| Day 1, Monday 21 January 2008 |
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| 09:30-11:00 | Registration and Poster mounting | |
| Opening Session | Chair: Y.-L. Desnos (ESA) |
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| 11:00-11:10 | Official ESA Welcome | Dr. Volker Liebig (Director of EO Programmes, European Space Agency) |
| 11:10-11:25 | Workshop Background, Objectives and Organization | Yves-Louis Desnos (ESA) |
| 11:25-11:45 | Status of ERS and Envisat Missions | Henri Laur (ESA) |
| 11:45-12:05 | ERS and Envisat SAR Performance, Processing and Products for Oceanography | Nuno Miranda (ESA) |
| 12:05-12:25 | Operational Marine Survaillance with SAR | Olaf Trieschmann (EMSA) |
| Missions | Chair: D. De Lisle (CSA), A. Coletta (ASI) |
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| 12:25-12:45 | Sea and Ice Products from Sentinel-1 | Evert Attema (ESA) |
| 12:45-13:05 | Application of TerraSAR-X for oceanography | Susanne Lehner (DLR) |
| 13:05-13:25 | COSMO-SkyMed Mission status | Alessandro Coletta (ASI) |
| 13:25-13:45 | RADARSAT-2 Program Status | Daniel De Lisle (CSA) |
| 13:45-14:45 | Lunch | |
| Ocean Current Applications | Chair: J. Johannessen (NERSC), J. A. Lorenzzetti (INPE) |
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| 14:45-15:15 | An assessment of the usefulness of SAR images to help better locating the Brazil Current surface inshore front | João A. Lorenzzetti (National Space Research Institute) |
| 15:15-15:45 | A model of combined backscatter and Doppler shifts for surface velocity estimation from SAR images. | Johnny Johannessen (NERSC) |
| 15:45-16:15 | Routine high resolution observation of selected major surface currents from space | Fabrice Collard (BOOST Technologies) |
| 16:15-16:45 | Upper Ocean patters in the Southern coast of Chile from ENVISAT ASAR and ERS-2 SAR imagery | Cristina Rodriguez-Benito (Mariscope Chilena) |
| 16:45-17:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 17:00-17:30 | Multi-Sensor Observation of Mesoscale and Small-Scale Features | Marina Mityagina (Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sci) |
| 17:30-18:00 | Synergetic combination of ASAR with spectrometers and radiometers for advanced interpretation of mesoscale current features. | Johnny Johannessen (NERSC) |
| 18:00-18:30 | Discussion | |
| 18:30-19:30 | Welcome Cocktail | |
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| Day 2, Tuesday 22 January 2008 |
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| Wave Applications, Internal Waves and Swell | Chair: J. Da Silva (University of Lisboa), F. OCampo Torres (CICESE) |
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| 08:15-08:45 | Spatial and Temporal Variations of Internal Waves in the South China Sea | Weigen Huang (Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Ad) |
| 08:45-09:15 | Synthetic Aperture Radar Observations of Sea Surface Signatures of Atmospheric Gravity Waves over Coastal Waters | Werner Alpers (University of Hamburg) |
| 09:15-09:45 | Effects of gap-winds on multi-modal ocean Swell systems at the south Pacific coast of Mexico | Guillermo Díaz-Méndez (Universidad Autonoma de Baja California) |
| 09:45-10:15 | Remote Sensing of Internal Waves in the Mid-Atlantic Bight | Michael Caruso (CSTARS-University of Miami) |
| 10:15-10:45 | On the ocean surface wave spectrum detection under hurricane influence: Detailed spatial evolution. | Francisco (Paco) OCampo-Torres (CICESE) |
| 10:45-11:15 | Coffee Break | |
| Wave Applications, Internal Waves and Swell, cont. | Chair: W. Huang (Second Institute of Oceanography), W. Alpers (University of Hamburg) |
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| 11:15-11:45 | First results obtained in the OSIRIS project | Johannes Schulz-Stellenfleth (DLR) |
