Chairs: Sean P Healey, Rocky Mountain Research Statio, Ogden, UT, United States
Primary Conveners: Sean P Healey, Rocky Mountain Research Statio, Ogden, UT, United States
Co-conveners: Warren B. Cohen, US Forest Service Corvallis, Corvallis, OR, United States, Alexander J Hernandez, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States and David P Turner, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
OSPA Liaisons: Sean P Healey, Rocky Mountain Research Statio, Ogden, UT, United States
Using Landsat to Diagnose Trends in Disturbance Magnitude Across the National Forest System
Alexander J Hernandez1, Sean P Healey2, Stephen V. Stehman3 and R. Douglas Ramsey1, (1)Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States, (2)Rocky Mountain Research Statio, Ogden, UT, United States, (3)SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, United States
Using TimeSync and a New Statistical Method to Validate a Forest Disturbance Model
Steven Douglas Kaylor1, Michael Joseph Hughes1, Zhiqiang Yang2, Warren B. Cohen3 and Daniel J Hayes4, (1)University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)US Forest Service Corvallis, Corvallis, OR, United States, (4)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
From percent tree cover to categorical forest cover and change: propagating the uncertainty in detecting forest disturbance
Joseph O Sexton1,2, Praveen Noojipady3, Anupam Anand4, Xiao-Peng Song2, Sean McMahon5, Chengquan Huang6, Min Feng2, Saurabh Channan2 and John R Townshend7, (1)University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (2)Global Land Cover Facility, Univeristy of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (3)National Wildlife Federation Reston, Reston, VA, United States, (4)Global Land Cover Facility, College Park, MD, United States, (5)SERC, Edgewater, MD, United States, (6)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (7)University of Maryalnd- College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Bi-Temporal Analysis of High-Resolution Satellite Imagery in Support of a Forest Conservation Program in Western Uganda
Nancy Thomas1, Eric Lambin1, Robin Audy2, Byamukama Biryahwaho3, Joost de Laat4 and Seema Jayachandran5, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Innovations for Poverty Action, New Haven, CT, United States, (3)Nature Harness Initiatives, Kampala, Uganda, (4)World Bank, Washington, DC, United States, (5)Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States
Size and frequency of forest loss and gain in China during 2000-2005
Dan-Xia Song, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Chengquan Huang, University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, Joseph O Sexton, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, Saurabh Channan, Global Land Cover Facility, College Park, MD, United States and John R Townshend, University of Maryalnd- College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Using NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) to develop annual US Forest Disturbance products
Karen Schleeweis1, Chengquan Huang2, Samuel N Goward2, Feng Aron Zhao2, Khaldoun Rishmawi2, Jennifer L Dungan3, Andrew Michaelis4, Ramakrishna R Nemani3, Jeffrey G Masek5, Chris Toney1, Gretchen Moisen1 and Todd A Schroeder1, (1)US Forest Service Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (3)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (4)University Corporation at Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
