LCLUC 2015 Webinar Series

Presenter: Dr. Cristina Milesi 
NASA Ames Research center

Mapping of Urban Expansion Using Multi-Decadal Landsat and Nightlights Data Over North America.

Presenter: Dr. Yuyu Zhou
Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/ University of Maryland, College Park

Understanding and Simulating Global Urban Expansion in the Context of Climate Change

Presenter: Dr. Stephen Leisz 
Colorado State University

Increased Accessibility, Landscape Changes, Rural Transformations, and Urbanization: Impacts of the East-West Economic Corridor from Da Nang, Vietnam, to Khon Kaen, Thailand

Presenter: Dr. Eric Brown de Colstoun
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Using Landsat Global Land Survey Data to Measure and Monitor Worldwide Urbanization

Presenter: Dr. Krishna Vadrevu 
University of Maryland

Introduction to South Asia Research Initiative

Presenter: Dr. Karen Seto
Yale University

Multi-Scale and Multi-Sensor Analysis of Urban Cluster Development and Agricultural Land Loss in China and India

Presenter: Caitlin Kontgis
University of Wisconsin

Mapping peri-urbanization in the greater Ho Chi Minh City region

Presenter: Dr. Ruth DeFries 
Columbia University

Multi-sensor Fusion to Determine Climate Sensitivity of Agricultural Intensification in South Asia

Presenter: Dr. Xiangming Xiao
University of Oklahoma

Quantifying Changes in Agricultural Intensification and Expansion in Monsoon Asia during 2000-2010

Presenter: Dr. Jefferson Fox
University of Oklahoma

Forest, Agricultural, and Urban Transitions in Mainland Southeast Asia: Synthesizing Knowledge and Developing Theory

Host: Dr. Garik Gutman
Manager LCLUC Landsat Program Scientist

Summary: Dr. Garik Gutman is Program Manager for the NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Program. His current research interests include the use of remote sensing for detecting changes in land cover and land use, and analyzing the impacts of these changes on climate, environment and society. His NASA research program helps to develop the underpinning science and promotes scientific international cooperation through supporting the development of regional science networks over the globe under the GOFC-GOLD international program.

Moderator: Catherine Nakalembe
LCLUC Program Assistant

Ms. Catherine Nakalembe is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Maryland and is the LCLUC Program Assistant.

Moderator: Sumalika Biswas
LCLUC Program Assistant

Ms. Sumalika Biswas is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Maryland and is the LCLUC Program Assistant.