VEGETATION - 2000
Lake
Maggiore - Italy, 3-6 April 2000
SUMMARIES
and PAPERS
PLENARY
SESSIONS
As
soon as they are available the papers corresponding to each of the plenary
presentations can be accessed together with a summary. For summaries only,
see also the complete MSWord
file. When complete proceedings are available (end of summer), they
will contain a CDROM with a copy of all presentations.
In
this page the presentations can be found in chronological order as given
during the conference. An index by authors
is also available.
Session
1 - Chairman : SI Rasool
Utilization
of VEGETATION to extract effective Surface Parameters
Jiaguo Qi,
Estimation
of land surface albedo and vegetation biophysical properties using SPOT-4
VGT and semi-empirical BRDF models.
M. J. Barnsley, T. L. Quaife, P. D. Hobson and J. Shaw,
VEGETATION/SPOT
for Northern Applications: Assessment of Utility and Examples of Products
Jing Chen and Josef Cihlar
Validation
of neural network techniques to estimate canopy biophysical variables
from VEGETATION data
M.Weiss , F.Baret, M.Leroy, O.Hautecoeur, L.Prévot, and N.Bruguier
Session
2 - Chairman : SI Rasool
Estimation
of Net Primary and Net Ecosystem Productivity of European terrestrial
ecosystems by means of the C-Fix model and NOAA/AVHRR data.
Frank Veroustraete and Hendrik Sabbe
Monitoring
North American Grasslands Dynamics with VEGETATION
David J. Meyer
Multitemporal
analysis of the VEGETATION data for landcover assessment and monitoring
in Indochina.
Chandra Giri & Surendra Shrestha
The
Suitability of VEGETATION for Mediterranean Land Degradation and Desertification
Monitoring
W. Mehl, P. Strobl, S. Sommer, H. Bohbot
Session
3 - Chairman : R Klersy
Monitoring
of forest ecosystems at regional scale using VEGETATION daily-data :
First results on the Landes maritime pine forest (SW France)
Jean-Pierre Lagouarde,Dominique Guyon, Benoît Duchemin
The
potential contribution of SPOT 4/VEGETATION data for mapping Siberian
forest cover at the continental scale
S. Bartalev, F. Achard, D. Erchov and V. Gond
Fire
Scar Detection in the Canadian Boreal Forest
Plummer, S.E., Gerard, F.F. and Wyatt, B.K.
Monitoring
Boreal Forest Resources in Northern Europe from the VEGETATION instrument
Jean-Luc Widlowski, Bernard Pinty, Nadine Gobron, Michel M. Verstraete
Session
4 - Chairman : R Klersy
SPATEM:
The analysis of annual sequences of VEGETATION data at the landscape scale.
Agustin Lobo and Nicolau Pineda
VEGETATION/SPOT4
applications for macro-regional landscape mapping
Lioubimtseva E.
Fire
patches in natural vegetation in southern Africa
Swinnen E., Verwimp R., Gulinck H.
Application
of SPOT 4-VEGETATION data for mapping the forest-cover of Madagascar
Mayaux Philippe, Gond Valéry and Bartholomé Etienne
Modeling
directional reflectance in rugged terrain using VEGETATION products
Lihong Su, Xiaowen Li, Jindi Wang
Session
5 - Chairman : S Dech
STEM-VGT
: Satellite measurements and terrestrial ecosystem modelling using VEGETATION
instrument
G. DEDIEU (LERTS/ CESBIO Toulouse France)
Intermediate
Scale Approach for Estimating Vegetation Canopy Leaf Area Index using
SPOT4/VGT Spectral Bands.
F. Cipriani, E. Cubero-Castan
A
new vegetation map of Central Africa
Herman Eerens, Bart Deronde & Jan Van Rensbergen
Sub-pixel
mapping of Sahelian wetlands using multi-temporal SPOT-VEGETATION images
Jan Verhoeye, Robert De Wulf
Estimation
of surface variables at the sub-pixel level for use as input to climate
and hydrological models
Jean-Pierre Fortin,Monique Bernier , Ali El Battay, Yves Gauthier and
Richard Turcotte
Session
6 - Chairman : S Dech
Integration
of VEGETATION and HRVIR data into yield estimation approach.
André HUSSON
Interest
of MIR data from VEGETATION for the monitoring of climatic phenomena impact
on crops, a case study
Thierry Fourty
VEGETATION
contribution to the desert locust habitat monitoring
Cherlet Michael, Mathoux Pierre, Bartholomé Etienne and Defourny
Pierre
Mediterranean
habitats: a multi-variate analysis of VEGETATION data.
Agustín Lobo, Jordi Carreras and Josep-Maria Ninot
Session
7 - Chairman : M Rosengren
Sensivity
Analysis of Compositing Strategies : Modelling and Experimental Investigations
de Wasseige Carlos, Lissens Gil, Vancutsem Christelle, Veroustraete Frank
and Defourny Pierre
Development
of a spectral index optimized for the VEGETATION Instrument
Nadine Gobron, Bernard Pinty, Michel M. Verstraete, Jean-Luc Widlowski
MC-FUME:
A new method for compositing individual reflective channels
Gil Lissens, Els Brems and Frank Veroustraete
Improving
access to VEGETATION data: some results of on-going experiments
E. Bartholomé, V. Gond, S. Morimondi
SPACE-VEGETATION
SOFTWARE : A software for pre-processing VEGETATION L-Band Data
César CARMONA-MORENO
Session
8 - Chairmen : P Henry, F Snijders, JP Malingreau
Detection
of Clouds and Cloud-Shadows for VEGETATION images
Pieter KEMPENEERS, Gilbert LISSENS, Freddy FIERENS, Jan VAN RENSBERGEN
NEW
ALGORITHMIC CONCEPT FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND DIRECTIONAL CORRECTION OF THE
SURFACE REFLECTANCES
P. MAISONGRANDE
Session
9 - Chairman : B Seguin
European
Forest Mapping using VEGETATION data
Hervé Jeanjean,
Mapping
and monitoring small ponds in dryland with the VEGETATION instrument –
application to West Africa
V. Gond, E. Bartholomé, F. Ouattara, A. Nonguierma<
Detection
and mapping of burnt areas and active fires in tropical woodland ecosystems
with the VEGETATION sensor: the SMOKO-FRACTAL case study over Northern
Australia
D. Stroppiana, M. Maggi, J-M. Pereira, D. Graetz, J-M. Grégoire,
J.