| 11:45-12:15 | Remote sensing of ocean surface winds, currents, waves, and internal waves around the Korean peninsula using Space-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | Duk-jin Kim (Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
presented by Wooil Moon |
| 12:15-12:45 | Do Moving Polar Highs play a significant role on the generation of Internal Solitary Waves in the Atmosphere? | José da Silva (University of Lisbon) |
| 12:45-13:15 | Global swell waves observation and application for NRT storm swell tracking and swell attenuation estimation | Fabrice Collard (BOOST Technologies) |
| 13:15-13:45 | Discussion | |
| 13:45-14:45 | Lunch | |
| Methodology and techniques | Chair: B. Chapron (IFREMER), H. Johnsen (NORUT) |
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| 14:45-15:15 | SAR Altimetry Applications Over Water | Cristina Martin Puig (Starlab) |
| 15:15-15:45 | Development of an L-Band Geophysical Model Function and Comparison with Measured Cross Section Data | Donald R. Thompson (Johns Hopkins University/APL) |
| 15:45-16:15 | Comparison of data and model predictions of current, wave and radar cross-section modulation by seabed sand waves | Cees de Valk (ARGOSS) |
| 16:15-16:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:45-17:15 | Investigation of ship accidents using global ERS-2 and ENVISAT wave mode | Elzbieta Bitner-Gregersen (DNV)
presented by W. Rosenthal |
| 17:15-17:45 | Discussion | |
| Poster session | Chair: J. Da Silva (University of Lisboa), J. A. Lorenzzetti (INPE) |
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| 17:45-19:45 | Poster Session and Cocktail | |
| Concept Design of Near-Space Passive Radar for Ocean Remote Sensing | Wen-Qin Wang (Uni. of Electron. Sci. and Tech. of China) |
| Ice Detection and Classification in Liaodong Bay with ENVISAT ASAR Imagery | Yonggang JI (First Institute of Oceanography,SOA) |
| Comparison and Evaluation for Ship Target Detection Algorithms with ENVISAT ASAR | Xi ZHANG (Ocean University of China) |
| Numerical Simulation on Series of Airborne SAR Images of Internal Waves | Li Fei (Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
| Analysis of Effects of Environmental Factors on Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Ice in Liaodong Bay with Envisat ASAR and MODIS Imagery | Haibo YUE (Ocean University of China) |
| Simulating the Influence of Wave Whitecaps on SAR Images | Eugenio Pugliese Carratelli (CUGRI and University of Salerno) |
| Speed ambiguity in SAR hurricane wind retrievals | William Perrie (Bedford Institute of Oceanography) |
| The characteristics of internal waves in the Yellow Sea observed by SAR | Taerim Kim (Kunsan University) |
| Detection and morphological measurements of oil slicks in SAR images: an approach exploiting 'free software' libraries. | Flavio Parmiggiani (CNR) |
| Sea Bed Geoforms in the Argentine Coast Identified by the ERS-SAR Missions: Influences on Ocean Dynamic and Bottom Geomorphology | Domingo Antonio Gagliardini (CONICET) |
| SAR signatures of oceanic internal waves in the Barents Sea | Igor Kozlov (Russian state hydrometeorological university) |
| China East Sea Coastal Wind Field observation by Synthetic Aperture Radar and Scatterometer | Xiaoming Li (German Aerospace Center (DLR)) |
| Comparison between SAR streaks and AVHRR spatial and temporal evolution of cloud streets to derive rolls aspect ratio maps and PBL depth | Elena Arabini (Prof. Inst.) |
| Analysis of a global ERS-2 wave mode data set acquired over the ocean taking a synergetic approach | Guiting Song (German Aerospace Center(DLR)) |
| On the Capability of the Degree of Polarization for Oil Spill Observation | Attilio Gambardella (Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope) |
| Use of SAR data for ships positioning control: a two-year study | Olga Lavrova (Space Research Institute of RAS) |
| Automatic Recognition Of Coastal and Oceanic Environmental Events In Orbital Radars | Cristina Maria Bentz (PETROBRAS Research Center) |
