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Technical committees
AndreAs Mueller (Chair), German Aerospace Centre (DLR)
KArl stAenz (Former Chair), Alberta Terrestrial Imaging Centre, University of Lethbridge
Cindy Ong (Co-Chair), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organization (CSIRO)
utA Heiden (Co-Chair), German Aerospace Centre (DLR)

International Spaceborne Imaging
Spectroscopy (ISIS) Technical Committee

Technical Committee Corner
by John Kerekes, Vice President of
Technical Activities
Each issue we feature one of our
Technical Committees to share with
the communit y their mission,
objectives, and activities. Here we
present a contribution from the
International Spaceborne Imaging
Spec troscopy (ISIS) Technical
Committee. ISIS functions as a virtual meeting place for the
international hyperspectral imaging satellite community. Please
contact the Chair or Co-Chairs if you have an interest in participating in this Technical Committee.

I. INTRODUCTION
he International Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy
Technical Committee (ISIS TC) of IEEE GRSS provides a forum for technical and programmatic discussion and consultation among national space agencies,
research institutions and other stakeholders in land
surface and coastal zone oriented imaging spectroscopy.
The main goal of the ISIS TC is to share information on current and future spaceborne imaging spectroscopy (hyperspectral) missions with a focus on
land surface and coastal zone research. The group
intends to foster the discussion between geo-scientific
research groups, technology oriented and institutional Earth observation stakeholders. It seeks opportunities for new international partnerships to the
benefit of the global user community. Specific discussions within the working group also focus on interoperability among missions, 'best practice' mission
implementation, mass data management challenges

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and development of a forward work plan for improved
coordination amongst member agencies.
ISIS, formed in 2007 in Hilo, was initiated by Alex
Held from CSIRO and established as a Technical Committee of IEEE GRSS in 2010. As ISIS strongly encourages interactive discussions and constantly seeks feedback from the international community, the goals and
objectives of ISIS are regularly reviewed and updated
whenever desirable. Currently the following goals and
objectives of ISIS have been formulated:
◗ Provide a platform to mission operators to share
information and establish data acquisition strategies;
◗ Exploit the possibilities for coordinated mission operations in the form of a "virtual satellite constellation";
◗ Promote the need for more efficient data delivery to
processing facilities (at key global centres or to incountry institutions);
◗ Support the establishment of common data analysis protocols and a set of geoscientific products and
common data standards;
◗ Promote the generation of a pool of hyperspectral
satellite data to be used in round robin experiments;
◗ Support coordinated vicarious calibration and product validation activities with linkages to the airborne
remote sensing community;
◗ Promote the need for robust, underpinning R&D
programs for continuous improvement.
In the first years of ISIS, membership mostly consisted of agency members involved in the development
of spaceborne imaging spectroscopy missions and data
processing experts from research groups working with
airborne hyperspectral sensors. Discussions mainly
focused on technical issues, calibration and validation
needs and processing standards. These topics will also
form the backbone of the TC in the future. However, it
is also intended to establish contacts to larger scientific
research programs and initiatives to demonstrate the
added value of imaging spectroscopy derived products.
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