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Leveraging remote sensing to understand tropical ecosystems in a changing world (Elsa Ordway, University of California, Los Angeles)
Abstract:Â The tropics are experiencing dramatic changes as a result of climate change and land-use change. Shifts in carbon flux dynamics, water cycling, and species composition are resulting in feedbacks with globally important consequences. However, tropical forests are not a monolith. They vary enormously in terms of species diversity, climate, soils, human interactions, and much more. As a result, tropical forest ecosystems will almost certainly vary in their responses to global change. Yet, these differences remain highly uncertain and poorly understood. I will describe several ways that remote sensing can address these knowledge gaps, particularly when integrated with in situ observations, local knowledge, and modeling.
Elsa Ordway
Elsa Ordway is Co-Director of both the Center for Tropical Research and the Congo Basin Institute. She joined UCLA as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2021. She joined the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability as Affiliated Faculty in 2022. Before that, she was a Harvard University Center for the Environment Postdoctoral Fellow.
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 12:07
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