DISTURBED
ECOSYSTEMS DYNAMICS IN THE ARAL SEA REGION BY REMOTE SENSING AND GIS METHODS.
R. Ressl, A. Ptichnikov, G. Kapustin, P. Reimov, D. Forstman.
Session
10 - Chairman : B Seguin
Crop
Growth Monitoring with Coupling of AVHRR and VEGETATION
Wu Bingfeng
Use
of medium-resolution imagery in the Belgian Crop Growth Monitoring System
(B-CGMS)
K. Wouters, H. Eerens, D. Dehem, B. Tychon, D. Buffet & B. Oger
Combined
use of VEGETATION and RADARSAT data for updating snowpack cover and water
equivalent in the HYDROTEL hydrological forecasting model
Monique Bernier, Jean-Pierre Fortin, Yves Gauthier, Richard Turcotte and
Ali El Battay
Antarctic
snow characteristics from POLDER and VEGETATION data
Michel FILY, Olivier MANSE, Jean-Pierre BENOIST
Session
11 - Chairman : JP Malingreau
Applications
of VEGETATION data to resource management in arid and semi-arid rangelands
Bégué (CIRAD),G. Chehbouni (IRD), R. Escadafal (IRD), B.
Mougenot (IRD), A. Royer(AGRHYMET)
VEGETATION
potentialities in food early warning systems in the Sahelian region
TYCHON Bernard , OZER Pierre and TOURE Souleymane
Incorporating
the use of VEGETATION data in FAO’s programmes
F.L. Snijders
The
contribution of VEGETATION/ SPOT 4 products to Remote Sensing Applications
for Food Security, Early Warning and Environmental Monitoring in the IGAD
sub-region.
Guy PIERRE SCOT
The
Millennium Land Cover Assessment initiative
S. Belward
POSTER
SESSIONS
Monitoring
natural disasters and "hot spots" of land-cover change with
SPOT VEGETATION data to assess regions at risk and vulnerability
Prof. E. F. Lambin, Dr. I. Reginster & F. Lupo Sartor
Improved
atmospheric corrections and data compositing methods for surface reflectance
retrieval
Ph. Maisongrande, B. Duchemin, M. Leroy (P.I.), G. Dedieu, J.L. Roujean,
B. Berthelot, Ch. Dubegny , R. Lacaze
VALIDATION
OF BIOPHYSICAL PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM LARGE SWATH SENSORS FOR GLOBAL BIOSPHERE
MONITORING
F. Baret
Continental-scale
mapping and monitoring of agriculture in China: using VEGETATION sensor
data from SPOT 4.
X. Xiao, C. Li, S. Frolking, B. Moore III, B. Salas, and S. Boles.
INTERCOMPARISON
OF DEKADAL VEGETATION INDEX FROM NOAA/AVHRR AND SPOT4/VEGETATION OVER
THE IGAD REGION
T. Bennouna and P. Bicheron
Vegetation
Action & Demonstration Plan for desertification monitoring in China
Christian CREPEAU SCOT
Vegetation
Action & Demonstration Plan for dry grassland monitoring in Senegal
Christian CREPEAU SCOT
Classifying
land cover types with VEGETATION data in dryland: A case study in Burkina
Faso
V. Gond, E. Bartholomé
APPLICATION
OF VEGETATION DATA FOR FOOD SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENT MONITORING IN SAHEL
A Nonguierma, A Royer
Sub-pixel
characterization of land cover at the global scale using SPOT-VEGETATION
imagery
Else Swinnen, Frank Canters & Herman Eerens
VEGETATION
data for monitoring woody vegetation in landscape frameworks
Hubert Gulinck and Tim Wagendorp
VEGETATION
data for regional forest cover mapping of Southeast Asia
H-J Stibig, R. Beuchle, V. Gond
An
evaluation of SPOT-VEGETATION, for land cover mapping and the evaluation
of forest resources, I: Mato Grosso, Brasil.
Jones, S. D. Eva, H. D.,
BRDF
correction in SPOT 4/VEGETATION ten-days composite imagery for mapping
of boreal forest
D. Erchov, S. Bartalev, M. Deshayes, J. R. Dymond
Detecting
active fires with the VEGETATION instrument
V. Gond, M. Maggi, P. Henry, J.-M. Grégoire, E. Bartholomé
Drawbacks
and advantages of the VEGETATION and AVHRR instruments for burnt area
detection in Northern Australia.
D. Stroppiana, M. Maggi, D. Graetz, S. Campbell, I. Balzer, J-M. Grégoire
and J.M.C Pereira.
A
Large Forest Fire in the Mediterranean region as seen by VEGETATION
Agustin Lobo and Nicolau Pineda
An
ICT-based course in Earth Observation with emphasis on VGT-data
Rombout Verwimp, Ann Willekens, Jos Van Orshoven and Jan Elen
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