LCLUC SARI International Regional Science Meeting in South/Southeast Asia

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Meeting Date:

07/17/2017 to 07/19/2017

Agenda Title:

ThailandMeeting_2017_agenda

Agenda File:

Agenda_Thailand_July_08_KPV (1).pdf

Meeting Report:

Earth_Obsever_Nov_Dec_2017_Krishna.pdf

Training Start Date:

07/20/2017

Training End Date:

07/22/2017

Training Location:

Chiang Mai University

Meeting Focus:

Visit the SARI website for mroe details about LCLUC SARI program: http://sari.umd.edu/

Meeting Objectives

The countries in South/Southeast Asia have the highest population growth rate and account for about than 35% of the global population. This population growth together with rapid economic development is causing immense pressure to convert land from forest to agriculture and from agricultural areas to residential and urban uses with significant impact on ecosystem services. Increased Land-Cover/Land-Use Change (LCLUC) in the region is disrupting and perturbing forest resources, biodiversity, regional climate, biogeochemical cycles, water resources and other ecosystem services. The aim of this meeting is to review the availability, potential and limitations of different data sources and methodologies for land-use mapping, quantification and monitoring and impact on environment. The meeting presentations will focus on synergies among various approaches and provide recommendations on how to improve the role of earth observations, ground data and modeling techniques for the improved understanding of land-use drivers and their environmental impacts.

The purpose of this international meeting is to provide a forum to discuss LCLUC and its impacts, with a regional focus on South and Southeast Asian countries. The meeting will be organized around the following themes: (1) agriculture and water resources, 2) biomass burning, including land-atmosphere interactions, 3) urbanization, and 4) land use in coastal zones and estuaries, and 5) land use in forests and mountain regions. Overview presentations will present recent research accomplishments and the state of the art on these topics in South/Southeast Asia, and formulate future research directions and applications development needs for the region. The meeting will explore opportunities for coordination and collaboration among research scientists and teams and ongoing projects aimed to advance our understanding of the spatial extent, intensity, social consequences, and impacts on environment in South/Southeast Asian countries.

International Steering Committee

Dr. Garik Gutman, Program Manager, NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Program; Landsat Program Scientist, Washington D.C. USA; Phone:1-202-358-2770; Email: ggutman@nasa.gov

Dr. Krishna Prasad Vadrevu, Remote Sensing Scientist, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, Phone: 256-321-9492; and Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland College Park, USA; Email: krisvkp@umd.edu

Dr. Chris Justice, Professor, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland College Park (UMCP), 4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 209, College Park, Maryland, 20740, USA, Phone: 301.405.4050; Email: cjustice@umd.edu

Dan Irwin, Remote Sensing Scientist and Director, NASA SERVIR Program, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, Email: daniel.irwin@nasa.gov

Dr. Toshimasa Ohara, Fellow, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan; Phone: 81-29-850-2491; Email: tohara@nies.go.jp

Dr. Matsunaga Tsuneo, Head, Center for Environmental Measurement and Analysis (Environmental Information Analysis Section), National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan; Phone:81-29-850-2349;Email:matsunag@nies.go.jp

Dr. Atul K. Jain, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Email: jain1@illinois.edu

Dr. Cheikh Mbow, START Director, Mr. Senay Habtezion, Program Specialist, START - www.start.org; Email: cmbow@start.org or shabtezion@start.org

Local Steering Committee

Dr. Suparerk Aukkaravittayapun, Director for Research Facilitation, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT), 191 Siriphanich Building, Huay Kaew Road, Muang, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; Email: suparerk.a@narit.or.th

Dr. Ronald Macatangay, Researcher, National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT), 191 Siriphanich Building, Huay Kaew Road, Muang, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; Email: ronald@narit.or.th / ronmcdo@gmail.com

Dr. Narisara Thongboonchoo, Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), 1 Soi Chalongkrung 1, Ladkrabang, Bangkok 10520, Thailand; Email: narisara.th@kmitl.ac.th / nthongbo@gmail.com

Dr. Somporn Chantara, Head of Research Center, Multidisciplinary Science Research Center (MSRC), Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, 239 Huay Kaew Road, Muang, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; Email: somporn.chantara@cmu.ac.th / somporn.chantara@gmail.com / msrc.cmu@gmail.com

Dr. Thiranan Sonkaew, Head of Atmospheric Science and Astronomy Research Unit (ASARU), Faculty of Science, Lampang Rajabhat University, 119 M.9 Lampang-Maetha Rd., Tambon Chompoo, Muang, Lampang 52100, Thailand; Email: thiranan@lpru.ac.th / thiranan.sonkaew@gmail.com

Dr. Chakrit Chotamonsak, Head of Regional Center for Climate and Environmental Studies (RCCES), Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, 239 Huay Kaew Road, Muang, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; Email: chakrit.c@cmu.ac.th / chotamonsak@gmail.com

Local Logistics Contact

Meeting Venue

Furama Hotel 54 Huay Keaw Road, Muang Chiang Mai 50300; Tel: (66) 5341 5222; Fax: (66) 5341 5200 Email: chiangmai@furama.com http://www.furama.com/chiangmai/

Training (for Early Career Scientists <35yrs)

The meeting will include a three day hands-on training session for young researchers and will focus on the use of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) for land cover/land use change applications including atmospheric impact studies using SAR, MODIS, Landsat, Sentinel and other remote sensing datasets.

