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