Title: GOFC S. E. Asia Fire Cal/Val Workshop
1 GOFC S. E. Asia Fire Cal/Val Workshop January
22-24, 2002 Phuket, Thailand. A special session
of the APAN Earth Monitoring Working
Group. January 22 0830 Arrival and
introductions (All) 0900 Summary of GOFC
cal/val goals (Elvidge) 0920 SEARIN Overview
organization, members, activities, objectives
(Mastura) 0940 CEOS WGISS Test Facility/GOFC
Southeast Asia Fire Demonstration (Sobue) 1000
Break 1030 Review of satellite data and product
sources for fire and burn scar monitoring in S.E.
Asia. Who has what data, what products are being
generated, how are the data distributed or
accessed? Result will be a inclusive table
summarizing as many of the data soureces and
activities as possible. (All with Dr. Liew as
facilitator) 1100 Accuracy assessment in
remote sensing methods for positional and
thematic accuracy assessment, the role of
reference data. (Elvidge) 1130 Defining the
objectives of GOFC cal/val in S.E. Asia (All with
facilitator (TBD)). 1200 - 1330 Luncheon and
break (hotel will serve us lunch) 1330 Results
from pilot study (Elvidge) 1430 CRISP
experiences in active fire and burn scar cal/val
(Dr. Liew) 1500 Research results and activities
related to forest fires in Indonesia (Mr. Agus
Hidayat, Indonesia) 1525 Fire cal/val
activities and plans for the Huai-Kha-Keang
Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand (Veerachai Tanpipat
and Dr. Kiyoshi Honda, Thailand) 1550 Options
for on-line access to regional fire data (John
Owens, University of Maryland). 1610 Satella A
tool for peer-to-peer Landsat data sharing (Mr.
Bruno Margerin, USA) 1630 Plans for 2002
cal/val activities. Thailand (January-March 2002)
Facilitator -Veerachai. Indonesia-Malaysia
(July-October, 2002) Facilitated by Mastura.
Other efforts can be proposed and
discussed. 1800 Adjourn
2 GOFC S. E. Asia Fire Cal/Val Workshop
January 22-24, 2002 Phuket, Thailand. A special
session of the APAN Earth Monitoring Working
Group. January 23 1400 Summary of results
from Jan. 22 (Elvidge) 1430 SEARIN Overview
(Mastura) 1500 Assessment of Burnt Forest Area
in Thailand by Using Remote Sensing and GIS
(Suwit, RFD) 1530 Continuation of planning for
2002 GOFC SEA Fire Cal/Val activities 1600
Adjourn January 24 1600 - 1800 Develop
plan for report back to GOFC. Discuss access to
presentations, data and products. Discuss
preparation of peer review manuscript on cal/val
study results.