forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: Hi Jim, forrest@0: The Amazon data are now on the ftp site. forrest@0: Please check forrest@0: ftp ftp.lifesci.ucla.edu forrest@0: login: bzutta forrest@0: password: 1peruano forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: go to the directory: LBA_products. forrest@0: I left the biomass map in Geotiff and also the veg class map. forrest@0: Biomass map has 11 classes: forrest@0: 1: 0-25 Mg/ha forrest@0: 2: 25-50 forrest@0: 3: 50-75 forrest@0: 4: 75:100 forrest@0: 5: 100-150 forrest@0: 6: 150-200 forrest@0: 7: 200-250 forrest@0: 8: 250-300 forrest@0: 9: 300-350 forrest@0: 10: 350-400 forrest@0: 11: >400 forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: Let me know if you need more information. forrest@0: We got Jim Tiucker excited about Nicole's abstract. He is going to give us 2003-2005 data hot from his Goddard Oven. forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: cheers forrest@0: Sassan forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: On Sep 8, 2006, at 8:26 AM, Jim Randerson wrote: forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: Hi Sassan, forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: I'm writing to ask if I could please have a copy of your Amazon biomass dataset. Can I ftp it from JPL? - or should I set up an account for you on one of my computers here to transfer it? I'd like to use it to compare with global model outputs from NCAR. forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: Also, I like the idea of comparing the NDVI with the freeze thaw. It sounds like the trends that Nicole described in her abstract are getting stronger! forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: Cheers, forrest@0: Jim forrest@0: At 10:15 AM 9/7/2006, you wrote: forrest@0: Hi Nicole, forrest@0: Sorry for this delay. I was rushing from one meeting to another yesterday. Jim and I talked about the abstract and he agreed to be included was happy to contribute. forrest@0: He is going to give us the newly processed GIMMS NDVI data including 2005 for our study. forrest@0: He is copied on this email. forrest@0: cheers forrest@0: Sassan forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: On Sep 6, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Nicole Smith Downey wrote: forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: Hi Sassan- forrest@0: Sorry to bother you again, do you have Jim Tucker's e-mail address? forrest@0: I forrest@0: just want to give him a heads up that I'll add him to our poster. forrest@0: Thanks forrest@0: Nicole forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: On 9/6/06, Nicole Smith Downey wrote: forrest@0: Hi Sassan- forrest@0: That sounds good, I'll include Jim on the abstract. forrest@0: -Nicole forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: On 9/6/06, Sassan Saatchi wrote: forrest@0: > Dear Nicole, forrest@0: > great. I think the abstract looks good. We should definitely start forrest@0: > working on the NDVI data. As you know there is a NDVI data from Jim forrest@0: > Tucker that one can download from the global land cover facility forrest@0: > (http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/data/gimms/). The GIMMS data goes to 2003 forrest@0: > and we can contact jim tucker to see if he can provide us data for the forrest@0: > next couple of years. forrest@0: > It would be great if also include him on the abstract for his forrest@0: > contribution in our NDVI work. forrest@0: > What do you think? forrest@0: > cheers forrest@0: > Sassan forrest@0: > forrest@0: > On Sep 6, 2006, at 10:30 AM, Nicole Smith Downey wrote: forrest@0: > forrest@0: > > Hi Sassan- forrest@0: > > I have decided to submit an agu abstract on the updated freeze thaw forrest@0: > > record to the Union session on changes in polar regions. I put in the forrest@0: > > abstract that I had compared my data to NDVI, so we should talk about forrest@0: > > doing that at some point soon. Please feel free to read and comment forrest@0: > > on my abstract. forrest@0: > > Thanks! forrest@0: > > Nicole forrest@0: > > forrest@0: > > forrest@0: > > -- forrest@0: > > -- forrest@0: > > Nicole Smith Downey forrest@0: > > Harvard University forrest@0: > > 29 Oxford St. forrest@0: > > G3H Pierce Hall forrest@0: > > Cambridge, MA 02138 forrest@0: > > forrest@0: > Sassan S. Saatchi forrest@0: > Senior Scientist forrest@0: > Jet Propulsion Laboratory forrest@0: > California Institute of Technology forrest@0: > 4800 Oak Grove Drive forrest@0: > Pasadena, CA 91109 forrest@0: > Tel: 818-354-1051 forrest@0: > Fax: 818-393-5184 forrest@0: > Email: saatchi@congo.jpl.nasa.gov forrest@0: > Website: http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/carbon forrest@0: > forrest@0: > forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: -- forrest@0: -- forrest@0: Nicole Smith Downey forrest@0: Harvard University forrest@0: 29 Oxford St. forrest@0: G3H Pierce Hall forrest@0: Cambridge, MA 02138 forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: -- forrest@0: -- forrest@0: Nicole Smith Downey forrest@0: Harvard University forrest@0: 29 Oxford St. forrest@0: G3H Pierce Hall forrest@0: Cambridge, MA 02138 forrest@0: Sassan S. Saatchi forrest@0: Senior Scientist forrest@0: Jet Propulsion Laboratory forrest@0: California Institute of Technology forrest@0: 4800 Oak Grove Drive forrest@0: Pasadena, CA 91109 forrest@0: Tel: 818-354-1051 forrest@0: Fax: 818-393-5184 forrest@0: Email: saatchi@congo.jpl.nasa.gov forrest@0: Website: http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/carbon forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: James T. Randerson forrest@0: Earth System Science Department forrest@0: 3212 Croul Hall forrest@0: University of California, Irvine forrest@0: Irvine, CA 92697-3100 forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: phone: (949) 824 - 9030 forrest@0: fax: (949) 824 - 3874 forrest@0: email: jranders@uci.edu forrest@0: http://www.ess.uci.edu/~jranders/ forrest@0: forrest@0: forrest@0: Sassan S. Saatchi forrest@0: Senior Scientist forrest@0: Jet Propulsion Laboratory forrest@0: California Institute of Technology forrest@0: 4800 Oak Grove Drive forrest@0: Pasadena, CA 91109 forrest@0: Tel: 818-354-1051 forrest@0: Fax: 818-393-5184 forrest@0: Email: saatchi@congo.jpl.nasa.gov forrest@0: Website: http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/carbon