diff -r 000000000000 -r 8306d3538de9 observed/biomass/SasansemailReAmazonbiomassdataset.txt --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/observed/biomass/SasansemailReAmazonbiomassdataset.txt Mon Jan 26 22:31:32 2009 -0500 @@ -0,0 +1,176 @@ + + +Hi Jim, +The Amazon data are now on the ftp site. +Please check +ftp ftp.lifesci.ucla.edu +login: bzutta +password: 1peruano + + +go to the directory: LBA_products. +I left the biomass map in Geotiff and also the veg class map. +Biomass map has 11 classes: +1: 0-25 Mg/ha +2: 25-50 +3: 50-75 +4: 75:100 +5: 100-150 +6: 150-200 +7: 200-250 +8: 250-300 +9: 300-350 +10: 350-400 +11: >400 + + +Let me know if you need more information. +We got Jim Tiucker excited about Nicole's abstract. He is going to give us 2003-2005 data hot from his Goddard Oven. + + +cheers +Sassan + + +On Sep 8, 2006, at 8:26 AM, Jim Randerson wrote: + + +Hi Sassan, + + +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. + + +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! + + +Cheers, +Jim +At 10:15 AM 9/7/2006, you wrote: +Hi Nicole, +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. +He is going to give us the newly processed GIMMS NDVI data including 2005 for our study. +He is copied on this email. +cheers +Sassan + + +On Sep 6, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Nicole Smith Downey wrote: + + +Hi Sassan- +Sorry to bother you again, do you have Jim Tucker's e-mail address? +I +just want to give him a heads up that I'll add him to our poster. +Thanks +Nicole + + +On 9/6/06, Nicole Smith Downey wrote: +Hi Sassan- +That sounds good, I'll include Jim on the abstract. +-Nicole + + +On 9/6/06, Sassan Saatchi wrote: +> Dear Nicole, +> great. I think the abstract looks good. We should definitely start +> working on the NDVI data. As you know there is a NDVI data from Jim +> Tucker that one can download from the global land cover facility +> (http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/data/gimms/). The GIMMS data goes to 2003 +> and we can contact jim tucker to see if he can provide us data for the +> next couple of years. +> It would be great if also include him on the abstract for his +> contribution in our NDVI work. +> What do you think? +> cheers +> Sassan +> +> On Sep 6, 2006, at 10:30 AM, Nicole Smith Downey wrote: +> +> > Hi Sassan- +> > I have decided to submit an agu abstract on the updated freeze thaw +> > record to the Union session on changes in polar regions. I put in the +> > abstract that I had compared my data to NDVI, so we should talk about +> > doing that at some point soon. Please feel free to read and comment +> > on my abstract. +> > Thanks! +> > Nicole +> > +> > +> > -- +> > -- +> > Nicole Smith Downey +> > Harvard University +> > 29 Oxford St. +> > G3H Pierce Hall +> > Cambridge, MA 02138 +> > +> Sassan S. Saatchi +> Senior Scientist +> Jet Propulsion Laboratory +> California Institute of Technology +> 4800 Oak Grove Drive +> Pasadena, CA 91109 +> Tel: 818-354-1051 +> Fax: 818-393-5184 +> Email: saatchi@congo.jpl.nasa.gov +> Website: http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/carbon +> +> + + + +-- +-- +Nicole Smith Downey +Harvard University +29 Oxford St. +G3H Pierce Hall +Cambridge, MA 02138 + + + +-- +-- +Nicole Smith Downey +Harvard University +29 Oxford St. +G3H Pierce Hall +Cambridge, MA 02138 +Sassan S. Saatchi +Senior Scientist +Jet Propulsion Laboratory +California Institute of Technology +4800 Oak Grove Drive +Pasadena, CA 91109 +Tel: 818-354-1051 +Fax: 818-393-5184 +Email: saatchi@congo.jpl.nasa.gov +Website: http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/carbon + + + +James T. Randerson +Earth System Science Department +3212 Croul Hall +University of California, Irvine +Irvine, CA 92697-3100 + + +phone: (949) 824 - 9030 +fax: (949) 824 - 3874 +email: jranders@uci.edu +http://www.ess.uci.edu/~jranders/ + + +Sassan S. Saatchi +Senior Scientist +Jet Propulsion Laboratory +California Institute of Technology +4800 Oak Grove Drive +Pasadena, CA 91109 +Tel: 818-354-1051 +Fax: 818-393-5184 +Email: saatchi@congo.jpl.nasa.gov +Website: http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/carbon \ No newline at end of file