program

Assessorato Agricoltura
ed Attività Produttive
E.R.S.A.C.
International Conference
Earth Observation for vegetation monitoring and water
management - Napoli, 10-11 November 2005
Centro Congressi Partenope - Università di Napoli Federico II
Website http://www.agraria.unina.it/CONGRESS/EOnapoli2005/
ADVANCE PROGRAMME
Thursday Nov. 10th
Registration : h. 9.00-9.30
Welcome Address from Authorities (h. 9.30 – 10.00)
Session 1.a (h.10.00-13.00) Special Users’ Information Day (English/Italian translation)
Operational applications in agriculture and hydrology: the DEMETER Project
1) Introduction and Overview
2) Operational space assisted Irrigation Advisory Services: overview of the DEMETER
Project., A. Calera Belmonte, A. Jochum, Univ. Castilla La Mancha (Spain) and all partners
3) Lessons learned: evaluation overview of the DEMETER Project. A.Jochum, A. Calera
Belmonte, Univ. Castilla La Mancha (Spain) and all partners
Coffee-break (h.11.00 - 11.20)
4) Success stories: analysis and evaluation of the case-studies of DEMETER.
4a) Italy, G.D’Urso, Univ. Naples Federico II (Italy), F. Marotta, Consorzio Destra Sele (Italy)
4b) Portugal A. Perdigão IDRHa. A. Chinita, Associação de Beneficiarios do Caia, L. Pessanha,
Instituto de Meteorologia (Portugal)
4c) Spain A. Montoro, P. López Fuster, ITAP, A.Calera and colleagues, Univ. Castilla La
Mancha (Spain), (Spain)
5) Two examples of Transferability of DEMETER. V. Sousa, A. Baptista, UTAD (Portugal), N.
Dalezios, C. Domenikiotis, Univ. Thessalia (Greece)
6) Interactive demonstration of the DEMETER prototype. R. Proença de Oliveira, Chiron
(Portugal), M.Cristaldi, Mestor (Italy)
POSTER Session and Lunch break (on-site) h.13.00-15.00
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Session 1.b (h.15.00-17.00):
Operational applications in Irrigation Water Management
1) Operative approaches to determine crop water requirements from Earth Observation
data: methodology and application. G. D’Urso Univ. Naples Federico II (Italy), A.Calera
Univ. Castilla La Mancha (Spain)
2) Area – based vs. flux-based irrigation performance indicators, M. Menenti, J. Colin, Univ.
L. Pasteur, Strasbourg (France) e CNR-ISAFOM, Ercolano (Italy), L.Jia, Alterra, Wageningen
(The Netherlands)
3)
Advanced parameters and new products: perspectives for future Earth Observation
systems in routine operation of Irrigation Advisory Services. J. Moreno, L. Alonso, G.
Fernandez, S. Gandia, M.C. Gonzalez, L. Guanter, Lab. Earth Observation, Univ. Valencia
(Spain)
4) Benefits from Tying Satellite-based Energy Balance to Ground-Based Reference
Evapotranspiration. R. G. Allen, M. Tasumi, Univ. Idaho (U.S.A.)
5) Monitoring Water Use in the Rio Grande Valley Using Remotely Sensed Data. T.
Schmugge, M. Bleiweiss and Z. Samani, New Mexico State University (U.S.A.)
6) Calibration of a distributed irrigation water management model using remotely sensed
evapotranspiration rates and groundwater levels. Raj Kumar Jhorar, Haryana Agricultural
University (India), M.F.R. Smit, Alterra Green World Research (The Netherlands)
7) Monitoring Evapotranspiration by assimilating remote sensing data into a dynamic SVAT
model over the Alpilles test site. Albert Olioso, V. Rivalland, J. Demarty, M. Weiss, P.
Rossello, F. Jacob, F. Baret, INRA/CSE, Avignon (France), Y. Inoue, Nat. Inst. AgroEnvironm. Sc. (Japan)
8) Crop and irrigation water management using high resolution remote sensing and
agrohydrological models. M. Minacapilli, M. Iovino, Univ. Palermo (Italy), G. D’Urso, Univ.
Naples Federico II (Italy)
9) Spectral vegetation indices for estimating cotton and sugarbeet evapotranspiration. M.P.
