Conference Presentations Listed by Session
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Plenary Session
Inventory
Forest Health
Monitoring
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Data Sources 1
Riparian
Fire
Forest Service Data Sources
Watershed
Lidar
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Mid-Level Vegetation Mapping
Post-Fire
Data Sources 2
General Resource Applications
Soils and Ecological Unit Mapping
PLENARY SESSION
Tom Bobbe
USDA Forest Service, Remote Sensing Applications Center, Center Manager, Salt Lake City, UT
Welcome / Introduction
Dr. Teresa Fryberger
NASA Headquarters, Director, Applied Sciences, Earth Science Division, Washington, DC
NASA Earth Science and Applications: Partnerships in Progress
Bud Cribley
USDOI Bureau of Land Management, Deputy Assistant Director for Planning and Renewable Resources, Washington, DC
Current Resource Management Challenges Facing BLM: A Remote Sensing Perspective
Chuck Dull
USDA Forest Service, Washington Office, Assistant Director of Engineering, Washington, DC
Geospatial Technologies Supporting Resource Management in the Forest Service: Issues and Accomplishments
INVENTORY
Moderator: Gretchen Moisen
Harmonizing Estimates of Forest Land Area from National-Level Forest Inventory and Satellite Imagery
Mark Nelson (Co-authors: Bonnie Ruefenacht, Mark Finco and Ken Brewer)
USDA Forest Service, FIA, St. Paul, MN
K-Nearest Neighbor Imputation for Estimating Ponderosa Pine Forest Structure and Wood Supply in Northern Arizona
Using Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) and Landsat TM Data
Stephen Sesnie (Co-authors: Haydee Hampton, Brett Dickson, Jill Rundall and Thomas Sisk)
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Bureau of Land Management Utah Statewide FORVIS Inventory 2008
Julie Casper
USDOI Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT
Nevada’s Photo-Based Inventory Pilot (NPIP)
Tracey Frescino (Co-authors: Gretchen G. Moisen, Kevin A. Megown, Val J. Nelson, Elizabeth A. Freeman,
Paul L. Patterson, Mark Finco, Ken Brewer, James Menlove)
USDA Forest Service, RMRS, IWFIA, Ogden, UT
Innovative Woody Biomass Resource Assessment Using Multiple-Resolution Satellite Imagery and Geobia Technology
Dara Lynn (Co-author: Jason W. San Souci)
NCED Imaging, Colorado Springs, CO
Remote Sensing Applications of a Stem-Map Model for Predicting Canopy Cover of FIA Plots
Chris Toney (Co-authors: Matt Reeves and John Shaw)
USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Missoula, MT
Expanding Forest Inventories: A Comparison of Traditional Methods of Remotely Estimating Woody Crown Cover
Sara Goeking
USDA Forest Service, FIA, Ogden, UT
FOREST HEALTH
Moderator: Tom Mellin
Field Sampling for Mid-Level Remote Sensing of Forest Change
Eric Nielsen and Dan Tyers (Co-authors: Nancy Bockino and Absaroka-Beartooth Field Crew)
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
USDA Forest Service, Gallatin National Forest, Gardiner, MT
Remote Sensing: A Sampling Tool to Inventory and Monitor Natural Resources
Randy M. Hamilton (Co-authors: Ken Brewer and Kevin Megown)
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
National Environmental Threat Assessment Mapping
Richard Warnick (Co-authors: Ken Brewer and Mark Finco)
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
MONITORING
Moderator: Tom Mellin
Change Detection in Noisy Time-Series Data:
Application to Forest Health Monitoring Across Broad Areas
Eric Nielsen
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
Development of FIA Capacity to Monitor Carbon for Carbon Management
Sean Healey (Co-authors: Gretchen Moisen, Todd Morgan, Greg Jones, Shawn Urbanski and Dan Loefler)
USDA Forest Service, Intermountain West FIA, Ogden UT
National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)
Kent Williams
USDA Farm Service Agency Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO), Salt Lake City, UT
Monitoring the Impacts of Tamarisk Biocontrol Using Remote Sensing
Philip Dennison (Co-authors: Kevin Hultine, Pamela Nagler, Ed Glenn and Jim Ehleringer)
