International meetings

EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 April 2024.

• Pisek, J., Borysenko, O., and Kuusk, A. Estimation of coniferous shoot structures by high precision blue light 3D photogrammetry scanning. Oral presentation.

2023 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 11 - 15 December 2023.

• Pisek, J., Kuusk, A., Borysenko, O., Janoutová, R., Homolová, L. Enhancing radiative transfer models for conifer stands with high-precision blue light 3D photogrammetry scanning (Invited).

Finnish-Estonian Remote Sensing Seminar, 11-12 April, 2023, Tartu.

• Kuusk, A. Specular reflection on a cylinder.

2015 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 December 2018.

• Hase, N., Cuntz, M., Doktor, D., Rebmann, C., Kuusk, A., Dechant, B., Bumberger, J., Lange, M., Lehmann, S., Mollemhauer, H., Schultz, G. Measurements and simulations of seasonal changes in canopy reflectance of a deciduous forest. Poster.

Finnish-Estonian Remote Sensing Seminar, 4-5 June 2018, Tõravere.

• Kuusk, A., Kuusk, J. Estimation of variable parameters of the atmosphere from SkySpec spectra.

Juhan Ross Legacy Symposium, 24-25 August 2017, Tõravere.

• Kuusk, A., Kuusk, J., Lang, M. WorldView-2 calibration experiment at Järvselja.

21th Air Ions, Clusters and Atmospheric Aerosols Workshop, 6-8 June 2017, Pühajärve.

• Kuusk, J., Kuusk, A. Radiation measurements at SMEAR-Estonia.

Finnish-Estonian Remote Sensing Seminar, 24-25 May 2016, Tõravere.

• Kuusk, A. Metrology of LAI-2000.

IUFRO Landscape Ecology Conference
Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Forest Landscapes
23-30 August 2015, Tartu, Estonia

• Kuusk, J., Kuusk, A., Lang, M. and Kallis, A. Hyperspectral reflectance of boreo-nemoral forests in a dry and normal summer.

Finnish-Estonian Remote Sensing Seminar, 18 March 2015, Helsinki.

• Kuusk, A., Lang, M., Märdla, S., and Pisek, J. Tree stems from TLS measurements.

Finnish-Estonian Remote Sensing Seminar, 8 May 2014, Tõravere.

• Kuusk, A. WorldView-2 calibration experiment at Järvselja.

Finnish-Estonian Remote Sensing Seminar, 13 March 2013, Viikki, Helsinki.

• Kuusk, A. Directional properties of forest reflectance: Measurements and modeling.

IGARSS'2012
Remote Sensing for a Dynamic Earth, 22-27 July 2012, Munich.

• Kuusk, A. Assessing forest parameters by radiative transfer modelling.

Finnish-Estonian Vegetation Remote Sensing Seminar, 9 May 2012, Tartu.

• Kuusk, A. Estimation of LAI of hemiboreal forests.

31st EARSeL Symposium
Remote Sensing and Geoinformation not only for Scientific Cooperation, May 30 - June 2, 2011, Prague.

• Kuusk, A., Lang, M., and Kuusk, J. Järvselja test site for forestry remote sensing studies.

Joint NASA-LCLUC Science Team Meeting and GOFC-GOLD/NERIN, NEESPI Workshop on
Monitoring land cover and land use in boreal and temperate Eurasia, August 25-28, 2010, Tartu, Estonia.

• Kuusk, A., Kuusk, J., and Lang, M. A database for the validation of forest reflectance models. (Poster)

2nd Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS 2010), 14-16 June 2010, Reykjavik, Iceland.

• Kuusk, J. and Kuusk, A. Autonomous lightweight airborne spectrometers for ground reflectance measurements.
• Kuusk, A., Kuusk, J., Lang, M., and Nilson, T. (2010). Reflectance spectra of RAMI stands in Estonia. (Poster)

Finnish-Estonian Vegetation Remote Sensing Seminar, 26 May 2009, Tartu.

