A joint GRSG - EARSeL session at GRSG Conference, 2011.
This is a joint session organised by the Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG)and the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboaratories' (EARSeL) Special Interest Group - Thermal Remote Sensing (SIG-TRS). It will be held at GRSG's 2011 Conference in Frascati, Italy. Its objectives are to:
• bring together thermal remote sensing scientists from different disciplines from around the world; and
• encourage international exchange of knowledge and data common to all thermal research groups independent of application.
Thermal Remote Sensing (TRS) has been shown to have the capability of providing information on the composition of a rock, sediment, soil, vegetation and atmosphere that standard optical reflectance spectroscopy cannot. Airborne and field-based TRS techniques have the potential to resolve igneous rock types, clastic and carbonate sedimentary rocks, and sediment grain size and composition. TRS techniques can also identify soil composition, soil contamination and vegetation composition. Open- and Closed-Path, and Sun Occultation FTIR techniques have been utilised to resolve the atmosphere and gaseous emissions for a number of environment-related projects including volcanology, air quality monitoring and contaminated land monitoring.
The on-going technological development of field and airborne TRS instruments are making this powerful analytical technique much more accessible to environmental scientists in all sectors of the EO community. The development of closed and open path, sun occultation and spectral emissivity measurement capabilities at the NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility will provide UK researchers with a unique capacity to undertake innovative research projects.
This session will cater for researchers using various approaches in the thermal remote sensing domain applied to topics such as:
• rock and soil type discrimination;
• silicate mineral mapping for mineral exploration;
• volcano observation and geothermal analyses;
• coal and peat, and forest fires and burned area detection;
• observation of industrial areas; and
• pipeline monitoring and security applications.