AGENDA
NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Team Meeting
May 6 - 8, 2009
The Westin New York at Times Square
| Wednesday, May 6 | ||
| 2:00–3:45 P.M. | Welcome and Introduction | |
| The Fox & the Hedgehog: Assembling the Pieces to Define the Big Picture Woody Turner/NASA Headquarters |
presentation | |
| Project Talks | ||
| Predicting Current and Future Tree Diversity in the Pacific Northwest Richard Waring/Oregon State University & Nicholas Coops/University of British Columbia |
presentation | |
| Remote Assessment of Giant Kelp Dynamics David Siegel/University of California, Santa Barbara |
presentation | |
| Effects of Invasive Species on Ecosystem Structure & Function Greg Asner/Carnegie Institution |
presentation | |
| Forecasting Biodiversity Responses to Climate Change: MODIS to Mussels Brian Helmuth/University of South Carolina |
presentation | |
| Prediction
of Africanized Honey Bee Distribution & Migration in the US &
Honey Bee Climate Responses Using Satellite Data Wayne Esaias/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
presentation | |
| 3:45–4:00 P.M. | Questions & Discussion | |
| 4:00–4:15 P.M. | Break | |
| 4:15–6:00 P.M | Project Talks Continued | |
| Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) Diane Davies/University of Maryland |
presentation | |
| Coral Reef Bleaching & Threats to Biodiversity in Puerto Rico Roy Armstrong/University of Puerto Rico |
presentation | |
| Remote Sensing & Avian Biodiversity Patterns in the US Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin |
presentation | |
| Forest Structure & Distribution across the Range of the Giant Panda Andres Vina/Michigan State University |
presentation | |
| Testing & Extending Biodiversity Paradigms & their Sensitivitiesto Scale through Integration of In situ & Satellite Data Todd Jobe/University of North Carolina |
presentation | |
| Biodiversity Implications of Forest Disturbance & Related Landscape Dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon Mark Cochrane/South Dakota State University |
presentation | |
| Improving Stream Temperature Predictions for Salmon in a River Water Decision Support System Eric Danner/University of California, Santa Cruz |
presentation | |
| 6:00–6:15 P.M. | Questions & Discussion | |
| 6:15 P.M. | Done for the Day | |
| Thursday, May 7 | ||
| 8:00–10:00 A.M. | Project Talks Continued | |
| Modeling Bird Migration in Changing Habitats Jim Smith/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
presentation | |
| Climate Change & its Impact on the Ecosystem of the Arabian Sea Joaquim Goes/Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences |
presentation | |
| Development
of Species Distribution & Demography Models for Strategic Habitat
Conservation by the US Fish & Wildlife Service James Forester/Harvard University |
presentation | |
| Predicting Right Whale Distributions from Space Andrew Pershing/University of Maine |
presentation | |
| Habitat Availability for Amur Tiger & Amur Leopard under Changing Climate & Disturbance Regimes Nancy Sherman/University of Virginia |
presentation | |
| Integrating Ocean Observing Data to Enhance a Cetacean Spatial Decision Support System Jason Roberts/Duke University & David Foley/NOAA |
presentation | |
| Leveraging
Temporal Variation in Climate & Management across Western National
Parks to Characterize Landscape Vegetation Dynamics Robert Kennedy/Oregon State University |
presentation | |
| Pelagic Habitat Analysis Module: Enhanced Decision Support for Pelagic Fisheries & Marine Sanctuaries Dale Kiefer/University of Southern California |
presentation | |
| 10:00–10:15 A.M. | Questions & Discussion | |
| 10:15–10:30 A.M. | Break | |
| 10:30 A.M.–12:30 P.M. | Project Talks Continued | |
| Ecological Condition of US National Parks: Enabling Decision Support through Monitoring, Analysis, & Forecasting Andrew Hansen/Montana State University |
presentation | |
