GlobDiversity hosted a virtual workshop with global experts in dynamic vegetation modelling to explore the utility of EBVs in vegetation models and more broadly on how EBVs fit in their modelling frameworks. !
GlobDiversity webinar #3
Our third newsletter has been issued!
In this November 2018 issue of our GlobDiversity newsletter you will find out about the latest events and news from the project and a profile of our wetland pilot sites. In addition we present the first results from our RS-enabled EBV, Land Surface Phenology, and provide a summary of phase 1 of the project. You can find previous issues of our newsletter here. !
Special session on RS-enabled EBVs and biodiversity at the IGARSS 2018 conference
There will be a special session on RS-enabled EBVs and biodiversity at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 2018 conference, co-chaired by Prof. Andrew Skidmore, Dr. Nicholas Coops, Dr. Uta Heiden and Dr. Allison Leidner. !
Workshop report
From the 7th to the 9th of February, 2018 a group of international experts discussed definitions and specifications of the four studied RS-enabled EBVs at the University of Zurich !
32 NASA GEO projects announced
The abstracts for the 32 funded NASA GEO projects are now available. !
5&7 Feb: Public presentations on remote sensing for biodiversity
Biodiversity presentation sessions open to the public:
Wednesday, February 7 starts at 11am including: J. Cavender-Bares, D. Schimel, P. Moorcroft, N. Fernandez
Monday, February 5 starts at 12am: N.Zimmerman, P. Verburg, W. Jetz
GlobDiversity webinar #2
Project brochure launch
The GlobDiversity project brochure has been launched!
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Our first newsletter has been issued !
In this December 2017 issue of our GlobDiversity newsletter you will find summary information about the EBVs that the project is engineering from satellite remote sensing observations, the latest events and news from the project and a profile of one of our featured biomes – the Arctic Tundra. !