LCLUC Science Team Meeting AgendaObservations and Data for Land Cover and Land Use Change: Focus on Agriculture
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, Alexandria, VA
Meeting Room: Plaza C
Meeting presentations can be found here: lcluc.umd.edu/meetings.php?mid=33
9:00 AM Welcome – Garik Gutman, NASA HQ
9:15 AM Review of LCLUC Observations and Data and Land Use – Chris Justice, UMD
9:30 AM Some Current LCLUC Projects Addressing Aspects of LU and LCC Observations with Ag
Focus (15 min each)
- Crop type mapping – Matt Hansen, UMD
- Field size distribution – David Roy, SDSU
- Cropping intensity – Xiaoming Xiao, University of Oklahoma
- Land Abandonment – Kirstin de Beurs, University of Oklahoma (confirmation pending)
10:30 AM BREAK
11:00 AM Invited Talks (20 min each)
- Mapping agro-forestry systems – David Skole, Michigan State University
- GEO Cropland mapping initiative – Steffen Fritz, IIASA
- Emerging model data requirements for land use information – George Hurtt, UMD
12:00 PM Fine Resolution (15 min each)
- GSFC Fine Resolution Data Initiative – Chris Neigh, GSFC
- Fine resolution automated mapping – Luigi Boschetti, UMD / Andrea Baraldi, UMD
12:30 PM LUNCH
2:00 PM Breakout group: Land-use Datasets for Modeling (Magnolia A/B, and C Meeting Rooms)
3:00 PM BREAK
3:15 PM Report Back
3:45 PM Discussion
4:00 PM Conclusions and Actions – Chris Justice, UMD
4:15 PM Close of Meeting – Garik Gutman, NASA HQ
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