Wednesday, October 5 |
| 2:00 PM |
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Welcome and Introduction |
Woody Turner/NASA HQ |
presentation |
| 2:20 PM |
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Project Talks (All project talks should focus on new results of the past year.) |
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Assessing Biodiversity of Ocean Phytoplankton Communities from Optical Remote Sensing |
Rick Reynolds/Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
presentation |
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Remote Sensing of Forest Genetic Diversity and Assessment of Below Ground Microbial Communities in Populus tremuloides Forests |
Michael Madritch/
Appalachian State University |
presentation |
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Satellite Driven Studies of Climate Mediated Changes in Antarctic Food Webs |
Matt Oliver/
University of Delaware |
presentation |
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Utilizing Ecosystem Information to Improve Decision Support for
Central California Salmon |
Brian Wells/ NOAA |
presentation |
| 3:20 PM |
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Questions and Comments |
| 3:40 PM |
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Break |
| 4:00 PM |
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Project Talks |
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The Arctic Sea Ice Landscape and Movement of Marine Mammals |
Kristin Laidre/
University of Washington |
presentation |
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Integrating Remotely Sensed Data and Ecological Models to Assess Species Extinction Risks under Climate Change |
Resit Akcakaya/
SUNY Stony Brook |
presentation |
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A Decision Support System for Ecosystem-based Management of Tropical Coral Reef Environments |
Frank Muller-Karger/
University of South Florida |
presentation |
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Synergistic Analyses of Data from Active and Passive Sensors to Assess Relationships between Spatial Heterogeneity of Tropical Forest Structure and Biodiversity Dynamics |
Geoffrey Henebry/
South Dakota State University |
presentation |
| 5:00 PM |
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Questions and Comments |
| 5:20 PM |
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New Project Introductions – Part 1 (≤ 2-minutes, 1-slide introductions of the following projects) |
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Seasonal to Interannual Variability in Phytoplankton Biomass and Diversity on the New England Shelf
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Heidi Sosik/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
presentation |
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Sensitivity of Coastal Zone Ecosystems to Climate Change |
Ilka Feller/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center |
presentation |
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Climate Change, Sea Ice Loss, and Polar Bears in Greenland |
Kristin Laidre/
University of Washington |
presentation |
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Forecasting Changes in Habitat Use by Bowhead Whales in Response to Arctic Climate Change |
Elizabeth Holmes/NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center |
presentation |
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Physiological Impacts of Climate Change Using Remote Sensing |
David Wethey/
University of South Carolina |
presentation |
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WhaleWatch |
Helen Bailey/UMD Center for Environmental Science |
presentation |
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Management and Conservation of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna and Other Highly Migratory Fish in the Gulf of Mexico under IPCC Climate Change Scenarios |
Mitch Roffer/Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, Inc. |
presentation |
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Evaluating User Needs for Models and Decision Tools to Predict the Impacts of Climate Change on the Marine Environment |
Pat Halpin/Duke University |
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/University of California, Santa Cruz |
presentation |
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Extending the Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System (TOPS) to applications of the NPP mission |
Rama Nemani/NASA Ames Research Center |
presentation |
| 5:40 PM |
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Questions and Comments |
| 6:00 PM |
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Retire to Happy Hour for More Discussion |
| Thursday, October 6 |
| 8:00 AM |
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Project Talks |
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Toward Monitoring the Relationship between Vegetation Conditions and Volcanic Activity with HyspIRI |
Alexander Koltunov/
University of California, Davis |
presentation |
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Evaluation of Synergies between VNIR-SWIR and TIR Imagery in a Mediterranean-climate Ecosystem |
Dar Roberts/University of California, Santa Barbara |
presentation |
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Detection of Key Leaf Physiological Traits Using Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Imagery |
Phil Townsend/University of Wisconsin, Madison |
presentation |
| 8:45 AM |
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Questions and Comments |
| 9:00 AM |
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Conservation NGO Panel: A Discussion of Key Organizational Objectives and Priorities for the Conservation Community over the Coming Decade |
Naikoa Aguilar Amuchastegui/
World Wildlife Fund |
| Tim Boucher/ The Nature Conservancy |
Marc Steininger/
Conservation International |
| Tom Brooks/
NatureServe |
| Jeff Ardron/ Marine Conservation Institute |
Robert Rose/
Wildlife Conservation Society |
| 10:00 AM |
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Questions and Comments of the Panel and Open Discussion |
| 10:30 AM |
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Break |
| 10:45 AM |
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Project Talks |
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Predicting Global Patterns of Ant Diversity and Endemism Using Fine-grained Remote Sensing |
Clinton Jenkins/North Carolina State University |
presentation |
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Continental Scale Modeling of Bird Diversity Using Canopy Structure Metrics of Habitat Heterogeneity |
Scott Goetz/
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
presentation |
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Using LIDAR to Assess the Roles of Climate and Land-Cover Dynamics as Drivers of Changes in Biodiversity |
Colin Beier/
SUNY Syracuse |
presentation |
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Tropical Forest Tree Species Community Assembly along Wind Disturbance Gradients in Amazonian Forest |
Jeff Chambers/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
presentation |
| 11:45 AM |
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Questions and Comments |
| 12:05 PM |
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LUNCH |
| 1:30 PM |
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Talk on the NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity Program and Plans for a Joint NSF-NASA Solicitation under this Program |
George Gilchrist/NSF |
presentation |
| 1:50 PM |
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Questions and Comments |
| 2:10 PM |
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New Project Introductions – Part 2 (≤ 2-minutes, 1-slide introductions of the following projects) |
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Spatial Responses to Climate across Trophic Levels
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Joseph Sexton/University of Maryland, College Park |
presentation |
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Global Population Dynamics and Climate Change: Comparing Species-level Impacts on Two Contrasting Large Mammals |
Mark Hebblewhite/
University of Montana |
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 |
presentation |
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Discovering Relationships between Climate and Animal Migration with New Tools for Linking Animal Movement Tracks with Weather and Land Surface Data |
Gil Bohrer/
Ohio State University |
presentation |
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Integrating Global Species Distributions, Remote Sensing Information and Climate Station Data to Assess Recent Biodiversity Response to Climate Change |
Walter Jetz/
Yale University |
presentation |
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Mapping of Stress on Native Tree Species across the Western United States and Canada |
Richard Waring/
Oregon State University |
presentation |
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Using NASA Resources to Inform Climate and Land Use Adaptation |
Andrew Hansen/
Montana State University |
presentation |
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Effects of Extreme Climate Events on Avian Demographics |
Patricia Heglund/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 3 |
presentation |
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Using the USGS “Resource for Advanced Modeling” to Connect Climate Drivers to Biological Responses |
Jeff Morisette/U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center |
presentation |
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Ecosystems in Transition: Decision Support Tools to Measure, Monitor and Forecast Climate Impacts on Migratory Species |
Robert Crabtree/ Yellowstone Ecological Research Center |
presentation |
| 2:30 PM |
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Questions and Comments |
| 2:45 PM |
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BREAK |
| 3:00 PM |
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Project Talks |
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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 |
presentation |
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GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) Update |
Gary Geller/
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
presentation |
| 3:30 PM |
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Questions and Comments |
| 3:45 PM |
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Open Forum 1: Suggestions for the Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Programs |
Facilitated by Woody Turner/NASA HQ |
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Open Forum 2: Facilitated Discussion of the Potential for an EOS for Biodiversity |
Facilitated by Woody Turner/NASA HQ |
| 4:45 PM |
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Meeting Ends |
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