SP-611

27 June - 1 July 2005Santorini, Greece

Proceedings of

Dragon ProgrammeMid-Term Results

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SP-611 January 2006

Proceedings of the 2005 Dragon Symposium

Dragon Programme Mid-Term Results

27 June – 1 July 2005 Santorini, Greece

DRAGON Programme Coordinators Yves-Louis Desnos Head of R&D Section, EO Science and Applications Department Directorate of EO Programmes ESA/ESRIN, via Galileo Galilei, I-00044, Frascati, Italy Li Zengyuan Deputy Director of Institute of Forest Resources Information Techniques The Chinese Academy of Forestry Wan Shou Shan Hou, Haidan District, 100091 Beijing, P.R. China Cover Images:

• Mean annual concentration of atmospheric NO2 over P.R. China in 2004 measured using SCIAMACHY; • ASAR HH/VV AP image of Poyang Lake, P.R.China acquired during the NRT test for

ASAR data acquisition and delivery, Feb. 2005; • ENVISAT ASAR Cycle35 Data Mosaic of N-E China.

Publication (Short Title) Proc. 2005 Dragon Symposium “Mid-Term Results”, Santorini, Greece

27 June – 1 July 2005 (ESA SP-611, January 2006) Edited by:

Compiled by:

H. Lacoste L. Ouwehand

Published and distributed by: ESA Publications Division ESTEC Postbus 299 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands Tel: +31 71 565 3400 Fax: +31 71 565 5433

Printed in: The Netherlands Price: € ISBN No: 92-9092-922-7 ISSN No: 0379-6566 (Book) & 1609-042X (CD-ROM) Copyright: © 2006 European Space Agency

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Contents

EO Science and Applications Development in P.R. China Y.-L. Desnos & Z. Li

The Medium-Term Progress of MOST-ESA “Dragon Programme” in Chinese Side J. Li, Z. Li, Z. Gao et al.

Bilateral Sino-European Collaboration Projects The Progress in Detecting of Coal Fire on Remote Sensing* The first Result of the Joint Sino-German Research Project on Innovative Technologies for Exploration, Extinction and Monitoring of Coal Fires in North China J. Li, S. Voight, C. Kunzer et al.

Soil Moisture Estimation Using ASAR Data N. Baghdadi, M. El Hajj, N. Holah et al.

Oceanography

Coupling Climate and Ocean Systems (id. 2615)

Marine Monitoring of the South- and East China Seas Based on Envisat ASAR K.-F. Dagestad, J. Johannessen , V. Kerbaol et al.

Ocean Environment and Climate (id. 2566)

Review of Dragon Ocean Project ID2566 M.-X. He, W. Alpers & R. Doerffer

Sea Surface Temperature

Study of Assimilating the Satellite Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Surface Height Anomaly into an East China Sea Model - A Progress Report M. Fang

Sea Surface Temperature Merged from Multi-Sensor Data L. Guan, H. Zhang & L. Qu

The Ocean Optics Experiment and Comparison with MERIS Data in the China Coastal Waters M.-X. He, Z.-S. Liu, L.-B. Hu et al.

Internal Waves

The Distribution of Internal Waves in the China Seas Studied by Multi-Sensor Satellite Images W. Alpers, M.-X. He, K. Zeng et al.

Internal Wave Extraction in SAR Oceanic Surface Image Based on Stationary Wavelet Transform M.-X. He, H. Chen, L. Guo et al.

Ocean Colour and Constituents

Ocean Information Analysis and Comparison of MERIS with Cocts Data – Taking Liaodong Bay as an Example J. Fu, J. Zhang, T.-W. Cui & Y. MA

Retrieval of Oceanic Constituents from MERIS Imagery over Case II Waters with Artificial Neural Network T. Zhang, J. Fischer & M. He

MERIS Ocean Color Remote Sensing Model of China Bohai Sea Based on Optimization Method Y. Ma, J. Zhang & T.-W. Cui

Statistical Inversion Model for Chlorophyll a Concentration in the Bohai T.-W. Cui, J. Zhang & Y. Ma

Ocean Color Analysis of Bohai Based on MERIS Images H.-M. Xin, J. Zhang, Y. Ma & T.-W. Cui

Bottom Topography

Imaging Ability Research of Shallow Underwater Bottom Topography by SAR in Chinese Coastal Sea J. Huang, J. Zhang, J. Yang & J. Meng

Underwater Bottom Topography Detection of Shuangzi Reefs with Envisat ASAR Images Acquired in Different Time J. Yang, J. Zhang & J. Meng

Interpretation and Comparison Radial Sand Ridges Features Retrieved from SAR and TM Images J. Meng, J. Zhang & J. Yang

Others

An Automatic Detecting Method of SAR V-Image Ship Wake R. Wang, J. Zhang & Z. Bi

Atmosphere

Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting (id. 2580)

Carbon Monoxide, Methane and Carbon Dioxide over China Retrieved from Sciamachy/Envisat by WFM-DOAS M. Buchwitz, R. de Beek, S. Noël et al.

