Research & Meetings
17th Science Team meeting - Program
Date: March 27 - 29, 2012 (Tue. - Thu.)
Venue: RESTEC (Remote Sensing Technology Center of JAPAN) HQ (Kamiya-cho, Tokyo)
Agenda
| March 27 (Tue.), 2012 | ||
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| RESTEC HQ / Kamiya-cho, Tokyo | pdf file | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Welcome (Masanobu Shimada, JAXA) | |
| 10:15-11:30 | Background for new Science Team members | |
| ·The ALOS Kyoto & Carbon Initiative - Ake Rosenqvist, K&C coordinator | ||
| ·The ALOS PALSAR mission (obituary) - Masanobu Shimada, JAXA | ||
| ·The PALSAR Systematic Observation Strategy - Ake Rosenqvist | ||
| 11:30-12:15 | PALSAR data request and distribution procedures | |
| ·Full resolution data through AUIG - Ake Rosenqvist, for Order Desk | ||
| ·PALSAR mosaics and path image request procedures and EORC product transfer procedures - Takashi Ogawa, RESTEC | ||
| 12:15-13:30 | LUNCH | |
| 13:30-17:00 | Science Team plans for Phase-3 (20+5 minutes) | |
| ·Validation of JAXA's forest/non-forest and forest cover change maps from Amazonia and Cerrado - Edson Sano (IBAMA / Brazil) | ||
| ·Forest Cover Change and Biomass Mapping in Vietnam amd Cameroon - Thuy Le Toan (CESBIO / France) | ||
| ·Quantifying forest degradation and associated drivers in the Congo Basin - Aurelie Shapiro (WWF-Germany) | ||
| ·Forest Resource Inventory and Monitoring for REDD+ Project in Mozambique - Pachis Mugas (NDLF / Mozambique) | ||
| 15:10-15:30Coffee | ||
| ·PALSAR Intensities and Coherence for Forest Cover and Change Mapping and Biomass Retrieval - Huettich / Stelmaszczuk (FSU-Jena / Germany) | ||
| ·Combined Use of SAR, InSAR and Lidar for Measuring Forest Biomass and Structure in the Northeastern United States - Paul Siqueira (Univ. Mass / USA) | ||
| ~17:00 | Adjourn | |
| 17:30 | Welcome Recetion Restaurant Platinum Fish | |
| March 28 (Wed.), 2012 | |||
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| RESTEC HQ / Kamiya-cho, Tokyo | pdf file | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | JAXA EORC global mosaic and forest mapping activities (Masanobu Shimada) | ||
| ·Global forest cover and biomass mapping effort and JAXA forest mapping activities in Indonesia - M. Shimada and EORC Team | |||
| 10:30-12:15 | Science Team plans for Phase-3 (20+5 minutes) | ||
| ·Collaborative research for forest carbon tracking in Sumatra - Musyarofah / Indriasari / Sambodo (LAPAN / Indonesia) | |||
| ·Land Cover Mapping of Sulawesi using ALOS PALSAR - Darmawan Mulyanto (Bakosurtanal / Indonesia) | |||
| ·Application of ALOS PALSAR for Above Ground Biomass: Estimation in several types of wetland vegetation, dryland forest and plantation forest in Indonesia - I Nengah Surati Jaya (Bogor Univ. / Indonesia) | |||
| ·Data acquisition plan and status in Sumatra - Manabu Watanabe (JAXA EORC) | |||
| 12:15-13:30 | LUNCH | ||
| 13:30-14:30 | Science Team plans for Phase-3 (20+5 minutes) | ||
| ·Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Stock Mapping and Changes Monitoring in the Forest of Peninsular Malaysia Using L-Band ALOS PALSAR and JERS-1 - Hamdan bin Omar (FRIM / Malaysia) | |||
| ·Climate-relevant Modernization of the National Forest Policy and Piloting of REDD+ Measures in the Philippines - José Don Alban (FFI / Philippines) | |||
| ·Methodology Development for MRV and Reference Emission Levels for REDD+ in Vanuatu - Francisco Tavora (GIZ / Philippines) | |||
| ·The ALOS PALSAR North America mosaic - Bruce Chapman (JPL / USA) | |||
| 15:00-15:30 | Forest Theme project issues - Ake Rosenqvist | ||
| 15:30-17:00 | ALOS-2 Session | ||
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·ALOS-2 - system characteristics and development status - M. Shimada
·ALOS-2 Systematic Observation Strategy: status and plans - Ake Rosenqvist |
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| ·Open floor discussions: Science Team feed-back | |||
| ~17:00 | Adjourn | ||
| March 29 (Thu.), 2012 | ||
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| RESTEC HQ / Kamiya-cho, Tokyo | pdf file | |
| 10:00-12:15 | Science Team plans for Phase-3 - Wetlands | |
| ·The K&C Wetland Theme and the Global Mangrove Watch initiative: background and objectives - A. Rosenqvist | ||
| ·Mangrove extent, change and structure in Africa and the Americas - Naiara Pinto (UMD / USA) | ||
| ·Brief introduction to CIFOR protocols for the measurement, monitoring and reporting of structure, biomass and carbon stocks in mangrove forests - Lisa Rebelo (IWMI / Laos) | ||
| ·Mangrove Watch activities in the Philippines - José Don Alban (FFI / Philippines) | ||
| ·K&C Global Mangrove Watch - Richard Lucas, Ake Rosenqvist, Lisa Rebelo | ||
| 12:15-13:30 | LUNCH | |
| 13:30-15:00 | The K&C Global Mangrove Watch - Work session | |
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·Summary of KC#16 discussions and outcomes ·Discussions on technical / practical issues ·Draft work plan ·Joint publications ·Planning for Ramsar Convention COP-11 events |
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| 15:00 | Summary and conclusions | |
| ~15:00 | Closing of the KC#17 Science Team meeting | |