During the last a few years there has been increasing use of remotely sensed data in near real-time, commonly known as rapid response systems. Typically information products are made available in a few hours to satisfy the needs of urgent requests. Products are already being made available to assist the fighting of forest fires, to supply famine early warning information and to monitor eutrophication of coastal waters amongst other applications.
An international workshop on the subject of Rapid Response Information Systems will be held in China on 5-7 May 2004, to assist the development of rapid response systems. The objectives of the workshop are:
1) to provide information on the development of these systems with presentation of successful examples in this field;
2) to provide potential developers of such systems with an understanding of how to create successful implementation; and
3) to better define the needed actions of space agencies to support such systems.
The third objective is based on a recommendation from the 17th CEOS Plenary in Colorado Springs:
CEOS space agency members consider (a) making data streams available in real time whenever possible, and (b) provide any necessary preprocessing software, a benchmark data set and a focal point for questions.
Workshop Topics:
- Design and implementation of rapid response information systems
- Rapid Response Systems:
- Forest fire monitoring
- Early-warning system for geo-hazards
- Eutrophication of inland and coastal waters
- Drought and flood prediction and monitoring
- Sea surface temperature and physical state..
- Required actions from space agencies to facilitate development of rapid response information systems.
Workshop Language: English
Supporting Organizations:
| Honorary Chair: |
Prof. XU Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology of China, Chair of CEOS |
| Executive Chair: |
Prof. LI Deren, Deputy Chairman of National Remote Sensing Center of China, China |
| Program Committee |
| Chairman: | Prof. John TOWNSHEND, University of Maryland, USA |
| Members: | Dr Brent Smith (NOAA) |
| Dr Gilles Sommeria (WCRP) |
| Dr John Latham (FAO) |
| Prof. Li Deren (NRSCC) |
| Dr Paul Menzel (NOAA) |
| Mr Roy Gibson (EUMETSAT) |
| Dr Stephen Briggs (ESA) |
| Dr Yukio Haruyama (JAXA) |
| Dr Liangming Liu (Wuhan University) |
| Local Organizing Committee: |
| Chairman: | Prof. LI Deren, National Remote Sensing Center of China, China |
| Co-Chairman: | Prof. GONG Jianya, LIESMARS, Wuhan University, China |
| Prof. WAN Youchuan, Wuhan University |
| Members: | Prof. LI Jiren, Center of Remote Sensing Technology Application, Ministry of Water Resources of China, China |
| Prof. LI Jiahong, National Remote Sensing Center of China, China |
| Prof. LI Xiaowen, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS, China |
| Prof. LIN Hui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong China |
| Prof. LIU Jiyuan, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, China |
| Prof. LU Jiangbin, International Office of Wuhan University, China |
| Prof. ZHANG Wenjian, National Satellite Meteorological Center, China |
| Prof. JIANG Xingwei, National Satellite Ocean Application Service, China |
| Prof. GUO Jianning, China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application, China |
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