Geoscience Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy

Geoscience Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy (GSIS)

WELCOME

The Geoscience Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Technical Committee (GSIS TC) provides a community of practice for all stakeholders engaged in spaceborne imaging spectroscopy with an emphasis on geoscientific applications.

Topics

Relevant topics of discussions includes calibration and validation, interoperability among missions, ‘best practice’ mission implementation, mass data management challenges, the development of a forward work plan for improved coordination activities amongst national space agencies, information extraction and, standardization of data products.

Mission

The mission of the GSIS TC is to share information on future spaceborne imaging spectroscopy (“hyperspectral”) missions, to provide opportunities for new partnerships between national space agencies, commercial spaceborne imaging spectroscopy data providers, research institutions and user community, and, to build a knowledge base on underpinning capabilities required for imaging spectroscopy missions to enable uptake of spaceborne imaging spectroscopy by the geoscientific community.

Organization

The GSIS Technical Committee encourages participation from all its members. The committee organization includes the Chair and two Co-Chairs. GSIS Technical Committee Chair
Amanda O'Connor

NV5 Geospatial Software USA

GSIS Technical Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Raymond Kokaly
USGS USA
GSIS Technical Committee Co-Chair
CW5 Augustus (Guss) Wright

US Army USA

Meetings

Future Meetings

IGARSS 2024:

Past Meetings

IGARSS 2023:

July 19, 2023 TC Meeting: Geoscience Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy (GSIS)

  • Discussion on activities and needs of the spectral community. Initiated change in leadership. Members expect working groups on cal/val, methane, geologic needs of the community, and elevating new scientists in this community.

Webinar 2022 History of Methane and CO2 Mapping with AVIRIS, Dr. Robert Green, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab

History of Methane and CO2 Mappping with AVIRIS

GSIS topics at IGARSS 2020 (Virtual Conference) at the following sessions:

IGARSS 2020 Highlights Page

Webinar 22/09/2020, 16:00 CEST:

  • Title: GRSS Geoscience and Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy TC: Running and planned spaceborne imaging spectroscopy missions and related activities, Presentation

 

Training

July 2023 at Pasadena Convention Center, USA
TIE Event: Workshop on Processing and Extracting Information from Hyperspectral Imagery with ENVI
Presented by Amanda O’Connor (NV5 Geospatial)

 

 

July 2016 at CSA, Beijing, China
Reflectance-Based Imaging Spectrometer Error Budget Training Course 
Presented by Kurtis Thome (NASA Goddard), Chris MacLellan (University of Edinburgh), Cindy Ong (CSIRO), Martin Bachmann (DLR)



August 2017 at University of Arizona/Rail-Road-Valley, USA
Reflectance-based imaging spectrometer error budget field practicum in Rail Road Valley Test Site, USA
Presented by Kurtis Thome (NASA), Jeff Czapla-Myers and Stuart Biggar (University of Arizona), Ian Lau (CSIRO), and others

 

July 2018 at University of Valencia, Spain
Reflectance-Based Calibration of Imaging Spectrometer Training Course @ UVEG
Presented by Kurt Thome (NASA), Ron Lockwood (Lincoln Lab), Cindy Ong (CSIRO),  Luis Alonso (Uni of Valencia), and students of his lab

Publications

Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Mission Compilation After each IGARSS, we update this mission compilation. This is in cooperation with the EnMAP Ground Segment Team at DLR, Germany. Compilation Link: www.enmap.org/science/community

Ong, K. Thome, U. Heiden, J. Czapla-Myers and A. Mueller, "Reflectance-Based Imaging Spectrometer Error Budget Field Practicum at the Railroad Valley Test Site, Nevada [Technical Committees]," in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 111-115, Sept. 2018, DOI: 10.1109/MGRS.2018.2841934. (ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8474453)

Staenz and A. Held, "Summary of current and future terrestrial civilian hyperspectral spaceborne systems," 2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Munich, 2012, pp. 123-126, DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351621. (ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6351621)

Webinar September 2020 "Running and planned spaceborne imaging spectroscopy missions and related activities" by Uta Heiden (DLR), Cindy Ong (CSIRO), Jens Nieke (ESA), and Nicole Pinnel (DLR). Youtube Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DkNj65lkQc

Current membership (as of January 2024)

Contact

The GSIS TC is open for a wide range of people with different expertise and background and working in different application areas. We are happy to:

  • Receive your feedback, suggestions, and ideas for future activities
  • Get your input for the next newsletter
  • News to be distributed via the GSIS email list
  • Discuss with you about GSIS subgroups
  • Get you involved!

 

You can contact the Committee Chairs by email at gsis_chairs@grss-ieee.org

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