Two hundred scientists from 22 countries take part between the days 22 and 26 September, in an international congress on advantages in the field of remote sensing (observation from a satellite). The symposium is organised by the Unit of Global Change (UGC), from the Image Processing Laboratory (LIP) of the UV.
The symposium, entitled ‘Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing’ (RAQRS), is presided by José A. Sobrino, Full University Professor of Earth Sciences of the UV. The sessions will be carried out in the Aulari of Torrent, like the three previous editions.
The initiative has been presented this Thuesday, with the present of Ramón López, Vice-principal of Training Policies and Quality Educational of the University; Amparo Folgado, mayor of Torrent; and Felipe Palau, general director of Universities of the Valencian Government; besides the director, José Sobrino.
The congress RAQRS’IV sets out scientific progress in remote sensing in connection with the real applications, being its main objective to show the current state both of the theory and the applications in the remote sensing data analysis. This congress will contribute to define priorities in the research, offering a unique opportunity for for the exchange of ideas and knowledge with the international community who works in remote sensing. The presentation of scientists all over the world will provide a deep vision and an assessment in the current advances in remote sensing.
The future Sentinel satellites, which the ESA will launch in the next years, as well as the new NASA satellites, the Spanish satellites Ingenio and Paz, will be presented within the framework of the programme ‘Copernico’ from the Statal European Agency (ESA).And several applications of Remote Sensing data of an agronomic nature (agronomic researchers, crops classification, crops productivity, crop water status, etc.) forestal (forest inventories, fire forecasting, estimated area affected, etc.), oceanographic, meteorological applications , climatic change follow-up and natural disasters assessment (floods earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc.
In this edition 250 works have been selected, distributed among more than 60 lectures and 4 interactive panel sessions. Two hundred scientists from 22 countries, 80% of them foreign with large representation of France, USA, China, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Australia etc. experts on remote sensing will attend the congress and will present their researches throughout the five days of duration of the congress.
More information and the programme of the event may be found in this webpage http://ipl.uv.es/raqrs
Last update: 18 de september de 2014 14:37.
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