GC016
Advances in the Application of Earth Observations to Address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a Changing Climate: Understanding the Enabling Environment II eLightning

Monday, 7 December 2020: 10:30-11:30
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Argyro Kavvada, NASA Headquarters, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Lawrence Friedl, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, Cindy Schmidt, NASA DEVELOP National Program, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States and Maurice Estes Jr., University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Argyro Kavvada, NASA Headquarters, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Argyro Kavvada, NASA Headquarters, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC, United States, Lawrence Friedl, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, Cindy Schmidt, NASA DEVELOP National Program, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States and Maurice Estes Jr., University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Argyro Kavvada, NASA Headquarters, Booz Allen Hamilton, Washington, DC, United States
10:30
GC016-01
Earth observation in support of the SDGs: Trends from the Humanitarian and Development sectors (765160)
Minoo Rathnasabapathy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, Danielle Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Media Arts and Sciences; Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, United States and Krystal Azelton, Secure World Foundation, Washington DC, United States
10:33
GC016-03
Forest Cover Classification in Panama Using Multi-Satellite Optical Images (728965)
Reetam Majumder, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States, Erika Podest, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Amita V Mehta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, UMBC-JCET, Greenbelt, MD, United States
10:36
GC016-04
Implications of differing forest cover estimates for conservation and management, and reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (773903)
Emil A. Cherrington1, Robert Griffin2, Jorge Cabrera3 and Betzy E. Hernández1, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (3)Central America Integration System (SICA), San Salvador, El Salvador
10:39
GC016-05
Inter-Comparison of Forest Cover Areas in Panama Based on Optical and SAR Observations (747197)
Amita V Mehta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, UMBC-JCET, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Erika Podest, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Reetam Majumder, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States
10:42
GC016-06
Regreening and Building Resilience Through Community Led Tree Planting: A Remote Sensing Analysis (752386)
Joshua Buxton1, Tom Powell2, Guy Lomax3, Rudy Arthur3, Arwen Nicholson3, Chris Boulton2, Kirsten Lees1, Hywel Williams3 and Tim Michael Lenton2, (1)University of Exeter, Global Systems Institute, Exeter, EX4, United Kingdom, (2)University of Exeter, Global Systems Institute, Exeter, United Kingdom, (3)University of Exeter, Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Exeter, United Kingdom
10:45
GC016-07
Satellite-based Estimates of Land Degradation Across the Southern Cone of South America in Support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (765819)
Radost Stanimirova, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, Jordan Graesser, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and Mark A Friedl, Boston University, Earth and Environment, Boston, MA, United States
10:48
GC016-08
Spatial distribution of artisanal goldmining in Ghana: Using machine learning and Google Earth Engine to quantify conversion of vegetation to gold mines (675514)
Abigail Barenblitt1,2, Amanda Payton3, David Lagomasino3, Temilola Fatoyinbo4, Kofi Asare5, Kenneth Aidoo6, Hugo Pigott7, Charles Kofi Som7, Omar Seidu7, Laurent Smeets7 and Danielle Wood8, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College PARK, MD, United States, (3)East Carolina University, Department of Coastal Studies, Greenville, NC, United States, (4)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute, Accra, Ghana, (6)Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Accra, Ghana, (7)Ghana Statistical Service, Accra, Ghana, (8)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Media Arts and Sciences; Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Cambridge, MA, United States
10:51
GC016-09
Why People Matter: Better Data on Population and Infrastructure to Assess SDG Progress (706753)
Robert S Chen1, Alex M de Sherbinin1, Andrea E Gaughan2, Linda Pistolesi1, Maryam Rabiee3 and Gregory Yetman1, (1)Columbia University of New York, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Palisades, NY, United States, (2)University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States, (3)Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Thematic Research Network on Data and Statistics (TReNDS), New York, NY, United States
10:54
GC016-10
A SAR and Optical Based Land Cover Classification Methodology to Support Informing on Sustainable Development Goal 15.2.1 (710041)
Erika Podest, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Amita V Mehta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, UMBC-JCET, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Reetam Majumder, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States
10:57
Discussion
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