Program

International Workshop on Vegetation Lidar and Application from space 2017

9:00-9:30

Registration

9:30-9:35

Welcome and introduction of workshop objectives from General Chair

Prof. Kazuhiro Asai, Tohoku Institute Technology

Keynote speeches & Introduction

Chair: Prof. Kazuhiro Asai

9:35-10:05

Key note speech 1
Pathways from remote sensing toward sustainable world; SATREPS, Future Earth and SDGs

Prof. Yoshifumi Yasuoka, CEReS Director (invited)

10:05-10:25

Environmental remote sensing and lidar activities at CEReS,Chiba University

Prof. Hiroaki Kuze, Chiba University (invited)

10:25-10:55

Key note speech 2
Role of the active sensing in the satellite earth observation

Prof. Teruyuki Nakajima, JAXA EORC (invited)

MOLI

Chair: Dr. Kohei Mizutani, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, JAPAN

10:55-11:20

Status of MOLI development

Mr. Tadashi Imai, JAXA

11:20-11:45

MOLI science plan

Dr. Yasumasa Hirata, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute

11:45-12:05

Preliminary results of MOLI airborne lidar experiment.

Mr. Rei Mitsuhashi, JAXA

12:05-12:20

Results of the ground truth observation of MOLI airborne lidar experiment.

Prof. Kouji Kajiwara, Chiba University

12:20 - 12:30

Introduction of Chiba university’s UAV lidar (in front of the Hall)

12:30 - 12:35

Group photo (at the entrance of the Hall)

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12:35 - 14:00

Lunch

Data fusion

Chair: Dr. Takahiro Endo, Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan

14:00-14:30

Overview and status of GEDI

Prof. Steven Hancock, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland

14:30-14:50

An introduction of GCOM-C1 and its Biomass product

Prof. Yoshiaki Honda and Prof. Kouji Kajiwara, Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University

14:50-15:10

Data fusion of ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 data and MOLI data

Dr. Masato Hayashi, JAXA EORC

15:10-15:30

Coffee break

Expectations for spaceborne lidar observation

15:30-15:50

Current Status of NFMIS and How MOLI data can Contribute to the ongoing Efforts

Dr. Myat Su Mon, Forest Department, Myanmar

15:50-16:10

Spaceborne canopy LiDAR measurements for the constraints of terrestrial carbon budget

Dr. Hideki Kobayashi, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

16:10-16:30

Potential application of MOLI data into terrestrial carbon cycle modeling

Prof. Kazuhito Ichii, Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University

16:30-16:40

Closing remarks

Dr. Toshiyoshi Kimura

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