Crustal Deformation and Subsurface Sensing

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  Richard Gloaguen, Alexandra Kaessner, Florian Wobbe, Faisal Shazah, Syed Amer Mahmood: Remote Sensing Analysis of Crustal Deformation using River Networks. 1-4
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  Teng Wang, Daniele Perissin, Mingsheng Liao, Fabio Rocca: Deformation Monitoring by Long Term D-InSAR Analysis in Three Gorges Area, China. 5-8
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  Liming Jiang, Hui Lin, Qing Zhao, Fang Liu: Monitoring Crustal Deformation along the Xianshuihe Fault in the Eastern Tibetan Margin Area with Envisat ScanSAR Interferometry. 9-12
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  Georgiy A. Bordakov, Sreechakra Goparaju, Jaideva C. Goswami: Extraction of Fluid Movement Related Spectral Features from Seismic Traces. 13-16
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  Xun Luo, Andrew King, Matt Van de Werken: Sensing Roof Conditions ahead of a Longwall Mining using the Shearer as a Seismic Source. 17-20

Advanced Methods for Polarimetric Information Extraction I

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  Jong-Sen Lee, Thomas L. Ainsworth, Kun-Shan Chen: Speckle Filtering of Dual-Polarization and Polarimetric SAR Data based on Improved Sigma Filter. 21-24
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  Gregory Farage, Samuel Foucher, Carlos López-Martínez, Goze B. Bénié: Turbo Speckle Filtering applied to PolSAR Data. 25-28
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  Jean-Marie Beaulieu, Ridha Touzi: Classification of Polarimetric SAR Images using Radiometric and Texture Information. 29-32
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  Laurent Ferro-Famil, Maxim Neumann, Carlos López-Martínez: Analysis of Natural Scenes using Polarimetric and Interferometric SAR Data Statistics in Particular Configurations. 33-36

Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere I

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  Richard R. Forster, Ryo Michishita, Jeff Van Looy, Dorothy K. Hall: Alaskan Glaciology from Space. 37-40

Change Detection in Forested Landscapes I

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  Eric Nielsen, Mark Finco, Everett Hinkley: Change Detection in Image Time-Series Affected by Directional Reflectance and Phenological Variability: Application to Forest Disturbance Monitoring. 41-44
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  Júlio Bandeira Guerra, Corina da Costa Freitas, Jose Claudio Mura: Evaluating the Potential of L Band PolSAR Data to Discriminate Deforestation Increment Areas in Amazon Rain Forest. 45-48
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  Shojiro Tanaka, Ryuei Nishii: Non-linear regression models to identify functional forms of deforestation. 49-52

Sensing and Modeling Ocean Physics

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  Naoto Ebuchi, Yasushi Fukamachi, Kay I. Ohshima, Masaaki Wakatsuchi: Subinertial Variations in the Soya Warm Current Revealed by HF Ocean Radars, Coastal Tide Gauges, and Bottom-Mounted ADCP. 53-56
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  Werner Alpers: Investigation of Atmospheric Gravity Waves and Rotors in the Marine Boundary Layer using Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Images. 57-60
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  Tao Chu, Stephen J. Frasier, Daniel Esteban-Fernandez, Paul S. Chang, James R. Carswell: The Impact of Surface Scattering on Ocean Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) Wind Profile Estimates from an Airborne Doppler Radar. 61-64
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  William J. Plant, William C. Keller, Kenneth Hayes, Gene Chatham: Measuring and Modeling the NRCS of the Sea for Backscatter. 65-68
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  Stephan Sedlacek, Friedwart Ziemer, Marius Cysewski: Sediment Modeling based on Radar Observed Surface Hydrodynamics. 69-72

Image Analysis for classification and Detection

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  Devis Tuia, Frédéric Ratle, Fabio Pacifici, Alexei Pozdnoukhov, Mikhail F. Kanevski, Fabio Del Frate, Domenico Solimini, William J. Emery: Active Learning of Very-High Resolution Optical Imagery with SVM: Entropy vs Margin Sampling. 73-76
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  Ryuei Nishii, Yoko Sawamura, Akiko Nakamoto, Shuji Kawaguchi: Contextual Unmixing of Geospatial Data based on Gaussian Mixture Models and Markov Random Fields. 77-80
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  Raffaele Gaetano, Gabriele Moser, Giovanni Poggi, Giuseppe Scarpa, Sebastiano B. Serpico: Region-Based Classification of Multisensor Optical-SAR Images. 81-84
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  Tarek Habib, Jordi Inglada, Grégoire Mercier, Jocelyn Chanussot: Assessment of Feature Selection Techniques for Support Vector Machine Classification of Satellite Imagery. 85-88
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  Karin Griffis, Maja Bystrom: Modeling and Clustering Techniques for Multi-Band Change Detection. 89-92

Interferometry I

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  Masanobu Shimada: PALSAR SCANSAR SCANSAR Interferometry. 93-96
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  Ludovic Villard, Pierre Borderies, Irena Hajnsek: Bistatic Pol-InSAR Scenario and Evaluation by Forest Scattering Simulations. 97-100

Space Hyperspectral Sensors and Programs I

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  Michael Corson, Daniel Korwan, Robert Lucke, William Snyder, Curtiss O. Davis: The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) on the International Space Station. 101-104
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  Claudio Galeazzi, Andrea Sacchetti, Andrea Cisbani, Gianni Babini: The PRISMA Program. 105-108
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  Hermann Kaufmann, Karl Segl, Luis Guanter, Stefan Hofer, Klaus-Peter Förster, Timo Stuffler, Andreas Mueller, Rudolf Richter, Heike Bach, Patrick Hostert, Christian Chlebek: Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) - Recent Advances and Status. 109-112

Remote Sensing of Agricultural Production and Sustainability I

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  Dorsey Plunk, Sheryl Kunickis, Leonard Jolley: Some Information Needs for Agriculture. 113-116
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  James R. Frankenberger, Chi-Hua Huang, Kossi Nouwakpo: Low-Altitude Digital Photogrammetry Technique to Assess Ephemeral Gully Erosion. 117-120
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  Martha Anderson, William P. Kustas: Mapping Evapotranspiration and Drought at local to Continental Scales using Thermal Remote Sensing. 121-123

Improving Access to Earth Science Data: New Tools and Services I

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  Yehuda Bock, Brendan Crowell, Linette Prawirodirdjo, Paul Jamason, Ruey-Juin Chang, Peng Fang, Melinda Squibb, Marlon E. Pierce, Xiaoming Gao, Frank Webb, Sharon Kedar, Robert Granat, Jay Parker, Danan Dong: Modeling and On-the-Fly Solutions for Solid Earth Sciences: Web Services and Data Portal for Earthquake Early Warning System. 124-126
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  Milton Halem, Curt Tilmes, Yelena Yesha, David Chapman, Phuong Nguyen: Providing Gridded Atmospheric Radiance Products and Services from MODIS and AIRS Instruments on NASA's Aqua Satellite. 127-128
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  Andrey Savtchenko, Steven Kempler, Robert Kummerer, Peter Smith, Gregory Leptoukh: Integrating and Managing Data From Multiple A-Train Sensors. 129-132

Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission I

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  Shuji Shimizu, Toshio Iguchi, Riko Oki, Masafumi Hirose, Tetsuya Tagawa: Evaluation of the Effect of the Orbit Boost of the TRMM Satellite on the PR Rain Estimates. 133-136
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  Tetsuya Tagawa, Shuji Shimizu, Riko Oki: Derivation of sub-footprint scale /Spl sigma/⁰ observed by TRMM Precipitation Radar. 137-140

3D Urban Mapping I

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  Dominik Brunner, Guido Lemoine, Lorenzo Bruzzone: Extraction of Building Heights from VHR SAR Imagery using an Iterative Simulation and Match Procedure. 141-144
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  Stefan Sauer, Laurent Ferro-Famil, Andreas Reigber, Eric Pottier: 3D Urban Remote Sensing using Dual-baseline POL-InSAR Images at L-Band. 145-148
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  Silvia Valero, Jocelyn Chanussot, Philippe Gueguen: Classification of basic roof types based on VHR optical data and digital elevation model. 149-152
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  Yinghua Wang, Florence Tupin, Chongzhao Han, Jean-Marie Nicolas: Building Detection from High Resolution PolSAR Data by combining Region and Edge Information. 153-156
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  Houda Chaabouni, Mihai Datcu: Geometrical and Topological Urban Areas Characterization using TerraSAR-X Data. 157-160

