Geomorphometry 2015 - Poznań, Poland

Geomorphometry 2015: Conference and Workshops

Geomorphometry for natural hazards geomodelling

HONORARY PATRONAGE

JM Prof. Dr Hab. Bronisław Marciniak,
Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Dr Inż. Kazimierz Bujakowski,
Surveyor General of Poland

Geomorphometry 2015 became a history. On behalf of organizing committee I would like to thank to all Geomorphometry 2015 Participants. It was a great pleasure to host all of you in Poznań. Regardless of the committee’s work, participants are the key to the success of the conference. Many interesting talks, posters and discussions is that what is worth the effort during the preparation. We wish all many valuable publications resulting from the conference meeting and we wish success to the organisers of the next meeting.THANK YOU!

Here you will find a few pictures from the conference (Google Photos)

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Zbigniew Zwoliński, Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Poland
Jarosław Jasiewicz, Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Poland
Helena Mitasova, North Carolina State University, NC, USA
Tomislav Hengl, ISRIC / Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands

Conference secretariat:

Director: Zbigniew Zwoliński
Head of GIS Lab, Chair of the International Association of Geomorphologists
Working Group on Landform Assessment for Geodiversity
Dzięgielowa 27#214 60-680 Poznań, Poland
phone: +48618296176

Vice-director: Jarosław Jasiewicz
Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation
Dzięgielowa 27#221 60-680 Poznań, Poland
phone: +48618296196

Conference Treasurer: Magdalena Ratajczak-Szczerba,

Secretariat: Joanna Gudowicz, Alicja Najwer, Jakub Nowosad

Field trip organizers: Małgorzata Mazurek, Miroslaw Makohonienko

Book of Proceedings

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

	Marco Giardino, School of Natural Sciences, University of Torino, Italy: “Multidimensional approach to natural instabilities in mountain areas: how geomorphometry can improve both hazard modelling and risk perception”
	Markus Metz, GRASS Development Team, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy: “Searching for water: hydrological modelling concepts in GRASS GIS”
	Lucian Drăguţ, West University of Timisoara, Romania: “Object-oriented geomorphometry”

INVITED LECTURES

	Tomasz Stepinski, Space Informatics Lab, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States: “Doing Geomorphometry with Pattern Analysis”
	Piotr Wężyk, Laboratory of Geomatics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland: “Making the invisible visible – the DTM modelling in complex environment”
	Manfred Zink, Microwaves and Radar Institute, German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany: “TanDEM-X: A Challenging Radar Mission for Generating a New Earth’s Topography”
	Christopher Crosby, Open Topography Group, United States: “OpenTopography: Enabling Online and On-Demand Access to High-Resolution Topography Data for Natural Hazards”
	Tomasz Niedzielski, Institue of Geography and Regional Development, University of Wrocław, Poland: “Hydrological forecasting in real time: an experimental integrated approach”
	Steve Kopp, Environmental System Research Institute, Redlands, CA, United States: “Expanding the reach of Geomorphometry through Web GIS”

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Alexander Brenning, University of Waterloo, Canada
Lucian Dragut, West University of Timisoara, Romania
Yongxin Deng, Western Illinois University, USA
Ian Evans, Durham University, UK
Igor V. Florinsky, Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, Russia
Carlos H. Grohmann, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Peter Guth, US Naval Academy, USA
Michael Hutchinson, Fenner School of Environment and Society Canberra, Australia
Steve Kopp, ESRI, USA
Robert A. MacMillan, LandMapper Ltd, Canada
Li Manchun, Nanjing University, China
Jozef Minár, Comenious University, Slovakia
Helena Mitasova, North Carolina State University, USA
Brian Lees, University of New South Wales, Australia
Wu Lun, Peking University, China
Takashi Oguchi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Scott Peckham, Rivix / University of Colorado, USA
Sebastiano Trevisani, University Iuav of Venice, Italy
Thomasz Stepinski, University of Cincinnati, USA
Lynn Usery, USGS Center for Excellence for GIS, USA
John P. Wilson, University of Southern California, USA
Liu Xuejun, Nanjing Normal University, China
Chenghu Zhou, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources, CAS, China
Qiming Zhou, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
A-Xing Zhu, Nanjing Normal University, China

