Joint NASA LCLUC Science Team Meeting and GOFC-GOLD/NERIN, NEESPI, MAIRS Workshop
9/15/2009
- 9/20/2009
Almaty, Kazakhstan
This meeting will focus on monitoring land cover, land use and fire in agricultural and arid regions of Northern Eurasia
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MSG Land Surface Applications: Drought & Fires
9/7/2009
- 9/10/2009
Sofia, Bulgaria
This workshop is organized by NIMH of Bulgaria and EUMETSAT. The aim of this event is to provide a forum for exchange of advanced knowledge and experience between meteorologists, developers of satellite products and primary end-users of Meteosat Second Generation data for Land Surface Analyses related to the natural hazards of Drought and Vegetation fires. Experts in meteorological products developers, experienced forecasters, experts in satellite data interpretation and land surface analyses will attend the workshop.
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7th International Workshop of the EARSeL FF-SIG: TOWARDS AN OPERATIONAL USE OF REMOTE SENSING IN FOREST FIRE MANAGEMENT
9/2/2009
- 9/5/2009
Matera, Italy
The workshop is the latest in a series of technical meetings organised by the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Forest Fires after its foundation in 1995. The main subject of the workshop will be the operational use of remote sensing in forest fire management. Abstracts of not more than 500 words should be submitted by March 30th here.
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4th Global Vegetation Workshop
6/16/2009
- 6/19/2009
Montana, USA
The subject of this workshop is the long term global monitoring of vegetation variables using moderate resolution satellites.
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14 Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference
9/29/2008
- 10/3/2008
Darwin, Australia
The meeting agenda will include fire-related sessions. The abstract deadline is February 1 2008.
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7th SAFNet workshop
9/22/2008
- 9/26/2008
Caprivi, Namibia
The workshop aims to address the complex interactive drivers of fire, with a reflection on the implications for future fire management policies and operational strategies and how SAFNet could best contribute. The overall aim is to build capacity and support the attainment of ecological and socio-economic sustainability in the region while contributing to the global body of knowledge on fire.
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International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Forest Fires
9/17/2008
- 9/19/2008
Toledo, Spain
The meeting agenda includes sessions related to monitoring systems, decision support systems and data acquisition and analysis.
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International Workshop on Advances in Operational Weather Systems for Fire Danger Rating
7/14/2008
- 7/16/2008
Edmonton, Canada
The workshop will review operational methods used in fire danger rating (FDR) systems from around the globe and discuss new developments in system design and potential enhancements. The 3-day workshop will be followed by a 2-day meeting of the WMO Commission for Agricultural Meteorology Expert Team on Agrometeorology for Sustainable Development.
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Wildfire sessions at EGU 2008
4/13/2008
- 4/18/2008
Vienna, Austria
Two relevant sessions of the 2008 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) are 'Spatial and temporal patterns of wildfires: models, theory, and reality (NH8.4/BG2.16)' and 'Wildfires, Weather and Climate (NH8.5/AS4.03/CL48)'.
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International EOS/NPP Direct Readout Meeting
3/31/2008
- 4/4/2008
Bangkok, Thailand
The meeting will focus on Direct Readout Product Applications in Operations; Direct Broadcast Missions and Instrument Status and Plans; Direct Readout Application Product Sharing and Transport Mechanisms; Direct Readout Science Processing Algorithms; and Direct Readout Systems.
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GOFC-GOLD Workshop on Requirements for Fire Early Warning Systems in Africa
11/12/2007
- 11/16/2007
Accra, Ghana
The objective of the workshop, adjecent to the West Africa Regional Network Meeting on Earth Observation and Environmental Change, is to define requirements for the African component of the global wildland fire early warning system.
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Land and Vegetation Direct Readout workshop
10/10/2007
- 10/11/2007
Mexico City, Mexico
The workshop will be held combined with and immediately after the Seaspace Remote Sensing Conference. Click here for the workshop report.
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6th International Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group (SIG) on Forest Fires
9/27/2007
- 9/29/2007
Thessaloniki, Greece
The main subject of the workshop will be the operational use of remote sensing in forest fire management. For details visit the conference website. An important outcome of the meeting is a declaration of the EARSeL Special Interest Group (SIG) on Forest Fires.
