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 |
GSIS Technical Committee Co-Chair
 | Dr. Raymond Kokaly USGS USA |
GSIS Technical Committee Co-Chair
 | CW5 Augustus (Guss) Wright US Army |
Meetings
Future Meetings
None
Past Meetings
GSIS topics at IGARSS 2020 (Virtual Conference) at the following sessions:
- Monday, 28/09/2020 – MO2.R4: International Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Missions: Updates and News: igarss2020.org/view_session.php?SessionID=1018
- Tuesday, 29/09/2020 – TU1.R14: Passive Optical, Hyperspectral Sensors, and Calibration I: igarss2020.org/view_session.php?SessionID=1226
- Wednesday, 30/09/2020 – WE1.R15: Passive Optical, Hyperspectral Sensors, and Calibration II: igarss2020.org/view_session.php?SessionID=1205
- Thursday, 01/10/2020 – TH1.R15: Passive Optical, Hyperspectral Sensors, and Calibration III: igarss2020.org/view_session.php?SessionID=1203
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
13th GSIS Technical Committee Meeting
IGARSS 2019 in Yokohama, Japan
12th GSIS Technical Committee Meeting
IGARSS 2018 in Valencia, Spain
Reflectance-based, imaging spectrometer error budget field practicum in Nevada Rail Road Valley Test Site, USA, July, 28 – Aug 3, 2017 (web page)
11th GSIS Technical Committee Meeting
IGARSS 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Invited GSIS TC sessions at IGARSS 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, website
Reflectance-Based, Imaging Spectrometer Error Budget Training Course, at IGARSS 2016 in Beijing, China, website
10th ISIS Technical Committee Meeting, IGARSS 2016 in Beijing, China
Hyperspectral Cal/Val Workshop, October 7-9, 2015 in Edinburgh, Scotland, website
9th ISIS Technical Committee Meeting, IGARSS 2015 in Milano, Italy, presentations
GRSS AdCom Meeting, March 2015
GRSS AdCom Telecon, November 20, 2014, Presentation
IGARSS invited ISIS session on “International Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Missions: Updates and News (I.33)”
IGARSS 2014 in Quebec, Canada
- L. Zhang (CAS, China): Progress in Chinese Satellite Hyperspectral Missions
- J. Moreno (Uni Valencia, Spain): Global Mapping of Terrestrial Vegetation Photosynthesis: The Fluorescence Explorer (FLEX) Mission
- C. Kaufmann (GFZ, Germany): Environmental Mapping & Analysis Program, Mission – Update
- R. Green (JPL, USA): HYSPIRI Update: Mission Status, Preparatory Airborne Campaign, and Synergies with Future Land and Aquatic Imaging
- V. Carrere (Uni Nantes, France): The French EO High Spatial Resolution Hyperspectral Dual Mission HYPXIM: An Update
- T. Matsunaga (NIES Uni Tokyo, Japan): Current Status of Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI)
- E. Middleton (NASA GSFC, USA): EO-1/Hyperion: Nearing Fourteen Years of Successful Mission Science Operation and End of Mission Plans
- S. Qian CSA, Canada): Concept Study of Canadian Hyperspectral Mission
- E. Ben-Dor (TAU, Israel): SHALOM: Spaceborne Hyperspectral Applicative Land and Ocean Mission: A Joint Project of ASI-ISA An Update for 2014
IGARSS 2014 invited ISIS session on “Calibration and Validation and standards in support of Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Missions”
IGARSS 2014 in Quebec, Canada
- Jun Tanii (JSS, Japan): Instrument Development Status and Performances of Hperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI) -Onboard Data Correction
- K. Thome (NASA, USA): Calibration demonstration system for an imaging spectrometer to provide climate-quality reflectance
- H. Yamamoto (AIST, Japan): HISUI Vicarious calibration and Cal/Val activities
- H. Krawczyk (DLR, Germany): ENMAP Radiometric Inflight Calibration
- R. Soffer (NRC CNRC, Canada): Contamination of Ground Spectral Measurements Due to Operator Proximity
- S. Ungar (NASA USRA, USA): Lessons Learned from EO-1 Calibration Activities
- C. Ong (CSIRO, Australia): Calibration and Validation for International Satellite Imaging Spectroscopy Missions: Australia’s Contribution
- P. Reinartz (DLR, Germany): EnMAP Data Product Standards
- M. Brell (GFZ, Germany): Concept for EnMAP post-launch product validation and instrument characterisation activities
- Held (CSIRO, Australia): Imaging Spectroscopy Validation Activities Under the Australian Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network – TERN
8th ISIS Technical Committee Meeting
IGARSS 2014 in Quebec, Canada, Wednesday, July 16 at 17:30 – 18:30 in Room 2104-AB
Agenda + Presentation from Chairs
Other presentations:
- W. Kresse: ISO – Calibration, and validation of remote sensing imagery sensors
- E. Middleton: EO-1/Hyperion: Update for ISIS
GRSS AdCom Meeting
IGARSS 2014 in Quebec, Canada, July 11 – 12, 2014
Agenda, Presentation
GRSS AdCom Meeting
Washington, DC, USA, March 8 – 10, 2014
Presentation
GRSS AdCom Meeting
IGARSS 2013 in Melbourne, Australia, July 19 – 20, 2013
Agenda, Report
7th ISIS Technical Committee Meeting
IGARSS 2013 in Melbourne, Wednesday, July 24 at 17:30 in Room 6
Report
GRSS AdCom Meeting
Los Angeles, USA, March 1-2, 2013
Presentation
GRSS AdCom Meeting
Reykjavik, November 3-4, 2012
Presentation
GRSS AdCom Meeting
Frascati, March 3-4, 2012
6th ISIS Working Group Meeting
IGARSS 2012 in Munich, Germany
Agenda, Report
5th ISIS Working Group Meeting
IGARSS 2011 in Vancouver, Canada
Agenda, Presentation, Introduction to HSI instrument onboard HJ-1A satellite
4th ISIS Working Group Meeting
IGARSS 2010 in Hawai, USA
Agenda, Hyper-X instrument overview
3rd ISIS Working Group Meeting
6th EARSeL SIG IS Workshop, 2009
Agenda, Presentation
2nd ISIS Working Group Meeting
IGARSS 2008 in Boston, USA
Agenda
1st ISIS Working Group Meeting
IGARSS 2007, 16th November 2007 – Hilo, Hawaii, USA
Agenda, Report
Training
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 February 2021)
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
