Fourth NAFE Workshop
9:00 – 9:15 OzNet calibration and monitoring network status (Rodger Young)
9:15 – 9:30 NAFE data archive update (Rocco Panciera)
9:30 – 9:45 AMSR-E soil moisture retrievals using the SCA during NAFE’06 (Tom Jackson)
9:45 – 10:00 Microwave vegetation indices and VWC in NAFE’06 (Tom Jackson)
10:00 – 10:30 Effects of snow patchiness on low-resolution microwave observations (Ed Kim)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 Effects of land surface heterogeneity on SMOS soil moisture retrieval: A field study (Rocco Panciera)
11:30 – 12:00 L-band microwave emission of high saline soils (Dongryeol Ryu)
12:00 – 12:30 Satellite and SMS irrigation scheduling service (John Hornbuckle)
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:00 Recap on what has been done so far with Kyeamba NAFE data - Discussion on ideas for scaling between medium and regional PLMR brightness data (Greg Summerell)
2:00 – 2:15 Remote Sensing of Soil Properties (Alan Marks)
2:15 – 2:30 Soil moisture and composition by surface Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNA) (Chris Waring)
2:30 – 3:00 The SMAP Mission (Peggy O’Neil)
3:00 – 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:00 MoistureMap: Overview (Jeff Walker)
4:00 – 4:10 Multisensor retrieval of Soil Moisture (Mahdi Allahmoradi)
4:10 – 4:20 Multiangle retrieval of soil moisture (Sandy Peischl)
4:20 – 4:30 Mixed pixel retrieval of soil moisture (Ye Nan)
4:30 – 5:00 Discussion
9:00 – 9:30 SMOS calibration sites: Australian arid zone (Chris Ruediger)
9:30 – 11:30 Murrumbidgee field campaigns: Discussion (Jeff Walker)
11:30 – 11:45 SMOS validation sites: Goulburn and Murrumbidgee (Cecilia Azcurra)
11:45 – 12:00 An Airborne SMAP Simulator for Australia (Rocco Panciera)
12:00 Close
| Name | Organisation |
| Cecilia Azcurra | University of Melbourne |
| Mahdi Allahmoradi | University of Melbourne |
| John Hornbuckle | CSIRO Land and Water |
| Tom Jackson | USDA ARS |
| Ed Kim | NASA |
| Alan Marks | CSIRO Land and Water |
| Ye Nan | University of Melbourne |
| Peggy O'Neill | NASA GSFC |
| Rocco Panciera | University of Melbourne |
| Sandy Peischl | University of Melbourne |
| Chris Ruediger | University of Melbourne |
| Dongryeol Ryu | University of Melbourne |
| Vic Shoemark | Department of Primary Industry |
| Craig Smith | ANSTO |
| Greg Summerell | Department of Environment and Climate |
| Jeffrey Walker | University of Melbourne |
| Chris Waring | ANSTO |
| Rodger Young | University of Melbourne |
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