| Online Access to Radar Maritime Monitoring Data | O.N. Gershenzon (ScanEx) |
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| Day 3, Wednesday 23 January 2008 |
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| Oil Spill Applications | Chair: V. Kerbaol (BOOST Technologies), O. Trieschmann (EMSA) |
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| 08:30-09:00 | CleanSeaNet: The EU remote sensing based monitoring system for marine oil spill detection and surveillance in European waters | Samuel Djavidnia (European Maritime Safety Agency) |
| 09:00-09:30 | Satellite Monitoring of Oil Spills in the Mediterranean Sea for 1999-2004 | Kostas Topouzelis (Joint Research Centre) |
| 09:30-10:00 | Monitoring Of Oil Pollution Using Earth Observation Data (MOPED) | Valborg Byfield (National Oceanography Centre) |
| 10:00-10:30 | DEvelopment of Marine Oil Spill Satellite monitoring system for the Black Sea, Caspian Sea and Kara/Barents Seas (DEMOSS) | Stein Sandven (NERSC) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Satellite monitoring of sea surface state of Russia’s coastal zone of the Black and Azov Seas | Olga Lavrova (Space Research Institute of RAS) |
| 11:00-11:15 | Coffee Break | |
| Oil Spill Techniques | Chair: B. Chapron (IFREMER), G. Campbell (ESA) |
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| 11:15-11:45 | Sea Oil Spill Observation by means of Analysis of Spatial Statistics in Polarimetric SAR Data Using Wavelet Signatures | Attilio Gambardella (Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope) |
| 11:45-12:15 | Oil Spill Detection by means of Dual-polarized SAR data/Analysis of the sea surface scattering with and without surface slicks | Ferdinando Nunziata (Università di Napoli Parthenope) |
| 12:15-12:45 | Unsupervised oil spill detection in SAR imagery through an estimator of local regularity | Marivi Tello (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya) |
| 12:45-13:15 | Oil Spill Detection and Prediction from SAR multiscale analysis | Jose Manuel Redondo (Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya) |
| 13:15-13:45 | Discussion | |
| 13:45-14:30 | Lunch | |
| Vessel Detection Applications | Chair: O. Trieschmann (EMSA), G. Campbell (ESA) |
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| 14:30-15:00 | Maritime Domain Awareness Experiment | Hans Graber (CSTARS-University of Miami) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Near Real Time (NRT) Suspect Vessel Identification (SVI) system | Paulo Miguel Nunes do Carmo (Edisoft, SA)
presented by Sónia Pelizzari |
| 15:30-16:00 | Characterisation of Location Discrepancies between ENVISAT/ERS Ship Detection Reports and AIS Records During the MARISS Phase 2 Trials in France | Jean-Yves Le Bras (CLS) |
| 16:00-16:15 | Coffee Break | |
| Vessel Detection Techniques | Chair: J. Schulz Stellenfleth (DLR), G. Campbell (ESA) |
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| 16:15-16:45 | Remote Sensing of Ship Wakes | Alexander Soloviev (Nova Southeastern University) |
| 16:45-17:15 | Ship Detection : from Processing to Instrument Characterisation | Guillaume Hajduch (BOOST Technologies) |
| 17:15-17:45 | Ship Detection Approach Based on Cross-correlation from ENVISAT ASAR Ap Data | Chan-Su Yang (Ocean Satellite Research Group) |
| 17:45-18:15 | Discretization Effects in Sea Surface Simulation Applied to Ship Classification Studies | Gerard Margarit (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)) |
| 18:15-18:45 | Discussion | |
| 19:30-22:30 | Non hosted Dinner | |
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| Day 4, Thursday 24 January 2008 |
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| Ocean Wind Applications | Chair: J. Horstmann (GKSS), W. Alpers (University of Hamburg) |
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| 09:15-09:45 | Near-Real Time Generation of ENVISAT ASAR Level-2 Wind and Waves products: Presentation of the system and preliminary achievements | Vincent Kerbaol (BOOST Technologies) |
