Analysis Of Multi Temporal Remote Sensing Images Multitemp 2003

The development of effective methodologies for the analysis of multi-temporal data is one of the most important and challenging issues that the remote sensing community will face in the coming years. Its importance and timeliness are directly related to the ever-increasing quantity of multi-temporal data provided by the numerous remote sensing satellites that orbit our planet. The synergistic use of multi-temporal remote sensing data and advanced analysis methodologies results in the possibility of solving complex problems related to the monitoring of the Earth's surface and atmosphere at different scales. However, the advances in the methodologies for the analysis of multi-temporal data have been significantly under-illuminated with respect to other remote sensing data analysis topics. In addition, the link between the end-users' needs and the scientific community needs to be strengthened. This volume of proceedings contains 43 contributions from researchers representing academia, industry and governmental organizations. It is organized into three thematic sections: Image Analysis and Algorithms; Analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data; Monitoring and Management of Resources. Contents:Image Analysis and Algorithms:Extending Time-Series of Satellite Images by Radiometric Intercalibration (A Röder et al.)Trajectory of Dynamic Clusters in Image Time Series (P Heas et al.)Change Detection with ALI and Landsat Satellite Data (H Chen et al.)Analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data:Multi-Temporal Interferometric Point Target Analysis (U Wegmüller et al.)Application of Multiple Baseline InSAR Data for DEM Generation (S Takeuchi)Joint Distributions for Multi-Temporal Series of Radar Images (B Storvik et al.)Monitoring and Management of Resources:Detection of Vegetation Changes in an Alpine Protected Area (M Maggi et al.)Monitoring Drought Stress in North-Eastern China by Means of Rainfall Data and Diachrone Indices Derived from Pathfinder AVHRR-Imagery (P Ozer et al.)Science for Society: Global Observations of Earth's Natural Resources in the 21st Century (R L King)and other papers Readership: Graduate students and researchers in computer science and environmental science. Keywords:Remote Sensing;Change Detection;Multi-Temporal Image Analysis;Pattern Recognition;Time Series Analysis;Environmental Monitoring;Environmental Management;Natural Resources;Earth Observation

The development of effective methodologies for the analysis of multi-temporal data is one of the most important and challenging issues that the remote sensing community will face in the coming years. Its importance and timeliness are directly related to the ever-increasing quantity of multi-temporal data provided by the numerous remote sensing satellites that orbit our planet. The synergistic use of multi-temporal remote sensing data and advanced analysis methodologies results in the possibility of solving complex problems related to the monitoring of the Earth''s surface and atmosphere at different scales. However, the advances in the methodologies for the analysis of multi-temporal data have been significantly under-illuminated with respect to other remote sensing data analysis topics. In addition, the link between the end-users'' needs and the scientific community needs to be strengthened.This volume of proceedings contains 43 contributions from researchers representing academia, industry and governmental organizations. It is organized into three thematic sections: Image Analysis and Algorithms; Analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data; Monitoring and Management of Resources.

Promote discussion of scientific, methodological and application issues related to multitemporal data analysis Push novel solutions for technical problems related to multitemporal data, promote their use in an increasing number of applications

ICIAR 2004, the International Conference on Image Analysis and Recognition, was the ?rst ICIAR conference, and was held in Porto, Portugal. ICIAR will be organized annually, and will alternate between Europe and North America. ICIAR 2005 will take place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The idea of o?ering these conferences came as a result of discussion between researchers in Portugal and Canada to encourage collaboration and exchange, mainly between these two countries, but also with the open participation of other countries, addressing recent advances in theory, methodology and applications. The response to the call for papers for ICIAR 2004 was very positive. From 316 full papers submitted, 210 were accepted (97 oral presentations, and 113 - sters). The review process was carried out by the Program Committee members and other reviewers; all are experts in various image analysis and recognition areas. Each paper was reviewed by at least two reviewing parties. The high q- lity of the papers in these proceedings is attributed ?rst to the authors, and second to the quality of the reviews provided by the experts. We would like to thank the authors for responding to our call, and we wholeheartedly thank the reviewers for their excellent work in such a short amount of time. We are espe- ally indebted to the Program Committee for their e?orts that allowed us to set up this publication. We were very pleased to be able to include in the conference, Prof. Murat KuntfromtheSwissFederalInstituteofTechnology,andProf. Mario ́ Figueiredo, oftheInstitutoSuperiorT ́ ecnico,inPortugal.

Acquisition, processing, validation and requirements of time series of images Applications of image time series and change detection at multiple scales, prominently featuring environmental monitoring, water, urban, radar and innovating systems Integration of time series of images with other data

MultiTemp is a series of workshop (established in 2001) that provides a forum of discussion of scientific, methodological, and application issues related to multitemporal data analysis The workshop aims to push novel solutions for technical problems related to the analysis of image time series and promotes the use of the multitemporal data in an ever increasing number of strategic and challenging applications, strengthening the connection between the scientfiic community, the industry and the end users.