Advanced Methods for Polarimetric Information Extraction II

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  Yoshio Yamaguchi, Jun Nakamura, Kazuyasu Aoyama, Hiroyoshi Yamada: Coherent Decomposition of Fully Polarimetric Radar Data. 161-164
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  Philippe Dreuillet, Gregory Bonin, Olivier Ruault du Plessis, Sébastien Angélliaume, Hubert Cantalloube, Pascale Dubois-Fernandez, Xavier Dupuis, Colette Coulombeix: The New ONERA Multispectral Airborne SAR System. 165168-
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  Honglei Chen, Dayalan Kasilingam: Performance Analysis of Multivariate Super-resolution Processing of Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar Tomography. 169-172

Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere II

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  Juha Karvonen, Bin Cheng, Markku Similä, Martti Hallikainen: Baltic Sea Ice Thickness Charts based on Thermodynamic Snow/Ice Model, C-band SAR Classification and Ice Motion Detection. 173-176
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  Ola Brandt, Robert L. Hawley, Thorben Dunse, Jack Kohler, Jon Ove Hagen, Elizabeth Morris, Julian B. T. Scott, Trond Eiken: Comparison of Airborne Radar Altimeter and Ground-based Ku-band Radar Measurements on the Ice Cap Austfonna, Svalbard. 177-180
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  Anthony Paul Doulgeris, Kirsty Langley, Torbjørn Eltoft: Analysis and Classification of high Arctic Glaciers with ASAR Data. 181-184

Recent Advances in Change Detection Techniques

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  Chunlei Huo, Keming Chen, Zhixin Zhou, Hanqing Lu, Jian Cheng, Qingshan Liu: A Multilevel Contextual Approach to Change Detection for very high Resolution Images. 185-188
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  Alvin Spivey, Anthony Vodacek: Development of a Scale Independent Approach for Landscape Pattern Metrics using Fourier Vector Analysis of Satellite Images. 189192-
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  Karin Griffis, Maja Bystrom: Object-Level Semantic Change Interpretation for Multi-band Remotely Sensed Imagery. 193-196
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  Jiayu Wu, Hongguang Cheng, Ayan Zeng, Fanghua Hao, Dan Wang, Li Gong: Landscape Change and its Simulation using GIS, Landscape Ecology and the Markov Model. 197-200

High Resolution Microwave Sensing of Ocean Wind and Waves

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  Frank M. Monaldo, Donald R. Thompson: Cross Comparison of ALOS PALSAR L-Band Retrieval Model Functions. 201-203
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  Amanda M. Plagge, Douglas C. Vandemark, David G. Long: Validation and Evaluation of QuikSCAT Ultra-High Resolution Wind Retrieval in the Gulf of Maine. 204-207

Kernel Methods for Image Analysis and Classification

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  Pei-Gee Peter Ho, Chi Hau Chen: Multivariate AR Model based Support Vector Machine for Multispectral Remote Sensing Image Classification. 208-211
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  Hsin-Hua Ho, Bor-Chen Kuo, Jin-Shiuh Taur, Cheng-Hsuan Li: A Flexible Metric Nearest-Neighbor Classification based on the Decision Boundaries of SVM for Hyperspectral Image. 212-215
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  Luca Capobianco, Andrea Garzelli, Gustavo Camps-Valls: Semi-Supervised Kernel Orthogonal Subspace Projection. 216-219
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  Devis Tuia, Fabio Pacifici, Alexei Pozdnoukhov, Christian Kaiser, Domenico Solimini, William J. Emery: Very-High Resolution Image Classification using Morphological Operators and SVM. 220-223
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  Alberto Villa, Mathieu Fauvel, Jocelyn Chanussot, Paolo Gamba, Jon Atli Benediktsson: Gradient Optimization for multiple kernel's parameters in support vector machines classification. 224-227

Interferometry II

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  Franz Meyer, Richard Bamler, Ronny Leinweber, Juergen Fischer: A Comparative Analysis of Tropospheric Water Vapor Measurements from MERIS and SAR. 228-231
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  Giampaolo Ferraioli, Fabio Baselice, Vito Pascazio: Bayesian DEM Reconstruction from SAR and Optical Data. 232-235
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  Krishnavikas Gudipati, Sean M. Buckley: Time Series Analysis of Scansar Interferograms using the Small Baseline Subset Technique. 236-239
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  Hoonyol Lee, Jae-Hee Lee, Seong-Jun Cho, Nak-Hoon Sung, Jung-Ho Kim: An Experiment of GB-SAR Interperometric Measurement of Target Displacement and Atmospheric Correction. 240-243
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  Jianying Jia, Qiming Zeng, Jian Jiao, Ying Li, Xiai Cui: Scansar Differential Interferometry and Wet Delay Correction: Case Studies in Dangxiong, Tibet. 244-247

Space Hyperspectral Sensors and Programs II

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  Duke Takahashi: The World's First Commercial Hyperspectral Data Service from Earth Observation Satellite. 248-250
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  Ronald B. Lockwood, Thomas W. Cooley, Richard M. Nadile, James A. Gardner, Peter S. Armstrong, Thom M. Davis, Stan D. Straight, Thomas G. Chrien, Edward L. Gussin, David Makowski: Advanced Responsive Tactically-Effective Military Imaging Spectrometer (ARTEMIS) Development and On-Orbit Focus. 251-254
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  Luis Guanter, Karl Segl, Hermann Kaufmann, Wout Verhoef, Luis Alonso, Luis Gómez-Chova, José F. Moreno, Jürgen Fischer, Rene Preusker, Ferran Gascon: Methodology for the Retrieval of Vegetation Chlorophyll Fluorescence from Space in the Frame of the Flex Mission Preparatory Activities. 255-258
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  Junping Zhang, Wenjie Zhang, Haibin Jiao, Ye Zhang: Spaceborne Hyperspectral Image Generation based on Airborne Hyperspectral Image. 259-262

Remote Sensing of Agricultural Production and Sustainability II

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  Michael D. Wojcik, Gail Bingham, Christian C. Marchant, Vladimir V. Zavyalov, Douglas J. Ahlstrom, Kori Moore, Thomas D. Wilkerson, Larry E. Hipps, Randal S. Martin, Jerry L. Hatfield, John H. Prueger: Lidar based Particulate Flux Measurements of Agricultural Field Operations. 263-266
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  Guy Serbin, Craig S. T. Daughtry, E. Raymond Hunt Jr., Gregory W. McCarty, Paul C. Doraiswamy, David J. Brown: Improved Remotely-Sensed Estimates of Crop Residue Cover by Incorporating Soils Information. 267-270
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  Ana P. Barros: Water for Food Production - Opportunities for Sustainable Land-Water Management using Remote Sensing. 271-274
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  Francesco Vuolo, Guido D'Urso, Katja Richter, John Prueger, William P. Kustas: Physically-based Methods for the Estimation of Crop Water Requirements from E.O. Optical Data. 275-278
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  Bruce R. Caron: Building New Tools Outside the Browser: A New Look at Custom Stand-Alone Applications for Earth Data Access and Visualization. 279-282
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  Sara J. Graves, Rahul Ramachandran, Christopher Lynnes, Manil Maskey, Ken Keiser, Long Pham: Mining Scientific Data using the Internet as the Computer. 283-286
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  David Gallaher, Ronald L. S. Weaver, Julienne C. Stroeve, Ross S. Swick: Data Access Tools - Filling the Usability Gap in Cryosphere Data. 287-290

Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission II

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  V. Chandrasekar, Amin Alqudah, Yanting Wang: Hybrid Neural Network Technique to Estimate Rainfall from TRMM Measurements. 291-294
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  Khalil Ahmad, W. Linwood Jones, Takis Kasparis: An Improved Oceanic Rainfall Retrieval Algorithm and Results from Seawinds. 295-298
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  Michael P. Owen, David G. Long: Progress Toward Validation of Quikscat Ultra-High-Resolution Rain Rates using TRMM PR. 299-302

Atmospheric Remote Sensing for Air Pollution and Human Health

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  D. Allen Chu, James Szykman, Chieko Kittaka, Mian Chin, H.-C. Liu, Lorraine Remer, Jassim Al-Saadi, David Winker: Developing Aerosol Height Product from MODIS and Synergy of MODIS and CALIPSO Measurements for Global Application. 303-306
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  Chuen-Meei Gan, Leona Charles, Barry M. Gross, Fred Moshary, Samir Ahmed: Analysis of the Interaction of Aerosol Transport Layers on Local Air Quality. 307-310

3D Urban Mapping II

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  De-Fu Che, Li-Xin Wu, Zuo-Ru Yin: 3D Urban Geological Modeling and its Application in China: Technologies and Developments. 311-314
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  Zhiqiang Chen, Tara C. Hutchinson: Probabilistic Representation of Structural Integrity of Urban Buildings in Remotely Sensed Images. 315-318

