EARSeL is a scientific network of European remote sensing laboratories, coming from both academia and commercial/industrial sector, which covers all fields of geoinformation and earth observation through remote sensing. All scientists, professionals and researchers involved or interested in the field of the symposium are strongly encouraged to present papers according to the following topics. Authors are requested to submit their abstracts by 4 January 2013.
According to the symposium theme Earth Observation and Social Prospectives contributions are particularly welcome in the following areas:
EO for improving Smart City management
Monitoring and protecting biodiversity
Support of regenerative energy production and transport
Improving climate observations
Improving agriculture, water and fisheries management
Supporting disaster management
Other contributions are invited in one of the following topics:
Scientific applications of remote sensing, emerging methods and technologies
Capacity building at organisations and authorities involved in environmental monitoring and protection
Remote sensing for archaeology
Land use and land cover, degradation and desertification
Urban remote sensing
Open ocean remote sensing
Natural and man-made disasters
Forestry and forest fires
Remote sensing and its associated support to the understanding of climate change
Hydrological applications: water management, underground water sources, land ice and snow
3D remote sensing, Radar, Lidar, Thermal Remote Sensing
New instruments and methods, including ground truth
The subjects
Education and training in school, university, and public life
Remote sensing for cultural and natural heritage
Remote Sensing of coastal zones and inland waters
Remote sensing related to assist developing countries: mapping, monitoring and change analysis
are covered in Special Interest Group Workshops held in the framework of the symposium.
