Events

Meet SERVIR at AGU23

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SERVIR will be at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco December 11 - 15, 2023. We have compiled a list of SERVIR affiliated colleagues who will be presenting throughout the week. Please come and meet us at our talks and posters. See the conference program and details here

Monday December 11, 2023

Agrifood Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability with a Focus on Human Impacts on Forest Ecosystems I Oral

Deniz Berfin Karakoc, Michael Joseph Puma, David S Saah, and Jacob Abramowitz

11:30 - 13:00

2008 - West (Level 2, West, MC)

Using GEDI and Multispectral Earth Observation Data to Map Crop Type with Transfer Learning: Case Study in Bangladesh

Stephanie Jiménez, Timothy Mayer, and Aparna Phalke 

11:30 - 15:50

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Remote Sensing Approaches for Monitoring Perennial Crops and Promote Low-Carbon Agriculture: An Example from Para State, Brazil

Naiara Pinto, Adriano Venturieri, Adeandro Mota, Savannah Cooley, Lyndon D Estes, and Geoffrey A Fricker

12:15 - 12:25

2008 - West (Level 2, West, MC)

Big Earth Data for Measuring Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards in the Lower Mekong Region

Chinaporn Meechaiya, Victor Jetten, Richard Sliuzas, Ate Poortinga, Miguel Laverde, Peeranan Towashiraporn, Kamal Hosen, and Senaka Bandara Basnayake 

12:20 - 12:28

2010 - West (Level 2, West, MC)

Improving Flash Flood Monitoring and Forecasting Capabilities in West Africa with Satellite Observations and Precipitation Forecasts

Humberto J Vergara, Vanessa Robledo, Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Akshay Aravamudan, Xi Zhang, Efthymios Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Abigail Jones, Viviana Maggioni, Malihe Nasibi, Jonathan J Gourley, Abdou Ali and Gonzalo Forero 

12:20 - 12:30

3011 - West (Level 3, West, MC)

Predicting Land Use Land Cover transitions with belief extraction and remote sensing at the nexus of forest, agriculture and artisanal small-scale mining

Glorie Wowo, Pierre C Sibiry C S Traore, Janet Mumo Mutuku, Paul Cohen, Vijaya Joshi, Glorie Metsa Wowo, Adarsha Ruwali, Maria Alexeeva Zupon, and Keith Alcock 

12:25 - 12:35

2008 - West (Level 2, West, MC)

Dynamic landslide hazard forecasting over the Lower Mekong Region using global forecasting precipitation products

Nishan Kumar Biswas, Miguel Laverde, Thomas Stanley, Pukar Man Amatya, and Dalia Kirschbaum

17:10 - 21:30

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Downscaling air quality forecast from GEOS-FP over Southeast Asia using advanced machine learning algorithm 

Alqamah Sayeed, Pawan Gupta, Amanda Markert, Biplov Bhandari, Francisco Jose Delgado, Kaitlin A. Walker, Aekkapol Aekakkararungroj, and Dimitris Stratoulias 

17:10 - 21:30

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

 

Tuesday December 12, 2023

Advances in Quantifying Impacts and Extents of Land Use/Land Cover Change on Hydrology and Climate Change I eLightning

Ben Livneh, Shraddhanand Shukla, and Africa Ixmucane Flores Anderson 

11:30 - 13:00

eLightning Theater II, Hall D - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Applications of Machine Learning and Deep Learning to Address Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Development Goals I Poster

Timothy Mayer, Nicholas Clinton, Biplov Bhandari, Iksha Gurung, and Micky Maganini 

11:30 - 15:50

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Advances in Quantifying Impacts and Extents of Land Use/Land Cover Change on Hydrology and Climate Change II Poster

Ben Livneh, Shraddhanand Shukla, Africa Ixmucane Flores Anderson

11:30 - 15:50

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Agrifood Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability with a Focus on Human Impacts on Forest Ecosystems II Poster

Deniz Berfin Karakoc, Michael Joseph Puma,David S Saah, and Jacob Abramowitz

11:30 - 15:50

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

SARFDAS, a SAR Forest Disturbance Alert System for Conservation Planning and Monitoring

Karis Tenneson, Ate Poortinga, Jeff Silverman, Karen Dyson, Andrea Nicolau, Jordan Combs and David S Saah 

11:30 - 15:50

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Satellite monitoring of dryland biomass for response livestock management in the Ferlo region of Senegal 

Mamadou Adama Sarr, Mohamed Mouncton, Abdoul A Diouf, Adama LO, and Pierre C Sibiry C S Traore

11:30 - 15:50

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Landslide mapping and forecasting system for the Karnali River Basin, Nepal

Pukar Man Amatya, Thomas Stanley, Sudan Bikash Maharjan, Dalia Kirschbaum, and Birendra Bajracharya

11:30 - 15:50

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Modeling the Impacts of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change (LULCC) on Hydrological Dynamics in the Belize River Watershed Using SWAT

Nina Copeland, Betzy E. Hernández, Emil A. Cherrington, Robert Griffin, Africa Ixmucane Flores Anderson, Ashutosh S Limaye, Christine Evans, Lauren Carey and Tennielle Williams

11:30 - 13:00

eLightning Theater II, Hall D - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Lessons Learned from Integration of Open Source Geospatial Tools in University Curricula

Micky Maganini, Kelsey Herndon, Tom Loran, Robert Griffin, and Daniel Irwin

12:13 - 12:23

203 - South (Level 2, South, MC)

Applications of Machine Learning and Deep Learning to address environmental challenges and Sustainable Development Goals

Timothy Mayer, Nicholas Clinton, Biplov Bhandari, Iksha Gurung, and Micky Maganini 

17:10 - 18:40

2007 - West (Level 2, West, MC)

