Seminar on forest radiative transfer modelling
(22-01-2024) On the occasion of the public PhD defence of Chang Liu, we are pleased to invite you to a ‘Meet the PhD Jury’ seminar on forest radiative transfer modelling on the 30th of January, 2024
Two jury members will present their work and share their insights on vegetation radiative transfer. After the presentation, you have the chance to communicate one-on-one with the jury members.
Details
Date: January 30, 2024
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Meeting room A0.1 - Azalea, Block A, Coupure Links 653, Ghent
Presenter 1: Yves Govaerts, Rayference
Title: Understanding the radiative coupling between vegetated surfaces and atmosphere
Yves Govaerts completed his PhD in Physics at the JRC, specializing in 3D radiative transfer modelling in plant canopies. As an ESA postdoctoral researcher, he contributed significantly to the development of a novel vegetation index tailored for the MERIS instrument. Following this, he worked for 12 years for EUMETSAT where he developed coupled surface - atmosphere radiative transfer model used for radiometric vicarious calibration. He also worked on the development of algorithm for the joint retrieval of surface reflectance and aerosol from space observation. In 2012 he founded Rayference, a SME located in Brussels providing expertise in radiative transfer modelling applied to Earth Observation.
Presenter 2: Jennifer Adams, University of Zürich
Title: Using vegetation radiative transfer modelling as tool for quality assurance of Earth Observation (EO) products
Jennifer Adams is currently a postdoctoral researcher at University of Zurich, working on thermal remote sensing for forest energy balance modelling. She has a background in Remote Sensing, specialised in Radiative Transfer Modelling over vegetation and is passionate in understanding Earth Surface processes using new methods, algorithms, technologies and data.