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> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:19:09 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ca=
ll for Papers: Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes and Vegetation B=
iophysical Properties> To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> > Apologies for cross=
posting.> > Call for Papers> > Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes=
and Vegetation Biophysical> Properties> > Special Paper Session for the 20=
08 Annual Meeting of the Association of> American Geographers (AAG) > April=
15-19, Boston, Massachusetts> > The estimation of carbon fluxes between th=
e terrestrial biosphere and the> atmosphere has important scientific and po=
litical implications. Remote> sensing has proven a valuable tool for direct=
ly or indirectly estimating> terrestrial carbon fluxes at landscape, region=
al, continental, and global> scales. Remote sensing is also effective in es=
timating vegetation> biophysical properties including vegetation biomass, l=
eaf area index (LAI),> fractional vegetation cover, and phenology that are =
explicitly used for> estimating ecosystem carbon fluxes in empirical approa=
ches or process-based> biogeochemistry models. > > This session will focus =
on the use of remote sensing data and techniques for> estimating ecosystem =
carbon fluxes and vegetation biophysical properties at> various spatial and=
temporal scales. This session will include, but not> limited to, the follo=
wing topics:> > (1) Scaling-up site-level measurements on ecosystem carbon =
fluxes (e.g.,> eddy covariance measurements) to regional or continental sca=
les using remote> sensing data;> > (2) Quantifying ecosystem carbon fluxes =
at landscape, regional, or> continental scales using remote sensing data an=
d techniques;> > (3) Detecting land use/land cover change, disturbances (e.=
g., fires, and> insect defoliation), and extreme climate events (e.g., drou=
ghts) and> understanding their impacts on regional carbon budgets by combin=
ing remote> sensing and other techniques;> > (4) Estimating vegetation biop=
hysical properties including vegetation> biomass, LAI, fractional vegetatio=
n cover, and vegetation phenology at> landscape, regional, or continental s=
cales using optical or microwave remote> sensing.> > We also encourage subm=
issions simulating ecosystem carbon fluxes at regional> or continental scal=
es using empirical or biogeochemistry models driven by> remote sensing data=
(e.g., vegetation indices, LAI, vegetation phenology). > > Abstract submis=
sion details are available at the AAG website> (http://www.aag.org/annualme=
etings/2008/papers.htm). If you are interested> in participating in this sp=
ecial session, please submit your abstract> through the online submission s=
ystem by October 31, 2007. After you submit> you abstract, please send me a=
n email containing: (1) Your name,> affiliation, presentation title, and ab=
stract; (2) The =93PIN=94 number assigned> to you by the online submission =
system. > > Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions for th=
e special> session or the abstract submission procedures. > > Dr. Jingfeng =
Xiao> Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences> Purdue University> CIVIL =
550 Stadium Mall Drive> West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051> Tel: (765) 496-8678;=
Fax: (765) 496-1210> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~xi=
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