ISPRS - COMMISSION VII 
RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 
President: Roberto Pereira da Cunha 
Secretary: Mónica Aparecida de Oliveira 
Address: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) 
Coordination for Institutional Relations 
Caixa Postal 515 
12201-970 - Säo José dos Campos - SP 
BRAZIL 
Phone: +55-123-229816 
Fax: +55-123-412077 / 218743 
Terms of Reference 
e Methodology of visual image interpretation. 
e Methododology of computer-aided analysis of sensor data. 
e Spectral, spatial and temporal radiation properties of objects. 
* Environmental studies, resources inventories, and interpretative aspects of thematic mapping 
as applied in studies of vegetation, forestry, agriculture, soils, land and water use, geology, 
geomorphology, hydrology, oceanography, coastal zones, snow and ice, atmospheric 
sciences, archaeology, human settlements and engineering. 
* Integration of remote sensing and GIS techniques for the monitoring of resources and 
environment. 
WORKING GROUPS 
WG VII/1 - Aspects of Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing for 
Resource and Environmental Monitoring 
Chairperson: Gérard Guyot (France) 
Secretary: Thierry Phulpin (France) 
WG VII/2 - Resource and Environmental Monitoring Using Radar Data 
Chairperson: Yukio Haruyama (Japan)