González-Dugo, CIFA Córdoba (Spain), L. Mateos, Inst. Agric. Sostenible, Córdoba (Spain)
Coffee-break (h.17.00 - 17.30)
(h.17.30-18.30)
ROUND TABLE: Wrap-up and recommendations on future directions for
Earth Observation in Irrigation Management
h. 20.00
Conference dinner
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Friday Nov. 11th
Session 1.c (h.9.00-11.15)
Operational applications in agriculture and hydrology:
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION STUDIES AND ENERGY BALANCE
1) A hybrid surface energy balance approach for the estimation of evapotranspiration in
agricultural areas. C.M.U. Neale, R.K. Vinokullo, Utah State University (U.S.A.)
2) A Multi-scale Remote Sensing-based modeling system for estimating field to regional scale
fluxes. W. P. Kustas, M.C. Anderson, USDA-ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Lab.
(U.S.A.), J. M. Norman, Univ. Wisconsin (U.S.A.)
3) SEBAL for water productivity of wheat in yaqui, mexico: a case study. S.J. Zwart, W.G.M.
Bastiaanssen, WaterWatch (The Netherlands), C. Watts, J. Garatuza, Univ. Sonora (Mexico)
4) Are Single-Source, Remote-Sensing Surface-Flux Models Too Simple? , J.M. Norman, Univ.
Wisconsin (U.S.A.), W.P.Kustas, M.C. Anderson, USDA-ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing
Lab. (U.S.A.)
5) Derivation of alternative approaches to the use of thermal remote sensing as a tool for
estimation of evapotranspiration from canopies. H.G Jones, N. Archer, Univ. Dundee (U.K.)
6) Accounting for surface variability on flux estimation using remote sensing data. W.J.
Timmermans, A.S.M. Gieske, Z. Su, ITC, Water Resources Division (The Netherlands), J.D.
Albertson, Duke Univ. (U.S.A.), A. Olioso, INRA/CSE (France)
7) Modeling vegetation dynamics and soil water budget of a water-limited Mediterranean
ecosystem: the Flumendosa basin case study. N. Montaldo, M.Mancini, Polytechn. Milan
(Italy), J. D. Albertson, Duke Univ. (U.S.A.)
8) Accuracy vs operability : a case study on estimation of actual evapotranspiration at
Barrax, Spain. J.Colin, M.Menenti, Univ. Louis Pasteur (France), E.Rubio, A.Jochum Univ.
Castilla La Mancha (Spain)
Coffee-break (h. 11.15-11.30)
Session 2.a (h. 11.30-13.00)
New observational and modelling techniques: current trends and future
perspectives. The CHRIS-PROBA & SPARC experiment
1) The SPECTRA Barrax Campaign (SPARC): overview of the activities and main results
J.Moreno and the SPARC team, Univ. Valencia (Spain)
2) Upscaling Energy Balance Models for Irrigated Agriculture from airborne AHS/INTA to
ASTER (Barrax, Spain, SPARC 2004). A.S.M. Gieske, W. J. Timmermans, Z. Su, ITC- Water
Resources Division (The Netherlands), A. Olioso, INRA/CSE (France)
3) Leaf Area Index retrieval from SPARC data: assessment of radiative transfer model
inversion. Vuolo F., Randazzo L., Univ. Naples Federico II (Italy), Dini L., Italian Space
Agency (Italy)
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4) Estimation of errors in biophysical parameters maps derived from Remote Sensing Data:
the SPARC Experiment. G. Fernandez, J. Moreno, Univ. Valencia (Spain)
5) Remote sensing of photosynthetic processes by the Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI)
S.Raddi, Univ. Florence (Italy), S.Cortes, Univ. Basilicata (Italy), E.Vicinelli, F.Magnani, Univ.
Bologna (Italy)
POSTER Session and Lunch break (on-site) h.13.00-15.00
Session 2.b (h. 15.00-16.30)
New observational and modelling techniques: HYPERSPECTRAL and MICROWAVE
DATA APPLICATIONS
1) Estimating canopy water content of poplar plantation from MIVIS data. R. Colombo,
Meroni M., Busetto L., Marchesi A., Univ. Milano Bicocca (Italy)
2) Detection and classification of irrigated crops using CASI airborne hyperspectral and high
resolution scanner: two case studies in south Italy. A. Fais, P. Nino, INEA (Italy), U. Minelli,
Snamprogetti (Italy)
3) Spectral mixture analysis of field hyperspectral data for crop water stress diagnosis. R.
