ASF Event - 3rd ALOS Joint PI SymposiumPapers Listed by Session


PALSAR Calibration/Validation
Session Chair: Masanobu Shimada
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
PALSAR Radiometric and Geometric Calibration Masanobu Shimada, O. Isoguchi, Takeo Tadono, and Kazuo Isono Available
Geodetically Accurate InSAR Imaging Using ALOS Motion-Compensated Data and Precise Orbits Howard Zebker, Piyush Shanker, Cody Wortham, Scott Hensley Not available
Detection and Characterization of Ionospheric Effects in ALOS PALSAR Data Rayjan Wilson, Jeremy Nicoll, Franz Meyer Available
A New Method for Correcting ScanSAR Scalloping Using Forests and Inter SCAN Banding Employing Dynamic Filtering Masanobu Shimada Available

Optical Calibration/Validation
Session Chair: Takeo Tadono
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Image Quality Evaluation on PRISM and AVNIR-2 -- Latest Evaluation Results Akira Mukaida, Naritoshi Imoto, Sachi Kawamoto, Takeo Tadono Available
PRISM Geometric Calibration Updates and DSM Generation Status Junichi Takaku, Takeo Tadono Available
RPC Generations on PRISM/AVNIR-2 Level 1B2 Images Junichi Takaku, Takeo Tadono Available
The ALOS PRISM AVNIR-2 Quality Control at ADEN, a Status After 3 Years of Operation Sebastien Saunier, A. Mambimba, V. Motti Available
Assessment of DEM Extraction Joanna Tan, M.Z Mat Jafri, H.S. Lim, K. Abdullah Not available
Time Trend Evaluations of Absolute Accuracies for PRISM and AVNIR-2 Takeo Tadono, Masanobu Shimada, Hiroshi Murakami, Junichi Takaku, Sachi Kawamoto Available
Plenary Session and Node Status
Plenary Session and Node Status:
1. Welcome
2. ALOS Status
3. ASF Introduction
4. Science at the Hawai’i Volcano Observatory
5. Agency Status:
  ADEN
  NOAA
  RESTEC
  AADN
6. Closing/Logistics
 
Mr. Arko, Dr. Shimada
Dr. Shimada
Dr. La Belle-Hamer
Dr. Jim Kauahukaua
 
 
Dr. Desnos
Dr. Pichel
Mr. Kuwabara
Dr. Atwood
Mr. Arko
 
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Ocean Processes and Monitoring I
Session Chair: William G. Pichel
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Using ALOS-PALSAR With ANSWRS for Wind Measurement Frank Monaldo, Donald R. Thompson, William G. Thompson Available
Numerical Simulation of the Wind Stress Effect on ALOS-PALSAR Images of Far Wakes of Ships Atsushi Fujimura, Alexander Soloviev Available
Monitoring of Vessels Using ALOS-PALSAR Data Stephan Brusch, Susanne Lehner, Matteo Soccorsi Not available

Ocean Processes and Monitoring II
Session Chair: William G. Pichel
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Antarctic Ice-Shelf Ocean Tide Modeling C.K. Shum, Jin-Woo Kim, Hyongki Lee, Hok-Sum Fok, Zhong Lu, Sang-Ho Baek, Alexander Braun, H. Bâki Iz Not available
Effects of Environmental Conditions on Images of Ship Wakes Obtained With ALOS PALSAR and TerraSAR-X Alexander Soloviev, S. Lehner, S. Brusch Available
Coastal Ocean Applications Demonstrations of ALOS-PALSAR Imagery for NOAA CoastWatch William G. Pichel, Frank Monaldo, Christopher Wackerman, Christopher Jackson, Xiaofeng Li, Pablo Clemente-Colón Available

Polarimetric Classification
Session Chair: Eric Pottier
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Evaluation of the Potential of PALSAR Data for Thematic Mapping in French Guiana and Gabon: Applications to Forest Management and Monitoring of Wetlands Niamien D., Dikongo C., Palla F., Lardeux C., Frison P.L., Riera B., Rudant J.P. Available
Land-Cover Classification With PALSAR Polarimetric Data in Kalimantan, Indonesia Toshihisa Honma, Keiji Kimura, Yusuke Baba Available
Accuracy Assessment of Polarimetric Land-Cover Classification Using Topographic Compensation D.K. Atwood, B. Ripka Available
Quad-Polarization PALSAR Radar, Variance Radar Texture and Optical Data for Land-Cover Mapping Barry Haack, Terry Idol, Salim Sawaya, Arju Sheoran, Salim Sawaya, Arjun Sheoran Available
Use of Fully Polarimetric ALOS-PALSAR Data for the Cartography of Tropical Vegetation C. Lardeux, P.L. Frison, G. Mercier, C. Tison, J.C. Souyris, B. Stoll, J.P. Rudant Available

