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ESDS Open Source Software Policy

ESDS Open Source Software Policy

NASA's Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program requires that all software developed through research and technology awards (i.e., Research Opportunities in Earth and Space Science [ROSES] or unsolicited proposals) or other government-funded development is to be made available to the public as Open Source Software (OSS). This includes all software developed with ESDS funding used in the production of data products, as well as software developed to discover, access, analyze, visualize, and transform NASA data. This policy does not apply to commercial off-the-shelf software.

GOFC-GOLD CARIN Webinar Series

GOFC-GOLD CARIN Webinar Series 

Webinar # 28

 13 February 2026:  9:00 AM EST 

Bunyod Holmatov, International Water Management Institute, UZ

Bridging Borders: How Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus Interventions Foster Cooperation in Central Asia

 - A Case Study from Hydro4U

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Marat Beksultanov, Geobox, Inc., US

When Maps Evolve: How Remote Sensing is Becoming the New Decision Layer in Central Asia’s Water Management

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Webinar # 27

 05 December 2025:  8:00 AM EST 

Vitalii Zaginaev, University of Central Asia, KG, 

Monitoring and GLOF Forecasting in Kyrgyzstan

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Alan Fryar, University of Kentucky, US 

Assessment of Springs as Rural Water Resources in the Fergana Valley of Southwest Kyrgyzstan

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Webinar # 26

 Friday, 07 November 2025:  8:00 AM EST

Husniddin Sharofiddinov

Kochi University of Technology (JP)

Economic Analyses on Land Use and Water Allocations in Tajikistan 

Agriculture for Adaptations and Sustainability

&

Bota Sharipova,

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (NL)

Trust and Transboundary Water Cooperation in Central Asia: 

Findings of PhD Research and Reflections on Research

View recording

 

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Webinar # 25

 Friday, 03 October 2025:  9:00 AM EST

Dr. Naga Manohar Velpuri 

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

From Data to Decisions: A Scale Invariant Water Accounting Plus Framework 

for Integrated Water Resources Management

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Webinar # 24

 Friday, 05 September 2025:  9:00 AM EST

Vadim Yapiyev

Nazarbayev University

Mountain System Recharge to the Deep Aquifers in the Sedimentary Basins of Central Asia

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Saule Suleimenova

 University of Reading

Farmers’ Perspective: Kazakhstan Soybean Production under Changing Climatic Conditions

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Webinar # 23

 Friday, 04 April 2025:  8:30 AM EST

Ilhomjon Aslanov,

Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, UZ

Monitoring the desertification process in the Aral Sea region using geospatial technologies

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Baktybek Duisebek,

Kazakh-British Technical University & Fulbright Scholar at Colorado State University

Using satellite-based monitoring system to assess crop water use across Ili River, Kazakhstan

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Webinar # 22

 Friday, 07  March 2025:  8:30 AM EST

Zarina Saidaliyeva, 

University of Reading, UK

Precipitation in the mountains of Central Asia: Isotopic composition and source regions.

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Eldiiar Duulatov, 

Institute of Geology, KG Academy of Science & current Fulbright Scholar at Michigan State University 

Machine learning-based landslide susceptibility assessment for disaster risk reduction in Kyrgyzstan.

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Webinar # 21

 Friday, 07  February, 2025  8:30AM EST

 Brett Hankerson

Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies, DE

Pasture utilization and livestock development in Kazakhstan

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Tungaa Ulambayar

Zoological Society Luujin, MN

Preliminary results of herders migration study in the Central Mongolia

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Webinar # 20

 Thursday, 05  December 2024:  9:00AM EST

Arnaud Caiserman

University of Central Asia, TJ

"Natural Hazards Monitoring in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan: Review of the Current Understanding of the Dynamics and Research Perspectives"

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Mariam Tsitsagi

Tbilisi State University

“Monitoring Interannual and Seasonal Dynamics of Urban Lakes in Tbilisi, Georgia using PlanetScope Time Series"

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Webinar # 19

 Thursday, 14 November 2024:  9:00AM EST

Fahim Zaheer,

University of California-Santa Barbara, USA

"The Role of Remotely Sensed Climate Monitoring in Food Security Analysis"

