Topic: Time Series Analysis of Landsat Data for Continuous Monitoring of Land Cover Change and Condition

Speaker: Dr. Curtis Woodcock, Boston University

Brief introduction to the report:

We developed new methods that make use of all the available 40+ years of Landsat imagery to monitor change in a continuous fashion on the surface of Earth. These new methods are made possible by the recent developments of automated atmospheric correction, improved computing capabilities, and free access to the data. The use of all available data has led to more reliable forest disturbance and phenology detection. In particular it is becoming easier to monitor land change and the results are helpful for land management. Another important application is support for greenhouse gas inventories and modeling of the carbon cycle.

Introduction to the speaker:

Dr. Curtis Woodcock is currently a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University. He obtained his PhD from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1985, and has been on the faculty at Boston University since 1984. Prof. Woodcock has been an international leader in environmental monitoring with remote sensing. His research interests include urban expansion in Pearl River Delta, China, land use change in the Nile River Delta, Egypt, agricultural expansion in Turkey, forest ecosystem dynamics in the Pacific Northwest, USA, carbon budgets in New England and the Black Sea region, and global land-cover/land-use changes. He received the Outstanding Contribution Award for Remote Sensing from the Association of American Geographers in 2010. He has been the Team Leader of the USGS/NASA Landsat Science Team since 2007 and a Co-Chair of the Land Cover Implementation Team of GOFC-GOLD.

Host：Prof. FANG Hongliang

Time：2:00pm June 4, 2015

Venue：Room2602, IGSNRR