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Projects

Overview

The Dragon 3 Programme focussed on the exploitation of Earth observation data for geo-science and applications development in land, ocean and atmospheric applications. 

Find out about the Dragon 3 investigation projects, listed by theme:

 

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Atmosphere

10455 - East Asia Monsoon & Air Quality10455 - East Asia Monsoon & Air Quality
Assessment of the impact of East-Asian summer monsoon on the air quality over China
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. DING Aijun
Institute for Climate and Global Change Research
Nanjing University
China

Dr. Hao Nan
Remote Sensing Technology Institute
Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumhfahrt
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. WANG Tao
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong

Mrs./Ms. Sarah Safieddine and Dr. Cathy Clerbaux
LATMOS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
France

Dr. Pieter Valks and Prof. Thomas Trautmann
Remote Sensing Technology Institute
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
Germany


 

10529 - Atmospheric Dynamics & Cities
Non-linear dynamics of the remotely-sensed atmospheric data and modelling; Implications to climate and Earth system science; Case studies for Athens (Greece) and Beijing (China)
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. XUE Yong
Institute of Remote Sensing Applications
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. Costas Varotsos
University of Athens
Greece


 

10561 - CO2 Assessment in Ecosystems
Remote sensing based monitoring of carbon sequestration, degradation and emission in coastal and inland ecosystems
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. MA Ronghua
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. Steven Loiselle
University of Siena
Italy


 

Co-investigators:

 

Prof. Alessandro Donati
University of Sienna
Italy


 

10577 - Chemistry Climate Change
Chemical composition and dynamics of upper Troposphere and lower stratosphere
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. HUANG Fuxiang
National Satellite Meteorological Center
China Meteorological Administration - Beijing
China

Dr. LIU Chuanxi
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. Viktoria Sofieva
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Finland


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. LIU Yi
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. Erkki Kyrölä
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Finland


 

10643 - CO2 from Space
Monitoring carbon dioxide from space: retrieval algorithm, Cal/Val and application
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. LIU Yi
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. Hartmut Boesch
University of Leicester
Department of Physics and Astronomy
United Kingdom


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. CAI Zhaonan
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
China

Prof. Paul Palmer
University of Edinburgh
School of GeoSciences
United Kingdom


 

10663 - AMFIC
Air quality monitoring and forecasting in China
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. BAI Jianhui
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. Ronald van der A
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Netherlands


 


 

Calibration/Validation

10532 - Atmospheric Dynamics from LIDAR
Wind LIDAR observations from ADM-Aeolus - Validation and study of atmospheric dynamics
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. LIU Zhishen
Ocean University of China (OUC)
China

Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft und Raumhfahrt (DLR)
Institut f. Physik d. Atmosphere
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. YANG Lei
China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
National Satellite Meteorological Center
China

Prof. Jan-Peter Muller
University College London (UCL)
Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL)
United Kingdom


 

10611 - SMOS CAL/VAL & Soil Moisture
Calibration of SMOS observations and validation of SMOS and SAR-based soil moisture products in China
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. WEN Jun
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

ZHANG Weiguo
National Space Science Center
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. Yann Kerr
Center for the Study of the Biosphere from Space (CESBIO)
France

Dr. Rogier van der Velde
Faculty of ITC
University of Twente
Netherlands


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. YANG Kun
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

WU Ji, LIU Heguang, LI Dihui, LIU Hao, XU Chuandong
National Space Science Center
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. GAO Zhihai
IFRIT - Chinese Academy of Forestry
China

Dr. Simonetta Palosica
Institute of Applied Physics (IFAC-CNR)
Italy

Prof. Paolo Ferrazzoli
Tor Vergata University
Department of Computer Science
Systems and Production
Italy

Prof. Zhongbo Su
Faculty of ITC
University of Twente
Netherlands


 


 

Climate

10603 - CEOP-TPE
Concerted Earth Observation and Prediction of water and energy cycles in the Third Pole Environment (CEOP-TPE)
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. MA Yaoming
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. Z. Bob Su
University of Twente, ITC
Netherlands


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. WEN Jun and Prof. HU Zeyong
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute
China