| Integrating Satellite Data into NOAA Ecosystem-based Management of Living Marine Resources Ben Holt/Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
presentation | |
| Integrating Earth Science Results in Protected Area Management for Africa’s Albertine Rift Region Nadine Laporte/Woods Hole Research Center |
presentation | |
| Using Remote Sensing, Modeling, & Data Assimilation to Sustain & Protect Fisheries: Ecological Forecasting at Work Francisco Chavez/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
presentation | |
| Biodiversity Response to Land Use Change after the Breakdown of the Soviet Union Volker Radeloff/University of Wisconsin |
presentation | |
| Improving the NOAA NMFS & ICCAT Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries Management Decision Support System Mitch Roffer/Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc. |
presentation | |
| Environmental Stability of Forest Corridors in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Region Ron Welch/University of Alabama, Huntsville |
presentation | |
| Bioinformatic Mapping of Ocean Biochemical Provinces Andrew Irwin/Mount Allison University |
presentation | |
| 12:30–12:45 P.M. | Questions & Discussion | |
| 12:45–2:00 P.M. | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 2:00–3:00 P.M. | Overviews of 3 Earth Science “Decadal Survey” Missions | |
| Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, & Dynamics of Ice (DESDynI) Mission Ralph Dubayah/University of Maryland |
presentation | |
| Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI) Mission Rob Green / Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
presentation | |
| Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) Mission Jared Entin/NASA Headquarters |
presentation | |
| 3 :00–3 :15 P.M. | Questions & Discussion | |
| 3:15–4:00 P.M. | Project Talks Continued | |
| Forest Structure & Biodiversity on a Cloud Forest Lee Margin Robert Lawton/University of Alabama, Huntsville |
presentation | |
| The Tropical Forest Information Center David Skole/Michigan State University |
presentation | |
| Systems Integration & Visualization of Yellowstone Fred Watson/California State University, Monterey Bay |
presentation | |
| 4:00–4:15 P.M | Break | |
| 4:15–5:15 P.M. | NASA Earth and Space Science Fellows Presentations | |
| Remote Sensing of Fire, Flooding, and White Sand Ecosystems in the Amazon Marion Adeney/Duke University |
presentation | |
| Protected Areas in the Brazilian Amazon: Performance, Pressure, and Efficacy Christopher Barber/South Dakota State University |
presentation | |
| Progress toward Large-scale Analyses of Mussel Body Temperatures Allison Smith/University of South Carolina |
presentation | |
| Calibrating Landsat /ASTER with LiDAR for Forest Studies Van Kane/University of Washington |
presentation | |
| 5:15–5:30 P.M | Questions & Discussion | |
| 5:30–7:30 P.M. | Poster Session | |
| 7:30 P.M. | Done for the Day | |
| Friday, May 8 | ||
| 8:00–8:45 A.M. | Crosscutting Activities | |
| Models as Services: Growing a Model Web & Infrastructure Gary Geller/Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
presentation | |
| SERVIR: A Regional Framework for Satellite & In situ Environmental Monitoring Dan Irwin/NASA Marshall Space Flight Center & Emilio Sempris/CATHALAC |
presentation | |
| 8:45–9:00 A.M. | Questions & Discussion | |
| 9:00–9:15 A.M. | Charge to Breakout Groups Woody Turner/NASA Headquarters |
presentation |
| 9:15–11:45 A.M. | Breakout Groups Discuss Directions for Elements of the Biodiversity & Ecological Forecasting Programs | |
| 11:45 A.M–12:15 P.M. | Write Up Results of Breakout Group Discussions | |
| 12:15–1:30 P.M. | Lunch (on your own) | |
| 1:30–3:30 P.M. | Reports from Breakout Group Discussions | |
| Monitoring Group | presentation | |
| Modeling Group | presentation | |
| Regionalization Group | presentation | |
| Participation & Presentation Group | presentation | |
| 3:30–4:30 P.M. | Programmatic Update, Final Thoughts & Discussion | |
| 4:30 P.M. | Meeting Ends | |