The 12th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium May 14-18, 2012 Levi, Finland

2nd call of papers

Welcome to the 12th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium. This conference deals specifically with remote sensing applications in the polar environments, both Arctic and Antarctic. It will provide an international forum for the discussion of work currently being carried out in the circumpolar regions of the world.

The theme of the 12th CRSS symposium in Finland is:
Polar regions in transformation; climatic change and anthropogenic pressures.

The conference topics are below, and additional topics and/or other Special Sessions can be considered:
Environmental monitoring
Wildlife management and habitat protection
Arctic vegetation
Land and water management
Land cover and land use change
Pollution control
Snow and ice, glaciers
Climatology
Oceanography
Geology
Mineral and oil and gas exploration
Forestry
LiDAR
Hyperspectral remote sensing
Ground, Airborne and Satellite imaging
Archaeology
Data Integration and Data Mining, Modeling
Geographic Information System and Web based portals
Boreal processes that have direct influence on Arctic processes

Symposium web pages:
http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/geography/CRSS2012/index.php

Organisers:
Alfred Colpaert alfred.colpaertXuef.fi & Timo Kumpula timo.kumpulaXuef.fi
Department of Geographical and Historical studies,
University of Eastern Finland,
Joensuu, Finland,