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