Calendar
November
2000
GOFC-WGISS
Test Facility (WTF) Technical meeting
Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2000 - hosted by SGT Inc., Co-sponsored
by WGISS and GOFC-GOLD, the aim of this meeting is to better
incorporate the scientific requirements of GOFC-GOLD with
the technical capabilities of WGISS in the planned Test
Facility. The WGISS Test Facility has been established to
prototype and demonstrate the use of interoperable data
and services. As part of this meeting, attendees will discuss
such topics as: GOFC-GOLD scientific needs, data access,
implementation approaches and the future direction of the
Test Facility.
Location:Greenbelt, MD, USA
Contact: Yonsook Enloe, NASA/SGT
Tel: (704) 243-2085
Fax: (704) 243-2150
Email:yonsook@harp.gsfc.nasa.gov
Report: http://lennier.gsfc.nasa.gov/wtf-gofc/meetings/Nov2000/Nov2000_meeting.html
October 2000
WGCV
(Working Group on Calibration and Validation) 17th Plenary
CEOS Meeting
October 23-27, 2000, hosted by National Institute
of Standards and Technology (NIST) This meeting co-sponsored
by NIST, NASA, and NOAA will provide a forum to discuss
validation methods, protocols and opportunities for international
collaboration. It will develop recommendations to the funding
agencies, review the Work Plan, and to ensure that the needs
of the international community are being met by the CEOS
activity.
Location: Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Contact: Jennifer Wysling, NIST
Tel: (301) 975-2356
Fax: (301) 869-5700
Email:jwysling@nist.gov
WWW: http://wgcv.ceos.org
Report: http://wgcv.ceos.org/documents/plenary/wgcv17/wgcv17.htm
September
2000
EO
Satellites Workshop/WGISS Subgroups Meetings
Sept. 11-15, 2000 - co-hosted by the National Research
Council of Thailand (NRCT) and the National Space Development
Agency of Japan (NASDA); local organizers Asian Institute
of Technology (AIT), Chulalongkorn University and RESTEC.
The workshop will be held Sept. 11 & 12 at AIT, and will include
demonstrations of remote sensing applications related to earth
resources monitoring, particularly in South East Asia, as
well as technology for data discovery, visualization and access.
The subgroups meetings will be held at Chula University following
the workshop, and will include discussions about the new WGISS
Test Facility to promote data and information exchange. Although
both events have broader agendas, GOFC-GOLD will be a major
focus of each.
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Contacts:
Program Organizer: Mr. Shinichi Sobue, NASDA
Tel: 81-3-3438-6344
Fax: 81-3-5401-8702
Email:sobue.shinichi@nasda.go.jp
Logisitics:
Ms. Wandee Kijpoovadol, AIT
Tel: +66-2-524-6149
Fax: +66-2-524-614
Email:wandee@ait.ac.th
WWW: http://www.acrors.ait.ac.th/ceos
(Note:
the deadline for on-line registration with hotel accomodation
is August 10)
Report: http://nasda.ceos.org/nasda_materials.html
August
2000
GOFC-GOLD
Workshop on Boreal Forests
Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 2000 - hosted by the Siberian Branch
of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with support from NASA/START.
The goal of this workshop is to promote a coordinated effort
towards building an observational network which will result
in operational monitoring of boreal forests on a continental
scale. Novosibirsk (Academgorodok), Russia
Contact: Tim Perrott, GOFC-GOLD/CCRS
Tel: (613) 947-7953
Fax: (613) 947-1385
Email: tim.perrott@CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca
WWW: Agenda and other workshop information is posted
on the GOFC-GOLD Web site.
WWW: Local Russian Committee site English
and Russian
Report:
docs/novosibirsk.pdf
July
2000
Miombo
GOFC-GOLD: Coordination Meeting
Jul 20-22, 2000 - hosted by CENACARTA (Mozambique),
with assistance from TANRIC (Tanzania) and support from
NASA/START. Maputo, Mozambique.
The overall goal is to plan the operational use of remote
sensing data in natural resource management and monitoring
of land cover change for global change and biodiversity
applications, by national institutions and NGO's operating
in the Miombo Region http://miombo.gecp.virginia.edu/index.html.