Dr. HE Yanbo
National Meteorological Center China

Prof. Li Zhaoliang
Université de Strasbourg
France

Prof. Nico Sneeuw
University of Stuttgart
Germany

Prof. Massimo Menenti
TU Delft
Netherlands

Prof. Jose Sobrino
Universitat de Valencia
Spain


 


 

Coastal Zones

10470 - Coastal Zones
Monitoring China's coastal zone and the adjacent seas under global change by satellite data
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. CUI Tingwei
First Institute of Oceanography
State Oceanic Administration
China

Prof. Jürgen Fischer
Institute of Space Sciences
Freie Universitat Berlin
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

 

Dr. David Doxaran
Laboratoire d'Oceanographie ve Villefranche
France


 

10555 - Monitoring Yangzte River Mudflats
Variations of estuarine turbid plumes and mudflats in response to human activities and climate change
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. SHEN Fang and Prof. ZHOU Yunxuan
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, ECNU - Shanghai
China

Dr. Doxaran David
Laboratoire d'Oceanographie de Vilelfranche (LOV, CNRS/UPMC)
France

Dr. Suhyb Salama
ITC Faculty of the University of Twente
Netherlands


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. MA Yaoming
The Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
China

Els Knaeps
Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)
Belgium

Dr. Jacco Kromkamp
Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie (NIOO-KNAW)
Netherlands


 

10558 - Land, Sea Ground Water Exchange
Ecological and physical effects of the surficial and ground water exchanges between land and sea (Southern Bohai Sea, China)
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. XING Qianguo
Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. Federica Braga
Institute of Marine Sciences - ISMAR CNR
Italy


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. TANG Cheng, Dr. SHI Ping, Dr. YU Dingfeng, Dr. WEN Xiaohu, Dr. GUO Jie, Dr. WANG De
Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. SUN Qiang
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. ZHANG Yinghua
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. LUO Qingli
Institute of Space and Earth Information Science
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Dr. Peitro Teatini, Dr. Luigi Tosi, Dr. Federica Rizzetto, Dr. Sandra Donnici, Dr. Luca Zaggia
Institute of Marine Sciences - ISMAR CNR
Italy

Dr. Simone Pascucci
Institute of Methodologies of Environmental Analysis - IMAA CNR
Italy

Dr. Mariano Bresciani and Dr. Claudia Giardino
Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment - IREA CNR
Italy


 

10593 - Data & Models Synergy for Coastal Dynamics
Investigating coastal zone and open ocean dynamics and bio-optical conditions by satellite sensor synergy in combination with in-situ data and simulation models
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. ZHOU Yunxuan
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research
East China Normal University
China

Prof. Johnny Johannessen
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Norway


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. HE Mingxia
Ocean Remote Sensing Institute
Ocean University of China
China

Prof. SHEN Fang
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research
East China Normal University
China

Dr. Fabrice Collard
CLS
France

Dr. Bertrand Chapron
Ifremer
France


 

10644 - Reclaimed Land Monitoring
DINSAR detection of residual settlement of land reclaimed from the sea by in newly developed Lingang New City, Shanghai, China
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. ZHAO Qing School of Resources and Environment Science East China Normal University China

Dr. Antonio Pepe IREA-CNR Italy


 

Co-investigators:

LIU Yu, Dr. DING Xianwen, Prof. CHEN Xinjun College of Marine Sciences Shanghai Ocean University China

Dr. ZHONG Lu Cascades Volcano Observatory U.S. Geological Survey China

Prof. GAO Wei, ZHAI Tianyong School of Resources and Environment Science East China Normal University China

Dr. Riccardo Lanari and Dr. Michele Manunta IREA-CNR Italy


 

10705 - OPAC
Study of oil pollution, land-based pollution, phytoplankton and macro-algal blooms, and coral reef degradation in the China Seas (OPAC)
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. TANG Danling and Prof. CHEN Chuqun South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Guangzhou China

Prof. Werner Alpers University of Hamburg Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Germany

Dr. Samantha Lavender Spatially Scientific Ltd Tamar Science Park, 1 Davy Road, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8BX United Kingdom


