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  IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2009, July 12-17, 2009, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Proceedings. IEEE 2009 [ contents ]

Ionosphere Effects in Polarimetric and Interferometric SAR Imagery I

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  Franz Meyer, Jeremy Nicoll, Bill Bristow: Mapping Aurora Activity with SAR - A Case Study. 1-4

Low Frequency SAR Calibration, Processing, Modelling and Applications I

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  Marco Lavalle, Mark L. Williams, Scott Hensley, Eric Pottier, Domenico Solimini: Dependence of P-band Interferometric Height on Forest Parameters from Simulation and Observation. 5-8
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  Annelie Wyholt, Lars M. H. Ulander: Evaluating VHF-band SAR Autofocus Algorithms using a Forest Backscatter Model. 9-12
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  Seung-Kuk Lee, Florian Kugler, Konstantinos Papathanassiou, Irena Hajnsek: Polarimetric SAR Interferometry for Forest Application at P-band: Potentials and Challenges. 13-16

Ten Years of Modis Earth Observations I

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  Xiaoxiong Xiong, Brian Wenny, William Barnes, Vince Salomonson: An Overview of MODIS Calibration and Characterization and Lessons Learned. 17-20

Coastal and Wetlands Applications I

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  Shahid Habib, Fritz Policelli, Daniel Irwin, Tesfaye Korme, Bob Adler, Yang Hong: Application of Satellite Observations to Manage Natural Disasters in the Lake Victoria Basin. 21-24
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  Andy Kwarteng: Remote Sensing Assessment of Coastal Erosion in Al Batinah, Oman. 25-28
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  Khaldoun Abu Al Hin, Irmgard Niemeyer: Coastal Monitoring using Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Systems: Estimation of Erosion and Accretion Rates along Gaza Coastline. 29-32
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  Tazio Strozzi, Luigi Tosi, Pietro Teatini, Charles Werner, Urs Wegmüller: Monitoring Land Subsidence within the Venice Lagoon with SAR Interferometry on Trihedral Corner Reflectors. 33-36

Use of Remote Sensing Techniques for Surface Deformation Monitoring and Damage Detection in Volcanic and Seismogenic Areas I

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  Fabio Dell'Acqua, Gianni Lisini, Paolo Gamba: Experiences in Optical and SAR Imagery Analysis for Damage Assessment in the Wuhan, may 2008 Earthquake. 37-40
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  Francesco Casu, Riccardo Lanari, Asta Miklius, Michael P. Poland, Eugenio Sansosti, Giuseppe Solaro, Pietro Tizzani: SBAS-InSAR Analysis of Surface Deformation at Mauna Loa and Kilauea Volcanoes in Hawaii. 41-44

High Performance Geocomputation and Remote Sensing I

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  Wei Wan, Yong Xue, Shuning Lu, Jie Guang: A High Performance Remote Sensing Retrieval Application on an Institutional Desktop Grid. 45-48
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  Yan Ma, Dingsheng Liu, Jingshan Li: A New Framework of Cluster-based Parallel Processing System for High-performance Geo-computing. 49-52
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  Gilbert Rochon, Magdy Abdel Wahab, Gamal Salah El Afandi, Gulay Altay, Okan K. Ersoy, Carol X. Song, Lan Zhao, Larry Biehl, Belal Elleithy, Mohammed Shokr, Mohamed Mohamed, Tarek A. El-Ghazawi, Darion Grant, Dev Niyogi: The Kamal Ewida Earth Observatory: A NATO Supported Real-time Remote Sensing Receiving Station being Established in Egypt with HPC-enabled Near-real-time Data Products for Mitigation of Environmental & Public Health Disasters. 53-56
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  Martin Lambers, Andreas Kolb: GPU-based Framework for Distributed Interactive 3D Visualization of Multimodal Remote Sensing data. 57-60
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  Jianwen Ai, Yong Xue, Yingjie Li, Jie Guang, Ying Wang, Linyan Bai: A Dynamic Grid Workflow for Remote Sensing Quantitative Retrieval Service. 61-64

Inversion of Land Surface and Biophysical Properties I

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  Tiziana Beltramonte, Carmine Clemente, Maurizio di Bisceglie, Carmela Galdi: Robust Multiband Detection of Thermal Anomalies using the Minimum Covariance Determinant Estimator. 65-68
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  Gustavo Camps-Valls, Luis Gómez-Chova, Jordi Muñoz-Marí, Joan Vila-Francés, Julia Amorós-López, Javier Calpe-Maravilla: Biophysical Parameter Estimation with Adaptive Gaussian Processes. 69-72
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  Zhiqiang Xiao, Shunlin Liang, Jindi Wang, Xiyan Wu: Use of an Ensemble Kalman Filter for Real-time Inversion of Leaf Area Index from MODIS Time Series Data. 73-76
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  Frans van den Bergh, Gustave Udahemuka, Barend J. van Wyk: Potential Fire Detection based on Kalman-driven Change Detection. 77-80
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  José Gómez-Dans, Martin Wooster, Philip Lewis, Allan Spessa: Probabilistic Calibration of a Coupled Ecosystem and Fire Model using Satellite Data. 81-84

Source Separation: From ICA to Unmixing

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  Marian-Daniel Iordache, José M. Bioucas-Dias, Antonio Plaza: Unmixing Sparse Hyperspectral Mixtures. 85-88
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  Olga Duran, Maria Petrou: Robust Endmember Extraction in the Presence of Anomalies. 89-92
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  Ola Tannous, Dayalan Kasilingam: Independent Component Analysis of Polarimetric SAR Data for Separating Ground and Vegetation Components. 93-96
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  Alberto Villa, Jocelyn Chanussot, Christian Jutten, Jon Atli Benediktsson, Saïd Moussaoui: On the Use of ICA for Hyperspectral Image Analysis. 97-100

Segmentation-based Image Analysis and Classification

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  Raffaele Gaetano, Giuseppe Scarpa, Giovanni Poggi: Recursive Texture Fragmentation and Reconstruction Segmentation Algorithm Applied to VHR Images. 101-104
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  Raffaele Gaetano, Giuseppe Scarpa, Giovanni Poggi: Advances in Texture-based Segmentation of High Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery. 105-108
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  Giorgio Licciardi, Chiara Pratola, Fabio Del Frate: Completely Automatic Classification of Satellite Multi-spectral Imagery for the Production of Land Cover Maps. 109-112
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  Keming Chen, Zhenglong Li, Jian Cheng, Zhixin Zhou, Hanqing Lu: A Variational Co-training Framework for Remote Sensing Image Segmentation. 113-116

Calibration of Microwave Radiometers

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  Darren McKague, Christopher Ruf, John J. Puckett: Microwave Radiometer Inter-calibration using the Vicarious Calibration Method. 117-120
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  Isaac Ramos-Perez, Xavier Bosch-Lluis, Adriano Camps, Enric Valencia, Juan Fernando Marchan-Hernandez, Nereida Rodriguez-Alvarez, Francisco Canales-Contador: Preliminary results of the Passive Advanced Unit Synthetic Aperture (PAU-SA). 121-124
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  Ville Kangas, Andreas Colliander: Receiver as a Radiometer Calibration Target. 125-128