• Kuusk, A. The role of hot spot in the single scattering albedo of vegetation canopies.

Imaging Spectroscopy: Innovative tool for scientific and commercial environmental applications. 6th EARSeL SIG IS workshop, 16-19 March 2009, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

• Kuusk, A., Kuusk, J., and Lang, M. A database for the validation of forest reflectance models. (Poster)

Small Satellites Systems and Services - The 4S Symposium, 26-30 May 2008, Rhodes, Greece.

• Kuusk, A., Kuusk, J., and Lang, M. A dataset for the validation of reflectance models.

ENVISAT Symposium, 23-27 April 2007, Montreux, Switzerland.

• Kuusk, A., Kuusk, J., Lang, M., Lükk, T., and Nilson, T. Hyperspectral reflectance of sub-boreal forests measured by CHRIS/PROBA and airborne spectrometer. (Poster)

Finnish-Estonian Vegetation Remote Sensing Seminar, 11 April 2007, Helsinki.

• Kuusk, A. Hyperspectral reflectance of sub-boreal forests measured by CHRIS/PROBA and airborne spectrometer.

Finnish-Estonian Vegetation Remote Sensing Seminar, 19-20 April 2006, Tõravere, Estonia.

• Kuusk, A. Validation of the forest radiative transfer model FRT.

Workshop 3D Remote Sensing in Forestry, 14-15 February 2006, Vienna.
A member of the scientific committee.

• Kuusk, A. Radiative transfer in a forest. (Keynote presentation)

The 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS 2005), IGSNRR, Beijing, China, 17-19 October 2005.

• Kuusk, A., Nilson, T., and Paas, M. Validation of the forest radiative transfer model.
• Huang, J., Wu, B., Zeng, Y., Tian, Y., and Kuusk, A. Retrieval of overstory and understory leaf area index in forest stands using forest canopy reflectance model. (Poster)

The 3rd ESA CHRIS-PROBA Workshop, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, 21-23 March 2005.

• Kuusk, A. Forest test site at Järvselja, Estonia.

Finnish-Estonian Vegetation Remote Sensing Seminar, 2 March 2004, Tõravere, Estonia.

• Paas, M. and Kuusk, A. Metrological problems of the CCD radiometer.

Finnish-Estonian Vegetation Remote Sensing Seminar, 8-9 May 2003, Tikkurila, Finland.

• Kuusk, A. Reflectance spectra of ground vegetation in sub-boreal forests.

International seminar "Assessment of leaf area index of boreal coniferous forest at stand and regional scales", 16-17 May 2002, Helsinki.

• Kuusk, A. Angular distribution of radiation beneath a forest.

2nd International Workshop on Multiangular Measurements and Models. 15-17 September 1999, Ispra (VA), Italy

• Kuusk, A. and Nilson, T. A directional multispectral forest reflectance model.
• Kuusk, A., Baret, F., and Minghelly, A. Use of soil line for the atmospheric correction of satellite images. (Poster)

Forest Monitoring in Europe with Remote Sensing (FMERS) seminar. October 2-3, 1997, VTT Automation, Helsinki, Finland.

Workshop on Utilization of Theoretical Canopy Radiation Models in Remote Sensing Applications. April 9-10, 1997, Suonenjoki Research Station, Finland.

• Kuusk, A. Monitoring of vegetation parameters on large areas by the inversion of a canopy BRDF model.

Workshop on Multiangular Remote Sensing for Environmental Applications. January 29-31, 1997, University of Maryland, U.S.A.

• Kuusk, A. Monitoring of vegetation parameters on large areas by the inversion of a canopy BRDF model. (Poster)

International Workshop on Multiangular Remote Sensing: Measurements, Models, and Applications. September 13-18, 1996, Beijing, P.R. China.

