November 2002
10th
Latin American Symposium of Remote Perception and Space
Information Systems. XXI Plenary Reunion of Selper Bolivia
Venue:
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Date: 11-15 November 2002
GOFC/GOLD
Fire presentation and discussion.
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July
2002
GOFC/GOLD
IBFRA Joint Meeting Forest Cover and Fire
Venue:
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
Date: 8 July 2002
GOFC
regional coordination meeting in conjunction with the
IBFRA meeting.
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Joint
GOFC/GOLD Fire and IGBP IGAC/BIBEX Workshop
Venue:
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Date: 17-19 July 2002
The overall
goals: was to review the information products generated
from satellite imagery and other sources that are currently
available for developing emissions from biomass burning,
evaluate areas where improved or additional products
would be beneficial, and recommend products for use
by the atmospheric science community.
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Third
meeting of the GOFC/GOLD Southern Africa Fire network
(SAFNET)
Venue:
University of Botswana, Gaborone
Date: 29th July to 1st August 2002
Contacts: Pauline Dube (DUBEOP@mopipi.ub.bw)
or David Roy (droy@kratmos.gsfc.nasa.gov).
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February
2002
GOFC-GOLD
Forest Cover Implementation Team Inaugural Meeting
February
11-13, 2002 - hosted by CNES
The objective of the Implementation Team meeting will
be to develop a two-year plan of activities which prototype
an operational forest and land cover monitoring system
using both satellite and in situ observations. They
will identify current projects and programs that can
contribute and new initiatives that need to be started.
In addition to the Forest Cover Characteristics and
Changes Implementation Team , the meeting will include
representatives from other GOFC-GOLD implementation
Teams, Regional Networks and the director. Additional
representatives from CEOS, GTOS, FAO, ASIACOVER, and
the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment will attend so as
to help connect and coordinate Implementation Team activities
with the larger research framework.
Location:Toulouse,
France
Contact: Mark Cochrane, BSRSI
Tel: 517-432-9205
Fax: 517-353-2932
E-mail: cochrane@bsrsi.msu.edu
January
2002
GOFC
SEARIN Fire Calibration/Validation Workshop
Venue:
Phuket, Thailand
Date: 22-24 January 2002
Contact: Dr Chris Elvidge
A special
session of the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN)
Earth Monitoring and Disaster Warning Working Group
(EM-WG).
Workshop
report and presentations (website in Malaysia).
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