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Elton Mammadov

Azerbaijan Ministry of Agriculture, AZ

“Study of Coastal Dynamics using Remote Sensing in the Gizilagaj National Park, the Caspian Sea"

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Webinar # 18

 Thursday, 10 October 2024:  9:00AM EST

Dr. Fazlullah Akhtar

Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, DE

"Analysis of Long-term Actual Evapotranspiration and Water Availability under a Changing Climate in the Kabul River Basin of Afghanistan"

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Dr. Vadim Yapiyev

School of Mining and Geosciences, Nazarbayev University, KZ

“Hydrochemistry and Water Quality of Glacierized Catchments of Central Asia"

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Webinar # 17

 Thursday, 12 September 2024:  9:00AM EST

Michael Brody,

American University

"The Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) Project: The Case for a Regional Hydroclimate Project in Central Asia"

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Geoff Henebry

Michigan State University

“Snow Cover Trends in Kyrgyzstan 2001-2021: Earlier Onset of Snow Cover at Lower Elevations"

View Recording

 

 

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Webinar # 16

 Friday, 5 April 2024:  starting 0800 (EDT); 1400 (Warsaw); 1700 (Astana, Dushanbe, Tashkent); 1900 (Bishkek); 2000 (Ulaanbaatar)

Dr. Monika Mętrak

Department of Ecology and Nature Protection, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw

"The role of biologically active soil cover in the formation of C, N and P soil 

pools in the foreland of the Uisu Glacier in the Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan"

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Prof. Jiquan Chen

Dept of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences & Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, USA

“Sustainability challenges for social-environmental systems across the Asian drylands belt"

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Webinar # 15

 Friday, March 1, 2024: starting 0800 (EST); 1400 (CET); 1800 (Tashkent/Dushanbe/Astana); 1900 (Bishkek); 2100 (Ulaanbaatar)

Prof. Volker Radeloff

Dept of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

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Prof. Maira Kussainova

Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Michigan State University, USA & Kazakhstan

National Agrarian Research University, KZ 

“Development of an Information System for Monitoring and Assessing Degraded Pastures in Kazakhstan to Facilitate the Effective Management of Restoration Processes”

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Webinar # 14

Friday, Feb 2, 2024: Starting at 0800 (EST) / 1900 (Bishkek)

Dr. Sanzhar Imashev

Laboratory of Complex Research of Driving Processes in Geophysical Fields, Research Station of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Bishkek, KYR

"Atmospheric Temperature Anomalies in the Upper Troposphere/Lower Stratosphere Region Connected with Seismic Activity in the Tien-Shan Mountains"

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Prof. Wei Fang

Biology Department, Pace University, USA

“Multi-decadal Assessment of Land Cover and Productivity Shifts under Climate Change and Urbanization in Central Asia”

 
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Webinar # 13

 1st December, 2023 starting 0800 (EST); 1900 (Bishkek)

Dr. Eldiiar Duulatov

Institute of Geology, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, KG

"Assessing the Soil Erosion in  Kyrgyzstan based on RUSLE, Integrated with RS & GIS"

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Prof. Xin Xi

Faculty of Natural Sciences

Michigan Technological University, USA 

“What Caused the Unseasonal Extreme Dust Storm in Uzbekistan during November 2021”

 

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Webinar # 12

 3rd November, 2023 08:00 AM EST

Dr. Asel Murzakulova

Mountain Societies Research Institute

University of Central Asia, KYR

"The Power of Apricot: Land Scarcity and Mobility in Contested Isfara River Borderlands"

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Prof. Ranjeet John

Faculty of Natural Sciences

University of South Dakota, USA

“Differentiating Anthropogenic Modification from Climate-Driven Change in Kazakhstan: A High-Resolution Multi-Stage Multi-Model Approach to

Explain Vegetation Trends by Socioenvironmental System Drivers”

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Webinar # 11

 7th April, 2023 08:00 AM EST

Dr. Steve Pueppke

Center for Global Change & Earth Observations & Asia Hub

Michigan State University, USA

"Coupled Water-Energy-Food Relationships in the IIi River Basin"

