Mexico-City: 8th-11th of October 2007


 

Land and Vegetation Direct Readout Workshop Agenda

 

  Tuesday, October 9, 2007
   
5:00pm – 7:00pm

Poster Session
Poster session exhibiting direct readout land applications and relevant workshop topics. The poster session will be a bridging activity between Seaspace Conference and the Land/Vegetation Direct Readout Workshop.  Presenters will be available for questions and discussion for the duration of the poster session.

Posters will continue to be available for viewing during the workshop until 12:00pm Thursday.

   
   
  Wednesday, October 10, 2007
MORNING SESSION: PROGRAMATIC OVERVIEW OF DIRECT READOUT FOR LAND APPLICATIONS
8:30am – 8:45am

Welcome  (Rainer Ressl CONABIO)

  • Workshop overview
  • Logistics
  • Highlight of direct readout applications on display in poster session
8:45am – 9:15am Introduction of Workshop Attendees
9:15am – 9:45am Objectives for Workshop
(Chris Justice, GOFC-GOLD/University of Maryland)
9:45am – 10:05am Sentinel Asia Direct Readout Network
(Craig Smith, Geoscience Australia)
10:05am – 10:35am Break
10:35am – 10:55am NASA Direct Broadcast/Direct Readout
(Patrick Coronado, NASA)
10:55am – 11:15am EOS/NPP Transition, NPP/NPOESS Direct Broadcast/Direct Readout Framework
(John Overton, NOAA IPO)
11:15am – 11:35pm IPOPP Framework Implementation at the USDA Forest Service
(Brad Quayle, USDA Forest Service)
11:35pm – 12:00pm TerraSAR-X: New high resolution SAR data from space
(Achim Roth, DLR)
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch
   
AFTERNOON SESSION: DIRECT READOUT LAND PRODUCTS/ALGORITHMS
1:30pm – 2:00pm Surface Reflectance
(Eric Vermote, University of Maryland/NASA-GSFC)
2:00pm – 2:30pm Albedo
(Crystal Schaaf, Boston University)
2:30pm – 3:00pm Fire Detection
(Louis Giglio, NASA-GSFC)
3:00pm – 3:30pm Burned Area
(David Roy, South Dakota State University)
3:30m – 4:00pm Break
4:00pm – 4:30pm Snow/Ice
(Peter Romanov, NOAA)
4:30pm – 5:00pm Vegetation/Biophysical Parameters
(Alfredo Huete, University of Arizona)
5:00pm – 5:30pm Land Cover Change/Fractional Vegetation Cover
(Gerardo López, CONABIO)
5:30pm – 10:00pm Evening Social Outing
(Boat trip in Xochimilco and traditional Mexican dinner)
   
   
  Thursday, October 11, 2007
MORNING SESSION: BREAKOUT GROUPS

Breakout Session Objectives

  • Identify current needs/near term plans
  • Areas and opportunities for cooperation and data exchange
  • Areas needing additional research and development
  • Future systems and plans
  • Recommendations from the workshop
8:30am – 10:00am Breakout Session I – Programmatic and Regional Issues

 

  • Programmatic Breakout Group (Moderator John Overton)
    • Data continuity issues
    • New sensors/missions
    • Transition to future sensors
    • Funding sources
    • Coordination of Land DB community with general DB community
  • Regional/Thematic Breakout Group
    (Moderator Brad Quale/Brian Schwind)
    • Product validation/user feedback
    • Data sharing networks
    • Coordination/sharing specialized land applications
10:00am – 10:30am Break
10:30am – 12:00pm Breakout Session II – DR Products and Algorithms

 

  • Vegetation/Biophysical Parameters, BRDF/Surface Reflectance Breakout Group (Moderator Crystal Schaaf)
  • Fire/Burned Area, LST, Snow/Ice Breakout Group (Moderator David Roy)
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch
   
AFTERNOON SESSION: BREAKOUT GROUP SUMMARIES/DISCUSSION
1:30pm – 3:30pm Breakout Group Summary/Discussion
(Rainer Ressl, CONABIO)
30 minutes for each group (20 minute summary and action items/10 minute discussion)
3:30pm – 4:00pm Break
4:00pm – 4:30pm

Formulation of Workshop Recommendations
(Pat Coronado, NASA)

  • Framework for workshop report to be produced
  • Report will be generated within one month of the workshop
  • Workshop report/recommendations will be presented at next international direct broadcast/direct readout conference in 2008
4:30pm – 4:45pm

Workshop Summary/Wrap Up
(Chris Justice, GOFC-GOLD/University of Maryland)

  • Workshop report and presentations to be posted on GOFC/GOLD website