17th International Seaspace Remote Sensing Conference

Welcome by David Collins
Keynote Speakear: Liam Gumley, University of Wisconsin Madison: Status of Current and Future Software for EOS and NPP Direct Broadcast
Keynote Speaker: Patrick Coronado, NASA direct Readout Laboratory
John Overton & Bill Thomas, NOAA: Plans and Progress on IPOPP
Olivia Salmeron Garcia, UNAM: Regionalization of Gulf of Mexico using SST and Chlorophyll-a images
Brad Quayle, US Forest Service Applications of Direct Broadcast Data
Kota Prasad, SeaSpace Corporation: Automated data product generation for METOP direct broadcast sensors and Terra/Aqua MODIS using TeraScan batch processing
Paolo Antonelli: SSEC/CIMSS effort in establishing international collaboration with developing countries for remote sensing training and research
Cary Bedford: AXYOM 3-Axis Antennas
Eric Baptiste: Weather Decision Support System III
Izumi Nagatani: MAFF/AFFRIC Applications of MODIS data
Olga N. Gershenzon: Receiving Station as Geoportal Tool for Operative Data Supplying and Updating
Stefan W. Maier: An Overview of MODIS Direct Broadcast Land Processing & Projects at Landgate SRSS

Land and Vegetation Direct Readout workshop

Objectives for Workshop (Chris Justice, GOFC-GOLD/University of Maryland)
Sentinel Asia Direct Readout Network (Craig Smith, Geoscience Australia)
EOS/NPP Transition, NPP/NPOESS Direct Broadcast/Direct Readout Framework (John Overton, NOAA IPO)
IPOPP Framework Implementation at the USDA Forest Service (Brad Quayle, USDA Forest Service)
TerraSAR-X: New high resolution SAR data from space (Achim Roth, DLR)
Surface Reflectance (Eric Vermote, University of Maryland/NASA-GSFC)
Albedo (Crystal Schaaf, Boston University)
Fire Detection (Louis Giglio, NASA-GSFC)
Burned Area (David Roy, South Dakota State University)
Snow/Ice (Peter Romanov, NOAA)
Vegetation/Biophysical Parameters (Alfredo Huete, University of Arizona)
Land Cover Change/Fractional Vegetation Cover (Gerardo López, CONABIO)