Vegetation Structure and Biomass II

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  Marco Lavalle, Domenico Solimini, Eric Pottier, Yves-Louis Desnos: Forest Parameters Inversion using Polarimetric and Interferometric SAR Data. 129-132
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  Yuxia Li, WuNian Yang, Ling Tong, Ji Jian, XingFa Gu: Quantitative Study of the Eco-water Indices based on Remote Sensing. 133-136
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  Maxim Neumann, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Andreas Reigber: Forest Parameter Retrieval using a General Repeat-pass Polarimetric Interferometric Vegetation Model. 137-140
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  Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi: Variable Wind Influence on InSAR Imagery of Forests. 141-144

Active Remote Sensing and Land Characterization

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  Maxim Neumann, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Marc Jäger, Andreas Reigber, Eric Pottier: A Polarimetric Vegetation Model to Retrieve Particle and Orientation Distribution Characteristics. 145-148
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  Angus Calderhead, Richard Martel, Alfonso Rivera, Jaime Garfias, Pierre-Jean Alasset: C-band D-InSAR and Field Data for Calibrating a Groundwater Flow and Land Subsidence Model. 149-152
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  Giles M. Foody: Correcting Estimates of Land Cover Change and Change Detection Accuracy for Error in Ground Reference Data. 153-156
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  Takashi Nonaka, Tomohiro Hayakawa, Stephen Griffiths, Bryan Mercer: DEM Production Utilizing Stereo Technology of TerraSAR-X Data. 157-160

Lidar-based Remote Sensing - The Next Wave I

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  Ludwig Combrinck: The MOBLAS-6 Satellite Laser Ranging Station at Hartebeesthoek, South Africa; Technology and Data Applications. 161-164

Ionosphere Effects in Polarimetric and Interferometric SAR Imagery II

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  Rafael Zandona-Schneider, Kostas Papathanassiou: Estimation and Correction of Ionospheric Induced Phase Errors in SAR Images using Coherent Scatterers. 165-168

Low Frequency SAR Calibration, Processing, Modelling and Applications II

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  Gustaf Sandberg, Lars M. H. Ulander, Johan E. S. Fransson, Johan Holmgren, Thuy Le Toan: Comparison of L- and P-band Biomass Retrievals based on Backscatter from the BioSAR Campaign. 169-172
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  Mark L. Williams, Tony Milne, Ian Tapley, Tom Carson, Jim Reis, Mark Sanford, Boris Kofman, Scott Hensley: Tropical Forest Biomass Recovery using GeoSAR Observations. 173-176
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  Sébastien Angélliaume, Pascale Dubois-Fernandez, Philippe Dreuillet, Hélène Oriot: SETHI, the ONERA Airborne SAR Sensor, and his Low Frequency Capability. 177-179

Coastal and Wetlands Applications II

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  Jingjuan Liao, Lei Dong, Guozhuang Shen: Neural Network Algorithm and Backscattering Model for Biomass Estimation of Wetland Vegetation in Poyang Lake area using Envisat ASAR Data. 180-183
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  Yanxia Liu, Haijun Huang, Hui Fan: Dispersal of Suspended Sediment in the Southwest Inshore off the Modern Huanghe (Yellow) River Estuary. 184-187
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  Shanshan Li, Bing Zhang, Lianru Gao, Liang Zhang: Classification of Coastal Zone based on Decision Tree and PPI. 188-191
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  Mariapia Faruolo, Irina Coviello, Teodosio Lacava, Nicola Pergola, Valerio Tramutoli: Real Time Monitoring of Flooded Areas by a Multi-temporal Analysis of Optical Satellite Data. 192-195

High Performance Geocomputation and Remote Sensing II

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  Antonio Plaza, Javier Plaza, Abel Paz: Improving the Scalability of Parallel Algorithms for Hyperspectral Image Analysis using Adaptive Message Compression. 196-199
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  Lv Pang, Guoqing Li, Yunxuan Yan, Yan Ma: Research on Parallel Buffer Analysis with Grided based HPC Technology. 200-203
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  Quang Huy Nguyen, Ken Yoong Lee, Myo Tun Aung, Timo Rolf Bretschneider, Ian Vince McLoughlin: Hardware-accelerated Edge Detection for Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar Data. 204-207
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  Tomasz Danek: Parallel and Distributed Seismic Wave Field Modeling with combined Linux Clusters and Graphics Processing Units. 208-211
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  Liang Zhang, Tianhe Chi, Xin Zhang: A Quick and Feature based Visualization Algorithm for Large-scale Flow Data. 212-215

Inversion of Land Surface and Biophysical Properties II

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  Vincenzo Severino, Matteo Nannini, Andreas Reigber, Rolf Scheiber, Amedeo Capozzoli, Giuseppe D'Elia, Angelo Liseno, Pietro Vinetti: An Approach to SAR Tomography with Limited Number of Tracks. 216-219
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  Yanjuan Yao, Wenjie Fan, Daihui Wu, Binyan Yan, Qiang Liu, Qinhuo Liu: Leaf Area Index Inversion and Validation for Cotton in Xinjiang based on the DMC Remotely Sensed Mini-satellite Data. 220-223
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  Massimo Donelli, Manuel Benedetti, Dominique Lesselier, Andrea Massa: A Qualitative Two-step Inversion Approach for the Reconstruction of Subsurface Defects. 224-227

Image Segmentation and Textures

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  Nicola Amoruso, Andrea Baraldi, Palma Blonda: Spectral Rules and Geostatistic Features for Characterizing Olive Groves in QuickBird Images. 228-231
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  Felipe Calderero, Ferran Marqués, Javier Marcello, Francisco Eugenio: Hierarchical Segmentation of Vegetation Areas in High Spatial Resolution Images by Fusion of Multispectral Information. 232-235
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  André R. S. Marçal, Arlete Rodrigues, Mario Cunha: The Synthetic Image Testing Framework (SITEF) for the Evaluation of Multi-spectral Image Segmentation Algorithms. 236-239

Time-Series Analyses for Change Detection

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  Amandine Robin, Grégoire Mercier, Gabriele Moser, Sebastiano B. Serpico: An A-contrario Approach for Unsupervised Change Detection in Radar Images. 240-243
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  Brian P. Salmon, Jan C. Olivier, Waldo Kleynhans, Konrad J. Wessels, Frans van den Bergh: The Quest for Automated Land Cover Change Detection using Satellite Time Series Data. 244-247
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  Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro, Valdete Duarte, Egidio Arai, Ramon Morais de Freitas, Paulo R. Martini, André Lima: Mapping and Monitoring Land Cover in Acre State, Brazilian Amazônia, using Multitemporal Remote Sensing Data. 248-251
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  Bernardo Rudorff, Marcos Adami, Daniel Alves Aguiar, Aníbal Gusso, Wagner Fernando Silva, Ramon Morais de Freitas: Temporal Series of EVI/MODIS to Identify Land Converted to Sugarcane. 252-255
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  Waldo Kleynhans, J. Corne Olivier, Brian P. Salmon, Konrad J. Wessels, Frans van den Bergh: Improving NDVI Time Series Class Separation using an Extended Kalman Filter. 256-259

