2007

23 Feb 2007	Graduation: Tropical alpine treelines; how ecological processes control vegetation patterning and dynamics
	Friday 23 February 2007 at 16.00, Maaike Bader will defend his PhD-thesis, entitled: Tropical alpine treelines; how ecological processes control vegetation patterning and dynamics more
28 Feb 2007	Colloquium: Retrieving chlorophyll content from CASI data for the identification of iron chlorosis in olive orchards
	By Anne van Gijsel SummaryThis thesis deals with the retrieval of canopy variables from remotely sensed data with the main objective to detect iron chlorosis in olive orchards. Iron chlorosis... more
	Colloquium: Estimation of biochemical vegetation parameters and biomass of the natural vegetation in the Millingerwaard using imaging spectroscopy
	By Adriana Niewiadomska Summary Remote sensing is a key tool for assessing vegetation condition over large areas. Several ecosystem processes i.e growth has been related to plant biochemical... more
	Colloquium: Data Integration between Farm Management System and Web Based GIS, A case study of Droevendaal Farm, Wageningen University and Research Centre
	By Tripasai Supawoot AbstractThis report studies and implements data integration between a Farm Management System (FMS) and a web based GIS, based on the case of Droevendaal Farm, Wageningen... more
5 Mar 2007	Colloquium: Using GIS and RS in predicting the nymphal density of the tick Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Netherlands
	By Jacob Beeuwkes Abstract: Lyme disease is an infectious disease in human that is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. The European sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus) is vector of this... more
22 Mar 2007	Lecture: Lenné3D (by Philip Paar and Jörg Rekittke)
	Philip Paar (Berlin) and Jörg Rekittke (WUR-LAR) will present the Lenné3D-System for landscape vizualisation, which is GIS-based and provides the currently leading technology for interactive... more
4 Apr 2007	Colloquium: Estimation of forest parameters using multi-angular CHRIS-PROBA data and the Li-Strahler GOMS model
	By Valérie Laurent Abstract: The aim of this study is to retrieve pixel-based canopy cover and crown diameter for a boreal mountain forest located in the Swiss National Park to help evaluating... more
13 Apr 2007	Colloquium: Forest fire potential index for Navarra Autonomic Community (Spain)
	By Margarita Huesca Martinez Abstract: This study presents the development of a Forest Fire Potential Index at a regional scale for the Autonomic Community of Navarra at 500 meters spatial... more
23 Apr 2007	Colloquium: Optimization of mobile radioactivity monitoring networks
	By Zhengkun Jiang. Abstract: In case of a nuclear accident, decision makers relied on high resolution and accurate information about the spatial distribution of the radioactivity levels in the... more
24 Apr 2007 25 Apr 2007	Conference: CAPIGI'07 – The Farmer Perspective
	Dear Madam/sir, It is a great pleasure to invite you to the second Conference on Agricultural Policy Implementation and Geo Information 2007 (CAPIGI’07). This conference brings together science,... more
25 Apr 2007	Colloquium: Application and assessment of usability of the land use model METRONAMICA: A case study in the Southern Sri Lanka
	By Rohan Chandralal Wickramasuriya Abstract: The spatial policy decision making in Sri Lanka is still paper based, and not supported by any scientific means. However, land use models have been... more
26 Apr 2007	Colloquium: Spatial risk analysis of bluetongue in the Netherlands
	By Rick van der Heijden Abstract: The past ten years an increase of zoonotic diseases (diseases caused by infectious agents that can be transmitted between animals and humans) occurred in Europe.... more
