15th Science Team meeting - Announcement (Final)

Date:   January 24 - 28, 2011 (Mon. - Fri.)
Venue:    JAXA TKSC, Tsukuba / RESTEC (Remote Sensing Technology Center of JAPAN) HQ (Roppongi, Tokyo)
                    Participant list

Agenda January 24 (Mon.), 25 (Tue.), 26 (Wed.), 27 (Thu.), 28 (Fri.), 2011
   Meeting Program (pdf, 185KB) download    
January 24 (Mon.), 2011
  JAXA TKSC, Tsukuba
Forest Theme - Day 1
   pdf file
9:30 Bus from Hotel Okura to JAXA TKSC
10:00-10:05 Welcome (Masanobu Shimada, JAXA)
10:05-10:15 K&C intro to Forest Theme Days (Ake Rosenqvist) download
(191KB)
10:15-12:30 Phase-2 results summary presentations (15+5 minutes)
 ·Christian Thiel (FSU-Jena) download
(4.0MB)
 ·Anna Peregon (NIES) download
(1.3MB)
 ·Johan Fransson / Maurizio Santoro (SLU/Gamma) download
(944KB)
 11:15    COFFEE BREAK
 ·Paul Siqueira (U. Massacusetts) download
(5.9MB)
 ·Dalton Valeriano (INPE) download
(10.3MB)
 ·Edson Sano (IBAMA) download
(7.8MB)

download
(49KB)
  12:30-13:30    LUNCH
13:30-15:00 Presentations, part 2 (15+5 minutes)
 ·Shaun Quegan (U Sheffield) download
(2.5MB)
 ·Dirk Hoekman (U Wageningen) download
(24.5MB)
 ·Francesco Holecz (sarmap) download
(5.4MB)
 ·Alex Bouvet (JRC) download
(17.4MB)
  15:00-15:20    COFFEE BREAK
15:20-17:00 Forest Theme work session 1 - Science Team Phase 2 deliverables download
(29.7MB)
~17:00 Adjourn
17:15 Bus from JAXA to Tsukuba station and Hotel Okura
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January 25 (Tue.), 2011
  JAXA TKSC, Tsukuba
Forest Theme - Day 2
   pdf file
9:30 Bus from Hotel Okura to JAXA TKSC
10:00-11:00 JAXA EORC global mosaic and forest mapping activities (Masanobu Shimada)
 ·ALOS PALSAR and JERS-1 SAR 10m resolution global mosaics download
(552KB)
 ·Global forest cover and biomass mapping effort - 2010 results download
(831KB)
11:00-11:15 K&C Phase 3 - JAXA Forest Theme objectives (Ake Rosenqvist) download
(527KB)
  11:15-11:30    COFFEE BREAK
11:30-12:15 Open floor discussion:
 ·Refining the Phase 3 objectives
·SAR methodology guidelines for the GOFC-GOLD Sourcebook
·Science questions from KC#14
  12:15-13:30    LUNCH
13:30-14:50 Related external activities and potential connections to K&C Phase 3
 ·Forest monitoring activities at Woods Hole - Josef Kellndorfer (WHRC) download
(76.7MB)
 ·Activities at the Canadian Forest Service - André Beaudoin (CFS) download
(6.6MB)
 ·The EU FP7 ReCover project - Tuomas Hame/Yrjö Rauste (VTT/Finland) download
(1.1MB)
 ·Activities at Bakosurtanal - Priyadi Kardono (Bakosurtanal/Indonesia) download
(20MB)
  14:50-15:10    COFFEE BREAK
15:10- Forest Theme work session 2 - Phase 3
 ·Continuation of morning open floor discussions
·Assessing individual member contributions to Phase 3 forest goals
~17:00 Adjourn
17:15 Bus from JAXA to Tsukuba station and Hotel Okura
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January 26 (Wed), 2011
  RESTEC HQ / Roppongi, Tokyo
   pdf file
10:00-10:10 Welcome (Masanobu Shimada, JAXA)
10:10-10:45 K&C project issues (Ake Rosenqvist)
10:45-11:00 PALSAR (BOS) observation results (K. Tsuzuku, RESTEC) download
(3.6MB)
  11:00-11:20    COFFEE BREAK
11:20-11:40 ALOS & PALSAR mission status (M. Shimada, JAXA) download
(22.6MB)
11:40-12:00 ALOS-2 mission development status (M. Shimada, JAXA) download
(11KB)
12:00-12:15 K&C data processing and dissemination (D. Sango, RESTEC) download
(56KB)
  12:15-13:30    LUNCH
13:30-15:30 Phase 3 administrative and contract issues
 ·Masanobu Shimada
 ·Tamaki Iwaki, JAXA Contracts Division
  15:30-15:50    COFFEE BREAK
15:50-17:30 Way forward for K&C Phase 3
~17:30 Adjourn
18:30-20:30 Reception dinner (2,000 yen/person)
Venue: TORAFUKU restaurant (Shiroyama hills building)
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January 27 (Thu), 2011
  RESTEC HQ / Roppongi, Tokyo
Wetland Theme - Day 1
   pdf file
10:00-10:10 K&C intro to Wetland Theme Days (Ake Rosenqvist)
10:10-12:15 Phase 2 results summary presentations (15+5 minutes)
 ·Lisa Rebelo (IWMI) download
(3.6MB)
 ·William Salas (AGS) download
(7.8MB)
 ·Kyle McDonald (JPL) download
(59KB)

download
(27.5MB)
 11:10    COFFEE BREAK
 ·Laura Hess (UCSB) download
(5.0MB)
 ·Bruce Chapman (JPL) download
(18.3MB)
  12:15-13:30    LUNCH
13:30-14:30 Presentations part 2
 ·Richard Lucas - wetlands (U Aberystwyth)
·Richard Lucas - forest (U Aberystwyth)
download
(16.3MB)
 ·Anthony Milne (UNSW) download
(6.5MB)
14:30-15:30 Wetland Theme work session 1: Science Team Phase 2 deliverables
  15:30-15:45    COFFEE BREAK
15:45-16:00 K&C Phase 3
     - Wetlands Theme objectives
(Ake Rosenqvist)
16:00-17:30 Wetlands Theme work session 2 - Phase 3
 ·K&C Mangrove Watch
·Assessment of the USGS Global Mangrove dataset (Richard Lucas)
·Support to Ramsar Conventions
·Methodology development standards
·Science questions from KC#14
~17:30 Adjourn
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January 28 (Fri), 2011
  RESTEC HQ / Roppongi, Tokyo
Wetland Theme - Day 2
   pdf file
10:15-11:30 Wetlands Theme work session 3 - Phase 3 and other issues
 ·Assessing individual member contributions to Phase 3 wetlands goals
11:30-12:00 Summary & Other issues (Ake Rosenqvist + All)
~12:00 Closing of meeting