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Africa I

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  Elhadi Adam, Onisimo Mutanga, Denis Rugege, Riyad Ismail: Field Spectrometry of Papyrus Vegetation (Cyperus papyrus L.) in Swamp Wetlands of St Lucia, South Africa. 260-263
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  Moses Azong Cho, Jan van Aardt, Bongani Majeke, Russell Main, Abel Ramoelo, Renaud Mathieu, Mark Norris-Rogers, Marius Du Plessis: Integrating Remote Sensing and Ancillary Data for Regional Ecosystem Assessment: Eucalyptus Grandis Agro-system in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 264-267
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  Elfatih Abdel-Rahman, Maurits van den Berg, Mike Way, Fethi Ahmed: Hand-held Spectrometry for Estimating Thrips (Fulmekiola Serrata) Incidence in Sugarcane. 268-271
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  Pravesh Debba, Moses Azong Cho, Renaud Mathieu: Within- and Between-class Variability of Spectrally Similar Tree Species. 272-275

Remote Sensing of Vegetation Processes I

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  Suzanne Furby, Peter Caccetta, Jeremy F. Wallace, Eric A. Lehmann, Katherine Zdunic: Recent Development in Vegetation Monitoring Products from Australia's National Carbon Accounting System. 276-279
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  Shalei Song, Pingxiang Li, Wei Gong, Liangpei Zhang, Bo Zhu, Lilei Lv, Daoxi Zhang: A Narrow Band Combination Model to Determine Leaf Nitrogen and Water Content in Rice. 280-283
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  Li Li, Liangfu Chen, Yanhua Gao, Qinhuo Liu: A Study on GPP Inversion of Different Ecosystems by Remote Sensing and Impact Factors Comparison. 284-287

Geostationary Data Products; Land Surface Temperature

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  Dominique Carrer, Bernhard Geiger, Jean-Louis Roujean, Olivier Hautecoeur, Jure Cedilnik, Jean-François Mahfouf, Catherine Meurey, Laurent Franchistéguy: Land Surface Albedo from MSG/SEVIRI: Retrieval Method, Validation, and Application for Weather Forecast. 288-291
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  Joan Miquel Galve, César Coll, Fred Prata: Monthly Land Surface Temperature Maps over European Zone using Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer Data for 2007. 292-295

Land Use and Land Cover

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  Sudhir Gupta, Vinay Pandit, Krishnan S. Rajan: Remote Sensing based Season Calendar for Indian Districts using MODIS Data. 296-299
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  Laerte Guimaraes Ferreira, Gregory Asner, David Knapp, Eric Davidson, Mercedes Bustamante: Scaling up Equivalent Water Thickness in Savanna Environments: From Local to Biome Scale, via Ground, Hyperion, and MODIS Data. 300-302
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  Min Xu, Chunxiang Cao, Hao Zhang, Yong Xue, Yingjie Li, Jianping Guo, Caoyi Chang, Qisheng He, Mengxu Gao, Xiaowen Li: Change Detection of the Tangjiashan Barrier Lake based on Multi-source Remote Sensing Data. 303-306
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  Chenzhou Liu, Donghui Xie, Jiancheng Shi, Shuai Gao: Subpixel Mapping of Water Cover with MODIS in Tibetan Plateau. 307-309
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  Kaishan Song, Zongming Wang, Qingfeng Liu, Dongmei Lu, Guang Yang, Lihong Zeng, Dianwei Liu, Bai Zhang, Jia Du: Land Use/land Cover (LULC) Characterizaitoin with MODIS Time Series Data in the Amu River Basin. 310-313
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  Guojing Yang, Baisheng Ye, Yongjian Ding, Lihua Zhou: The Change of Landscape Pattern in Arid Mountain of the Upper Reaches of Shule River Basin in Northwest China. 314-317
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  Yuemin Yue, Kelin Wang, Junsheng Li, Bing Zhang, Bo Liu, Quanjun Jiao, Xiaonan Zhang: Developing New Spectral Indices for Karst Rocky Desertification Monitoring in Southwest China. 318-321
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  Natasha Ribeiro, Gregory S. Okin, Herman H. Shugart, Robert J. Swap: The Influence of Rainfall, Vegetation, Elephants and People on Fire Frequency of Miombo Woodlands, Northern Mozambique. 322-325
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  Xiaoxue Zhou, Bing Zhang, Liping Lei, Liangyun Liu, Zhengchao Chen, Junchuan Fan, Haixia Liu: Variation of Albedo with the Increased Impervious Surface in Beijing-Tianjin Area of China. 326-329

Remote Sensing of Land Surface Properties and Wetlands

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  Guy Thoonen, Jeroen Vanden Borre, Steve De Backer, Paul Scheunders: Assessing the Quality of Heathland Vegetation by Classification of Hyperspectral Data using Spatial Information. 330-333
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  Gabriela Bucini, Sassan Saatchi, Niall Hanan, Randall B. Boone, Izak Smit: Woody Cover and Heterogeneity in the Savannas of the Kruger National Park, South Africa. 334-337
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  Meng-Lung Lin, Cheng-Wu Chen, Jyh-yi Shih, Yung-Tan Lee, Chung-Hung Tsai, Yen-Tsui Hu, Fujun Sun, Chun-Ying Wang: Using MODIS-based Vegetation and Moisture Indices for Oasis Landscape Monitoring in an Arid Environment. 338-341
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  Janet Gritzner: Modeling Surface-flow Characteristics in Glaciated Landscapes. 342-345
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  Jan Kropacek, Volker Hochschild: Parametrization of Integrated Hydrological Model of Nam Co Lake Catchment on Tibetan Plateau using Synergy of SAR and Optical Data. 346-349
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  Zhaoning Gong, Xiaojuan Li, Wenji Zhao: Remote Sensing Applications: Ecological Environment Effect Analysis of Widgeon Lake Wetland Change in Beijing Region. 350-353

Forest and Vegetation Applications

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  Eva Sevillano-Marco, Alfonso Fernández-Manso, Carmen Quintano Pastor, Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro: Biomass Estimation of Pinus Radiata (D. Don) Stands in Northwestern Spain by Unmixing CCD CBERS Data. 354-357
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  Naoki Hayashi, Motoyuki Sato: Measurement and Analysis of Paddy Field by Polarimetric GB-SAR. 358-361
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  Roman Kellenberger, Mathias Kneubühler, Tobias W. Kellenberger: Spectral Characterisation and Mapping of Welwitschia Mirabilis in Namibia. 362-365
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  Mathias Kneubühler, Tobias W. Kellenberger: Mapping of Welwitschia Mirabilis with High Resolution Satellite Imagery in the Namib Desert. 366-369
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  Huanhua Peng, Chuanyan Zhao, Weihua Shen, Zhonglin Xu, Zhaodong Feng: Modeling Canopy Interception of Picea Crassifolia Forest in Qilian Mountains using QuickBird Satellite Data. 370-373
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  Jianqiang Ren, Zhongxin Chen, Xiaomei Yang, Xingren Liu, Qingbo Zhou: Regional Yield Prediction of Winter Wheat based on Retrieval of Leaf Area Index by Remote Sensing Technology. 374-377
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  Peijuan Wang, Jiahua Zhang, Donghui Xie, Yuyu Zhou, Rui Sun: Yield Estimation of Winter Wheat in North China Plain using RS-P-YEC Model. 378-381
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  Aimin Cai, Yun Shao, Fengli Zhang, Huaze Gong: Study on the Influence of Drought to Crop Growth based on SAR Remote Sensing. 382-385
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  Zhifeng Guo, Wenjian Ni, Guoqing Sun: Analysis of the Effect of Crown Structure Changes on Backscattering Coefficient using Modeling and SAR Data. 386-389