A pilot activity during the first three years will develop
methods and models for a test case in Mozambique.
Contact:Paul Desanker, U. of Virginia
E-mail: desanker@virginia.edu
Report: docs/miombo.pdf
July
2000
SAFNET
burned area validation protocol
Venue: Zimbabwe - Zambia
Date: 11-19th July 2000
Burned area validation protocol developed during a SAFNET
field trip. Held to develop the protocol and to discuss
Southern African fire information needs and how these
could be met through the use of satellite products.
For more information
June
2000
Scientific
and Technical Board: Ottawa Conference
June 21-23, 2000 – GOFC-GOLD has now grown to an extent
that a transition to a more structured and formal approach is
needed. Hence the creation of the GOFC-GOLD Scientific and Technical
Board and its first annual meeting to be held June 21-23, 2000
in Ottawa, Canada.
Contact: Louise Bloess
Tel: 1-613-947-1256
Fax: 1-613-947-1383
E-mail: Louise.Bloess@CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca
Report: docs/stb2000.pdf
May
2000
International
Workshop on Terrestrial Carbon Research and Observation
May 22-26, 2000 - cosponsored by European Union DG XII, US Global
Change Research Program, IGBP. The meeting has two specific
objectives: to develop an integrated, international approach
to studying the global terrestrial carbon cycle in the form
of a science plan and implementation strategy; and, to further
develop the work of GTOS on observation requirements for terrestrial
carbon. Lisbon, Portugal.
Contacts: Patricia Melo, IGBP (Portugal)
Email: barbara@isa.utl.pt
CEOS
WGCV (Working Group on Calibration and Validation): Validation
of Moderate Resolution Satellite Land Products
May 23-25, 2000 - cosponsered by JRC
The meeting will provide a forum to discuss validation methods,
protocols and opportunities for international collaboration,
and will develop recommendations to the funding agencies.
Ispra, Italy.
Contact: Uli Winter, JRC
Email: ulrike.winter@jrc.it
WWW: http://wgcv.ceos.org/docs/other_meetings/Ispra_meeting.htm
Report: http://www.wgcvceos.org/documents/otherdocs/meeting/final_report.pdf
April
2000
CEOS WGISS
(Working Group on Information Systems and Services) Subgroups
Meeting
Apr. 11-14, 2000 - cosponsored by BNSC, DERA, UCL
The meeting will include sessions on GOFC-GOLD and other IGOS
projects, and will try to identify how the subgroups can provide
technical support to these activities. University College London
(UK).
Contacts: Jeremy Morley, UCL - venue and logistic inquiries
Email: jmorely@ge.ucl.ac.uk
Wyn Cudlip,
DERA - agenda and technical programme questions
Email: wcudlip@scs.dera.gov.uk
WWW: http://www.ge.ucl.ac.uk/CEOS2000.html
Report: http://lennier.gsfc.nasa.gov/gofc/gofclon
February
2000
GOFC-GOLD
Central Africa Workshop:
Feb. 22-24, 2000 – cosponsored by EEC-TREES, NASA-START, and
USAID-CARPE (Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment),
with the technical support of START in Washington DC, and ADIE
(Agence pour le Développement de l'Information Environnementale).
Hotel Rapochombo, Libreville (Gabon)
Contacts:
Dr. Philippe Mayaux, JRC/SAI
Email: philippe.mayaux@jrc.it
Dr. Chris
Justice, U. of Virginia
Email: justice@maddux.evsc.virginia.edu
Report: docs/osfac.pdf
January
2000
SE
Asia Regional GOFC-GOLD Planning Meeting:
Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2000 – cosponsored by BPPT Indonesia,
US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, START International,
National Research Council of Thailand, Philippine National
Mapping and Resource Information Authority, University Kebangsaan
Malaysia, and the Basic Science and Remote Sensing Initiative
at Michigan State University. Bogor, Indonesia
Contact: Jay Samek, BSRSI/Michigan State University
Email: samekjay@pilot.msu.edu
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/luccindo/bogor2000/index.html
Report: docs/sea_gofc.pdf
http://www.bsrsi.msu.edu/trfic/SEARIN/SEA-GOFC_Agenda.htm
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