Fifth Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium

Date

23 January 1998

Second Circular

22nd-25th June 1998, University of Dundee, Scotland.

The fifth Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium will be held in Dundee in
the early summer of 1998. This is a successor to the previous symposia which
were held at Yellowknife (NWT, Canada), Tromsø (Norway), Fairbanks (Alaska)
and Lyngby (Denmark).

Subject area of Symposium

The research areas covered include especially the atmosphere, geology,
hydrology, frozen ground and permafrost, vegetation and the biology of
the tundra, glaciology, snow, sea ice, ecology, pollution on land and in
sea ice, natural resources, instruments and technology, mankind in the
polar regions, indeed any aspect of polar science that might be served
by remote sensing/Earth observation techniques. Please note that the
scope of the conference is not limited to the northern hemisphere but
includes the Antarctic as well.

Registration

Please complete the attached form and return it to:

Miss S.K. Newcombe,
Fifth Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium,
Dundee Centre for Coastal Zones Research,
Department of Applied Physics and Electronic and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Dundee,
DUNDEE DD1 4HN,
Scotland, UK.

tel: 44 - (0)1382 - 344933
fax: 44 - (0)1382 - 345415
email: S.K.NEWCOMBE [at] DUNDEE.AC.UK
web: http://www.dundee.ac.uk then look under “Department of
APEME” or “Remote Sensing Group”

Abstracts

Abstracts may be sent by post, courier, fax or email. However, please bear
in mind that if we are to reproduce your abstract in a booklet for
circulation at the meeting it will not look very nice if we have to use a
fax or email version. A WORD 6.0 attachment to an email is, however, OK.
The abstract should include the title, names and addresses of the authors
and a short description of the work to be presented. Abstracts should not
exceed one page of single-spaced A4 and the type size should not be smaller
than 10 point. Times New Roman is preferred.

Deadline for the receipt of abstracts: Tuesday 31st March 1998.

The address, fax number and email address for the receipt of abstracts are
given above. Authors may express a preference for an oral presentation
or a poster presentation, but the organising committee reserve the right
to make the actual decision between oral and poster presentation; we aim
to make these decisions available on the internet by 30th April 1998.

Registration fee

For payments received in Dundee before 25th April 1998 £ 225.00
For payments received after that date £ 325.00
Students £ 125.00

The registration fee includes morning coffee, lunch, afternoon tea each
day and the proposed whisky distillery visit and conference dinner.

Travel

There are good rail connections from London and other major cities in the UK.
One can fly to London, Birmingham or Manchester and then on to Edinburgh.
One can also fly from a number of overseas countries directly to Edinburgh,
Glasgow or Aberdeen. Transfer from Edinburgh, Glasgow or Aberdeen to Dundee
can be achieved by taxi or local airport bus followed by a train journey of
circa 1-11/2 hours to Dundee. There is a small airport in Dundee, but most
airlines and travel agents do not seem to know of its existence.

Accommodation

Places will be available in a hall of residence immediately adjacent to the
Symposium venue at the following prices for dinner, bed and breakfast:

single room with en suite bathroom £ 32.50 per day.
standard student room, communal bathroom £ 20.00 per day.

For double occupancy reductions are available of £ 7.50 per person per day
for sharing en suite rooms (double bed) and £ 5 per person per day for
sharing standard student rooms (twin beds).

Reductions are available for accompanying children, depending on age.
Details are available on request.

Details of a few hotels in the vicinity and approximate indications of price
ranges are given below. If you wish to stay in a hotel you must make the
arrangements directly with the hotel yourself and assume responsibility for
all the charges:

(all telephone numbers prefixed by ...44...1382...)

Angus Thistle Hotel, 101 Marketgait, Dundee DD1 1QU.
Tel. 226874, fax 322564
(B&B £ 46 - £ 94 per person)
Invercarse Hotel, 371 Perth Road, Dundee DD2 1PG.
Tel. 669231, fax 644112
(B&B £ 40 - £ 62 per person)
Queens Hotel, 160 Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4DU.
Tel. 322515, fax 202668
(B&B £ 25 - £ 80 per person)
Stakis Dundee Hotel, Earl Grey Place, Dundee DD1 4DE.
Tel. 229271, fax 200072
(B&B £ 35 - £ 120 per person)

Publication of Proceedings

It is proposed to publish acceptable papers as a special issue of the
International Journal of Remote Sensing. Papers to be considered for
inclusion in this issue will need to be brought to the conference itself
in final form (prepared according to the Information for Authors to be
found inside the back cover of any issue of that journal).
Papers for publication in this issue will be refereed in the usual way.

Social event

No visit to Scotland would be complete without a visit to at least one
of the famous distilleries where the water of life (whisky) is produced.
We plan to arrange a visit to one of these distilleries followed by a
reception, dinner and entertainment there or nearby. For participants
the price is included in the registration fee; for accompanying persons
a charge will be made for the event.

Accompanying persons programme

If there is sufficient demand we shall organise some other social events
for accompanying persons.

Organising Committee

Arthur Cracknell (Scotland), Sheila Newcombe (Scotland), Robin Vaughan
(Scotland), Ken Dean (Alaska), Helmut Epp (Canada), Preben Gudmandsen
(Denmark), Sigmund Spjelkavik (Norway).

Sponsoring organisations

(To date): Remote Sensing Society, University of Dundee, .................

Registration form

Fifth Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium

22nd-25th June 1998, University of Dundee, Scotland.

Please return to:

I wish to attend the Fifth Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium.

NAME..........................................TITLE AND INITIALS............

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I PROPOSE TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT: YES/NO*

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Details see over page.

No accommodation will be reserved unless payment is sent in advance.

PLEASE INDICATE ANY SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS.............................................

*Please delete as appropriate.

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Payment calculation:

Please tick box(es) and enter amounts on the right

Fee (per Symposium participant)

ˇ Received in Dundee before 25th April 1998 £ 225 £................
ˇ Received in Dundee after 25th April 1998 £ 325 £................
ˇ Student £ 125 £................

Acommodation

Participant

ˇ single, en suite, four days @ £ 32.50* £ 130 £................
ˇ single, communal bathroom, four days @ £ 20.00* £ 80 £................
* i.e. arrive on Sunday evening and depart on Thursday afternoon.

ˇ en suite arrive ............. depart ............. @ £ 32.50 per day £................
ˇ standard single arrive ......... depart .......... @ £ 20.00 per day £................

plus for second person sharing room

ˇ en suite (double bed), four days @ £ 25.00* £ 100 £................
ˇ standard (twin beds), communal bathroom,
four days @ £ 15.00* £ 60 £................
* i.e. arrive on Sunday evening and depart on Thursday afternoon.

ˇ en suite arrive ............. depart ............. @ £ 25.00 per day £................
ˇ standard arrive ............. depart ............. @ £ 15.00 per day £................

Total £................

I ENCLOSE £..................... IN PAYMENT

Payments in advance must be sent by cheque or bank draft in sterling
(net of all bank charges) drawn on a bank in the UK or as eurocheques
(quoting your eurocheque card number on the back of the cheque).
We regret that we do not have the facilities to accept payments by credit card.