SAR Polarimetry: Theory and Applications I

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  Pascale Dubois-Fernandez, Sébastien Angélliaume, Isabelle Champion, Lars M. H. Ulander: Review of Polarimetric Indicators for Forest Characterisation over Several Sites. 319-322
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  Irena Hajnsek, Thomas Jagdhuber, Helmut Schön, Konstantinos P. Papathanassiou: Agricultural Vegetation Parameter Estimation using Pol-SAR: Retrieval of Soil Moisture. 323-326
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  Luca Pipia, Xavier Fàbregas, Albert Aguasca, Sergi Duque, Jordi J. Mallorquí, Carlos López-Martínez: Polarimetric Deformation Maps Retrieval of Urban Areas using Ground-Based SAR Acquisitions. 327-330
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  Hiroyoshi Yamada, Yoshio Yamaguchi, Ryoichi Sato: Polarimetric Scattering Model Decomposition for Pol-InSAR Data. 331-334

Active Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere I

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  Benjamin Lambert, David G. Long: Monitoring Changes in the Antarctic Ice Sheet from 1978 to 2007. 335-338
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  Yonghong Li, Curt H. Davis: Decadal Mass Balance of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets from High Resolution Elevation Change Analysis of ERS-2 and Envisat Radar Altimetry Measurements. 339-342
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  Magaly Koch, Jerónimo López-Martínez, Thomas Schmid, Enrique Serrano, José Gumuzzio: Application of ALOS PALSAR and Landsat ETM+ Data for the Study of Periglacial Features and Permafrost within the South Shetland Islands, Western Antarctica. 343-346
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  Dana Floricioiu, Michael Eineder, Helmut Rott, Thomas Nagler: Velocities of Major Outlet Glaciers of the Patagonia Icefield Observed by TerraSAR-X. 347-350

Change Detection in Land Use / Land Cover I

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  Natasha MacBean, Mathias Disney, Philip Lewis, Phil Ineson: Using Remote Sensing Data to Quantify Changes in Vegetation over Peatland Areas. 351-354
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  Julien Brun, Ana P. Barros: Mapping the History of Environmental Impacts of Land-Falling Hurricanes in the Southeastern United States - A Demonstration for Isabel. 355-358
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  Mathias Leidig, Richard Gloaguen: Fine-Resolution Erosion Estimation on Large Scale based on Remote Sensing Data - An Approach for Tibet and Connected Regions. 359-362
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  Pierre-Louis Frison, Cedric Lardeux, Jean-Claude Souyris, Celine Tison, Benoit Stoll, Jean-Paul Rudant: Radar Polar Decomposition for Natural Surfaces Cartography. 363-366

Optical Sensing in the Coastal Ccean

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  Christoph Aubrecht, Christopher D. Elvidge, C. Mark Eakin: Earth Observation based Assessment of Anthropogenic Stress to Coral Reefs - A Global Analysis. 367-370
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  Alberto Tonizzo, Rushane Dyer, Rodolfo Fortich, Jing Zhou, Alexander Gilerson, Jacek Chowdhary, Barry M. Gross, Fred Moshary, Samir Ahmed: Multi-Angular Multi-Spectral Polarized Reflectance from Coastal Waters for the Separation of Water Organic and Inorganic Particulate Components. 371-374
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  Ioannis Ioannou, Nicholas Steiner, Jing Zhou, Alexander Gilerson, Barry M. Gross, Fred Moshary, Samir Ahmed: Application of UV and NIR Bands for the Advanced IOP Retrieval Algorithms in Coastal Waters. 375-378
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  Aaron Gerace, John R. Schott: An Increased Potential for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission to Contribute to Water Quality Studies for Inland, Case 2 Waters. 379-382
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  Joel Wesson, Derek M. Burrage, Chris Osburn, Virgilio Maisonet, Stephan Howden, Xiagong Chen: Aircraft and in Situ Salinity and Ocean Color Measurements and Comparisons in the Gulf of Mexico. 383-386

Image Classification - Techniques and Applications

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  Orlando Alves Máximo, David Fernandes: Multidimensional Image Classification based on Influence Controllers of the Classes in the Images. 387-390
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  Luis Gómez-Chova, Lorenzo Bruzzone, Gustavo Camps-Valls, Javier Calpe-Maravilla: Semi-Supervised Remote Sensing Image Classification based on Clustering and the Mean Map Kernel. 391-394
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  Germain Forestier, Cédric Wemmert, Pierre Gançarski: On Combining Unsupervised Classification and Ontology Knowledge. 395-398
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  Sildomar Takahashi Monteiro, Kuniaki Uto, Yukio Kosugi, Kunio Oda, Yoshiyuki Iino, Genya Saito: Hyperspectral Image Classification of Grass Species in Northeast Japan. 399-402
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  Selim Aksoy, Huseyin Gokhan Akcay, Ramazan Gokberk Cinbis, Tom Wassenaar: Automatic Mapping of Linearwoody Vegetation Features in Agricultural Landscapes. 403-406

SAR Processing I

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  Ping Zhang, Ruliang Yang: A New Superresolution SAR Imaging Algorithm based on Extrapolation. 407-410
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  Vito Martino Giacovazzo, Alberto Refice, Fabio Bovenga, Nicola Veneziani: Identification of Coherent Scatterers: Spectral Correlation vs. Multi-Chromatic Phase Analysis. 411-414
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  Othmar Frey, Christophe Magnard, Maurice Rüegg, Erich Meier: Focusing SAR Data Acquired from Non-Linear Sensor Trajectories. 415-418
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  Holger Nies, Otmar Loffeld, Baki Dönmez, Amina Ben Hammadi, Robert Wang: Image Registration of TerraSAR-X Data using Different Information Measures. 419-422

Future Space-Based Optical Instruments

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  Elena M. Georgieva, William S. Heaps, Emily L. Wilson: Development of a Compact, Lightweight, Passive Fabry-Perot Radiometer for Measurements of Trace Gases in the Martian Atmosphere. 423-426
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  Jens Nieke, Johannes Frerick, Juergen Stroede, Constantin Mavrocordatos, Bruno Berruti: Status of the optical payload and processor development of ESA's Sentinel 3 mission. 427-430

Applications in Wetlands and Inland Waters I

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  Thomas Schmid, José Antonio Domínguez, Jesús Solana, José Gumuzzio, Magaly Koch: Applying Multi-Angle Hyperspectral Data to Detect Human-Induced Changes Causing Wetland Degradation in Semi-Arid Areas (National Park Las Tablas De Daimiel, Spain). 431-434
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  Vern C. Vanderbilt, Jonathan A. Greenberg, Gerald P. Livingston, Shruti Khanna, Leslie A. Morrissey, Susan L. Ustin, Ute Böttger: Mapping Wetlands Cover Types with Directional Polarization Signatures. 435-438
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  Junming Wang, Ted W. Sammis, Vince P. Gutschick: A Remote Sensing Model Estimating Lake Evaporation. 439-442

Data Management and Systems II

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  Meixia Deng, Liping Di: GeoBrain Online Resources for Supporting College-Level Data-Intensive Geospatial Science and Engineering Education. 443-446
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  Mitoshi Moriya, Sayaka Takeuchi, Masaaki Shikada, Sota Shimano: Establishment of Map Update Technique for Local Government by using GPS, GIS and Remote Sensing. 447-450
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  Ruth E. Duerr, Kent (MuQun) Yang, Choonghwan Lee: Towards a Standard Archival Format for Earth Science Data: Storing NASA ECS Data using HDF5 Archival Information Packages (AIP). 451-454

Global Precipitation Mission I

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  Direk Khajonrat, V. Chandrasekar: Simulation of Spaceborne Radar Observations of Precipitation: Application to GPM-DPR. 455-458
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  Darren McKague, Christopher Ruf, John J. Puckett: Vicarious Calibration of Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Radiometers. 459-462

A Climate of Change -- NASA's Applied Sciences Program I

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  Cynthia Rosenzweig, Radley Horton: Application of NASA Climate Models and Missions to Agriculture DSS: The Solutions Network Approach. 463-466

Urban Road Networks

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  Karin Hedman, Stefan Hinz, Uwe Stilla: Evaluation of a Statistical Fusion of Linear Features in SAR Data. 467-470
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  Rob J. Dekker: Road Extraction and Network Building from Synthetic Aperture Radar Images using A-Priori Information. 471-474
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  Qulin Tan, Jinfei Wang, David Aldred: Road Vehicle Detection and Classification from Very-High-Resolution Color Digital Orthoimagery based on Object-Oriented Method. 475-478
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  Guoqing Zhou, Daiyong Wei: Survey and Analysis of Land Satellite Remote Sensing Applied in Highway Transportations Infrastructure and System Engineering. 479-482

