Ruth DeFries

Department

Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology

Institution

Columbia University

rd2402@columbia.edu

Website

http://www.earth.columbia.edu/ac/bios/defries.html

Phone number

212-851-1647

Fax number

(212) 854-8188

Address

1200 Amsterdam Ave 10th Floor Schermerhorn Ext. New York NY 10027, New York, NY, US, 10027

Meeting Presentations

Type	Meeting Date	Title
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Virtual 10/19/2020	Overview: South Asia LCLUC overview, trends and ongoing issues
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Gaithersburg, MD 04/03/2018	TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST OF SOUTH ASIA: MONITORING DEGRADATION AND ASSESSING IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Yangon, Burma 01/12/2016	Climate Sensitivity of Winter Cropping in India
Program Presentation	Rockville, Maryland 04/02/2013	Multi-sensor Fusion to Determine Agricultural Sensitivity to Climate Variability in South Asia
Program Presentation	Rockville, Maryland 04/02/2013	Multi-sensor Fusion to Determine Agricultural Sensitivity to Climate Variability in South Asia
Program Presentation	Rockville, Maryland 04/02/2013	Multi-sensor Fusion to Determine Agricultural Sensitivity to Climate Variability in South Asia
Program Presentation	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 01/10/2013	Multi-sensor Fusion to Determine Agricultural Sensitivity to Climate Variability in South Asia
Program Presentation	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 01/10/2013	Multi-sensor Fusion to Determine Agricultural Sensitivity to Climate Variability in South Asia
Program Presentation	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 01/10/2013	Multi-sensor Fusion to Determine Agricultural Sensitivity to Climate Variability in South Asia
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Adelphi, Maryland 03/28/2011	Drivers of Land Use Change
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	UMUC Inn and Conference Center 10/29/2001	Towards Methodologies for Global Monitoring of Forest Cover Characteristics with Coarse Resolution Data
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Airle House, Warrenton Virginia 05/18/1999	Charecterizing Land Cover Heterogeneity and Land Cover Change From Multisensor satellite Data

Projects

Role	Period of performance	Project
Co-Investigator	01/01/2023 to 12/30/2026	South Asian Smallholder Forests and Other Tree-Based Systems: Synthesizing LCLUC Data and Approaches to Foster a Natural Climate Solution that Improves Livelihoods
Principal Investigator	04/01/2017 to 03/31/2022	Tropical Deciduous Forests of South Asia: Monitoring Degradation and Assessing Impacts of Urbanization
Co-Investigator	04/01/2014 to 04/01/2017	Land Cover and Land Use Changes and Their Effects on Carbon Dynamics in South and South East Asia: A Synthesis Study
Principal Investigator	05/01/2011 to 05/01/2014	Multi-sensor Fusion to Determine Climate Sensitivity of Agricultural Intensification in South Asia
Principal Investigator	01/01/2004 to 01/01/2007	Reducing Uncertainties of Carbon Emissions from Land Use-Related Fires with MODIS Data: From Local to Global Scale
Principal Investigator	01/01/2000 to 01/01/2003	Towards Methodologies for Global Monitoring of Forest Cover Characteristics with Coarse Resolution Data
Principal Investigator	01/01/1997 to 01/01/2000	Remote Sensing Needs for State Forestry Agencies