Programme

DAY 1: Monday 22.06.2015

09:00-10:00	REGISTRATION
10:00-10:30	Welcoming remarks and technical information (Conference hosts, Chair and Vice-chair)
	Session 1: DEM data sources Chair: Zbigniew Zwoliński
10:30-11:00	Invited lecture: Manfred Zink, Alberto Moreira TanDEM-X: A Challenging Radar Mission for Generating a New Earth’s Topography
11:00-11:15	Christopher Wecklich, Carolina Gonzalez, Benjamin Bräutigam Height Accuracy for the First Part of the Global TanDEM-X DEM Data
11:15-11:30	Carlos Grohmann ‘Radiography of the Amazon’ DSM/DTM data: comparative analysis with SRTM, ASTER GDEM
11:30-11:45	Piotr Wozniak High resolution elevation data in Poland
11:45-12:00	Shangmin Zhao, Li Wang and Wenjiao Wu Vertical error distribution of ASTER GDEM V2 data based on ICESat/GLA14 data:taking Shanxi Plateau of China as an example
12:00-12:15	COFFEE BREAK
12:15-12:45	Keynote: Lucian Dragut Object-oriented geomorphometry
12:45-14:00	LUNCH BREAK
	Session 2: General Problems of Geomorphometry Chair: Guoan Tang
14:00-14:30	Invited lecture: Christopher Crosby OpenTopography: Enabling Online and On-Demand Access to High-Resolution Topography Data for Natural Hazards
14:30-14:45	Zbigniew Zwoliński and Joanna Gudowicz Geomorphometric analysis of morphoclimatic zones on the Earth
14:45-15:00	Vincent Lecours, Vanessa Lucieer, Margaret Dolan and Aaron Micallef An Ocean of Possibilities: Applications and Challenges of Marine Geomorphometry
15:00-15:15	Jozef Minar, Jozef Minar and Ian S. Evans Towards exactness in geomorphometry
15:15-15:30	Karin Ebert, Jerker Jarsjö and Karin Ekstedt Effects of future sea level rise – the example of the island of Gotland, Sweden
15:30-15:45	COFFEE BREAK
	Session 3: Geomorphometry in Geology and Geomorphology Chair: Ian Evans
15:45-16:00	Liyang Xiong and Guoan Tang Pre-Quaternary paleotopography reconstruction in the Ordos platform and its integration in the loess landform evolution modeling
16:00-16:15	Peter Guth Geomorphometry of Normal Faults: Abyssal Hills and Continental Rifts
16:15-16:30	Marco Bacenetti, Luca Ghiraldi, Marco Giardino and Luigi Perotti Analysis of morphometric index to evaluate the tectonic activity: case study from Germanasca valley (NW Italy)
16:30-16:45	Peter Bandura, Jozef Minár, Tatiana Harciníková and Lucian Drăguţ Towards delineation of the morphostructural division of the Western Carpathians using object-based image analysis
16:45-17:00	Yuichi S. Hayakawa, Hidetsugu Yoshida, Lucian Dragut and Takashi Oguchi Comparative analysis of manual and automatic extractions of hummock landforms in Mt. Gassan, northwestern Japan
17:00-17:15	Domenico Guida, Antonello Cestari, Alba Cuomo, Francesco Dramis, Vincenzo Palmieri and Vincenzo Siervo The Salerno University Geomorphological Informative Mapping System: the Licosa polygenetic case study (Cilento European geopark, southern Italy)
17:30-19:00	Poster Session Chairs: Jarosław Jasiewicz and Carlos Grohmann
19:00-…	Geomorphometry society meeting (elections)