University of Utah Department of Geography, Salt Lake City, UT
DATA SOURCES 1
Moderator: Mike Morrison
Rapid Geospatial Data Access for Emergency Response—Rapid Data Delivery System (RDDS)
Jeff Sloan
US Geological Survey, Denver, CO
America View—A State-Based Remote Sensing Initiative Developing Remote Sensing Applications
Through Education, Training, Internships, and Pilot Projects
Ramesh Sivanpillai
University of Wyoming/AmericaView Consortium, Laramie, WY
Virtual Globes—RS-2008 Update
Charlie Schrader-Patton
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Bend, OR
Imagery Products for Utah—Current and Potential Value
Jeannie Watanabe and Rick Kelson
Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center, Salt Lake City, UT
RIPARIAN
Moderator: Ralph Warbington
Wyoming Riparian Vegetation Inventory Using Remote Sensing and Other Geospatial Data:
Phase II-High Resolution Imagery Sources
Kevin Megown (Co-author: Mary Manning)
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
High Resolution Remote Sensing to Monitor Aquatic and Riparian Habitats
in the Powder River Basin
Matthew Bobo (Co-authors: Terry Booth, Sam Cox, Neffra Matthews, Robert McDougal, Gretchen Meyer and Tom Noble)
USDOI Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO
Application of Close-Range Photogrammetric Techniques to Very Large Scale Aerial (VLSA) Photography
for Monitoring Aquatic and Riparian Habitats
Tom Noble (Co-author: Neffra Matthews)
USDOI Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO
FIRE
Moderators: Vince Ambrosia and Everett Hinkley
2007 Western States Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Fire Imaging Missions
Vince Ambrosia (Co-authors: Everett Hinkley and Steve Wegener)
NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA
USDA Forest Service RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI)
Western States Fire Mission: Ikhana, The COA and Mission Planning
Steve Wegener (Co-authors: Brent Cobleigh, Greg Buoni and Phil Hall)
BAERI/NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA
Multispectral Scanners for Wildland Fire Assessment
Bruce Coffland
NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA
Near Real-Time Autonomous Data Products- Results and Assessment
Sally Buechel and Don Sullivan
BAERI/Buechel Consulting, La Honda, CA
NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA
The Collaborative Decision Environment (CDE)
Francis Enomoto and Don Sullivan
NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA
Integrating Orbital and Airborne Assets: SensorWeb Demonstrations During Western State Fire Mission (WSFM) 2007
Rob Sohlberg and Dan Mandl
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Integration into Incident Management Teams (IMT) and Emergency Operation Centers (EOC) Processes and Use
Tom Zajkowski (Co-authors: Sandy Johan and Josh Mendelsohn)
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
Phoenix and Infrared Imagery Interpretation: Changes in Wildland Fire Incident Support Over the Past 5 Years
Jan Johnson (Co-authors: Darrel VanBuren, Woody Smith)
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
Using QuickBird and Landsat Imagery to Assess Burn Severity and Monitor Vegetation Recovery
Sarah Lewis (Co-authors: Andrew T. Hudak, Leigh Lentile, Pete Robichaud and Penny Morgan)
USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Moscow, ID
An Architecture for the Seamless Integration of UAV-Based Wildfire Monitoring Missions
Cristina Barrado
Technical University of Catalonia, Castelldefels, Spain
Mapping Wildland Fire Potential for the Conterminous United States
Jim Menakis
USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Missoula, MT
Toward Early Wildfire Detection and Improved Monitoring from Satellite Observations
Alexander Koltunov (Co-author: Susan Ustin)
University of California, Davis, CA
Use of Remote Sensing Technologies for Analysis of the 2007 Murphy Complex Fire
Don Major (Co-author: Matthew Bobo)
USDOI Bureau of Land Management Boise, ID
FOREST SERVICE DATA SOURCES
Moderator: David Grey
