Wednesday, May 7 |
| 1:00PM |
Pick Up Materials and Load Talks
All |
| 1:30PM |
Welcome
Woody Turner/NASA Earth Science Division (ESD) |
| 1:35PM |
Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Satellite Missions
Woody Turner/NASA Earth Science Division (ESD) |
4 MB ppt
presentation |
| 1:50PM |
NASA Applied Sciences Update
Lawrence Friedl/Associate Director for Applied Sciences, ESD |
8 MB ppt
presentation |
| 2:10PM |
Questions |
| 2:25PM |
PROJECT TALKS
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Mapping of Stress on Native Tree Species across Western United States and Canada
Richard Waring/Oregon State University
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9 MB ppt
presentation |
A Decision Support System for Ecosystem-based Management of Tropical Coral Reef Environments
Mark Eakin/NOAA and Frank Muller-Karger/University of South Florida |
26 MB ppt
presentation |
Integrating Global Species Distributions, Remote Sensing Information and Climate Station Data to Assess Recent Biodiversity Response to Climate Change
Walter Jetz/Yale University |
4 MB pdf
presentation |
Desert Birds in a Warming World: Characterizing Thermal Stress with
Daily Earth Observation Data in Complex Terrain
Thomas Albright/University of Nevada, Reno |
14 MB ppt
presentation |
| 3:25PM |
Additional Questions and Discussion |
| 3:40PM |
Break |
| 4:00AM |
PROJECT TALKS
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Remote Sensing of Forest Genetic Diversity and Assessment of Below
Ground Microbial Communities in Populus tremuloides Forests
Phil Townsend/University of Wisconsin, Madison |
37 MB ppt
presentation
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Seasonal to Interannual Variability in Phytoplankton Biomass and
Diversity on the New England Shelf
Heidi Sosik/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
5 MB ppt
presentation |
Using NASA Resources to Inform Climate and Land Use Adaptation
Andrew Hansen/Montana State University |
14 MB ppt
presentation |
Satellite Driven Studies of Climate-mediated Changes in Antarctic Food Webs
Matt Oliver/University of Delaware |
80 MB ppt
presentation |
| 5:00PM |
Additional Questions and Discussion |
| 5:15PM |
PROJECT TALKS |
The Role of Taxonomic, Functional, Genetic, and Landscape Diversity in Food Web Responses to a Changing Environment
Jason Harmon/North Dakota State University |
7 MB ppt
presentation |
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 |
18 MB ppt
presentation |
Forecasting Changes in Habitat Use by Bowhead Whales in Response to Arctic Climate Change
Dan Pendleton/NOAA |
2 MB ppt
presentation
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Using the USGS “Resource for Advanced Modeling” to Connect Climate Drivers to Biological Response
Jeff Morisette/U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center
|
3 MB ppt
presentation |
| 6:15PM |
Additional Questions and Discussion |
| 6:30PM |
Adjourn and Join Colleagues for Dinner |
| Thursday, May 8 |
| 8:30AM |
PROJECT TALKS |
Global Population Dynamics and Climate Change: Comparing Species-level Impacts on Two Contrasting Large Mammals
Farshid Ahrestani/University of Montana |
12 MB pdf
presentation
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Genetic Programming for Ocean Microbial Ecology and Biodiversity
John Moisan/NASA Wallops Flight Facility |
10 MB pdf
presentation
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Assembly and Evolution of the Amazonian Biota and its Environment: An Integrated Approach
Kyle McDonald/City University of New York
|
45 MB ppt
presentation
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Sensitivity of Coastal Zone Ecosystems to Climate Change
Kyle Cavanaugh/Smithsonian Institution |
26 MB ppt
presentation |
| 9:30AM |
Additional Questions and Discussion |
| 9:45PM |
PROJECT TALKS |
Adding Phylogeny to GIS-enabled Species Range and Distribution
Analyses
Jeffery Cavner/University of Kansas |
2 MB ppt
presentation
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Extending the Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System (TOPS) to the Suomi NPP Mission
Jennifer Dungan/NASA Ames Research Center |
9 MB pdf
presentation
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Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) and Mission Needs
Gary Geller/Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
1 MB ppt
presentation
|
| 10:30AM |
Additional Questions and Discussion |
| 10:45AM |
Break |
| 11:05AM |
Special Session: Preparing for the Next Decadal Survey
The Earth Science Decadal Survey: What is it, Why NASA does it, How NASA uses it—And how should your community prepare for it?
