[Grad-postdoc-assn] [Postdocs] Thompson Lecture Series with Dr. Ruth DeFries - Sign up for meetings, dinner and the potluck!
diao at ucar.edu
diao at ucar.edu
Thu Apr 10 14:29:29 MDT 2014
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
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