Prof. David G. Goodenough
Prof. David G. Goodenough, Natural Resources Canada, Canada
Biography:
David G. Goodenough is an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, at the University of Victoria (UVic). He has graduate students and is a NSERC recipient. Dr. Goodenough holds the following degrees: Ph.D. and M.Sc. (University of Toronto), and B.Sc. (University of British Columbia). Dr. Goodenough worked at the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (1973-1991), where he was a Chief Research Scientist and Head of the Knowledge-Based Methods and Systems Section. He was an Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Ottawa (1979-1996). In 1991, he joined as a Chief Research Scientist the Pacific Forestry Centre of the Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada. He was a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000). He was President of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) (1992-1993) and served as Past-President (1994-1996). He became a Fellow of the IEEE in 1997. He was a member of the IEEE Fellow Committee. Dr. Goodenough has served the IEEE GRSS as an AdCom Member from 1986 to 2008. He was General Co-Chairman for IGARSS 2000 and was Technical Program Co-Chairman for IGARSS 2002. He has published extensively (>250 papers) and presented frequently (>700 presentations). He is a recipient of the following awards: the IEEE GRSS Distinguished Achievement Award (2006); the 2004 Gold Medal of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute; the Government of Canada's Award of Excellence; the IEEE GRSS Outstanding Service Award; a Natural Resources Canada Departmental Merit Award; an EMR Merit Award, and NASA Group Achievement Awards. Dr. Goodenough was Principal Investigator of the NASA project, Evaluation and Validation of EO-1 for Sustainable Development (EVEOSD). He led the automation research and development team for the EOSD Project. He is Principal Investigator of the ESA Project, Evaluation and Validation of CHRIS, and leads the Methods and Systems Study. He was PI of a Forest Hyperspectral Applications Project with CSA. He was the PI of CSA's Radarsat-2 Forest Applications Project and a Co-I on UVic's Scientific GRID Computing Project, a CANARIE project. He led the SAFORAH project (www.saforah.org). Dr. Goodenough is a member of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the Computer Society, and the Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. He is also a member of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society and the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute.
Title: Forest Applications with Satellite and Airborne Radar
Abstract:
In order to monitor the forest resources and environment of the planet, it is necessary to use remote sensing from multiple sensors and integrate these data with historical information contained within geographical information systems (GIS). Multiple sensors are required to identify attributes of interest. In forestry, resource managers want to know the amount of the resource by species, area, timber volume, etc., the spatial distribution, the health (chemistry) of the forests, and the temporal changes of the resource, both past and predicted for the future. The radar and hyperspectral technologies are used to create information systems to support resource and environmental management. In this tutorial we explore radar methods and systems to obtain valuable forest information, such as current and historical fire scars, harvesting patterns, forest typing, and biomass. When combined with species information, we can also create maps of above-ground carbon. Radars provide all-weather monitoring capability vital for detecting illegal harvesting. National and global monitoring requires integrated systems for distributed data management. These systems require multiple frequencies, polarization, multiple angles, interferometry and polarimetry. We will discuss the operational requirements for effective radar monitoring of forests. Examples of work for forest applications will be presented.
