More than 60% of humans live within 60 km from the coastline, and therefore coastal zones are important environmental and economic resources. As a complex interface between land and oceans, its investigation from space or using airborne sensors has always been a challenge.
The 4th workshop focuses on the impact of our climate on coastal zones and inland waters, on climate change and its expected effects on European seas, and on the role of remote sensing for its study.

Topics:
                + changing terrestrial run-off into coastal waters
                + escalation of extreme coastal events: floods, storms, high tides
                + hydrology and water budget evolution of rivers and lakes
                + increasing temperatures in inland and coastal waters
                + impact of vaying physical forcing on morphodynamics and ecosystems
                + new developments of habitats, biodiversity and alien invaders
                + fluxes and fate of seawater constituents, including pollutants
                + role of Coastal Zone Management in adapting to climate change

      and their investigation with Remote Sensing:
                + active and passive methods in all spectral ranges, sensor combinations
                + satellite, airborne and ground-based methods including ground truth
                + modelling of radiative transfer, image processing and related aspects.
                + interaction of physical, biological and chemical conditions and processes

Important Dates

      Abstract due date: 16 February 2009
      Notification of acceptance: 15 March 2009
      Preliminary programme on-line: 20 April 2009
      Author registration and fee payment due date: 1 May 2009
      Workshop programme with abstracts on-line: 7 May 2009
      Manuscript submission for Workshop Proceedings: 19-20 June 2009 (at workshop)
      Manuscript submission for reviewed publication in EARSeL eProceedings at any time.

For detail informations : http://www.earsel.org/SIG-CZ/4th-workshop/