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Center for Earth Observation Sciences

University of Alberta

Annual Report 2009-2010

Director:

Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa

(780) 492-1822

[email protected]

The Center for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS) of 47

CEOS 2009-2010 Annual Report

Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 4 CEOS Background.......................................................................................................................... 4 2009-10 CEOS Membership........................................................................................................... 5 2009-10 Achievements ................................................................................................................... 7 2010-11 Work Plan ....................................................................................................................... 11 2009 Budget and Expenditures ..................................................................................................... 12 Appendix A: CEOS Related Publications..................................................................................... 13 Appendix B: Community Involvement......................................................................................... 19 Appendix C: Training of Highly Qualified Personnel.................................................................. 21 Appendix D: Budget and Expenditures ........................................................................................ 25 Appendix E: Final Report: IAI International Summer Seminar for Wireless Sensing Networks (WSN)........................................................................................................................................... 28 Appendix F: EOS Day Program ................................................................................................... 39

CEOS Annual Report 2009-2010


CEOS Annual Report – 2009-2010

1. Introduction The University of Alberta Center for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS) combines the expertise of several disciplines to monitor the health of earth’s major ecosystems and to relate these findings to the wellbeing of human society, industry and government. CEOS facilitates collaboration of faculty members from the Departments of Earth and Atmospheric Science; Computing Science; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Renewable Resources; and Biology (Figure 1). Together these scientists seek to contribute to the shared goal of developing clear, accurate, comprehensive and cost-effective ways to identify and monitor earth’s surface-level features. Focus areas include satellite image and data interpretation, data storage and informatics, ground-proofing satellite information, and coherent dissemination of this information to those it would benefit.

2. CEOS Background CEOS was created to provide a collaborative vehicle to facilitate research on earth’s systems and features. CEOS researchers have made advancements in the following areas:

• Remote sensing: Multi-spectral and hyperspectral imaging uses the reflectance of photosynthetically active and photo-protective plant pigments to monitor mass stands of vegetation in areas that could not otherwise be satisfactorily evaluated. A wide range of international participants monitor numerous ecosystem types all over the world. Data derived from remote sensing technology can also be used to determine surface temperature variations.

• Intelligent image analysis: Enhanced analysis of spectral data through use of visualization algorithms to provide two- and three-dimensional shape analysis, provide edge detection, segmentation, motion analysis, water content, and rendering of realistic imagery.

• Spatio-temporal data management: Time-stamped data collected from networks of very small sensors spread over large areas of interest (e.g. forests), is related to comparable hyperspectral imagery collected by airborne, satellite and field spectrometers. Data validation and management are crucial to the process of monitoring and protecting earth’s resources.

The Center for Earth Observation Sciences is unique in that it combines Alberta’s strategic research and innovation pillars – life sciences (environment), energy (mining) and information technology – into a coherent research initiative.



Figure 1, CEOS goals and research combine skills from many disciplines

3. 2009-10 CEOS Membership In 2009-10, CEOS has fostered initiatives spanning seven departments: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Computing Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Renewable Resources, and Biological Sciences. Scientists in these departments have long-standing, established contractual relationships with the corporate sector (VeriMap, Syncrude) and the provincial government sector (Alberta Environment), as well as national partners (Cybera, Environment Canada, Canadian Space Agency) and international partners (Inter American Institute for Global Change Research, (IAI) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA), the World Bank and several United Nations Agencies. CEOS continues to draw top scientists, graduate and post-doctoral fellows from around the world to develop their skills in land use/cover change, geological remote sensing, land ice monitoring and intelligent imaging applications to support natural resources development.



In 2009-10, the following University of Alberta faculty members were active CEOS participants: Name Department Research/Expertise Croitoru, Dr. Arie Assistant Professor, Department

of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Computational GeoInformatics

Deutsch, Dr. Clayton V. Professor and Canada Research Chair in Natural Resources Uncertainty Management, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Spatial modeling

Gamon, Dr. John Professor, cross-appointed to the Departments of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Biology

Hyperspectral remote sensing

Gan, Dr. Thian Professor, Water Resources Engineering

Remote sensing with respect to climatological and hydrological studies

Gburzynski, Dr. Pawel Professor, Department of Computing Sciences

Programming miniature computers, wireless sensor network development

Haas, Dr. Christian Professor & Alberta Ingenuity Scholar, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Sea ice geophysics and remote sensing

Hall, Dr. Ron Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Remote sensing and GIS

Hamann, Dr. Andreas Assistant Professor, Department of Renewable Resources

Remote sensing-based analysis of plant-climate interactions

Hicks, Dr. Faye Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

River ice monitoring

Kavanaugh, Dr. Jeffrey Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Glacier analysis by means of sub-glacial remote sensing

Knight, Dr. Andy Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Technologies for clean energy, energy storage and their impacts on the power system



Lipsett, Dr. Michael Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Energy systems reliability, robotics for remote and/or hazardous environments

Musilek, Dr. Petr Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Robotics and computer vision, fuzzy modeling, fuzzy neural networks

Nascimento, Dr. Mario Associate Professor, Department of Computing Science

Spatio-temporal data management & retrieval

Rivard, Dr. Benoit Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Geological remote sensing, imaging, and resource management

Sánchez-Azofeifa, Dr. Arturo

Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Remote sensing for land use/land cover changes

Sander, Dr. Joerg Associate Professor, Department of Computing Science

Spatial data mining, spatio-temporal data management

Sharp, Dr. Martin Professor and Chair, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

Land ice/remote sensing

Yang, Dr. Herbert Professor, Department of Computing Science

Imaging, computer vision

Moreover, the following researchers serve as part of the CEOS strategic planning committee, which has the goal of defining a strategic vision for the Centre and providing feedback on future direction, grants and other research opportunities: Dr. Mario Nascimento, Dr. Faye Hicks, Dr. Petr Musilek, Dr. Herb Yang, and Dr. Benoit Rivard.

4. 2009-10 Achievements During its third year of operation, CEOS achieved the following main goals:

• CEOS Strategic Plan completed. CEOS staff created a professional quality, full-color, printed 32-page document entitled, “CEOS: the next five years” describing members’ current and future research, and defining collective CEOS goals and activities. The Strategic Plan was distributed to funding agencies, provincial officials, university leaders, members, and other interested parties, and posted on the CEOS website. We believe that



the Strategic Plan will be of great benefit in contributing to CEOS as a self-sustaining entity.

