Agenda
| Time (EDT) | Title | Presenter(s) |
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| 08:45 | Welcome and Introduction [PDF] | Keith Gaddis and Woody Turner/NASA Headquarters |
| 09:00 | Project Talks | |
| Identifying population tipping points through imagery super-resolution [PDF] | Heather Lynch/ State University of New York, Stony Brook | |
| Climate-ready and resilient fisheries: using satellite data to conserve and manage life in the ocean and support sustainable fisheries [PDF] | Rebecca Lewison/San Diego State University | |
| Understanding urban centers as ecological traps for avian migrants [PDF] | Kyle Horton/Colorado State University | |
| Identifying coral refugia from observationally-weighted climate model ensembles [PDF] | Peter Kalmus/ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |
| Earth observations for climate-ready aquaculture management and siting to improve food security and ocean health in Palau, a small island developing state [PDF] | Robert Jones/The Nature Conservancy | |
| 10:15 | Break | |
| 10:45 | Project Talks | |
| Understanding seed dispersers movements and their consequences across rainforest gradients of structural and phenological diversity [PDF] | Sumalika Biswas/UCLA | |
| Climate-influenced nutrient flows and threats to the biodiversity of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System [PDF] | Emil Cherrington/University of Alabama, Huntsville | |
| Multiple spatial scales, long-term trends, and synchrony of the dynamic habitat indices and bird populations [PDF] | Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
| Scaling forest diversity across space and time in a non-equilibrial world [PDF] | John Grady/National Great Rivers Research and Education Center | |
| 11:45 | Questions and Discussion | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 01:30 | Project Talks | |
| Soilborne plant pathogen dispersal and assessment: Building a remote sensing-based global surveillance system for plant disease [PDF] | Kaitlin Gold/Cornell University | |
| Multiscale investigation of microbial biodiversity in trans-Atlantic dust plumes [PDF] | Hosein Foroutan/Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | |
| Integrating Earth observations, ecohydrologic, and plant hydraulic models for forecasting recruitment failure in semi-arid forests: Decision support for adaptive forest management [PDF] | Solomon Dobrowski/University of Montana | |
| Scientific applications and MODIS to VIIRS continuity of biogeographic Seascape pelagic habitat classifications [PDF] | Frank Muller-Karger/University of South Florida | |
| 02:30 | Project Talks | |
| Mapping changes in forest diversity and disease in North American temperate forests [PDF] | Jeannine Cavender-Bares/University of Minnesota | |
| A near-real time integrated mapping and reporting system for critical biodiversity sites under Sustainable Development Goal 15: the tiger as model [PDF] | Eric Sanderson/Wildlife Conservation Society | |
| MarineVERSE — The Marine Biodiversity and Scaling Project [PDF] | Sam Purkis/University of Miami | |
| Opening the Black Box - Integrating wintering ecology into the management of the Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area [PDF] | Leo Salas/Point Blue Conservation Science | |
| 03:30 | Break | |
| 04:00 | Speed Talks on Posters by NASA Earth and Space Science and
Technology (FINESST) Program Awardees (3 minutes each, questions afterward at posters) |
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| Using detailed human activity and remote sensing data to assess wildlife responses to altered human behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF] | Diego Ellis Soto/Yale University | |
| Evaluation of hyperspectral techniques for quantifying taxonomic and functional diversity in coastal and shrubland ecosystems [PDF] | Henry Frye/University of Connecticut | |
| Population structure and demography of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) within an area of range expansion [PDF] | Rachael Herman/Stony Brook University | |
| Linking canopy structure and function in a temperate deciduous ecosystem [PDF] | Andrew Jablonski/University of Virginia | |
| How do African forest elephant impact canopy structure? Using lidar to investigate elephants' ecological role in Gabon [PDF] | Jenna Keany/Northern Arizona University | |
| Assessment of Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii) distribution in Eurasian steppe during their spring migration [PDF] | Natalia Rogova/University of Wisconsin — Madison | |
| Detecting Plant Disease at Scale with Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy [PDF] | Kaitlin Gold/Cornell University | |
| Using a Nested Multi-Scale Method to Characterize Landscape Utilization and Conservation Status of African Savanna Elephant [PDF] | Lei Song/Clark University | |
| 05:00 | Poster Session 1 | |
| 06:30 | Adjourn | |
| Time (EDT) | Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 08:45 | Introduce Breakouts | |
| 09:00 | Breakout Session 1 — Concurrent Training/Demo Sessions
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| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:20 | Project Talks | |
| Leveraging multiscale airborne and spaceborne imaging spectroscopy to monitor grassland plant diversity under different management practices [PDF] | Hamed Gholizadeh/Oklahoma State University | |
| Aeroecology, an emerging ecological frontier for addressing modern conservation challenges [PDF] | Kyle Horton/Colorado State University | |
| Projecting the spread of aquatic invasive species using remote sensing, genetics, and climate modeling [PDF] | Gordon Luikart/University of Montana, Missoula | |
| Understanding the global 3D signature of tree biodiversity [PDF] | Atticus Stovall/University of Maryland | |
| 11:20 | Project Talks | |
| Cross-scale impacts of SDG 15 achievement: Household decisions, ecosystem change, and atmospheric water recycling [PDF] | Patrick Keys/Colorado State University | |
