Chairs: Kirsten de Beurs, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States and Geoffrey M Henebry, Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences & Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, East Lansing, United States
Primary Convener: Kirsten de Beurs, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
Co-conveners: Jan Verbesselt, Wageningen University, Department of Environmental Science, Wageningen, Netherlands and Geoffrey M Henebry, Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences & Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, East Lansing, United States
OSPA Liaison: Kirsten de Beurs, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
Tracking the Effect of Algal Mats on Coral Bleaching Using Remote Sensing (6618)
Sawyer H Johnson1, Nehal Idris1, Hesham Mohamed El-Askary2 and Mohammed Ali B Qurban3, (1)Chapman University, Orange, CA, United States, (2)Chapman University, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Orange, CA, United States, (3)King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Manager, Marine Studies Section Center for Environment and Water, Dhanran, Saudi Arabia
Change Detection Analysis of Costal Habitat Using Remote Sensing Technologies in the Western Arabian Gulf (Saudi Arabian Coast) over a Thirty-Year Period. (6626)
Nehal Idris1, Sawyer H Johnson1, Hesham Mohamed El-Askary2 and Mohammed Ali B Qurban3, (1)Chapman University, Orange, CA, United States, (2)Chapman University, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Orange, CA, United States, (3)King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Manager, Marine Studies Section Center for Environment and Water, Dhanran, Saudi Arabia
MODIS NDVI Change Detection Techniques and Products Used in the Near Real Time Forwarn System for Detecting, Monitoring, and Analyzing Regional Forest Disturbances (9740)
Joseph Spruce1, William Walter Hargrove2, Jerry Gasser3, James Smoot1 and Philip Kuper1, (1)Computer Sciences Corporation, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (2)USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Hot Springs National, AR, United States, (3)Lockheed Martin Civil Programs, Mississippi Space & Technology Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
A Global Classification of Contemporary Fire Regimes (10725)
Steven P Norman1, Jitendra Kumar2, William Walter Hargrove3 and Dr. Forrest M Hoffman, PhD2, (1)USDA Forest Service, Asheville, NC, United States, (2)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (3)USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Hot Springs National, AR, United States
UNSUPERVISED LAND COVER CHANGE DETECTION USING BIWEEKLY MODIS NDVI DATA (26310)
Nagendra Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Geospatial Science and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge, United States and Ranga Raju Vatsavai, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, Center for Geospatial Analytics, Raleigh, NC, United States; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Trend detection and analysis in Eastern Europe and European Russia (18786)
Kirsten de Beurs, University of Oklahoma, Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, OK, United States, Geoffrey M Henebry, Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences & Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, East Lansing, United States and Braden Owsley, Texas State University San Marcos, San Marcos, TX, United States
Documenting 35 Years of Land Cover Change: Lago Cachet Dos Drainage, Chile (16058)
Beverly Friesen1, David Nimick2, Daniel McGrath3 and Christopher Cole1, (1)USGS, Special Applications Science Center, Denver, CO, United States, (2)USGS, WY - MT Water Science Center, Helena, MT, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
Characterizing continuous urban growth using composited time-series Landsat data (29550)
Xiao-Peng Song1, Joseph O Sexton2, Chengquan Huang3, Min Feng4, Saurabh Channan4, Matthew E. Baker5 and John R Townshend4, (1)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, (2)terraPulse, Inc., Gaithersburg, United States, (3)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (4)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (5)University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Geography & Environmental Systems, Baltimore, United States