• Establishment of an Annual Earth Observation Science Day at the University of Alberta. On March 4, 2010, CEOS presented the first Earth Observation Science Day (EOS Day), an all-day presentation seminar held at 3-36 Tory Hall that drew almost 100 attendees. EOS Day offered an opportunity for 11 graduate students a valuable opportunity to present their research findings in a conference environment. One student’s work was featured in a local newspaper. In addition, EOS Day featured a keynote presentation by Dr. Marc Imhoff of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, United States). Dr. Imhoff was one of the primary developers of the famed Nighttime City Lights satellite imagery that shows Earth’s cities at night, and the PI of the MODIS satellite. He discussed the potential impact of climate change on food security. (see Appendix E for the program describing participant presentations).

• Establishment of an International Wireless Sensor Network Summer Seminar. Over 80 hours of training and networking opportunities were provided to over 40 participants, including 24 international students. Through funding from the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, and the University of Alberta’s Office of the Vice-President (Research) and Faculty of Science, students from countries including Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Germany, Mexico, the United States, Uruguay, and of course, Canada, received hands-on instruction in the fundamental principles of scientific instrumentation and field deployment of sensors as they apply to the design and operation of wireless sensing networks (WSN) (see Appendix F for a summary evaluation by participants). The final evaluation report demonstrates high student satisfaction with the course, the professors and course dynamics. Students and faculty requested a follow-up of the course that could take place overseas during the summer of 2010.

• Augment GeoChronos’ capacity as a remote sensing data sharing and storage solution. Work continued on GeoChronos, which now has garnered a user base of over 70 researchers at the cutting edge of earth science observation. GeoChronos, a distributed computational structure that combines data management and visualization tools, was funded by a $1.24 million grant from Cybera. GeoChronos supplies earth science researchers with value-added tools including: a) a MODIS reprojection tool that can be tailored to specific geographical boundaries in order to exclude extraneous data; b) a spectral library providing the capacity to store, manage, browse and share data including MODIS and other satellite data, flux tower and phenology data, and meteorological data; c) the capacity to view spectral plots, metadata, and ancillary data and maps, to manage and generate metadata for spectra, and create and share these metadata schemas; and d) facilitate iRODS (http://www.irods.com) for data storage and management, provide Semantic web technologies such as RDF (Resource Description Framework) to link/relate data.

• Development of collaborative Earth Observation software and tools. Functioning and universally available GeoChronos applications include the following: Reflectance (CEOS’ reflectance tool), MultiSpec (Software for creating standardized reflectance files from a number of spectrometers), Quantum GIS (QGIS - a user-friendly open-source Geographic Information System (GIS)), and OpenOffice. Applications in process include



GeoMapApp (an earth science exploration and visualization application provided by the Marine Geoscience Data System that is continually being expanded as part of the Marine Geoscience Data System at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University), MRT (MODIS Reprojection Tool), and Unidata Integrated Data Viewer (a Java(TM)-based software framework for analyzing and visualizing geoscience data).

• Build key relationships with industry. CEOS has ongoing relationships with several industrial partners: Hoskin Scientific, Campbell Scientific, Olsonet Inc. These three companies all were active participants in CEOS’ Wireless Sensor Network Summer Seminar. Additional partnerships have been built with Headwall Photonics and VeriMap Plus, Inc. to create an airborne method of spectral analysis to link satellite data to ground-based data.

• Consolidation of partnership with the Inter American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). Continuing on the success of the Alberta WSN summer seminar, annual seminars are proposed to be held at participating international locations.

• National and international recognitions to CEOS Faculty. Dr. Clayton Deutsch received the 2010 AIME Mineral Industry Education; Dr. Hamann won the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences (ALES) Research and Innovation Award; Dr. Faye Hicks was selected as the 2009 Hynes Lecturer and received the Faculty of Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award; Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa was identified during 2009 on the Top 1% of all citations in the field of Environment & Ecology Essential Science Indicator by Thomson Reuters.

• Using GOSAT/Ibuki Satellite Carbon Data to Refine Identification of Carbon Sources and Sinks. Currently, about 300 ground stations monitor carbon flux worldwide, but these data are necessarily limited to the flux tower sampling locations, and provide limited data. A substantial portion of the earth, particularly the southern hemisphere, has no flux tower coverage at all, resulting in limited knowledge of these region’s roles in carbon exchange. Dr. Petr Musilek’s partnership with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency enables him to obtain GOSAT/Ibuki satellite data providing carbon flux data in the equivalent of 56,000 ground stations. By focusing on the Alberta oilsands, Dr. Musilek, intends to develop a computer model that uses both satellite data and weather information to help pinpoint the sources and sinks for greenhouse gases. Dr. Musilek’s seeks to determine how efficiently specific weather features move and mix greenhouse gases in order to more efficiently track carbon’s path. Eventually, this technique could be used to monitor the emissions of whole cities, detect methane leaks in pipelines, help fight forest fires, and measure the effect of greenhouse gases on boreal forests.

• Continued work on the Canadian Arctic Sea Ice Mass Balance Observatory (CASIMBO)project. The focus of the sea ice group's work is on establishing a Canadian Arctic Sea Ice Mass Balance Observatory (CASIMBO). The main study region of CASIMBO is between the coast of Ellesmere Island and the North Pole, but collaboration is sought with national and international partners to extend this over all of the Canadian Arctic and the Arctic Ocean. The primary activity is biannual campaigns to the region with measurements of ice and snow thickness and morphology, ice drift, and surface water properties. The data are used to support the development of satellite remote sensing products, which in turn are used to extrapolate the results of the field studies. Funding



Sources: Alberta Ingenuity Fund AIF, NSERC Discovery and RTI; by the Alberta Small Equipment Grant Program SEGP and the Canadian Foundation of Innovation; industry partners include Ferra Dynamics Inc. and Lake Central Air Services. Participating member: Dr. Christian Haas.

• Establishment of Hyperspectral Imaging for Improved Oil Sand Process Monitoring Project. This project addresses technology gaps in improving bitumen production performance, by establishing the proof of concept of using hyperspectral imaging for ore classification, and assessing its potential impact on the observability of batch, laboratory-scale, water-based extraction processes. The objective of this project is to determine hyperspectral feature sets, classification schemes and predictive models to discriminate samples with processibility issue; and examine the trade off of implementing these tools with instrumentation collecting broadband data.

• Continuation of the Hyperspectral Imaging to Support Mineral Exploration in Northern Quebec Project. Working with Goldbrook Ventures of Vancouver, this research team is developing the analysis of airborne imagery to derive predictive maps that can be used by exploration geologists. These maps convey information on the distribution rock units and minerals of relevance to nickel mining exploration. The intent is focus the exploration of the most promising regions and provide the geologists with tools to make decisions as to "where to go next" thus minimizing logistical costs and the environmental footprint of exploration activities.