Casa, F. Pieruccetti, Univ. Tuscia (Italy), S. Pascucci, S. Pignatti, CNR-LARA, Roma (Italy)
4) Agro-X – Inventory of European Agriculture by TerraSAR-X data. V.Hochschild, Univ.
Tuebingen (Germany)
5) Retrieval of wheat LAI and yield maps from ENVISAT ASAR AP data: Matera case study.
L. Dente, F. Mattia, G. Satalino, CNR-ISSIA (Italy), M. Rinaldi, ISA, Bari (Italy)
(h.16.30-17.30)
Final discussion and recommendations
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POSTER PRESENTATIONS
1) Evaluation of the real-time Demonstration campaign for the DEMETER project in the
Italian study area. Vuolo F., De Michele C., Lazzaro U., ARIESPACE s.r.l. (Italy)
2) Intensive Field Campaigns in the framework of Demeter Project. J. González-Piqueras, E.
Rubio a, A. Calera, A.Cuesta, A. Moratalla, Univ. Castilla La Mancha (Spain)
3) A method for retrieving water vapor columnar content and aerosol optical thickness
from Fieldspec-pro for solar direct irradiance measurements. C.Bassani, R. M. Cavalli,
S.Pignatti, CNR/LARA (Italy), V. Estellés, J. L. Gómez-Amo, J.A. Martínez-Lozano, M.P.
Utrillas, Univ. Valencia (Spain)
4) Solar induced fluorescence measurements using a field espectroradiometer. L. GomezChova, , J. Calpe-Maravilla, GPDS, Dpt. of Electronic Engineering, Univ. Valencia (Spain),
L.Alonso-Chorda, Jose Moreno,LEO, Dpt. of Earth Physics, Univ. Valencia (Spain)
5) A multiple sensors study for vegetation monitoring in Mediterranean areas. L. Giordano,
F. Borfecchia, L. De Cecco, G. Schino, M. Iannetta, ENEA C.R.Casaccia (Italy), C.Trotta,
Univ. Tuscia (Italy)
6) Spazialization of forest biophysical attributes by integrating field, satellite and ancillary
data. Chirici G., Bertini R., Travaglini D., Univ. Florence (Italy), Barbati A., Corona P.,
Univ. Tuscia (Italy), Marchetti M., Univ. Molise (Italy)
7) Estimation of Crop Water Use from Satellite-Based Surface Energy Balance Models for
Water Management in Irrigation Districts in Venezuela. R. Trezza, Univ.los Andes,
Merida (Venezuela)
8) Remote sensing application to the real time calculation of water stored volume in large
reservoirs. A. Fais, INEA (Italy)
9) Testing of alternative approaches for estimation of evapotranspiration in heterogeneous
woodland based on thermal remote sensing. H.G. Jones, N.A Archer, I. Leinonen, Univ.
Dundee (U.K.), A.Pitacco, Univ. Padova (Italy), R. Vogt, Univ. Basel (Switzerland),
N.Nadezhdina, J.Čermák, Mendel Univ. (Tchecz Repub.), I. Ferreira, Univ. Lisbon (Portugal)
10) On the estimate of the Leaf Area Index by remote sensing in the Mulargia basin,
Sardegna. N. Montaldo, M. Detto, M. Mancini, Polytech. Milan (Italy), G.D’Urso, Univ.
Naples Federico II (Italy), M. Minacapilli, Univ. Palermo (Italy), M.A.Dessena, Ente
Flumendosa (Italy)
11) Simulation and evaluation of nitrate transport to the groundwater using LEACHMN. P.
Rahbari, A. M. Liaghat , S. J. Jebelli, Teheran Univ. (Iran), M. Afshar Tarbiat Modarres
University (Iran)
12) A Multi-Scale Surface Energy Balance System for operational monitoring of surface
actual evapotranspiration. J.Colin, M.Menenti, Univ. Louis Pasteur (France), E.Rubio,
A.Jochum, Univ. Castilla La Mancha (Spain)
13) Retrieving LAI from LANDSAT and MERIS temporal series in Barrax. M. Carmen
Gonzalez, T. Le Toan, CESBIO, Toulouse (France), J.Moreno Univ. Valencia (Spain),
E.Rubio, Univ. Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)
14) Validation of a fluorescence model and its use in the detection of stress condition in
plants. S. Gandia , J. Moreno, Lab. Earth Observation, Univ. Valencia (Spain)