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Hyperspectral/Multispectral Imaging and Sounding of the Environment (HISE)

20 - 24 July, 2025


Hyperspectral/Multispectral Imaging and Sounding of the Environment (HISE)

  1. Atmospheric Sensing and Sounding
    • ​​Atmospheric measurements and their applications
    • Modeling and compensation for atmospheric effects
    • Air pollution and air quality monitoring
    • Weather prediction and climate modeling
  2. Aquatic Remote Sensing
    • Water quality monitoring in inland and coastal waters
    • Phytoplankton functional group and species discrimination
    • Harmful algal bloom monitoring
    • Determination of concentrations of physical and biological constituents in water
    • Bottom type and bottom depth determination in shallow water environments
  3. Terrestrial Remote Sensing
    • Precision agriculture
    • Species discrimination and mapping of vegetation in forests and wetlands
    • Soil studies, including soil classification, soil moisture content and trafficability
    • High-resolution imaging for urban planning and development
  4. Radiative Transfer Modeling
    • New approaches for computationally efficient and fast radiative transfer modeling
    • Vector radiative transfer modeling using hyperspectral and polarimetic data
    • Fast radiative transfer through dimensionality reduction and machine learning approaches
  5. Image Processing, Algorithm Development and Machine Learning
    • Innovative signal and digital image processing techniques including image segmentation, pattern recognition and neural networks
    • High-resolution data analysis using artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques
    • Dimension reduction and information content analysis
    • Fusion with active or passive sensors and visualization algorithms
    • Spectral inversion techniques such as unmixing, deconvolution, derivatives, optimal estimation and spectral fingerprinting
  6. Industrial Imaging
    • Imaging and sensing applications in the mining, oil and gas industries
    • High-resolution imaging for quality analysis and process control
    • Imaging and sensing technologies for food adulteration monitoring
  7. Incident Response & Monitoring Applications
    • Environmental changes due to the Covid-19 pandemic and other natural disasters
    • Thermal sensing of wildfires and volcanoes
    • Deployment of imaging technologies for rapid response to natural disasters/events
  8. Sensor Development
    • New spectrometer design, development and sensor characterization
    • Planned and recently launched operational systems
    • Observing system simulation experiments
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