Forest Mapping
Session Chair: Sassan Saatchi
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Forest Volume and Biomass Estimation From SAR/LIDAR/ Optical Fusion in Chile Josef Kellndorfer, Wayne Walker, Scott Goetz, Tina Cormier, Katie Kirsch, Markus Rombach, Sergio Gonzalez Not available
Multi-Temporal Approaches for Mapping Clear-Cuts in Swedish Boreal Forest Using ALOS-PALSAR Images Maurizio Santoro, Johan E.S., Fransson Andreas, Pantze Anders, H. Krantz, Håkan Olsson, Leif E.B. Eriksson, Lars M.H. Ulander Available
Assessment of PALSAR 25-m and 50-m Mosaic Products for Land-Cover Classification at Regional Scale in Tropical Rainforest N. Longépé, P. Rakwatin, O. Isoguchi, M. Shimada, Y. Uryu Not available
Pan-Tropical Forest Mapping With ALOS PALSAR Josef Kellndorfer, Francesco Holecz, Wayne Walker, Jesse Bishop, Tina Cormier, Greg Fiske, Katie Kirsch Not available
Toward Distribution of Aboveground Forest Carbon Stock in Southeast Asia From ALOS PALSAR and Data Fusion Sassan Saatchi, Alexandra Morel, Yadvinder Malhi Available

Biomass Estimation
Session Chair: Christian Thiel
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Estimation of Biomass Using Two-Date Dual-Polarization PALSAR Data M.D. Sarker, Janet Nichol, Latifur Rahman Sarker Not available
Above-ground Biomass Estimation and Mapping by ALOS PALSAR Over Boreal Forest in Alaska
Presentation
Rikie Suzuki, Yongwon Kim, Reiichiro Ishii Not available
Examination of Multi-Seasonal ALOS-PALSAR Interferometric Coherence for Forestry Applications in the Boreal Zone Christian Thiel, Christiane Schmullius Available

Geohazards – Earthquakes I
Session Chair: Eric Fielding
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
GIS Modelling of Earthquake Damage Zone Using ALOS VNIR, DEM, and InSAR Data Jian Guo Liu, Philippa J. Mason, Runqiu Huang, Chuan Tang, Jingfa Zhang Available
On Detection of Crustal Deformation Associated With Plate Subductions With ALOS-PALSAR Data Yo Fukushima, Manabu Hashimoto Available
Study of Postseismic Deformation due to the 2006 Mw 7.0 Mozambique (East Africa) Earthquake Using ALOS-PALSAR Data Yuri Fialko Available
Kinematic Fault Slip Model for the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan-Beichuan Mw 7.9 Earthquake in Sichuan, China, From ALOS, Envisat, and Teleseismic Data Eric Fielding, Anthony Sladen, Zhenhong Li, Roland Bürgmann, Isabelle Ryder, Jean-Philippe Avouac Not available

Geohazards – Earthquakes II
Session Chair: Eric Fielding
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Investigation of Normal Faulting Earthquakes in Tibet From ALOS-PALSAR Data Isabelle Ryder, Roland Burgmann, Eric Fielding Available
Integration of InSAR and Geomorphology: Clues and Constraints for the Eastward Migration of the Extensional Front in Central Italy Claudio Berti, Pazzaglia F. J., Ramage J. M., Miccadei E. Available
Co-Seismic Deformation due to the 20 March 2008 Yutian Earthquake (M7.2) in Tibet and its Fault Model Masato Furuya, Takatoshi Yasuda, Bihong Fu Not available
Abruzzi 2009 Earthquake Co-Seismic Displacement Urs Wegmuller, Tazio Strozzi, Charles Werner, Maurizio Santoro, Andreas Wiesmann Not available

Geohazards – Landslides
Session Chair: David Schmidt
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Regional Earthflow Activity and Seasonal Downslope Kinematics Constrained by InSAR: Examples From California and New Zealand David Schmidt, Max Calabro, Laura Stimely, Josh Roering Available
Result of DInSAR Analysis of Zentoku Landslide, Japan, and Developing of Landslide Recognition Tools Ryoichi Furuta, Atsushi Yashima, Kazuhide Sawada, Hiroshi Fukuoka Available

