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2011 NOAA David Johnson Award for Outstanding Innovative Use of Earth Observation Satellite Data

The NOAA David Johnson Award is presented by the National Space Club in honor of the first Administrator of what was to become the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). This award is given to young professionals who have developed an innovative…

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IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Special Issue on “Inter-Calibration of Satellite Instruments”

This special journal issue will focus on how inter-calibration and comparison between sensors can provide an effective and convenient means of verifying post-launch sensor performance and correcting the differences. The guest editors invite submissions that explore topics including, but not limited to, pseudo-invariant calibration sites,…

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Winners of 2011 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest Announced

 
 

The 2011 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest was designed to investigate the unique benefits that very high spatial resolution multi-spectral imagery can bring to remote sensing scientists and the greater community. Hundreds of scientists participated in the Contest conducting independent research.

The…

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GRSS French Chapter


IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing French Chapter
Report presented by Jocelyn Chanussot, GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble Institute of Technology

and Grégoire Mercier, Télécom Bretagne, Brest.
1. History
The French community in geoscience and remote sensing has been very active over the past…

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Call For Nominations For The GRS-S Administrative Committee

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
FOR THE GRS-S ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

The Nominations Committee calls upon our membership to nominate members to serve on the GRSS Administrative Committee (AdCom).  The GRSS AdCom consists of 18 elected persons, each of whom serves for three years. Their…

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New Technical Awards

The IEEE Awards Program provides peer recognition to individuals whose contributions to the art and science of electro- and information technologies worldwide have improved the quality of life.

The IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society members may be particularly interested in the following Technical Field…

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Special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing on Space Technology

Guest Editors: Maria Petrou, George A Lampropoulos and William J Emery

This special issue recognizes the need for cross-disciplinary collaboration and offers a much needed outlet for publishing inter-disciplinary research. The emphasis of the call is on the inter-dependence of software, applications and sensor technology,…

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GRS-S Members Elevated to the Grade of Senior Member in April 2010

Yakoub Bazi (Saudi Arabia Section)
Marc Imhoff (Washington Section)
Jilu Li San (Diego Section)
Dalton Rosario (Washington Section)

Senior membership has the following distinct benefits:

The professional recognition of your peers for technical and professional excellence.
An attractive fine wood and bronze engraved Senior Member…

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CHAPTER ACTIVITY REPORT

By Dr. Lorenzo Bruzzone, Chapter Chair University of Trento

One of the most important factor for increasing the impact of our society on the remote sensing community is related to the capability to provide support and efficient services to GRS-S members. Chapters are a valuable…

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Prof. Cal Swift receives COSPAR Award

The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Awards 2010 to be presented on 19 July during the 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly will give the Jeoujang Jaw Award to Prof. Calvin T. Swift (USA)

The Jeoujang Jaw Award recognizes scientists who have made distinguished pioneering contributions to…

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