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32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
6/25/2007
- 6/29/2007
San Jose, Costa Rica
The symposium will include a session on fire monitoring as part of the disaster monitoring theme. Further information is available at the symposium website.
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4th International Wildland Fire Conference
5/13/2007
- 5/17/2007
Seville, Spain
The GOFC-GOLD Fire Implementation Team organized a side event on regional networks as part of the conference. The report of the GOFC-GOLD side event is now available. For details on the conference visit the post-conference website.
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2nd GOFC/GOLD Workshop on Geostationary Fire Monitoring and Applications
12/4/2006
- 12/6/2006
Darmstadt, Germany
This workshop served as a follow-on to the Joint GOFC/GOLD Fire and CEOS LVP Workshop on Global Geostationary Fire Monitoring Applications held at EUMETSAT in March 2004. One of the primary goals of this workshop was to assess progress made since the last workshop and discuss ongoing activities and plans for the development, implementation, validation and application of regional and global geostationary fire products. See workshop announcement, list of presentations and workshop report.
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USDA Forest
Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference
4/24/2006
- 4/28/2006
Salt Lake City, USA
The conference will include the session "Remote Sensing Technologies - Supporting Improved Fire Information".
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Early Warning Conference III
3/27/2006
- 3/29/2006
Bonn, Germany
The conference will focus on the development of efficient early warning systems of natural hazards, including fires.
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5th International Symposium on Forest Fire Protection
11/30/2005
- 12/2/2005
Tokyo, Japan
The meeting is organized by the National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster, with an objective to assess the current research and management activities related to forest fires in individual countries.
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EOS/NPP Direct Readout Meeting
10/3/2005
- 10/6/2005
Benevento, Italy
The meeting will focus on three primary areas: Direct Readout Application Algorithms, Systems, and Upcoming Continuity Missions. Click here for details.
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Workshop on Fire Effects Assessment
6/16/2005
- 6/18/2005
Zaragoza, Spain
The workshop, co-organized by the EARSEL Special Interest Group on Forest Fires and GOFC/GOLD, is the fifth in a series of technical meetings on remote Sensing and GIS Applications to Forest Fire Management.
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EastFIRE Conference 2005
5/11/2005
- 5/13/2005
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
The conference will discuss wildfires in the eastern landscapes of North America. Details are available at the conference website.
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GOFC/GOLD-Fire Implementation Team Meerting
2/7/2005
- 2/9/2005
Montreal, Canada
This meeting provided a forum for an assessment of GOFC/GOLD-Fire objectives, achievements and planning for future activities. List of presentations.
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North-East Asian International Fire Symposium
1/17/2005
- 1/18/2005
Sendai, Japan
The focus of the symposium will be the use of satllite data for fire mapping and monitoring in the region.
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RedLaTIF burned area mapping workshop
11/29/2004
- 11/30/2004
Santiago de Chile
The workshop is planned to be held after the XI International Symposium of SELPER.
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Northern Eurasian GOFC/GOLD Fire workshop
11/17/2004
- 11/17/2004
Moscow, Russia
This workshop will be held as part of the conference "Current Problems of the Earth's Remote Sensing from Space" (information on the conference) . Agenda and logistical information will be posted shortly.
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Burned area mapping validation workshop
10/20/2004
- 10/20/2004
Fremantle, Australia
The workshop will be a Special Meeting within the The 12th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference held in Fremantle, Western Australia, 18-22 October 2004. Furher details on the workshop are available in the Registration Brochure of the conference.
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Fifth Southern Africa Fire Network (SAFNET) Workshop
9/9/2004
- 9/13/2004
Mangochi, Malawi
The theme of the workshop was "Towards Meeting Fire Management Challenges in Southern Africa". Details are available in a synthesis report.
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Workshop "Ground-based Accuracy Assessments for Fire Occurrence and Deforestation Events"
7/26/2004
- 7/26/2004
Brasilia, Brazil
The workshop is an Associated Meeting of the III LBA Scientific Conference held on 27-29 July.