Buildings and Urban Areas

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  Hongzhao Tang, Lei Yan, Pengqi Gao: A Modified SFS Algorithm based on Stereo Images for the Three-dimension Reconstruction of Urban Buildings. 390-393
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  Wenhan Xie, Guoqing Zhou: High-accuracy of Orthorectification Model with Self-geometric Constraint for High Buildings in Urban Area. 394-397
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  Wenju He, Marc Jäger, Olaf Hellwich: Urban Areas Characterization from Polarimetric SAR Images using Hidden Markov Model. 398-401
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  Wenju He, Olaf Hellwich: Bayesian Building Extraction from High Resolution Polarimetric SAR Data. 402-405
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  Wenhan Xie, Li Zhang, Guoqing Zhou, Yucai Xue: Accurate Pose and Location Estimation of Uncalibrated Camera in Urban Area. 406-409
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  Daniel Frey, Matthias Butenuth, Stefan Hinz: Automated Detection and Classification of Intact Road Networks in Multi-sensorial Spaceborne Imagery for Near-realtime Disaster Management. 410-413
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  Mickaël Duquenoy, Jean Philippe Ovarlez, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Eric Pottier: Hyperimage Concept: Multidimensional Time-Frequency Analysis Applied to SAR Imaging. 414-417
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  Dongmei Yan, Tianyou Kou, Fenfei Wang, Fen Chen: Analysis of Narrow Ridge Estimation for Linear CCD RFM Model and its Application. 418-421
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  Luciano Alparone, Francesco Butera, Luca Capobianco, Leandro Chiarantini, Sandro Moretti, Massimo Selva: Quality Assessment of Data Products from a New Generation Airborne Imaging Spectrometer. 422-425

Data Processing I

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  Fumio Yamazaki, Wen Liu, Makiko Takasaki: Characteristics of Shadow and Removal of its Effects for Remote Sensing Imagery. 426-429
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  Edoardo Pasolli, Farid Melgani, Massimo Donelli: A Pattern Recognition System for Extracting Buried Object Characteristics in GPR Images. 430-433
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  Shaonan Guo, Xiaoling Zhang, Ling Fan: A Track-before-detect Algorithm using KA-HT based on Target Doppler Property. 434-437
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  Mickaël Duquenoy, Jean Philippe Ovarlez, Christèle Morisseau, Gilles Vieillard, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Eric Pottier: Supervised Classification by Neural Networks using Polarimetric Time-frequency Signatures. 438-441
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  Stéphane May, Christophe Latry: Digital Elevation Model Computation with SPOT 5 Panchromatic and Multispectral Images using Low Stereoscopic Angle and Geometric Model Refinement. 442-445
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  Yosuke Ito: Resolution Enhancement of SAR Image using a Multiframe Super Resolution Technique. 446-449
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  Haixia Liu, Bing Zhang, Xia Zhang, Junsheng Li, Zhengchao Chen, Xiaoxue Zhou: An Improved Fusion Method for Pan-sharpening Beijing-1 Micro-Satellite Images. 450-453
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  Esra Erten, Andreas Reigber, Olaf Hellwich, Pau Prats: An Accuracy Assessment of ML Texture Tracking Algorithm over Multitemporal SAR Images. 454-457
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  Johannes R. Sveinsson, Björn Waske, Jon Atli Benediktsson: Speckle Reduction of TerraSAR-X Imagery using TV Segmentation. 458-461
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  Johannes R. Sveinsson, Magnus O. Ulfarsson, Jon Atli Benediktsson: Speckle Reduction of SAR Images using Sure-based Adaptive Sigmoid Thresholding in the Wavelet Domain. 462-465

Data Processing and Data Compression

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  Lu Zhang, Huadong Guo, Xinwu Li, Qizhong Lin, Yubao Qiu: A Preliminary Study of Target Contour Extraction based on Scattering Mechanism using Polarimetric SAR Images. 466-469
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  Hong-zhong Li, Chao Wang, Hong Zhang, Fan Wu, Jilong Li: Oil Slick Spot Detection using K-Distribution Model of the Sea Background. 470-473
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  Jing Zhang, James E. Fowler, Nicolas H. Younan, Guizhong Liu: Evaluation of JP3D for Lossy and Lossless Compression of Hyperspectral Imagery. 474-477
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  Lianru Gao, Qiong Ran, Bing Zhang, Yaobin Chi, Zhiyong Wang: New Thoughts for Onboard Compression of Satellite Images. 478-481
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  Sarra Sakji-Nsibi, Amel Benazza-Benyahia: Multispectral Image Indexing based on Vector Lifting Schemes. 482-485
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  Kuo-Chen Huang, Kou-Yuan Huang, Luke K. Wang, Ying-Liang Chou, Yueh-Hsun Hsieh, Shan-Chih Hsieh: Seismic Hyperbolic Pattern Detection and Velocity Analysis by Simulated Annealing. 486-489
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  Xiang Ding, Xiaoqing Wang, Aixia Dou, Long Wang: Study on a Practical Earthquake Damage Analysis and Processing System based on RS and GIS. 490-493
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  Guang-bin Ma, Wenyi Zhang, Fu Chen, Peng Huang, Lixia Guo: Automatic Band Matching for Beijing1 Microsatellite Multispectral Images. 494-497
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  Md. Al Mamun, Xiuping Jia, Michael Ryan: Adaptive Data Compression for Efficient Sequential Transmission and Change Updating of Remote Sensing Images. 498-501
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  Kivanç Köse, Erdal Yilmaz, A. Enis Çetin: Progressive Compression of Digital Elevation Data using Meshes. 502-505

