FIRST FRIDAY APRIL
Technology's Impact on Environmental Change
April 4th • 7:30am
Belfry Inne & Bistro (at the Abbey) • 8 Jarves Street • Sandwich
Josef Kellndorfer, Research Scientist
Woods Hole Research group
Dr. Kellndorfer's talk will give an overview of his two current research initiatives: The first uses a radar remote sensing tool in partnership with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The project demonstrates new cloud- penetrating remote-sensing technology that allows Dr. Kellndorfer and his team to successfully create large-scale maps for tropical forest regions. The capability to monitor forests with remote sensing from space is crucial in discussions of REDD policies for the post-Kyoto climate treaty negotiations. REDD — or "Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation"— has the potential to provide economic incentives for preserving tropical forests to their indigenous residents while simultaneously curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The second initiative is the "National Biomass and Carbon Dataset" for the year 2000 (NBCD2000) Through a combination of NASA satellite datasets, topographic survey data, land use/land cover information, and extensive forest inventory data collected by the USDA Forest Service – Forest Inventory and Analysis Program (FIA), NBCD2000 will provide an invaluable baseline for quantifying the carbon stock in U.S. forests and will improve current methods of assessing the carbon flux between forests and the atmosphere.
For a recent interview with Josef see http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0228-kellndorfer_interview.html.
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