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AOID	PI Name	Title	Site Details
01	Prof.Shunlin Liang, University of Maryland, USA	Deriving land surface radiation and biophysical parameters from CHRIS data	Audobon (C), Santa Rita (C)
02	Dr Philip Lewis, UCL, UK	Mapping Biophysical parameter from CHRIS	Barton Bendish (C), Mongu (C), Cat Tien (R)
03	Dr Mark Chopping, Montclair State University, USA	Physical structure and composition of desert grasslands and shrublands	Jornada (C), Sevilleta (R)
04	Dr Eyal Ben-Dor, Tel-Aviv University, Israel	Monitoring and management from space of soil degradation	Makhtesh Ramon (A)
05	Dr Michael Schaepman, RSL, Switzerland	CHRIS Columbus – vicarious calibration using airborne and ground spectrometers	Railroad Valley (C), Gilching (C)
06	Dr Jeff Settle, ESSC, UK	Aerosol studies	Barrax (C), Barton Bendish (C), Great Plains (C), Lake Argyle (C), Lanai (C), Libyan Desert (C), Mexico City (C), Gilching (C), Railroad Valley (C), Rame Head (C), Reynolds Creek (C), Solar Village (C), Tinga Tingana (C)
07	Prof. Hermann Kaufmann, GFZ Potsdam, Germany	MEMAMON (MONitoring of the Mecklenburg and Masurian Lake Districts	Mueritz (A), Mazury (R), Rheinsberg (R)
08	Prof. Francois De Troch, University of Ghent, Belgium	Assimilation of remotely sensed evapotranspiration data into a Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transfer Scheme (SVATS)	Zwalm (A)
09	Dr Ian Grant, CSIRO Atmosphere Research, Australia	Validation of albedo from multiangular multispectral measurements	Amburla (A), Uardry (A), Thangoo (A)
10	Dr Frèdèric Baret, INRA, France	CHRIS-ALIDE Assimilation of land images demonstration	Avignon (C)
11	Prof. Gerardus de Leeuw, TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory, The Netherlands	Retrieval of aerosol properties from multi-view spectral data	The Hague (C)
12	Prof. Mike Barnsley, University of Wales, Swansea	BRDF studies	Avignon (C), Barton Bendish (C), Boreas South (C), Jornada (C), Mongu (C), Reynolds Creek (C)
13	Dr Ross Mitchell, CSIRO, Australia	Validation of aerosol retrievals over three Australian sites	Lake Argyle, (C), Tinga Tingana (C), Jabiru (R)
14	Dr Walter Debruyn, VITO, Belgium	Retrieval of biophysical properties from CHRIS-observed BRDFs	Barton Bendish (C), Gilching (C)
15	Mr Jean-Loup Bèzy, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands	CHRIS Calibration Monitoring	No sites, instrument calibration and characterisation
16	Dr Massimo Menenti, ULP, France	Assimilation of biophysical and biochemical variables in biochemical and hydrological models at landscape scale	San Rossore (A)
17	Mr Stefan W. Maier, DLR, Germany	Sun induced chlorophyll fuorescence	Barton Bendish (C)
18	Dr Matthias Wiegner	Aerosol measurements at the ground truth area Oberbayern	Gilching (C)
19	Dr Kevin Ruddick, MUMM/UGMM/BMM, Belgium	Coastal water chlorophyll mapping by satellite-based imaging spectrometry (CH-MAP)	Oostende (C)
20	Dr Samantha Lavender, University of Plymouth, UK	High spatial resolution satellite remote sensing of the western English Channel	Rame Head (C)
23	Dr Ray Merton, CSIRO, Australia	Tracking vegetation spectral trajectories with mulit-temporal hysteresis and spectral shift models	Jasper Ridge, (R)
24	Dr Jon Huntingdon, CSIRO, Australia	A multi-temporal study of the impact of multi-angular hyperspectral data on the biophysical properties and yield estimates of large area cotton crops in NSW Australia	Colly Central (A)
26	Dave Nys, KUL, Belgium	Texture analysis by aid of multiple viewing angles	Pijnven (A)
27	Dave Nys, KUL, Belgium	Development of hyperspectral indicators of forest condition changes	Pijnven (A)
28	Prof. José Moreno	Characterisation of aerosols variability for the retrieval of land surface parameters from CHRIS/PROBA data over Barrax	Barrax (C)
29	Dr Steven Delwart, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands	CHRIS Wavelength Calibration	No specific requirements
30	Mr Mhd. Suhyb Salama, KUL, Belgium	Hyperspectral space remote sensing of suspended sediment in coastal waters	Oostende (C)
31	Nicolas Floury, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands	Combined use of CHRIS and SAR data to retrieve top soil moisture of bare soils	Flevoland (R)
32	Mr Steve Delwart, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands	Characterisation of environmental effects with CHRIS	No specific requirements
