EOGC 2011 - SUGGESTED THEMES

• International Earth Observation Efforts on Global Change Studies
• Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover Change (LULCC)
• Global Geodetic Observing Systems for Global Change Studies
• Earth Observation for Natural Hazards Monitoring and Assessment
• Global Navigation Satellite Systems for Emergency and Disaster Management
• Geospatial Data Processing and Integration for Global Change Studies
• Geovisual Analytics for Global Change Studies
• Quality Assurance for Global Change Databases

Scope and Topics

1.1 Gravity Field Satellites (GRACE, GOCE)
1.2 Remote Sensing Satellites
1.3 Airborne Systems
1.4 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
1.5 Electrooptical
1.6 Hyperspectral
1.7 Laser, LiDAR
1.8 Radar, SAR, InSAR

2.1 Global Geodetic Observation System
2.2 Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
2.3 Geodynamics (Tectonics and Surface Deformation)
2.4 Surface Water
2.5 Sea Level
2.6 Mass Transport Processes
 
3.1 RS - Land Use and Land Cover Change
3.2 RS - Eco Environmental Changes
3.3 RS - Forestry
3.4 RS - Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
3.5 RS - Snow, Ice, and the Polar Environment
3.6 RS - Emergency and Disaster
3.7 RS - Atmosphere

4.1 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
4.2 Spatial Data Structures
4.3 Spatial Data Processing Algorithms
4.4 Spatial Data Quality
4.5 Geovisual Analytics
4.6 Geospatial Data Integration

5.1 Signals of Climate Change
5.2 Emergency and Disaster Managment
5.3 Natural Hazards Monitoring and Assessment
5.4 Education and Training in Earth Observation