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Coordinating Approaches for Using Remote Sensing-Earth Observation (RS/EO) Data to Monitor and Report Landscape Dynamics in and Around Protected Areas

A cooperative meeting sponsored by Parks Canada Agency, Canadian Space Agency, U.S. National Park Service, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing

March 1-3, 2005, St. Petersburg, Florida

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Summaries, Actions, and Insights
The Parkies: What we heard (22KB)

Action Items and Path Forward (11 KB)

Best Practices for EO Monitoring of Parks (26 KB)

 

Introductions

Nature Conservation Strategies - Steven Woodley (2.3 MB)

NPS Monitoring Program: Overview and Opportunities to use Remotely Sensed Data - John Gross (572 KB)

RS/EO Data for Monitoring Change in Ecological Integrity of Canadian National Parks - Context and Issues - Donald McLennan (1.2 MB)

Using EO Technology to Monitor Ecosystem Integrity and Climate Change in Canadian National Parks - Jean Poitevin (306 KB)

Government Related Initiatives Program (GRIP) - Paul Briand (174 KB)

Why NASA? - Woody Turner (2.1 MB)

Park Profiles

U.S. National Park Profiles - John Gross (2.2 MB)

RS/EO Data for Monitoring Change in Ecological Integrity of Canadian National Parks - Park Descriptions - Donald McLennan (1.3 MB)

 

LandSat

Status of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission - James Irons (687 KB)
 

Productivity Towards Developing a Productivity Indicator for Canadian National Parks - Wenjun Chen (5.0 MB)

Monitoring and Modeling to track changes in terrestrial productivity - Ramakrishna Nemani (4.0 MB)
 

Climate
Satellite Monitoring of Northern Ecosystems - Thomas Naughten (5.0 MB)
Monitoring Phenological Trends from Satellite Imagery - Bradley C. Reed, Jesslyn  Brown, Andrew Whalen (4.0 MB)
Studying Earth's land vegetation with remote sensing - Compton Tucker (7.7 MB)
 

Vegetation Cover
Reducing Canada`s vulnerability to climate change - Jonathan Orazietti (4.3 MB)
Land Cover/Use Dynamics of the Upper Delaware River Basin - Eric Brown de Colstoun and others (7.6 MB)

 

Cover and Pattern
Change and Fragmentation Monitoring: Initial Results for Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan - Darren Pouliot (2.0 MB)
An Ontario Service Centre (PCA) Standardized Protocol for Monitoring Landscape Dynamics - Justin Quirouette & Paul Zorn (587 KB)
Easy-Access Landscapes and Time Series: The Protected Area Archive Tool - Gary Geller (10.5 MB)
 

Disturbance and Change Detection
Potential of Coarse Resolution EO Data for Monitoring of Disturbances - Robert Fraser (7.9 MB)
Monitoring Changes in Land Cover with RS: Some Relevant Concepts and Examples - Warren Cohen (6.7 MB)
 


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