IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2012

Munich, 22-27 July 2012

Communications orales

• Bories N., Samalens J.-C., Guyon D., Breda N., Wigneron J.-P. Monitoring pine defoliation due to the processionary moth at regional scale from MODIS time series.
• Demontoux F., Lawrence H., Wigneron J.-P., Mironov V., Kosolapova L., Paillou P., Kerr Y.  Numerical computation of the l-band emission and scattering of soil layers with consideration of moisture and temperature gradients.
• Kerr Y., Waldteufel P., Cabot F., Richaume P., Leroux D., Al Bitar A., Mahmoodi A., Delwart S., Wigneron J.-P., Ferrazzoli P., Mecklenburg S.  SMOS a summary of the most significant findings after two years and a half in orbit.
• Mialon A., Al Bitar A., Berthon L., Bircher S., Cabot F., Escorihuela M.J., Leroux D., Merlin O., Novello N., Pellarin T., Wigneron J.-P., Kerr Y., Validation of SMOS level 3 soil moisture.
• Regniers O., Govind A., Guyon D., Wigneron J.-P., Baret F.  A multiscale and multisensor approach of LAI retrieval in a maritime pine ecosystem.
• Samalens J.-C., Guyon D., Bories N., Piou D., Breda N., Wigneron J.-P.  Satellite-based forest health monitoring using coarse resolution data: focus on the 2003 and 2011 droughts in France.
• Wigneron J.-P., Novello N., Moisy C., Guyon D., Lawrence H., Schwank M., Lopez-Baeza E., Millan C., Miernecki M., Kerr Y., et al. First evaluation of the SMOS observations over the VAS site: comparing different retrieval approaches.

Posters

• Grant J., Wigneron J.-P., Drusch M., Bible K., Blanken P., Dragoni D., Kolb T., Law B., Meyers T., Novello N., Kerr Y. Understanding temporal variations in vegetation water content derived from SMOS optical depth.
• Lawrence H., Wigneron J.-P., Novello N., Richaume P., Lopez-Baeza E., Leroux D., Mialon A., Grant J., Miernecki M., Moisy C., Kerr Y., 2012. Comparison between the SMOS l2 vegetation optical depth product over low vegetation and vegetation indices and leaf area index during 2010-2011.
• Lawrence H., Wigneron J.-P., Miernecki M., Lopez-Baeza E., Demontoux F., Mialon, Kerr Y. 2012. Accounting for roughness effects in l-meb: suggested modifications to the h-q semi-empirical model.
• Mialon A., Richaume P., Leroux D., Al Bitar A., Kerr Y., Cabot F., Wigneron J.-P., 2012. Comparison of dielectric models in SMOS soil moisture retrieval.
• Miernecki M., Wigneron J.-P., Schwank M., Lawrence H., Volksch I., Coll A., Kerr Y., Casal T., Lopez-Baeza E., 2012. Analysis of roughness effects based in-situ ELBARA-II and spaceborne SMOS observations over the VAS (Valencia Anchor Station).
• Mironov V., Kerr Y., Wigneron J.-P., Kosolapova L., Demontoux F., 2012. Temperature and texture dependent dielectric model of moist soils at the SMOS frequency.
• Samalens J.-C., Guyon D., Bories N., Breda N., Wigneron J.-P., 2012. Regional patterns of French forest phenology derived from MODIS and SPOT vegetation data over the last decade.

32nd EARSeL Symposium 2012

Mykonos Island, Greece, May 21-25, 2012

• Isabelle Champion et al. : Estimation of tropical forest biomass with image texture of radar images

European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012

Vienne, Autriche, 22 - 27 avril 2012

Session remote sensing of soil moisture

• Oral Programme / Wed, 25 Apr,
  

  Soil moisture retrievals: where are we?

  Y. Kerr, D. Leroux, P. Richaume, J.P. Wigneron, A. Mialon, A. Mahmoodi, A. Al Bitar, N. Novello, C. Gruhier, T. Pellarin, C. Rudiger, H. Lawrence, P. De rosnay, and C. Albergel

• Poster Programme / Wed, 25 Apr, SMOS after 2 YEARS and a half in orbit
  Y. Kerr, P. Richaume, J.-P. Wigneron, P. Waldteufel, S. Mecklenburg, F. Cabot, J. Boutin, J. Font, and N. Reul
• A226 EGU2012-7557
  SMOS Soil moisture Cal val activities
  Y. Kerr, A. Mialon, A. Al Bitar, D. Leroux, P. Richaume, C. Gruhier, L. Berthon, N. Novello, C. Rudiger, S. Bircher, J.P. Wigneron, P. Ferrazzoli, and R. Rahmoune
• A231 EGU2012-11239
  Comparing radiometric data from SMOS and ELBARA-II over VAS (Valencia Anchor Station) in 2010 and 2011
  M. Miernecki, J-P. Wigneron, M. Schwank, I. Volksch, H. Lawrence, A. Coll, Y. Kerr, T. Casal, and E. Lopez-Baeza