• Continued Surface Ice Mapping Resource Development. This project assists researchers in mapping surface ice concentration from an oblique photographic angle (an artifact of the camera angle necessitated by aerial photography) by automating calculations that were previously accomplished by a laborious manual tally. The algorithms generated by this project may prove useful to any researcher wishing to map earth surface features from oblique aerial photographs.

• Establishment of the Enviro-Net Program. Enviro-net: Sensing Our Changing Environment, is an Alberta Science and Research Investments Program that will establish a team including members from the University of Alberta, the Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (ASRD) and Alberta Environment with the goal of developing new technology and tools for long-term environmental monitoring. The focus of this project is on enhancing the capacities of existing Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), and using these data to create more robust models for ecosystem productivity. The proposed monitoring network will significantly enhance the ongoing provincial programs that investigate: (1) plant-climate interactions through long-term studies of phenology; (2) adaptation of forest trees to macro- and microclimate conditions with linkages to fire prediction; and (3) climate change impacts on ecosystem productivity.

• Eco-Informatics for Carbon Sequestration (a Canada-California Strategic Innovation Partnership) This collaborative project between CEOS and UC Davis seeks to develop transformative science-based partnerships leading to new industry opportunities and socio-economic benefit. Climate change is already having measurable impacts on both Canadian and Californian ecosystems, threatening the sustainability of large industries (e.g. fisheries, forestry, and agriculture). These effects, which are likely to increase in the



coming decades, present significant challenges, as well as untapped opportunities, which this proposed initiative seeks to address. The central theme of this project involves a comprehensive evaluation of the biospheric potential for carbon loss and gain, since biosphere-atmosphere carbon exchange (photosynthesis and respiration by terrestrial ecosystems) is many times larger than anthropogenic carbon releases. Objectives of the bilateral initiative include a cost-effective “ecoinformatics” network to monitor biospheric carbon and inform carbon markets, with several potential economic benefits, along with the development of a unified Biospheric Carbon Index (BCI) that captures the dynamics of biological carbon exchange. Funding Source: the first Canada-California Strategic Innovation Partnership (CCSIP), funded through the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) and International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada.

• Establishment of the Annual University of Alberta EOS Day. CEOS hosted an all-day seminar on March 4, 2010 featuring keynote speaker Marc Imhoff of U.S. based National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and provided the opportunity for 11 students to present their research.

• Hiring of support personnel. CEOS was able to add the following support personnel to its current infrastructure at the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department: Three part-time research assistants and one full time post-doctoral fellow. CEOS also hosts a part time administrative assistant (Ms. Donnette Thayer), two post-doctoral fellows (Dr. Gilberto Pastorello and Dr. Derek Rogge) and an Associate Researcher (Dr. Ji Lu Feng).

• Hosting of international scientists: During its third year, CEOS hosted researchers from Mexico (2), Spain (1), China (1), Costa Rica (1) and Brazil (2). Visiting researchers benefitted from CEOS expertise, and CEOS participants created contacts, developing potential collaborations with international universities.

• Currently funded projects: During 2009-10 CEOS funding continued for several projects: GeoChronos, Funded by Netera/Cybera ($1.24M), Canada Foundation for Innovation ($750,000), Alberta Science and Infrastructure Research Development ($750,000), Eco-Informatics for Carbon Sequestration (US $114,000), School of Energy and Environment ($45,000), Costa Rica’s National Forest Financing Fund ($27,000)

5. 2010-11 Work Plan Our plans for 2010-2011 are as follows:

• Activity No. 1: Continue to secure major funding in support of CEOS members’ research efforts.

• Activity No. 2: Continue hosting the CEOS Earth Observation Science Day, featuring a keynote speaker and providing an overview of work done by notable undergraduate seniors, graduate students, and post graduate students of CEOS participants’ related field research, engender collaborative efforts combining research and informatics.

• Activity No. 3: Develop an extensive system of phenology towers in various ecosystems throughout the Americas.



• Activity No. 4: Continue key interactions with University of Calgary on the GeoChronos Project, which seeks to consolidate earth observation science applications and data sets, and provide collaborative tools and data quality assurance. GeoChronos seeks to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of evaluating earth’s surface features by automating delivery of MODIS and other data, and by providing a simple user interface that will assist scientists in using these data.

• Activity No. 5: Work to develop a Biospheric Carbon Index in order to provide ecoinformatics solutions, especially in the field of biospheric carbon sequestration.

• Activity No. 6: Continue work on the airborne platform linking ground-based with satellite-based hyperspectral earth observations.

• Activity No. 7: Continue work on GOSAT project. • Activity No. 8: Engage CEOS members in the new, emerging Alberta Center TecTerra

and coordinate join submission of projects with other provincial Universities.

6. 2009 Budget and Expenditures See Appendix D CEOS Annual Report 2009-2010 Submitted May 30, 2010 Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa Director Center for Earth Observation Sciences University of Alberta


Appendix A – CEOS Related Publications of 47

Appendix A: CEOS Related Publications (CEOS member names in bold)

March 31, 2009 – May 1, 2010

Barker, J., Sharp, M. & Turner, R.J. 2009. Using Synchronous Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Principal Components Analysis (PCA) to Monitor Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) Dynamics in a Glacier System. Hydrological Processes 23, 1487-1500.

Behsaz, B., P. Gburzynski & M. MacGregor (2009).Transport-independent fairness. Computer Networks, 53, 2444-2457.

Behsaz, B., P. Gburzynski, & M. MacGregor. On Fair Bandwidth Allocation in Connection-less Networks. Proceedings of ICC 2009, Dresden, Germany, June 2009.

Calvo-Alvarado, J., B. McLennan, A. Sánchez-Azofeifa & T. Garvin (2009). Deforestation and forest restoration in Guanacaste, Costa Rica: Putting conservation policies in context. Forest Ecology and Management, 258, 931-940.

Coelho, M. S., E. D. Almada, G. W. Fernandes, M. A. A. Carneiro, R. M. dos Santos, A. V. Quintino & A. Sánchez-Azofeifa (2009).Gall inducing arthropods from a seasonally dry tropical forest in Serra do Cipo, Brazil. Revista Brasileira De Entomologia, 53, 404-414.

DeBeer, C.M., & Sharp, M.J. 2009. Topographic influences on recent changes of very small glaciers in the Monashee Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Glaciology 55, 691-700.

