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

[diao at ucar.edu]

Hi everyone,

This is just a final reminder for the two TLS seminars on tomorrow  
afternoon and Friday morning. Hope to see you all there.

**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


Quoting Micah Hahn <mhahn at ucar.edu>:

> Hi postdocs,
>
> Thanks to those who made it to the lunch and discussion with Ruth  
> today.  Our next event is dinner this evening at Centro  
> <https://www.google.com/maps/preview?ie=UTF-8&q=centro+boulder&fb=1&gl=us&hq=centro+boulder&cid=6766030467771701494&ei=LwNPU9jJCIemyATU0YLgDQ&ved=0CDgQrwswAA>at 6pm.  Feel free to show up even if you haven't RSVPed at this  
> point.
>
> I also wanted to give everyone a heads up that due to budget issues,  
> we won't have a formal catered breakfast tomorrow morning, but your  
> trusty TLS committee has you covered and will make sure that  
> everyone is well-fed in the early hours of the day.  So come hungry  
> and prepped with your best questions.
>
> Potluck dinner is tomorrow night directly following Ruth's public  
> presentation.
>
> Micah
>
> On 4/10/2014 2:29 PM, diao at ucar.edu wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> ----
>> Minghui Diao, PhD
>> Advanced Study Program (ASP) Postdoc
>> National Center for Atmospheric Research
>> Boulder, CO, 80307
>> diao at ucar.edu