LCLUC Spring Science Team Meeting 2014- Focus on Urban LCLUC
Meeting Focus
The 2014 LCLUC Annual Spring Science Team meeting focused on Urban Land Use and Land Cover Change. Presentations at the meeting included project status updates, including methods being adopted for Urban LCLUC studies and analysis. The meeting also included discussions and updates on LCLUC international initiatives that include NASA-NEESPI, NASA-MAIRS, and GOFC-GOLD networks (SCERIN and CARIN).
Meeting Presentations
| Title | Presenter | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Investigating the land-use/cover changes along the East-West Economic Corridor in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand | Stephen Leisz | Colorado State University |
| Understanding Impacts of Desert Urbanization on Climate and Surrounding Environments to Foster Sustainable Cities Using Remote Sensing and Numerical Modeling | Soe Myint | Arizona State University |
| GOFC-GOLD: Future Directions for International Cooperation and Coordination of Land Earth Observations | Anthony Janetos | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE |
| 4-D Modeling of the Regional Carbon Cycle in & Around Urban Environments: An Interdisciplinary Study to Advance Observational & Modeling Foundations | Mark Friedl | Boston University |
| Quantifying Cropland Loss to Urban Growth in China using MODIS Time Series and Nighttime Lights Data | Xiaoman Huang | Boston University |
| Monitoring Land Cover Through Big Data: Finding Buried Treasure in Landsat Data | Zhe Zhu | Boston University |
| Cropping Frequency, Expansion, and Abandonment in Mato Grosso, Brazil Had Selective Land Characteristics | Stephanie Spera | Brown University |
| Summary of the GOFC-GOLD East European (SCERIN) network activities | Jana Albrechtova | Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science |
| Land Cover Change Detection in Urban Siberia: Arctic Application of Landsat Dense Time Stacks using Decision Trees | Kelsey Nyland | George Washington University |
| Mapping Global Urban Area from DMSP/OLS Nightlights using a Cluster-based Method | Yuyu Zhou | Iowa State University |