1996-2000 ISPRS Technical Commissions (TC) 
and Working Groups (WG) 
Commission | - Sensors, Platforms and Imagery 
President: 
George Joseph 
Space Applications Centre Indian 
Space Research Organisation 
Ahmedabad 380 053 
INDIA 
Tel: +91-79-642-3956 
Fax: +91-79-656-8073 
E-mail: george@sac.ernet.in 
Secretaries: 
A.K.S. Gopalan 
Space Applications Centre 
Associate Director 
Ahmedabad 380 053 
INDIA 
Tel: +91-79-656-8971 
Fax:  491-79-674-1626 
E-mail: george@sac.ernet.in 
V. Jayaraman 
ISRO Headquarters 
Antariksh Bhavan 
New Bel Road 
Bangalore 560 094 
INDIA 
Tel: +91-80-341-6358 
Fax: | «91-80-341-5298 
E-mail: vjay@isro.ernet.in 
Commission | - Terms of Reference 
- Planning for aerial and space mis- 
sions 
- Design, construction, testing, 
installation and calibration of ana- 
logue and digital imaging sensors 
- Design and performance of data 
reception and pre-processing sys- 
tems 
- Geometric and radiometric proper- 
ties of image data and quality stan- 
dards, and factors (environmental 
and others) affecting data quality 
- Technical systems for recording 
sensor data, film scanners and 
auxiliary data (time, position, atti- 
tude etc.) and media (film, mag- 
netic, optical etc.) 
-  Pre-processing techniques to 
generate datasets suitable for 
analysis and measurements (radar 
image synthesis, multi-sensor 
integration, radiometric and geo- 
metric corrections etc.) 
  
WG I 
Sensor Parameter Standardisation 
and Calibration 
Chair: 
Manfred Schroeder 
Head, Optical RS Division 
Institute of Optoelectronics 
German Aerospace Research 
Establishment, DLR 
Postfach 11 16 
D-82230 Wessling 
GERMANY 
Tel: +49-8153-28-2790 
Fax: + 49-8153-28-1444 
E-mail: ms@zeus.oe.op.dir.de 
Co-Chair: 
Alan Beldward 
Joint Research Centre 
Space Applications Institute 
|-21828 Ispra (Va) 
ITALY 
Tel: +39-332-789298 
Fax: | 439-332-789536 
E-mail: alan.belward@jrc.it 
Secretary: 
Wolfgang Kornus 
Institute of Optoelectronics 
German Aerospace Research Estab- 
lishment, DLR 
Postfach 11 16 
D-82230 Wessling 
GERMANY 
Tel/Fax: as above 
E-mail: wk@sol1.0e.op.dir.de 
WG 1/1 - Terms of Reference 
- Standardisation of definitions and 
measurement of various sensor 
specification related parameters, 
such as spectral resolution, radio- 
metric sensitivity etc. 
- Techniques and procedures for 
laboratory calibration of sensors 
- In-flight calibration of sensors, 
including atmospheric correction 
and development of standard cal- 
ibration sites and procedures 
- Calibration of non-metric airborne 
sensors 
- Calibration, characterisation and 
evaluation of image scanners 
- Collaboration with organisations 
involved in the standardisation of 
imaging devices and components 
  
used in imaging, such as CEN, 
ISO, IEC, SPIE and CIE. 
- Participation with the CEOS 
Working Group on Calibration and 
Validation 
  
WG 1/2 
Pre-processing Archival 
Dissemination of Image Data 
and 
Chair: 
Dan Rosenholm 
GAF, Nordic Office 
Ekvagen 4 
S-195 44 Marsta 
SWEDEN 
Tel: +46-8-591-236-75 
Fax: | 446-8-591-237-81 
E-mail: dan@0mm.se 
Co-Chair: 
Jolyon Thurgood 
Director, International Business 
Development Space Imaging 
9351 Grant St, Suite 500 
Thornton, CO 80229-4360 
USA 
Tel: +1-303-254-2102 
Fax: +1-303 254-2217 
E-mail: JThurgood@Spacelmaging. 
com 
WG 1/2 - Terms of Reference 
- Pre-processing algorithms, 
including platform modelling, 
noise removal, radiometric nor- 
malisation etc. 
- Pre-processing algorithms and 
architectures for SAR (including 
Interferometric SAR) 
- Data archival technology, includ- 
ing hardware, data compression 
technology etc. 
- Data distribution and dissemi- 
nation, especially for operational 
use with fast turn around time 
  
WG 1/3 
Sensors and Platforms 
Topographic Survey 
for 
Chair: 
Karsten Jacobsen 
Universitat Hannover 
Niemburger Strasse 1 
D-30162 Hannover 
GERMANY 
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