TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Michel M. Verstraete and Massimo Menenti
1 Welcome address
Kalevi Hemilä
2 Activities of the European Commission in Earth Observation: Part of a
common European strategy
Alan Cross
3 The CEO initiatives to collect and analyze user requirements for
Earth Observation
Jean Verdebout
4 National strategy for developing Earth Observation applications in Finland
Kari Tilli
5 Operationalization of Earth Observation: Its prospects and requirements
John S. MacDonald
6 Remote sensing of forest fires
Emilio Chuvieco
7 Using current and future remote sensing systems in natural hazards management
Jesus San Miguel-Ayanz, Michel M. Verstraete, Bernard Pinty,
Jean Meyer-Roux and Guido Schmuck
8 Examples of the use of satellite data in numerical weather prediction models
Joel Noilhan, E. Bazile, J.-L. Champeaux and D. Giard
9 The contribution of remote sensing technologies and algorithms to land surface
processes studies
Bernard Pinty and Michel M. Verstraete
10 Exploitation and evaluation of retrieval algorithms for geostationary satellite data
processing: Current and future systems
Yves Govaerts
11 The role of remote sensing in land surface experiments within BAHC
and ISLSCP
Anne Jochum, Pavel Kabat and Ronald Hutjes
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Preface
Michel M. Verstraete and Massimo Menenti
1 Welcome address
Kalevi Hemilä
2 Activities of the European Commission in Earth Observation: Part of a
common European strategy
Alan Cross
3 The CEO initiatives to collect and analyze user requirements for
Earth Observation
Jean Verdebout
4 National strategy for developing Earth Observation applications in Finland
Kari Tilli
5 Operationalization of Earth Observation: Its prospects and requirements
John S. MacDonald
6 Remote sensing of forest fires
Emilio Chuvieco
7 Using current and future remote sensing systems in natural hazards management
Jesus San Miguel-Ayanz, Michel M. Verstraete, Bernard Pinty,
Jean Meyer-Roux and Guido Schmuck
8 Examples of the use of satellite data in numerical weather prediction models
Joel Noilhan, E. Bazile, J.-L. Champeaux and D. Giard
9 The contribution of remote sensing technologies and algorithms to land surface
processes studies
Bernard Pinty and Michel M. Verstraete
10 Exploitation and evaluation of retrieval algorithms for geostationary satellite data
processing: Current and future systems
Yves Govaerts
11 The role of remote sensing in land surface experiments within BAHC
and ISLSCP
Anne Jochum, Pavel Kabat and Ronald Hutjes
1
3
7
15
29
35
47
77
91
53
61
71