Classification Techniques and Applications

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  Marco Chini, Fabio Pacifici, William J. Emery: Morphological Operators Applied to X-band SAR for Urban Land Use Classification. 506-509
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  Cipriano Galindo, Pablo Moreno, Javier González, Vicente Arévalo: Swimming Pools Localization in Colour High-resolution Satellite Images. 510-513
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  Jose Antelo, Gregorio Ambrosio, Javier Gonzalez, Cipriano Galindo: Ship Detection and Recognitionin High-resolution Satellite Images. 514-517
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  Tokiyasu Sato, Ichi Takumi, Masayasu Hata, Hiroshi Yasukawa: Detection and Radiation Area Estimation of Anomalous Environmental Electromagnetic Wave Related to Earthquake Precursor. 518-521
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  Ligdamis A. Gutiérrez, Jesús Ibáñez, Guillermo Cortés, Javier Ramírez, M. Carmen Benítez, Virginia Tenorio, Isaac Álvarez: Volcano-seismic Signal Detection and Classification Processing using Hidden Markov Models. Application to San Cristóbal Volcano, Nicaragua. 522-525
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  Isaac Álvarez, Guillermo Cortés, Ángel de la Torre, M. Carmen Benítez, Luz García, Philippe Lesage, Raúl Arámbula, Miguel González-Amezcua: Improving Feature Extraction in the Automatic Classification of Seismic Events. Application to Colima and Arenal Volcanoes. 526-529
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  Qiuhua Liu, Sandip Bose, Henri-Pierre Valero, Ram Shenoy, Abderrhamane Ounadjela: Detecting Small Amplitude Signal and Transit Times in High Noise: Application to Hydraulic Fracture Monitoring. 530-533
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  Stefan A. Robila: Spectral Image Processing using Sparse Linear Transforms. 534-537
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  Hsiao-Yun Huang, Bor-Chen Kuo, Jeng-Fu Liu, Nanping Yang: Localized Shrinkage Covariance Estimation of Hyperspectral Image Classification. 538-541

Interferometry

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  Juan J. Martinez-Espla, Tomás Martínez-Marín, Juan M. Lopez-Sanchez, J. David Ballester-Berman: A Combination of Particle Filter, Matrix Pencil and Region Growing Techniques for Phase Unwrapping in SAR Interferometry. 542-545
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  Fernando Rodríguez González, Mihai Datcu: Enhancing Complex Interferograms by Anisotropic Diffusion. 546-549
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  Young K. Kwag, Jae H. Jung, Chul H. Jung: Simulation of Dual-channel SAR-GMTI for Velocity Estimation and Compensation. 550-553
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  Wei Zhang, Maosheng Xiang, Yirong Wu: Interferometric SAR Calibration with Area Calibration Site of Same Height. 554-557
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  Daqing Ge, Yan Wang, Ling Zhang, Ye Xia, Xiaofang Guo: Large Scale Land Subsidence Monitoring with a Reduced set of SAR Images. 558-561
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  Yinbo Wang, Xiaoling Zhang, Weihua Li, Jun Shi: Motion Measurement Errors Analysis for the "One-active" LASAR. 562-565

SAR Instruments, Missions and Calibration

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  David Small, Nuno Miranda, Erich Meier: A Revised Radiometric Normalisation Standard for SAR. 566-569
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  Yanping Wang, Lei Du, Wen Hong, Yirong Wu, Lideng Wei: Effect of Linear Array Elements Spacing on Angle Imaging Performance of Downward-looking 3D-SAR. 570-573
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  Wei Li, Chunsheng Li, Jie Chen, Yujing Liu: Research on the Relationship between Satellite Attitude Stability and Interferometric Performance. 574-577
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  Shuo Wang, Weidong Yu, Haiming Qi: An Internal Calibration Scheme for Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar System. 578-581
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  Takeshi Matsuoka, Toshihiko Umehara, Akitsugu Nadai, Tatsuharu Kobayashi, Makoto Satake, Seiho Uratsuka: Calibration of the High Performance Airborne SAR System (Pi-SAR2). 582-585
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  Pere J. Ferrer, Jordi Romeu, José M. González-Arbesú, Albert Aguasca, Luca Pipia, Carlos López-Martínez, Xavier Fàbregas: Transpolarizing Trihedral Measurement using UPC X-band GB-SAR. 586-589
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  Carl Menges, Fabrice Marre, Tishampati Dhar: Accuracy Assessment of the First High-resolution IFSAR Campaign over the Coorong Region of South Australia. 590-592

SAR Posters A

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  Yanfeng Gu, Xing Liu, Jinglong Han, Ye Zhang: Kernel Regression-based Background Predicting Method for Target Detection in SAR Image. 593-596
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  Chul H. Jung, Young K. Kwag: PSLR Estimation Considering Clutter Background from SAR Image Data. 597-600
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  Dae Man Kim, Seok Hwan Kim, Seokjae Lee, Kangwook Kim: Combined Metal Detector and Ground-penetrating Radar Sensor Experiments in a Variety of Soil Conditions. 601-604
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  Wei Li, Xing-liang Wang, Xian-ming Wang: Anti-jamming Techniques for Synthetic Aperture Radar. 605-608
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  Yueting Zhang, Chibiao Ding, Hongjian You, Xiaolan Qiu: The Effects of Multi-path Scattering on the SAR Image of Cylinder Cavity. 609-612
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  Xiaoqing Tang, Maosheng Xiang, Lideng Wei, Yirong Wu: SAR Raw Signal Simulation Accounting for Antenna Attitude Variations. 613-616
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  Bingnan Wang, Fan Zhang, Maosheng Xiang: SAR Raw Signal Simulation based on GPU Parallel Computation. 617-620
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  Feng-ming Hu, Xue-hua Fan, Ru-liang Yang: SAR Target Recognition based on Sub-block Statistical Features Extracted from the Gabor Filtered Image. 621-624
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  Yang Yue, XiaoLing Zhang, ZiJin Zuo, Yang HaiGuang: An imaging method and the correction of distortion for Spaceborne-airborne bistatic SAR. 625-628

SAR Posters B

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  Donghyun Kim, Junghoon Keum, Moongyu Kim, Sungwoong Ra: Spotlight SAR Processor by using Extended Frequency Scaling. 629-632
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  Beatriz Gómez, Maria González, Juan Manuel Cuerda Muñoz, Juan Cores, Nuria Casal, Nuria Gimeno, Patricia Cifuentes, Alvaro Arenas, Adolfo Lopez: Data Processing Frame for Airborne SAR Prototype Development. 633-636
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  Yesheng Gao, Kaizhi Wang, Xingzhao Liu, Wenxian Yu: Antenna Pointing Measurement for Spaceborne SAR based on Sign-MLCC Algorithm. 637-640
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  Noriyuki Kawano, Masanobu Shimada: Flood Disaster Monitoring with ALOS/PALSAR Observation. 641-644
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  Yosuke Ito, Yuuhei Teramoto, Kenji Abe: A Web Application with Visual SAR Processor for Education. 645-648

Microwave Radiometry: Instruments and Applications

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  Adriano José Camps Carmona: Noise Wave Analysis of Dicke and Noise Injection Radiometers: Complete S-Paramater Analysis and Effect of Temperature Gradients. 649-652
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  José Miguel Tarongí, Adriano José Camps Carmona: Multifrequency Experimental Radiometer with Interference Tracking for Experiments over Land and Littoral: Meritxell. 653-656
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  Cristina González-Haro, Francesc Torres, Nuria Duffo, Ignasi Corbella, Roger Vilaseca, Pedro De Paco, Manuel Martín-Neira: Linearity Characterization of Detectors for Interferometric Radiometers. 657-660
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  Rodrigo Rivas, Andreas Grillenberger, Markus Markgraf: GSOC's Scatterometry GNSS Receiver for Ocean Remote Sensing: Design and Initial Results. 661-664

