ISPRS WG III/2

Microwave Remote Sensing

Working Group Officers
Chair
	Batuhan Osmanoglu   Biospheric Sciences Laboratory NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 8800 Greenbelt Rd. Bldg 33 G426 Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA + 1 301 614 6690 batuhan.osmanoglu@nasa.gov home page
Co-Chair
	Susaki Junichi   Geoinformatics Lab. Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University C1-1-206, Kyotodaigaku-katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8540, JAPAN + 81 75 383 3300 + 81 75 383 3300 susaki.junichi.3r@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Co-Chair
	Zhenhong Li   School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Newcastle University Cassie Building Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK +44 (0) 191 208 5704 Zhenhong.Li@newcastle.ac.uk home page
Secretary
	Saygin Abdikan   Geomatics Engineering Department Hacettepe University Beytepe 06800 Ankara TURKEY +90 312 297 69 90/125 +90 312 297 61 67 sayginabdikan@hacettepe.edu.tr home page
Supporters
Key Support Personnel
	Fusun Balik Sanli   YTÜ Davutpaşa Kampüsü Harita Mühendiskiği Bölümü 34220-Esenler İstanbul TURKEY +90 212 383 5331 fbalik@yildiz.edu.tr home page
Key Support Personnel
	Fabiana Calò   IREA-CNR Diocleziano, 328 80124 Napoli ITALY +39 081-76206 33 calo.f@irea.cnr.it home page
Key Support Personnel
	Antonio Pepe   Adress: IREA-CNR Diocleziano, 328 80124 Napoli ITALY +39 081 76206 17 pepe.a@irea.cnr.it home page
Key Support Personnel
	Mahmut Arıkan   2628 VG Delft THE NETHERLANDS +31 6 413 65 412 m.arikan@beesense.nl home page

Terms of Reference

• Promote advanced research, engineering development, and operational use of theories, methods, systems for the analysis of remotely sensed microwave observations of the Earth from air- , space- and ground-borne sensors;
• Focus on physical modelling of microwave radiation, the analysis of spectral signatures, radar image classification, data fusion, pattern recognition, and quality control;
• Enhance the applications in monitoring and assessing environment, geohazards, landuse/landcover, nature resources, weather/atmosphere and climate, cryosphere, coastal and ocean, forestry/agricultural and ecosystems/biodiversity;
• Integrate the global efforts by effective out-reach through data/algorithms sharing and capacity building, cooperates intensively with international professional societies, national space agencies, and alliance with the International Committee On Remote Sensing of Environment (ICORSE).