Characterizing the Phenology of Southwest Landscapes

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

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

October 10th, 2008

Kiva Room, Student Union, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Time / Topic / Presentations
8:00-8:30 / Registration
8:30-8:40 / Welcome / Cynthia Wallace and Mark Losleben
8:40-9:10 / Keynote / Julio Betancourt: Climate Change and Phenology in the West
9:10-9:30 / Talk 1 / Jake Weltzin and Mark Losleben: Toward a Southwest Regional Phenology Network
9:30-9:50 / Talk 2 / David Bertelsen: 25 Years on a Mountain Trail: A Floristic Study of an Arizona Canyon
9:50-10:10 / Talk 3 / Theresa Crimmins, Michael Crimmins, and David Bertelsen: Flowering Range Changes and Warming Summer Temperatures in the Catalina Mountains
10:10-10:30 / Poster Intros / Toby Ault, Alison Macalady, Greg Pederson, Julio Betancourt and Mark Schwartz: Northern Hemisphere Modes of Variability and the Timing of Spring
Alys Thomas, Michael Crimmins, Wim van Leeuwen, and Stuart Marsh: Exploring NDVI-Climate Relationships in Support of Drought Monitoring in Arizona
Jennifer Davison, Wim van Leeuwen, and David Breshears: Remotely Sensed Vegetation Dynamics along Sky Island Woody Plant Gradients: Barometers of Climate Change and Variability
Juan Villegas, David Breshears; and Chris Zou: Ecohydrological Consequences of Vegetation Cover and Seasonality: Trends in Soil Evaporation from a Mesquite-Dominated Gradient at Santa Rita Experimental Range
Lisa Benton and Shirley Kurc: Analyzing Digital Images as a Means to Identify Climatic Influences on Plant-Level Phenology
10:30-11:00 / Break, Posters
11:00-11:20 / Talk 4 / Wim van Leeuwen, Jahan Kariyeva, and J. Raul Romo Leon: Phenology of National Parks in Arizona: A Multi-Sensor Approach to Land Surface Characterization and Assessments
11:20-11:40 / Talk 5 / Miguel Villareal, Wim van Leeuwen, and J. Raul Romo Leon: Integrating Phenology into Satellite Image-Based Classifications for Landscape Dynamics Monitoring
11:40-12:00 / Talk 6 / Keely Roth, Ryan Perroy, and Dar Roberts: Developing Reference Phenologic Datasets: Imaging Spectroscopy and Digital Photography to Support Remote Sensing Applications
12:00-13:20 / Lunch
13:20-13:40 / Talk 7 / Enrique Bustamente and Alberto Búrquez: Timing Matters: Effects of Plant Size and Weather on the Flowering Phenology of the Organ Pipe Cactus (Stenocereus thurberi)
13:40-14:00 / Talk 8 / William Peachey: Daily Bloom Production of the Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)
14:00-14:20 / Talk 9 / Steve Yool: Exploring the Nexus between Phenology and Infectious Disease
14:20-14:40 / Talk 10 / Jeremy Weiss, Jonathan Overpeck, and Julio Betancourt: The Changing Character of Phenology, Drought, and the Seasons in the Southwestern U.S.A.
14:40-15:00 / Break, Posters
15:00-16:00 / Discussion / U.S.A. National Phenology Network: Re-cap, Highlights, and Future Directions