Access Nationwide GIS Data Over the Network Using ArcGIS Image Server and ArcGIS Server
Mike Morrison
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
ArcGIS Explorer—GIS for Everyone in a “Virtual Globe” Environment
Mike Morrison
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
Leica Geosystems Enterprise Image Processing Solution (Apollo)
Mike Morrison
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
WATERSHED
Moderator: Ralph Warbington
USFS/EPA Watershed Analysis Demonstration Project for Estimating Existing and Potential Stream Shading
Ralph Warbington (Co-authors: Debby Beardsley and Tim Lindemann)
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region RS Lab, McClellan, CA
Stream Temperature and Thermal Networks: A GIS and Remote Sensing Approach to Assess Aquatic Habitat
David Nagel (Co-authors: Charlie Luce, Daniel Isaak, and Bruce Rieman)
USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Boise, ID
Development of a Post-fire Monitoring Protocol for Evaluating Treatment Effectiveness
and Cheatgrass Abundance Using Quickbird Imagery and Ground Observations
Gabriel Bissonette (Co-author: Michael A. White)
Utah State University/BLM, Moab, UT
LIDAR
Moderator: Steve Reutebuch
LiDAR—What Can I Expect to See?
Corey Plank
USDOI Bureau of Land Management, Portland, OR
Analysis of LIDAR-Derived Bare Ground Model Accuracy in Southern California Chaparral
Andrew Cooke
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Classifying Forest Succession with LiDAR Data
Michael Falkowski
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Mapping Forest Stand Characteristics Using LIDAR
Jim Muckenhoupt
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR
Using LIDAR as a Sampling Tool for Forest Inventory on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska
Hans-Erik Andersen (Co-author: Ken Winterberger)
USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Anchorage, AK
Understanding LIDAR Mission Specifications and Project Deliverables Before It’s Too Late!
Steve Reutebuch (Co-author: Bob McGaughey)
USDA Forest Service, PNW/University of Washington, Seattle, WA
LIDAR DISCUSSION
Moderators: Steve Reutebuch and Denise Laes
LIDAR Projects: What Worked, What Didn’t, and What We Should Learn From the Projects for Developing Future LIDAR Project Specifications
USDA Forest Service, PNW/ University of Washington, Seattle, WA
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
MID-LEVEL VEGETATION MAPPING
Moderators: Sanford Moss and Renee Jacokes-Mancini
Federal Geographic Data Committee Vegetation Subcommittee Update
David Tart
USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT
Describing Vegetation with Neighboring Agencies: Cover Type vs. National Vegetation Classification Standard
Karl Brown and John Varner
National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Golden, CO
Developing a Vegetation Information Strategy for the Intermountain Region
David Tart
USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT
Using Orange Classification Trees in ArcGIS
Bonnie Ruefenacht (Co-authors: Greg Liknes, Andrew Lister, Dan Wendt, Haans Fisk and Henry Lachowski)
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
Southwestern Region Mid-Scale Existing Vegetation Mapping Project
Tom Mellin (Co-authors: Jack Triepke and Pete Joria)
USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Albuquerque, NM
A Multi-Spectral Sensor Comparison for Mid-Level Vegetation Mapping on the Modoc National Forest
Steven Haynes (Co-authors: Carlos Ramirez and Ralph Warbington)
USDA Forest Service, RSL, McClellan, CA
Map Maintenance Guide Overview
Wendy Goetz (Co-authors: Brian Schwind, Paul Maus, Haans Fisk, John Gillham, Eric Nielsen, and Jess Clark)
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
Comparison of LANDFIRE and a Mid-Level Vegetation Map: Background, Classification Systems, and Map Legends
David Tart
USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT
Comparison of LANDFIRE and a Mid-Level Vegetation Map: Spatial and Tabular Comparison of Map Products
Sanford Moss
USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT
