[Ipeg-all] Call for participation: Geomorphometry 2009, 29 August - 2 September 2009

[Ross Purves]

Apologies for cross-postings.

Geomorphometry 2009
29 August - 2 September 2009
Zurich, Switzerland
http://2009.GEOMORPHOMETRY.ORG
e-mail: 2009 at geomorphometry.org

We would like to bring to your attention the forthcoming conference,
Geomorphometry 2009. The conference and associate workshops will be held
from 29th August to 2nd September 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland. The
Geomorphometry 2009 conference will continue a series initiated by the
Terrain Analysis and Digital Terrain Modelling conference hosted by Nanjing
Normal University in November 2006. 

Aims and scope
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The aim of Geomorphometry 2009 is to bring together researchers to present
and discuss developments in the field of quantitative modelling and analysis
of elevation data. Geomorphometry is the science of quantitative
land-surface analysis and description at diverse spatial scales. It draws
upon mathematical, statistical and image-processing techniques and
interfaces with many disciplines including hydrology, geology, computational
geometry, geomorphology, remote sensing, geographic information science and
geography. The conference aims to attract leading researchers in
geomorphometry presenting methodological advances in the field and to
provide young researchers with an opportunity to present new results. A full
list of accepted papers is below.

Keynotes
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We are delighted to announce that Professor David Mark, SUNY Distinguished
Professor in the Department of Geography at the State University of New York
at Buffalo and Dr Jo Wood, Reader in GI Science at the Department for
Information Science at City University, London, have agreed to give keynote
lectures at Geomorphometry 2009.

Workshops
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Three workshops entitled, "Automated analysis of elevation data in
R+ILWIS/SAGA"; "DEM analysis using ArcGIS toolbox"; "Back to reality -
Reconciling geomorphometry and geomorphology in the field" are planned.
Further details of workshops are available on the conference web site.
Registration for workshops only is now possible.
(http://2009.geomorphometry.org/workshops.htm)

Registration
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Early registration rates for the conference (before 15th of June) will be
450 Swiss Francs. Late registration rates will be 550 Swiss Francs.
(http://2009.geomorphometry.org/registration.htm) 

Accepted papers
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John Gallant and Michael Hutchinson. A differential equation for specific
catchment area

Michael Kalbermatten, Dimitri Van De Ville, Stéphane Joost, Michael Unser
and François Golay. Laplace-gradient wavelet pyramid and multiscale tensor
structures applied on high resolution DEMs

Tomasz Stepinski and Chaitanya Bagaria. Stacked classification for effective
geomorphic mapping of planetary surfaces

Rania Bou Kheir, Mogens Greve and Peder Bocher. Use of digital terrain
analysis and classification trees for predictive mapping of soil organic
carbon in southern Denmark

Ralph K. Straumann. Experiences in developing landform ontologies

Lucian Dragut, Clemens Eisank, Thomas Strasser and Thomas Blaschke. A
comparison of methods to incorporate scale in geomorphometry

Carlos Grohmann, Mike Smith and Claudio Riccomini. Surface roughness of
topography: a multi-scale analysis of landform elements in Midland Valley,
Scotland

Alex Mkrtchian. Application of logistic regression-kriging based on
topographic landscape indices for interpolation of species presence/absence
data

Nicolas Sougnez and Veerle Vanacker. Spatial variability in channel and
slope morphology  within the Ardennes Massif, and its link with tectonics

Niels Anders, Harry Seijmonsbergen and Willem Bouten. Multi-scale and
object-oriented image analysis of high-res LiDAR data for geomorphological
mapping in alpine mountains

Paolo Tarolli, Giancarlo Dalla Fontana, Giovanni Moretti and Stefano
Orlandini. Determination of drainage nets from gridded elevation data

Nathalie Thommeret, Jean-Stéphane Bailly and Christian Puech. Robust
extraction of thalwegs network from DTM for topological characterisation:
case study on badlands

John Gallant and Arthur Read. Enhancing the SRTM data for Australia

Marcello A. V. Gorini. Physiographic classification of the ocean floor: a
multi-scale geomorphometric approach

Roderik Koenders, Roderik Lindenbergh and Tanja Zegers. Automated
classification of Martian morphology using a Terrain Fingerprinting Method

Ashraf Afana and Gabriel Del Barrio. An adaptive approach for channel
network delineation from Digital Elevation Models