| 09:45-10:15 | Wind energy and SAR wind mapping | Charlotte Hasager (Risoe National Laboratory DTU) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Similarities and differences of SAR derived wind fields using two different methods: the local gradient and the continuous wavelet transform methods | Stefano Zecchetto (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) |
| 10:45-11:15 | Detection of Meso-scale Atmospheric Fronts in the Marine Boundary Layer by Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar | Werner Alpers (University of Hamburg) |
| 11:15-11:45 | Coffee Break | |
| Ocean Wind Applications, cont. | Chair: S. Lehner (DLR), D. R. Thompson (JHU-APL) |
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| 11:45-12:15 | Error Analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar Retrieved Wind Speeds | Jochen Horstmann (GKSS Research Center) |
| 12:15-12:45 | Synergetic use of Radar and optical Satellite Images to Support Severe Storm Prediction | Stephan Brusch (DLR) |
| 12:45-13:15 | A New SAR Retrieval Method for Hurricane Wind Parameters | Antonio Reppucci (German Aerospace Center (DLR)) |
| 13:15-13:45 | Discussion | |
| 13:45-14:45 | Lunch | |
| Wave Mode Algorithms, Validation and Assimilation | Chair: H. Johnsen (NORUT), G. Kallos (University of Athens) |
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| 14:45-15:15 | Analysis and inversion of ASAR WM data - assessment of polarization and incidence angle dependencies | Harald Johnsen (Norut) |
| 15:15-15:45 | Data assimilation in WAM4 – System operations and validation | George Kallos (University of Athens) |
| 15:45-16:15 | Recent improvements for the assimilation of upgraded ASAR wave spectra in the wave model | Lotfi Aouf (Météo France) |
| 16:15-16:45 | Ocean Wave Measurements in High and Complex Sea State by SAR Wave Mode Data and Numerical Wave Model | Xiaoming Li (German Aerospace Center (DLR)) |
| 16:45-17:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 17:15-17:45 | Status of Global Validation of ENVISAT ASAR Wave Mode Products at ECMWF | Saleh Abdalla (ECMWF) |
| 17:45-18:15 | Discussion | |
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| Day 5, Friday 25 January 2008 |
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| Ice Applications | Chair: O. Grabak (ESA), P. Clemente Colon (NOAA/NESDIS) |
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| 08:45-09:15 | Detection of Arctic icebergs on the base of satellite SAR | Vitaly Alexandrov (NIERSC) |
| 09:15-09:45 | Improved sea ice monitoring for the Baltic Sea – Project overview and first results | Leif E.B. Eriksson (Chalmers University of Technology) |
| 09:45-10:15 | Sea ice classification using ASAR Alternating Polarisation images | Stein Sandven (NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coincident Measurement of Arctic Sea Ice using Envisat ASAR and Submarine | Nicholas Hughes (Scottish Association for Marine Science) |
| 10:45-11:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:15-11:45 | Analysis of polarimetric signatures of Arctic lead ice using data from AIRSAR and RADARSAT | Daniel Bäck (Chalmers University of Technology) |
| 11:45-12:15 | Discussion | |
| Session Summary | |
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| 12:15-12:25 | Wave Mode Algorithms, Validation and Assimilation Summary | |
| 12:25-12:35 | Ocean Current Applications Summary | |
| 12:35-12:45 | Ocean Wind Applications Summary | |
| 12:45-12:55 | Wave Applications, Internal Waves and Swell Summary | |
| 12:55-13:05 | Oil Spill Applications and Techniques Summary | |
| 13:05-13:15 | Vessel Detection Applications and Techniques Summary | |
| 13:15-13:25 | Methodology and Techniques Summary | |
| 13:25-13:35 | Ice Applications Summary | |
| 13:35-13:45 | Closing Remarks | |
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