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Prof. Oimahmad Rahmonov

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences

University of Silesia, Poland

“Links between a high-Mountain Community and the Ecosystem Services of Juniper Forests in the Fann Mountains of Western Tajikistan”

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Webinar # 10

3rd March, 2023 08:00 AM EST

Prof. Monika Mętrak

Department of Ecology and Nature Protection, Faculty of Biology

University of Warsaw, Poland

"Functioning of high mountain wetlands under arid climate: an overview of the 5-year study in the Eastern Pamir, Tajikistan"

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Dr. Erkin Isaev

FAO Regional Office for Asia Pacific

University of Central Asia

“Bias correction of Sentinel-2 with unmanned aerial vehicle multispectral data for use in monitoring walnut fruit forest in western Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan”

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Webinar # 9

3rd February, 2023 08:00 AM EST

Prof Alexander Prishchepov

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

"Analyzing changing land use and hydrological regimes in cross-border Mongolia and Russia's Selenga River Basin"

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Dr. Ainura Nazarkulova

Department of Geoinformatics-Z_GIS 

University of Salzburg, Austria

“Landcover analysis of Kyrgyzstan using global services”

View Recording

 

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LCLUC Agriculture Hotspots Webinar Series 2023-24

This webinar series focuses agriculture hotspots of land cover and land use change.

 

  
  
  
 

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Dr. Geoffrey Henebry

Michigan State University

Agricultural Landscape Dynamics in Post-Socialist Romania: National Overview and Focus on Western Romania

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Dr. Saurav Kumar

Arizona State University

“Exploring the Nexus between LCLUC, Socio-Economic Factors, and Water for a Vulnerable Arid US-Mexico Transboundary Region”

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Elizabeth A. Hunter (Virginia Tech)

The Interplay between Land User Decisions and Landcover Change in Coastal Ecosystems and Working Lands Under Sea Level Rise in the Mid- Atlantic U.S.

8th March 2024 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

View Webinar Recording

 

 

 

 

Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr (Clark University)

Best Practices for Classification Accuracy Metrics

22nd March 2024 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

View Webinar Recording

 

 

Dr. Qiongyu Huang (Smithsonian Institution) & Dr. Ginger Allington (Cornell University)

Untangling the Interactions Between Rural Outmigration, Grassland Degradation, and Sustainable Land Use in Mongolia

5th April 2024 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

View Webinar Recording

  
  

Dr. Jamon Van Den Hoek (Oregon State University)

Multi-sensor Mapping of Refugee Agricultural LCLUC Hotspots in Uganda

 

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Dr. Cascade Tuholske (Montana State University)

Modulation of Climate Risks by Intensification of Urban and Agricultural Land Uses in the Arabian Peninsula

12th April 2024 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

View Webinar Recording

 

  
 

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Christopher Neigh (NASA Goddard)

The Impact of Investment on Irrigated Rice, Dryland Agriculture and Afforestation in Senegal using SAR and Optical Time-Series Imagery in Data Fusion Approaches

17th February 2023 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

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Nicholas Cuba (Auburn University)

Evaluating the drivers of international migration from the Northern Triangle of Central America and its implications for land systems in the region

3rd March 2023 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Heilmayr (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Mapping property values to understand land-use change in South America

17th March 2023 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

View Webinar Recording

 

 

 

Xiao-Peng Song (University of Maryland)

Soybean Expansion in South America: Quantifying Historical Land-Use Change, Modeling Socioeconomic Drivers and Projecting Future Trajectories

31st March 2023 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

View Webinar Recording

 

 

 

Zhenong Jin (University of Minnesota)

Evaluating land use change and livelihood responses to large investments for high-value agriculture: managing risks in the era of the Green Morocco Plan

14th April 2023 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

View Webinar Recording

 

 

Meha Jain (University of Michigan)

Policy, Market, and Climate Change Impacts on Maize Production in Mexico

28th April 2023 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

View Webinar Recording

 

 

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Moderator: Melanie Anne Reynolds

LCLUC Program Support