SAR Polarimetry: Theory and Applications II

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  Ryoichi Sato, Yoshio Yamaguchi, Hiroyoshi Yamada: Polarimetric Scattering Analysis for Simplified Man-Made Structure Model on Rough and/or Inclined Ground Plane. 483-486
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  Stian Normann Anfinsen, Anthony Paul Doulgeris, Torbjørn Eltoft: Estimation of the Equivalent Number of Looks in Polarimetric SAR Imagery. 487-490
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  R. Keith Raney: Hybrid-Quad-Pol SAR. 491-493

Active Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere II

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  Jørgen Dall, Carlos Cilla Hernández, Steen S. Kristensen, Viktor Krozer, Anders Kusk, Jens Vidkjær, Jan E. Balling, Niels Skou, Sten S. Søbjærg, Erik Lintz Christensen: P-band Polarimetric Ice Sounder: Concept and First Results. 494-497
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  William A. Blake, John R. Ledford, Christopher T. Allen, Carl Leuschen, Sivaprasad Gogineni, Fernando Rodriguez-Morales, Lei Shi: A VHF Radar for Deployment on a UAV for Basal Imaging of Polar Ice. 498-501
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  Avinash V. Uppuluri, Randy J. Jost, Chris Luecke, Michael A. White: SAR Image Analysis to Estimate Freeze-Thawdates for a High Latitude Lake in Alaska. 502-505
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  Marko Mäkynen, Martti Hallikainen: Simulation of ASIRAS Multilooked Echoes for Snow Covered Sea Ice. 506-509

Change Detection in Urban Landscapes I

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  Roland Goetzke, Matthias Braun, Hans-Peter Thamm, Gunter Menz: Monitoring and Modeling Urban Land-Use Change with Multitemporal Satellite Data. 510-513
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  Sang-Wan Kim, Shimon Wdowinski, Falk Amelung, Timothy H. Dixon, Sang-Hoon Hong: X-band InSAR Observations in New Orleans, Louisiana. 514-517
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  Vijaya V. Chamundeeswari, Dharmendra Singh, Kuldip Singh, Werner Wiesbeck: A Critical Analysis to Generate Change Detection Map using SAR Interferometry for Land Subsidence Monitoring of New Orleans City of USA. 518-521
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  Rik Bellens, Koen Douterloigne, Sidharta Gautama, Wilfried Philips: Per Pixel Contextual Information for Classification of VHR Images of Urban Areas. 522-525

Surface Temperature and Salinity I

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  Nadya T. Vinogradova, T. Scott Zaccheo, Christian M. Alcalca, Doug Vandemark: Regional Fused Sea Surface Temperature System for the Gulf of Maine. 526-529
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  Juan Fernando Marchan-Hernandez, Mercè Vall-Llossera, Adriano Camps, Nereida Rodriguez-Alvarez, Isaac Ramos-Perez, Enric Valencia, Xavier Bosch-Lluis, Marco Talone, José Miguel Tarongí, Maria Piles: Ground-Based GNSS-R Measurements with the PAU Instrument and their Application to the Sea Surface Salinity Retrieval: First Results. 530-533
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  Roberto Sabia, Adriano Camps, Mercè Vall-Llossera, Marco Talone: Extended Ocean Salinity Error Budget Analysis within the SMOS Mission. 534-537

Image Analysis and Classification - Quality Issues

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  Noureddine Ghoggali, Farid Melgani: A Genetic Automatic Ground-Truth Validation Method for Multispectral Remote Sensing Images. 538-541
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  René R. Colditz, Michael Schmidt, Rainer Ressl, Matthew C. Hansen, Stefan W. Dech: A Method for Selecting Training Data and its Effect on Automated Land Cover Mapping of Large Areas. 542-545
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  Umaa Rebbapragada, Rachel Lomasky, Carla E. Brodley, Mark A. Friedl: Generating High-Quality Training Data for Automated Land-Cover Mapping. 546-548
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  Alexandre Mallet, Mihai Datcu: Model Free Earth Observation Image Artifact Detection. 549-552

SAR Processing II

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  YiHyun Kim, Sukyoung Hong, Hoonyol Lee: Radar Backscattering Measurement of a Paddy Rice Field using Multi-frequency(L, C and X) and Full-polarization. 553-556
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  Daniele Perissin, Claudio Prati: Comparison between SAR Atmospheric Phase Screens at 30' by Means of ERS and Envisat Data. 557-560
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  Jason Fritz, V. Chandrasekar: The Impact of Adaptive Speckle Filtering on Multi-Channel SAR Change Detection. 561-564
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  Matthew P. Foster, Adrian N. Evans: Performance Evaluation of Multivariate Interpolation Methods for Scattered Data in Geoscience Applications. 565-568
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  Chien-Ping Kao, Jing Li, Ce Richard Liu, Yu Cai: Design and Analysis of UWB TEM Horn Antenna for Ground Penetrating Radar Applications. 569-572

Technologies for Hyperspectral Imaging

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  Georgi T. Georgiev, Charles K. Gatebe, James J. Butler, Michael D. King: BRDF of Salt Pan Regolith Samples. 573-576
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  Ronald G. Resmini, Herbert J. Mitchell: On the use of Thin Plastic Films as Gas-Phase Analog Targets. 577-580
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  Zhipeng Wang, J. Scott Tyo: Signal to Noise Ratio for Spectral Sensors with Overlapping Bands. 581-584
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  Bin Zou, Guihua Gu, Donglai Chen: An Artificial Woodland Scene Model for Simulation of Hyperspectral Imaging System. 585-588

Pollution Monitoring

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  Viviana Vladutescu, Julian Diaz, Leona Charles, Barry M. Gross, Fred Moshary, Samir Ahmed: Aerosol Layer Properties and their Effect on Optical Depth Relations to PM2.5 Concentrations. 589-592
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  Ferdinando Nunziata, Maurizio Migliaccio, Piotr Sobieski: A BPM Two-Scale Contrast Model. 593-596
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  Mi-Hyun Park, Michael K. Stenstrom: Identification of Roads for Urban Runoff Pollution Management. 597-600
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  Mohamed M. Abd El-Kader, Basman El Hadidi, Atef O. Sherif: Seasonal Evaluation of Temperature Inversion over Cairo. 601-604
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  Konstantin Litovchenko, Andrei Ivanov: Monitoring of Oil Spills in the North Caspian Sea using SAR Imagery and Multi-Sensor Satellite Data. 605-608

Data Management and Systems III

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  Robert J. Schweiss, Mary Hunter, Shahin Samadi: The NPOESS Preparatory Project Science Data Segment: The Final As Built Description. 609-612
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  Evelyn L. Ho, Robert J. Schweiss: The NPOESS Preparatory Project Science Data Segment (SDS) Data Depository and Distribution Element (SD3E) System Architecture. 613-616
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  Robert Rank, Constantino Cremidis, Scott McCormick, Jeremy Throwe: Experiences Developing OAIS-RM Recommended Submission Agreements. 617-620
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  Scott Mindock: Climate Data Processing Made Easy. 621-623

Global Precipitation Mission II

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  Chinnawat Surussavadee, David H. Staelin: Rain and Snowfall Retrievals at High Latitudes using Millimeter Wavelengths. 624-627

A Climate of Change -- NASA's Applied Sciences Program II

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  Vincent G. Ambrosia, Everett Hinkley: NASA Science Serving Society: Improving Capabilities for Fire Characterization to Effect Reduction in Disaster Losses. 628-631
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  Karl Fred Huemmrich, Lawrence A. Corp, Andrew L. Russ, Elizabeth M. Middleton, William P. Kustas, John Prueger, Yen-Ben Cheng: Using Reflectance Measurements to Determine Light use Efficiency in Corn. 632-634
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  Judith Ramos, Ildikó Pelczer, Fernando González Villareal: Variation of Evapotranspiration in the Northwest of Mexico and its Effect on the Climate Change. 635-638

Change Detection in Forested Landscapes II

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  Guojing Yang, Yongjian Ding, Lihua Zhou: Impact of Land-Use Changes on Intensity of Soil Erosion in the Mountainous Area in the Upper Reach of Shiyang River in Arid Northwest China. 639-642
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  Wenrui Wang, Yu Cheng, Chunhui Zhang, Chunhua Li, Junsheng Nie: Study on Eco-Environmental Degradation and Sustainable Development in Madoi County, Yellow River Source Regions, China. 643-646
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  Matthieu Molinier, Yrjö Rauste, Tuomas Häme: Clearcut Mapping for Sustainable Forest Management using TerraSAR-X Imagery. 647-650
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  Jianxi Huang, Qiang Hu, Weijun Sun, Feng Mao, Wensheng Zhou: Assessing Land Cover Performance in the Grand Canal of China using Spot Data - A Case Study of Qingkou Region. 651-654