Poster Session

Day 1 Poster Session Chairs: Jarosław Jasiewicz and Carlos Grohmann
Cheng-Zhi Qin, Xue-Wei Wu, Yanjun Lu, Jing-Chao Jiang and A-Xing Zhu Case-based formalization of knowledge on digital terrain analysis
Magdy Torab and Nora Dalal Natural hazards mapping of mega waves on the NW coast of Egypt
Piotr Kłapyta and Natalia Kolecka Combining laser scanning with field mapping and Schmidt-hammer relative age dating - examples from the Babia Góra range (Westen Carpathians, Poland)
Aleksander Adamczyk, Marcin Sobiech, Agata Urbańska and Wojciech Wysota Geomorphometric analysis of glacial curvilineations (GCL) in Dobrzyń Lakeland, Central Poland
Lucas Ruiz and Xavier Bodin Analysis and improvement of surface representativeness of high resolution Pléiades DEMs: Examples from glaciers and rock glaciers in two areas of the Andes
Ruqiao Jiang and Guoan Tang A Method of Depression Filling with Consideration of Local Micro-relief Features
Marcin Brach and Jarosław Chormański Comparison of digital elevation models of riparian wetland generated from airborne laser scanning of different accuracy
Edina Józsa Extracting possible terrace surfaces from digital elevation models – methodological issues and case study from Hungary
Ângelo Moura Araújo, Paulo Pereira, Renato Henriques and Diamantino Pereira Water resources assessment using GIS procedures: application in Ceará State (Brazil)
Adriana Sărășan and Lucian Drăguț Assessing contextual information from SRTM data as abasis for classifying landform types. Case study: dune fields
Maciej Hajdukiewicz The potential accuracy of the survey of landform changes using archival orthophotos: case study of the Białka River valley
Milena Różycka, Aleksandra Michniewicz, Piotr Migoń and Marek Kasprzak Identification and morphometric properties of landslides in the Bystrzyckie Mountains (Sudetes, SW Poland) based on data derived from airborne LiDAR
Małgorzata Mazurek Geomorphometric attributes of channel heads initiated by seepage erosion in a postglacial zone (NW Poland)
Virginia Ruiz-Villanueva, Markus Stoffel and Hanna Hajdukiewicz Understanding large wood deposition during floods: a modelling approach
Cezary Kaźmierowski, Jakub Ceglarek,Jerzy Cierniewski, Jarosław Jasiewicz, Sławomir Królewicz, Michał Wyczałek Soil surface roughness quantification using DEM obtained from UAV photogrammetry
Barbara Czajka, Adam Łajczak and Ryszard J. Kaczka The influence of asymmetrical slopes on timberline course at Babia Gora Mountain (Western Carpathians)
Joanna Gudowicz Effects of DEM quality on SWAT model stream flow and sediment simulation
Ling Jiang, Guoan Tang and Chun Wang Extraction and analysis of loess gully heads based on grid terrain datasets
Mateusz Kędzior and Jarosław Zawadzki Comparison of three Topographic Wetness Indices against soil moisture estimates over Vistula basin
Ryszard J. Kaczka, Michał Lempa, Katarzyna Stachniak, Barbara Czajka and Zofia Rączkowska The geometry of timberline as an indicator of active and inactive avalanche paths
Zbigniew Zwoliński and Estera Stefańska Relevance of moving window size in landform classification by TPI
Zbigniew Zwoliński and Ewa Sznigir Spatial distribution of hypsometric curves within the Parsęta River drainage basin (Poland) as a geoindicator of geomorphological hazards

