The 2008 Joint PI Symposium of the ALOS Data Nodes followed the First Symposium, held in 2007 in Kyoto, Japan. The event was organised by ESA in cooperation with JAXA, ASF, GA and GISTDA. 

Objectives

The Symposium offered a forum to exchange views on technical and scientific issues on the data exploitation. It also provided updates on the satellite status and the progress in recent research of ongoing projects.

Themes

ALOS 2008 Symposium themes were:

• Calibration and Validation of PALSAR, PRISM and AVNIR-2
• Methodologies and techniques
  Interferometry; DEM extraction; high resolution optical data accuracy quantification…
• Polarimetry and Polarimetric interferometry
• Cartography and Baseline mapping
  Topography; land use and land cover; geology and mineralogy; orthorectification…
• Agriculture, Vegetation and Forestry
  Biomass; productivity; parameters extraction and monitoring; desertification…
• Climate, Hydrology and Water resources
  Soil moisture; run-off; water pollution; snow; glaciers and ice sheets…
• Oceanography
  Coastal zones; oil spills/slicks; wind and waves; air and sea interactions; circulation; sea-ice…
• Hazard, Risk and Disaster preparedness, monitoring and recovery
  Volcanoes; earthquakes; subsidence; landslides; floods; tsunamis…
• ALOS contribution to IPY

Files:

Day 1, Monday 3 November 2008 - Room One (18,3 MB)

Day 1, Monday 3 November 2008 - Room Two (18,9 MB)

Day 2, Tuesday 4 November 2008 - Room One (71,0 MB)

Day 2, Tuesday 4 November 2008 - Room Two, part 1 (95,7 MB)

Day 2, Tuesday 4 November 2008 - Room Two, part 2 (32,0 MB)

Day 3, Wednesday 5 November 2008 - Room One, part 1 (60,8 MB)

Day 3, Wednesday 5 November 2008 - Room One, part 2 (60,2 MB)

Day 3, Wednesday 5 November 2008 - Room Two, part 1 (64,4 MB)

Day 3, Wednesday 5 November 2008 - Room Two, part 2 (54,3 MB)

Day 4, Thursday 6 November 2008 - Room One (86,7 MB)

Day 4, Thursday 6 November 2008 - Room Two (24,5 MB)