Non-CO2 influences of land cover changes on climate

• Poster Programme / Fri, 27 Apr,
  BG31 EGU2012-4485 Biophysical effects of forest management on surface temperature
  M. Jammet, B. Gielen, E. Moors, S. Rambal, D. Loustau, P. Stoy, and S. Luyssaert

Climate extremes, ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles

• Oral Programme / Fri, 27 Apr,
  EGU2012-11742 Inverse optimization of the land surface model JSBACH using multiple constraints and long term observations
  N. Carvalhais, S. Zaehle, G.J. Schürmann, C. Beer, A. Granier, D. Loustau, D. Papale, C. Reick, and M. Reichstein

• EGU2012-9640 Forest response to heat waves at the dry timberline
  D. Yakir, E. Rotenberg, F. Tatrinov, J. Ogée, and K. Maseyk

GHG Europe Annual Meeting

Pitesti, Roumania, 17-20 April 2012

• Moreaux V., Bosc A., Trichet P., Chipeaux C., Gu J., Loustau D. Forest management intensification: present and future impacts on carbon cycle in South-West of France


• Gu J., Loustau D., Bosc A., Chipeaux C., Moreaux V. Simulation of nitrous oxide emission from maritime pine forest

2nd TERRABITES Symposium - ESA ESRIN, Frascati

Modelling the terrestrial biosphere: From Ecological Processes to Remote Sensing Observations

Italy, 6-8 February, 2012

• Working towards a global-scale functional relationship between vegetation optical depth and water content in forest areas
  Grant J.P., Wigneron J.-P., Drusch M., Bible K., Blanken P.D., Dragoni D., Kolb T.E., Law B.E., Meyers T.P., Novello N., Kerr Y.


• Forest Phenology and Forest Health Assessment using low-Resolution Satellite Data and national-wide Ground Observations
  Samalens J.C., Guyon D., Bories N., Breda N., Baret N., Wigneron, J.P.

MICRORAD 2012

Le 12e "Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment" aura lieu à la Villa Mondragone (sitée entre Frascati et Monte Porzio Catone), du 5 au 9 Mars 2012.

SMOS Tests and Field Campaigns

• The SMOS level 2 soil moisture algorithm. inter-comparison and validation
  Yann Kerr; Philippe Richaume; Jean-Pierre Wigneron; Ahmad Al Bitar; Claire Gruhier; Delphine Leroux; Arnaud Mialon; Paolo Ferrazzoli; François Cabot; Jennifer Grant; Nathalie Novello;Thierry Pellarin; Ali Mahmoodi; Steven Delwart
• First evaluation of the SMOS observations over the VAS site: ideas for potential improvements of the Level-2 algorithm over the land surfaces
  Jean-Pierre Wigneron; Mike Schwank; Ernesto Lopez Baeza; Heather Lawrence; Yann Kerr; Nathalie Novello; Jennifer Grant
• L-Band Radiative Properties of Vine Vegetation at the SMOS Cal/Val Site MELBEX III
  Mike Schwank; Jean-Pierre Wigneron; Ernesto Lopez Baeza; Ingo Völksch; Christian Mätzler

Soil and Vegetation 2

• The SMOS CATDS level 3
  Yann Kerr; François Cabot; Ahmad Al Bitar; Arnaud Mialon; Philippe Richaume; Elsa Jacquette; Lucie Berthon; Arnaud Quesney; Jean-Pierre Wigneron; Philippe Waldteufel; Thierry Pellarin; Sarah Guibert

The SMOS Mission

• SMOS after 2 years in orbit: challenges, issues and results
  Yann Kerr; Jean-Pierre Wigneron; Philippe Waldteufel; Philippe Richaume; Nicolas Reul; Jacqueline Boutin; Manuel Martin-Neira; Susanne Mecklenburg

Poster

• Modeling of the L-Band emission and scattering of soil layers with consideration of Moisture and Temperature gradients
  Francois Demontoux; Heather Lawrence; Jean-Pierre Wigneron; Valery Mironov; Liudmila Kosolapova; Yann Kerr