DAY 2: Tuesday 23.06.2015

	Session 4: Processing of High-resolution digital elevation data Chair: Tomasz Stepinski
9:00-9:30	Invited lecture: Piotr Wezyk Making the invisible visible – the DTM modelling in complex environments
9:30-9:45	Waldemar Kociuba Geometrical parameters of TLS-based DEM acquisition for a small Arctic catchment (Svalbard SW)
9:45-10:00	Marjan Temovski and Ivica Milevski DEM based geomorphometric analyses of karst surface in the Republic of Macedonia
10:00-10:15	Michal Gallay, Ján Kaňuk, Jaroslav Hofierka, Zdenko Hochmuth and John Meneely Mapping and geomorphometric analysis of 3-D cave surfaces: a case study of the Domica Cave, Slovakia
10:15-10:30	Marek Kasprzak, Artur Sobczyk, Szymon Kostka and Anna Haczek Surface geophysical surveys and LiDAR DTM analysis combined with underground cave mapping – an efficient tool for karst system exploration: Jaskinia Niedźwiedzia case study (Sudetes, SW Poland)
10:30-10:45	COFFEE BREAK
	Session 5: Landscape modeling using DEM Chair: Tomislav Hengl
10:45-11:00	Ian Evans and Nicholas J. Cox Size and shape of glacial cirques
11:00-11:15	Andrea Mandarino, Francesca Ferraris and Marco Firpo Understanding landscape evolution by using DEM analysis, low order channels gradient and Asymmetry Factor: the case study of the upper Scrivia river basin (Northern Apennines, Italy)
11:15-11:30	Fayuan Li and Mingwei Zhao Slope landscape change in a simulated watershed
11:30-11:45	Ivica Milevski and Anita Milevska Improvement of slope angle models derived from medium to fine-scale DEM’s Key study: Skopje area
11:45-12:00	COFFEE BREAK
12:00-12:30	Invited lecture: Tomasz Niedzielski, Bartlomiej Mizinski, Dapeng Yu Hydrological forecasting in real time: an experimental integrated approach
	Keynote: Markus Metz Searching for water: hydrological modelling concepts in GRASS GIS
12:30-13:45	LUNCH BREAK
	Session 6: Hydrological Modeling using DEM Chair: Josef Minar
14:00-14:15	Jarosław Jasiewicz, Jolanta Czerniawska Conditional hydrological simulations as a tool for analysis of denudational transformation of post-glacial plains
14:15-14:30	Laura Coco, Viviana Cestrone and Marcello Buccolini Geomorphometry for studying the evolution of small basins: an example in the Italian Adriatic foredeep
14:30-14:45	Libor Burian, Andrey Mitusov and Poesen Relationships of attributes of gullies with morphometric variables
14:45-15:00	Adam Łajczak, Barbara Czajka and Ryszard Kaczka Reinterpretation of morphometry of headwater areas using LiDAR data in homoclinal flysch mountain ridge modelled by landslides. Case study of the Babia Góra Mt., the Western Carpathians
15:00-15:30	COFFEE BREAK
	Session 7: Morphometric parameters Chair: Helena Mitasova
15:30-15:45	Ovidiu Csillik, Ian S. Evans and Lucian Drăguț Automated transformation of slope and surface curvatures to avoid long tails in frequency distributions
15:45-16:00	Xiaoli Huang, Kai Liu and Liyang Xiong The Influence of DEM Resolution on the Extraction of Terrain Texture
16:00-16:15	Bartlomiej Szypula Relief Index (RI) as a simple tool for geomorphometry
16:15-16:30	Shuanglin Liu, Fayuan Li, Ruqiao Jiang, Ruixue Chang and Wei Liu A Method of Automatic Topographic Recognition Based on Slope Spectrum
16:30-16:45	Vincent Lecours, Alvin Simms, Rodolphe Devillers, Vanessa Lucieer and Evan Edinger Finding the Best Combinations of Terrain Attributes and GIS software for Meaningful Terrain Analysis
16:45-17:00	Scott Peckham Longitudinal Elevation Profiles of Rivers: Curve Fitting with Functions Predicted by Theory
19:00–	Conference dinner