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. LIAO Xiaomei, Dr. ZHENG Shanshan, Prof. ZHAN Haigang, Dr. TANG Shilin, Dr. LIU Fenfen, Dr. YE Haibin, Dr. WANG Sufen, Dr. PAN Gan South China Sea Institute of Oceanography Chinese Academy of Sciences China

Prof. ZHOU Yunxuan State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC) China

Prof. YANG Jingsong Head of Microwave Marine Remote Sensing China

Prof. WANG Chao Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth (CEODE) China

Prof. ZHANG Yuanzhi Institute of Space and Earth Information Science The Chinese University of Hong Kong China

Prof. Juergen Fischer Free University of Berlin Germany

Mr. Morton Wergeland Hansen, Prof. Johnny Johannessen Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center Norway

Prof. Joerg Wiedenmann and Dr. Eric Achterberg National Oceaography Centre Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom

Dr. John Hedley ARGANS Ltd. United Kingdom


 


 

Geodesy

10519 - Geoid & GOCE
Case study on heterogeneous geoid / quasigeoid based on space-borne and terrestrial data combination with special consideration of GOCE mission data impact
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. WEN Hanjiang
Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping
China

Prof. Poutanen Markku
Finnish Geodetic Institute
Finland


 

Co-investigators:

LIU Huanling, Dr. CAI Yanhui, LI Wei, XU Yantian
Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping
China

Mirjam Bilker-Koivula, Hannu Ruotsalainen
Finnish Geodetic Institute
Finland


 

10677 - GSM4GCM
Current and future Geodetic Satellite Missions for Global Change Monitoring (GSM4GCM)
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. LI Jiancheng
School of Geodesy and Geomatics
Wuhan University
China

Prof. Nico Sneeuw
Institute of Geodesy
University of Stuttgart
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. JIANG Weiping
School of Geodesy and Geomatics
Wuhan University
China

Dr. Oliver Baur
Space Research Institute
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Austria

Dr. Cai Jianqing
Institute of Geodesy
University of Stuttgart
Germany


 


 

Hazards

10350 - Forest Fires & Emissions
Fire Radiative Energy Estimation from Sparse Satellite Observations and its relationship with Fire Emissions, Biomass burned and Fire Severity, in China
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. QIN Xianlin
Institute of Forest Resources Information Techniques
Chinese Academy of Forestry
China

Prof. Jose Luis Casanova
University of Valladolid
Spain


 

Co-investigators:

 

Prof. Johann G. Goldammer
Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) Chair
United Nations ISDR working group on
Germany

Dr. Julia Sanz, Dr. Abel Calle, Mr. Javier Rodriguez
LATUV - University of Valladolid
Spain

Dr. Pablo Salvador
Deimos Imaging
Spain


 

10557 - Wetlands Monitoring
Synergy of Satellite Imagery and Altimetry for Inland Water Bodies and wetland monitoring. Applications to the analysis of water resource dynamic in terms of risk management, water quality, biodiversity dynamic trends and public health
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. HUANG Shifeng
China Institute of Water Resource and Hydropower Research (IWHR)
China

Dr. Yesou Herve
SERTIT - UNISTRA
France


 

10606 - Landslides' Monitoring
Landslide identification, movement monitoring and risk assessment over rugged mountain areas using advanced Earth observation techniques
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. LIU Guang
Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. BAI Shibiao
MOE Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environments
Nanjing Normal University
China

Prof. Thomas Glade
Department of Geography and Regional Research
Austria

Dr. Zbigniew Perski
Carpathian Branch, Polish Geological Institute (PGI)
National Research Institute
Poland


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. FAN Jinhui
China Aero Geophysical Survey and RS Center for Land and Resources
China

Dr. KANG Zhizhong
Department of Geomatics
School of Land Science and Technology
China University
China

Dr. YANG Lin, Prof. HUANG Jiazhu, Prof. LV Guonian, Dr. Benni Thiebes, Prof. WANG Jian
Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environments
China

Dr. Maria Papathoma-Koehle, Dr. Rainer Bell
Department of Geography and Regional Research
Austria

Dr. Tomasz Wojciechowski
Polish Geological Institute
National Research Institute - Carpathian Branch
Poland

Clement Michoud, Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff
Institute of Geomatics and Analysis of Risk (IGAR)
Switzerland


