Using NASA's Resources to Help Control Invasive Species in the U.S.

George Mason University
AES/CCS/SCS/Statistics Colloquium Series
Seminar Announcement

Using NASA's Resources to Help Control Invasive Species in the U.S.

Jeffrey T. Morisette

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Innovation Hall, Room 136, Fairfax Campus
George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

Time: 10:30 a.m. Refreshments, 10:45 a.m. Colloquium Talk
Date: May 5, 2006

ABSTRACT

NASA and the US Geological Survey are working together to develop the "Invasive Species Forecasting System". The system is helping in the national fight against invasive species by predicting their habitat throughout the country and areas where they are likely to invade. This is being done by combining the latest advances in remote sensing, computing, and spatial modeling technologies. We will present results for a national invasive species habitat suitability map and some ongoing work related to time-series phenology summaries"

BIOSKETCH Jeffrey T. Morisette, received a B.A. degree from Siena Heights University, Adrian MI, the M.S. degree in Statistics from Oakland University, Rochester MI, and a PhD. degree from North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC. He also attended the International Space University's Summer Program, Vienna, 1996. His current research is on the application of multi-resolution and time series satellite imagery to ecological and climate studies. He is the winner of the NOAA David John Award for Outstanding Innovative Use of Earth Observation Satellite Data. He is currently serving as Chair the CEOS "Land Product Validation Subgroup", member of the science steering group for the North American Carbon Program, and a member of the implementation team of the US National Phenology Network.