Phenology Research and Observations
of Southwest Ecosystems Symposium (PROSE)

U.S.A. National Phenology Network (NPN) &

Southwest U.S. Region, American Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS)

October 2nd, 2009

Coyote Room, Park Student Union, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Time / Topic / Presentations
8:00-8:30 / Registration
8:30-8:40 / Welcome / Jake Weltzin, Executive Director, USA National Phenology Network
Cindy Wallace, Vice President, Southwest U.S.Region of ASPRS
8:40-9:10 / Keynote / Abe Miller-Rushing: Henry David Thoreau’s Contribution to Climate Change Science: How Climate Change is Restructuring Ecological Communities
9:10-9:30 / Talk 1 / Willem J.D van Leeuwen: Remotely Sensed Sky Island Phenology: Impacts of Fire and Climate Change
9:30-9:50 / Talk 2 / Keely Roth et al.: Spectral Separability of Species and Phenophases in a Coastal Mediterranean Grassland
9:50-10:10 / Talk 3 / Soe Myint: Land use and Land Cover Change along the US-Mexico Border, The Case of Ambo Nogales
10:10-10:30 / Poster Intros / Jake F. Weltzin et al.: Taking the Pulse of Our Planet: The USA National Phenology Network (2nd Year Progress)
Ellen G. Denny et al.: A New Approach to Generating Research-Quality Data Through Citizen Science: The USA National Phenology Monitoring System
Shannon Spencer et al.: Implementing a Regional Phenology Observational Network: A partnership between Colorado State University & Northern Colorado Schools
Keely L. Roth et al.: Using the PanOpt Interface for Linking Measures of Seasonal Greenness Across Spatial Scales in a Mediterranean-Climate Ecosystem
Katheryn Landau et al.: Monitoring Species Flowering Observations and Remotely Sensed Vegetation Dynamics in the Santa CatalinaMountains
10:30-11:00 / Break, Posters
11:00-11:20 / Talk 4 / Sarah Kimball et al.: Contemporary Climate Change in the SonoranDesert Favors Cold-Adapted Species
11:20-11:40 / Talk 5 / Judith Bronstein et al.: Phenology of Mutualism: Temporal Dynamics of a SonoranDesert Ant/Cactus Interaction and the Specter of Global Climate Change
11:40-12:00 / Talk 6 / Cynthia Wallace et al.: Modeling Perennial and Annual Vegetation in the Mojave Desert using MODIS-EVI Data
12:00-13:15 / Lunch
13:20-13:40 / Talk 7 / Pamela Nagler et al.: Combining Ground and Remote Sensing Methods to Scale Riparian and Agricultural Water Use Over the Lower Colorado River
13:40-14:00 / Talk 8 / Shai Kaplan and Lea Orlovsky: Monitoring Vegetation Dynamics in Turkmenistan using Remote Sensing
14:00-14:20 / Talk 9 / Laura Norman et al.: Ecosystem Services Analysis of Climate Change and Urban Growth; The Santa Cruz Watershed Ecosystem Portfolio Model (SCWEPM)
14:20-14:40 / Talk 10 / Theresa Crimmins and Alyssa Rosemartin: Plant Phenology Monitoring Today the USA-NPN Way
14:40-15:00 / Break, Posters
15:00-16:00 / Discussion / Southwest Regional Phenology Network: Update & Discussion