[gis_info] Fwd: ASPRS - FREE ON-LINE SEMINAR - June 27th, 2014 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST

[David Alvarez]

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> FREE ON-LINE SEMINAR
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> Terrestrial and aerial LIDAR for the measurement and monitoring of forest ecosystem services
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> Sponsored by ASPRS, CaGIS and GLIS
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> Date & Time: June 27th, 2014 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST 
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> The American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) GIS Division in partnership with the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) and the Geographic and Land Information Society (GLIS) would like to invite our members to attend our third online seminar for the 2014 series. 
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> Terrestrial and aerial LIDAR for the measurement and monitoring of forest ecosystem services
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> Abstract:  Ecosystem services can be categorized into: provision, regulating, supporting, preserving and cultural services. All of these amenities can be attributed to forested environments and are becoming a targetable issue for sustainable management of these resources. Because field studies represent only a snapshot in the spatiotemporal continuum of a landscape, remote sensing can assist with spatially explicit modeling at a site, watershed and landscape levels. Although, a wide array of remote sensing approaches for ecosystem assessment has been developed over decades, these are applicable to imaging satellite datasets, and come with limitations related to the resolution and lack of spatial (and three dimensional in the case of forests) detail. It is with the onset of lidar and our ability to capture the detailed and even leaf level structure of the forested landscape that remote sensing of ecosystem services has become feasible. This talk will focus on providing examples of provision services mapping, such as biomass and cellulosic biofuels estimation. Regulatory services will be explored through examples of detailed modeling of forests in the Pacific Northwest applied to a variety of purposes, including the close study of the riparian forest/water interface and function for the suitability and sustainability of salmon habitat. Preserving services related to biodiversity, habitat and accounting for uncertainty will also be addressed through examples of monitoring forested wetlands on Mt. Rainier, Washington. The study extends beyond the suitability of habitat toward the ecosystem services of the forest for quality drinking water. Finally, discussion on how supporting and cultural services, such as pest/disease control and recreational opportunities, can also be addressed with lidar remote sensing will be provided.
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> About the Speaker:   Dr. Moskal is an Associate Professor of Remote Sensing in the College of the Environment, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle, Washington, USA, where she Directs the Precision Forestry Cooperative, an advance technology initiative specializing in using high technology sensing and analytical tools to support site-specific economic, environmental, and sustainable decision making for the forestry sector. Dr. Moskal also runs the UW Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory (RSGAL), focused on understanding multiscale and multidimensional dynamics of landscape change through the application of hyper-resolution remote sensing. RSGAL develops methods necessary to analyze hyper-resolution remotely sensed data by exploiting spatial, temporal andw spectral capabilities of the data for the following themes: ecosystem services and function, bioenergy/biomass, forest health and inventories, change analysis, biodiversity and habitat mapping.
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> Date & Time: June 27th, 2014 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST 
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> Remote Access / Registration:
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> https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6272922000241024001
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>        NOTE: Registration is limited to the first 500 people who sign up and log in to the seminar.
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> If you are unable to attend the live seminar, a recording will be posted at 
> http://www.asprs.org/GISD-Division/Online-Seminars.htmlseveral days after the seminar.
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> Questions, Contact:
> David Alvarez, CMS, GISP
> GIS Division Director (ASPRS)
> davidalvarez76 at gmail.com
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