33	Mr Thomas Cudahy, CSIRO, Australia	Iron oxide mapping, Hamersley Ranges, Western Australia	Giles Point (R)
34	Dr Eric Bakker, TNO Physics and Electronics Laboratory, The Netherlands	Resampling pixel geometry for projection effects and ray bending, and the effect of wavelength dependent ray bending	Barton Bendish (C)
35	Prof Alessandro Marani, Universita’ di Venezia, Italy	Sediment and chlorophyll transport in the lagoon of Venice: space time patterns	Venice (C)
36	Dr Edward Milton, University of Southampton, UK	Mapping and monitoring intertidal vegetation using Multiple Spectral Endmember Models	Chichester Harbour (A)
37	Prof. John Miller, York University, Canada	Evaluation of the validity of crop status algorithms for CHRIS/PROBA data	L’Acadie (A)
38	Dr Peter Gege, DLR, Germany	Mapping water constituents in inland waters from CHRIS	Lake Constance (A)
39	Dr Luigi Alberotanza, CNR-ISDGM, Italy	Submerged vegetation mapping in a coastal shallow water lagoon	Venice (C)
40	Dr Olaf Frauenberger, Space Systems Finland Ltd, Finland	Development and validation of algorithms for on-board processing of imaging spectrometer data	Data requirement needs to be clarified (proposed activity involves algorithm development)
44	Mr Francois Kayitakire, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium	Forest species recognition and forest stand structure retrieval using multi-angle hyperspectral remote sensing data	Beauraing (A)
45	Miss Valerie Demarez, CESBIO, France	Assessing temperate forest productivity with hyperspectral and multidirectional CHRIS data	Fontainebleau (A)
47	Dr B.H. Braswell, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany	Evaluating controls on terrestrial net and gross carbon exchanges using multiangular and multispectral observation, biogeochemical models, and tower CO2 fluxes	Norunda (A)
49	Dr Thomas Schneider, TU Munich, Germany	LAD estimation from CHRIS/PROBA multiangle data calibrated with field spectroscopy derived BRDFs	Gilching (C), Demmin (R)
50	Dr Thomas Schneider, TU Munich, Germany	Retrieval of bio-geo-physical parameter for vegetation canopy model inversion	Oberammergau (A) MOMS data available for this site
51	Mr Pierre Defourny, UCL, Belgium	Forest species recognition and stand structure retrieval using multiangle hyperspectral data	Beauraing (A)
52	Dr David Goodenough, Pacific Forestry Centre, Canada	Evaluation and validation of CHRIS for National Forests (EVC)	Boreas South (C), Clayoquot Sound (A), Great Victoria Water (A), Boreas North (R)
53	Dr Karl Staenz, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada	Mapping of Canadian Ecosystems with CHRIS (MCEC)	Nanisivik (A), Sudbury (A), Indian Head (R)
55	Dr Heike Bach, Vista Remote sensing applications in geosciences, Germany	Analyses of the potential of hyperspectral and directional data for land surface parameter estimation in combination with plant growth models	Upper Rhine (A)
58	Dr Vernon Singhroy, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing	Mapping geochemically stressed vegetation mineralized sites	Boreas South (C), Red Lake (A), Boreas North (R)
59	Dr Peter North, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK	Retrieval of aerosol properties and land surface bidirectional reflectance using CHRIS-PROBA	Boreas South (C), Great Plains (C), Lake Argyle (C), Lanai (C), Mexico City (C), Rame Head (C), Solar Village (C), Tinga Tingana (C),
60	Dr Peter North, University of Swansea, UK	Evaluation of CHRIS-PROBA data for estimating forest cover and primary production	Boreas North (R)
61	Dr Robin Cleverly, NPA, UK	Monitoring Environmental change in the oil industry	Dorset (A), Prudhoe Bay (A)
62	Dr Chris Brownsword, DERA Farnborough, UK	Generation of water quality maps for coastal waters	Shingles Bank (A)
63	Mr Peter Godfree, DSTL, Farnborough, UK	Ground target detection, classification, variability	Barton Bendish (C)
64	Mr Matthew Stuttard, Logica, UK	Area estimation of the British Potato Crop	Barton Bendish
65	Dr Simon Boxall, Southampton University, UK	Baseline satellite information for coastal marine pollution monitoring	Shingles Bank (A)
67	Mr Gary Holmes, Infoterra UK Ltd	Validation and demonstration of Xstar operational concept for agriculture	Barton Bendish (C)