BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/London
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20250330T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3
TZNAME:BST
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20251026T010000
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10
TZNAME:GMT
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20251202T111337Z
UID:34C26EF4-CF12-4D36-B5E4-2C9F953FDCAF
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250516T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250516T130000
DESCRIPTION:Dr Lucio Mascolo at the Università degli studi di Napoli Parth
 enope will present “Crop phenology monitoring with multi-temporal Synthe
 tic Aperture Radar data: polarimetric and dynamic perspectives” at 12pm 
 (UK time) on 16th May 2025.\n\nThis seminar is hosted by the IEEE GRSS UK&amp;
 Ireland Chapter and co-hosted by the IEEE GRSS Chapters in Poland and Ital
 y.\n\nRegistration\n\nIEEE and GRSS members as well as non-IEEE Members ar
 e invited to [Register](https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/483653) and parti
 cipate. IEEE members should include their IEEE Membership Number when regi
 stering.\n\nAccess to online Meeting\n\n[Registered Participants](https://
 events.vtools.ieee.org/m/483653) will be provided with the link prior to t
 he event.\n\nAbstract\n\nAgricultural crops evolve from sowing to harvest 
 through a succession of stages\, the phenology\, that characterize their d
 evelopment. Timely information on phenological stages of crops is fundamen
 tal to assist an efficient agricultural management and to support authorit
 ies in yield forecasting\, predicting crops outputs or losses. The most ac
 curate information on crop phenology is provided by ground campaigns where
  fields are surveyed on a weekly basis throughout the cultivation cycle\, 
 which is clearly not suitable to monitor large agricultural areas. In this
  contest\, remote sensing is a powerful tool. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SA
 R) is an active microwave sensor providing day&amp;night images at fine spatia
 l resolution\, in almost all weather conditions\, being sensitive to the s
 tructural and dielectric properties of the plants (and the underlying soil
 ). By exploiting the vector nature of microwaves\, polarimetric SAR (PolSA
 R) instruments present greater sensitivities to a plant’s structure (e.g
 .\, orientation\, shape) and dielectric characteristics (related to water 
 content). As (for a given crop type) these properties change according to 
 the phenological stages\, multi-temporal PolSAR images have been succesful
 ly exploited in the recent years for crop phenology monitoring. Space-born
 e radar systems offer different options in terms of polarimetric mode\, en
 suring a consistent acquisition schedule with a dense temporal sampling th
 roughout the season.\n\nThis talk will provide an overview on crop phenolo
 gy monitoring with multi-temporal PolSAR measurements. Polarimetric approa
 ches to extract useful information on phenological stages will be discusse
 d as well as phenology retrieval techniques\, from classification methods 
 to more recent dynamic strategies.\n\nBio\n\nLucio Mascolo received the Ph
 .D. degree in “Electronic and Information Engineering” (curriculum ele
 ctromagnetic fields) from the Università degli Studi di Cagliari\, Italy
 \, in 2015. His main research interests include electromagnetic modeling o
 f polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) measurements and their appli
 cation in agriculture monitoring. Since 2025 he is with the Electromagneti
 cs and Remote Sensing (ERS) group\, at the Università degli Studi di Nap
 oli Parthenope\, Italy. Previously\, he carried out his research in Spain\
 , where he joined the Global Change Unit at the University of Valencia\, a
 nd the Signals\, Systems and Telecommunicaion Group\, at University of Ali
 cante\, in 2023 and 2020\, respectively\; at Digital Content Analysis Tech
 nology (DCAT)\, U.K.\, from 2019 to 2020\; at SarVision\, The Netherlands\
 , from 2016 to 2018\; and at the University Parthenope’s ERS group\, fro
 m 2015 to 2016.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/483653
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/483653
ORGANIZER:r.guida@surrey.ac.uk
SEQUENCE:14
SUMMARY:IEEE GRSS UK&amp;Ireland SEMINAR “Crop phenology monitoring with mult
 i-temporal Synthetic Aperture Radar data: polarimetric and dynamic perspec
 tives”\, Dr. Lucio Mascolo
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/483653
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;Dr &lt;/
 span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Lucio Mascolo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;at the Uni
 versit&amp;agrave\; degli studi di Napoli Parthenope will present &amp;ldquo\;&lt;/sp
 an&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Crop phenology monitoring with multi-temporal Synthe
 tic Aperture Radar data: polarimetric and dynamic perspectives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span
  lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;&amp;rdquo\; at 12pm (UK time) on 16th May 2025. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p
  class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNor
 mal&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;This seminar is hosted by the IEEE GRSS UK&amp;amp\;Ir
 eland Chapter and co-hosted by the IEEE GRSS Chapters in Poland and Italy.