 

10607 - Crustal Deformation & Infrastructures
Monitoring crustal deformation and man-made infrastructure in China using InSAR observations
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. ZHANG Jingfa
Institute of Crustal Dynamics
China Earthquake Administration
Beijing
China

Prof. XU Caijun
Wuhan University
China

Prof. Ramon Hanssen
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands

Dr. Zhenhong Li
Newcastle University
Cassie Building
Newcastle
United Kingdom


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. LI Tao
GNSS Research Center of Wuhan University
China

Prof. ZHENG Qiming
Institute of RS and GIS
School of Earth and Space Sciences
Peking University
China

Prof. WU Zhongliang
Institute of Geophysics
China Earthquake Administration
China

Dr. WANG Hua
Guangdong University of Technology
China

Prof. DING Xiaoli
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong

Dr. Tim Wright
COMET+ University of Leeds
United Kingdom

Prof. Barry Parsons
University of Glasgow
COMET+ University of Oxford
United Kingdom


 

10665 - Terrain Motion & Landslides Case Studies
Monitoring ground surface displacement in China, Case studies of landslides in the Three Gorges area and Pubugou Reservoir area, Crust tectonic movement in Tibet, Subsidence in South China
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. ZENG Qiming
Peking University
China

Prof. HE Xiufeng
Institute of Satellite Navigations and Spatial Information System
China

Prof. Neimeier Wolfgang
Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Germany

Prof. Jan-Peter Muller
Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Department of Space and Climate Physics
University College London
United Kingdom


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. YANG Zhixiang and Dr. HE Min
Hohai University
China

Prof. JIAO Jian and Ms. Zhang Xiaojie
Peking University
China

Prof. ZHANG Dengrog
Institute of Remote Sensing and Earth Sciences
Hangzhou Normal University
China

Prof. ZHOU Guoqing
Guilin University of Technology
China

Prof. ZHANG Jingfa
Institute of Crustal Dynamics
China Earthquake Administration
China

Dr. Jean-Philippe Malet
CNRS-IPGS - University of Strasbourg
France

Dr. LI Zhenhong
School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom

Dr Bjoern Riedel
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Germany


 

10671 - Seismic Anomalies Detection
Detecting seismic anomalies from satellite data with multiple parameters using pattern analysis and statistical methods
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. Guoze Zhao
Institute of Geology
China Earthquake Administration
China

Dr Yanxin Bi
University of Ulster
Shore Road, Newtownabbey
Co. Antrim
United Kingdom


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. Ji TANG
Institute of Geology
China Earthquake Administration
China

Prof. Terry Anderson
School of Computing and Mathematics
University of Ulster at Jordanstown
United Kingdom

Prof. Angelo de Santis
INGV
Italy


 

10686 - Seismology
Loads on the Earth lithosphere at different spatial and temporal scales: Constraints from space geodesy and satellite imagery
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. SUN Jianbao
Institute of Geology
China Earthquake Administration
China

Dr. Cecile Lasserre
Institut des Sciences de le Terre
France


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. SHEN Zhengkang
Department of Geophysics
Peking University
China

Dr. Marie-Pierre Doin
ENS Laboratoire de Geologie
France


 


 

Hydrology

10649 - Water Cycle & River Basins
Close water cycle at the river basin scale using remote sensing data
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. LI Xin
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. Harry Vereecken
Julich Research Centre
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. WANG Jian, Prof. MA Mingguo, Dr. Wang Shuguo
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. Kurt Roth
Heidelberg University
Germany


 

10664 - Yangtze River Basin Hydrology
Satellite data and hydrological model to assess water quantity and quality in the Yangtze River Basin
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. LI Jiren
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research
China

Prof. Mancini Marco
Politecnico de Milano
Italy


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. XIN Jingfeng, Dr. ZHANG Jianli, Dr. SUN Tao
Remote Sensing Technology Application Centre
China

Dr. ZHANG Xinnan
Hohai University
China

Dr. LAI Xijun
Institute of Geography and Lake
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. ZHOU Yunxuan
East China Normal University
China

