Agenda & Presentations
| Time (EDT) | Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Welcome, Code of Conduct, & Introduction [PDF] | Keith Gaddis/ NASA Headquarters |
| 09:20 | NASA Earth Science Division Earth Action & Applied Sciences Program [PDF] | Tom Wagner/Associate Director for Earth Action, NASA Headquarters |
| 09:40 | NASA Earth Science Division Research & Analysis Program [PDF] | Lucia Tsaoussi/Deputy Associate Director for Research & Analysis, NASA Headquarters |
| 10:00 | NASA Capacity Building Program [PDF] | Nancy Searby, NASA Headquarters |
| 10:10 | Break | |
| 10:25 | Project Talks | |
| Integrating remote sensing and ecological forecasting into decision support for beaver rewilding [PDF] | Jodi Brandt/Boise State University | |
| Full annual cycle conservation of migratory birds in the Western Hemisphere [PDF] | Jill Deppe/National Audubon Society, Inc. | |
| The size, trophic and spatial-temporal scaling of environmental selection in pelagic species [PDF] | Matthew Oliver/University of Delaware | |
| Multi-sensor biodiversity framework developed from bioacoustic and space-based sensor platforms [PDF] | Bryan Pijanowski/Purdue University | |
| Advancing tools to support and test an integrated biodiversity monitoring system for Colombia's Protected Areas [PDF] | Mary Blair/American Museum of Natural History | |
| 11:25 | Project Talks: New Investigators Program (NIP) | |
| Leveraging multiscale airborne and spaceborne imaging spectroscopy to monitor grassland plant diversity under different management practices [PDF] | Hamed Ghlozideh/Oklahoma State University | |
| Ocean color remote sensing of zooplankton: detecting swarms of Calanus in the western North Atlantic [PDF] | Rebeka Shunmugapandi c/o Catherine Mitchell/Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 01:45 | Project Talks | |
| Natural Resource Management with New Protected Area Connectivity Tools [PDF] | Patrick Jantz/Northern Arizona University | |
| MarineVERSE — The Marine Biodiversity and Scaling Project [PDF] | Jake Longenecker and Arthur Gleason/University of Miami | |
| Archipelago-wide rewilding of Galapagos giant tortoises [PDF] | Giorgos Mountrakis/State University of New York, Syracuse | |
| Scaling forest diversity across space and time in a non-equilibrial world [PDF] | Adam Eichenwald c/o Sydne Record/University of Maine | |
| Mapping changes in forest diversity and disease in North American temperate forests [PDF] | Antonio Guzmán c/o Jeannine Cavender-Bares/University of Minnesota | |
| 02:45 | Project Talks | |
| Hot spots in the ice: importance of polynyas for marine ecosystems [PDF] | Alice DuVivier/UCARt | |
| Understanding urban centers as ecological traps for avian migrants [PDF] | Carrie Ann Adams c/o Kyle Horton/Colorado State University | |
| Predicting the Long-Distance Dispersal of Ichthyoplankton in the Intra-Americas Sea: A Data-Assimilative Decision Support Tool for Effective Living Marine Resource Management [PDF] | Ruoying He c/o Taylor Shropshire/North Carolina State University | |
| Understanding seed dispersers movements and their consequences across rainforest gradients of structural and phenological diversity [PDF] | Nick Russo c/o Thomas Smith/University of California, Los Angeles | |
| Biodiversity, connectivity, and ecological forecasting: applying NASA earth observation data to conservation management in the Greater Kruger National Park region, South Africa [PDF] | Jody Vogeler/Colorado State University | |
| 03:45 | Break | |
| 04:15 | NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program [PDF] | Fritz Policelli/GSFC |
| 04:30 | Speed Talks on Posters by NASA FINESST Awardees (1 min talks using 1 slide each) |
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| Scalable asymptomatic crop disease detection with airborne imaging spectroscopy [PDF] | Fernando E. Romero Galvan/Cornell University | |
| Leveraging ECOSTRESS at Micro and Macro Scales through Community Science Data [PDF] | Richard Rachman/Boise State University | |
| 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 | |
