Time

Subject

Name

9:00

Opening and welcome

Michael Schaepman

Jan Clevers

Pavel Cudlín

9:15

What’s new in leaf optical properties modeling?

Stéphane Jacquemoud

Prof. Dr., Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université Paris 7, France

9:45

SAIL and beyond: Application of four-stream radiative transfer modeling in the soil-canopy-atmosphere system over the optical-thermal spectral domains

Wout Verhoef

Prof. Dr., National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) and ITC, The Netherlands

10:15

Coffee Break

10:45

Estimation of geobiophysical variables using optical remote sensing

Ferran Gascon

Dr., ESA/ESTEC – TEC/EEP, The Netherlands

11:15

Structural parameters of coniferous needles, branches and crowns - ground truth for remote sensing

Pavel Cudlín

Dr., Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic

Jana Albrechtova

Prof. Dr., Charles University in Prague, Department of Plant Physiology, Czech Republic

11:45

Radiation interception in relation to growth

Frits Mohren

Prof. Dr. ir., Forest Ecology and Forest Management, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

12:15

Lunch Break

13:15

Albedo determination over Northeastern Siberian Tundra

Gabriela Schaepman-Strub

Dr., ESA/ESTEC, KNMI, and Wageningen University, The Netherlands

13:45

Large Seasonal Swings in Leaf Area of Amazon Rainforests

Ranga Myneni

Prof. Dr., Climate and Vegetation Research Group, Boston University, USA

14:30

Closing / Transfer to Aula

16:00

Quantitative remote sensing of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.): Spectroscopy from needles to crowns

Zbyněk Malenovský

PhD defense, Centre for Geo-Information, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

17:30

Reception