Prof. Wolfgang Wagner
University of Technology
Austria

Prof. Guido D'Urso
University of Naples Federico II
Italy

Dr. Chiara Corbari and Dr. Giovanni Ravazzani
Politecnico di Milano
Italy

Dr. Giuseppe Ciralo
Università di Palermo
Italy

Prof. Massimo Menenti
DEOS-Delft University of Technology
Netherlands

Prof. Bob Su
ITC - University of Twente
Netherlands

Dr. JIA Li
Wageningen UR
Netherlands

Prof. Josè A. Sobrino
University of Valencia
Spain

Prof. Jan-Peter Muller
University College London
United Kingdom


 

10680 - Hydrology Products
Time series of multisource hydrological data products: Merging ESA and China level 1 data
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. LIU Qinhuo
Institute of Remote Sensing Applications
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. Massimo Menenti
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. MA Yaoming
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. XIAO Qing
Institute of Remote Sensing Applications
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. YAN Guangjian
School of Geography and Remote Sensing Sciences
Beijing Normal University
China

Prof. WANG Jian
Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute
China

Dr. Jérôme Colin
LSIIT - Université de Strasbourg
France

Prof. Guido D'Urso

Department of Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy University of Naples Federico II
Italy

Prof. Zhongbo (Bob) Su
ITC - Twente University
Netherlands

Dr. JIA Li
Alterra - Wageningen University and Research Centre
Netherlands

Prof. José Antonio Sobrino
Universitat de Valencia
Spain


 

10697 - Dongting Lake Flood Dynamics
Assessing flood- wetland- and land-use dynamics of Dongting Lake, China
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. LI Jing
College of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management
Beijing Normal University
China

Dr. Claudia Kuenzer
German Remote Data Sensing Centre (DFD)
German Aerospace Centere (DLR)
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. JIANG Weiguo
College of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management
Beijing Normal University
China

Dr. YANG Bo
College of Resource and Environment Science - HUNNU
China

Juliane Huth
German Remote Data Sensing Centre (DFD)
German Aerospace Centere (DLR)
Germany

Mr. Tim Funkenberg
University of Wuerzburg
Germany


 


 

Ice

10302 - Himalayan Glacier Dynamics
Past, Present and Future Dynamic of Glaciers in the Himalaya, Tibet and Tienshan Regions from Earth Observations and Field Missions
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. CHENG Xiao
Beijing Normal University
China

Prof. LIU Shiyin
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS
China

Dr. Noel Gourmelen
School of GeoSciences
University of Edinburgh
Drummond Street
Edinburgh UK

Dr. Tobias Bolch
TU Dresden - Gamma Remote Sensing
Germany

Dr. Urs Wegmuller
Gamma Remote Sensing AG
Switzerland


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. YE Qinghua
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. Jean-Marie Nicolas
Telecom ParisTech
France

Prof. Emmanuel Trouve
LISTIC - Université de Savoie
France

Prof. Manfred Buchroithner
Technical University Dresden
Germany

Prof. Andrew Shepherd
University of Leeds
United Kingdom


 

10501 - Sea Ice Monitoring
Techniques for Sea Ice Characteristics Extraction and Sea Ice Monitoring using Multi-Sensor Satellite Data in the Bohai Sea
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. ZHANG Xi
First Institute of Oceanography
State Oceanic Administration
China

Dr. Wolfgang Dierking
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. JI Yonggang
First Institute of Oceanography
State Oceanic Administration
China

Dr. Markku Simila
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Finland


 

10612 - Glacier Change
Glacier Change and its Hydrological Effects in the Yigong Zangbo & Palong Zangbo Catchments
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. KE Changqing
School of Geographic & Oceanographic Sciences
Nanjing University
China

Prof. Ralf Ludwig
Department of Geography
Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. JU Weimin
International Earth System Science Institute
Nanjing University
China

Prof. DU Peijun, Dr. LIU Yongxue, Dr. CHENG Liang;
PhD Students: Mr ZHANG Dong, Mr ZHANG Zuobang, Mr KOU Cheng, Mr ZHANG Rui, Mr TAO Anqi, Miss DENG Juan, Mr LI Lanyu, Mr SHA Hifeng
Department of Geographic Information Science
Nanjing University
China

Prof. LI Xin, Prof. WANG Jiang, Prof. LIU Shiyin
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. TIAN Lide and Prof. XU Baiqing
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP/CAS) China

Prof. SUN Bo
Polar Research Institute of China
China

Prof. Karsten Schulz and Mr. Philip Marzahn
Department of Geography
Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich
Germany


 

10674 - Cryosphere Dynamics - Tibetan Plateau
Monitoring Cryosphere Dynamics in the Tibetan Plateau with Integrated Earth Observation
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. LIN Hui
Institute of Space and Earth Information Science
Chinese University of Hong Kong
China

Dr. Michael Eineder
Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF)
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. CHEN Fulong and Dr. CHEN Min
Institute of Space and Earth Information Science
Chinese University of Hong Kong
China

Prof. WU Qingbai and Prof. GUO Jianwen
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. JIANG Liming, Prof. WANG Hansheng, Prof. SHEN Qiang
Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. ZHANG Hong and Prof. WANG Chao
Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. Dana Floricioiu
Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF)
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Germany

Prof. MENG Liqiu
Technical University Munich
Germany

Prof. Andy Hooper
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands


 


 

Land and Environment

10367 - Desertification
Desertification monitoring and assessment based on remote sensing
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. GAO Zhihai
IFRIT - Chinese Academy of Forestry
China

Prof. BAO Yuhai
State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and GIS
Inner Mongolia Normal University
China

Dr. Gabriel Del Barrio
Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas (CSIC)
Spain


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. LI Xiaosong
Institute of Remote Sensing Applications (IRSA)
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. Wang Bengyu
Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques, CAF
China

Prof. Juan Puigdefabregas
Estacion Experimental de Zonas Aridas (CSIC)
Spain


 

10510 - MONITOR
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. GONG Huili
College of Resource Environment and Tourism
Capital Normal University
China

Prof. Dimosthenis Asimakopoulos
University of Athens
Greece


 

Co-investigators:

SUN Hao, Prof. CHEN Yunhao, WANG Mengjie
College of Resources Science and Technology
Beijing Normal University
China

Prof. ZHANG Youquan
Institution College of Resource Environment and Tourism
China

Prof. LI Jing
College of Resources Science and Technology
Beijing Normal University
China

Prof. Constantinos Cartalis (External Advisor), Dr. Marina Stathopoulou
Department of Physics
University of Athens
Greece

Dr. Michael Petrakis
National Observatory of Athens
Greece

Dr. Nektarios Chrysoulakis
Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics - FORTH
Greece


 

10515 - Epidemics' Monitoring
Monitoring and early warning of epidemic diseases in China by Earth observation data mining
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. LI Chuanrong
Academy of Opto-Electronics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. BI Yaxin
University of Ulster
United Kingdom


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. ZHOU Xiaonong
NIPD - Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention
China

 


 

10650 - Land Subsidence Monitoring
Mapping land subsidence with multi-frequency time series SAR images
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. ZHANG Yonghong
Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping
China

Dr. Michael Eineder
Remote Sensing Technology Institute
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. ZHANG Jixian
Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping
China

 


 

10666 - Forest DRAGON 3

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Lead Investigators:

Prof. LI Zengyuan
Chinese Academy of Forestry
China

Prof. Christiana Cornelia Schmullius
Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
Department for Earth Observation
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. PANG Yong and Prof. CHEN Erxue
Chinese Academy of Forestry
China

Prof. Maurizio Santoro
Gamma Remote Sensing
Switzerland

Prof. Hooman Latifi
Department Remote Sensing and Landscape Information Systems
University of Freiburg
Germany


 

10676 - Forest Modelling
Satellite Data-based Modelling of Forest Eco-system Services of Forest Areas in China
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. Xiaoli Zhang Department of Forestry Management Beijing Forestry University China

Prof. Barbara Koch Department of Remote Sensing and Landscape Information Systems University of Freiburg Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. Yunsheng Wang Deutsche Gesellschaft für International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH China

 


 

10695 - Urban Development & Climate
Multitemporal Multisensor analysis of urban agglomeration and climate impact in China for sustainable development
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. GONG Peng
Center for Earth System Science
Tsinghua University
China