| Evaluating the Influence of Biocontrol Program on the Colorado River Biodiversity with Multi-Source Time Series Imagery [PDF] | Yilun Zhao/University of Illinois | |
| Acoustic classification with image-based machine learning [PDF] | Emmett Culhane/MIT-WHOI | |
| Multi-source detection & monitoring of ephemeral shorebird habitat [PDF] | Jennifer A. Linscott/UMass Amherst | |
| Advancing Bat Conservation and Management Through GEDI-Derived Forest Structure [PDF] | Barry, B. R/University of Idaho | |
| Detection, Driver-Response Analysis and Forecasting of Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms under a Changing Climate [PDF] | Chintan Maniyar/University of Georgia | |
| 05:00 | Poster Session 1 | |
| 06:15 | Adjourn | |
| Time (EDT) | Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Coffee/Tea | |
| 09:00 | Project Talks | |
| Multiscale Investigation of Microbial Biodiversity in Trans-Atlantic Dust Plumes [PDF] | Hosein Foroutan/Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | |
| Soilborne plant pathogen dispersal and assessment: Building a remote sensing-based global surveillance system for plant disease [PDF] | Rocio Calderón c/o Katie Gold/Cornell 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 | |
| The University of Connecticut Ecological Modeling Institute Biodiversity Exposure Forecasts (BEFore): Anticipating Ecological Vulnerability to Global Change (Slides will not be made available) | Cory Merow c/o Mark Urban/University of Connecticut | |
| Scientific Applications and MODIS to VIIRS Continuity of Biogeographic Seascape Pelagic Habitat Classifications (Slides will not be made available) | Frank Muller-Karger/University of South Florida | |
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:30 | Project Talks | |
| Assessing spatial biodiversity dynamics in kelp forest ecosystems using spaceborne remote sensing [PDF] | Tom Bell/University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| Prediction of Individual Coral Organismal Growth, Recruitment, And Mortality (PICOGRAM) (Slides will not be made available) | Drew Christensen/University of Miami | |
| Understanding the global 3D signature of tree biodiversity [PDF] | Atticus Stovall c/o Lola Fatoyinbo/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | |
| Enhancing biodiversity conservation and ecosystem resilience in dry forest ecosystems [PDF] | Zach Peery/University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
| Ecological forecasting tools for movement-track management at the Yukon-to-Yellowstone migration corridor [PDF] | Roland Kays c/o Gil Bohrer/North Carolina State University | |
| 11:30 | Lunch - Mentor Lunch / Early Career Lunch | |
| 01:30 | Project Talks | |
| Multiple spatial scales, long-term trends, and synchrony of the dynamic habitat indices and bird populations [PDF] | Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
| 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 (P. leo), jaguars (P. onca), and American bison (Bison bison) [PDF] | Haqiq Rahmani/Wildlife Conservation Society | |
| 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] | Neil Carter/University of Michigan | |
| Near-Real-time Forecasting and Change Detection for a Fire-Prone Shrubland Ecosystem [PDF] | Jasper Slingsby/University of Cape Town | |
| BioCube: Integrating remote sensing and in-situ dimensions of biodiversity to understand plant and animal community composition and dynamics at large scales [PDF] | Phil Townsend/University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
| Internet of Animals [PDF] | Claire Teitelbaum & Morgan Gilmour/ARC c/o Antonio Ferraz/JPL | |
| 02:45 | New & Recent Missions | |
| PACE [PDF] | Morgaine McKibben/GSFC | |
| NISAR [PDF] | Elodie Macorps | |
| SBG, EMIT & ECOSTRESS [PDF] | Dana Chadwick/JPL | |
| Landsat Next [PDF] | Bruce Cook/GSFC | |
| 03:30 | Break | |
| 04:00 | Earth Science to Action Strategy: Impacts, Research to Applications [PDF] | Woody Turner & Keith Gaddis/NASA Headquarters |
| 04:15 | Earth Science to Action Strategy: Breakout Discussion *Ecological Conservation Impact Assessment PIs met in a separate room after the initial discussion during this time. |