Markus Tusch, Korbinian Kringer, Clemens Geitner, Martin Rutzinger,
Christoph Wiegand and Gertraud Meißl. Geomorphometric analyses of LiDAR
Digital Terrain Models for digital soil mapping

Peter Guth. Global Survey of Organized Landforms: Recognizing Linear Sand
Dunes

Balázs Székely and Tomaz Podobnikar. A method for automated extraction of
Martian talus slopes - case studies of Nanedi Valles and West Candor Chasma,
Mars

Markus Möller, Thomas Koschitzki and Klaus-Jörg Hartmann. Terrain-related
revision of existing soil maps

Andreas Linsbauer, Frank Paul, Martin Hoelzle, Holger Frey and Wilfried
Haeberli. The Swiss Alps without glaciers - a GIS-based modelling approach
for reconstruction of glacier beds

Svein Olav Krrgli, Henning Dypvik and Bernd Etzelmüller. Correlation of
radial profiles extracted from automatic detected circular features, in the
search for impact structure candidates

Laura Poggio and Pierre Soille. Infuence of spurious pit removal methods on
the position of river networks extracted from SRTM
Scott Peckham. A new algorithm for creating DEMS with smooth elevation
profiles

Markus Metz, Helena Mitasova and Russel Harmon. Fast stream extraction from
large, radar-based elevation models with variable level of detail

Ian Evans. Allometric development of glacial cirques:  an application of
specific geomorphometry.

Rüdiger Köthe and Michael Bock. Preprocessing of Digital Elevation Models -
derived from laser scanning and radar interferometry - for terrain analysis
in Geosciences

Blrd Romstad and Bernd Etzelmüller. Structuring the Digital Elevation Model
into landform elements through watershed segmentation of curvature

T. Hengl, C.H. Grohmman, R.S. Bivand, O. Conrad and A. Lobo. SAGA vs GRASS:
a comparative analysis of the two open source desktop GIS for the automated
analysis of elevation data

Thomas Grabs, Jan Seibert, Kelsey Jencso and Brian McGlynn. Calculation of
side-separated contributions to stream networks - a new tool to characterize
riparian zones

Balázs Székely, Eszter Király, Dávid Karátson and Tamás Bata. A
parameterisation attempt of scoria cones of the San Francisco Volcanic Field
(Arizona, USA) by conical fitting

Mathias Ulmer, Peter Molnar and Ross Purves. Influence of DEM and soil
property uncertainty on an infinite slope stability model
Katherine Arrell and Stephen Carver. Surface roughness scaling trends

Justin Washtell, Stephen Carver and Katherine Arrell. A viewshed based
classification of landscapes using geomorphometrics

Hannes Isaak Reuter and Andrew Nelson. Worldterrain - A contribution to the
global geomorphometric atlas

Brendan Malone. Mapping continuous soil depth functions in the Edgeroi
district, NSW, Australia, using terrain attributes and other environmental
factors

Programme chairs
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Ross Purves       University of Zurich
Stephan Gruber    University of Zurich
Tomislav Hengl    University of Amsterdam

Scientific committee
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Katherine Arrell        University of Leeds, UK
Alexander Brenning      University of Waterloo, Canada
Juergen Boehner         University of Hamburg, Germany
Olaf Conrad             University of Hamburg, Germany
Lucian Dragut           University of Salzburg, Austria
Ian Evans               Durham University, UK
Peter Fisher            University of Leicester, UK
John Gallant            CSIRO, Australia
Paul Gessler            University of Idaho, USA
Stephan Gruber          University of Zurich, Switzerland
Peter Guth              US Naval Academy, USA
Tomislav Hengl          University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oliver Korup            WSL, Switzerland
John Lindsay            University of Guelph, Canada
Helena Mitasova         North Carolina State University, USA
Peter Molnar            ETH, Switzerland
Scott Peckham           Rivix, USA
Ross Purves             University of Zurich, Switzerland
Hannes Reuter           Joint Research Centre, Italy
Jochen Schmidt          NIWA, New Zealand
Ralph Straumann         University of Zurich, Switzerland
Andy Turner             Leeds University, UK
Robert Weibel           University of Zurich, Switzerland
John Wilson             University of Southern California, USA
Jo Wood                 City University, UK
Qiming Zhou             Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong