Call for Papers: Special Issue in "Quantitative Soil Spectroscopy"

New developments in optical, NIR, SWIR and thermal imaging spectroscopy for geoscience and environmental applications:

• methodological approaches for extraction of soil and drylands surface parameters
• soil spectroscopy
• multi-scale analyses: from laboratory and field reflectance spectroscopy to remote sensing

Current projects:

• EU-FP7 EUFAR
• EU-FP6 DeSurvey
• EnMAP
• ISPRS WG VII/3 http://www.commission7.isprs.org/wg3/
• ARES

Finished projects:

• INCAMAR - Integration of multispectral and hyperspectral information for the selection and characterization of change indicators in arid ecosystems. Basis for a monitoring program in the natural park Cabo de Gata-Nijar, funded Spanish ministry of science
• Quantification of near-surface processes in the context of land degradation for the characterisation of soil properties, erosion and water regime, funded GFZ
• Spectral imaging in sediment cores, a new method tracing sensitively climatic changes: development of high-resolution proxies records of Aral Sea, funded GFZ
• HYPERGEMME - Use of hyperspectral data for geological and mineralogical mapping of ophiolite massifs and mining environments (HYPERspectral pour la GEologie et Mineralogie de Massifs et Environnement miniers), funded French ministry of science
• Limitations and possibilities of hyperspectral imagery today for environmental and geological applications, funded CNES
• Identification and Mapping of Expansive Clay Soils in the Western U.S. Using Field Spectrometry and AVIRIS Hyperspectral Data, funded NASA/JPL
• HYRESSA - Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Europe, funded EU-FP6 SSA
• SAND -Spectral ANalysis of Dryland Degradation- for Global Desertification Assessment, submitted to ESA, recommended and not funded

2006-present
Senior scientist, Helmholtz Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany. Lecturer at Potsdam University

2001-2006
Project scientist, Helmholtz Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany

2001 (<Oct)
Consultant, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France (CNES)

1997 – 2000
Research Associate, Center for the Study of Earth from Space/CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

1996 – 1997
NOAA post-doctoral fellow, Center for the Study of Earth from Space/CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

1994 – 1995
Teaching and Research Assistant, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

1995
Ph.D. in Geophysics and Space Techniques, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, Très honorable avec félicitations du jury (summa cum laude)

1991
D.E.A. (M.Sc.) in Astrophysics, Geophysics and Space Techniques, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

Research project experience:

• P.I. and Co-P.I. in research projects funded by the EU (number of past and present projects: 3), Spanish ministry of science (1), German ministry of science (3), NASA/JPL (1), French ministry of science (3), ESA (1)

Collective responsibility activities

• Secretary of the ISPRS Commission VII-WG3 “Information extraction from hyperspectral data”
• Speaker for the Dryland Degradation program in the POF (Program-oriented Research) Climate Variability and Human Habitat, 2004-2008
• Member of the French CNES advisory board for hyperspectral development (Groupe de Synthèse Hyperspectral)
• Capacity building responsibilities: Lecturer at Potsdam University and Technical University Berlin, Advisor of PhDs and MSc students
• Responsible of the spectroscopy laboratory at GFZ Remote Sensing section

Scientific community activities

• Reviewer of PhDs and MSc theses
• Regular reviewer of peer-review journals in Remote Sensing and/or Earth Sciences
• Regular reviewer of research announcement institutions
• Member of professional associations: e.g. EARSeL SIG-Imaging Spectroscopy, DesertNet*Germany, DesertNet International, ProFil -Professionalisierung für Frauen in Forschung und Lehre-
• Conference chair: e.g. 7th EARSeL Special Interest Group on Imaging Spectroscopy Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, 11-13 April 2011, Science Committee member; EUFAR Expert Working Group – Soil applications Workshop: “Quantitative Applications of soil spectroscopy”, Potsdam, Germany, 15-16 April 2010, chair
• Scientific publications: Total of 103 scientific publications: 15 in peer-review journals, 5 book participations, 30 conference publications, 63 abstracts/ conference presentations.

Escribano, P., Palacios-Orueta, A., Oyonarte, C. and Chabrillat, S. (2010), Spectral properties and sources of variability of ecosystem components in a Mediterranean semiarid environment, Journal of Arid Environment, 74 (9): 1041-1051, doi:10.1016/j.aridenv.2010.02.001.

Haubrock, S.-N., Kuhnert, M., Chabrillat, S., Guentner, A. and Kaufmann, H. (2009), Spatiotemporal variations of soil surface roughness from in-situ laser scanning, Catena, 79: 128-139, doi:10.1016/j.catena.2009.06.005.

Ben-Dor E., Chabrillat S., Demattê J.A.M., Taylor G., Hill J., Whiting M.L., and Sommer, S. (2009), Using imaging spectroscopy to study soil properties, Remote Sensing of Environment, Special Issue IGARSS 06 Symposium in Honor of the Contributions of Dr. Alexander F.H. Goetz to Imaging Spectroscopy, 113: S38-S55, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.09.019.

Ulrich, M., Grosse, G., Chabrillat, S., and Schirrmeister, L. (2009), Arctic periglacial features as environmental indicators using field spectrometry and remote sensing data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 113 (6): 1220-1235, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.02.009.

Richter, N., Jarmer, T., Chabrillat, S., Oyonarte, C., Hostert, P. and Kaufmann, H. (2009), Free iron oxide determination in Mediterranean soils using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 73 (1): 72-81.

Haubrock, S.-N., Chabrillat, S., Kuhnert, M., Hostert, P. and Kaufmann, H. (2008), Surface soil moisture quantification and validation based on hyperspectral data and field measurements, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 2, 023552, doi: 10.1117/1.3059191.

Ben-Dor, E., Taylor, G.R., Hill, J., Demattê, J.A.M., Whiting, M.L., Chabrillat, S. and Sommer, S. (2008), Imaging spectrometry for soil applications, Advances in Agronomy Journal, 97: 321-392, doi: 10.1016/S0065-2113(07)00008-9.

Haubrock, S.-N., Chabrillat, S., Lemmnitz, C. and Kaufmann, H. (2008), Surface soil moisture quantification models from reflectance data under field conditions, Int. J. Remote Sensing, 29 (1): 3-29, doi: 10.1080/01431160701294695.

Chabrillat, S. (2006), Land degradation indicators: spectral indices, Annals of Arid Zone, Special issue Land quality assessment, 45 (3-4): 331-354.

Chabrillat, S., Goetz, A.F.H., Olsen, H.W. and Krosley L. (2002), Use of hyperspectral images in the identification and mapping of expansive clay soils and the role of spatial resolution, Remote Sensing of Environment, 82 (2-3): 431-445.

Goetz, A.F.H., Chabrillat, S. and Lu, Z. (2001), Field reflectance spectrometry for detection of swelling clays at construction sites, Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology, 5 (3): 143-155.

Chabrillat, S., Pinet, P.C., Ceuleneer, G., Johnson, P.E. and Mustard, J.F. (2000), Ronda peridotite massif: Methodology for its geological mapping and lithological discrimination from hyperspectral data, Int. J. Remote Sensing, 21 (12): 2363-2388.

Patent

Goetz, A.F.H. and Chabrillat, S. (2001), A field method for rapid determination of the swelling potential of clay soils by means of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy, Patent from the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.