Prof. Yifang Ban
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. DU Peijun
Nanjing University
China

Dr. Hannes Taubenböck
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Germany

Prof. Paolo Gamba
University of Pavia
Italy


 


 

Methods

10609 - POLINSAR
Techniques for deriving land use - Land cover and forest information from polarimetric SAR interferometry
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. CHEN Erxue Institute of Forest Resources Information Techniques Chinese Academy of Forestry China

Prof. Eric Pottier IETR - UMR6164 University of Rennes 1 France


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. LI Xinwu and Dr. ZHANG Lu Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth Chinese Academy of Sciences China

LI Yang, Prof. XIANG Maosheng, Prof. HONG Wen Institute of Electronics Chinese Academy of Sciences (IECAS) - NKLMIT China

Prof. LI Zengyuan Institute of Forest Resources Information Techniques China

Dr. Thuy le Toan CESBIO (CNRS-CNES - University Paul Sabatier) France

Dr. Kostas Papathanassiou German Aerospace Center (DLR) Germany

Prof. Juan Manuel Lopez-Sanchez IUII - University of Alicante Spain

Prof. Irena Hajnsek ETH Zurich - Institute of Environmental Engineering Switzerland


 


 

Oceanography

10412 - Ocean Resources & Microwave RS
Microwave remote sensing of China seas and coastal zones and application in ocean renewable resource evaluation
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. YANG Jingsong
Second Institute of Oceanography, SOA
China

Dr. MENG Junmin
The First Institute of Oceanography, SOA
China

Dr. Bertrand Chapron
IFREMER
France

Dr. Fabrice Collard
Oceandatalab
France


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. DING Xianwen
Shanghai Ocean University
China

Dr. CHONG Jinsong
Institute of Electronics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Dr. HE Zhiguo
Zhejiang University
China

Prof. Werner Alpers
University of Hamburg
Germany

Dr. Johnny Johannessen
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre
Norway


 

10466 - Applications of RA data
Study on the sea-level, ocean tide, ocean wave and mesoscale eddy in the Chinese Sea and monitoring elevation changes of glaciers and lakes in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. YANG Jungang
First Institute of Oceanography, SOA
China

Prof. LIAO Jingjuan
Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth
Chinese Academy of Science
China

Mr. Bernard Martinez
isardSAT S.L
Spain


 

Co-investigators:

TAO Zeng
Beijing Institute of Technology
China

Mr. Albert Garcia
isardSAT S.L
Spain


 

10580 - Marine Safety & Security
Satellite based marine safety and security in the China and European seas
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. HE Mingxia
Ocean University of China - Qingdao
China

Dr. Susanne Lehner
German Aerospace Center
Germany


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. DONG Qing
Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China

Prof. HE Yijun and Prof. ZHANG Biao
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
China

Dr. Kan Zeng
Ocean University of China
Qingdao
China

Dr. Wolfgang Rosenthal
GAUSS mbH/Hochschule Bremen University of Applied Science
Germany

Dr. LI Xiaoming
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Germany


 

10689 - Oil Spill Monitoring
Research on effective remote sensing image processing technologies and methodologies for oil spill monitoring
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. WEI Yongliang
College of Marine Sciences
Shanghai Ocean University (SHOU)
China

Prof. CHI Mingmin
Fudan University
China

Dr. Ferdinando Nunziata
Universita di Napoli Parthenope
Italy

Prof. Jon Atli Benediktsson
University of Iceland
Iceland


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. DING Xianwen and Prof. YANG Hong
College of Marine Sciences
Shanghai Ocean University (SHOU)
China

Prof. YANG Jinsong
The Second Institute of Oceanography
State Oceanic Administration (SOA)
China

Dr. TANG Zeyan
Prediction Center of East China Sea
State Oceanic Administration (SOA)
China

Prof. DU Peijun
Department of Geoinformatics
China

Prof. WANG Cheng
Xiamen University
China

Prof. WANG Shuang
Institute of Intelligent Information Processing
Xidian University (XDU)
China

Prof. Maurizio Migliaccio and Dr. Andrea Buono
Universita di Napoli Parthenope
Dipartimento per le Technologie
Italy

Prof. Antonio Plaza
University of Extremadura
Escuela Politecnica de Ceceres
Spain


