RSCCGC 2015 - International Conference on Carbon Cycle and Global Change

International Conference on Carbon Cycle and Global Change
Location: LinÁn, Hangzhou, China
Dates: June 10-12, 2015
http://rsccgc2015.web.zafu.edu.cn/
Global change, especially global climate change is driven by carbon emissions. Forest ecosystems are important carbon sinks but undergoing substantial pressures from economic development and agricultural expansions (e.g. Brazil and China cases). Up to date, however, the spatial and temporal dynamics of deforestation, degradation, afforestation, and reforestation are complex and there is a need to accurately document these changes in order to fully understand the carbon cycle of forest ecosystems and their roles in climate change. Therefore, a conference will be held in LinÁn, Hangzhou, China to focus on new and emerging remote sensing technologies, models, and tools that potentially improve the mapping, modeling, and monitoring of forest ecosystems. The overall conference theme is remote sensing of forest ecosystem dynamics. Specifically, the major topics include the following four broad aspects:
(1) Carbon cycle of forest ecosystems
(2) New sensors, methods, and techniques for improving forest biomass/carbon assessment
(3) Land use/cover changes associated with forest ecosystems
(4) Interactions among forest dynamics, carbon cycles, climate change and human impacts
Timetable:
Abstract submission due ? February 15, 2015
Notification of acceptance ? March 10, 2015
Early registration due ? April 30, 2015
Conference: June 10 ? 12, 2015