We are pleased to inform that the next Workshop of the COST Action HARMONIOUS  will be held at the Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences in Pruhonice, Czech Republic (at the outskirt of Prague), February 27th. The Workshop will be focused on the progress in the use of UAS techniques for environmental monitoring, and will be opened to all interested parties. Come to Prague to find out about our activities!

Invited speakers:

• Ewelina Rupnic (École Nationale des Sciences Géographiques, France) – Accuracy estimation and optimization of UAV photogrammetric 3D models – selected real case-studies realized with the free open source photogrammetric suite “MicMac“
• Michael James (Lancaster University, UK) – Photogrammetric considerations for SfM-based topographic modelling

Program Workshop 27. 2 2019

8:30 – 9:00 – Registration

9:00 – 9:15 – Welcome and Introduction

9:15 – 9:30 – HARMONIOUS Activities– S. Manfreda, B. Toth

1^st session -Vegetation Monitoring

9:30 – 9:45 – Timing and scale matters: unmanned aircraft vs. satellite imagery in plant invasion monitoring– J. Müllerová, T. Bartaloš, J. Brůna, P. Dvořák, M. Vítková

9:45 – 10:00 – Woody vegetation monitoring combining high-resolution multi-spectral UAV imagery – a case study from a sub-arid region in Israel, R. Kent, H. Dan, I. Shapira, A. Perlberg and I. Levinsky:

10:00 – 10:15 – Does BRDF information from overlapping UAV images improve grassland yield mapping in northern Norway?  – C. Davids and M. Jørgensen

10:15 – 10:30 – Estimation crop physical parameters from UAV RGB imagery and deep learning– M. Polinova, K. Salinas and A. Brook

10:30 – 10:45 – DRONE AND SENTINEL-2 Data application for mapping of mowing effects on reed stands in the Plateliai lake (Lithuania)– M. Bučas, E. Tiškus and V. Stragauskaitė

10:45 – 11:00 – Evaluating Remote indices from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) on European marginal land – F. Gnädinger, M. Obermeier and P. Schröder

11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee Break

2^nd Session Water Monitoring

11:30 – 11:45 FISHSTREAM: Determining Surface Velocity Fields near Fish Passages at Hydropower Dams– D. Strelnikova, G. Paulus, K.-H. Anders, P. Mayr, S. Kaefer, H. Mader and R. Schneeberger

11:45 – 12:00 Empirical Comparison of Shallow Water Bathymetry Data – UAS MultiView Stereo Photogrammetry versus Single Beam Echo Sounding– G. Paulus, K.-H. Anders and M. Erlacher

12:15 – 12:30 Field applications of infrared thermography: estimation of hydrological and hydraulic variables– J. de Lima, J. M. Gonçalves and I. de Lima

12:30 – 12:45 UAV monitoring of fluvial dynamics of the montane streams– J. Langhammer and T. Lendzioch

12:45-14:00 Poster session, Lunch

Poster Session:

• Crowdsourcing and UAS help to fight plant invasions – J. Brůna, J. Janák, J. Müllerová, T. Bartaloš, P. Dvořák, M. Vítková

• Innovative integration of UAV and geophysics techniques for monitoring Natural Arches in Malta and Gozo: the case study of Wied Il-Mielah (Gozo) – E. Colica, S. D’Amico, S. Martino, R. Iannucci, A. Paciello and P. Galea:

• Forest microclimate and its modelling with remote sensing– V. Kašpar, L. Hederová, M. Kopecký, M. Macek, J. Müllerová and J. Wild

• A method for up-scaling the assessed soil ecological functional state with the use of UAS data– M. Tsiafouli, M. Papadopoulou, A.  Tsavdaridou, B. Marteinsdóttir and S. Sgardelis

3^th Session Morphological and Soil Monitoring

14:00-14:30 Accuracy estimation and optimization of UAV photogrammetric 3D models – selected real case-studies realized with the free open source photogrammetric suite “MicMac”– E. Rupnik (invited)

14:30-15:00 Photogrammetric considerations for SfM-based topographic modelling – M. James (invited)

15:00-15:15 Spatio-temporal data fusion for monitoring terrain of olive plantations in the South of Spain– J. M. Jurado Rodríguez, L. Martínez Cartas and F. Feito

15:15-15:30 Thermal emission of soil surfaces assessed from temperature data recorded by UAV-thermal sensors– E. Schmaltz and P. Strauss

15:30 – 15:45 – Coffee Break, Posters

15:45 – 17:45 – SfM Training

Processing with MicMac –  E. Rupnic

Advanced processing in Agisoft Photoscan – J. Šedina, G4D

From 19:00 – Social gathering at the city center – Pub U Šumavy (optional, at your own expense) – see, where it is

Special Issues

The best oral presentations will be selected for publication on one of the two Special Issues:

1) Progress on the Use of UAS Techniques for Environmental Monitoring on Remote Sensing (MDPI, IF 3.406)

2) Hydrological and Environmental Modeling: From Observations to Predictions on Water (MDPI, IF 2.069)

Venue

The workshop will be held at the premises of Institute of Botany in the Průhonice castle. Conference hall is actually beautifully restored Knight’s hall of the castle.

Průhonice are located at the outskirt of Prague. Průhonice castle and surrounding park are designated as Czech National Historic Landmark and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The venue is served by Prague public transport. How to find us

PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE VENUE

Organizing comittee

Jana Mullerová (Institute of Botany, Czech Republic)

Salvatore Manfreda (Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy)

Petr Dvořák (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)

Josef Brůna (Institute of Botany, Czech Republic)