Workshop on recent methods for monitoring forests, agriculture and land degradation
Tuesday May 11, 2010, Wageningen UR, The Netherlands
Location: GAIA building, Droevendaalsesteeg 3 (Building 101), Room Gaia 1
Issues of global, regional and national observations of forests, agriculture and land degradation have received significant attention in a number of international processes on the political level. They emphasize the needs and are offering opportunities to improve relevance, acceptance, and approaches for global and national land assessments. The developments put specific challenges on the monitoring and assessment of land dynamics integrating global observations, national-level activities and implementation, and issues of impact and technical requirements on local scales. Remote sensing research at WUR is and will be addressing these issues. The workshop will discuss specific examples and case studies to present recent methods and introduce progress to enhance the Earth observations contribution for more detailed and accurate land monitoring.
The workshop is open for participation and would be particularly useful for remote sensing researchers and interested scientists from related fields. The participation of interested MSc students (i.e. from MGI) is encouraged.
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13:00 |
Workshop Introduction: Research topics and directions at the remote sensing chair group of WUR |
Prof. Dr. Martin Herold |
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13:30 |
Capabilities and limitations of remote sensing for biomass estimation and REDD in tropical Africa: a case study of Uganda |
Valerio Avitabile (Friedrich Schiller University Jena / IAO Florence) |
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14:00 |
Detecting and forecasting changes in forest ecosystems using satellite image time series and ground-based Lidar data |
Dr. Jan Verbesselt (CSIRO Australia) |
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14.30 |
Coffee break |
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15.00 |
The (un)predictable role of phenology in land degradation monitoring |
Rogier De Jong (CGI/ISRIC, Wageningen UR) |
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15.30 |
Adjusting a crop model LAI temporal profile with MODIS-derived LAI time-series |
Dr. Allard de Wit (CGI/Alterra, Wageningen UR) |
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)16.00 |
Open discussion |
Prof. Dr. Martin Herold |
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16.30 |
Reception |
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17:30 |
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Participation is free of charge. For registration, please send an email to Antoinette Stoffers (Antoinette.Stoffers@wur.nl).
We are looking forward for your participation!
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