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| 05:30 | Adjourn | |
| Time (EDT) | Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Coffee/Tea | |
| 09:00 | End User Needs of Conservation Organizations | |
| Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission [PDF] | John Coleman/Environmental Section Leader | |
| U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Slides will not be made available) | Deb Rocque/Assistant Director, Science Applications | |
| National Fish Habitat Partnership [PDF] | Gary Whelan/Co-chair, Science & Data Committee | |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust [PDF] | Aaron Adams/Director of Science & Conservation | |
| CMA CGM (Slides will not be made available) | Heather Wood/Vice President, Sustainability North America | |
| 10:00 | Project Talks (BioSCape 1) | |
| BioSCape overview [PDF] | Erin Hestir/UC Merced | |
| BioSCape Applications | Cherie Forbes | |
| Integrating remote sensing and biodiversity observations to map and monitor plant taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional beta-diversity in the Greater Cape Floristic Region [PDF] | Matthew Fitzpatrick/University of Maryland,Cambridge | |
| BioSoundSCape: Connecting acoustics and remote sensing to study habitat-animal diversity across environmental gradients [PDF] | Matthew Clark/Sonoma State University | |
| BioREaCH: Biodiversity-Remote sensing for Estuarine and Coastal Habitat research [PDF] | Anthony Campbell/University of Maryland, College Park | |
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:30 | Project Talks (BioSCape 2) | |
| Cyanobacteria and Surface aquatic vegetation of the Cape freshwater systems (CyanoSCape): A Hyperspectral Data Campaign and Analysis [PDF] | Liane Guild/NASA Ames Research Center | |
| TraitsCape: Understanding the role of microrefugia in buffering fynbos from global change (Slides will not be made available) | Cory Merow/University of Connecticut,Storrs | |
| Plant community assembly and trait evolution in the South African Greater Cape Floristic Region [PDF] | Steven Augustine c/o Jeannine Cavender-Bares/University of Minnesota | |
| CapeTraits: Patterns of functional trait variation and diversity across the Greater Cape Floristic Region and comparison with other Mediterranean ecosystems [PDF] | Philip Townsend/University of Wisconsin,Madison | |
| Spectral and Spatial Scaling in Biodiversity Remote Sensing: Research Conducive to BioSCape Science and Implementation Activities [PDF] | Henry Frye c/o John Silander/University of Connecticut, Storrs | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 02:00 | Project Talks (BioSCape 3) | |
| Biodiversity across Scales: Mapping taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity with eDNA, Field Surveys, and Remote Sensing Data [PDF] | Matthew Rossi/University of Colorado, Boulder | |
| RadSCape: radiative transfer simulation and validation of the dynamic structural and spectral properties of the vegetation of the Cape [PDF] | Jan van Aardt/Rochester Institute of Technology | |
| BIOSCape - Mapping of phytoplankton functional types from space in support of coastal resource management and decision support activities [PDF] | Jinghui Wu/Columbia University | |
| Intrinsic dimensionality and data fusion to monitor Cape biodiversity [PDF] | Kerry Cawse-Nicholson/NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | |
| 02:50 | Project Talks | |
| Identifying population tipping points through imagery super-resolution [PDF] | Christian Che-Castaldo c/o Heather Lynch/Stony Brook University | |
| Transcriptomics From Space: Linking Remote Sensing to Tree Gene Expression in a Diverse Set of Species Through the Growing Season and in Response to Water Deficit [PDF] | Nathan Swenson/Notre Dame University | |
| 03:20 | Break | |
| 03:50 | Terrestrial Ecology Scoping Studies | |
| ARID [PDF] | Ryan Pavlick/NASA HQ | |
| PANGEA [PDF] | Elsa Ordway/UCLA | |
| 04:20 | Plenary Discussion: Program Updates, Issues, and Concerns | Woody Turner/NASA HQ |
| 05:15 | Adjourn | |