Summer School
Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote
Sensing of the Environment
(QUARS 2005)
When : June 6 to 13, 2005
Where : Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, CANADA.
Organized by CARTEL (Centre for Research and Applications in
Remote Sensing), Université de Sherbrooke, and the Global Environmental and Climate Change Center (GEC3), in collaboration
with McGill University, l’Université du Québec à Montréal, l'Université de
Montréal and other partners, including the Canadian Space Agency, the Canada Centre
for Remote Sensing, the Association québécoise de télédétection and the Centre for Earth Observation Science
at the University of Manitoba.
Coordinators :
- Alain Royer, Université de
Sherbrooke, director of the CARTEL
- Charles Lin, McGill University, director of the GEC3
Honorary President :
- François Becker, Emeritus Professor, Université
Louis-Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, and former Dean of the International Space
University
Scientific program :
Remote sensing
has played a progressively important role in environmental sciences since the
launching of the first satellite in
1972. Beginning with qualitative
measurements, remote sensing technology and science have matured to the point
where very precise physical measurements can be remotely acquired and then,
subsequently inverted and interpreted using a variety of analytical and
modeling methods. The purpose of this interdisciplinary summer school is to
allow graduate students, and young researchers (scientists and engineers) from
universities, research institutes and industrial laboratories, to better
understand the contribution of space observations for advancements in
environmental sciences. A “hands on”
approach will be emphasized in order to encourage the active participation of
all attendees. The summer school will also provide unique opportunities for
participants to interact amongst themselves and with the conference speakers,
who are leaders in their research fields.
The main
objectives of the summer school are :
- To facilitate a pragmatic
understanding of the physical basis of remote sensing;
- To present recent progress in the
field of climatology of the environment, both in the instrumentation
and in the analytical and modeling approaches (retrieval models);
- To present future directions of
Canadian and international space programs (Canadian Space Agency, European
Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the USA);
- To equip students with the necessary tools for understanding
how remote sensing can provide innovative and alternative approaches to
their own research;
- To expose students and young researchers to ground-based
experimental radiometry;
- To initiate and facilitate communication and interaction
amongst participants and remote sensing specialists.
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