Research & Meetings

April 9 (Tue.), 2013
RESTEC HQ / Kamiya-cho, Tokyo		pdf file
10:00-10:05	Welcome (Masanobu Shimada, JAXA)
10:05-10:30	K&C intro for new participants (Ake Rosenqvist, soloEO)	(3.5MB)
10:30-11:30	EORC data processing and ground data collection
	·Status & capacity issues (Masanobu Shimada, JAXA)	(56KB)
	·PALSAR mosaics and path image request procedures and EORC product transfer procedures (Keiko Ishii, RESTEC)	(284KB)
	·JAXA collection of ground data from K&C Science Teams (Takeshi Motohka, JAXA)	(11KB)
11:30-11:50	JAXA Global Forest/Non-Forest mapping - status report (JAXA EORC team)	(9.1MB)
11:50-12:15	ALOS-2 system characteristics and development status (M. Shimada)	(139KB)
12:15-13:30	LUNCH
13:00-15:10	Science Team reports - Forestry (20+5 minutes)
	·Richard Lucas (U. Aberystwyth/Wales)	(25.6MB)
	·Mari Trix Estomata (GIZ, Philippines)	(5.7MB)
	·Jörg Seifert-Granzin (GIZ, Philippines/Vanuatu)	(3.0MB)
	·Maurizio Santoro (Gamma RS, Switzerland)	(1.8MB)
15:10-15:30	Coffee
15:30-17:30	Science Team reports - Forestry (20+5 minutes)
	·Shaun Quegan (U. Sheffield/U.K.)	(11.4MB)
	·Katmoko Ari Sambodo (LAPAN, Indonesia)	(5.4MB)
	·Carlos Pedraza (TNC/Colombia)	(3.7MB)
	·Renaud Mathieu (CSIR, South Africa) - by Ake Rosenqvist	(3.6MB)
~17:30	Adjourn

April 10 (Wed.), 2013
RESTEC HQ / Kamiya-cho, Tokyo		pdf file
10:00-12:15	Science Team reports - Forestry (20+5 minutes)
	·Mulyanto Darmawan (Badan Informasi Geospasial, Indonesia)	(6.7MB)
	·Hamdan Omar (FRIM, Malaysia)	(3.2MB)
	·Paul Siqueira (Univ. Mass/USA)	(3.1MB)
	·Florian Kugler (DLR, Germany)	(14.0MB)
12:15-13:30	LUNCH
	2ND MEETING OF K&C SCIENCE ADVISORY PANEL (SAP#2, SAP members only)
	18:00 Welcome Recetion (All KC#19 participants)

April 11 (Thu), 2013
RESTEC HQ / Kamiya-cho, Tokyo		pdf file
10:00-12:30	Science Team reports - Wetlands (20+5 minutes)
	·Bill Salas (AGS/USA)	(7.1MB)
	·Lisa Rebelo (IWMI, Laos)	(3.0MB)
	·Tony Milne (UNSW, Australia)	(4.6MB)
	·Bruce Chapman (JPL, USA)	(12.3MB)
	·Bruce Forsberg (INPA, Brazil) - by Bruce Chapman	(6.2MB)
	·Lola Fatoyinbo (NASA GSFC, USA)	(7.8MB)
12:30-14:00	LUNCH
14:00-15:00	K&C project issues (Ake Rosenqvist)	(534KB)
15:00-	K&C Global Mangrove Watch - Working Group Session
	Session Lead: Richard Lucas
	·Recent developments (Richard Lucas, Takuya Itoh/RESTEC)	(6.6MB)
	·The way forward
~17:30	Adjourn

April 12 (Fri), 2013
RESTEC HQ / Kamiya-cho, Tokyo
K&C SEMINAR ON FOREST BIOMASS RETRIEVAL FROM EARTH OBSERVATION All KC#19 participants are most welcome to join.		pdf file
10:00-10:10	Introduction (Masanobu Shimada)
10:10-12:00	Biomass retrieval from EO (20 mins)
	·From TanDEM-X to TanDEM-L: 3D vegetation structure by spaceborne InSAR Florian Kugler (DLR, Germany)	(12.7MB)
	·National-scale biomass mapping of the USA - Bruce Chapman	(15.2MB)
	·Semi-national scale biomass estimation by PALSAR and Landsat - Richard Lucas	(7.2MB)
	·Multi-sensor generation of a global biomass dataset - Maurizio Santoro	(3.7MB)
	·Biomass estimation by DesDynI - Paul Siqueira	(2.4MB)
	·Prediction of biomass using X and P band in PNG - Tony Milne	(9.9MB)
12:00-13:30	LUNCH
13:30-14:15	Biomass retrieval from EO (cont'd)
	·Mapping mangrove height and biomass by SRTM - Lola Fatoyinbo	(9.3MB)
	·The ESA BIOMASS mission: the first P-band SAR! - Shaun Quegan	(5.4MB)
14:15-	Biomass retrieval from EO (cont'd)
	Open floor Discussion on today's state of the art and potential implications for ALOS-4
~16:00	End of KC#19