[Grad-postdoc-assn] [Postdocs] Thompson Lecture Series with Dr. Ruth DeFries - Sign up for meetings, dinner and the potluck!

[diao at ucar.edu]

Hi NCAR Postdocs,

The Thompson Lecture Series (TLS) is coming up on this coming week  
Apr. 16-18 (Wed-Fri), featuring Dr. Ruth DeFries. You can read more  
about the TLS and Dr. DeFries here  
https://wiki.ucar.edu/display/aspthompson08/Thompson+Lecture+April+2014
Abstracts for Dr. DeFries' two lectures are below.

There will be a dinner with Dr. DeFries at 6pm on Wednesday (Apr. 16)  
at Centro, and everyone is encouraged to sign up for this dinner on  
the wiki page by the end of Tuesday (Apr. 15). Also there are still a  
few slots for individual meetings on Wed and Thur and we encourage you  
to sign up for these meetings.

Please check the full schedule and sign up for individual meetings at:
<https://wiki.ucar.edu/display/aspthompson08/Schedule+Ruth+DeFries>

*Wed, Apr 16*
- 12:30-1:30pm, Lunch with postdocs (CG Cafeteria)
- 3-4pm, 2 slots for postdoc meetings (CG North Aud.)
- 6pm, Dinner at Centro

*Thur, Apr 17*
- 10:30am-12:30pm, 4 slots for postdoc meetings (ML Director's Conf. Rm.)
- 12:30-1:30pm, Lunch with postdocs (ML Cafeteria)
- 1:30-3pm, 3 slots for postdoc meetings (ML Director's Conf. Rm.)
- 5pm-onward. Potluck dinner with postdocs and their families (ML Damon Room)

*Fri, Apr 18*
- 9-10:30am, 3 slots for postdoc meetings (FL 1003)
- 12:30-1:30pm lunch with postdocs (FL Cafeteria)

You can sign up for individual meetings and the potluck dinner at the  
links provided above. Don't be afraid to sign up just because you  
think your science interests are different than the speaker.  You may  
find that they have a breadth of interests and can also offer you  
interesting insights on your career development.

We will send out a few more reminders before the seminars, but please  
go ahead and fill up those slots!  Don't hesitate to drop us an email  
if you have any questions.

Best wishes,
Minghui Diao


**Science Lecture
Thursday, April 17, 3:30-5 pm (Mesa Lab Main Seminar Room)

Title: Remote Sensing of Land Use Processes: Beyond Patterns of Land Cover
Abstract: There have been major advances in remote sensing of land  
cover in the last several decades. With new sensors and the  
availability of longer time series, possibilities for using remote  
sensing not just to monitor land cover but to understand the processes  
driving land use change, including the impacts of climate and  
management, are becoming more feasible. The presentation will discuss  
several approaches using different types of remote sensing data to  
assess land use processes in tropical landscapes.

**General Interest Seminar
Friday, April 18, 11:00 am-12:30 pm (Foothills Lab large auditorium)

Title: Tropical Land Use in an Urban World
Abstract: In 2007, more than half of all the people in the world lived  
in cities and towns. By 2030 that statistic is likely to rise to 80  
percent.  In an urbanizing world, tropical landscapes will face manys  
demands to produce food and energy crops, protect watersheds and  
airsheds, and conserve wildlands. The management of these landscapes  
affects the ability to mitigate and adapt to climate change. The  
presentation will discuss both the opportunities and challenges for  
tropical land use in an urban world, emphasizing the need to match the  
scale of analysis with the scale at which decisions about landscapes  
are made.

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Minghui Diao, PhD
Advanced Study Program (ASP) Postdoc
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, CO, 80307
diao at ucar.edu