610

Co-Chair
Beata Csatho

Department of Geology
Univ. at Buffalo
SUNY, 411 Cooke Hall
Buffalo, NY, 14260-1350
USA
+1-716-645-4325/3921
+1-716-645-3999

Regional Coordinator
Dr. Snehmani

Deputy Director
Snow & Avalanche Study Estt. (SASE)
Research & Development Centre (RDC)
Him Parisar, Plot No 1, Sector 37A
Chandigarh - 160 036 (UT)
India
+91-172-2699804, Extn: 270 (Office)
+91-172-2699802
WG VIII/6  Terms of Reference
  • Develop remote sensing data for assimilation in models of sea ice cover, glaciers, permafrost and ice sheets.
  • Assess errors in the retrieval of satellite cryospheric parameters.
  • Develop historical records of polar parameters and non-polar glaciers for trend studies.
  • Assess glacier and ice sheet mass loss..
  • Study the asymmetry in the changes of sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
  • Study trends and changes in albedo at high latitudes and relationships with changes in snow cover and melt patterns.
  • Monitor surface temperature and snow cover changes in permafrost regions.
  • Collaborate with GEO and take part in GEO task where appropriate.

 

WG VIII/7 - Forestry, Natural Ecosystems & Biodiversity

Chair
Y.A. (Yousif) Hussin

International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
P.O. Box 6
7500 AA Enschede
The Netherlands,
+31-53-4874297
+31-53-4874379

Co-Chair
Guoqing Zhou

Guangxi Key Laboratory for Spatial Information and Geomatics
Guilin University of Technology
Guilin
China
+86 773 5896073

Co-Chair
Jaime Hernández Palma

Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Lab
Forestry and Nature Conservation Faculty
Universidad de Chile
Chile
+56 2 2 9785873

Secretary
M.S.R. Murthy

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
G.P.O. Box 3226
Khumaltar
Kathmandu
Nepal
+977 1 5003222
+977 1 5003299

Regional Coordinator
Ramakrishna Nemani

Ecological Forecasting Laboratory
NASA Ames Research Center
MS 242-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035
USA
+1 650-604-6185
WG VIII/7  Terms of Reference
  • Development of the Monitoring, Recording and Verification (MRV) system for REDD using RS/GIS.
  • VHRS images, Lidar and Photogrammetry 3D point cloud for modeling and mapping forest Biomass/Carbon stock. 
  • Modeling carbon emission from forest fire using RS/GIS
  • Advanced Mapping and Monitoring Deforestation and Forest Degradation using latest Development of RS Sensor, Methods and Techniques.

 

WG VIII/8 - Land Cover and its Dynamics, Including Agricultural & Urban Land Use

Chair
Prasad S. Thenkabail

U.S. Geological Survey
2255, N. Gemini Dr.
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
USA
+1 928-556-7221
+1 928-556-7169

Co-Chair
Mutlu Ozdogan

University of Wisconsin
1710 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53726
USA
+1-608-262-0873
+1-608-265-4113

Co-Chair
Zeng Yongnian

School of Geosciences and Info-Physics
Central South University
Changsha, 410083, Hunan
China
+86 0731- 82539820
+86 0731- 82539820

Regional Coordinator
Barbara Koch

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
D-79085 Freiburg
Germany
+49-761-203-3694
WG VIII/8  Terms of Reference
  • Advance remote sensing of land cover land use change (LCLUC);
  • Develop methods, protocols, and algorithms for remote sensing of global cropland monitoring, mapping, and modelling;
  • Promote journal articles and special issues pertaining to global LCLUC, agriculture, and water issues;
  • Conduct, promote, participate in remote sensing workshops and symposiums on issues pertaining to global LCLUC, agriculture, and water;
  • Address issues pertaining to global food security through remote sensing data, products, models, and maps;
  • Assessment and modelling of biodiversity by remote sensing methods;
  • Modelling of renewable energy resources using remote sensing;
  • Enhancement of remote sensing for LCLUC, agriculture, water knowledge and risk assessment through use of advanced tools: hyperspectral, hyperspatial, advanced multispectral, radar, Lidar, thermal, and a combination of these satellites and sensors;
  • Collaborate with GEO, GEOSS, CEOS, GEOGLAM, and other International and National forums.

 

WG VIII/9 - Coastal and Ocean Applications

Chair
Samanta Lavender

Pixalytics Ltd
Tamar Science Park, 1 Davy Road
Derriford, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8BX
UK
+44 1752 764407
+44 1752 772227

Co-Chair
Prakash Chauhan

Planetary Sciences and Marine Optics Division
MPSG-EPSA
Space Applications Centre (ISRO)
Ahmedabad-380015
India
+91-79-26914140 (Office)
+91-79-26915825

Co-Chair
Tim Liu

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
MS 300-323, 4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena
CA 91109
USA
+1-818-354-2394
+1-818-393-6720
WG VIII/9  Terms of Reference
  • Measure, characterize, understand, and predict, the storage and transport of momentum, heat, water (salinity), and greenhouse gases in the ocean and the surface signatures (temperature, salinity, dynamic topography) of the ocean’s response to surface forcing (wind stress, fresh water, turbulent and radiative heat flux) from diurnal to decadal time scales, and from coastal to open oceans.
  • Understand the ocean's role in the changes and interaction amongst the biological, chemical, and energy/water cycles in the oceans and their influence on terrestrial and cryospheric changes.
  • Work towards an understanding of uncertainty in terms of the satellite data, ancillary data used in the processing and in-situ data used for validation.
  • Aid in the coordination of present and future space missions related to ocean observations, and the calibration, validation, and dissemination of the resulting data.
  • Collaborate with international activities such as GEO, GHRSST, IOCCG etc and take part where appropriate.

 

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