1 Overview of research topicsDÉPARTEMENT DE GÉOMATIQUE APPLIQUÉE AND CARTEL U. Sherbrooke, Canada Prof. Kalifa Goïta, Prof. Ramata Magagi Conference IPN Mexico, 11 March 2015

2 Structures 1) Centre d’Applications et de Recherches en TÉLédétection2) Canada Research Chair in Earth Observation and ecophysiology of phytoplancton (Yannick Huot) 1) Centre d’Applications et de Recherches en TÉLédétection (CARTEL) 11 research scientists 4) Land management, Transport and road Security (Lynda Bellalite) 3) 30 Adjunct Research scientists

3 Land Management, transport and road securityProf. Lynda Bellalite Land Management Transport and road security Urban planning Transportation Networks Technical studies Diagnosis and monitoring Management plans Security around schools Reglementations Moderation devices Sustainable Management Impact studies

4 Canada Research Chair in Earth Observation and Ecophysiology of phytoplanctonChair: Yannick Huot Understand, Model, and observe the increase and production of phytoplancton (including cyanobacteries) using Automatic in situ observations Lab experiments Missions on sea Modelling Remote Sensing

5 A critical mass of expertise for a unique thematic: remote sensingCARTEL A group of 11 research scientists 30 adjunct research scientists More than 60 graduate students 4 research professionals A critical mass of expertise for a unique thematic: remote sensing

6 Remote sensing at CARTELRemote sensing algorithms: - RADAR - Passive and active microwaves - Optical data - LIDAR - Spatial modelling - Sensor development - Image processing algorithms - GIS software and tools Applications domains: Atmosphere Climate change Cryosphere (snow, ice) Forests Soils and agriculture Watersheds Oceans Lakes and humid areas Wildlife habitats Urban studies, etc..

7 Eyjafjallajokull Summer 2010 Aerosols of Volcan Eyjafjallajokull:Billions of dollar lost for airlines Thousands of flight canceled Millions of CO2 tons Volcan Eyjafjallajokull, Island Mt. Merapi, Indonesia Volcan Sarychev, Russia

8 Aerosols Quantity? Types? Origin? Destinations? Influence on: climate?Light on Earth? Satellites measurements?

9 Multi sensors approachNorm O’neill

10 Cryosphere: Snow and IceQuantity? where? type? Water equivalent? Consequences? flood Climate Water resources Kalifa Goita, Hardy Granberg, Alain Royer, Robert leconte, Alexandre Langlois

11 Snow, River discharge and remote sensingPrediction of river discharge Observed Simulated using remote sensing Discharge (m3 s-1) Simulated without remote sensing Date Roy, A., Royer, A., Turcotte, R., 2010, Journal of Hydrology,390, 35-44

12 Soil moisture Algorithms development and validation ConsequencesAgriculture, forests Climate, hydrology Field campaigns for SMOS and SMAP: (CanEx SM10, SMAPVEX 12), etc… Ramata Magagi, Kalifa Goita

13 LIDAR Measurements at finer scales Surface and volumeVarious usages (forestry, archeology, urban studies, etc.) Eruption Mont St-Hélène, 2004, USGS Surface of an Aztec scultpure, National geographic

14 LIDAR Research at CARTELForest architecture Wood volume Wood quality Richard Fournier

15 LIDAR Research at CARTELExample for tree architecture Côté, J.-F., Widlowski, J-L, Fournier, R.A., Verstraete, M.M., (2009) Remote Sensing of Environment 113: 1067–1081

16 Image processing and cartographic updatingDevelopment of segmentation and classification algorithms for very high resolution images Bouziani, M, Goita K., and He, D-C . Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on 48, no. 8 (2010)

17 Conception and development of GIS and image processing systemsGeospatial databases Web GIS Web cartography and image processing For various applications Cadastre, urban studies Natural resources Environment, etc. Goze Bertin Bénié, Dong-Chen He pages.usherbrooke.ca/cartel

18 Wildlife Habitat Example: Monitoring of habitats through food resources Jérome Théau

19 Resources and infrastructuresSeveral specialized equipments ~1.7 M$ of new sensors in the last years 4 specialized laboratories Spectroradiometry Experimental site (SIRENE) Laboratory of environmental analyses Facilities for image processing and GIS

20 … For more information Sites web usherbrooke.ca/geomatiquepages.usherbrooke.ca/cartel Merci !