EVC - Evaluation and Validation of CHRIS for National Forests
EVC Profiles
D. G. Goodenough
EVC Role: Principal Investigator
Biography
Dr. David G. Goodenough is a Chief Research Scientist at the Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria, BC, of the Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada. Dr. Goodenough holds the following degrees: Ph.D. (University of Toronto), M.Sc. (University of Toronto), and B.Sc. (University of British Columbia). He is an Adjunct full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Victoria, was an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Ottawa (1979-1996), and is a NSERC recipient. Dr. Goodenough worked at the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) (1973-1991), where he was a Chief Research Scientist and Head of the Knowledge-Based Methods and Systems Section. He is a Fellow of the IEEE (1997). He was President of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (1992-1993) and served as Past-President (1994-1996). He has published extensively (147 papers) and was a recipient of the Government of Canada's Award of Excellence, the 1995 IEEE GRS-S Outstanding Service Award, an Energy, Mines and Resources Merit Award, and a NASA Group Achievement Award. Dr. Goodenough was the Project Leader of the Landsat Digital Image Analysis System (LDIAS) Project at CCRS, a system developed to effectively use Landsats 4 and 5. Dr. Goodenough was the Principal Investigator of the System of Experts for Intelligent Data Management (SEIDAM) Project with NASA under the Applied Information Systems Research Program. He is responsible for the EOSD Project (Earth Observation for Sustainable Development of Forests), a space project to monitor from space all of the forests of Canada. Dr. Goodenough's current research interests focus on intelligent systems for extracting information from satellite and aircraft remote sensing data in combination with geographic information systems, meta data systems for remote sensing, and applying these systems to sustainable development monitoring.
A. Hollinger
EVC Role: Co-Investigator
Biography
Dr. Allan Hollinger is the Manager of Sensors and Signal Processing in the Spacecraft Payloads Directorate of the Canadian Space Agency. He currently leads CSA's Hyperspectral Imager Technology Assessment activities and is involved in the development of techniques for the compression of data from imaging spectrometers. He represents the CSA at the Data Operations, Scientific and Technical Advisory Group of the European Space Agency and at the Working Group on Calibration and Validation of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites. He is a co-investigator on the BOREAS program. From 1988-1993, he was Manager of the Electro-Optics Laboratory of the Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science where his mandate was to apply and advance electro-optical technology suited to passive optical remote sensing. He and his colleagues developed protocols for the precision radiometric calibration of imaging spectrometers such as casi. Dr. Hollinger, worked for Moniteq Limited (1979- 1988), where he was part of the team that first developed the Fluorescence Line Imager imaging spectrometer. He was instrumental in providing data collection and application services to a variety of clients. He holds a Ph.D. (University of Toronto, 1977), a M.Sc. (University of Toronto, 1970) and a B.Sc. (McGill University, 1968). He is a member of the Optical Society of America, Society of Photo-Instrumentation Engineers, the Canadian Association of Physicists and the Canadian Remote Sensing Society. His interests in EVC focus on the assessment of the impact of calibration data on data products derived from Hyperion.
He has contributed to over 60 technical reports and publications and is a co-inventor on two patent submissions.
J. Miller
EVC Role: Co-Investigator
Biography
Dr. John R. Miller is a Professor of Physics at York University, Toronto, Canada. He is also Director of the Earth Observations Laboratory and of the Land Resources Theme at the Centre for Research in Earth and Space Technology (CRESTech), Toronto, Canada. Dr. Miller holds the following degrees: Ph.D. and M.Sc. (Space Physics, University of Saskatchewan), and B.Eng. (Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan). He has published extensively (107 papers) and in 1996 was the 6th recipient of the Gold Medal by the Canadian Remote Sensing Society for significant long-term contributions. Dr. Miller's experience includes research with Canadian (CASI) and NASA (AVIRIS) imaging spectrometers with contributions to large multi-disciplinary projects: Oregon Ecosystem Transect (OTTER), and the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS). Dr. Miller's current major research projects include a joint undertaking with the Ontario Forest Research Institute to develop a Bioindicators of Forest Sustainability Project by applying a physiological, remote-sensing (hyperspectral imagery) approach to develop a Forest Condition Rating (FCR) system for Ontario and, as a Principal Investigator in Canada's new Geomatics for Informed Decisions (GEOIDE) Networked Centre of Excellence, research into the application of imaging spectrometry techniques to Canada's forests and tundra.
