国际遥感杂志主编ARTHUR P CRACKNELL 教授正在南京大学国际地球系统科学研究所访问，将举办3次讲座。第1次讲座将于2009年11月5日（星期四）下午2: 10-4:00 在蒙民伟楼913举行。请地球所的研究生务必参加， 欢迎其它单位的老师和同学参加。
12日下午2：10-4：00
题目：Monitoring the depletion of atmospheric ozone using remote sensing
Ozone is a minor gas in the atmosphere but its presence is very important. If the incoming solar ultraviolet radiation were all to reach the surface of the Earth it would be very damaging for human beings and would be a major cause of skin cancers. The ozone in the stratosphere blocks a large proportion of the solar ultraviolet radiation from reaching the surface of the Earth. But as a consequence of human activities, principally the production and use of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), there has been a substantial loss of stratospheric ozone and this has been studied with remote sensing. International collaboration in the formulation of the Montreal Protocol twenty years ago has prevented the situation from worsening, but it will be 50 or 100 years before the ozone layer recovers to its pre-industrial situation. Remote sensing is now being used to monitor the ongoing state of the ozone layer.
16日下午2：10-4：00
题目：Publishing your work in English in international journals
In this presentation I shall discuss the following: Why publish your work?; various kinds of publications; choice of journal; the preparation of the manuscript; abstract; the text; figures; tables; equations; the conclusion; references; appendices; submitting your paper; referees and their reports; editors and their decisions; rejection; acceptance; proof reading.
Arthur P Cracknell
26 October 2009
Prof. ARTHUR P CRACKNELL
Prof. Cracknell graduated in Physics from the University of Cambridge in 1961, took his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1964 on the determination of band structures and Fermi surfaces of metals. He worked as a lecturer in the Physics Departments of the University of Singapore and the University of Essex before moving to Dundee as senior lecturer in 1970. He was promoted to Reader in 1974 and to Professor of Theoretical Physics in 1978 and later was transferred to the Carnegie Chair of Physics in the Department of Applied Physics and Electronic & Mechanical Engineering at Dundee University. He served on various internal University and external bodies and undertook three separate periods as Head of Department. His early research work was concerned with the study of group-theoretical problems related to solid-state physics with results published in about 80 papers in the 15-year period from 1965-1980. In the mid 1970s he started to become involved in remote sensing (Earth observation) work, a field that was then in its infancy. A substantial group of academic staff and support staff was created in remote sensing concerned both with satellite data reception and with the analysis and interpretation of satellite data for geophysical and environmental applications research work.
Prof Cracknell initiated and implemented a very extensive programme of summer schools on remote sensing over more than ten years, for which Dundee became famous throughout Europe and beyond and which has done a very great deal to advance the use of remote sensing within a teaching and research context in many organisations. Prof. Cracknell was also responsible for starting the MSc course in Remote Sensing, Image Processing and Applications in 1980 and over the years this has produced about 300 graduates. Many of these graduates, along with about 20-30 of his PhD graduates, now occupy key positions in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
Prof. Cracknell has had published about 200 research papers and several books on remote sensing. He has been the Editor of the International Journal of Remote Sensing since 1983 and during this time the Journal has grown from quarterly publication with an annual page budget of 400 pages to a publication with 24 issues per annum and an annual page budget of over 5,000 pages.
Prof. Cracknell retired from Dundee University in September 2002 and since then has continued his teaching, research, editorial and writing work and has been working on a number of short-term contracts in universities and research institutes in Malaysia and China.