Geohazards – Volcanoes
Session Chair: Falk Amelung
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
ALOS-PALSAR Interferometric Studies of Two Remote Volcanoes Charles Wicks Available
Deformation on the Island of Hawai`i From PALSAR Interferometry Michael Poland, Reid Townson Available
InSAR Analysis of ALOS, Envisat, and TerraSAR-X Observations of Kilauea Volcano Paul Lundgren, Eric Gurrola, Michael Poland Available
Motion Monitoring for Etna Using ALOS-PALSAR Time Series Urs Wegmuller, Charles Werner, Maurizio Santoro Available
Volcano Monitoring in Remote Location Using ALOS Yousuke Miyagi, Takeo Tadono, Masanobu Shimada Available
Evidence for Multiple Magma Bodies at Kiluea Volcano, Hawai`i Falk Amelung, Scott Baker Not available

Floods & Wetlands I
Session Chair: Kyle McDonald
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
A Case Study of Flood Monitoring in Pakistan Using AVNIR and PRISM Data of ALOS Rahmatullah Jilani, Mateeul Haq, S. Munir, P. Sidiqui Not available
Integrated Analysis of Interferometric SAR and Radar Altimeter for Quantifying Absolute Water Level Changes and Wetland Dynamics Jin-Woo Kim, C. K. Shum, Motomu Ibaraki, Hyongki Lee, Sang-Ho Baek, Faisal Hossain, John W. Jones, Zhong Lu Not available
Polarimetric ALOS Potential for Wetland Characterization
Paper
R. Touzi, A.M. Demers, R. Brook, S. Kowalchuk Available
Study on the Precision of Satellite-Based Topography Data and Their Application to Inundation Simulation Hideo Yamashita, Shigenobu Tanaka, Kazuhiko Fukami, Hironori Inomata Not available

Floods & Wetlands II
Session Chair: Kyle McDonald
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Estimating Methane Ebullition From Northern Lakes Using L-band SAR Backscatter With Comparison to C-band SAR Melanie Engram Not available
Preliminary ALOS Data Analysis of Thaw Lakes and Polygonal Soils in the Kobuk River Valley, Northwestern Alaska D. Marius Necsoiu, Donald M. Hooper, Cynthia L. Dinwiddie, Ronald N. McGinnis, Gary R. Walter Not available
The Use of ALOS PALSAR in Global-Scale Mapping of Inundated Wetlands Kyle C. McDonald, Erika Podest, Bruce Chapman, Ronny Schroeder, Laura Hess, Mahta Moghaddam, Jane Whitcomb, John Kimball, Lucas Jones Not available
ALOS PALSAR Multi-Temporal SCANSAR Imagery for Mapping Wetland Dynamics Bruce Chapman, Kyle McDonald, Erika Podest, Laura Hess, Mahta Moghaddam, Jane Whitcomb Not available
Mapping Decadal Change in Wetlands of Alaska: Progress in Differential Analysis of JERS and PALSAR Data Mahta Moghaddam, Jane Whitcomb, Kyle McDonald, Erika Podest, Bruce Chapman Not available
Invited Presentation: Hawai’ian Oral Tradition Helps Geologists Understand 400 Years of Volcanic Activity at Kilauea Don Swanson, HVO Geologist Available
User Roundtable Discussions Dr. Amelung, Dr. Pottier, Dr. Kellndorfer, Mr. Arko, Dr. Shimada Available

Cryosphere I
Session Chair: Leif Eriksson
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Application of ALOS PALSAR Data in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica Tsutomu Yamanokuchi, Koichiro Doi, Nobuhiro Tomiyama Available
Feasibility of Monitoring Snow Cover and Ice Sheet by PALSAR Interferometry Hiroshi Kimura, Fumihiko Nishio Available
Estimation of the Movement of Glacier in the West of China with ALOS-PALSAR and PRISM Data Zhen Li, Jianmin Zhou, Lei Huang, Ding Shen Available
Towards Integrated Glacier-Glacier Lake Inventory for the Himalayas using ALOS Data Jinro Ukita, Mateeul Haq, Aisha Naseer Available
Monitoring of Mountain Glacial Variations in Northern Pakistan, from 1992 to 2008 using Landsat and ALOS Data
Paper
Rahmatullah Jilani, Mateeul Haq, Aisha Naseer Available

Cryosphere II
Session Chair: Leif Eriksson
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Towards Integrated Glacier-Glacier Lake Inventory for the Himalayas Using ALOS Data Jinro Ukita, Kouichi Nishimura, Koji Fujita Not available
Using ALOS-PALSAR Coherence to Delineate Glacier Extent D.K. Atwood, F. Meyer, A. Arendt Available
Studies on Sea Ice and Polynya Off the Cape Darnley Antarctica, Using ALOS-PALSAR and Other Satellite Data Kay I. Ohshima, Takeshi Tamura Available
Improved Sea-Ice Monitoring for the Baltic Sea – Project Summary Leif E.B. Eriksson, Wolfgang Dierking, Karin Borenäs, Anders Berg, Per Pemberton Available
The Experiences of Using ALOS Imagery for Supporting the National Food Security in Indonesia Nurwadjedi Sarbini, A.H. Atmadilaga, A. Poniman, A. Rusmanto Available
Invited Presentation
Invited Presentation: Hawai’ian Oral Tradition Helps Geologists Understand 400 Years of Volcanic Activity at Kilauea Don Swanson — HVO Geologist Available
Roundtable Discussions
User Roundtable Discussions:
1. Supersites
2. Polarimetry
3. Global Monitoring
4. Data-Use Policy
5. ALOS II
 
Dr. Amelung
Dr. Pottier
Dr. Kellndorfer
Mr. Arko
Dr. Shimada
Available

Agriculture and Vegetation
Session Chair: Catherine Champagne
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Vegetation Species Classification Using ALOS/AVNIR-2 Data Kanako Muramatsu, A. Tahara, M. Daigo Not available
Synergy Between Optical and Radar Images of the ALOS Satellite for the Recognition of Vegetation Structures in Coastal Wetlands Simona Niculescu, Fabio Guttler, Cédric Lardeux, Steven Lamarche, Jean-Paul Rudant Not available
Utilization of ALOS Data for Mapping Coastal Habitats: A Case of Sargassum Beds in Asia Teruhisa Komatsu, Tatsuyuki Sagawa, Akihiko Mori, Haifa Ben Rhomdhane, Kenichi Ishida, Thomas Belsher,Yoshihiko Sakanishi, Mohd Ibrahim Seeni Mohd, Ahamad Samusudin, Mahatma Lanuru, Thidarat Noiraksar Not available
Synergy of L-, C-, and X-band SAR for Early-Season Crop Acreage Estimate: A Case Study in Canada
Paper
Jiali Shang, Heather McNairn, Catherine Champagne, Xianfeng Jiao Not Available

Soil Moisture
Session Chair: Thomas Jackson
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Use of ALOS-PALSAR Data for the Monitoring of Sahelian Semi-Arid Areas Pierre-Louis Frison, Mougin E., Grippa M., Baup F., Hiernaux P. Available
Soil-Moisture Monitoring of Permafrost Active Layer Over Arctic Tundra Using PALSAR Data N. Longépé, T. Tadono, M. Shimada, H. Fujii Available
Use of Multi-Temporal PALSAR ScanSAR Data for Soil-Moisture Retrieval Francesco Mattia, Giuseppe Satalino, Anna Balenzano Available
Soil-Moisture Active/Passive Validation Experiment 2008 T. Jackson, M. Cosh, R. Bindlish, S. Dinardo, S. Yueh, P. O'Neill Available
Soil Moisture Content Retrieval at the Salado River Basin From ALOS-PALSAR Image MSc. Silvio Daniel Graciani, Dr. Leticia Rodríguez Available

Fires
Session Chair: Hao Chen
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Classification ALOS-PALSAR Polarimetry for Land-Cover Mapping for Forest-Fire Combating Fahmi Amhar, Antonius B. Wijanarto Available
The Use of Cross-Polarized X-, C- and L-band SAR Data for Forest-Regeneration Monitoring After Fire in a Mediterranean Environment Mihai Tanase, Thuy Le Toan, Juan de la Riva, Maurizio Santoro Available
Detecting an Area Affected by Forest Fires Using ALOS PALSAR Keiko Ishii, Masanobu Shimada, Osamu Isoguchi, Kazuo Isono Available
Investigating Historical Fire Scars Using Polarimetric SAR David G. Goodenough, Hao Chen, Geordie Hobart, Ashlin Richardson Not available

Land-Cover Classification
Session Chair: Maurizio Santoro
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Analysis of PALSAR and ASAR Data for the Mapping of Land Cover and Hazards in Grande Comore Island Amir A., Lardeux C., Fruneau B., Frison P.L., Rakotodraompiana S., Briole P., Rudant J.P. Not available
Evaluation of Multi-Temporal ALOS PALSAR and PRISM Data for Land-Cover Mapping in the Barra Bonita Region, São Paulo State, Brazil Cristina Aparecida Beneditti, Laura Hess, Nilton Imai, Madalena Pereira, Takeo Tadono Available
Land use/Land Cover Change Monitoring Using ALOS-PALSAR Data in Fuzhou, China Feilong Ling, Qinmin Wang, Xiaoqin Wang, Yunzhi Chen, Xiaocheng Zhou, Hong Jiang, Bo Wu, Henglin Chen Not available
Evaluation of Methods for ALOS-PALSAR Image Terrain Flattening David Small, Nuno Miranda, Adrian Schubert, Erich Meier Available

InSAR I
Session Chair: David Sandwell
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Research on Monitoring of Volcanic Deformation Using SAR Interferometry Taku Ozawa Available
Monitoring Landfast Ice Through L-band SAR Interferometry Franz Meyer, Hajo Eicken, Hyunjin Druckenmiller Available
ALOS PALSAR Measurements of Deformation in the San Francisco Bay Area, California Isabelle Ryder, Alexander Hartnett, Roland Burgmann Not Available
ALOS-PALSAR Interferometry for Permafrost Monitoring in Canada Naomi Short, Brian Brisco, Paul Budkewitsch, Kevin Murnaghan Available

InSAR II
Session Chair: David Sandwell
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
ALOS-Indonesia PolInSAR Experiment (AIPEX): Progress Update Mahmud Raimadoya, Bambang Trisassongko, Ludmila Zakharova, Nurwadjedi Fahmi Available
Decorrelation of ALOS and ERS Interferometry Over Vegetated Areas in California Meng "Matt" Wei, David Sandwell Available
ScanSAR Interferometry With PALSAR David Sandwell, Rob Mellors, Xiaopeng Tong Available
Coseismic Slip Model of Wenchuan Earthquake From Joint Inversion of InSAR, GPS, and Field Data Xiaopeng Tong, David Sandwell, and Yuri Fialko Available

Software & Tools
Session Chair: Yves-Louis Desnos
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Using a GPU in InSAR Processing to Improve Performance Robert Mellors, David Sandwell Available
Study of the Nome River Salmon Habitat Using PRISM, PALSAR, and TerraSAR-X Data Rick Guritz, Daniel Miller, Kelly Burnett Available
PolSARpro v4.0 Software and ALOS-PALSAR PolSAR Data Processing Eric Pottier Available
MapReady Innovations for Polarimetry
Presentation
Rudi Gens Not available
BEAM and NEST Toolboxes for ALOS Optical and SAR Instruments Carsten Brockmann, Rajes Jha, Norman Fomferra, Luis Vecchi, Peter Regner, Marcus Engdahl Not available

Urban Monitoring
Session Chair: Keith Cunningham
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Urban Atlas – DLR Processing Chain for Orthorectification of PRISM and AVNIR-2 Images and TerraSAR-X as Possible GCP Source
Paper
Mathias Schneider, Rupert Müller, Thomas Krauss, Peter Reinartz, Bianca Hörsch, Siegfried Schmuck Available
Temperature Rising Caused by Land-Cover Change Analyzed With Satellite Imagery Keiji Kimura, Toshihisa Honma Not available
Construction of the Monitoring Systems to Protect on Iraqi Cultural Heritage Ken Matsumoto, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Hisao Ushiki, Tomoya Goto Available
LiDAR for Building Footprint Extraction and Urban Change Detection Keith W. Cunningham Available
Fusion of ALOS PALSAR and SPOT HRG Data for Urban Land-Cover Mapping in Stockholm Yifang Ban Available

Ionosphere
Session Chair: Franz Meyer
Paper (Click to Read) Authors Presentation
Validation of Ionospheric Simulation using PALSAR Data Sham Chotoo, Phil Roth, Bart Huxtable, Susan Chotoo Available
Correction Methods of Ionospheric Signals in L-band SAR Data — Performance Requirements and Capability Assessment Franz Meyer Available
Correcting the Ionospheric Phase Advance Signal of PALSAR Using the Global Ionosphere Mapping (GIM) Model Xiaopeng Tong, David Sandwell Available
Review of HAARP/PALSAR Experiments to Assess Ionosphere Effects Thomas L. Ainsworth, J.-S. Lee, K.-S. Chen Available
Imaging Ionospheric Variations Using Polarimetric SAR Xiaouqing Pi Available
Ionospheric Effects and Mitigation in ALOS-PALSAR Repeat-Pass Interferometry Paul Rosen, Elaine Chapin, Curtis Chen, Scott Hensley, Xiaoqing Pi Not available

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