Tuesday, April 23 |
| 8:00AM |
Pick Up Materials and Load Talks
All |
| 9:00AM |
Welcome
Woody Turner/NASA Earth Science Division (ESD) |
| 9:05AM |
Earth Science Research: NASA and the U.S. Interagency Community
Jack Kaye/Associate Director for Research, ESD |
| 9:20AM |
NASA Earth Science Applications
Lawrence Friedl/Associate Director for Applied Sciences, ESD |
8.1 MB
presentation
.pdf |
| 9:35AM |
Issues, Needs, Directions: Insights into the Programs
Woody Turner/NASA Earth Science Division (ESD) |
1.5 MB presentation
.pptx |
| 9:45AM |
Questions |
| 10:00AM |
PROJECT TALKS
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Utilizing Ecosystem Information to Improve Decision Support for Central California Salmon
Francisco Chavez/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
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4 MB presentation
.ppt |
A Decision Support System for Ecosystem-Based Management of Tropical Coral Reef Environments
Frank Muller-Karger/University of South Florida |
27 MB presentation
.pptx |
| 10:30AM |
Break |
| 10:50AM |
PROJECT TALKS
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Evaluating User Needs for Models and Decision Tools to Predict the Impacts of Climate Change on the Marine Environment
Pat Halpin/Duke University |
15.9 MB
presentation
.pdf
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Management and Conservation of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus Thynnus) and Other Highly Migratory Fish in the Gulf of Mexico Under IPCC Climate Change Scenarios: A Study Using Regional Climate and Habitat Models
Mitch Roffer/Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc. |
21 MB presentation
.ppt |
WhaleWatch: Using Satellite Data and Habitat Models to Assist Management in Reducing Human Impacts on Whales
Helen Bailey/University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science |
14.5 MB
presentation
.ppt |
| 11:35AM |
Discussion: Will marine resource managers adopt NASA data products? |
| 12:00PM |
Lunch |
| 1:30PM |
PROJECT TALKS |
Variability in Imaging Spectroscopy Data Across Aspen Stands is Due to Differences in Genotype and Foliar Biochemistry
Phil Townsend/University of Wisconsin, Madison |
10 MB presentation
.pdf |
Seasonal to Interannual Variability in Phytoplankton Biomass and Diversity on the New England Shelf
Heidi Sosik/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
3.8 MB presentation
.ppt |
Spatial-temporal Responses to Climate across Trophic Levels: Macroscopic observations of plant phenology and animal movement in the Western United States
Joe Sexton/University of Maryland, College Park |
2 MB
presentation
.pdf
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Satellite Driven Studies of Climate-mediated Changes in Antarctic Food Webs
Matt Oliver/University of Delaware
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22.7 MB presentation
.pdf |
The Role of Taxonomic, Functional, Genetic, and Landscape Diversity in Food Web Responses to a Changing Environment
Anthony Ives/University of Wisconsin, Madison |
15.2 MB
presentation
.pptx |
| 2:45PM |
Discussion: Successful integration of in situ and satellite data. |
| 3:05PM |
Break |
| 3:25PM |
PROJECT TALKS |
Extending the Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System (TOPS) to the Suomi-NPP Applications
Jennifer Dungan/NASA Ames Research Center |
9.7 MB
presentation
.pptx |
Pelagic Habitat Analysis Module (PHAM) for GIS-based Fisheries Decision Support
Dale Kiefer/Systems Science Applications, Inc |
9.4 MB
presentation
.pptx |
The Model Web
Gary Geller/Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
3.2 MB presentation
.pptx |
Ecosystems in Transition: Decision Support Tools to Measure, Monitor and Forecast Climate Impacts on Migratory Species
Robert Crabtree/Yellowstone Ecological Research Center |
9.5 MB
presentation
.pptx |
Earth, Life and Semantic Web (ELSeWeb)
Deana Pennington/University of Texas, El Paso |
1.1 MB
presentation
.pptx |
Opportunities for Increasing Conservation Effectiveness and Research Collaborations through a Developing Conservation Remote Sensing Working Group
Robert Rose/Wildlife Conservation Society |
1.5 MB
presentation
.ppt |
| 4:55PM |
Discussion: What tools do you need for your research and applications? |
| 5:15PM |
Poster Session |
| 7:00PM |
Join colleagues for dinners |
| Wednesday, April 24 |
| 9:00AM |
PROJECT TALKS |
What's new with: "Using the USGS 'Resource for Advanced Modeling' to Connect Climate Drivers to Biological Response"
Jeff Morisette/U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center |
6.8 MB presentation
.pptx
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Effects of Extreme Climate Events on Avian Demographics: the Role of Habitat Refugia in Mitigating Climate Change Effects Year 2
Anna Pidgeon/ University of Wisconsin |
52.9 MB presentation
.pptx
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A Decision Support System for Monitoring, Reporting and Forecasting Ecological Conditions of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Yeqiao Wang/University of Rhode Island |
8.01 MB presentation
.pdf
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Landscape Climate Change Vulnerability Project (LCC_VP)