Change Detection in Land Use / Land Cover II

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  Yu-Chang Tzeng, Dana Chen, Kun-Shan Chen: Integration of Spatial Chaotic Model and Type-2 Fuzzy Sets for SAR Images Change Detection. 655-658
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  Xi Chen, Fan Wu, Chao Wang, Hong Zhang, Bo Zhang, Yixian Tang: Change Detection with Multi-Polarization SAR Imagery. 659-662
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  Antoine Lefebvre, Thomas Corpetti, Laurence Hubert-Moy: Object-Oriented Approach and Texture Analysis for Change Detection in Very High Resolution Images. 663-666
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  Song Xia, Huanzhuo Ye, Laixing Liu: Comparison of Two Approaches on Terrain Change Detection and Updating. 667-670
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  Yaowen Xie, Fahu Chen, Yuan Qi: Spatial Changes of Minqin Oasis in the Northwest China over the Last 2000 Years. 671-674
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  Karen Russell, Carl Howell, Pradeep Bobby, Sherry McHugh, Desmond Power, Moness Rizkalla: Integration of RADARSAT-2 Dual and Quad Polarization Data into Pipeline Third Party Encroachment Monitoring. 675-678

Change Detection in Urban landscapes II

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  Changqing Ke, Duoji Qimei: Agent-based approaches to land use change in eastern China. 679-682
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  Weiqi Zhou, Austin Troy, Morgan Grove: A Comparison of Object-Based with Pixel-Based Land Cover Change Detection in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area using Multitemporal High Resolution Remote Sensing Data. 683-686
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  Yuichiro Amano, Naoki Takagi, Alexander Goetz: A study on the classification of urban region using Hyper-spectrum data at AVIRIS. 687-690
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  Yu Cheng, Junsheng Nie, Gang Li, Chunhui Zhang, Wenrui Wang: Study on Land use and Land Cover Change with the Integration of RS, GIS and GPS Technologies-The Case of Baotou City in the Ecotone of Agriculture-Animal Husbandry, China. 691-694
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  Wenli Huang, Huiping Liu, Qingzu Luan, Mu Bai, Xiaodong Mu: Monitoring Urban Expansion in Beijing, China by Multi-Temporal TM and SPOT Images. 695-698
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  Xianlong Zhu, Feng Mao, Jianxi Huang: Land use Dynamic Monitoring using Multi-Temporal SPOT Data in Beijing City from 1986 to 2004. 699-702
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  Yaprak Has: Exploring the 3D Spatial Distribution of Cultural Prints using Remote Sensing and Giscience: "Istanbul: The City on Seven Hills". 703-706
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  Wenchen Jia, Juanle Wang, Chongliang Sun: Land use Dynamic Changes and Ecological Effect in Jiaodong Region, China. 707-710
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  Dan Wang, Hongguang Cheng, Fanghua Hao, Ayan Zeng, Jiayu Wu, Li Gong: Dynamic Simulation on the Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Land use in the Area of Continued Hydropower Station Construction in the Upper Reach of Yellow River. 711-714

Land Use/Land Cover Classification I

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  Lei Wang, Xiangzheng Deng, Jinyan Zhan, Yujiang Li, Hongbo Su: Assessment of Suitability of Land Uses using a Multi-Source Information Fusion Method: A Case Study in the Hilly Area of Shandong Peninsular of China. 715-718
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  Yuan Qi, Jianhua Wang, Changzhen Yan, Zhen Xu: Vegetation Dynamics in Arid and Semi-Arid Ecotone - A Case Study in Yanchi County. 719-722
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  Giorgio Licciardi, Cosimo Putignano, Fabio Del Frate, Chiara Pratola: Tasseled Tap Transformation and Neural Networks for the Design of an Optimum Image Classification Algorithm using Multispectral Data. 723-726
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  Wenbo Xu, Guoping Zhang, Jianxi Huang: An Object-Oriented Approach of Extracting Special Land use Classification by using Quick Bird Image. 727-730
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  Clemence Vannier, Laurence Hubert-Moy: Detection of Wooded Hedgerows in High Resolution Satellite Images using an Object-Oriented Method. 731-734
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  Roberto Basili, Fabio Del Frate, Matteo Luciani, Francesco Mesiano, Fabio Pacifici, Riccardo Rossi: A Comparative Analysis of Kernel-Based Methods for the Classification of Land Cover Maps in Satellite Imagery. 735-738
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  Manuel Eduardo Ferreira, Laerte Guimaraes Ferreira, Edgardo Manuel Latrubesse, Fausto Miziara: High Resolution Remote Sensing based Quantification of the Remnant Vegetation Cover in the Araguaia River Basin, Central Brazil. 739-741
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  Huiran Jin, Peijun Li, Wenjie Fan: Land Cover Classification using Multitemporal CHRIS/PROBA Images and Multitemporal Texture. 742-745
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  Barbara Hirn, Fabrizio Ferrucci: Southern Italy Burn Scar Mapping by MYME2 Procedure using IRS-P6 LISS3. 746-749
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  Kai Cao, Bo Huang, Heng Lu, Biao Liu: RBF Neural Network Supported Classification of Remote Sensing Images Based on TM/ETM+ in Nanjing. 750-753

Land Use/Land Cover Classification II

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  Jing Wang, Ni Guo, Xiaoping Wang, Jinsong Wang, Jie Zhang: The Monitoring and Effect Evaluation of Restoring Grazing to Grassland Project in Maqu County of China based on EOS/MODIS Data. 754-757
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  Wenji Zhao, Ke Liu, Songmei Zhang, Zhuowei Hu, Zhaoning Gong, Feina Lin, Hua Zhang, Yi Zheng: Research on the Land Desertification of Beijing Piedmont Plain Area based on Remote Sensing Technology. 758-761
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  Haobo Lin, Jindi Wang, Xiuping Jia, Yanchen Bo, Dongwei Wang, Zhuosen Wang: Evaluation of MODIS Land Cover Product of East China. 762-765
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  Quanfang Wang, Li Xiao, Jiayong Li, Xin Mei: Land Cover Classification in Qinling Mountains in China, using Time-Series MODIS NDVI Data. 766-769

Land Use/Land Cover Classification III

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  Riccardo Duca, Fabio Del Frate, Ferran Gascon Roca: From Multi-Spectral to Hyper-Spectral Imagery: a Quantitative Analysis of the Improvements in Terms of Land Cover Classification. 770-773
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  Wenbo Xu, Weimin Hou, Jianxi Huang: A Method to Estimate Land Cover Changes by using CBERS2-CCD Data and GIS Data. 774-777
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  Maurice Borgeaud, Matthias Tschudi, David Jeanbourquin: Analysis of Temporal Land Cover Change using the ESA Rolling Archives. 778-781
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  Cunjian Yang, Rong He: Extracting Land use Information from Beijing-1 Micro-Satellite Images. 782-785
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  Bo Li, Jian-zhai Wu, Jie Chong, Li-xia Hao, Xiao-yuan Song, Hui Liu, Xin-shi Zhang: Studies on the Change of Land use/Cover and Ecosystem Service Values of the Three-Belt of Mountain_Oasis_Desert in the Northwestern China. 786-789
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  Mohammed Dabboor, Vassilia Karathanassi, Alexander Braun: Land Cover Segmentation of ALOS Polarimetric SAR Data. 790-793
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  Jinyan Zhan, Nana Shi, Xiangzheng Deng, Hongbo Su, Dongsheng Qiu: Interpolating the Information of Site-based Soil Organic Carbon Stocks into Surface: a Case Study in the North China Plain. 794-797

Applications in Land Use / Land Cover Characterization I

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  Ferdaous Chaabane: Interferometric Data Fusion for Topographic Profile Reconstruction. 798-801
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  Yi Yang, Chongzhao Han, Deqiang Han: A Markov Random Field Model-based Fusion Approach to Segmentation of SAR and Optical Images. 802-805
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  Xilong Sun, Anxi Yu, Bin Cai, Diannong Liang: Approximation Eerror in Differential SAR Interferometry. 806-809
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  Xavier Dupuis, Hélène Oriot, Sébastien Angélliaume: Very High Resolution Interferogram Acquisition Campaign and Analysis. 810-813

Applications in Land Use / Land Cover Characterization II

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  Deyong Hu, Wenji Zhao, Huili Gong, Xiaojuan Li, Jiacun Li: Thematic Information Extraction from IKONOS Imagery based on Object and Various Features. 814-817
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  Olusola Ololade, Harold Annegarn, Daniel Limpitlaw, Melanie A. Kneen: Land-use/Cover Mapping and Change Detection in the Rustenburg Mining Region using Landsat Images. 818-821
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  Xiangzheng Deng, Jinyan Zhan, Lei Wang, Hongbo Su, Huimin Yan: Predicting Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics Under Various Scenarios using Data Assimilation Strategy: a Case Study in the North China Plain. 822-825
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  Weiwei Zhang, Qingyun Du, Zhongjun Zhao, Yan Guo, Hong Wang: A Modular Standard for the Chinese Cadastral Domain. 826-829

