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Workshop

SPIRIT (Spot5 stereoscopic survey of Polar Ice: Reference Images & Topographies)

About this event

When
29–30 Apr 2010
Where
Toulouse, France
Contact address
Toulouse
France

The SPIRIT (Spot5 stereoscopic survey of Polar Ice: Reference Images & Topographies) workshop will be held in Toulouse on 29-30 April 2010 (http://etienne.berthier.free.fr/SPIRIT/).

The aim of this workshop is to present completed and on-going glaciological researches based on SPIRIT data and share experiences using these data. Presentations analyzing DEM derived from other space-borne sensors (e.g., ASTER, ALOS, etc.) over polar and non-polar ice masses are also welcome. Future ice topographies using SPOT5-HRS, Pleiades, and also IceBridge, Tandem-X, Cryosat-2, etc, may also be discussed.

Apart from the glaciological talks, time will be also allocated for presentations by:

  • the French Space Agency (CNES, who designed the Spot5 satellite and entirely funded the SPIRIT project),
  • Spot Image (who manages the Spot5 satellite and acquired the IPY images) and,
  • the French Mapping Agency (IGN, who derived the DEMs from the Spot5 stereo-images).

This a unique opportunity to bring together the glaciological community with CNES, Spot Image and IGN in order to discuss future acquisitions on polar (and non-polar) glaciated regions using the Spot5-HRS sensor and forthcoming very high resolution satellites such as Pleiades.

The workshop will be organized, Thursday 29 and Friday 30 April, just before EGU-2010 (2 to 7 May in Vienna). You will thus have time to enjoy Toulouse (http://www.uk.toulouse-tourisme.com/accueil/index_en.php) and southwest France (Carcasonne, Pyrénées, etc) during the week-end in-between the two scientific events.

On the meeting website (http://etienne.berthier.free.fr/SPIRIT/), you will find some details about the venue, accommodations and (when available) the scientific program. A preliminary list of speakers is also available.