Advances in Quantifying Impacts and Extents of Land Use/Land Cover Change on Hydrology and Climate Change III Oral

Ben Livneh, Shraddhanand Shukla, and Africa Ixmucane Flores Anderson

17:10 - 18:40

3010 - West (Level 3, West, MC)

Applications of Machine Learning and Deep Learning to Address Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Development Goals III Oral

Timothy Mayer, Nicholas Clinton, Biplov Bhandari, Iksha Gurung, and Micky Maganini

19:00 - 20:30

2007 - West (Level 2, West, MC)

Wednesday December 13, 2023

Resilience Assessment Using Earth Observation Datasets and Process Based Models

Diego Quintero, Vikalp Mishra, Ashutosh S Limaye, Arif Rashid and Nicole Van Abel

17:10 - 21:30

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Bridging EO and GIT Capacity Gaps and Fostering Inclusivity in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region: Exploring Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Poonam Tripathi and Rajesh Bahadur Thapa

17:33 - 17:43

2007 - West (Level 2, West, MC)

Thursday December 14, 2023

Addressing the Need for Water Knowledge with the Next Generation of GEOGloWS

Jim Nelson, Riley Hales, Jorge Luis Sanchez, Darlly Rojas Lesmes, Angelica L. Gutierrez, Michael Antonio Souffront Alcantara, Luis Rosas, Rachel Huber-Magoffin, Taylor Miskin, and Joshua Ogden

12:40 - 12:50

3016 - West (Level 3, West, MC)

Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Sustainable Agriculture I Oral

Biplov Bhandari, Rassarin Chinnachodteeranun, Rajat Shinde, Siddharth Chaudhary, and Timothy Mayer

11:30 - 13:00

2008 - West (Level 2, West, MC)

Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Sustainable Agriculture II Poster

Biplov Bhandari, Rassarin Chinnachodteeranun, Rajat Shinde, Siddharth Chaudhary, and Timothy Mayer

17:10 - 21:30

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Exploring the Integration of Earth Observations to Support Community Management and Facilitate Reporting Requirements of a Protected Area in Guatemala

Lauren Carey, Betzy E. Hernández, Africa Ixmucane Flores Anderson, Eric Ross Anderson, Emil A. Cherrington, Kelsey E. Herndon, and Nina Copeland

17:10 - 21:30

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Airborne LiDAR to Characterize Land Use Legacies of the Ancient Maya in the Tropical Forests of Peten, Guatemala

Robert Griffin, Kelsey Herndon, Maggi Klug, Heather Hurst, Boris Beltran, Franco Rossi, Charles Bettigole, and Laura Gamez 

17:10 - 21:30

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Flood Depth Estimation and Validation with Satellite Imagery for Operational Flood Hazard and Impact Mapping over Southeast Asia

Arjen Haag, Tjalling de Jong, Alessia Riveros Pavez, Jeroen Berrevoets, Miguel Laverde, Chinaporn Meechaiya, and Sagy Cohen 

19:03 - 19:06

eLightning Theater II, Hall D - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Friday December 15, 2023

Inclusion in Earth Science: Fostering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Through Community Building and Knowledge Sharing

Achla Om Prakash Jha, Devon Kerins, Sydney Neugebauer, Diana K West, and Zoe Kanavas

11:30 - 15:30

159 - South (Upper Mezzanine, South, MC)

Investing in sustainability of Lower Mekong Basin through the inclusion of hydrological ecosystem services (HESS) in water resources planning and water accounting

Lan Ha, Wim GM Bastiaanssen, Narendra N Das and Ate Poortinga 

11:30 - 15:50

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Monitoring galamsey in southern Ghana with Earth observation data

Jacob Abramowitz, Foster Kwame Mensah, Mary Amponsah, Emmanuel Asare, Mansour Mahamane, and Emil A. Cherrington

11:30 - 15:50

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Recommendations for optimal analysis ready data from a global evaluation of open source and commercial products for Sentinel-1

Stephanie Jiménez, Africa Ixmucane Flores Anderson, Helen Blue Parache, Vanesa Martin, Kelsey E. Herndon, Stefanie Mehlich, Franz Josef Meyer, Shobit Agarwal, Simon Ilyushchenko, Manoj Agarwal, Andrea Nicolau, Amanda Weige, David S Saah, and Emil A. Cherrington 

11:30 - 15:50

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

HAND-based Flood Depth Estimation for Bangladesh Floodplains using Multi-temporal L- and C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar

Minjeong Jo, Batuhan Osmanoglu, Franz Josef Meyer, Lori A. Schultz, Joseph H Kennedy, Jacquelyn Smale, Elodie Macorps, and Arif Albayrak 

11:42 - 11:53

2010 - West (Level 2, West, MC)

Innovative Applications of Earth Observations to Mitigate Environmental Challenges in the Americas I eLightning

Lauren Carey, Nancy D Searby, Helena Chapman, Stephanie Jiménez, and Nina Copeland 

13:20 - 14:50

eLightning Theater III, Hall D - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Automated mapping models for the differentiation between perennial crops and secondary vegetation in the State of Pará – Brazil (Eastern Amazon)

Adeandro Mota and Naiara Pinto

13:26 - 13:29

eLightning Theater III, Hall D - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Innovative Applications of Earth Observations to Mitigate Environmental Challenges in the Americas II Poster

Lauren Carey, Nancy D Searby, Helena Chapman, Stephanie Jiménez, and Nina Copeland 

17:10 - 21:30

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)

Landslide and Flash Flood Vulnerability for Urban Areas in Colombia: Utilization of Bivariate Analysis Method Using Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI)

Natalia A Bermudez, Diana Calderon, and Claudia O. Espinosa

17:10 - 21:30

Poster Hall A-C - South (Exhibition Level, South, MC)