Sponsored By:
Texas Tech University Department of Plant and Soil Science
International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Studies (ICASALS)
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)

Hosted By:
Texas Tech University

Organized By:
Stephan J. Maas (Chairperson), Dept. of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech
Aderbal C. “A.C.” Correa, Director, ICASALS
Seiichi Nagihara, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech

The purpose of the Biennial Workshop is the dissemination and documentation of advances in remote sensing made using sensors with high spatial resolution (typically less than 30 meters). Relevant studies involve a wide variety of sensors, including aerial photography, imaging spectroradiometers, hyperspectral imagers, lidar, analog video cameras, digital cameras, and highresolution satellite systems like IKONOS and QuickBird. While the scope of sensors addressed in this workshop is restricted by spatial scale, the application of the sensors is very broad. The program of the Biennial Workshop welcomes reports involving the application of high-resolution remote sensing to a wide variety of natural and managed resources. Reports are organized into one of four general topic areas: Agriculture (crops, orchards, pastures, rangeland, soils, and water), Natural Resources (forests, wetlands, wildlife habitats, water bodies, coastal regions, and geology), Infrastructure and Human Impacts (urban environments, transportation, landscaping, disturbed lands, pollution, and archaeology), and Systems (sensors, analytical procedures, calibration, image processing, integration with GIS, and technology transfer). The Biennial Workshop regularly draws researchers and students from a wide variety of disciplines. The opportunity for individuals from different disciplines to interact has been one of the main strengths of this workshop.

The deadline for submitting an abstract for a presentation at the Biennial Workshop is December 22, 2008. Information on submitting abstracts, workshop registration, and other details regarding the workshop can be obtained at the Biennial Workshop website,

http://users.sptc.net/smaas/ASPRS/ASPRS_announcement.htm

The design of new instruments to acquire multi-temporal or even hyper-temporal earth observation imagery and the development of effective methods to analyze these data sets, represent some of the more challenging issues the remote sensing community faces today. At issue is the temporal dimension of the imagery that allows for linkages to the dynamic character of systems, processes, function and other phenomena under study.

The Fifth International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Images (MultiTemp-2009) will continue the objective of the previous editions to assess the state-of-the-art in the analysis of multi-temporal remote sensing and geospatial data. The workshop will have oral and interactive poster presentations dealing with both the theoretical and applied issues surrounding the use of multi- and hyper-temporal information in support of the sustainable management of earth’s resources to maximize societal benefits (http://clear.uconn.edu/multitemp09).

MultiTemp-2009 is soliciting papers in the following topic areas:

• phenology product development and monitoring applications
• innovative approaches to multi-temporal data handling
• novel mult-temporal and hyper-temporal applications
• image registration, calibration and correction techniques
• change detection analysis methods and applications
• land-cover and land-use mapping and monitoring
• drought monitoring and predictive modeling
• ecosystem process monitoring and modeling
• multitemporal SAR and InSAR data analysis
• change detection validation and assessment
• multitemporal imagery analysis techniques
• water resources monitoring and modeling
• environmental security applications
• plant production system monitoring
• multitemporal LIDAR data analysis

Contributions are welcome from the scientific community dealing with innovation as well as from the applications’ sector focusing on using the resulting methods in practical settings. The workshop will include papers accepted for oral and interactive poster presentation. Only presented papers will appear in the workshop proceedings. A Special Issue of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (J-STARS) focusing on “Multitemporal Imagery Analysis”, will be open to participant contributions.

Prospective contributors are invited to submit an extended abstract of 2-3 pages at the dedicated MultiTemp-2009 website.

Abstract Submission is available at http://clear.uconn.edu/multitemp09/abstract.html.

Important Dates

• January 31, 2009 deadline for extended abstract submission
• March 1, 2009 notifi cation of acceptance
• April 30, 2009 due date for camera-ready proceedings manuscripts
• May 31, 2009 registration deadline
• July 28-30, 2009 MultiTemp-2009 at Groton, CT

Hosted by the University of Connecticut and Co-sponsored by US EPA, NASA, USGS, ASPRS, and IEEE.