[Coral-List] New ICRS 2012 Mini-Symposium: Remote Sensing of Reef Environments

Gang Liu Gang.Liu at noaa.gov
Mon Sep 12 10:40:38 EDT 2011


The original Mini-Symposium “Satellite Remote Sensing of Reef 
Environments” has just renamed to “Remote Sensing of Reef Environments” 
and expanded to cover ALL AREAS of remote sensing of coral reef 
environments and applications to aid coral reef management, conservation 
and research.

Mini-Symposium: Remote Sensing of Reef Environments
Theme: Technologies for coral reef science

Abstract submission: Open until October 1, 2011 (only three weeks away 
!!!!!!)

Where/When: Cairns, Queensland, Australia, July 9-13, 2012

Info and submission: http://www.icrs2012.com/

Note: Please extend our invitation to your colleagues and collaborators.

Note: The abstracts that were already submitted to “Satellite Remote 
Sensing of Reef Environments” will be automatically transferred to 
“Remote Sensing of Reef Environments”

Mini-symposium description:
Remote sensing has long been applied to monitor environmental conditions 
and processes in the oceans and coastal environment. Remote sensing 
covers a range of scales and disciplines from satellite image analysis 
to microscopy/micro-analysis, and the finer scale knowledge is essential 
for “scaling up” or mapping and monitoring over large areas. Its 
application to coral reefs has become increasingly critical in 
monitoring environmental stressors to coral reefs and detecting changes 
in their composition and environmental conditions. For example, remotely 
sensed sea surface temperature has been used most maturely for 
understanding and predicting conditions leading to coral bleaching and 
disease. Other remotely sensed environmental parameters, such as ocean 
color, surface wind and surface light, have similar potential for 
applications to coral reefs. As an integrated part of coral reef 
monitoring, remote sensing is also being used to map and detect change 
in coral reef habitats at various spatial scales. Remarkable advances 
have occurred in recent years with respect to all areas of remote 
sensing of the reef environments, including satellite, airborne, 
ship-based, and land-based remote sensing. Furthermore, with advances in 
sensor capability and algorithms, many new applications are emerging for 
coral reefs, including monitoring and modeling: benthic composition and 
productivity, habitat dynamics, water clarity, nutrient dynamics, 
surface current and wave, wind, light, and ocean acidification. The 
development and improvement of remote sensing technologies and 
applications for monitoring coral reef environmental stressors rely on 
the needs of coral reef management and advances in coral biology and 
ecology research. Presentations in this mini-symposium will focus on 
recent advances in all areas of remote sensing of coral reef 
environments and applications to aid coral reef management, conservation 
and research.

Convenors:
Gang Liu NOAA Coral Reef Watch (gang.liu at noaa.gov)
Chris Roelfsema University of Queensland (c.roelfsema at uq.edu.au)
Stuart Phinn University of Queensland (s.phinn at uq.edu.au)
Stacy Jupiter Wildlife Conservation Society – Fiji Program 
(sjupiter at wcs.org)
Alastair Harborne University of Exeter (a.r.harborne at exeter.ac.uk)
Jammie Goodman University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez 
(james.goodman1 at upr.edu)
William Skirving NOAA Coral Reef Watch (william.skirving at noaa.gov)
Scarla Weeks University of Queensland (s.weeks at uq.edu.au)
Vittorio Brando CSIRO (vittorio.brando at csiro.au)

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  Gang Liu, Ph.D.
  Senior Physical Scientist/Oceanographer
  (I.M. System Group, Inc.)
  NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program
  NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/SOCD E/RA31		
  SSMC1, #5310
  1335 East-West Highway			
  Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226

  Tel: 301-713-2857 ext 131
  Fax: 301-713-3136
  Email: Gang.Liu at noaa.gov
  http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov
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