Steve Volz/NASA ESD |
59 MB ppt
presentation |
| 11:35AM |
Questions, Comments, and Discussion |
| 12:00PM |
Lunch |
| 1:30PM |
Meet in Plenary to Prepare for Breakout Sessions |
| 1:45AM |
Parallel Breakout Sessions: Preparing the Biodiversity and
Ecological Forecasting Communities for the Earth Science Decadal
Survey—Starting with Key Questions and Topics |
| 3:30AM |
Break |
| 3:50PM |
Plenary Reports from Breakout Sessions |
| 5:00PM |
Special Talk: Working with the NASA DEVELOP Program
Beth Brumbaugh, Sam Weber, Emily Voelker/NASA DEVELOP |
4 MB ppt
presentation |
| 5:15PM |
Poster Session |
| 7:00PM |
Dinner with Colleagues |
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BREAKOUT SESSION NOTES |
| Biodiversity&EcoForecasting2014BreakoutGuidelines.pptx |
| BiodiversityTeamMeeting-Breakout-TerrestrialApplications 2014-05-08.docx |
| BioEcoF_TeamMtg_May2014_TerrResearch_Questions.docx |
| Marine Breakout Session - All Notes.docx |
| Marine Break-Out Session.pptx |
| Terrestrial Applications Breakout Session.docx |
| Terrestrial Research-Themes.docx |
| Friday, May 9 |
| 8:30AM |
PROJECT TALKS |
Integrating Remotely Sensed Data and Ecological Models to Assess
Species Extinction Risks under Climate Change
Resit Akcakaya/Stony Brook University |
2 MB pdf
presentation
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From the Watershed to the Ocean: Using NASA Data and Models to
Understand and Predict Variations in Central California Salmon
Eric Danner/NOAA |
11 MB ppt
presentation
|
| 9:00AM |
NASA Earth Science Research and Analysis Update
Jack Kaye/Associate Director for Research, ESD |
|
| 9:20AM |
PROJECT TALKS |
Spatial Responses to Climate across Trophic Levels: Monitoring and Modeling Plants, Prey, and Predators in the Intermountain Western U.S.
Tom Edwards/U.S. Geological Survey/Utah State University |
22 MB ppt
presentation
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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 |
6 MB pdf
presentation
|
| 9:50AM |
Additional Questions and Discussion |
| 10:05PM |
PROJECT TALKS |
Physiological Impacts of Climate Change Using Remote Sensing
David Wethey/University of South Carolina |
5 MB ppt
presentation |
REDD+, Forest Carbon, and Biodiversity Corridors in East Africa
Nadine Laporte/Woods Hole Research Center |
6 MB ppt
presentation |
| 10:35PM |
Additional Questions and Discussion |
| 10:50AM |
Break |
| 11:10PM |
PROJECT TALKS |
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Climate Change, Sea Ice Loss, and Polar Bears in Greenland
Kristin Laidre/University of Washington
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23 MB ppt
presentation |
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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 MB ppt
presentation |
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Effects of Extreme Climate Events on Avian Demographics
Resit Akcakaya/Stony Brook University |
2 MB pdf
presentation |
| 11:55PM |
Additional Questions and Discussion |
| 12:10PM |
Lunch |
| 1:30PM |
PROJECT TALKS |
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Using LIDAR to Assess the Roles of Climate and Land-Cover Dynamics as Drivers of Changes in Biodiversity
Giorgos Mountrakis/SUNY Syracuse |
17 MB pdf
presentation |
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Using Earth Observation Data to Improve REDD+ Policy in Mesoamerica and the Dominican Republic
Allen Blackman/Resources for the Future |
2 MB pdf
presentation |
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Management and Conservation of Highly Migratory Fish in the Gulf of Mexico under IPCC Climate Change Scenarios
Mitch Roffer/Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc. |
15 MB ppt
presentation |
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Combining Remote Sensing and Biological Data to Predict the Consequences of Climate Change on Hummingbird Diversity
Catherine Graham/ SUNY Stony Brook |
51 MB ppt
presentation |
| 2:30PM |
Additional Questions and Discussion |
| 2:45PM |
Programmatic Issues/NASA Budget: Questions and Answers
Woody Turner/NASA |
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| 3:15PM |
Meeting Ends |