K. O. Niemann
EVC Role: Co-Investigator
Biography
Dr. Niemann is an Associate Professor at the University of Victoria in the Department of Geography. Dr. Niemann holds Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of Alberta, and a B.Sc. from Queen's University. Dr. Niemann has participated, as a co-investigator, with the System of Experts for Intelligent Data Management Project (SEIDAM) and is currently involved with the Canadian federal initiative entitled Earth Observation for the Sustainable Development of forests (EOSD). Dr. Niemann's area of research involves the fusion of hyperspatial data (1m to 4 m) with hyperspectral data to model and map ecophysiological processes. He is currently involved with a project to detect and map foliar biochemical characteristics resulting from moisture stress and variations in nutrient availability through the use of 1 meter panchromatic and AVIRIS data. Dr. Niemann is also the senior investigator for a project focusing on feature extraction integrating multisensor data sets. This project is a collaborative work with the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) and is funded by NSERC (GEOIDE Networked Centre of Excellence), CCRS, and Department of National Defense.
K. Staenz
EVC Role: Co-Investigator
Biography
Dr. Karl Staenz is a Senior Research Scientist in the Applications Division of the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing where he is leading the Centre's Hyperspectral Program. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Geography with specialization in Remote Sensing from the University of Zurich, Switzerland in 1976 and 1978, respectively. Dr. Staenz has over 20 years of experience in the area of spectral sensing research with special emphasis on imaging spectrometry. His effort concentrated on the fundamental understanding of the target interaction of the sensor signal with consideration of atmospheric and georadiometric effects, the development of image analysis methodologies for data preprocessing and information extraction, the development and implementation of calibration/validation techniques, and sensor design (GER3700, SFSI, ARIES). He has extensive experience with various hyperspectral sensor systems such as ASAS, AVIRIS, SFISI, casi, and Probe-1. Over 80 journal and proceedings papers have been published on these topics. Current hyperspectral research activities focus on the development of a comprehensive data analysis system, the removal of sensor and calibration artifacts, the retrieval of surface reflectance, the evaluation of sensor band characteristics and spectral simulation of future spaceborne data, and the development of methodologies for quantitative information extraction in agriculture, exploration geology, forestry and environment. Over the years, Dr. Staenz has been involved in major hyperspectral projects, such as ESA/NASA's Multi Aircraft Campaign (MAC) Europe'91, System of Experts for Intelligent Data Management (SEIDAM), Boreal Ecosystem - Atmosphere Study (BOREAS), Canadian Expert Support Laboratory (CESL) for MERIS, and Hyperspectral Imager Technology Assessment (HITA). He is currently one of the driving forces for the establishment of a national Hyperspectral Program in Canada where he is leading the applications development. Dr. Staenz is presently Executive Editor for the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing and chairs the Working Group on Fundamental Physics and Modeling of Commission VII of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). He is a member of ESA's APEX (Airborne PRISM Experiment) Science Consultancy Group.
H. Zwick
EVC Role: Co-Investigator
Biography
Dr. Zwick's education is as follows: Ph.D., Physics, University of Saskatchewan, 1969; M.A., Physics, University of Saskatchewan, 1962; B.A. (Honours), Physics and Mathematics, University of Saskatchewan, 1960. From 1970-1975, he was Chief Staff Scientist at Barringer Research Ltd. (Rexdale), developing electro-optical trace gas remote sensing instruments, and the analysis of electromagnetic sensors for airborne geophysics applications. From 1975-1981, he was a Research Scientist at the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (Ottawa), devoted to developing and evaluating applications for airborne earth observation remote sensing instrumentation (MEIS 2), as well as developing image analysis and processing techniques, primarily for water quality and water depth interpretation. He served as President, Moniteq (Toronto), (1981-1986) directing the development of an airborne imaging spectrograph (FLI) and other environmental sensors for remote environmental monitoring. Since 1986, he is a Principal Engineer, MacDonald Dettwiler, Orbital Sciences Corporation, conducting systems engineering, project management, and research and development of various space data projects and programs. Dr. Zwick has published 41 papers, one book, and numerous commercial reports.
A. Dyk
EVC Role: Co-Investigator
Biography
Andrew Dyk is a Remote Sensing Research Associate at Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria, BC, of the Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada. He received a Bachelor of Environmental Studies at University of Waterloo in 1988 with an honors degree in Geography specializing in geographic techniques and computer science. Andrew worked ten years for Geomatics International, Inc. (1988-1998). He was responsible for compilation, analysis and presentation of data for a wide variety of projects and he managed Geomatic's Victoria, BC project office. He developed expertise in image processing techniques, optimization of remote sensing and GIS production systems, international remote sensing training, data visualization techniques and project management. Mr. Dyk is currently involved in the preparation of the EOSD (Earth Observation for Sustainable Development of Forests) project to monitor from space all of the forests of Canada. He is also pursuing research on intelligent hyperspectral data processing and data fusion.
Project status
- Completed