 


 

Renewable Resources

10448 - Farmland Drought
Farmland drought monitoring and prediction based on multi-source remote sensing data
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. YANG Guijun Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture China

Dr. Stefano Pignatti National Research Council of Italy Institute of Environmental Analysis Italy


 

Co-investigators:

YANG Hao, Prof. WANG Jihua, Dr. LONG Huiling, Prof. HUANG Wenjiang Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture China

Dr. Federico Santini and Dr. Angelo Palombo National Research Council of Italy Institute of Environmental Analysis Italy

Dr. Raffaele Casa University of Tuscia Dipartimento di Scienze e Technologie per l'Agricoltura Italy

Dr. Simone Pascucci CNR IMAA Italy


 

10549 - Forest Change Monitoring
Monitoring forest change in China and SE Asia using Sentinel-1 SAR
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. TAN Bingxiang
Institute of Forest Resources Information Technique, CAF
China

Mr. Mike Wooding
Remote Sensing Application Consultants Ltd.
United Kingdom


 

Co-investigators:

 

Mr. Timothy Pearson
Remote Sensing Application Consultants Ltd.
United Kingdom

Prof. Shaun Quegan
Centre for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics (CTCD)
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom


 

10605 - Crop Production Estimation
Land surface biophysical variables and crop production estimation from remote sensing data
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. WU Bingfang Institute of Remote Sensing Applications Chinese Academy of Sciences China

Dr. Qinghan Dong Department of Earth Observation Flemish Institute for Technological Research Belgium


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. LIU Suhong School of Geography Beijing Normal University China

Dr. WANG Limin IARRP - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences China

Dr. FAN Jinlong National Satellite Meteorological Center China Meteorological Administration China

Prof. Alfred Stein ITC - University of Twente Netherlands


 

10640 - Crops' Monitoring
Crop assessment with the combined utilization of the ENVISAT-MERIS and FY-3 MERSI data
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Lead Investigators:

Dr. FAN Jinlong National Satellite Meteorological Center China

Prof. Pierre Defourny Universite Catholique de Louvain Belgium


 

10667 - Forest Resources Research
Towards up-to-date wide-area information about forest resources
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. HUANG Guoman Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping China

Dr. Mika Karjalainen Finnish Geodetic Institute Finland


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. ZHAO Zheng Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping China

Prof. Markus Holopainen University of Helsinki Finland

Prof. Juha Hyyppä and Dr. Sanna Kaasalainen Finnish Geodetic Institute Finland


 

10668 - LU Change & Water Quality
Detection of land-use change and its relationship to water quality features and potential fishing grounds by using multi-source and multi-scale remote sensing imagery
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. GONG Jianhua Institute of Remote Sensing Applications Chinese Academy of Sciences China

Dr. Apostolos Sarris Laboratory of Geophysical - Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeo-Environment Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas (F.O.R.T.H.) Institute for Mediterranean Studies (I.M.S.) Greece


 

Co-investigators:

Dr. LI Yi Institute of Remote Sensing Applications Chinese Academy of Sciences China

Prof. LIU Qigen and Prof. LIU Chunjiang Shanghai Ocean University China

Dr. Abdoul Nasser Ibrahim Zheijiang - Chinese Academy of Sciences Application Center for Geoinformatics (IRSA) China

Associate Prof. SHEN Guangrong Shanghai Jiao Tong University China

Prof. CHENG Tao University College London United Kingdom

Dr. Andrew Gill Cranfield University United Kingdom


 


 

Topographic Mapping

10569 - Terrain Measurement
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Lead Investigators:

Prof. LI Deren
State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing

Wuhan University China

Prof. Fabio Rocca
Dipartimento di Elettronica ed Informazione
Politecnico di Milano
Italy


 

Co-investigators:

Prof. LIAO Mingsheng
LIESMARS - Wuhan University
China

Prof. Claudio Prati
Dipartimento di Elettronica ed Informazione
Politecnico di Milano
Italy

Dr. Stefano Tebaldini, Prof. Andrea Monti Guerrieri, Dr. Simone Mancon
Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering
Politecnico di Milano
Italy


 

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