Comparison of LANDFIRE and a Mid-Level Vegetation Map: National Forest Applications and Lessons Learned
David Tart (Co-authors: Liz Davy and Sanford Moss)
USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, UT
POST-FIRE
Moderator: Brian Schwind
Use of Burned Area Reflectance Classification (BARC) Maps to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Fuel Treatments Following Wildfire
Andrew Hudak (Co-authors: Sarah A. Lewis, Penny Morgan, Pete Robichaud)
USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Moscow, ID
Rapid Assessment of Vegetation Condition after Wildfire (RAVG)
Tony Guay (Co-authors: Mike Landram and Jay Miller)
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
Simulation of the Effects of Wildfires on Water Yield and Water Quality in Rangelands of Northern Utah
Alexander Hernandez (Co-author: R. Douglas Ramsey)
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Remote Sensing Support for Post-Fire BAER Assessment Following the Greek Wildfires, August 2007
Annette Parsons (Co-authors: Jess Clark and Randy McKinley)
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Grants Pass, OR
Burn Severity Mapping and Satellite Imagery: Information Products of the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity Project
Jeff Eidenshink (Co Authors: Stephen Howard, Brian Schwind, and Brad Quayle)
U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science, Sioux Falls, SD
LANDFIRE and MTBS: Potential for Large-Scale Forest Monitoring
Zhiliang Zhu
USDA Forest Service, Washington Office, Washington, DC
Spatiotemporal Trends in Fire Occurrence and Severity in the Sierra Nevada, California
Jay Miller (Co-author: Hugh Safford)
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, McClellan, CA
DATA SOURCES 2
Moderator: Melinda McGann
Naval Research Laboratory and NASA Applied Science Products in Support of Fire and Terrestrial Research
Jeffrey Reid (Co-authors: John Cook, Jeff Hawkins, Jim Hansen, and Ted Tsui)
NASA/NRL, Monterey, CA
The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC): Advances in Small Satellite Constellation Imaging Capability
Paul Stephens (Co-Authors: Owen Hawkins, Stephen Mackin)
DMC International Imaging Ltd., Guildford, SU, United Kingdom
Digital Globe Corporate and System Update
Brett Thomassie
DigitalGlobe Incorporated, Stennis Space Center, MS
GENERAL RESOURCE APPLICATIONS
Moderator: Renee Jacokes-Mancini
Reverse Updating National Land Cover Data (NLCD) 2001 Canopy Layer
—Creating 1990 Percent Canopy Layer for the Northeastern US Metropolitan Areas
Anna Oldak (Co-author: Phillip Rodbell)
MDA Federal, Inc., Rockville, MD
LANDFIRE Potential Vegetation Products: Methods and Applications
Gregory Dillon
USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Missoula, MT
Mapping Landscape Scarring Locations to Research Visitor Experience
Thöre Christensen
USDA Forest Service, RSAC, Salt Lake City, UT
Digital Airborne Survey of Mountain Goat Population in Southeast Alaska
Mark Riley (Co-authors: Dennis Chester, Jeff Nichols, C. Rice, and Kevin White)
USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, Juneau, AK
SOILS AND ECOLOGICAL UNIT MAPPING
Moderator: Melinda McGann
Ecological Type Mapping Using Object-Oriented Approach
Matthew Bobo (Co-author: Vanessa Stepanek)
USDOI Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO
Filling in the Gaps: A Technique for Creating Spatially Continuous Soil Data from the Discontinuous SSURGO Dataset
Sean Parks (Co-author: Jeff Natharius)
USDA Forest Service, RMRS, Missoula, MT
Logistic Modeling of the Potential Distribution of Common Plant Species
to Assist in the Re-Correlation of Soil Map Units in Rich County, Utah
Kate Peterson (Co-authors: R. Douglas Ramsey, Leila M. Shultz)
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Development of a Remote Sensing Training Curriculum to Support Soil Resource Inventory
in the Natural Resources Conservation Service
Amanda Moore (Co-authors: Jon Hempel and Janet Hebert)
NRCS, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
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