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USFS Landscape Science Webinar

Mapping tropical forest type, age, disturbance type and vertical structure, and estimating young forest productivity, with Landsat imagery; Eileen Helmer, Research Ecologist, U.S. Forest Service.
When Aug 27, 2013
from 01:00 PM EDT to 02:00 PM EDT
Where Webinar
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Many new remote sensing applications have emerged that rely on satellite image time series since the US Geological Survey and Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research began freely distributing Landsat data.  In our work in tropical forest landscapes, we have been thrilled to find that the height and productivity of tropical secondary forests can be mapped with Landsat image time series, even in persistently cloudy places.  We have also found that free access to the entire history of Landsat imagery over an area benefits our work not only from directly processing the time series data, but also simply from the ability to view the entire archive of Landsat data at full spatial resolution.  I will describe studies in which we used image time series to map forest vertical structure for avian habitat studies, to estimate secondary forest productivity, and to map tropical forest type to extremely detailed levels.

WHEN?

Tuesday, Aug. 27 from 1 to 2pm Eastern. Eileen will present for 30 minutes, followed by Q&A.  Agenda items listed to the left will comprise the balance of time.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?

Federal, state & local land managers; federal and university landscape science researchers; national forest climate change coordinators; GIS & remote sensing application specialists; NGO representatives, land use planners and other interested citizens.

WEBINAR CONNECTION DETAILS

Click here to JOIN THE MEETING up to 30 minutes prior.  Audio is exclusively via phone: 1-888-858-2144,passcode 1418655.  Live captioning here.  First time user or having trouble? Troubleshoot here.

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