Retrieval of Water and Energy Balance Parameters I

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  Meng-Lung Lin, Chien-Min Chu, Cheng-Wu Chen, Yu Cao, Jyh-yi Shih, Yung-Tan Lee, Lih-Der Ho: A GIS-based Local Spatial Autocorrelation for Drought Risk Assessment in Arid and Semi-Arid Environments: a Case Study in Ejin Oasis, Western China. 830-833
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  Meng-Lung Lin, Yu Cao, Chung-Hsin Juan, Cheng-Wu Chen, I.-Chen Hsueh, Qiu-Bing Wang, Yung-Tan Lee: Monitoring Drought Dynamics in the Ejin Oasis using Drought Indices from MODIS Data. 834-837

Applications in Wetlands and Inland Waters II

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  James A. Smith, Jill L. Deppe: Simulating the Effects of Wetland Loss and Inter-Annual Variability on the Fitness of Migratory Bird Species. 838-841
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  Xingmin Li, Ling Lu, Xin Li, Wenfeng Yang, Chunlin Huang, Zhao Wang: Remote Sensing Retrieval of Daily Evapotranspiration over the Heihe River Basin by Integrating the Penman Method. 842-845
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  Daniel Odermatt, Thomas Heege, Jens Nieke, Mathias Kneubühler, Klaus I. Itten: MERIS Chl-a Timeseries of Lake Constance 2003-2006. 846-849
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  Cunjian Yang, Rong He, Siyuan Wang: Extracting Waterbody from Beijing-1 Micro-Satellite Images based on Knowledge Discovery. 850-853
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  Chih-Hung Tan, Chung-Hsin Juan, John Criag, Jonathan D. Jordan: Identification of Effective Wavebands of Aerial Hyperspectral Imagery for Wetland Vegetation Mapping in Fort. Drum Marsh, Florida. 854-857
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  James T. Trice, Rakesh Malhotra, Marguerite Madden, Albert Barnett: A Geographic Information Science (GISci) Approach to Evaluating Airboat use in the Florida Everglades. 858-861
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  Shuo Yang, Shixin Wang, Yi Zhou, Fuli Yan: Retrievals of Chlorophyll-a Concentration in TAIHU LAKE using MODIS Image Data. 862-865
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  Per Schubert, Magnus Lund, Lars Eklundh: Estimation of Gross Primary Productivity of an Ombrotrophic Bog in Southern Sweden. 866-869

Applications in Wetlands And Inland Waters III

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  Qiang Li, Feng Mao, Jianxi Huang, Qiang Hu, Wensheng Zhou, Ze Liu: Extracting Wetland Information Form SPOT5 Imagery in Nansihu Area of Shandong Province. 870-873
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  Kyung-Tak Kim, Jung-Sool Park, Joo-Hun Kim: Analysis of Flood Inundated Area using Hydrological Model and Radarsat SAR Imagery. 874-877
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  Yan Dou, Xi Chen, Anming Bao, Geping Luo, Guli Japper, Junli Li: The Correlation Analysis of Vegetation Variable Process and Climate Variables in Alpine-Cold Wetland in Arid Area. 878-881
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  Wenbo Xu, Antao Xie, Jianxi Huang, Bo Huang: A Method of Identifying Degradation of Ruoergai Wetland in Sichuan. 882-885
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  José Antonio Domínguez, Covadonga Alonso, Ana Alonso: Remote Sensing as a Basic Toolbox for Monitoring Water Quality Parameters and as a System of Surveillance of Cyanobacterial Harmful Algae Blooms (SCyanoHABs). 886-889
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  Calvin C. Teague: Two-Dimensional Flow Patterns Observed at Threemile Slough Using Two RiverSondes. 890-893
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  Junsu Kim, Sang-Eun Park, Wooil M. Moon: Comparison of Surface Roughness Parameters of Tidal Flat Estimated from AIRSAR and ALOS Observations. 894-897

Ocean Color

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  Hongyan Xi, Yuanzhi Zhang, Jinnian Chen: Water Components Retrieval in the Pearl River Estuary from MERIS Data. 898-901
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  Paul Bierman, Megan M. Lewis, Jason Tanner, Bertram Ostendorf: Understanding Phytoplankton Variability Throughout Spencer Gulf, South Australia, via Satellite Derived Chlorophyll-A. 902-905
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  Raffaella Matarrese, Maria Acquaro, Alberto Morea, Khalid Tijani, Maria Teresa Chiaradia: Applications of Remote Sensing Techniques for Mapping Posidonia Oceanica Meadows. 906-909
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  Raffaella Matarrese, Alberto Morea, Khalid Tijani, Vito De Pasquale, Maria Teresa Chiaradia, Guido Pasquariello: A Specialized Support Vector Machine for Coastal Water Chlorophyll Retrieval from Water Leaving Reflectances. 910-913
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  Selima Ben Mustapha, Pierre Larouche: Evaluation of MODIS and SeaWiFs Ocean Color Algorithms in the Canadian Arctic Waters: The Cape Bathurst Polynya. 914-917
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  Graham Quartly, Sebastien Jaquemet, Matthieu Le Corre, David Monticelli, Jaime Ramos: Climatological Effects on the Breeding of Terns. 918-921
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  Soe Hlaing, Rushane Dyer, Jason Borrero, Jing Zhou, Alexander Gilerson, Barry M. Gross, Fred Moshary, Samir Ahmed: Validation of MODIS FLH Algorithm using Satellite Imagery. 922-925

Surface Temperature and Salinity II

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  Swapnil Chaudhari, Ramprasad Balasubramanian, Avijit Gangopadhyay: Upwelling Detection in AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Images using Neural-Network Framework. 926-929
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  Victor Raizer: Modeling of L-band Foam Emissivity and Impact on Surface Salinity Retrieval. 930-933
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  Marco Talone, Adriano Camps, Carolina Gabarro, Roberto Sabia, Jérôme Gourrion, Mercè Vall-Llossera, Baptiste Mourre, Jordi Font: Contributions to the Improvement of the SMOS Level 2 Retrieval Algorithm: Optimization of the Cost Function. 934-937
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  Susanne Mecklenburg, Yann Kerr, Jordi Font, Achim Hahne: The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission - An Overview. 938-941
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  Peng Guo, Yanchen Bo: Validation of AVHRR/MODIS/AMSR-E Satellite SST Products in the West Tropical Pacific. 942-945
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  Hongna Wang, Jinnian Chen, Yijun He: Variability of Surface Heat Budget in China Coastal Seas. 946-949
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  Roger H. Lang, Yalcin Tarkocin, Cuneyt Utku, David M. Le Vine: Recent Results on the Accurate Measurements of the Dielectric Constant of Seawater at 1.413GHz. 950-953
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  Qinghua Fu, Shixin Wang, Yi Zhou, Fuli Yan, Yani Liu: Modeling the Spectral Shape of Absorption by Water Constituents in Taihu Lake. 954-957
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  Rebecca G. Myers, John E. Draim, Paul J. Cefola, Victor Raizer: A New Tsunami Detection Concept using Space-based Microwave Radiometery. 958-961

Clouds and Precipitation I

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  Jinsong Wang, Jianhong Tao: Tendency of Dryness/Wetness over Northwest China in Recent 50 Years. 962-965
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  Chongliang Sun, Dong Jiang, Wenchen Jia: The study on evapotranspiration's parameter retrieval from RS data and it's validation-with Zhelin basin as a example. 966-969
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  Koung-Ying Liu, Tian-Yow Shyu, Chung-Chih Liu: Satellite imagery perspectives on typhoon intensity and its variation. 970-973
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  Tianhai Cheng, Xingfa Gu, Liangfu Chen, Tao Yu: Multiangular Polarized Characteristics of Cirrus Clouds at 1380 nm. 974-977
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  Huili Gong, Youquan Zhang, Xiaojuan Li, Angsheng Li, Beibei Chen, Huan Zhou, Yonghua Sun: Modeling Atmospheric Effects of InSAR Measurements based on Meris and GPS observations. 978-981
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  Rajasri Sen Jaiswal, S. Uma Vijaysrinivasan: Total Rainfall in Relation to Meteorological Parameters over Trivandrum. 982-985