Remote Sensing for Sea Pollution

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  Miao-fen Huang, Xiang-ping Zhang, Ke-jie Lu, Xu-feng Xing: MERIS-based Aquatic Petroleum Pollution Monitoring Mode. 665-668
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  Maurizio Migliaccio, Attilio Gambardella, Ferdinando Nunziata, Masanobu Shimada, Osamu Isoguchi: ALOS-PALSAR Polarimetric SAR Data to Observe Sea Oil Slicks. 669-672
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  Chan-Su Yang, Youn-Seop Kim, Kazuo Ouchi, Jae-Ho Na: Comparison with L-, C-, and X-band Real SAR Images and Simulation SAR Images of Spilled Oil on Sea Surface. 673-676

High-Resolution SAR Image Processing

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  Gottfried Schwarz, Matteo Soccorsi, Houda Chaabouni, Daniela Espinoza, Daniele Cerra, Fernando Rodríguez González, Mihai Datcu: Automated Information Extraction from High Resolution SAR Images: TerraSAR-X Interpretation Applications. 677-680
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  Ken Yoong Lee, Timo Rolf Bretschneider, Choo Leng Koh: Speckle Reduction and Edge Detection for TerraSAR-X Single-look Dual-polarization Imagery. 681-684
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  Mohamed Nabil Saidi, Khalid Daoudi, Ali Khenchaf, Brigitte Hoeltzener, Driss Aboutajdine: Automatic Target Recognition of Aircraft Models based on ISAR Images. 685-688
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  Fabio Bovenga, Vito Martino Giacovazzo, Alberto Refice, Nicola Veneziani, Raffaele Vitulli: A First Validation Experiment for a Multi-Chromatic Analysis (MCA) of SAR Data Starting from SLC Images. 689-692

Recent Advances in Hyperspectral Unmixing and Information Extraction I

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  Joshua B. Broadwater, Amit Banerjee: A Neyman-Pearson Approach to Estimating the Number of Endmembers. 693-696
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  John J. Benedetto, Wojciech Czaja, Justin Flake, Matthew Hirn: Frame based Kernel Methods for Automatic Classification in Hyperspectral Data. 697-700
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  Robert Hewson, Thomas Cudahy, Michael Caccetta, Andrew Rodger, Mal Jones, Cindy Ong: Advances in Hyperspectral Processing for Province- and Continental- wide Mineral Mapping. 701-704

Coastal and Wetlands Applications III

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  Damien Gaudin, Christophe Delacourt, Pascal Allemand, Marion Jaud, Jérôme Ammann, Chantal Tisseau, Véronique Cuq: High Resolution DEM Derived from Thermal Infrared Images: Example of Aber Benoit (France). 705-708
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  Caterina Livia Sara Grimaldi, Irina Coviello, Teodosio Lacava, Nicola Pergola, Valerio Tramutoli: Near Real Time Oil Spill Detection and Monitoring using Satellite Optical Data. 709-712
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  Carl Menges, Fabrice Marre, Tishampati Dhar: Sea-clutter Analysis at Multiple Wavelengths (L, C, X) for Target-clutter Contrast Assessment in Littoral Waters. 713-716

Measuring Earth Dynamics using L-Band Interferometry

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  Shane Cloude, Matthew Brolly, Iain H. Woodhouse: A Study of Forest Vertical Structure Estimation using Coherence Tomography Coupled to a Macro-ecological Scattering Model. 717-721
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  Konstantinos Papathanassiou, Seung-Kuk Lee, Florian Kugler: Estimation of Forest Vertical Structure Parameter by Means of Multi-baseline Pol-InSAR. 722-724
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  Marco Talone, Adriano Camps, Juan Fernando Marchan-Hernandez, José Miguel Tarongí, Maria Piles, Xavier Bosch-Lluis, Isaac Ramos-Perez, Enric Valencia, Nereida Rodriguez-Alvarez, Mercè Vall-Llossera, Pau Ferré: Preliminary Results of the Advanced L-band Transmission and Reflection Observationof the Sea Surface (ALBATROSS) Campaign: Preparing the SMOS Calibration and Validation Activities. 725-728
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  Rene Acevo-Herrera, Albert Aguasca, Xavier Bosch-Lluis, Adriano Camps: On the Use of Compact L-band Dicke Radiometer (ARIEL) and UAV for Soil Moisture and Salinity Map Retrieval: 2008/2009 Field Experiments. 729-732

Open Source Initiatives for Remote Sensing - ORFEO Toolbox I

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  Jordi Inglada, Emmanuel Christophe: The Orfeo Toolbox Remote Sensing Image Processing Software. 733-736
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  Jordi Inglada, Emmanuel Christophe: Object Counting in High Resolution Remote Sensing Images with OTB. 737-740
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  Julien Michel, Thomas Feuvrier, Jordi Inglada: Reference Algorithm Implementations in OTB: Textbook Cases. 741-744
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  Marie Liénou, Marine Campedel: Image Semantic Coding using OTB. 745-748
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  Otmane Lahlou, Julien Michel, Damien Pichard, Jordi Inglada: Assessment of Interest Points Detection Algorithms in OTB. 749-752

Data Fusion I

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  Olga Duran, Efstathios Onasoglou, Maria Petrou: Fusion of Kalman Filter and Anomaly Detection for Multispectral and Hyperspectral Target Tracking. 753-756
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  Christoph Borel, Clyde Spencer: Novel Methods for Panchromatic Sharpening of Multi/Hyper-spectral Image Data. 757-760
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  Luis Gómez-Chova, Jordi Muñoz-Marí, Emma Izquierdo-Verdiguier, Gustavo Camps-Valls, Javier Calpe-Maravilla, José F. Moreno: Cloud Screening with Combined MERIS and AATSR Images. 761-764
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  Gabriele Moser, Sebastiano B. Serpico: Edge-preserving Classification of High-resolution Remote-sensing Images by Markovian Data Fusion. 765-768
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  Hélène Sportouche, Florence Tupin, Leonard Denise: Building Detection by Fusion of Optical and SAR Features in Metric Resolution Data. 769-772

Advanced Concepts for Image Analysis II

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  Maria Carolina Vanegas, Isabelle Bloch, Jordi Inglada: Fuzzy Spatial Relations for High Resolution Remote Sensing Image Analysis: The Case of "To Go Across". 773-776
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  Francesca Bovolo, Lorenzo Bruzzone: An Adaptive Multiscale Random Field Technique for Unsupervised Change Detection in VHR Multitemporal Images. 777-780
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  Abdourrahmane M. Atto, Grégoire Mercier, Dominique Pastor: General Framework on Change Detection in a Sparse Domain. 781-784

Remote Sensing and Geospatial Information Technology for Agricultural Decision Support

