B43E:
The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON): Integrating in Situ and Remotely Sensed Observations to Advance Biodiversity Monitoring, Research, and Applications I


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Session ID#: 59948

Session Description:
Characterizing biodiversity patterns and understanding how and why these patterns change over time requires a multi-level approach for monitoring different facets of terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity from genes to ecosystems. Moreover, this endeavour depends upon both remotely sensed and in situ observations, each contributing complementary information. The Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), a flagship of the global GEO partnership, seeks to improve the acquisition and coordination of all types of observations, as well as the delivery of derived products and services to decision makers and the scientific community. At this ten-year anniversary of GEO BON, we highlight the variety of ways that in situ and remotely sensed observations can be used together to advance biodiversity research and conservation, with a particular focus on GEO BON activities, including the development of Essential Biodiversity Variables, regional and national BONS, and thematic networks such as the Marine BON.
Primary Convener:  Allison K Leidner, NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Washington, DC, United States; Department of the Interior Washington DC, Washington, United States
Conveners:  Gary N Geller, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Nestor Fernandez, Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), Secretariat and EBV Data Taskforce, Leipzig, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Allison K Leidner, Department of the Interior Washington DC, Washington, United States; NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Allison K Leidner, Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Nestor Fernandez, Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), Secretariat and EBV Data Taskforce, Leipzig, Germany and William Turner, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Gary N Geller, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

0410 Biodiversity [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0434 Data sets [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0480 Remote sensing [BIOGEOSCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Essential Biodiversity Variables for Modelling and Monitoring Biodiversity Change (Invited) (354369)
Henrique Miguel Pereira, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Towards a Global Monitoring of Land-Surface Phenology Processes using Dense Time-Series of Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 Images (416568)
Claudia Roeoesli1, Rogier de Jong1, Marc Paganini2, Andrew K Skidmore3, Roshanak Darvishzadeh3, Abebe Ali3, Tiejun Wang3, Uta Heiden4, Valentin Ziel5, Sander Mucher6, Michiel van Eupen6, Brian O'Connor7, Ilse Geijzendorffer8, Anis Guelmami8, Lea Hallik9, Ruben Van De Kerchove10, Richard Kidd11 and Michael E Schaepman1, (1)University of Zurich, Remote Sensing Laboratories, Department of Geography, Zurich, Switzerland, (2)European Space Research Institute, Frascati, Italy, (3)University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Enschede, Netherlands, (4)German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (5)German Aerospace Center DLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (6)Wageningen University and Research Centre, Earth Observation and Environmental Informatics, Wageningen, Netherlands, (7)UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (8)Research Institute for the conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands, Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, Arles, France, (9)University of Tartu, Tartu Observatory, Tartu, Estonia, (10)VITO, Mol, Belgium, (11)Earth Observation Data Centre for Water Resource Monitoring EODC, Vienna University of Technology, Wien, Austria
Improving Linkages Between Earth Observations and Ecosystem Service Models with Essential Biodiversity Variables (451509)
Christopher Anderson, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Jeffrey Claiborne Smith, Stanford University, Department of Biology, Stanford, CA, United States, Gretchen Daily, Stanford University, Stanford, United States, Henrique Miguel Pereira, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany and Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Natural Capital Project, Stanford University, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford, CA, United States
Integrating Earth observations with user needs for biodiversity decision-making in Colombia (437605)
Victor Hugo Gutierrez-Velez, Temple University, Geography, Environment, and Urban Studies, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Maria Cecilia Londoño, Instituto von Humboldt, Bogota, Colombia and Wilson Lara-Henao, Temple University, Geography and Urban Studies, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Using Essential Biodiversity Variables and Essential Ocean Variables, FAIR Guiding Principles, and the Principles of Action Ecology to Inform Our Understanding of Changing Marine Ecosystems (410928)
Abigail Benson, U.S. Geological Survey, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS), Denver, United States, Gabrielle Canonico, NOAA U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, United States, Frank E Muller-Karger, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, IMaRS, St Petersburg, United States, Heidi M Sosik, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Patricia Miloslavich, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), Newark, DE, United States, Cassandra M. Brooks, University of Colorado at Boulder, Environmental Studies, Boulder, United States and Eduardo Klein, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela
A Hierarchical, Synoptic, and Dynamic Seascape Framework for Observing and Understanding Pelagic Biodiversity (Invited) (349436)
Maria T Kavanaugh, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, Gabrielle Canonico, NOAA U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, United States, Francisco Chavez, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, Paul M DiGiacomo, NOAA, NESDIS, College Park, MD, United States, Scott C Doney, University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, United States, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Univ MD Center Enviro Science, Solomons, United States, Burke R Hales, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States, Katrin Iken, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Enrique Montes, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, FL, United States, Frank E Muller-Karger, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, IMaRS, St Petersburg, United States, Daniel Brooks Otis, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, IMaRS, St Petersburg, FL, United States, David Siegel, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States, Joaquin A Trinanes, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States and Dawn J Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, CA, United States

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