• Kuusk, A. and Zhang, R. Monitoring of LAI and chlorophyll content by the inversion of a CR analytical model. (Abstract).
• Zhang, R., Chen, G., Kuusk, A., Strahler, A., and Li, X. An inverting approach of BRDF for wheat in North China using NOAA-AVHRR image.

International Colloquium 'Photosynthesis and Remote Sensing. Assessment of Remote sensing Tools for the Estimation of Photosynthesis and Primary Production, Present and Future Potential'. Satellite meeting of the 10th International Congress of Photosynthesis, 28-30 August 1995, Montpellier, France.

• Nilson, T., Kuusk, A., Joffre, R., Lacaze, B., Methy, M., and Peterson, U. Determination of forest ecosystem parameters by inversion of a forest reflectance model, Proc. Int. Coll. Photosynthesis and Remote Sensing, 28-30 Aug. 1995, Montpellier (France), EARSel, Paris & INRA, Avignon, 1995, 149-157. (Abstract).

Remote Sensing Science Workshop, February 27 - March 1, 1995, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.

Sixth International Symposium 'Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing', January 17-21, 1994, Val d'Isère, France.

• Kuusk, A. A multispectral canopy reflectance model, Proc. of the Sixth Int. Symp. Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, 1994, 691-698.

International Radiation Symposium IRS'92 'Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation', 3-8 August 1992, Tallinn, Estonia.

• Kuusk, A. Remote determination of absorptance profiles in vegetation canopies, Proc. of Int. Radiation Symp. IRS'92, Tallinn, Estonia, 3-8 Aug. 1992, Tallinn, 1992, 2: 203.

Seminar 'Remote sensing of forest', 11 December 1991, Tõravere, Estonia.

• Kuusk, A. Nilson-Kuusk CR model and it's inversion. BDRF measurements with field goniometer.

Automation, Simulation & Measurement. The 3rd biennial conference, October 7-11, 1991, Tallinn, Estonia.

• Kuusk, A. and Pajusalu, P. Field goniometer, Automation, Simulation & Measurement, 3rd Biennal Conf. ASM'91, Tallinn, Oct. 7-11, 1991, Tallinn Technical University, 1992, Section A: Automation: 70-74.

International Workshop on Crop Structure and Light Microclimate: Characterizations and Applications, 23-27 September 1991, Avignon, France.

• Kuusk, A. Simulation of crop reflectance (including hot spot effect), In: C. Varlet-Grancher, R. Bonhomme, and H. Sinoquet (Eds.), Crop Structure and Light Microclimate: Characterization and Applications, INRA, Paris, 1993, 263-270.

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS'91 'Remote Sensing: Global Monitoring for Earth Management', 3-6 June 1991, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland.

• Kuusk, A. The inversion of the Nilson-Kuusk canopy reflectance model, a test case, Proc. of the 11th Annual Int. Geosc. Remote Sens. Symp. IGARSS'91, Helsinki Univ. Technology, Espoo, Finland, 1991, 3: 1547-1550.

• Kuusk, A. The hot spot effect in the leaf canopy, Proc. of the 11th Annual Int. Geosc. Remote Sens. Symp. IGARSS'91, Helsinki Univ. Technology, Espoo, Finland, 1991, 3: 1555-1557.

Finnish-Estonian Seminar "Remote Sensig of Forests", 8-13 November 1989 Tõravere, Estonia.

• Kuusk, A. The hot spot of a vegetative canopy.

International Scientific Conference on the Energetics of the Tropical Atmosphere, 14-21 September 1977, Tashkent.

• Kuusk, A., Mullamaa, Yu.-A., Niilisk, H., Nilson, T., and Sulev, M. The structure of the cloud cover in the trade-wind region on the basis of ship measurements, GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment. Proc. of the Int. Scientif. Conf. on the Energetics of the Tropical Atmosphere, (Tashkent, 14-21 September 1977), Geneva, WMO, 1978, 155-160.

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