Training Dates: 20th, 21st, 22nd July, 2017

Chiang Mai University 239 Huay Kaew Road, Muang District, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 50200 http://www.cmu.ac.th/en/index.php

Pictures

Pictures from the LCLUC meeting are now available to view/download here: https://goo.gl/photos/JLQndGdivhGNLQ366 .

Meeting Presentations

Title	Presenter	Institution
Welcome Remarks and NASA LCLUC Program Updates	Garik Gutman	NASA Headquarters
Welcome Remarks, South/Southeast Asia Research Initiative (SARI) Updates and Meeting Objectives	Krishna Vadrevu	NASA Marshall
GEOGLAM Activities	Christopher Justice	University of Maryland, College Park
JAXA’s Mission Updates and Agricultural Applications	Kei Oyoshi	JAXA Japan
Monitoring of Rice crops in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam Using Multi-Temporal Sentinel Data	Lam-Dao Nguyen	Hochiminh City Institute of Resources Geography
Crop Mapping in the Hindu-Kush Himalaya Region	Kabir Uddin	ICIMOD, Nepal
Historical Analysis and Inverse Modeling of Air Pollutants Emissions in Asia	Toshimasa Ohara	National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) Japan
A Generic Approach For Inversion And Validation Of Surface Reflectance and Aerosol Over Land: Application To Landsat 8 And Sentinel 2	Eric Vermote	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Updates of the Seven South East Asian Studies (7-SEAS)	George Lin	National Central University
New Ground-based Environmental Remote Sensing Stations, Aircraft and Ship-borne Campaigns and Satellite Products in Southeast Asia	Ronald Macatangay	National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
Carbon Dioxide and Methane Emissions Derived from GOSAT Data	Tsuneo Matsunaga	National Institute for Environmental Studies
Emission Inventories in Thailand from Industrial and Biomass burning Sector	Narisara Thongbooncho	King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology
Emissions of Biomass Burning Simulated in Open Burning Combustion Chamber	Somporn Chantara	Chiang Mai University
Impact assessment of socio-economic development on urban air quality inIndian mega cities	Prakhar Misra	University of Tokyo
Impacts of Economic Development and Urbanization in South/Southeast ASIA for Estimating Future GHGs Emissions: CH4 Emissions from Landfill	Tatsuya Hanaoka	National Institute of Environmental Studies (NIES)
Land Cover Change / Land Use Efficiency in Southeast Asia: The Objectives and Language of Urban Planners and Economists	Doug Webster	Arizona State University
Urbanization and environmental changes in transitional economies of Southeast Asia	Peilei Fan	Michigan State University
Adapting Climate Change Impacts in the Urban Ecosystem: Green Spaces and Community Carbon Footprint in Malaysia	Mastura Mahmud	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Resilient Landscapes and Socio-economic Development in Thailand	Louis Lebel	Chiang Mai University
High-resolution Land Cover Mapping Projects in JAXA/EORC	Kenlo Nasahara	JAXA
Land Use Cover/Change Activities in SERVIR Himalayas	Birendra Bajracharya	INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT (ICIMOD)
Regional Land Cover Monitoring System	David Saah	University of San Fransisco and Spatial Informatics Group
Improving the Satellite Derived Forest Cover Dynamics in South and Southeast Asia	Atul Jain	University of Illinois
Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Nepal	Rabin Raj Niraula	HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Nepal
Evaluating the Status and Ecosystem Services of Myanmar's Mangroves (2000-2014)	Soe Myint	Arizona State University
Integrated Monitoring of Forest Life Cycle Using Time Series Landsat Observations and Field Inventory Data	Chengquan Huang	University of Maryland
Rubber and LCLUC in Mainland Southeast Asia	Jefferson Fox	East-West Center
Assessing the Extent and Drivers of Forest Plantation Establishment in Andhra Pradesh	Randolph Wynne	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Multi-Scalar Telecouplings in the East-West Economic Corridor between Da Nang, Vietnam and Khon Kaen, Thailand	Stephen Leisz	Center For Cultural And Technical Interchange Between East and West
Evaluation of Sentinel-1A Data for Above Ground Biomass Estimation in Different Forest Types of India	Krishna Vadrevu	NASA Marshall
Land Cover and Land Use Changes in Pakistan	Faizul Bari	Conservator of Forest, Planning and Monitoring
Dynamics and Impact of Land Use/Land Cover Change of Mahanadi Delta Region, India	Mani Murali	National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Meeting conclusion	Krishna Vadrevu	NASA Marshall