Espirito-Santo, M. M., A. C. Sevilha, F. C. Anaya, R. Barbosa, G. W. Fernandes, G. A. Sánchez-Azofeifa, A. Scariot, S. E. de Noronha & C. A. Sampaio (2009). Sustainability of tropical dry forests: Two case studies in southeastern and central Brazil. Forest Ecology and Management, 258, 922-930.

Fokaefs, M., N. Tsantalis, A. Chatzigeorgiou & J. Sander. Decomposing Object-oriented Class Modules Using an Agglomerative Clustering Technique. Proc. 25th IEEE Conference on Software Maintenance (ICSM’09), 2009.

Gardner, A.S. & Sharp, M. 2009. Sensitivity of net mass balance estimates to near-surface temperature lapse rates when employing the degree day method to estimate glacier melt. Annals of Glaciology 50, 80-86.

Gardner, A.S., Sharp, M.J., Koerner, R.M., Labine, C., Boon, S., Marshall, S.J., Burgess, D.O., & Lewis, D. (2009). Near surface temperature lapse rates over Arctic glaciers and their implications for temperature downscaling. Journal of Climate 22, 4281-4298.



Ghanbarinejad, M., C. Schlegel, & P. Gburzynski. Adaptive Probabilistic Medium Access in MPR-Capable Ad-hoc Wireless Networks. Proceedings of GLOBECOM 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 2009.

Haas, C., J. Lobach, S. Hendricks, L. Rabenstein & A. Pfaffling (2009). Helicopter-borne measurements of sea ice thickness, using a small and lightweight, digital EM system. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 67, 234-241.

Haque, I., I. Nikolaidis, & P. Gburzynski. On the Impact of Node Placement and Profile Point Selection on Indoor Localization. Proc. of the 2nd IFIP WG 6.8 Joint Conference on Wireless and Mobile Networking (WMNC 2009), Gdansk, Poland, September 9-11, 2009, pp. 220-231. (DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03841-9_20)

Haque, I., I. Nikolaidis, & P. Gburzynski. Expected Path Length for Angle and Distance-based Localized Routing. Proceedings of SPECTS 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2009, pp. 137-141.

Haque, I., I. Nikolaidis, & P. Gburzynski. A Scheme for Indoor Localization through RF Profiling. Proceedings of ICC/SyCoLo 2009, Dresden, Germany, June 2009.

Haque, I., I. Nikolaidis, & P. Gburzynski. On the Benefits of Nondeterminism in Location-based Forwarding. Proceedings of ICC 2009, Dresden, Germany, June 2009.

Hicks, F. (2009). An overview of river ice problems: CRIPE07 guest editorial. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 55, 175-185.

Huemmrich, K.F., J.A. Gamon, C.E. Tweedie, S.F. Oberbauer, G. Kinoshita, S. Houston, A. Kuchy, R.D. Hollister, H. Kwon, M. Mano, Y. Harazono, P.J. Webber, W.C. Oechel (2010). Remote sensing of tundra gross ecosystem productivity and light efficiency under varying temperature and moisture conditions. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114, 3, pp. 481-489.

Kalacska, M. E., L. S. Bell, G. Sánchez-Azofeifa & T. Caelli (2009). The Application of Remote Sensing for Detecting Mass Graves: An Experimental Animal Case Study from Costa Rica. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 54, pp. 159-166.

Khaki, M., M.I. Bhuiyan, J. Heckenbergerova, D. Koval, P. Musilek, Dynamic Thermal Rating, Conductor Aging and Asset Management, APIC Power & Energy Innovation Forum, November 5, 2009 [poster].

Lau, A. & P. Musilek (2009). Immune Programming Models of Cryptosporidium Parvum Inactivation by Ozone and Chlorine Dioxide, Information Sciences, 179, 2009, pp. 1469-1482.

Laube, P., M. Duckham & A. Croitoru (2009). Distributed and mobile spatial computing. Computers Environment and Urban Systems, 33, 77-78.



Lelis. L., & J. Sander. Semi-supervised density-based clustering. To appear in Proc. of the 2009 IEEE Int. Conf. on Data Mining (ICDM’09), 2009.

Li, Y., P. Musilek, M. Reformat, Identification of Pleonastic It Using the Web, Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 34, 2009, pp. 339-389.

Mair, D., D. Burgess, M. Sharp, J. A. Dowdeswell, T. Benham, S. Marshall & F. Cawkwell (2009a) Mass balance of the Prince of Wales Icefield, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 114.

Marshall, S. J. & M. J. Sharp (2009).Temperature and Melt Modeling on the Prince of Wales Ice Field, Canadian High Arctic. Journal of Climate, 22, 1454-1468.

Mbogga, M. S., A. Hamann & T. L. Wang (2009).Historical and projected climate data for natural resource management in western Canada. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 149, 881-890.

McDermid, G. J., R. J. Hall, G. A. Sánchez-Azofeifa, S. E. Franklin, G. B. Stenhouse, T. Kobliuk & E. F. LeDrew (2009).Remote sensing and forest inventory for wildlife habitat assessment. Forest Ecology and Management, 257, 2262-2269.

Moise, G., J. Sander & M. Ester (2008) Robust projected clustering. Knowledge and Information Systems, 14, 273-298.

Moise, G., A. Zimek, P. Kroger, H. P. Kriegel & J. Sander (2009).Subspace and projected clustering: experimental evaluation and analysis. Knowledge and Information Systems, 21, 299-326.

Musilek, P., D. Arnold, & E. P. Lozowski (2009).An ice accretion forecasting system (IAFS) for power transmission lines using numerical weather prediction, Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere, 5, 025-028.

Musilek, P., J. Rodway, A. Sánchez-Azofeifa, Inferring Missing Data in Satellite GHG Data, MOCA 2009: Joint Assembly of IAMAS, IAPSO and IACS, July 19-24, 2009, Montreal, Quebec [poster].

Nicolaus, M., C. Haas & S. Willmes (2009).Evolution of first-year and second-year snow properties on sea ice in the Weddell Sea during spring-summer transition. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114.

Pedersen, C. A., R. Hall, S. Gerland, A. H. Sivertsen, T. Svenoe & C. Haas (2009).Combined airborne profiling over Fram Strait sea ice: Fractional sea-ice types, albedo and thickness measurements. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 55, 23-32.



Pytlak, P., P. Musilek, E. P. Lozowski, D. Arnold, J. Toth, Wind and Ice Load Model Using Numerical Weather Prediction, In Proc. 13th International Workshop on Atmospheric Icing of Structures IWAIS 2009, 8-11 September 2009, Andermatt, Switzerland.

