ATSR International Workshop on the Applications of the ERS ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER

ESRIN, Frascati, 23-25 June 1999
Hosted by: ESA and Rutherford Appleton Laboratories

Contents

POSTER SESSION

• Disaster Mitigation and Satellite Utilization in the East African Region
  L. Ouko (Abstract/paper not available)
  
• Animation and Stereo Products from ATSR to Support Operational and Climatic Monitoring of Arctic Sea Ice [HTML]
  M. Schokr, H. Le
  
• Quality Assessment of Cloud-Top Height Derived from ATSR(2) Stereo using Ground-Based Multi-Frequency Radar and Laser Ceilometer Data at the UK Chilbolton Radar Facility during CLARE98
  J.-P. Muller (Abstract no. 30)
  
• The Retrieval of Cirrus Cloud Microphysical and Bulk Properties from ATSR-2
  S.R. Watts, A. J. Baran, P.D. Watts, M.J. Webb, P. Yang (Abstract no. 13)
  
• Pre-Launch Calibration of AATSR
  D. Smith (Abstract no.23)
  
• On the Use of ATSR Satellite Images for Wind Resource Assessment
  C. Hasager (Abstract no.37)
  
• Volcano Surveillance Using Shortwave Infrared Thermal Data from the ERS Along Track Scanning
  
• Radiometers
  M. J. Wooster, D. A. Rothery
  
• Application of Hierarchical Estimation Methods to Interpolation of SST Data
  M.J. Murray, M.R. Allen, P.W. Fieguth
  
• The Impact of 12 Micron Detector Temperature on ATSR-1 Data Processing
  A. R. Birks (Abstract no.16)
  
• Derivation of Cloud Parameters for GOME from ATSR-2 Data
  A. Stevens (Abstract no. 42)
  
• Atmospheric and Optical Processing Chain
  P. Houdry (Abstract no. 58)
  
• The New ESA/ESRIN ATSR Near Real Time Service: Development, Operation and Data
  
• Distribution
  A. Buongiorno (Abstract no. 52)
  
• ATSR Rush Fire Service
  P. Goryl, A. Buongiorno, O. Arino, P. Colagrande, J.M. Rosaz
  
• EL NIÑO and LA NIÑA Observed with ERS
  Cardon
  
• Exploitation of the Synergy between ERS ATSR-2 and GOME: A Comparative Analysis of ATSR
  Temperatures and Reflectances with GOME NO2 Data to Investigate the Pollution Effects of
  Burning Activities.
  P. Colagrande, A. Buongiorno, S. Casadio, C. Zehner
  

  CAL/VAL / AATSR
  

• Validation Planning for AATSR
  D. Llewellyn-Jones, I.M. Parkes, M.D. Steven, C.T. Mutlow, T. Nightingale, C.J. Donlon, J. Foot, A.F. Prata, I. Grant
  
• Calibration of the ATSR-2 Visible / Near Infra-Red Channels
  D. Smith (Abstract no. 19)
  
• Ongoing Validation of ATSR SST Products
  I.J. Barton
  
• Validation of ATSR-2 Land Surface Reflectance Data
  M. D. Steven, G. Rondeaux, F. Prata, G. Mackay, J.A Clark
  
• Validation Of Satellite-Derived Ocean Skin Temperatures Using The M-AERI
  P.J. Minnett, the M-AERI team
  
• Sea Surface Temperature Validation Results from the MUBEX '97 Experiment
  T. Sheasby, I. Parkes, D. Llewellyn-Jones, T. Nightingale, R. Yokoyama, S. Tanba
  
• A Validation Framework for Envisat AATSR Sea Surface Skin Temperature Observations
  C.J. Donlon, I.S. Robinson, J. Murray
  
• The Envisat AATSR Processing Algorithms and Data Products
  A. R. Birks
  

   

  LAND
  

• The Use of ATSR-2 for Tropical Forest Mapping within the Joint Research Centre's TREES Project
  H.D. Eva, F. Achard, P. Mayaux, H-.J. Stibig, E.Janodet
  
• Using ATSR-2 Data to Understand the Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Vegetation in the Arid
  Region of Jordan
  M. Edwards, J. Wellens, A. Millington
  
• The ATSR and SAR Data for Vegetation Monitoring
  K. Dabrowska-Zielinska, M. Gruszczynska, W. Kowalik
  
• Land Surface Temperature Derived from the ATSR
  A. Shepherd (Abstract no. 53)
  
