Technology Transfer and Outreach

Technology transfer workshops provide participants with initial training and “hands on” use of tools and, more importantly, builds networks and connections between scientific research, technology development and stakeholders interested in environmentally and economically sustainable agriculture. To demonstrate the utility of AGS decision support tools, a series of workshops are held in each of the study sites to give an overview of the decision support system and its uses in assessing and contrasting the impact of management practices on the air and watershed. The purposes of these workshops are fourfold:

Disseminate the benefits and potential of the decision support system to a new audience of potential users;
Gain feedback on local management issues, strengths of our product and areas of improvement from a wide variety of local experts;
Encourage interaction and communication amongst local stakeholders (many of whom have different approaches to the issue) regarding environmental impacts;
Provide the tool to all participants.

Topics addressed in technology transfer workshops included an overview of decision support system models and functionality, demonstrations of case studies for assessing best management practices, a discussion of local management issues and using models to assess alternative management scenarios. Very positive feedback has been received from attendees of our workshop series held at the Elkhorn Slough watershed.

Training and Workshops

AGS provides training and technology transfer seminars on state of the art applications of remote sensing, GIS, and geo-spatial modeling for environmental applications. Training and technology transfer activities have been provided nationally and internationally and included short courses and seminars on the following topics:

Remote sensing and GIS applications for forest management
Mapping and monitoring aforestation, reforestation, and deforestation (ARD)
Mapping and monitoring land use
Applications of decision support systems for evaluating management alternatives for reducing nutrient loading at the watershed scale Applications of SAR polarimetry and interferometry
Hyperspectral and LIDAR remote sensing for natural resource management
Linking remote sensing and biogeochemical models for estimating trace gas and greenhouse gas emissions at local to national scales.
Applications of remote sensing for detection of active fires and fire scars Mapping and monitoring of water quality

AGS has conducted numerous workshops and training seminars throughout the U.S. and internationally on a wide variety of geo-spatial technologies and applications. Workshops and seminars are highly interactive and catered to the specific needs and interests of the attendees

National and International Affiliations

      • Science Advisory Panel, National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
      • ALOS Kyoto & Carbon Initiative
      • Advisory Panel, NIST Biobased Advisory Group
      • Member, Fine Resolution Design Team, Committee on Earth Observation Satellite Global Observation of Forest Cover Pilot
        Project.
      • Member, Science Team for National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) JERS-1 SAR.
      • Member, Science Team for National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) ALOS PALSAR
      • Member, Science Team for POSAR ESSP proposal for P-band Orbiting SAR.
      • Member, Landsat Pathfinder Program Science Working Group,NASA.
      • Member, High Resolution Satellite Data Working Group, International Geosphere
      • Biosphere Project-Data and Information System (IGPB-DIS) and Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), participant
        in Land Cover Working Group
      • International Geosphere Biosphere Project-Data and Information System (IGPB-DIS).
      • Review Panel, Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET), NOAA and UNH.
      • Review Panel, Space Science Student Involvement Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
      • Review Panel, NASA Landsat Pathfinder: North American Landscape
      • Characterization (NALC) Product Refinement Workshop, Las Vegas, NV.
      • Review Panel, Earth System Science Fellowship Program, Terrestrial Ecology and Land Cover and Land Use Change Programs,
        NASA

Institutional Collaborations

      • Center for Global Change and Earth Observation, Michigan State University
      • California State University, Fresno, Center for Irrigation Technology
      • Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Vietnam
      • Complex Systems Research Center
      • Conservation International
      • Environmental Resources Trust
      • Institute Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Science
      • International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Data and Information Systems
      • Mekong River Commission, Forest Cover Monitoring Project, Laos
      • Raytheon Company
      • Science Applications International Corporation
      • Sylvatica
      • Systematic Solutions Inc
      • University of California, Davis, Department of Animal Science University of California,
      • Santa Cruz, Department of Environmental Studies
      • Winrock International
      • World Resources Institute

Applied GeoSolutions, LLC 87 Packers Falls Road, Durham, NH 03824 Phone 603-292-5747 | Fax 413-714-1051 | Email: info@agsemail.com