B42A:
Analysis of Land Cover Change in Response to Climate Variability and Change Using Remote Sensing II

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  George Z Xian, ARTS/USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD, United States and Thomas R Loveland, USGS EROS Data Ctr, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
Primary Conveners:  George Z Xian, ARTS/USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
Co-conveners:  James E Vogelmann, USGS EROS Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States and Thomas R Loveland, USGS EROS Data Ctr, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  George Z Xian, ARTS/USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

10:20 AM
 
Welcoming Remarks
10:21 AM
 
Introductory Remarks
10:22 AM
 
A New Global LAI Product and Its Use for Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Estimation
Jing Ming Chen, Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ronggao Liu, IGSNRR Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China, Weimin Ju, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China and Yang Liu, IGSNRR,CAS, Beijing, China
10:38 AM
 
Using Time Series of Landsat Data to Improve Understanding of Short- and Long-Term Changes to Vegetation Phenology in Response to Climate Change
Mark A Friedl, Eli K Melaas, Damien J Sulla-menashe and Josh M Gray, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
10:54 AM
 
Land Cover / Climate Interaction at Global and Regional Scales
Yongkang Xue, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
11:10 AM
 
Effects of Land Use and Climate on Ecosystem Carbon Balance from a Recent National Assessment
Zhiliang Zhu1, Shuguang Liu2, Dominique M Bachelet3, Benjamin M Sleeter4, Sarah M Stackpoole5, Todd J Hawbaker6, Timothy Larson1 and Bradley Reed1, (1)USGS, Reston, VA, United States, (2)USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, (3)Conservation Biology Institute, Corvallis, OR, United States, (4)USGS Western Regional Offices Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (5)USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States, (6)US Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO, United States
11:24 AM
 
Evaluating Current and Future Rangeland Health in the Great Basin Ecoregion Using NASA Earth Observing Systems
Katie Wilson1,2, Jeffry Ely1,3, Esther Essoudry1,4, Neeshi Patadia1,5, Brittany Zajic1,6, Juan L. Torres-Perez1,7 and Cindy Schmidt1, (1)NASA DEVELOP National Program, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, United States, (3)Old Dominion University, Gloucester, VA, United States, (4)University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States, (5)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (6)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (7)Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, CA, United States
11:38 AM
 
Characterization of the Regional Distribution Patterns of Shrubland Ecosystems from Responses to Climatic Controls using Multi-scale Remote Sensing Data in the Western United States
George Z Xian, ARTS/USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, Collin Homer, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States and James E Vogelmann, USGS EROS Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
11:52 AM
 
Spatio-temporal Trends in Seasonal Vegetation Photosynthetic Activity Across Uttarakhand Himalayas, 2000-2014
Niti B. Mishra, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States and Gargi Chaudhuri, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, Geography & Earth Sciences, La Crosse, WI, United States
12:06 PM
 
The Vegetation Greenness Trend in the Arctic and Subarctic of North America from Landsat Data Record
Junchang Ju1,2, Jeffrey Masek1 and Mark Carroll1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Universities Space Research Association Columbia, Columbia, MD, United States
 
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