LTER/GTOS "Carbon Flux Scaling" workshop
Corvallis, Oregon, May 2001

Promote data exchange between the remote sensing community, and the field sites where relevant validation data products are being generated.

MODIS leaf area index validation workshop
Frascati, Italy, June 2001

Methods to scale and compare ground leaf area index measurements with MODIS data products. Presentation of sampling methods for extrapolating site-based measurements to the course scale, 250m to 1km resolution of the MODIS data products.

International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) network meeting
London, England, July 2001

The meeting included representatives of many of the participating sites of the GTOS NPP Demonstration project. A presentation of the initial data products was made and discussed with representatives.