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Northern Gulf of Mexico - Land Cover Characterization Workshop

November 14-16, 2007

University of New Orleans, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences,(PIES) Room 438
20450 Lakeshore Dr., New Orleans, LA 70148 (Campus Map)

Workshop Objectives

Workshop attendees take tour of Louisiana wetlands on seaplane.n
Standing, left to right: Shea Penland (UNO), John Brock (USGS), John Barras (USGS), Nate Herold (NOAA), Brady Couvillion (IAP), Emily Klipp (Jacobs), Amar Nayegandhi (ETI)
Kneeling, left to right: Luis Martinez (UNO), Mike Miner (UNO)
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The objectives of this workshop are to:

  1. educate attendees on regional efforts that involve land cover characterization, including land cover mapping, wetland loss studies, and landscape modeling,
  2. enhance collaboration on land cover characterization research for the Northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM) project, and
  3. define a coordinated FY08 project plan for all land cover mapping and modeling subtasks. This workshop is an excellent opportunity to learn about current and future efforts in landscape and land cover characterization with a regional perspective.

Agenda:

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
6:00 PM Arrival and Social Mixer

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - Prior Work and Capabilities
8:00 AM - Meet in hotel lobby for van pool
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Registration, Continental breakfast
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM Introduction and Workshop Goals (Kathryn Smith, USGS)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Regional NGOM Perspective (Dawn LaVoie, USGS)
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Overview of the Northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM) Project (John Brock, USGS)
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Prior Scientific Studies of Geomorphic Landscape Change (Shea Penland, University of New Orleans)
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Multi-temporal Land Loss Assessment for Coastal Louisiana (John Barras, USGS)
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM NOAA'S NGS Shoreline Mapping Activities in the Gulf of Mexico (Maryellen Sault, NOAA)
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM High-resolution Land Cover Estimation with Decision Tree Modeling (Joyce Fry, SAIC-USGS)
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Overview of NOAA's Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) (Nate Herald, NOAA)
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Land Cover (vegetation) Characterization Using Small-footprint, Waveform-resolving Lidar (Amar Nayegandhi, ETI-USGS)
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Break
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Multi-Scale Monitoring Assessments of Coastal Louisiana Ecosystems (Greg Steyer, USGS)
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Coastal Forest Vulnerability and Responses to Hurricane Damage: Lessons from Katrina (John Kupfer, USC
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM Approaches to Understanding the Response of Coastal Wetlands to Multiple Stressors (Glenn Guntenspergen, USGS)
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM Questions and Discussion
6:30 PM Dinner Social

Thursday, November 15, 2007
8:00 AM Meet in hotel lobby for van pool
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Northern Gulf of Mexico Project – Development of a Coordinated FY08 Land Cover Analysis Plan & Deliverables (John Brock, USGS)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Subtask 3.3 Land Cover Development and Analysis (Brady Couvillion, IAP-USGS)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Subtask 3.3 Multi-temporal & Hurricane Analyses (John Barras & Kathryn Smith, USGS)
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Subtask 4.1 Present Landscape Analyses (High-Resolution) (Amar Nayegandhi, ETI-USGS)
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Subtask 3.5 Geomorphic Landscape Change Analysis (Shea Penland, University of New Orleans)
11:15 AM - 11:45 PM Subtask 4.3 Landscape and Wetland Modeling Plans/Requirements (Glenn Guntenspergen, USGS)
11:45 AM - 1:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Field Trip: A Bird’s Eye View of Louisiana Wetlands and Potential Focus Areas (Southern Seaplane)
6:30 PM Dinner Social

Friday, November 16, 2007 - Continuation of the FY08 Plan & Deliverables
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM FY08 NGOM Plan & Deliverables (John Brock, USGS)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Subtask Coordination and Integration
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM FY08 Deliverables
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM General Discussion
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Identify Action Items and Adjourn
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