| Modeling endangered species' forest habitats, and updating forest land use plans in Argentina in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals [PDF] | Anna Pidgeon/University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
| A Sustainable Forest Management and Information System (SFMIS) tool [MP4] | Erika Podest/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |
| Applying Sustainable Development Goals to the conservation of winter environments and cold-adapted species in a warming world [PDF] | Benjamin Zuckerberg/University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
| 12:20 | Lunch - Mentor Lunch / Early Career Lunch | |
| 02:00 | Breakout Session 2
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| 03:00 | Break | |
| 03:30 | A.39 Project Speed Talks (5 min each + 2 min transition) | |
| Near-real-time Forecasting and change detection for a fire-prone shrubland ecosystem [PDF] | Adam Wilson/State University of New York, Buffalo | |
| Advancing tools to support and test an integrated biodiversity monitoring system for Colombia's Protected Areas [PDF] | Mary Blair/American Museum of Natural History | |
| Hot spots in the ice: revealing the importance of polynyas for sustaining present and future Antarctic marine ecosystems [PDF] | Alice DuVivier/UCAR | |
| Predicting the long-distance dispersal of ichthyoplankton in the IntraAmericas Sea: A data-assimilative decision support tool for effective living marine resource management [PDF] | Ruoying He/Fathom Science LLC | |
| Act Green: A near-real time integrated mapping and reporting system for re-wilding efforts: applying, extending and enhancing an application for tigers (Panthera tigris) to lions (Panthera leo), jaguars (Panthera onca), and American bison (Bison bison) [PDF] | Eric Sanderson/Wildlife Conservation Society | |
| Strengthening natural resource management with new protected area connectivity tools [PDF] | Patrick Jantz/Northern Arizona University | |
| Ecological forecasting tools for movement-track management at the Yukon-to-Yellowstone migration corridor [PDF] | Gil Bohrer/Ohio State University | |
| Enhancing biodiversity conservation and ecosystem resilience in dry forest ecosystems [PDF] | Kristin Brunk/Cornell Lab of Ornithology | |
| Integrating remote sensing and ecological forecasting into decision support for beaver rewilding [PDF] | Jodi Brandt/Boise State University | |
| A decision-making activity to guide archipelago-wide rewilding of Galapagos giant tortoises [PDF] | James Gibbs and Giorgos Mountrakis/State University of New York, Syracuse | |
| Informing coral reef resilience-based management through prediction of individual coral organismal growth, recruitment, and mortality (PICOGRAM) [PDF] | Ana Tarano/University of Miami | |
| Full annual cycle conservation of migratory birds in the Western Hemisphere: Mapping tools for assessing and improving the conservation value of protected area networks in critical landscapes [PDF] | Jill Deppe/National Audubon Society | |
| 05:00 | Poster Session 2 | |
| 06:30 | Adjourn | |
| Time (EDT) | Title | Presenter(s) |
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| 08:45 | GEO BON's Next Big Thing: a concept for a Global Biodiversity Observation System [PDF] | Gary Geller/Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| 09:00 | Project Talks | |
| Assessing spatial biodiversity dynamics in kelp forest ecosystems using spaceborne remote sensing [PDF] | Thomas Bell/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | |
| Designing applications to foster the health of terrestrial and wetland ecosystems in the coastal zone of West Africa [PDF] | Danielle Wood/Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| BioCube: Integrating remote sensing and in-situ dimensions of biodiversity to understand plant and animal community composition and dynamics at large scales [PDF] | Ryan Pavlick/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |
| Securing Sustainable Seas: Near real-time monitoring and prediction of global fishing fleet behavior [MP4] | James Watson/Oregon State University | |
| The Dynamic Habitat Indices from Terra, Aqua, Suomi NPP and JPSS data for biodiversity science and conservation [PDF] | Volker Radeloff/ University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
| 10:15 | Break | |
| 10:45 | Project Talks | |
| The size, trophic and spatial-temporal scaling of environmental selection in pelagic species [PDF] | Matthew Oliver/University of Delaware | |
| Maintaining Life on Land (SDG 15) under Scenarios of Land Use and Climate Change in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru [PDF] | Andrew Hansen/Montana State University | |
| Multi-sensor biodiversity framework developed from bioacoustic and space-based sensor platforms [PDF] | Bryan Pijanowski/Purdue University | |
| Adding space-based vegetation structure measurements to a global ecosystem model to simulate tropical forest animal communities and their role in ecosystem function [PDF] | Christopher Doughty/Northern Arizona University | |
| Ocean color remote sensing of zooplankton: detecting swarms of Calanus in the western North Atlantic [MP4] | Catherine Mitchell/Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 01:30 | Project Talks | |
| The landscape of fitness: fusing GPS measurements with GEDI and ECOSTRESS data products to map responses of migratory animals to vegetation canopy structure and water stress [PDF] | David Stoner/Utah State University | |
| Functional ecology in the SBG era: An assessment of the state of plant trait retrieval from imaging spectroscopy [PDF] | Alexey Shiklomanov/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
| The power of GEDI: Investigate the efficacy of spaceborne lidar to model biodiversity and characterize habitat heterogeneity at the continental and global scales [PDF] | Qiongyu Huang/Smithsonian Institution | |
| BioSCape [PDF] | Adam Wilson/SUNY Buffalo or Erin Hester/University of California, Merced | |
| 02:45 | Break | |
| 03:15 | Plenary Discussion: Program Updates, Issues, and Concerns [PDF] | Woody Turner and Keith Gaddis/NASA HQ |
| 04:15 | Meeting Ends | |