	Colloquium: Calibration of markovian land use change models
	By Aurelien Letourneau more
1 May 2007 11 May 2007	Capita Selecta: GRS-50403 Title: How navigated are you?
	Course objectivesThe course outlines the explanation of Network (analysis) principles as applied in and via GIS: theoretical background(graph theory); processing of networks; data models; ,network... more
3 May 2007	Colloquium: Estimating the agricultural area in Senegal from medium resolution images, using an up-scaling method based on Artificial Neural Networks
	By Josefien Delrue Abstract: To avoid famines, crop production should be known as early as possible in the growing season. Crop production is basically predicted by multiplying yield with crop... more
22 May 2007	Colloquium: Use of high-resolution X-band weather surveillance radar for areal rainfall estimation
	By: Zahra Toofani Nejad Abstract: Obtaining reliable precipitation observations is important for hydrological simulations and weather forecasting. The most obvious way of measuring rainfall is... more
23 May 2007 25 May 2007	Workshop: Multi-view framework to assess National SDI
	The Workshop “Multi-view framework to assess National Spatial Data Infrastructures” will take place at Wageningen University on the 23-25 May. Location: GAIA 1, Location Alterra, Wageningen. The... more
24 May 2007	Conference: Participatory Spatial Planning in Europe (PSPE)
	During the Final Conference, we will celebrate the results of the European Interreg IIIC co-financed project ‘Participatory Spatial Planning in Europe (PSPE)’ in which 11 partners from 5 EU countries... more
13 Jun 2007	PE&RC Workshop: Multiple views on scales and scaling
	Scale and scaling is one of the strategic research topics of Wageningen UR and a field of growing scientific attention worldwide.But, what do we mean with scales and scaling? What is the role... more
28 Jun 2007	Colloquium: Development of an imaging spectroscopy based method for mapping and monitoring plant functional types in river floodplains: A case study using Spectral Mixture Analysis in the Millingerwaard
	By: Lucia Sanchez Prieto Abstract: Due to flood risk increase in the Netherlands during the last decades, new river management strategies are being developed in areas such as river... more
10 Aug 2007	Colloquium: Interpolation of soil sample data in combination with sensor data for Site Specific Fertilization
	By: Muditha Kumari Heenkenda Mudalige more
	Colloquium: Information Intensity of 3D Geo-visualisation
	By: Rahel Messele more
29 Aug 2007	Colloquium: Reviewing the book chapter reviews of: ‘An introduction to Spatial Data Infrastructures’
	By Mark Blomsma Abstract: In the course of 2006 a study book on SDI, “An Introduction to Spatial Data Infrastructures”, has been written. Thirty-five students wrote reviews on the different... more
	Colloquium: Location Based Edutainment: using the physical movement of a GPS-unit to trigger movement in a visualization of underground objects
	By Pepijn Naus Abstract: Location based services have been around for many years now. They always use movement of the user on the horizontal plane. Never have they used movement of a user in... more
30 Aug 2007	Colloquium: 3D Visualization of Landscape Qualities
	By Sander Schaminee Abstract: The Dutch government has decided that 20 regions in the Netherlands are to be declared as so-called National Landscapes. These National Landscapes are unique in The... more
	Colloquium: Modelling trajectory of moving object on landscape
	By Suqin Yan Abstract: This paper presents my research about trajectory studies of mobile objects; it is based on the previously studies of trajectory, to improve a new definition of trajectory of... more
	Colloquium: Location Based Edutainment: routes and mazes: A case study of investigating the possibility in both methodology and technology for multi-constraint route planning system
	By Nanan Zhang Abstract: Route planning software assists people in decision making, especially for car drivers. Route planning software is expected to be more frequently used by cyclists and... more
17 Oct 2007	Colloquium: GIS as a tool for the systematic safety check of levees
	By Dirk Voesenek.  more
	Colloquium: The effect of viewing geometry on the retrieval of maize fractional cover
	By Martin van Leeuwen. Abstract The effect of viewing geometry on the retrieval of the fractional cover of maize (Zea Mays L.) has been investigated by applying linear spectral mixture analysis... more
	Colloquium: The influence of slope in the quantification of soil iron content with spectral reflectance based iron indices
	By Titia Mulder. Summary Soil iron is an important indicator in the soil science; Iron is an indicator for soil fertility, the usability of an area to cultivate specific crops and it can... more
19 Oct 2007	Workshop: 1st WIMEK workshop on Earth Observation and crop growth modeling
	For a detailed program look at the workshop page more
24 Oct 2007 26 Oct 2007	Workshop: ECOCHANGE - Challenges in assessing and forcasting biodiversity and ecosystem changes in Europe
	CGI will host the first ECOCHANGE Workshop to take place in Wageningen. Location: Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands Date: 24-26 October, 2007 Sponsors:... more
25 Oct 2007	Colloquium: A COMBINED MODEL TO ESTIMATE ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FROM METEOROLOGICAL AND REMOTE SENSING DATA
	By Raquel Iniesta Ruiz. ABSTRACT:This work presents an approach for the calculation of actual evapotranspiration at a regional scale. Using the daily Penman-Monteith equation, the reference... more
1 Nov 2007 3 Nov 2007	Festival: Zuigers en Prikkers ('Suckers and Stingers')
	20 years Medical and Veterinary Entomology in WageningenThis year it has been 20 years since the Laboratory of Entomology started with research and education in Medical and Veterinary Entomology. To... more
10 Dec 2007 14 Dec 2007	Course: METIER Graduate Training Course No. 4
	Geo-visualization in Environmental Research 10-14 December 2007 Wageningen University and Research (NL) Objective Geo-visualisation is a... more
12 Dec 2007	Colloquium: Remote sensing albedo variability over an arctic Siberian tundra site
	By Martin Claverie Abstract: " Land surface albedo is one of the key drivers of the Earth’s surface energy budget. Over high latitude, the Surface albedo feedback is an important component of the... more