2021 SpecNet Community Meeting

SpecNet is a voluntary collaboration of investigators around the world who are combining proximal remote sensing approaches with flux and other field measurements. Typically, this involves field optical sampling that matches the spatial and temporal scale of flux measurements - providing a proxy measure of vegetation structural, physiological, and phenological properties, all of which provide indicators of ecosystem composition, function, and biosphere–atmosphere gas exchange. Ground-based optical sampling is particularly important in validating these relationships and adds to the value of field sampling networks and satellite/aircraft remote sensing studies.

Proposed Agenda

Elapsed time    Topic
0:00     Welcome, meeting logistics, charge to group (how best can Specnet advance the science of proximal remote sensing?)
0:10     Introduction to Specnet (John Gamon)
0:30     Plenary talk 1 (aim to be 15 minute talk with 5 minutes for questions)
0:50     Flash talks 1 (5 minute talks with 2 minutes of questions)
1:30     Discussion 1
2:10     Break
2:20     Plenary talk 2
2:40     Plenary talk 3
3:00     Flash talks 2 (assuming 8 minutes per talk allows 3-4 talks)
3:30     Discussion - way forward (some topics to address: What should Specnet do: to develop a community of investigators; to learn about the needs of the community; to develop ad hoc groups to address specific issues; to encourage and include students; develop collaborations among sites; address scaling problems including linking to satellite data for calibration and validation; to connect to flux community; encourage data archiving; connect to ecosystem modeling; moving forward for an RCN; etc.)
4:00     End

Potential breakout group discussions:

1. Data sharing;
2. Data standardization;
3. Canopy function (SIF, PRI, CCI);
4. Canopy structure (NDVI, NIRv, EVI, Lidar, etc).