Scope

The specific topics that will be covered by the conference include (but are not limited to) the following:

• advances in the theory of polarimetric remote sensing;
• optimization of strategies of polarimetric Earth observations;
• scattering of light by terrestrial aerosols and clouds;
• improvement of polarimetric observation quality and information content;
• development of advanced retrieval algorithms and data processing;
• satellites missions and field campaigns;
• advanced instrumentation;
• atmospheric correction;
• ocean colour;
• long-term calibration and validation

Conveners Committee

Oleg Dubovik (co-chair), CNRS/ Université de Lille-1, Lille, France
Zhengqiang Li (co-chair), Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth/CAS, Beijing, China
Michael Mishchenko (co-chair), NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Bojan Bojkov, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
Hal Maring, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA
Jérôme Riedi, Université de Lille-1, Lille, France
Pierre Tabary, CNES, Toulouse, France

Program Committee

Michael Aspetsberger, CATALYSTS GmbH, Linz, Austria
Sharon P. Burton, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Hongbin Chen, Institute of Atmospheric Physics/CAS, Hefei, China
Oleg Dubovik (co-chair), CNRS/ Université de Lille-1, Lille, France
Philippe Goloub, Université de Lille-1, Lille, France
Xingfa Gu, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth/CAS, Beijing, China
Otto Hasekamp, SRON, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Chris A. Hostetler, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
Qing Li, Satellite Environment Center/MEP, Beijing, China
Zhengqiang Li (co-chair), Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth/CAS, Beijing, China
Pavel Litvinov, GRASP-SAS, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
Thierry Marbach, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
Vanderlei Martins, University of Maryland/Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Michael Mishchenko (co-chair), NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
Xiangjun Min, China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application/CASC, Beijing, China
Rosemary Munro, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
Teruyuki Nakajima, JAXA, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Frédéric Parol, Université de Lille-1, Lille, France
Yanli Qiao, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics/CAS, Hefei, China
Jeffrey S. Reid, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA, USA
Lorraine Remer, University of Maryland/Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Jérôme Riedi, Université de Lille-1, Lille, France
Itaru Sano, Kindai Univeristy, Osaka, Japan
Didier Tanré, CNRS/Université de Lille-1, Lille, France
Ping Yang, Taxes A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Peng Zhang, National Satellite Meteorological Center/CMA, Beijing, China