 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;Registration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong
 &gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;IEEE and GRSS members as we
 ll as non-IEEE Members are invited to &lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.
 org/m/483653&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Register&lt;/a&gt; and participate.
  IEEE members should include their IEEE Membership Number when registering
 .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span l
 ang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;Access to online Meeting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;E
 N-GB&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/483653&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; re
 l=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Registered Participants&lt;/a&gt; will be provided with the link pr
 ior to the event.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;
 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;Abstract&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\
 n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Agricultural crops evolve from sowing to harvest th
 rough a succession of stages\, the phenology\, that characterize their dev
 elopment. Timely information on phenological stages of crops is fundamenta
 l to assist an efficient agricultural management and to support authoritie
 s in yield forecasting\, predicting crops outputs or losses. The most accu
 rate information on crop phenology is provided by ground campaigns where f
 ields are surveyed on a weekly basis throughout the cultivation cycle\, wh
 ich is clearly not suitable to monitor large agricultural areas. In this c
 ontest\, remote sensing is a powerful tool. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
  is an active microwave sensor providing day&amp;amp\;night images at fine spa
 tial resolution\, in almost all weather conditions\, being sensitive to th
 e structural and dielectric properties of the plants (and the underlying s
 oil). By exploiting the vector nature of microwaves\, polarimetric SAR (Po
 lSAR) instruments present greater sensitivities to a plant&amp;rsquo\;s struct
 ure (e.g.\, orientation\, shape) and dielectric characteristics (related t
 o water content). As (for a given crop type) these properties change accor
 ding to the phenological stages\, multi-temporal PolSAR images have been s
 uccesfully exploited in the recent years for crop phenology monitoring. Sp
 ace-borne radar systems offer different options in terms of polarimetric m
 ode\, ensuring a consistent acquisition schedule with a dense temporal sam
 pling throughout the season. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;This talk 
 will provide an overview on crop phenology monitoring with multi-temporal 
 PolSAR measurements. Polarimetric approaches to extract useful information
  on phenological stages will be discussed as well as phenology retrieval t
 echniques\, from classification methods to more recent dynamic strategies.
 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;
 p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot;&gt;Bio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
 &gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot;&gt;Lucio Mascolo received the Ph.D. degree in &amp;ldquo\;Ele
 ctronic and Information Engineering&amp;rdquo\; (curriculum electromagnetic fi
 elds) from the Università degli Studi di Cagliari\, Italy\, in 2015. His
  main research interests include electromagnetic modeling of polarimetric 
 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) measurements and their application in agric
 ulture monitoring. Since 2025 he is with the Electromagnetics and Remote S
 ensing (ERS) group\, at the Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope\
 , Italy. Previously\, he carried out his research in Spain\, where he join
 ed the Global Change Unit at the University of Valencia\, and the Signals\
 , Systems and Telecommunicaion Group\, at University of Alicante\, in 2023
  and 2020\, respectively\; at Digital Content Analysis Technology (DCAT)\,
  U.K.\, from 2019 to 2020\; at SarVision\, The Netherlands\, from 2016 to 
 2018\; and at the University Parthenope&amp;rsquo\;s ERS group\, from 2015 to 
 2016.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR