Special Interest Group
    Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone    
    First Call for Papers
    Abstract submission due date: 16 February 2009

    4th Workshop Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone
    Coasts and Climate Conflicts

    Chania (Crete), Greece, 19-20 June 2009

    in the framework of the
    29th EARSeL Symposium  

    Contents

      • Home
      • The Workshop
      • Scientific and Organising Committee
      • Registration and Abstract Submission
      • Guidelines for Preparing and Presenting a Poster
      • Venue and Accomodation
      • Publication
      • Important Dates

    The Workshop

      More than 60% of humans live within 60 km from the coastline, and therefore coastal zones are important environmental and economic resources. As a complex interface between land and oceans, its investigation from space or using airborne sensors has always been a challenge.

      The 4th workshop focuses on the impact of our climate on coastal zones and inland waters, on climate change and its expected effects on European seas, and on the role of remote sensing for its study.

      Topics:

        • changing terrestrial run-off into coastal waters
        • escalation of extreme coastal events: floods, storms, high tides
        • hydrology and water budget evolution of rivers and lakes
        • increasing temperatures in inland and coastal waters
        • impact of vaying physical forcing on morphodynamics and ecosystems
        • new developments of habitats, biodiversity and alien invaders
        • fluxes and fate of seawater constituents, including pollutants
        • role of Coastal Zone Management in adapting to climate change

      and their investigation with Remote Sensing:
        • active and passive methods in all spectral ranges, sensor combinations
        • satellite, airborne and ground-based methods including ground truth
        • modelling of radiative transfer, image processing and related aspects.
        • interaction of physical, biological and chemical conditions and processes

      The Workshop continues the 1st Workshop (Ghent, Belgium, June 2003), the 2nd Workshop (Porto, Portugal, 2005) and 3rd Workshop (Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, 2007).

      The working language at the Workshop is English.

    Chairmen

      Rainer Reuter, University of Oldenburg, Germany
      Sergey Babichenko, LDI Inc., Tallinn, Estonia
      Vittorio Barale, JRC ISPRA, Italy
      Antonio Palucci, ENEA C.R. Frascati, Italy

    Scientific Committee

      Carsten Brockmann, Brockmann Consult, Geesthacht, Germany
      Victor V. Fadeev, Moscow State University, Russia
      Preben Gudmandsen, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
      Jacques Populus, IFREMER, Plouzané, France
      Robin Vaughan, Dundee University, UK
      Hans van der Woerd, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Organising Committee

      Gesine Böttcher, EARSeL Secretariat, Hannover, Germany
      Ioannis Manakos, MaiCh, Chania, Greece
      Chariton Kalaitzidis, MaiCh, Chania, Greece
      Rainer Reuter, University of Oldenburg, Germany

    Registration and Abstract Submission

      Registration for workshop attendance, abstract submission and payment of the registration fee is done with EARSeL's Conference Management System CMS.

      A registration for workshop attendance can be done anytime with the CMS and also on-site during the workshop. The due date for an abstract submission will be on 16 February 2009.

      Presenting authors of workshop contributions, oral and poster, are requested to transfer the registration fee before 1 May 2009 to ensure that their contribution will be included in the final programme.

      The workshop fee includes the abstract book, participation in practical demonstrations and excursions, participation in the icebreaker, lunches and coffee breaks, and publication in the Workshop Proceedings and in EARSeL eProceedings (reviewed publications only). The Workshop Dinner is not included in the fee.

        Payment before 1 May 2009   after 1 May 2009
        EARSeL Members 190 Euro +20%
        Non-Members 280 Euro +20%
        Students (EARSeL Members) 110 Euro +20%
        Students (Non-Members) 160 Euro +20%

    Venue and Accommodation

      The workshop will be held at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania in Chania on the island of Crete, Greece. There are several airline connections to reach Chania or Iraklion. MAICh is located 3 km south-east of Chania city centre, 13 km from the airport and 1 km from the port of Souda. The EARSeL Symposium website offers a detailed description of the location with travel and accomodation information.

    Publication

      Contributions presented at the workshop will be published on the Internet within EARSeL's Workshop Proceedings Series. Manuscripts must be prepared according to the style guide in the sample paper (80 kB rtf file). Please save the file on your computer and use it as a sample paper for manuscript preparation. A conversion to Microsoft Word might be appropriate to reduce the file size if graphics are included in your document. There is no limit as to the number of pages and colour graphics.

      Authors are particularly encouraged to submit their manuscripts to EARSeL's reviewed open-access journal EARSeL eProceedings.

    Important Dates

      Abstract due date: 16 February 2009
      Notification of acceptance: 15 March 2009
      Preliminary programme on-line: 20 April 2009
      Author registration and fee payment due date: 1 May 2009
      Workshop programme with abstracts on-line: 7 May 2009
      Manuscript submission for Workshop Proceedings: 19-20 June 2009 (at workshop)
      Manuscript submission for reviewed publication in EARSeL eProceedings at any time.

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