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  Saurabh Prasad, Lori M. Bruce, Hemanth Kalluri: Data Exploitation of HyspIRI Observations for Precision Vegetation Mapping. 785-788
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  Genong Yu, Zhengwei Yang, Liping Di: Web Service based Architecture for US National Crop Progress Monitoring System. 789-792
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  Jiali Shang, Heather McNairn, Catherine Champagne, Xianfeng Jiao, Ian Jarvis, Xiaoyuan Geng: Integration of RADARSAT-2 ScanSAR and AWiFS for Operational Agricultural Land Use Monitoring over the Canadian Prairies. 793-796
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  Giuseppe Satalino, Francesco Mattia, Sergio Ruggieri, Michele Rinaldi: LAI Estimation of Agricultural Crops from Optical Data at Different Spatial Resolution. 797-800
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  Zhengwei Yang, Hu Zhao, Liping Di, Genong Yu: A Comparison of Vegetation Indices for Corn and Soybean Vegetation Condition Monitoring. 801-804

Optical Sensing Methods and Systems

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  Manchun Lei, Audrey Minghelli-Roman, Sandrine Mathieu, Jean-Marie Froidefond, Annick Bricaud, Pierre Gouton: Assessment of the Potential Future High and Medium Resolution Sensors on Geosynchronous Orbit for Coastal Zone Monitoring. 805-808
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  Nancy Andreas, Phil Moffa, Farhang Sabet-Peyman, Tom Christensen, Degui Gu, Denise Hagan, Ronald Glumb, Richard Slonaker, Gail Bingham: Performance of the NPOESS CrIS Sensor and Environmental Data Records. 809-812
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  Taeyoung Choi, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Gyanesh Chander, Amit Angal: Assessment of the Short-term Radiometric Stability between Terra MODIS and Landsat 7 ETM+ Sensors. 813-816

Remote Sensing of LAI

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  Taro Asano, Yukio Kosugi, Kuniaki Uto, Naoko Kosaka, Shinya Odagawa, Kunio Oda: Leaf Area Index Estimation from Hyperspectral Data using Group Division Method. 817-820
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  Rongbo Cui, Qiming Qin, Nan Yang, Xin Tao, Shaohua Zhao: The Optimization of the Crop Chlorophyll Content Indices based on a New LAI Determination Index. 821-824
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  Jinling Song, Jindi Wang, Zhiqiang Xiao, Yuetiing Xiao: The Method on Generating LAI Production by Fusing BJ-1 remote Sensing Data and Modis LAI Product. 825-828

Land Use / Land Cover Classification - Africa Focus I

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  Faithful Ogadi Ugorji, Abigail Lartey, Sam O. Nwaneri: Malaria Surveillance with Remote Sensing and GIS in Owerri, Nigeria. 829-832
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  Elodie Vintrou, Maxime Claden, Agnes Begue, Denis Ruelland: Analysis of 1982-2006 Sudano-Sahelian Vegetation Dynamics using NOAA-AVHRR NDVI Data and Normalized Rain-use Efficiency. 833-836

Lidar Sensing

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  Sivakumar Venkataraman, Melaku Tesfaye, Dineo Moema, Ameeth Sharma, Christoph Bollig: CSIR-NLC Mobile LIDAR - First Scientific Result. 837-840
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  Adrien Chauve, Frédéric Bretar, Sylvie Durrieu, Marc Pierrot Deseilligny, William Puech: FullAnalyze: A Research Tool for Handling, Processing and Analyzing Full-waveform Lidar Data. 841-844

Advanced Methods for Polarimetric Information Extraction I

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  Samuel Foucher, Carlos López-Martínez: An Evaluation of PolSAR Speckle Filters. 845-848
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  Jong-Sen Lee, Thomas L. Ainsworth, Kun-Shan Chen: The Effect of Orientation Angle Compensation on Polarimetric Target Decompositions. 849-852
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  Ryoichi Sato, Yoshio Yamaguchi, Hiroyoshi Yamada: Analysis and Observation of Polarimetric Scattering Behavior in Wetland Area. 853-856
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  Ridha Touzi, K. Mattar, A. Bhattacharya: Multi-resolution Target Scattering Decomposition for Urban Feature Characterization using Polarimetric SARs. 857-860

Interferometry I

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  Karlus Alexander Câmara de Macedo, Christian Wimmer, Silvio Barbin, Stefano Perna: Airborne D-InSAR at X-band: Results with the Complete Repeat-pass Processing Methodology. 861-864
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  Alessandra Budillon, Annarita Evangelista, Gilda Schirinzi: SAR Tomography from Sparse Samples. 865-868
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  Xiaoxiang Zhu, Nico Adam, Richard Bamler: Space-borne High resolution Tomographic Interferometry. 869-872
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  Manuela Bonano, Antonio Pepe, Leonardo Euillades, Eugenio Sansosti, Paolo Berardino, Riccardo Lanari: RADARSAT-1 Deformation Time-series Analysis based on the SBAS-DInSAR Algorithm. 873-876

Recent Advances in Hyperspectral Unmixing and Information Extraction II

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  Gabriel Martin, Antonio Plaza, Maciel Zortea: Analysis of Different Strategies for Incorporating Spatial Information in the Design of Endmember Extraction Algorithms from Hyperspectral Data. 877-880
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  Michael Mitchley, Michael Sears, Steven B. Damelin: Target Detection in Hyperspectral Mineral Data using Wavelet Analysis. 881-884
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  Luis du Plessis, Steven B. Damelin, Michael Sears: Reducing the Dimensionality of Hyperspectral Data using Diffusion Maps. 885-888

Remote Sensing for Land and Air Pollution Monitoring

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  Terrance West, Lori M. Bruce, Saurabh Prasad, Daniel Reynolds, Trent Irby: Rapid Detection of Agricultural Food Crop Contamination via Hyperspectral Remote Sensing. 889-892
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  Simone Pascucci, Claudia Belviso, Rosa Maria Cavalli, Giovanni Laneve, Ana Misurovic, Cinzia Perrino, Stefano Pignatti: Red Mud Soil Contamination Near an Urban Settlement Analyzed by Airborne Hyperspectral Remote Sensing. 893-896
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  Pravesh Debba, Emmanuel John M. Carranza, Alfred Stein, Freek D. van der Meer: Optimum Sampling Scheme for Characterization of Mine Tailings. 897-900
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  Valerio Tramutoli, Carolina Filizzola, Rossana Paciello, Nicola Pergola, Carla Pietrapertosa, Giuseppe Mazzeo: Detection of Saharan Dust by Spatial/Spectral Signatures in VIS-TIR Satellite Radiances. 901-904
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  Hosni Ghedira, Adnan Al Rais: Developing a New Automated Tool for Detecting and Monitoring Dust and Sand Storms using MODIS and Meteosat SEVIRI-MSG Data. 905-908

Tropospheric Propagation Effects in Radar Measurements

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  Andreas Danklmayer, Madhu Chandra: Comparison of Precipitation Effects in Space-borne X- and Ka-band SAR Imaging. 909-912
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  Salvatore D'Addio, Michael Ludwig: Modelling and Analysis of Rain Effect on Ka-band Single Pass InSAR Performance. 913-916
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  Carlo Capsoni, Lorenzo Luini: Use of Radar Images for the Development of a Propagation Oriented Space-time Rain Model. 917-920

