Advanced Earth Observation of the Terrestrial Biosphere by Integrating Mechanisms of Interactions, Feedback and Scale
Event details
| Date | 02.04.2013 |
| Hour | 16:15 › 17:15 |
| Speaker |
Dr Michael Schaepman, Head, Remote Sensing Laboratories (RSL) and Director, University Research Priority Programme on 'Global Change and Biodiversity', University of Zurich, CH |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
In this talk, I will discuss the use of Earth Observation technologies such as imaging spectroscopy and waveform LiDAR for the generation of advanced terrestrial biospheric products. I will demonstrate the use of (coupled) physical models to retrieve several vegetation parameters simultaneously. Examples will include improved estimates of Net Primary Productivity (NPP), vegetation structure, vegetation biochemistry, including (non-)pigments (e.g., Chlorophyll, Carotenoids, Anthocyans, leaf water, leaf structure).
A fully reconstructed and parametrized 3D deciduous forest site is used to demonstrate scale dependence of the retrievals. Approaches to couple remote observations of vegetation to environmental processes using scale invariant approaches will complement the talk.
I will conclude on the use of physically based modelling approaches for environmental monitoring and give an outlook on larger scale opportunities such as the Swiss Earth Observation Network (SEON) and other international activities.
A fully reconstructed and parametrized 3D deciduous forest site is used to demonstrate scale dependence of the retrievals. Approaches to couple remote observations of vegetation to environmental processes using scale invariant approaches will complement the talk.
I will conclude on the use of physically based modelling approaches for environmental monitoring and give an outlook on larger scale opportunities such as the Swiss Earth Observation Network (SEON) and other international activities.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
- This event is internal
Organizer
- IIE
Contact
- Professor Alfred Johny Wüest, UPWUEEST