Pytlak, P., P. Musilek, E. P. Lozowski, Precipitation-based Conductor Cooling Model for Dynamic Thermal Rating Systems, In Proc. Electrical Power and Energy Conference EPEC 2009, October 22 - 23, 2009, Montreal, Quebec

Pytlak, P., P. Musilek, E. Lozowski, Thermal Impact of Precipitation on Current-Carrying Conductors, APIC Power & Energy Innovation Forum, November 5, 2009 [poster].

Quesada, M., G. A. Sánchez-Azofeifa, M. Alvarez-Anorve, K. E. Stoner, L. Avila-Cabadilla, J. Calvo-Alvarado, A. Castillo, M. M. Espirito-Santo, M. Fagundes, G. W. Fernandes, J. Gamon, M. Lopezaraiza-Mikel, D. Lawrence, L. P. C. Morellato, J. S. Powers, F. D. Neves, V. Rosas-Guerrero, R. Sayago & G. Sánchez-Montoya (2009a) Succession and management of tropical dry forests in the Americas: Review and new perspectives. Forest Ecology and Management, 258, 1014-1024.

Rodway, J., P. Jurus, P. Musilek, Tracking Greenhouse Gases From Space: Dealing with Missing Data, 6th Annual University of Alberta Space Symposium, September 25-26, 2009 [poster].

Rogge, D., Rivard, B., Harris, J.,&Zhang, J. (2009). Application of hyperspectral data for remote predictive mapping, Baffin Island, Canada. Reviews in Economic Geology, Vol. 16: 209-222.

Sánchez-Azofeifa, G. A., K. Castro, S. J. Wright, J. Gamon, M. Kalacska, B. Rivard, S. A. Schnitzer & J. L. Feng (2009a) Differences in leaf traits, leaf internal structure, and spectral reflectance between two communities of lianas and trees: Implications for remote sensing in tropical environments. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113, 2076-2088.

Sánchez-Azofeifa, G. A., K. L. Castro-Esau, W. A. Kurz & A. Joyce (2009d) Monitoring carbon stocks in the tropics and the remote sensing operational limitations: from local to regional projects. Ecological Applications, 19, 480-494.

Sánchez-Azofeifa, G. A., M. Kalacska, M. M. do Espirito-Santo, G. W. Fernandes & S. Schnitzer (2009e) Tropical dry forest succession and the contribution of lianas to wood area index (WAI). Forest Ecology and Management, 258, 941-948.

Sánchez-Azofeifa, G. A., M. Quesada, P. Cuevas-Reyes, A. Castillo & G. Sánchez-Montoya (2009f) Land cover and conservation in the area of influence of the Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, Mexico. Forest Ecology and Management, 258, 907-912.

Sharp, M. & L. B. Wang (2009). A Five-Year Record of Summer Melt on Eurasian Arctic Ice Caps. Journal of Climate, 22, 133-145.



Sharp, M. & Wolken, G. (2009). Glaciers Outside Greenland. In [State of the Climate in 2008]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society S1-S196.

She, Y. T., R. Andrishak, F. Hicks, B. Morse, E. Stander, C. Krath, D. Keller, N. Abarca, S. Nolin, F. N. Tanekou & C. Mahabir (2009a) Athabasca River ice jam formation and release events in 2006 and 2007. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 55, 249-261.

She, Y. T., F. Hicks, P. Steffler & D. Healy (2009b) Constitutive model for internal resistance of moving ice accumulations and Eulerian implementation for river ice jam formation. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 55, 286-294.

Shimony, B., I. Nikolaidis, P. Gburzynski, and E. Stroulia, "Specification design method for reactive embedded systems: a case study." Preprints of WRTP/RTS, Mragowo, Poland, October 2009, pp. 173-180.

Schneider, R. R., A. Hamann, D. Farr, X. L. Wang & S. Boutin (2009).Potential effects of climate change on ecosystem distribution in Alberta. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere, 39, 1001-1010.

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Appendix B: Community Involvement Research Partners Provincial and Federal Government:

• Alberta Sustainable Resource Development: Forest Protection Division (Edmonton) • Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Program (Edmonton) • Alberta Research Council (Edmonton) • Canada Center for Remote Sensing (Ottawa) • Canadian Forest Service: Northern Forestry Research Center (Edmonton) • Canadian Space Agency (Montreal) • CS Lord Northern Geoscience Center, Nanavut • Environment Canada (Meteorological Service of Canada), Downsview • Natural Resources Canada (National Glaciology Program), Ottawa • C-Core (Private Corporation, St. John, Newfoundland) • INRS-Eau (Institut National Recherche Scientifique, Quebec City)

Industry

• Syncrude Energy company (Edmonton AB) • Suncor Energy company (Fort McMurray AB) • Inco Ltd. Nickel mining company (Sudbury, ON) • Telops Inc. Optical instrument manufacturer, (Quebec City, QC) • Geoide National Center of Excellence (Quebec City, QC) • Falconbridge Nickel mining company (Sudbury, ON) • Noranda Mining company (Toronto, ON) • Barrick Gold mining company (Toronto, ON) • MacDonald Dettwiler (Vancouver, BC) • AngloAmerican PLC Mining company (London, England) • Olsonet Communications corporation (Ottawa, ON) • Campbell Scientific Canada (Edmonton, AB) • Hoskin Scientific (Vancouver, BC) • VeriMap Plus (Calgary, AB)

International Non-Governmental Organizations

• InterAmerican Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) • DIVERSITAS: An international network for biodiversity research • TROPI-DRY: An international network for the study of the human and biophysical

dimensions of tropical dry forests • Spec-Net: A data-sharing cooperative for factors controlling terrestrial carbon flux and

validating emerging satellite data products • FluxNet


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• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) • Panama Canal Commission, Panama • Centre for Ecosystems Research (CIECO-UNAM), Mexico • European Space Agency • Ugra Research Institute of Information, Siberia • Ministry for Nature Protection of the Sakha Republic

International Institutions of Higher Education

• Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil) • Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) • National University of Córdoba (Argentina) • UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brazil) • ECOVIDA es el Centro de Investigaciones y Servicios Ambientales (Cuba) • Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic) • TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany) • University of Texas at El Paso (United States) • University of California at Davis (United States)

International Governmental Organizations

• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) • European Space Agency (ESA)


Center for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS) of 47 Appendix C – Training of Highly Qualified Personnel Annual Report 2009-2010

Appendix C: Training of Highly Qualified Personnel

Students Supervised: Dr. Arie Croitoru Masters Ph.D.