• Adaptive Algorithms for Burned Surfaces Automatic Estimation by ATSR-2 Data
  I. Piccolini, O. Arino
  
• The ATSR World Fire Atlas and a Synergy with POLDER Aerosol Products
  O. Arino, J. Rosaz, P. Goloup
  
• Comparison of ATSR and NOAA AVHRR Hotspot Data Acquired during an Exceptional Fire
  
• Event in Kalimantan (Indonesia)
  F. Siegert, A. Hoffmann, S. Kuntz
  
• Dual-View Operational Atmospheric Correction for ATSR-2 Imagery
  P.R.J. North
  

  CLOUDS/AEROSOLS
  

• Improved Cloud Detection and Cross-Calibration of ATSR, MODIS and MERIS Data
  J.J. Simpson
  
• Cloud Detection Over Land Surfaces in ATSR-2 Images
  R. Smith, S. Hobbs
  
• Exploiting the Synergy of GOME and ATSR-2 for the Retrieval of Aerosol Properties Over Land
  and Ocean
  T. Holzer-Popp, M. Schroedter, G. Gesell
  
• Mapping Aerosol Optical Depth over Europe Using ATSR-2 Data
  G. de Leeuw, C. Robles-Gonzalez, J.P. Veefkind
  
• Cloud Fraction and Cloud Top Pressure Retrieval from GOME compared with ATSR-2
  
• Measurements
  R.B.A. Koelemeijer, P. Stammes
  
• An Automated Processing System for Cloud-Top Height and Amount from ATSR(2) Stereo
  J.-P. Muller, R. Dundas, D. Bower
  
• The Effect of Ice Crystal Shape on the Retrieval of Aerosol Properties over Land and Ocean
  W. H. Knap, P. Stammes, R. B. A. Koelemeijer
  
• Optimal Estimation of Cloud Parameters from Visible and Infrared ATSR-2/AATSR Measurements
  P. Watts (Abstract no. 5)
  

   

  SST / CLIMATE
  

• Use of the ATSR Series in the Construction of a Long-Term SST Record for Climate Change
  
• Detection
  A. Harris, B. Candy
  
• Skin Sea Surface Temperature Retrievals - the Asymptotic Approach to Perfection?
  C. J. Merchant, A. R. Harris, M. J. Murray
  
• Comparisons Between ATSR Derived SSTs and AVHRR SSTs
  J. Vazquez, R. Sumagaysay
  
• Analysis of ATSR-1, ATSR-2 and AVHRR Data for Studies of Global Sea Surface Temperature
  Trends and Annual Variations
  P. Knudsen (Abstract no. 48)
  

  OCEANS
  

• ATSR SST Observations of Kelvin and Rossby Waves Compared with TOPEZ/Poseidon Sea Level
  Anomaly
  J.P.Angell, S.P.Lawrence
  
• Combination of ATSR, Altimeter and Ocean Colour Observations to Study Circulation and its
  Effects on Biology in a Mesoscale Area
  P. Cipollini, H.M. Snaith, J.T. Allen, S.G. Alderson, T.H. Guymer (Abstract no. 45)
  
• Correlations Between Altimetric Sea Surface Height and Radiometric Sea Surface Temperature in
  the South Atlantic
  T.H. Guymer (Abstract no.21)
  
• Improved Monitoring of Oceanographic Features in the Gulf of Oman through Combined Use of
  
• Satellite Thermal Infra-Red, Ocean Colour & Radar Altimeter Observations
  W. Aicken, S. Shimwell, N. Stapleton
  
• Accurate Remotely Sensed Sea Surface Observations in the Canary Islands Region
  J.P. Marrero, O. Llinás
  
• Monitoring the Southern North Sea "Clean Seas" Site using a Combination of Remote Sensing
  
• Techniques
  H.M. Snaith, V. Barale, M. Gade, A. Mangin, G. Jolly, O. Rud
  
• Extratropical Planetary Waves Observed in the ATSR Global Sea Surface Temperature Record
  K. Hill, I. Robinson, P. Cipollini
  
• Use of ATSR Data to Study Physical Processes in Lake Baikal
  S.P. Lawrence, H.L. Le Core
  

  Keywords: ESA European Space Agency - Agence spatiale europeenne, observation de la terre, earth observation, satellite remote sensing, teledetection, geophysique, altimetrie, radar, chimique atmospherique, geophysics, altimetry, radar, atmospheric chemistry