Preliminary Program

29 September 2010 (Wednesday)
Location: Lecture Theatre 1, Esther Lee Building, CUHK
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
Opening Session
(Chair: Prof. Lin Hui)
09:00 – 10:00 Welcome Address
by Prof. Fung Tung, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor,
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Welcome Address
by Mr. Zhao Datong, Chinese GEO Principal Alternative,
Deputy Director-General, China Meteorological Administration

Welcome Address
by Prof. Jose Achache,
Executive Director of Group on Earth Observations

Objective of the Workshop
by Dr. Jinlong Fan, Agriculture Expert,
GEO Secretariat
10:00 – 10:30 Group Photo Taking and Tea Break
Keynote Speech Session
(Chair: Prof. Chen Jinsong)
10:30 – 12:30 Keynote Speech (1)
Digital Earth and Its Development in Past Decade
by Prof. Guo Huadong, Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Keynote Speech (2)
An overview of the GEO Global Agricultural Monitoring
by Prof. Christopher Owen Justice, University of Maryland, USA
Keynote Speech (3)
Crop Acreage Estimation with Remote Sensing
by Prof. Wu Bingfang, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Keynote Speech (4)
Monitoring Crop Growth Conditions and Forecasting Regional Crop Yield and Crop Production in Europe
by Mr. Cornelis Anthonius van Diepen, Centre for Geo-Information,
Alterra, part of WageningenUR, The Netherlands
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
(Location: Chung Chi College Staff Club, Chung Chi College, CUHK)
Session 1
Mapping Cropland with Optical and Microwave Remote Sensing

(Chairs: Dr. Yang Zhengwei & Prof. Huang Jingfeng)
14:00 – 15:00 Monitoring of Canada’s Agricultural Landscape using Synthetic Aperture Radar
by Dr. Heather McNairn, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The Application of Medium Resolution Remotely Sensed as a Tool to Identify and Quantify Cereal and Non-Cereal Crops at Paddock Level in Western Australia
by Dr. Waqar Ahmad, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia
Technical Framework of Major Crop Area Estimation using Remote Sensing and Statistics in China, National Statistics Bureau
by Prof. Pan Yaozhong, Beijing Normal University
15:00 – 15:30 Tea Break
15:30 – 16:30 Uncertainty Problems in Agricultural Remote Sensing
by Prof. Yan Tailai, China Agriculture University
Study of Rice Identification during Early Season using Multi-polarization TerraSAR-X Data
by Ms. Lin Guo, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture of China
Detecting Agricultural Land Use Changes in Coastal Reclaimed Region of China with Multi-temporal SAR Imagery
by Prof. Shi Zhou, Zhejiang University
16:30 – 17:45 University Tour
CN Yang Archive
(Location: 3/F, Tin Ka Ping Building, CUHK)
University Service Centre for China Studies
(Location: 8/F, Tin Ka Ping Building, CUHK)
18:00 Welcome Banquet
(Location: Maxim’s Palace, Shatin
Address: L8, New Town Plaza, Phase I, Shatin, HK.
Tel: 2693 6918)

30 September 2010 (Thursday)
Location: Room 303, Fok Ying Tung Remote Sensing Building, CUHK
Session 2
Monitoring Crop Growth Condition and Retrieval of Crop Biophysical Properties

(Chairs: Dr. Heather McNairn & Prof. Pan Yaozhong)
09:00 – 10:20 Methodologies for Crop Monitoring using Remote Sensing Developed at VITO/TAP
by Dr. Dong Qinhan, VITO, Belgium
Crop Assessment and Production Forecasting: An Indian Experience
by Dr. Sujay Dutta, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), India
Agricultural Monitoring Studies using Satellite Data in Japan
by Prof. Genya Saito, EORC/JAXA, Japan
Design of Remote Sensing Based US National Crop Progress Monitoring System
by Dr. Yang Zhengwei, USDA/ NASS, USA
10:20 – 10:40 Tea Break
10:40 – 12:20 Comprehensive Suitability Evaluation of Tea Crops Based on GIS and Modified Land Ecological Suitability Evaluation Model
by Prof. Huang Jingfeng, Zhejiang University
Winter Wheat Seedtime Monitoring through Satellite Remote Sensing Data
by Dr. Song Xiaoyu, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
Evaluation of Maize Variety Suitability on Lodging in Target Environment Based on GIS
by Prof. Zhang Xiaodong, China Agriculture University
Agricultural Drought Monitoring and Loss Assessment, Challenge and Outlook
by Dr. Wu Jianjun, Beijing Normal University
Study on Drought Index of Chinese Major Producing Area of Winter Wheat Based on MODIS Data
by Ms. Sun Li, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering Research & Planning
12:20 – 14:00 Lunch
(Location: Chung Chi College Staff Club, Chung Chi College, CUHK)
Session 3
Crop Yield Estimation, Agriculture Resources Survey and Planning and
Digital Earth Technologies for Agriculture

(Chairs: Dr. Jinlong Fan & Dr. Sujay Dutta)
14:00 – 15:20 Coupling Rice Crop Growth Model with Remotely-Sensed Leaf Area Estimates to Improve Yield Forecasting
by Prof. Lee Byun-Woo, Seoul National University, Korea
Construction of High Spatial & Temporal Resolution NDVI and its Application in Crop Monitoring
by Dr. Meng Jihua, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Climate Change and Crop Phenology, Disasters and Yield across China in the Last Several Decades
by Prof. Tao Fulu, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wheat Yield Modelling Based on RS and GIS Techniques
by Prof. Sun Lin, JiangSu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
15:20 – 15:40 Tea Break
15:40 – 17:20 Yield Estimation for Paddy Rice using MODIS 500-M Data in Jiangsu Province, China
by Dr. Xinxing Li, Zhejiang University
Stratified Sampling with Classification Fragment Error Ratio for Wheat Area Estimation
by Prof. Zhang Jinshui, Beijing Normal University
Strategy to Interpolate Data of Wireless Sensor Network with Remote Sensing Image Support
by Prof. Liu Qiang, Beijing Normal University
The Information Extraction and Application of High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing Image
by Prof. Zhang Chao, China Agriculture University
Determination of Lychee Orchard Soil Properties using near Infrared Spectroscopy
by Dr. Li Dan, Guangzhou Institute of Geography
17:20 – 18:00 Panel Discussions and Closing Remarks
(Chair: Prof. Christopher Owen Justice, Mr. Cornelis Anthonius van Diepen & Prof. Chen Jinsong)
 
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