Andrew Hansen/Montana State University |
17.6 MB
presentation
.ppt |
| 10:00AM |
Discussion: Will land resource managers adopt NASA data products? |
| 10:20AM |
Break |
| 10:40AM |
Federal User Panel discussing: Uses of Satellite Remote Sensing by Federal Agencies to Inform the Management of Biodiversity
Shawn Carter, U.S. Geological Survey
Alison Dalsimer, Department of Defense
Paul DiGiacomo, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ricardo Lopez, U.S. Forest Service
Moderator: Allison Leidner/USRA |
| 11:30AM |
Questions and Comments for the Panel and Open Discussion |
| 12:00PM |
Lunch |
| 1:30PM |
PROJECT TALKS |
Using LIDAR to Assess the Roles of Climate and Land-Cover Dynamics as Drivers of Changes in Biodiversity
Marta Jarzyna/Michigan State University |
5.5 MB presentation
.pptx
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Multi-Scale Modeling of Bird Diversity Using Canopy Structure Metrics of Habitat Heterogeneity
Scott Goetz/Woods Hole Research Center
Andrew Hansen/ Montana State University |
6.9 MB
presentation
.ppt
23.6 MB presentation
.ppt
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Synergistic Analyses of Data from Active and Passive Sensors to Assess Relationships between Spatial Heterogeneity of Tropical Forest Structure and Biodiversity Dynamics
Jordan Muss/South Dakota State University |
4.4 MB presentation
.pptx
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Discovering Relationships between Climate and Animal Migration with New Tools for Linking Animal Movement Tracks, Weather and Land Surface Data
Gil Bohrer/Ohio State University |
10.3 MB presentation
.pptx
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Overview of the NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program
Amita Mehta/University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
10.6 MB
presentation
.ppt |
| 2:45PM |
Discussion: What challenges lie in incorporating new remote sensing technologies into biodiversity research and related applications? |
| 3:05PM |
Break |
| 3:25PM |
Parallel Breakout Sessions: What tools would allow you to improve your research and applications activities? |
73 KB
presentation
.pptx |
| 5:00PM |
Plenary Reports from Breakout Sessions |
| Marine Group |
85 KB
presentation
.pptx |
| Terrestrial Research Group |
84 KB
presentation
.pptx |
| Terrestrial Applications Group |
67 K
presentation
.pptx
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| 5:45PM |
Happy Hour |
| Thursday, April 25 |
| 9:00AM |
PROJECT TALKS |
Global Population Dynamics and Climate Change: Comparing Species-level Impacts on Two Contrasting Large Mammals
Farshid Ahrestani/Penn State University |
7.4 MB presentation
.pdf
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Integrating Global Species Distributions, Remote Sensing and Climate Data to model change in species distributions
Walter Jetz/Yale University |
11.8 MB presentation
.pptx
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Integrating Remotely Sensed Data and Ecological Models to Assess Species Extinction Risks under Climate Change
Resit Akcakaya/Stony Brook University |
896 KB presentation
.pdf
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Understanding Ant and Butterfly Diversity in a Changing World
Clinton Jenkins/ North Carolina State University |
27.8 MB presentation
.pptx
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| 10:00AM |
Discussion: What are the challenges in assembling global biodiversity datasets for use with satellite imagery? |
| 10:20AM |
Break |
| 10:40AM |
PROJECT TALKS |
From the Watershed to the Ocean: Using NASA Data and Models to Understand and Predict Variations in Central California Salmon
Eric Danner/NOAA |
14.13 MB presentation
.pdf
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Sensitivity of Coastal Zone Ecosystems to Climate Change
Kyle Cavanaugh/ Smithsonian Institution |
36.1 MB presentation
.pptx
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Physiological Impacts of Climate Change Using Remote Sensing
David Wethey/University of South Carolina |
1.8 MB presentation
.pdf
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Modeling Bowhead Whale Habitat: Integration of Ocean Models with Satellite, Biological Survey and Oceanographic Data
Dan Pendleton/NOAA |
46.7 MB presentation
.pptx
|
| 11:40AM |
Discussion: Challenges of working at the land-water interface |
| 12:00PM |
Lunch |
| 1:30PM |
PROJECT TALKS |
Mapping of Stress on Native Tree Species across Western United States and Canada: Interpretation of climatically-induced changes using a physiologically-based approach
Richard Waring/Oregon State University |
10.5 MB
presentation
.pptx |
The Assembly and Evolution of the Amazonian Biota and its Environment
Joel Cracraft/American Museum of Natural History |
344 KB
presentation
.pdf |
Combining Remote Sensing and Biological Data to Predict the Consequences of Climate Change on Hummingbird Diversity
Catherine Graham/ SUNY Stony Brook |
8.3 MB
presentation
.pptx |
| 2:15PM |
Discussion: Exploring drivers of change in biodiversity across space and time |
| 2:35PM |
Programmatic Issues: Questions and Answers
Woody Turner / NASA
|
| 3:00PM |
Meeting Ends |