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South-East Asia Burned Area Mapping Workshop
5/17/2004
- 5/19/2004
Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia
Click here for agenda.
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Fire Economics, Planning, and Policy Symposium
4/19/2004
- 4/22/2004
Cordoba, Spain
Abstract submission deadline is October 30, 2003. Click here for details.
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USDA Forest Service Tenth Biennial Remote Sensing Applications Conference
4/5/2004
- 4/9/2004
Salt Lake City, Utah
One the objectives of the Conference is to review the latest remote sensing, image processing, and geospatial technologies and their application for natural resource management.
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Climate Disturbance Interactions in Boreal Forest Ecosystems
4/3/2004
- 4/7/2004
Fairbanks, Alaska
Abstract submission deadline is November 1, 2003. Click here for details.
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Workshop on Global Geostationary Fire Monitoring Applications
3/23/2004
- 3/25/2004
Darmstadt, Germany
The overall goal of the workshop is to discuss, plan and coordinate the development and eventual implementation of a global operational geostationary fire monitoring applications system. See the Executive Summary (pdf) and the list of presentations here.
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GOFC/GOLD Regional Thematic Workshop to Build Capacity for NEESPI
2/23/2004
- 2/23/2004
St. Petersburg, Russia.
The objective of the workshop is to linking remote sensing with in-situ observations in support of research goals of Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI). Click here for details.
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UNOOSA Expert meeting in Argentina
11/24/2003
- 11/26/2003
Cordoba, Argentina
The Expert Meeting on “Space Technology for Flood and Fire Disaster Management” organized by the Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) will be held from the 24-26 November 2003 at the Instituto de Altos Estudios Espaciales Mario Gulich in Córdoba, Argentina. Click here for further information.
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International Symposium on Boreal Forest Disturbance
11/17/2003
- 11/19/2003
Sapporo, Japan
The International Symposium on Boreal Forest Disturbance and Its Impacts on Global Warming will be held in Sapporo, Japan, on November 17-19 2003. Among the topics are firest fire and fire ecology. Click here for the meeting's website.
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5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
11/16/2003
- 11/20/2003
Orlando, Florida
For details, visit the American Meteorological Society's website at www.ametsoc.org.
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South-East Asia Regional GOFC/GOLD regional network meeting
10/7/2003
- 10/7/2003
Syndney, Australia
A summary of the meeting is available here.
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3rd International Wildland Fire Conference and Exhibition
10/3/2003
- 10/6/2003
Sidney, Australia
For details visit the conference website at http://www.wildlandfire03.com/home.asp. Abstract submission deadline is January 10, 2003.
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Fourth Meeting of SAFNet
8/17/2003
- 8/22/2003
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Click here for details.
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Joint EARSeL-GOFC/GOLD-Fire Workshop
6/5/2003
- 6/7/2003
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Joint International Workshop of EARSeL Special Interest Group on Forest Fires
and the GOFC/GOLD-Fire Program: Innovative Concepts and Methods in Fire Danger Estimation.
View meeting summary report here.
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Expert Meeting for Southern African Countries
6/5/2003
- 6/6/2003
Pretoria, South Africa
Satellite Applications Centre/CSIR is hosting an Expert Meeting on "Low to Medium Resolution Satellite Sensors and Disaster Monitoring" on the 5th and 6th of June in Pretoria, South Africa. It will be a closed meeting bringing together representatives from 25 institutions that are developing or are interested in developing projects in the area of space technology and disaster management. For more information see the Information Note (PDF format).
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Space Technology and Disaster Management Workshop
5/19/2003
- 5/23/2003
Romania
The next workshop on space technology and disaster management, organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, will be for the European region and will be held in Romania from 19-23 May 2003. The Information Note and the Application Form can be downloaded from the UNOOSA website at http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/SAP/stdm. Deadline for application is 12 April 2003.
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GOFC-Fire S.E. Asia meeting and call for papers
1/21/2003
- 1/24/2003
Fukuoka, Japan
The meeting will be held as a special session of the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) Earth Monitoring and Disaster Warning Working Group (EM-WG). A preconference workshop will be held on January 21, and the conference itself will be held January 22 through 24.