Clouds and Precipitation II

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  Christian Melsheimer, Georg Heygster, Leif Toudal Pedersen: Integrated Retrieval of Surface and Atmospheric Parameters over the Arctic from AMSR-E Satellite Microwave Radiometer Data using Inverse Methods. 986-989
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  Chung-Chih Liu, Sung-Ching Chi, Hsin-Chia Yang: The Application of Tropical Rainfall Potential Technique in Taiwan Areas. 990-993
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  Fang Xiang, Wang Xin, Qiu Hong, Zhu Yuanjing: Determination of Ice Water Content in Convective Cloud using Satellitic Microwave Sounding Unit and Lighting Activity. 994-997
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  Xin Wang, Xiang Fang, Hong Qiu, Yuanjing Zhu: The Application of AMSU Data for the Enviromental Water Vapor Transportation around the Tropical Cyclone. 998-1001
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  Dirk Klugmann, Ondrej Fiser: Mie versus Point Matching Algorithm for Radar Rain Properties Retrieval. 1002-1005
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  Ryan Aschbrenner, James Griffin, Hilary E. Snell: Polar Mesospheric Cloud Modeling and Seasonal Forecasts with Satellite Data. 1006-1009
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  Nitin Bharadwaj, V. Chandrasekar: Networked Waveform System for Range Velocity Ambiguity Mitigation. 1010-1013
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  James R. Carswell, Steven W. Bidwell, Robert Meneghini: A Novel Solid-State, Dual-Polarized, Dual Wavelength Precipitation Doppler Radar/Radiometer. 1014-1017
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  Anthony P. Hopf, Eric J. Knapp, David J. McLaughlin: Scalable Multifunction Dense Radar Network. 1018-1021
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  Francesc Junyent, V. Chandrasekar: Weather Radar Network Design. 1022-1025

Land Ice and Snow I

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  Nicolas Longépé, Masanobu Shimada, Sophie Allain, Eric Pottier: Capabilities of Full-Polarimetric PALSAR/ALOS for Snow Extent Mapping. 1026-1029
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  Narges Shahroudi, Amir E. Azar, Alfred Powell, Reza Khanbilvardi: A Comparison of Snowpack Properties Derived from SSM/I Emissivity Data with Snowpack Properties Derived from SSM/I Brightness Temperature Data. 1030-1033
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  Dugwon Seo, Amir E. Azar, Reza Khanbilvardi, Alfred Powell: Analysis of Snowpack Properties and Estimation of Snow Grain Size using CLPX Data. 1034-1037
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  Sheng Chang, Lixin Zhang, Jiancheng Shi, Lingmei Jiang: The Radiation Behavior Analysis of Thin Snow Cover based on Field Measurements by a Multi-Frequency Microwave Radiometer. 1038-1041
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  Tianjie Zhao, Lingmei Jiang, Lixin Zhang, Jinyang Du: Comparison of Dry Snow Emission Model and the Primary Study on Satellite Data Simulation. 1042-1045
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  Anna Kontu, Sami Kemppainen, Juha Lemmetyinen, Jouni Pulliainen, Martti Hallikainen: Determination of Snow Emission on Lake Ice from Airborne Passive Microwave Measurements. 1046-1049
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  Chou Xie, Zhen Li, Xinwu Li: A Permanent Scatterers Method for Analysis of Deformation over Permafrost Regions of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. 1050-1053

Land Ice and Snow II

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  Zhen Li, Jianmin Zhou, Bangsen Tian, Chou Xie: The Glacier Identification using SAR Interfermetric and Polarimetric Information in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. 1054-1056
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  Jianmin Zhou, Zhen Li: Estimation the Movement of Glacier IN Qinhai-Tibetan Plateau Using Satellite Radar Interferometry. 1057-1060
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  Massimiliano Pieraccini, Linhsia Noferini, Daniele Mecatti, Giovanni Macaluso, Guido Luzi, Carlo Atzeni: Digital elevation models by a GBSAR interferometer for monitoring glaciers: the case study of Belvedere Glacier. 1061-1064
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  Miia Eskelinen, Jouni Pulliainen, Sari Metsämäki, Anna Kontu, Hanne Suokanerva: Reflectance Properties of Snow and Forest Canopy: Impact on Snow Retrieval Algorithms. 1065-1068
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  James C. Tilton, Dorothy K. Hall, George A. Riggs: Enhancement of the MODIS Snow and Ice Product Suite Utilizing Image Segmentation. 1069-1072
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  Richard Norland: Observations of Small Deviations in Glacier Velocity Measurements. 1073-1076

Land Ice and Snow III

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  Gulab Singh, Gopalan Venkataraman, Yalamanchali Subramanyam Rao, Vijay Kumar, Sneh Mani: InSAR Coherence Measurement Techniques for Snow Cover Mapping in Himalayan Region. 1077-1080
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  Gulab Singh, Gopalan Venkataraman, Vijay Kumar, Yalamanchali Subramanyam Rao, Sneh Mani: The H/A/Alpha Polarimetric Decomposition Theorem and Complex Wishart Distribution for Snow Cover Monitoring. 10811084-
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  Vijay Kumar, Gopalan Venkataraman, Yalamanchali Subramanyam Rao, Gulab Singh, Sneh Mani: Spaceborne InSAR Technique for Study of Himalayan Glaciers using ENVISAT ASAR and ERS Data. 1085-1088

Sea Ice

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  Hiroyuki Wakabayashi, Kazuki Nakamura, Fumihiko Nishio: A Study on Sea Ice Observation in the Sea Okhotsk by Polarimetric SAR. 1089-1092
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  Juha Karvonen, Arto Kaarna: Sea Ice SAR Feature Extraction by Non-Negative Matrix and Tensor Factorization. 1093-1096
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  Markku Similä, Marko Mäkynen, Istvan Heiler, Martti Hallikainen: Comparison Between Envisat SAR and 3-D Laser Scanner Statistics for the Baltic Sea Ice. 1097-1100
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  Marouane Temimi, Hosni Ghedira, Rouzbeh Nazari, Kim Smith, Reza Khanbilvardi, Peter Romanov: An automated approach for sea ice mapping and ice concentration determination for the future GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). 1101-1104
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  Deepthi Puthalapat, Carl Leuschen, Thorsten Markus, Donald J. Cavalieri, William Krabill, John G. Sonntag, Matthew Sturm, James Maslanik: Conjunctive Radar and Laser Altimetry Data Processing to Measure Snow Thickness. 11051108-
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  Tsutomu Yamanokuchi, Koichiro Doi, Kazuo Shibuya, Shigeru Aoki: Development of Grounding Line Database using ERS-1/2 Data by InSAR Technique. 1109-1112

Microwave Scattering and Propagation I

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  Sami Bellez, Cyril Dahon, Helene Roussel: Integral Representation of the Electromagnetic Field for the Description of the Main Mechanisms Appearing in Forested Area for Monostatic Radar Configurations. 1113-1116
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  Junichi Susaki, Yoshifumi Kawatani: Decomposition of Polarimetirc Scattering of Paddy Rice. 1117-1120
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  Wenzhe Yan, Hao Wu, Yang Du, JinAu Kong: EM Scattering from a Dielectric Circular Clinder of Finite Length. 1121-1124
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  Nicolas Pinel, Christophe Bourlier: Forward Propagation over Thick Oil Spills on Sea Surfaces for a Coastal Coherent Radar. 1125-1128
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  Nicolas Pinel, Christophe Bourlier: Modeling of Height Spectrum and Radar Cross Section of Oil Slicks on Sea Surfaces. 1129-1132

Volume and Surface Scattering

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  Mike Hughes, Kenneth Demarest: Calculating Far-Field Patterns of Antennas Positioned on Glacial Ice. 1133-1136
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  Yohann Brelet, Christophe Bourlier: Bistatic Scattering from a Sea-Like One-Dimensional Rough Surface with the Perturbation Theory in HF-VHF Band. 1137-1140
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  Pasquale Imperatore, Antonio Iodice, Daniele Riccio: Interpretation of Perturbative Solution for the Scattering From Layered Structure With Rough Interfaces. 1141-1144
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  Sidnei J. S. Sant'Anna, José Carlos Lacava, David Fernandes: Polarimetric Characterization of Magnetic Flat Dipole Embedded in Multilayer Structures. 1145-1148
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  Ahmad Awada, Ali Khenchaf, Arnaud Coatanhay: Correlation between the NRCS and the Wind Speed over Sea in Both Monostatic and Bistatic Configurations. 1149-1152
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  Luis M. Camacho, Mingyu Lu, Saibun Tjuatja: Study of Emission from Finite-Size Objects using FDTD. 1153-1156
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  Qiuzhao Dong, Carey M. Rappaport: Microwave Subsurface Crosswell Imaging using Finite Difference Frequency Domain Modeling. 1157-1160
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  Yunhua Zhang, Xiang Gu, Wenshuai Zhai, Jingshan Jiang: Layered Subsurface Radar Profiling with Combined ESPRIT and SVA Algorithms. 11611164-