• Dance, Matthew Students Supervised: Dr. Clayton Deutsch

Masters Ph.D. • Mike Job • Yupeng Li • Steve Lyster • Mike Munroe • Tong Wang • Brandon Wilde, • Martha Villalba • Yevgeniy Zagayevski

• Olena Babak • Jeff Boisvert • Hadi Derakshan • Mehran Hassanpour • Sahyun Hong • Behrang Kushavand • David Machuca • John Manchuk • Eric Niven • Talal Alahaidib • Naeem Alshehri • Miguel Cuba • Jose Walter Vanegas

Students Supervised: Dr. John Gamon

Masters Ph.D. • Don Wehlage Research Associates: Mr. Daniel Giterman, Mr. Alex Flor-Henry, Mr. Chad Dieterich, Ms. Natasha Jmaeff, Mr. Morgan Randall, Ms. Molly Patterson, and Mr. Christopher Wong, Saolo Castro

Students Supervised: Dr. Thian Gan Masters Ph.D.

• Ghasemali Kiyani • Zahidul Islam • Jahan Nasreen • Elsanabary Mohammed • Abdul Nabi



Students Supervised: Dr. Christian Haas Masters Ph.D. Post-Doctorate • Rod Zelli • Lange, Benjamin

• Beckers, Justin • Vagner Duarte

• Tali Neta

Students Supervised: Dr. Andreas Hamann

Masters Ph.D. Post-Doctorate • Haitao Li • Michael Mbogga

• Elisabeth Beaubien • Tim Gylander • Dave Roberts • Stefan Schreiber • Laura Gray • Marija Chechina • Chen Ding

• Dr. Shibi Chandy

Research Associates • Dr. Xianli Wang • Dr. Pei-yu Chen

Students Supervised: Dr. Andy Knight Masters Ph.D. • Demian Pimentel

Students Supervised: Dr. Petr Musilek

Masters Ph.D. Post-Doctorate • James Rodway • Konstantin Filimonenkov • Md. Mafijul Islam Bhuiyan

• Ashkan Zarnani • Milad Khaki • Yaqiong Li • Pawel Pytlak • Demian Pimentel • Bin Zhu

• Jana Heckenbergerova • Jiri Josek • Pavel Jurus

Students Supervised: Dr. Mario Nascimento

Masters Ph.D.



• Alencar, Romulo • Hoyer, Andrew

• Malhotra, Baljeet.

Students Supervised: Dr. Benoit Rivard

Masters Ph.D. Post-Doctorate • Huan, Yingduan

• Cheng, Tao • Tappert, Michelle

• Rogge, Derek

• Research Associate: Feng, Jilu

Students Supervised: Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa Masters Ph.D. Post-Doctorate • Ball, Aaron • Yamanaka, Mauricio • Yamarte, Payri

• Portillo, Carlos • Hesketh, Michael • Huang, Yingduan

• Pastorelli, Gilberto

• Research Associates: Ms. Mei Mei Chong, Mr. Cassidy Rankine, Mr. Paul Savard and Ms. Alena Lundell

Students Supervised: Dr. Joerg Sander

Masters Ph.D. • Shuang Zhao • Sajib Barua

• Han Liang • Reza Sadoddin

Students Supervised: Dr. Martin Sharp

Masters Ph.D. Post-Doctorate



• Moss, Emily • Padolsky, Josh

• Danielson, Brad • Davis, James • Milne, Hannah • Wyatt, Faye • Ben Gready • Gabrielle Gascon • Alex Gardner • Angus Duncan.

• Wolken, Gabriel • Barrand, Nick • Clavano, Wilhelmina

Students Supervised: Dr. Herbert Yang

Masters Ph.D. • Jason Gedge • Omar Rodriguez-Arenas


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Appendix D: Budget and Expenditures

Funding Source 2009 Endowment

Cybera/Canarie $139,394 IAI CRN2-021 Tropi-Dry $239,007 Wireless Sensor Networks International Course Funding From the IAI $49,000 Wireless Sensor Networks (Faculty of Science, VP(Research), Alberta International

$15,000

CEOS Commitment (Year 4 of 4) $15,000 Administrative support funding from P. Muselik $2,000 Administrative support funding from J. Gamon $10,000 TOTAL $469,401

Funding Applications Granted CFI: Enviro-Net (Sánchez-Azofeifa and 9 others) $739,083 ASRIP: Enviro-Net (Sánchez-Azofeifa and 9 others) Provincial Matching to CFI

$739,083

Costa Rica Copenhagen Satellite Data (Sánchez-Azofeifa) $27,626 Large scale detection of outdoor Cannabis (Rivard) $64,881 Ni-Cu-PGE hyperspectral remote sensing image processing (Rivard) $31,075 NSERC: Spectral analysis of vegetation, rock, and mineral surfaces in the 400-2500 nm range. (Sánchez-Azofeifa, Rivard, Sharp, Croutori, Wolfe)

$78,750

China Institute Travel Grant (Rivard) $2,000 Canada School of Energy and Environment – In situ hyperspectral imaging for the characterization of oil sands tailings. Proof of principle project. (Rivard)

$24,850

Canada School of Energy and Environment - GOSAT modeling and carbon emissions in Alberta. (Musilek and Sánchez-Azofeifa)

$80,000

Matching funds from Barrick Gold to support CFI (Rivard) $15,000 Matching funds from Center for oil sands innovation to support CFI infrastructure (Rivard)

$50,000

Agricultural Financial Services Corporation - Estimating Pasture Productivity in the Mixedgrass Prairie Combining Intensive Physical and Optical Ground Sampling with NDVI from SPOT5 Imagery (Gamon)

$28,598



CCSIP – Ecoinformatics for Biospheric Carbon Sequestration (Gamon)

$100,000

iCORE – Imaging Spectrometry & Cyberinfrastructure for Biospheric Carbon Monitoring (Gamon)

$150,000

Churchill Northern Studies Center, Northern Research Fund – Observing Functional Change in Canadian Arctic Ecosystems (Gamon)

$700

NSERC-INTERACTIO: Linking spectral reflectance, phenology and crop productivity: the use of optical phenology towers (Sánchez-Azofeifa and Croitorou)

$5,000

CFI Leader Opportunity Fund - A hyperspectral infrared imaging facility for the non destructive spectroscopic scanning of geological core (Rivard)

$152,647

TOTAL $2,289,293

Funding Applications Submitted by CEOS Participants (amount reflect total application grant)

