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Editor's Note

Dear GRSS members,

We have started the renewal of the GRSS web site. First, it will be moved onto a new platform. This upgrade will affect neither the aesthetics, nor the contents, but will facilitate its operation in the coming years. In the coming weeks/months new web pages for the three Society journals will be put in place so as to facilitate readers and potential authors finding all the information: instructions and guides for authors, submission to Manuscript Central, recently published papers… We will also try to harmonize the appearance of the three publications. New web pages for the Technical Committees will also be designed and homogenized among them as much as possible. Last, I want to bring your attention to the new tab on the right hand side of the upper bar “Translate”. We have included a Google translator that seems to be performing much better than the old one. Automatic translations are not yet perfect, but the text is very readable. I believe it will help in reaching communities that are today far from GRSS because of linguistic barriers.

Prof. Adriano Camps
Web Editor
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

President's Message

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Why should I become a GRSS Member:

I would like to encourage you to join GRSS if you are not a member. In the following, I enumerate the advantages and benefits of being a member.

Advantages and Benefits of Being a Member of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society:

1. You can make a bigger impact on Remote Sensing through the Society. With the Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites in orbit, the upcoming National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) etc., remote sensing will play increasingly important roles in solutions to environmental problems, the study of global climate change and the monitoring of natural disasters.

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Have an IMPACT. Become a GRSS Member and volunteer!

Tony Milne

President (2008),
IEEE GRSS

Members Benefits
To get all the member benefits, be sure to log in at the top of this column. If there is a feature you want and can’t find it, send a note to the webmaster at camps@tsc.upc.edu

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The Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society seeks to advance science and technology in geoscience, remote sensing and related fields through scientific, technical and educational activities through conferences, meetings, workshops, publications and this web site. We offer you the opportunities to work on internationally recognized technical committees, participate in journal reviews and help our colleagues in professional growth.

Have an IMPACT. Become A GRSS Member and volunteer!

Online Lectures Series

A number of IGARSS 2008 lectures are now available for viewing. Please check back for more soon!

Member Update: Use Your IEEE Login

The GRSS has integrated its member verification system directly into the IEEE member services system. As a result, we now depend on IEEE to handle the tracking of your membership status, login and member information. To log into the GRSS website, you will use your IEEE account information. For all members who had additional access, please contact the webmaster to have access provided once you have logged in. If you have having trouble logging in, please confirm your login information with IEEE. If you continue to have issues, please contact our webmaster.

Note: if you are using Mozilla Firefox, you will get a security warning. That warning is inaccurate and IEEE assures us that the entire process of validation is handled securely.

GRSS is now on Facebook! Please join the GRSS Facebook Group and contribute to the discussion.

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GRSS Remote Sensing Image Contest

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2009 Highlight Events

IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium 2009

Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg 2009, Austria, July 7 - 10

Announcements

Updated on 4/28/09

Three new GRSS members elevated to "Senior Member"

At the April senior member review panel 3 members of GRSS were elevated to "senior member" as listed below.

Cook, B., R5, Ozark Section
Hajnsek, I., R8, Germany Section
Slater, N., R7, Toronto Section

Congratulations to our new senior members and please consider applying for this membership upgrade if you feel you qualify or encourage others to apply if you think they should.

Sincerely, Bill Emery, GRSS Senior Member and Fellows Search Committe chairman

Position Open

EngD in electronic beam-forming for passive millimetre wave imaging working along side the SKA and electronic beam-forming team

www.jobs.ac.uk

Call for Papers

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (J-STARS) Special Issue on Temporal Change Observation for Bio-Geophysical Parameter Retrieval in Agriculture from SAR and Optical data

Submission Deadline: May 31, 2009

more info

Thirty-First Review of the Atmospheric Transmission Models Meeting

Abstract submissions are being accepted.

The International Workshop on Innovative Data Mining Techniques in Support of Global Earth Observations Systems of Systems (GEOSS)

31 August – 2 September 2009

Sinaia, Romania

Convener – Romanian Space Agency & Mississippi State University

More info here.

The GRSS store through cafe press is now live! Click here to visit the store.

Request to IEEE and GRSS members for input to a survey on Standards and Best Practices for Quality Assurance of Calibration and Validation Processes. For more information
click here.

GRSS is excited to announce that the opportunities section is now open to the public! Grant, job, internship and research opportunities.

GRS-S History: We are looking for materials (texts, pictures, videos) to illustrate the history of the GRS Society:
- IGARSS
- GRS-S sponsored or co-sponsored conferences and workshops
- Meetings
- AdCom
- Chapters or individuals
To contribute to the archive, contact Prof. Camps, Web Master, indicating whether or not you want them to be posted on the web site.

We are working on a new page to highlight Ph.D. dissertations by our student members. The current plan is to publish dissertations in English and to maintain them online for at least three years. If you are interested, please send an e-mail to Prof. Camps, Web Master. Include your IEEE membership number, an abstract of less than one page, and an authorization to IEEE GRS-S to publish it on the web site.

Calendar Updates
We are continuing to update the calendar so that you can use it for your planning. More conferences and workshops will be included that are of interest. If you have something we missed, send it to the webmaster and we will include it.

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