Microwave Scattering and Propagation II

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  Yanli Zhao, Yan Chen, Ling Tong, Liang Zhong, Mingquan Jia: The Measurement on the Dielectric Properties of Fresh-Water Ice with Rectangular Waveguide at 2.6GHz-3.9GHz. 1165-1168
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  Xiaobin Yin, Zhenzhan Wang, Lei Han, Qing Xu: An Ocean Wave Spectrum Derived from Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer Data. 1169-1172
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  Torbjørn Eltoft: Analysis of SAR Images in the Framework of Scale Mixture of Gaussian Models. 1173-1176
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  Xiaoyang Wen, Chao Wang, Yanzhao Wu, Hong Zhang: The High Resolution Radar Image Simulation of Target on Rough Surface. 1177-1180
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  Robert F. Contreras, Stephen J. Frasier, Tao Chu, Dragana Perkovic, John J. McManus, Paul S. Chang, Zorana Jelenak, James R. Carswell, Daniel Esteban-Fernandez: The Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (IWRAP) Data Archive. 1181-1184
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  Cuizhen Wang, Jiaping Wu, Yuan Zhang: Biophysical Estimation of Paddy Rice with Canopy Scattering Model and ALOS/PALSAR Imagery in Southeast China. 1185-1188
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  Othmane Benhmammouch, Ali Khenchaf, Natacha Caouren: Electromagnetic Waves Propagation Above Rough Sea Surface Application to Evaporation Ducts. 1189-1192
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  Quanhua (Mark) Liu, Fuzhong Weng, Yong Han, Paul van Delst: Community Radiative Transfer Model for Scattering Transfer and Applications. 1193-1196

Interferometry II

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  Bin Cai, Haifeng Huang, Jiying Liu, Zhen Dong: Very Large Baseline Interferometry based On Distributed SAR Satellites For Hgih Resolution DEM. 1197-1200
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  Daqing Ge, Yan Wang, Qiong Hu, Junhai Gao, Xiaofang Guo: Using Small Baseline SAR Interferometry to Investigate Land Subsidence Induced by Underground Coal Mining. 1201-1204
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  Yan Wang, Daqing Ge, Qiong Hu, Xiaofang Guo: Surface Subsidence Monitoring with Coherent Point Target SAR Ineterferometry. 1205-1208
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  Xiaoling Zhang, Jun Shi, Jianyu Yang: Trajectory Optimization of Sparse LASAR 3-D SAR Via Lagrange Multiplier Method. 1209-1212
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  Holger Nies, Otmar Loffeld, Robert Wang: Phase Unwrapping using 2D-Kalman Filter - Potential and Limitations. 1213-1216
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  Juan J. Martinez-Espla, Tomás Martínez-Marín, J. David Ballester-Berman, Juan M. Lopez-Sanchez: InSAR Phase Unwrapping by Means of a Particle Filter. 1217-1220
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  Paola Ballatore, Janusz Wasowski: Effect of the Unwrapping Process on the Correlations Among InSAR Differences for the Same Area. 1221-1224

Interferometry / Polarimetry

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  Maurizio Santoro, Urs Wegmüller, Tazio Strozzi, Charles Werner, Andreas Wiesmann, Wolfgang Lengert: Thematic Applications of ERS-ENVISAT Cross-Interferometry. 1225-1228
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  Qingsong Wang, Haifeng Huang, Zhen Dong: A Novel Method of InSAR Processing Performance Evaluation based on Ideal Interferometric Factors. 1229-1232
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  Shimon Wdowinski, Sang-Hoon Hong, Sang-Wan Kim: Evaluation of TerraSAR-X Observations for Wetland InSAR Application. 1233-1236
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  Paola Ballatore: Application of Independent Component Analysis on ERS SAR Interferograms for the Elimination of Spurious Artifacts. 1237-1240
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  Hajime Fukuchi, Yuichiro Aso, Akihito Takeshiro, Yusuke Komatsu, Makoto Satake: Extraction of Area Averaged Urban Parameters from POLSAR Measurement. 1241-1244
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  Sidnei J. S. Sant'Anna, José Carlos Lacava, David Fernandes: Analysis of Simulated Polarimetric SAR Images Generated by a Multilayer Electromagnetic Scattering Model. 1245-1248
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  Marco Martorella, Elisa Giusti, Amerigo Capria, Fabrizio Berizzi, Bevan Bates: Automatic Target Recognition by Means of Polarimetric ISAR Images and Neural Networks. 1249-1252

SAR Processing III

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  Zengguo Sun, Chongzhao Han: Heavy-Tailed Rayleigh Distribution: A New Tool for the Modeling of SAR Amplitude Images. 1253-1256
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  Junfeng Wang, Xingzhao Liu: Automatic Range-Migration Correction in SAR Imaging. 1257-1260
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  Qulin Tan: Imaging Experiments from Phase-Corrupted Airborne L-SAR Data. 12611264-
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  Oscar Garcia-Pineda, Ian R. MacDonald, Beate Zimmer: Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Processing using the Supervised Textural-Neural Network Classification Algorithm. 1265-1268
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  Jie Wei, Houjin Chen, Xiaofeng Zhong: A Nonlinear Refined Extended Chirp Scaling Algorithm for Spaceborne ScanSAR. 1269-1271
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  Evan C. Zaugg, David G. Long: Along-Track Resolution Enhancement Forwide-Bandwidth, Low-Frequency SAR by Accounting for the Wavelength Change over the Bandwidth. 1272-1275
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  Xinwu Li, Ridha Touzi, Huadong Guo: Land Cover Characterization and Classification using Polarimetric ALOS PALSAR. 1276-1279

SAR Processing IV

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  Diego Reale, Vito Pascazio, Gilda Schirinzi, Francesco Serafino: 3D Imaging of Ground based SAR Data. 1280-1283
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  Viet Thuy Vu, Thomas K. Sjögren, Mats I. Pettersson: A Comparison between Fast Factorized Backprojection and Frequency-Domain Algorithms in UWB Lowfrequency SAR. 1284-1287
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  Fan Ye, Feng He, Zaoyu Sun: Radar Signal Level Fusion Imaging. 1288-1291
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  Lihua Jin, Xingzhao Liu, Junfeng Wang: Adaptive Subaperture Approach for Spotlight SAR Azimuth Processing. 1292-1295
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  Jun Shi, Xiaoling Zhang, Jianyu Yang: A New LASAR Fast 3-D Imaging Method via Wavelet Approximation. 1296-1299
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  Weixian Tan, Daojing Li, Wen Hong: Airborne Spotlight SAR Imaging with Super High Resolution based on Back-Projection and Autofocus Algorithm. 1300-1303

SAR processing V

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  Ran Li, Jing-wen Li: Precise Simulation of Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar and Its Evaluation. 1304-1307
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  Fengli Zhang, Yun Shao, Wei Tian, Shiang Wang: Oil Spill Identification based on Textural Information of SAR Image. 1308-1311
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  Yong Li, Daiyin Zhu, Ling Wang: Study on the Geometric Distortion Correction Algorithm for Circular-Scanning SAR Imaging. 1312-1315
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  Bing-Zhang Sun, Jing-wen Li: A New Interference Elimination Method for Multi-Satellite SAR System. 1316-1319
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  Sanghoon Lee: Adaptive SAR Despeckling using a Proximity Measure to Boundary. 1320-1323
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  Lei Du, Yanping Wang, Wen Hong, Yirong Wu: Analysis of 3D-SAR based on Angle Compression Principle. 1324-1327
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  Yuriy V. Shkvarko, Héctor M. Pérez Meana, Alejandro Castillo Atoche: Towards the Virtual Remote Sensing Laboratory: Intelligent Experiment Design Paradigm. 1328-1331

Optical instrument Calibration

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  Kurtis J. Thome, Jeffrey Czapla-Myers, Nathan Leisso, Joel McCorkel, John Buchanan: Intercomparison of Imaging Sensors using Automated Ground Measurements. 1332-1335
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  Xiaoxiong (Jack) Xiong, Amit Angal, Xiaobo Xie: On-Orbit Noise Characterization for MODIS Reflective Solar Bands. 1336-1339
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  Francis Padula, John R. Schott, Nina G. Raqueno: New Methodology for an Improved Thermal Calibration of Landsat 5 through Fusion of Environmental Data Sources. 1340-1343
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  Rimy Malla, Dennis L. Helder: Radiometric Calibration of Reflective Bands of Landsat 4 Thematic Mapper using Pseudo-Invariant Site Technique. 1344-1347
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  Xiaoxiong (Jack) Xiong, Junqiang Sun, Nianzen Che, Amit Angal, Taeyoung (Jason) Choi: Comparison of Terra and Aqua MODIS VIS Bands On-Orbit Response. 1348-1351
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  Hirokazu Yamamoto, Satoshi Tsuchida, Hiroki Yoshioka: A Study on ASTER/MODIS Radiometric and Atmospheric Correction. 1352-1355
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