| 10:30AM |
NASA Applied Sciences Program Outlook
Lawrence Friedl/NASA Headquarters [PDF] |
| 10:45AM |
Catalyst: A NASA Consortium for Conservation at Scale
(Keith Gaddis and Woody Turner/NASA Headquarters) [PDF] |
| 11:00AM |
Questions and Answers |
| 11:15AM |
Break |
| 11:30AM |
Project Plenary Talks (12 minutes each + 3 minutes for questions)
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Designing Applications to Foster the Health of Terrestrial and Wetland Ecosystems in the Coastal Zone of West Africa
Danielle Wood/Massachusetts Institute of Technology [PDF] |
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Variability of Glaciers and Fjord Ice in Southeast Greenland with Application to Resident Polar Bears
Kristin Laidre/University of Washington [PDF] |
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Adding Space-based Vegetation Structure Measurements to a Global Ecosystem Model to Simulate Tropical Forest Animal Communities and Their Role in Ecosystem Function
Chris Doughty/Northern Arizona University[PDF] |
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From Soundscapes to Landscapes: Monitoring Animal Biodiversity from Space Using Citizen Scientists
Matthew Clark/Sonoma State University [PDF] |
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Securing Sustainable Seas: Near Real-time Monitoring and Prediction of Global Fishing Fleet Behavior
James Watson/Oregon State University [PDF] |
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Soilborne Plant Pathogen Dispersal and Assessment: Building a Remote Sensing-based Global Surveillance System for Plant Disease
Katie Gold/Cornell University [PDF] [Slide 11 MP4] [Slide 14 MP4] |
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| 1:00PM |
Break |
| 2:00PM |
Discussion / Q&A Sessions
(3 Parallel Breakouts—Implemented in 20-Minute Sessions in which Presenters will move between the 3 rooms to allow for smaller, more interactive sessions)
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1. Project Guidance with Ecological Forecasting Program Associates
Laura Rogers/NASA LaRC, Maury Estes/University of Alabama Huntsville and MSFC, and Cindy Schmidt/ARC |
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2. Program Management: Good, Bad, and Ugly
Woody Turner/NASA Headquarters [PPTX] |
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility at NASA
Keith Gaddis/NASA Headquarters |
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| 3:00PM |
Training in Technical Tools (4 Parallel Breakout Sessions)
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1. NASA Web-based Tools for Satellite Data Analysis (AppEEARS)
Aaron Friesz/NASA Land Processes DAAC |
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A Suite of Tools to Support Biodiversity Assessment and Decision Making
Mary Blair [PDF] /American Museum of Natural History and Victor Gutierrez–Velez/Temple University [PDF]
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We will introduce and give a live demonstration of tools developed in partnership with the Colombia Biodiversity Observation Network (BON), including tools for modeling and mapping species distributions and decision–support infrastructure and tools related to ecosystem distribution and biodiversity indicators. Together these tools help facilitate sustained use of GEO BON’s Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) derived from Earth Observations for biodiversity assessment, reporting, and decision–making in the Colombian BON and others.
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LandCart: A Bureau of Land Management Platform for Dryland Decisions
Bo Zhou/University of California Los Angeles [PDF]
- The goal of the LandCart project is to build on existing ideas to provide the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with the ability to fuse Assessment, Inventory and Monitoring (AIM) field data with remote sensing information to make predictions of AIM indicators in places and times where they were not measured. LandCart is a web-based tool developing using Google Earth Engine. Some of the functionalities of LandCart tools include: creating continuous maps of core indicators based on AIM field data using on-the-fly model making with machine learning (Random Forest); enabling sub-annual (seasonal, monthly, bi-weekly) map-making and inter/intra- annual time series capability; producing all necessary information to the NEPA Administrative Record.
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ARIES: ARtificial Intelligence for Environment and Sustainability
Ken Bagstad/U.S. Geological Survey [PDF]
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It’s widely accepted that today’s science should strive to be FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. However, today’s state of the practice – public data and code repositories – are generally Findable and Accessible but struggle greatly to achieve Interoperability & Reusability. The long-running Artificial Intelligence for Environment & Sustainability (ARIES) project provides technology to achieve this through the semantic web – specifically using AI tools including semantics & machine reasoning. This technology is inherently multidisciplinary and scalable, making it appropriate for addressing larger biodiversity and ecological science integration challenges. In addition, it can enable access to sophisticated data and models through a web browser, which can improve access to data for underserved communities. This session will cover 1) a description of ARIES as a solution to today’s data and model interoperability challenges, 2) tours of the ARIES Explorer (web) and Modeler (IDE) interfaces, and 3) how to get involved and contribute interoperable data and models to the ARIES network.
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| 4:00PM |
Break |
| 4:30PM |
Poster Sessions
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(one-minute speed talks for approximately 30 posters followed by ~30 parallel open discussions in which each of the ~30 posters has its own room for roughly one hour) [Compiled PDF] |
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01 – Blair–An integrated biodiversity monitoring system for Colombia [PDF]
02 – Bohrer–Forecasting Tools for the Y2Y Migration Corridor [PDF]
03 – Brandt–Integrating Remote Sensing and Ecological Forecasting into Decision Support for Beaver Rewilding [PDF]
04 – DeFelice–Environmentally informed West Nile virus forecasts [PDF]
05 – Dobrowski–Decision Support for Post–Fire Forest Restoration [PDF]
06 – Foroutan–Microbial Biodiversity in Trans–Atlantic Dust Plumes [PDF]
07 – Gutierrez–Integrating Earth Observations for biodiversity decisions [PDF]
08 – Hall – Circuitscape & Omniscape in Julia [PDF]
09 – Horton – Understanding urban centers as ecological traps [PDF]
10 – Hu–Sargassum monitoring and forecasting [PDF]
11 – Huang–Power of GEDI: Tools to Map Habitat Heterogeneity & Biodiversity [PDF]
12 – Ives–Statistical inference for remote-sensing data [PDF]
13 – Jantz–Lidar Mapping of Forest Vertical Structure In Colombia [PDF]
14 – Keys–Cross–scale dynamics of SDG achievement in Kenya [PDF]
15 – Kiefer–Tunascape: Ocean Circulation and the ETPO Tuna Fishery [PDF]
16 – Miller–So. Cal. Bight Marine Biodiversity Observation Network [PDF]
17 – Mohammed – Sustainability of the 3S Rivers under Climate Change [PDF]
18 – Oliver–Scaling of Environmental Selection in Pelagic Species [PDF]
19 – Peery–Enhancing biodiversity & resilience in dry forests [PDF]
20 – Pijanowski – Multi–Sensor Biodiversity Framework [PDF]
21 – Wilson – Forecasting and Change Detection in a Biodiversity Hotspot [PDF]
22 – Wright – Ecosystem mapping in West Papua [PDF]
24 – Chaplin–Essential Biodiversity Variables & Ecosystem Services [PDF]
25 – Otis–Coastal Surface Temperatures using ECOSTRESS [PDF] |
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| 6:00PM |
End of Day |