Tuesday, August 13, 2019: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
M107, Kentucky International Convention Center
Organizer:
Jeffrey Atkins
Co-organizers:
Atticus Stovall
and
Kyla Dahlin
Moderator:
Jeffrey Atkins
Remote sensing technologies and techniques provide a critical link in improving our understanding of ecological processes as they scale measurements of single leaves and plants to entire ecosystems. Growing availability of both advanced sensor technologies and data collected by these sensors has spurred the development of new methods and applications. These cutting-edge applications are rapidly advancing our ability to measure and map ecosystem composition, structure, and function, and leverage these measurements to strengthen links between such observations and broad-scale biospheric processes and disturbances. Passive (optical multi- and hyperspectral, and thermal infrared) and active (lidar and radar) sensors enable scientists to make complementary ecological measurements at a range of spatial scales. These sensors can collect data on the ground, over smaller, targeted areas of interest on platforms such as unmanned aerial systems (UAS/UAV), over broader regions when mounted on aircraft, and globally via satellite platforms. In particular, sensors mounted on aerial platforms, such as UAS, are becoming increasingly important for bridging ground and spaceborne observations. Relevant and exciting advances in ecological applications of remote sensing include the use of lidar data to characterize vegetation structure and imaging spectroscopy (hyperspectral) data to map plant species composition and measure plant function. This session will include speakers working with a range of sensor technologies to improve our ability to measure carbon & photosynthesis, vegetation structure and change, drought impacts, and plant species over a range of scales and across various ecosystems.
1:50 PM
Monitoring diurnal to seasonal vegetation photosynthesis across key dryland ecosystem types using near-surface remote sensing techniques
William Smith, University of Arizona;
Dong Yan, University of Arizona;
Julia Yang, University of Arizona;
Xian Smith, University of Arizona;
Russell L. Scott, USDA-ARS;
Joel A. Biederman, USDA-ARS;
Matthew Dannenberg, University of Iowa;
Greg Barron-Gafford, University of Arizona;
David J.P. Moore, University of Arizona;
John F. Knowles, USDA-ARS
2:10 PM
Measuring global forest structure using spaceborne lidar remote sensing
Hao Tang, University of Maryland;
John Armston, University of Maryland;
Laura Duncanson, University of Maryland;
Suzanne Marselis, University of Maryland;
Steven Hancock, University of Maryland;
James R. Kellner, Brown University;
Patrick Jantz, Northern Arizona University;
Scott Goetz, Northern Arizona University;
Ralph Dubayah, University of Maryland
3:40 PM
Cancelled
OOS 9-7