For details see meeting announcement in PDF or MSWord format, or visit
http://www.jp.apan.net.
(When you click the APAN link, you may be asked if you want to install a language pack.
If you click "Cancel" in the Language Pack Installation dialog box, an English version of the APAN site should then open normally.)
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GOFC Regional Meeting in Finland
9/22/2002
- 9/24/2002
(Postponed until further notice.) European Boreal Forests: Integrating satellite data with forest inventory data.
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GOFC Regional Meeting in Siberia
8/7/2002
- 8/7/2002
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
GOFC regional coordination meeting in conjunction with the IBFRA meeting (see LCLUC-Related
Events).
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Third Meeting of the Southern Africa Fire Network (SAFNET)
7/29/2002
- 8/1/2002
University of Botswana, Gaborone
FMI contact Pauline Dube at DUBEOP@mopipi.ub.bw or David Roy at droy@kratmos.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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Joint GOFC/GOLD Fire and IGBP-IGAC/BIBEX Workshop
7/17/2002
- 7/19/2002
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
"Improving Global Estimates of Atmospheric Emissions from Biomass Burning." View presentations, photos, etc from the meeting here.
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Fire-related sessions to be held at . . .
6/24/2002
- 6/28/2002
Toronto, Canada
the joint 2002 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS’02) and the 24th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing. Various fire-related oral and interactive presentations are scheduled within the sessions "Disaster Management and Support" and "Fires and Fire Danger Monitoring." FMI go to http://www.igarss02.ca/index.html.
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Spring 2002 Meeting of the
American Geophysical Union
5/28/2002
- 5/31/2002
Washington, DC
This special session session was devoted to a wide range of fire-related studies
including remote and in situ observation of all fire attributes (hot spots, burned scars,
and smoke particulate and gas emissions) and applications of the observations in
understanding fire impact on, and interaction with, weather, climate, environment and
ecosystem; modeling fire spread and smoke transportation; as well as policy issues
related to wildfire management.
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GOFC S.E. Asia Fire Calibration / Validation Workshop
1/22/2002
- 1/24/2002
Phuket, Thailand
A special session of the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) Earth Monitoring and
Disaster Warning Working Group (EM-WG). For workshop report and presentations, visit
http://www.eoc.ukm.my/searrin/calval_workshop.htm (website in Malaysia) or click
here (website in USA). For more information about APAN visit http://th.apan.net.
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GOFC Fire Validation Workshop
7/9/2001
- 7/11/2001
Lisbon, Portugal
View Executive Summary by clicking on title above, or view original meeting announcement at http://www.isa.utl.pt/cef/eventos/gofc/
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Remote Sensing of Forest Cover in Northwestern Russia and Fennoscandia
6/25/2001
- 6/27/2001
St.Peterburg, Russia
See Executive Summary (PDF Format), workshop photos, or pre-workshop announcement (PDF Format) for more information.
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Fifth Science Meeting of the JERS-1 Global Boreal Forest Mapping (GBFM)
3/5/2001
- 3/9/2001
University of Alaska Fairbanks
GBFM/GRFM Second Announcement and Call for Presentations Information. Please see the following PDF document.
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NASA LCLUC GOFC Meeting Significant Results
9/20/2000
- 9/22/2000
Rockville, MD
LCLUC GOFC PI Meeting. Agenda and Directions.
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WGISS/GOFC Demonstration
9/11/2000
- 9/15/2000
Bangkok, Thailand
Technology demonstration for GOFC
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GOFC Boreal Forests Workshop
8/28/2000
- 9/1/2000
Novosibirsk, Russia
Click to view brief post-meeting Summary or full Executive Summary (both PDF format).
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GOFC/Miombo Meeting
7/20/2000
- 7/22/2000
Maputo, Mozambique
Regional network coordination meeting
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GOFC/WGISS Meeting
4/10/2000
- 4/14/2000
UCL, London
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GOFC Central Africa Meeting
2/22/2000
- 2/25/2000
Libreville
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