Vegetation Index
& Phenology Lab.

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ABOUT RESEARCHTEACHING VIPLab DATAEXPLORER
NASA MEaSUREs Project / Workshop
Vegetation Phenology and Vegetation Index Products from Multiple Long Term Satellite Data Records
(c) Moez Gouissem
© 2013 Logo Design by Moez Gouissem, Tozeur, Tunisia.

The Collaborative Meeting can be accessed at
http://elluminate.oia.arizona.edu/scheduleMeetingnonetid.php?sessionId=1282057

Pre-Final Workshop Agenda (V 01/14/2013)
University of Arizona. Tucson Room
Start @ 7:45AM


Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
7:45 AM Breakfast
Workshop registration
Install Oral talks
Install Posters
Please pick up your badge and workshop material at UA Memorial Student Union, Tucson Room. Breakfast served at 7:45AM
8:20 Welcome & Opening Remarks
8:30 Morning Session
Dedicated to the MEASURE VIP product suite. This session will cover the product suite, algorithms, data processing, error/uncertainty, production status.
8:30 Introduction to the VIP Project Wim Van Leeuwen (Univ. of Arizona)
8:40 Long Term Vegetation Index from multiple satellite data records Kamel Didan (Univ. of Arizona)
9:00 Cross-sensor Continuity Science Algorithm Tomoaki Miura (Univ. of Hawaii) - Via Video conferencing
9:20 Global Vegetation Phenology Derived from Long Term AVHRR and MODIS Data Record Xiaoyang Zhang (ERT Inc, at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR)
9:40 Overview of Progress on the MEaSUREs Phenology Product Assessment Joshua Gray (Boston Univ.)
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Invited Talk
Don't Forget the 'Slow' Stuff
Dr. Malcolm Hughes (UA, Tree-Ring Lab.)
11:00 Long-term plan for the VIP ESDR and supporting services at the LP DAAC David Meyer (USGS, LP DAAC)
11:20 Trends and ENSO/AAO driven variability in productivity and phenology in South America: comparing NDVI-VIP and NDVI3g results Wim Van Leeuwen (Univ. of Arizona)
11:40 Posters Introduction
Short 2-5 minutes introduction
Posters Presenters
12 PM Lunch Break & Poster Session
Buffet Lunch provided
1:00 PM Mid-Afternoon Session
1:00 Land Surface Phenology Data, Methods, and Use Jesslyn Brown (USGS, EROS Center)
1:20 Winter frozen season effects on vegetation canopy growth in northern high latitudes Youngwook Kim (Univ. of Montana)
1:40 Reducing uncertainty in global land surface models: Evaluation of long-term vegetation index products and canopy fraction parameterization Michael Marshall (USGS, Flagstaff)
2:00 Monitoring Global Agriculture Production with MODIS and Landsat Imagery Curt Reynolds (USDA, FAS)
2:20 How NDVI time series can inform studies of wildlife migration: An Arctic-centric perspective David Douglas (USGS, Alaska Science Center)
2:40 Comparison of long-term Green Vegetation Fraction over the North American Monsoon produced from several recent NDVI products William Scheftic (UA, Atmo. Science)
3:00 PM Coffee Break
3:30 Late-Afternoon Session
Depending on interest we can break into two groups or stay together
3:30 Introduction to the Open Discussion Session (Wim Van Leeuwen, UA)
Open discussion with focus on:
  • The MEASURES VIP product suite
  • Long term data records in general
  • Errors/uncertainty & Validation of Vis and LSP
  • Applications and Limitations
  • Feedback for Collection 4.0 reprocessing
4:30 Summary and Report back Two volunteer rapporteurs
4:45 Explore the potential for an "Intercomparison of Long Term Data Records" Exercise aiming to produce research manuscripts
5 PM Adjourn (Please remove posters) Possible group dinner at a local restaurant (TBD)
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 Introduction to the V3.0 VIP Data Explorer Online Tool (Armando Barreto)
9:30 Continue open discussion
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Continue open discussion
Unfinished business
Closing remarks
11:30 AM Lunch Buffet provided
12:30 PM
Adjourn Workshop


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