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1 Workshop on 3D Remote Sensing in Forestry - Programme 18:00 -. Get-together meeting (Restaurant Esterhazy Keller, Haarhof 1, 1010 Vienna) Monday, 13 th February :00-09:00 Registration 09:00-09:30 Opening Session H. Dürrstein University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Rector R. Goossens EARSeL Chairman H. Olsson SIG Forestry Chair W. Schneider SIG Forestry Co-chair Session 1 - Forest Mapping for Environmental Planning Room: EH01, Chairman: H. Olsson 09:30-10:10 Keynote 1 3D Data for Forest and Environmental Planning B. Koch, University of Freiburg, Germany Tuesday, 14 th February :10-10:30 L. T. Waser Extraction of forest parameters in a mire environment using airborne spectral data and digital surface models 10:30-11:00 Coffee break

2 Session 2a - Forest Canopy Modelling by Automatic DSM- and DTM-Generation Room: EH01, Chairman: B. St-Onge 11:00-11:20 J. Abraham, Stand height estimations using aerial images and laser scanning data R. Adolt Session 2b - Terrestrial Laser Scanning Room: EH04, Chairman: J. Hyyppä A. Bienert Analysis of the information content of terrestrial laserscanner point clouds for the automatic determination of forest inventory parameters 11:20-11:40 A. Grün, Z. Li Automated generation of the 3D structure of forest canopy F. M. Danson Three-dimensional forest canopy structure from terrestrial laser scanning 11:40-12:00 R. Nuske A retrospective study of canopy gap dynamics of a European beech stand 12:00-12:20 M. Baltsavias Tree height measurements and tree growth estimation in a mire environment using digital surface models J. Warmink Measuring vegetation density in a forest using terrestrial laser scanning: a case study in a floodplain along the river Rhine, The Netherlands 12:20-13:30 Lunch Session 3 - Airborne Laser Scanning (1) Room: EH01, Chairwoman: B. Koch 13:30-14:10 Keynote 2 Methods of Airborne Laser Scanning for Forest Information Retrieval J. Hyyppä, Finnish Geodetic Institute 14:15-14:35 G. Kiraly, G. Brolly Session 4a - Combined Use of Laser Scanning and High Spatial Resolution Reflectance Data Room: EH01, Chairman: K. Olofsson Estimating forest stand parameters applying airborne laser scanning and QUICKBIRD images Session 4b - Forest Information Retrieval by Inferometric SAR Room: EH04, Chairman: M. Schardt T. Mette Viewing forest in Pol-InSAR 14:35-14:55 A. Persson Identification of tree species of individual trees by combining very high resolution laser data with multi-spectral images H. Andersen Assessing the influence of flight parameters and interferometric processing on the accuracy of X-band IFSAR-derived forest canopy surface models 14:55-15:15 B. St-Onge Reconstructing forest canopy height using stereo-ikonos panchromatic images and a Lidar DTM K. Gutjahr, M. Schardt Retrieval of forest parameters from multi-polarimetric, multifrequency interferometric SAR data 15:15-15:35 J. Breidenbach Comparison between the use of Lidar and Radar data to calculate tree heights for forest inventories

3 15:35-17:45 Poster Session & Company Exhibition - Refreshments will be provided. Room: EH05 19:30 - Conference Dinner at Plachutta's Grünspan

4 Wednesday, 15 th February 2006 Session 5 - Radiation Transfer Modelling Room: EH01, Chairman: H. Olsson 08:30-09:10 Keynote 3 Radiative Transfer in a Forest A. Kuusk, Tartu Observatory, Estonia 09:10-09:30 M. Thies Predicting forest growth processes by using laserscanner derived stand models and simulating sun ecliptic 09:30-09:50 B. Pinty Synergy between 1-D and 3-D radiation transfer models to retrieve forest canopy properties from remote sensing data 09:50-10:10 M. Rautiainen, P. Stenberg 10:10-10:30 M. Mõttus Simulating the spectral signature of coniferous stands Calculating photon recollision probability for 3-D forest canopies 10:30-10:50 Coffee break Session 6a - Airborne Laser Scanning (2) Room: EH01, Chairman: B. St-Onge 10:50-11:10 Ch. Hopkinson The influence of Lidar acquisition settings on canopy penetration and laser pulse return characteristics Session 6b - Forest Parameters from Multi-angle and Hyperspectral Data Room: EH04, Chairman: A. Kuusk M. Sohlbach, Th. Schneider Forest structure classification exploring the anisotropy information from MOMS-2P three line stereo scanner data 11:10-11:30 F. Morsdorf Assessment on the influence of flying height and scan angle on biophysical vegetation products derived from airborne laser scanning Ph. Weihs The use of airborne hyperspectral reflectance data to characterize forest species distribution patterns 11:30-11:50 D. Tiede, Ch. Hoffmann Process oriented object-based algorithms for single tree detection using laser scanning data G. Patenaude Using hyperspectral data and Bayesian calibration for predicting forest growth using the 3-PG model 11:50-12:10 J. Holmgren, J. Wallermann Estimation of tree size distributions by combining vertical and horizontal distribution of laser measurements with extraction of individual trees R. M. Lucas Forest reconstruction from Lidar and CASI data: a case study from Australia 12:10-12:30 D. Donoghue Remote sensing of species mixtures in conifer plantations using Lidar height and intensity data 12:30-13:45 Lunch

5 Session 7 - Single Tree Detection from High Spatial Resolution Reflectance Data 13:45-14:25 Keynote 4 High spatial resolution imagery for forest mapping: accomplishments and challenges B. St-Onge, Université du Québec à Montréal 14:25-14:45 F. Hajek Prospect of automated classification of tree species composition from IKONOS satellite imagery 14:45-15:05 K. Olofsson, O. Hagner Single tree detection in high resolution satellite images and digital aerial images using artificial neural networks and a geometric-optical forest model 15:05-15:25 H. Olsson Tree species discrimination by aid of template matching applied to digital air photos 15:25-15:45 Coffee break Session 8a - Full Waveform Laser Scanning Room: EH01, Chairman: D. Donoghue 15:45-16:05 A. Ullrich, Laser scanners with echo digitization for full waveform analysis R. Reichert Session 8b - Application-oriented Assessment of Forest Parameters Room: EH04, Chairman: M. Schardt P. Corona, G. Chirici High resolution remote sensing for structural characterization of old grow forests 16:05-16:25 V. Ducic 3D vegetation mapping and classification using full-waveform laser scanning B. Koch Standwise delineation based on 3-D information from Lidar 16:25-16:45 J. Reitberger Full-Waveform analysis of small footprint airborne laser scanning data in the Bavarian forest national park for tree species classification A. Barilotti LAI determination in forestry ecosystem by Lidar data analysis 16:45-17:05 H. Duong Analysis of repeated ICESAT full waveform data: methodology and leaf-on / leaf-off application 17:10-17:40 Closing Session

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