2009-2010

NSERC CRD – Hyperspectral sensing in support of northern mineral exploration. (Rivard)

$94,300

Centre for Oil Sands Innovation – Hyperspectral imaging for improved process monitoring and control of bitumen production. (Rivard)

$133,400

CFI & SEGP Leaders Opportunity Fund - A scaleable optical sensor network for ecosystem health (Gamon)

$250,158

NSERC SNGP – Assessing large-scale ecosystem disturbance through integrated remote sensing, field sampling and modelling (Gamon and XXX others)

$1,000,000

Finnish Meteorological Institute (conditionally awarded) – HEM sea ice thickness measurements (Haas)

$100,000

TOTAL $1,577,858

Expenditures 2009-2010 Staffing and benefits (includes GeoChronos, Tropi-Dry and CEOS staff)

$255,957

Supplies, Equipment Repairs, Other $29,112 Total Wireless Sensor Summer Seminar expenses $64,000 Total Equipment and Vehicles expenses $12,775 Professional and Tech Services $950 TOTAL $344,459



Balance 2009-2010 Totals Incoming CEOS Operation funds $469,401 Expenditures ($344,459) Committed to projects $112,942 CEOS 2009-2010 contributions to maintenance $12,000 CEOS 2008-2009 carry-over $79,139 TOTAL BALANCE - CEOS Operational fund $91,139


Center for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS) of 47 Appendix E – Final Report WSN Summer Seminar Annual Report 2009-2010

Appendix E: Final Report: IAI International Summer Seminar for Wireless Sensing Networks (WSN)

July 6th – July 17th, 2009

1. Description of the Course This international summer school has the overall goal to expose students to the fundamental principles of scientific instrumentation and the field deployment of sensors as they apply to the design and operation of wireless sensing networks (WSN), and to explore how the data they collect can be used in a timely manner to solve complex scientific questions and practical problems in environmental management via a multi-disciplinary approach. The course was interdisciplinary in nature with topics covering areas associate to sensor design, software design and implementation, and deployment of wireless sensor networks. 2. Students Involved and their Origins Last Name First Name University Affiliation Country Correa Guillermo Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina1 Enrico Lucas Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Argentina1 Alberti Luis Universidad Stadual de Sao Paulo Brazil1 Coelho Marcel U. Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil1 Barbosa Milton U. Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil1 Nunes Yule U. Estadual de Montes Claros Brazil1 Rodway James University of Alberta Canada2 Hoyer Andrew University of Alberta Canada2 Chong Mei Mei University of Alberta Canada2 Wright Matt University of Alberta Canada2 Gonzalez Jordanys ECOVIDA Cuba2 Krc Pavel Charles University, Prague Czech Republic2 Goswami Sontanu University of Texas, El Paso India3 Oertel Cornelius TU Bergakademie Freiberg Germany2 Avila Luis U. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Mexico1 Yamanaka Mauricio University of Alberta Mexico1 Gonzalez Eugenia UC Davis Mexico1 Alvarez Marianna U. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Mexico1 Lopezaraiza Martha U. Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico1 Filimonenkov Konstantin University of Alberta Russia2 Garcia Virginia U. de Barcelona Spain3 Delgado Diana University of Puerto Rico United States 3



Marchesi Claudia UC Davis Uruguay1 Paymar Pary University of Alberta Venezuela1 1.Students funded by the Inter American Institute for Global Change Research 2. Students funded by the University of Alberta 3. Other funding 3. Course Syllabus 3.1 Rationale Responding to the challenges posed by environmental changes demands decision-making supported by a thorough knowledge of the nature and rates of ongoing changes, coupled with understanding of the processes by which these changes are occurring. This accumulation of information and knowledge serves to guide the development of models that can be used to project future changes. Environmental monitoring technologies play a critical role in supporting decision-making by providing information about ongoing changes, their underlying mechanisms, and their interrelationships. Traditionally, environmental monitoring has relied upon the use of remote sensing technologies, which give excellent information about spatial patterns of change but often with low and/or inconsistent temporal resolution, and upon ground-based sensor systems that can provide better temporal resolution but usually at low spatial resolution. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are emerging as a technology that can provide higher spatial and temporal resolution (although measurements are still made at discrete points and need to be interpolated between sensor nodes). A WSN is a collection of small and autonomous devices able to collect, process, store and communicate sensed data. Wireless and satellite communication technologies create the possibility for remote data retrieval and manipulation of data acquisition strategies whereby the data acquisition strategies of individual nodes to be modified in response to information collected by other nodes and parsed through the network. Such capacity may be especially valuable for monitoring programs that focus on event-type processes, especially where the events of interest are spatially propagating or dynamic in nature (e.g., floods, wildfires, and tsunamis). However, as environmental monitoring expands its geographic compass, both network size and node density increase under hyper- temporal conditions. This leads to a new challenge, namely, to retrieve, manage, and mine the datasets produced in a timely matter, so that the results of data collection and analysis can inform decision-makers in near real-time. The extent of this challenge increases still further when there is a need to combine data from the sensor network with image data from remote sensing platforms or ground-based cameras in order to understand what is happening in areas between sensor nodes or beyond the area covered by the network.



3.2 Objective To study the fundamental principles of scientific instrumentation and the field deployment of sensors as they apply to the design and operation of wireless sensing networks (WSN), and to explore how the data they collect can be used in a timely manner to solve complex scientific questions and practical problems in environmental management via a multi-disciplinary approach. 3.3 Core Faculty The core faculty is a mix of nationally and internationally recognized scholars with extensive experience in environmental monitoring and industry partners experienced in the development and deployment of environmental monitoring systems and wireless sensing networks. The core faculty is composed of the following researchers: University of Alberta

• Dr. Arie Croitoru, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department • Dr. John Gamon, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department • Dr. Pawel Gburzynski, Computing Sciences Department • Dr. Andy Knight, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering • Dr. Petr Musilek, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering • Dr. Mario Nascimento1, Department of Computing Sciences • Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa1, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department • Dr. Joerg Sander, Department of Computing Sciences • Dr. Martin Sharp1, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department

Invited speakers:

• Dr. Phillipe Teillet, University of Lethbridge • Dr. Cameron Kiddle, GRID Computer Centre & University of Calgary

International faculty

• Dr. Ricardo Berbara, Universidad Federal Rural de Rio De Janeiro. • Dr. Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. • Dr. Mauricio Quesada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México. • Dr. Julio Calvo, Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica.

Industry partners

1 Course coordinators



• Mr. Wlodek Olesinski, Olsonet Inc., Canada. • Mr. Claude Labine2, Campbell Scientific Canada, Inc., Canada. • Mr. Douglas Calvert, Hoskin Scientific, Canada.