Open Source Initiatives for Remote Sensing - ORFEO Toolbox II

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  Christophe Simler, Charles Beumier, Christine Leignel, Olivier Debeir, Eléonore Wolff: The Use of ORFEO ToolBox in the Context of Map Updating. 921-923
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  Grégoire Mercier, Bassam Abdel Latif: Implementing Kohonen's SOM with Missing Data in OTB. 924-927
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  Stéphane May, Jordi Inglada: Urban Area Detection and Segmentation using OTB. 928-931
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  David Dubois, Richard Lepage, Tullio Tanzi: Toward a GUI Remote Sensing Environment Built over OTB. 932-935
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  Eric Pottier, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Sophie Allain, Shane Cloude, Irena Hajnsek, Konstantinos Papathanassiou, Alberto Moreira, Mark L. Williams, Andrea Minchella, Marco Lavalle, Yves-Louis Desnos: Overview of the PolSARpro V4.0 Software. The Open Source Toolbox for Polarimetric and Interferometric Polarimetric SAR Data Processing. 936-939

Data Fusion II

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  Peijun Du, Wei Zhang, Shubi Zhang, Junshi Xia: Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Classification based on Decision Level Fusion. 940-943
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  Xin-Lu Wang, Björn Waske, Jon Atli Benediktsson: Ensemble Methods for Spectral-spatial Classification of Urban Hyperspectral Data. 944-947
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  He Yang, Ben Ma, Qian Du: Decision Fusion for Supervised and Unsupervised Hyperspectral Image Classification. 948-951
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  Björn Waske, Jon Atli Benediktsson, Johannes R. Sveinsson: Fusion of Multisource Data Sets from Agricultural Areas for Improved Land Cover Classification. 952-955
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  Vincent Poulain, Jordi Inglada, Marc Spigai, Jean-Yves Tourneret, Philippe Marthon: Fusion of High Resolution Optical and SAR Images with Vector Data Bases for Change Detection. 956-959

Remote Sensing of Land Hydrological Parameters for Application to Floods and Landslides Management

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  Nazzareno Pierdicca, Luca Pulvirenti, Christian Bignami, Francesca Ticconi, Marco Laurenti: High Resolution Mapping of Soil Moisture by SAR: Data Integration and Exploitation of Prior Information. 960-963
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  Simone Pettinato, Marco Brogioni, Emanuele Santi, Simonetta Paloscia, Paolo Pampaloni: An Operational Algorithm for Snow Cover Mapping in Hydrological Applications. 964-967
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  S. Caizzone, Paolo Ferrazzoli, Luca Guerriero, Nazzareno Pierdicca, Luca Pulvirenti, Marco Chini: Multifrequency Theoretical Simulations of Backscattering from Flooded Areas. 968-970
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  Ruijing Sun, Jiancheng Shi, Thomas J. Jackson, Kun-Shan Chen, Yisok Oh: Improvement of Bare Surface Soil Moisture Estimation with L-band Dual-polarization Radar. 971-974

Ship Detection and Classification: Application of SAR Techniques in the Framework of High Resolution Sensors

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  Gerard Margarit, Jordi J. Mallorquí: Operational Approach for Ship Detection and Classification. 975-978
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  Marivi Tello, Carlos López-Martínez, Jordi J. Mallorquí, Teemu Tares, Harm Greidanus: Advances in Unsupervised Ship Detection with Multiscale Techniques. 979-982
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  Rafael L. Paes, João Antônio Lorenzzetti, Douglas Francisco M. Gherardi: Ship Detection in the Brazilian Coast using TerraSAR-X SAR Images. 983-986
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  Mingsheng Liao, Changcheng Wang, Yong Wang, Xiaogang Song: Ship Detection from Polarimetric Sar Images. 987-990

UAV Sensing

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  Kenneth E. Laws, Cyrus Bazeghi, Stephen Petersen, John F. Vesecky: An Autonomous Sensor Platform Vessel for Marine Protected Area Monitoring. 991-994
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  Austin M. Jensen, Yangquan Chen, Mac McKee, Thomas Hardy, Steven L. Barfuss: AggieAir - a Low-cost Autonomous Multispectral Remote Sensing Platform: New Developments and Applications. 995-998
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  Juan Manuel Cuerda Muñoz, María José González Bonilla, Beatriz Gómez Miguel, Juan Ramón Larrañaga Sudupe, Marcos García Rodríguez: INTA's Developments for UAS and Small Platforms: QUASAR. 999-1002
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  Kyung Min Han, Guilherme N. DeSouza: Instataneous Geo-location of Multiple Targets from Monocular Airborne Video. 1003-1006

Remote Sensing of Vegetation Processes II

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  Laura Hess, Piyachat Ratana, Alfredo R. Huete, Chris Potter, John Melack: Use of MODIS Enhanced Vegetation Index to Detect Seasonal Patterns of Leaf Phenology in Central Amazon Várzea Forest. 1007-1010
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  Zhuo Fu, Jindi Wang, Jinling Song, Hongmin Zhou, Huaguo Huang, Baisong Chen: Comparison of Three Indirect Field Measuring Methods for Forest Canopy Leaf Area Index Estimation. 1011-1014
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  Ramon Morais de Freitas, Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro, Reinaldo R. Rosa, Alfredo R. Huete: Fraction Images Derived from EO-1 Hyperion Multitemporal Data for Dry Season Green Up Analysis in Tapajós National Forest, Brazilian Amazonia. 1015-1018

Land use / Land Cover Classification - Africa Focus II

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  Philip Lewis, Tristan Quaife, José Gómez-Dans, Mathias Disney, Martin Wooster, David Roy, Bernard Pinty: Modelling the Impact of Wildfire on Spectral Reflectance. 1019-1022
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  Armel Kaptue, Jean-Louis Roujean, Stéphanie Faroux: ECOCLIMAP-II Programme: A New Land Cover Classification at 1 km from MODIS and Vegetation Data Time Series over the Western Africa in the Frame of AMMA Project. 1023-1026
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  Sharon Leigh Cundill, Pieter Sevenhuysen, Mark William Thompson: The Evolution of Land Cover Data, in a South African Context, in Line with Ever Increasing User Demands. 1027-1029

Phenology, Inter-Annual Change and Modelling

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  Tobias Landmann, Andreas Dietz, Stefan W. Dech: Large Scale Wetland Mapping in Semi Arid Africa using 250-meter MODIS Phenology Metrics and Topographic Variables. 1030-1033
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  Konrad J. Wessels, Karen C. Steenkamp, Graham Von Maltitz, Sally Archibald, Robert Scholes, Simeon Miteff, Asheer Bachoo: Remotely Sensed Phenology for Mapping Biomes and Vegetation Functional Types. 1034-1037
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  René R. Colditz, Gerardo Lopez, Pedro Maeda, Isabel Cruz, Rainer Ressl: Phenology and Phenological Variability of Mexican Ecosystems. 1038-1041
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  Andrew Bradley, France Gerard, Nicolas Barbier, Graham Weedon, Christopher Huntingford, Przemyslaw Zelazowski, Liana Anderson, Luiz Eduardo O. C. de Aragão, Jörg Kaduk: Template Phenology for Vegetation Models. 1042-1045