Tropospheric NO2 over China R.J. van der A, D.H.M.U. Peters, J.J.P. Kuenen et al.

Chemistry of Climate Change in the Atmosphere (id. 2579)

Dragon-Star: Variability of the Local Middle Atmosphere E. Kyrölä, S. Hassinen & J. Tamminen

Contribution to Dragon-Star by the Greek Teams D. Balis, K. Kortidis & C. Zerefos

Flooding and Hydrology

Drought Monitoring in China (id. 2608)

A Preliminary Study on Monitoring the Soil Moisture of Winter Wheat Area in Northern China by Using Envisat-1/ASAR L. Wang & Y. Chen

Drought Monitoring and Drought Prediction in China Using Remote Sensing, Land Surface Models (LSM) and Data Assimilation: Preliminary Results of the LOess Plateau Field EXperiment in 2005 (LOPEX05) R. van der Velde, J. Wen, T. Zhang et al.

Flood Plain Disaster Rapid Mapping and Monitoring (id. 2551)

Envisat ASAR Medium and High Resolution Images for Near Real Time Flood Monitoring in China During the 2005 Flood Season J. Li , H. Yésou, S. Huang et al.

Monitoring Water Level Seasonal Variations of Large Natural Lake Exploiting Envisat ASAR Low Resolution Time Series: Application to the Poyang Lake (P.R. China) during the 2004 – 2005 Hydrological Period R. Andreoli & H. Yésou

Application of Envisat ASAR Image in Flood Monitoring for Wuzhou City in 2005 M. Xu, J. Li, S. Huang et al.

Satellite Tools for Water Resources Assessment (id. 2584)

Water Resources Assessment in the Huai River Basin: Hydrological Modelling and Remote Sensing C. Baubion, G. de Marsily, J. Li et al.

Forestry

Deriving Forest Information from PolInSAR Data (id. 2556)

Case Study of Factors Affecting Tree Height Inversion Performance Using SIR-C/X Polarimetric Interferometric SAR Data of Hetian Test Site in China E.X. Chen, Z.Y. Li, K.P. Papathanassiou et al.

Forest Map of China (id. 2583)

Mid-Term Status of the Forest Dragon Project C. Schmullius, Z. Li, A. Bouvet et al.

Forest Fire Monitoring (id. 2531)

Detection and Monitoring of Forest Fires in China Through the Envisat-AATSR Sensor A. Calle, J. Sanz, C. Moclán et al.

Forest Fires Identification Using AATSR and MODIS Data X. Qin, Z.Y. Li, X. Tian et al.

Agriculture

Rice Monitoring (id. 2562)

Rice Monitoring in China Mid-Term Report T. Le Toan, A. Bouvet, B. Tan et al. Assessment of Envisat ASAR Alternating Polarisation Data for Rice Mapping in Jiangsu Province, China A. Bouvet, T. Le Toan, B. Tan et al. Rice Mapping and Parameters Retrieval Using Asar Data in Jiangsu Province, China B. Li, T. Le Toan, B. Tan et al.

Agricultural Monitoring in Fujian Province (id. 2563)

Envisat ASAR Data for Agriculture Mapping in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China X. Wang, Q. Wang, F. Ling et al.

Identification of Rice Crop Using Envisat ASAR in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China F. Ling, Q Wang & X. Wang

Land Use/Cover Classification and Rice Mapping Based on Envisat ASAR Data S. Quegan, G. He, M. Santuari et al.

Elevation Models and Terrain Motion

Landslides (id. 2558)

Interferometric Phase Noise Filtering Based on Adaptive Optimized Wavelet Packets Transform Q. Zeng, L. Gao & R. Liu

Monitoring Seismic Activity (id. 2577)

Modeling Co-Seismic Deformation of the Mani (Nov 8,1997) Earthquake (Tibet) by INSAR Data and Linear Elastic Model J. Sun, F. Liang, X. Xu & Z. Shen

Terrain Measurement (id. 2567)

Validation of the Result from Permanent Scatterer InSAR in Shanghai D. Li, M. Liao, Y. Wang et al.

DEM Reconstruction Using Short Baseline ERS-1/2 Tandem Data and SRTM DEM M. Liao, T. Wang, L. Lu & D. Li

Monitoring Tianjin Subsidence with the Permanent Scatterers Technique D. Perissin, A. Parizzi, C. Prati &. F. Rocca

Artificial Scatterers for S.A.R. Interferometry A. Parizzi, D. Perissin, C. Prati & F. Rocca

New project

EO and Sport Events (id 3362)

Use of Earth Observation and Geographic Information Systems in Support of the Olympic Games of Athens 2004

C. Cartalis

List of Participants

Group Photos - Xiamen, P.R. China 2004 - Santorini, Greece 2005