Teaching assistants and support staff

• Dr. Gilberto Zanto Pastorello, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department • Ms. Mei Mei Chong, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department • Mr. Michael Hesketh, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department • Mr. Paul Savard, Center for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS) • Ms. Donnette Thayer, Center for Earth Observation Sciences (CEOS)

3.4. Course Structure This 2-week course will have a total of 5 themes • Theme 1: Introduction to environmental monitoring and instrumentation • Theme 2: Design and deployment of WSN • Theme 3: Spatial modeling • Theme 4: Data management and mining • Theme 5: WSN and remote sensing 3.5. Certificate of Participation: A certificate indicating participation on this 120-hour course was provided at the end of the activity. 3.6. Venue Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E3. 4. Course materials All course materials were posted on-line. Scientific papers for reading and discussion, professor’s and student’s presentations were also posted on-line. These materials can be found on the GeoChronos website (http://www.geochronos.org) and access is secured. 5. Final conclusion

2 Adjunct Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department



The final evaluation of the course reported that students were highly impressed by the course, professors and course dynamics. We would like to recommend a follow-up of the course that could take place overseas during the 2010 summer. This course could be take place in Serra do Cipo, Brazil where the National Park has all available facilities to conduct a hand-on and practical course. The course will invite the most successful students attending this course. Funding will be requested with the IAI to support international students and with the University of Alberta to support the participation of Canadian students.



Agenda - IAI International Summer School on Wireless Sensing Networks (WSN)


Day Activity Faculty Saturday 4-Jul Participants travel to Alberta CEOS Sunday 5-Jul Participants arrive in Alberta CEOS

Monday 6-Jul 8:00-8:30 Welcome Breakfast - sponsored by CEOS

9:00: Welcome and introductions Dr. Renee Elio, Dr. Martin Sharp, Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa

9:15-10:00 Introductory talk Dr. Phillipe Tiellet, University of Lethbridge

10:00-10:30 Coffee Break

Symposium on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

10:30-11:30 The breathing of planet earth Dr. John Gamon 11:30-12:30 Sea level rise and climate change Dr. Martin Sharp 12:30-13:30 Lunch - sponsored by Cybera

13:30-14:30 Monitoring environmental change with WSNs Dr. Mario Nascimento

14:30-15:30 Phenology and climate change Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:00 Cyberinfrastructure and environmental monitoring

Dr. Cameron Kiddle, University of Calgary

17:00 Adjourn Tuesday 7-Jul 9:00 Welcome and review of Agenda Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa

9:15-12:00 Scientific instrumentation Session I. Dr. Martin Sharp, M.Sc. Claude Labine, Dr. John Gamon

12:00 to 13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:30 Scientific instrumentation Session II (Working Groups)

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break - sponsored by Campbell Scientific

16:00-17:00 Scientific instrumentation Session II: Working Groups Presentations

17:00 Adjourn Wednesday 8-Jul 9:00 Welcome and review of Agenda Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa

9:15-10:00 Introduction to wireless sensing networks: Databases Dr. Mario Nascimento

10:00-10:15 Coffee Break - sponsored by Campbell Scientific

10:15-11:00 Introduction to wireless sensing networks: Databases (Cont).

11:00-12:00 Data mining: An introduction Dr. Joerg Sander 12:00 to 13:30 Lunch 13:30- 14:30 Data mining (cont.) 14:30-14:45 Coffee Break



Day Activity Faculty

14:45-16:30 Introduction to WSN database program Dr. Mario Nascimento

14:30 Adjourn Thursday 9-Jul 9:00 Welcome and review of Agenda Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa 9:15-12:00 Introduction to GeoChronos Dr. Gilberto Pastorello 12:00 to 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:00 Power management and energy sources Dr. Andy Knight

15:00-15:15 Coffee break - sponsored by Campbell Scientific

15:15-17:00 Principles of spatial modeling and practical exercise Dr. Petr Musilek

17:00 Adjourn Friday 10-Jul 9:00 Welcome and review of Agenda Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa

9:15-12:00 Deployment of wireless sensing networks - Practical exercise

Dr. Pawel Gburzynski, Paul Savard, Dr. Gilberto Pastorello

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-17:00 Deployment of wireless sensing networks - Practical exercise (Cont.)

17:00 Adjourn Saturday 11-Jul AM/PM: Groups work on final report Sunday 12-Jul AM/PM: Free time

Monday 13-Jul AM/PM: Wireless Sensing Networks - Industry applications

Dr. Pawel Gburzynski, M.Sc. Wlodek Olesinski

Tuesday 14-Jul 9:00-12:00: Introduction patio temporal data mining and practical exercise (Lab) Dr. Arie Croitoru

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:30 Introduction to monitoring phenology: Phenology towers (Lab)

Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Dr. John Gamon, Paul Savard

15:30-15:45 Coffee break - sponsored by Campbell Scientific

15:45 - 17:00 Round table: IAI collaborative research networks and environmental monitoring

Dr. Julio Calvo, Dr. Geraldo Fernandes, Dr. Ricardo Berbara, Dr. Mauricio Quesada, Dr. Holm Tiessen.

17:00 Adjourn

Wednesday 15-Jul 9:00-11:00 - Monitoring phenology via remote sensing

Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Dr. John Gamon

11:00-12:00 Introduction to Time Sat M.Sc. Michael Hesketh 12:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30-18:00 TimeSat: Lab M.Sc. Michael Hesketh

18:00 Adjourn (Groups continue working on group projects)

Thursday 16-Jul 9:00 Welcome and review of Agenda 9:15-12:00 Environmental monitoring systems Mr. Douglas Calvert

12:00-13:30 Working Lunch (Lunch will be provided by Hoskin Scientific)



Day Activity Faculty 13:30 Groups continue working on projects

Friday 17-Jul AM: Presentation of individual group reports

Dr. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Dr. Mario Nascimento, Dr. John Gamon

12:30 Farewell luncheon barbeque and closing - sponsored by CEOS

PM: Free time Saturday 18-Jul Participants return to their countries CEOS



CONCLUSION: Workshop Survey - IAI International Summer School on Wireless Sensing Networks


Identification: WSN Student (13) University Faculty (6) WSN Students and faculty rated the course as follows: Excellent Good Fair Poor What is your rating of how the presenters conveyed the information:

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What is your rating of the usefulness of information presented:

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What is your rating of examples, handouts and other materials provided:

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What is your rating of the opportunity for audience questions and discussions:

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