DAY 3: Wednesday 24.06.2015

	Session 8: Novel approches in geomorphometry Chair: Steve Kopp
9:00-9:30	Invited lecture: Tomasz F. Stepinski, Jaroslaw Jasiewicz, Pawel Netzel and Jacek Niesterowicz Doing Geomorphometry with Pattern Analysis
9:30-9:45	Przemysław Stpiczyński, Dominik Szałkowski, Leszek Gawrysiak and Łukasz Chabudziński Hybrid implementation of evaluation of primary topographic parameters using GPU-accelerated clusters
9:45-10:00	Sergio Camiz and Maurizio Poscolieri Geomorfo: a program for the classification of terrain units
10:00-10:15	Jarosław Jasiewicz, Alfred Stach, Jakub Nowosad Terrain misclassification problem – analysis using pattern simulation approach
10:15-10:30	Anita Bernatek Visualizing morphometric changes in a piping system using DEM and GIS analysis: the Bieszczady Mts., Poland
10:30-10:45	COFFEE BREAK
	Session 9: Monitoring of natural hazards I Chair: Marco Giardino
10:45-11:00	Charles Jackson Caution: dust storms may do exist (and so do mountains): Modeling dust source suitability within an object-oriented geoecology
11:00-11:15	Viktor Kaufmann and Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer Regional quantification of rock glacier movement in Central Austria using governmental GIS data
11:15-11:30	Rafal Wawer and Artur Lopatka Thermal satellite scenes in single event modelling of wind erosion
11:30-11:45	Vaclav Petras, Helena Mitasova and Anna Petrasova Mapping gradient fields of landform migration
11:45-12:00	COFFEE BREAK
12:00-12:30	Keynote: Marco Giardino, Luigi Perotti, Walter Alberto, Sara Ratto Multidimensional approach to natural instabilities in mountain areas: how geomorphometry can improve both hazard modelling and risk perception
12:30-13:45	LUNCH BREAK
	Session 10: Monitoring of natural hazards II Chair: Marco Giardino
13:45-14:15	Invited lecture: Steve Kopp [Expanding the reach of Geomorphometry through Web GIS
14:15-14:30	Janusz Wasowski, Fabio Bovenga, Raffaele Nutricato, Davide Oscar Nitti and Maria Teresa Chiaradia High resolution satellite SAR multi temporal interferometry for regional scale detection of landslide and subsidence hazards
14:30-14:45	François Clapuyt, Veerle Vanacker, Kristof Van Oost and Fritz Schlunegger Very-high resolution monitoring of movement of surface material within a landslide
14:45-15:00	Xavier Bodin, Dario Trombotto and Alvaro Soruco Evaluation of a terrestrial photogrammetry method for the study of high mountain dynamics. Quebrada del Medio rock glacier, Mendoza, Argentina
15:00-15:15	COFFEE BREAK
	Session 11: Geomorphometry for natural hazards geomodeling Chair: Piotr Weżyk
15:15-15:30	Mario Kummert and Reynald Delaloye Quantifying sediment transfer between the front of an active alpine rock glacier and a torrential gully
15:30-15:45	Rafał Kroczak and Tomasz Bryndal An attempt to assess the influence of road network on flash flood wave parameters. The case study of the Carpathian Foothills
15:45-16:00	Mihai Niculita Automatic extraction of landslide flow direction using geometric processing and DEMs
16:00-16:15	Daniele Strigaro, Massimiliano Moretti, Matteo Mattavelli, Mattia De Amicis, Valter Maggi and Antonello Provenzale Development of GIS methods to assess glaciers response to climatic fluctuations: a Minimal Model approach
16:30-17:15	Life achievement awards / Best paper awards Towards Geomorphometry 2017
17:15–	Short Trip: Meteorite crater Morasko

DAY 4: Thursday 25.06.2015

Parrallel workshops

Room	Morning 9:00-12.30	Afternoon 13:30-17:00
	Jarek Jasiewicz GRASS GIS and R as a tool for large-scale geomorphometric mapping	Jarek Jasiewicz, Markus Metz Hydrological modeling in GRASS GIS
	Jonathan de Ferranti/Jacek Niesterowicz World-wide DEM	Tom Hengl Automated DEM data analysis using R + SAGA + Google Earth
	ESRI ESRI ArcGIS Pro – new desktop application from Esri	ESRI ESRI ArcGIS Pro – new desktop application from Esri
	Martin Isenburg Hands-on intro to LiDAR processing with LAS tools	Fabio Bovenga, Janusz Wasowski Radar interferometry for ground motion analysis

DAY 5: Friday, 8:00 A.M 26.06.2015

All-day conference trip

Adam Mickiewicz Square, City Centre near Adam Mickiewicz Monument

Mirosław Makohonienko, Małgorzata Mazurek