The Scene From Above Podcast

In the last episode of Season 13, we talk to Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo about SAR, LiDAR, passive multispectral data, mangroves, biomass estimation, carbon stocks, payment ecosystem services, science communication & much more.  Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo, is a NASA scientist!! She is Research Scientist in the Biospheric Sciences Lab at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center based in Maryland, USA, where she studies forest ecology and ecosystem structure with multi-source remote sensing. Dr. Fatoyinbo has a Doctorate in Environmental sciences from University of Virginia, with a focus on Forest Ecology and Remote Sensing of Mangrove Wetlands. She serves on the GEDI and ICESat-2 Mission Science Teams and is Principal investigator on NASA Earth Science research. 

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/EarthToLola

Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub article by Ishveena Singh featured on S13E6: https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/esa-biomass-maps-climate-change/ 

Stay tuned for a bonus episode this summer to round out Season 13 of Scene From Above recapping the season and prospecting what comes next. And as always, thanks for listening!

Shownotes:

• Dr. Fatoyinbo’s 2011 Presidential Early Career Award: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/releases/2012/12-064.html 

S13E6 News Links:

• A new web-based mapping application: Sentinel-2 Land Cover Explorer:
  • https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/imagery/global-land-cover-revealed/?adusf=twitter&aduc=esri_conserv&adut=341c8636-83a0-4da0-859d-54ffafe29c71 

News Correspondent: 

• Rafaela Tiengo: https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_

Hosts:

• Dr. Gopika Suresh: https://twitter.com/Go__pika 

This episode features Sabrina Szeto, who is a geospatial consultant who empowers organizations to use geospatial data and technology. She is a Google Developer Expert for Earth Engine. Sabrina has a Masters in Forestry from Yale University and a BA in Anthropology from Princeton University. She also is the co-founder and former Director of Women+ in Geospatial and is currently based near Munich, Germany.

• Website: https://sabrinaszeto.com/our-work

Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub article by Aleks Buczkowski: ‘https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/understanding-the-earth-observation-value-chain/’

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Show notes:

• Earth Engine User Meetup YouTube: https://youtube.com/@EarthEngineUserMeetup

• https://sabrinaszeto.com/talks-and-outreach/creating-community-tutorials-for-earth-engine

Women+ in Geospatial:

• Women+ in Geospatial Website: https://www.womeningeospatial.org/

Hosts:

Dr. Flavia de Souza Mendes https://twitter.com/flasmendes

Dr. Gopika Suresh https://twitter.com/Go__pika

Dr. Morgan Crowley https://twitter.com/morganahcrowley

News correspondent:

Rafaela Tiengo https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_

Rafaela's newsletter: https://rafaelatiengo.substack.com/

Previewing our next guest on S13E6:

1. They are a remote sensing research scientist with NASA,

This episode features Dr. Lujia Feng, a Principal Research fellow at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She  is a geodesist who is trained as a geologist and geophysicist and now explores the atmosphere. In her research, Dr. Feng uses GNSS to study natural hazards related to tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes and climate. Listen in as Dr. Gopika Suresh talks to Dr. Lujia Feng about Southeast Asia, seismology, atmospheric water vapour from GNSS, challenges of being an immigrant and how diverse voices bring diverse perspectives to remote sensing. 

Dr. Lujia Feng: EOS page https://earthobservatory.sg/about-us/our-people/feng-lujia

Dr. Lujia Feng's Email: [email protected] 

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Show notes:

Research paper about Earthquake in Costa Rica: 

The paper before the earthquake: 

Feng, L., Newman, A. V., Protti, M., González, V., Jiang, Y., & Dixon, T. H. (2012). Active deformation near the Nicoya Peninsula, Northwestern Costa Rica, between 1996 and 2010: Interseismic megathrust coupling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 117. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JB009230

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2012jb009230

A paper describing the story after the earthquake

Protti, M., González, V., Newman, A. V., Dixon, T. H., Schwartz, S. Y., Marshall, J. S., et al. (2014). Nicoya earthquake rupture anticipated by geodetic measurement of the locked plate interface. Nature Geoscience, 7(2), 117–121. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2038

https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2038

SuGAr Network: https://earthobservatory.sg/research/tectonics/geodesy-group/sumatran-tectonic-geodesy-sugar-

Exploring the Application of GPS for Climate Research

https://earthobservatory.sg/news/blog/exploring-the-application-of-gps-for-climate-research

Dr. Feng's role model: Prof. Kristine M. Larson (https://www.kristinelarson.net/)

What is GPS?

https://earthobservatory.sg/earth-science-education/earth-science-faqs/miscellaneous/what-is-gps

What are the uses of GPS?

https://earthobservatory.sg/earth-science-education/earth-science-faqs/miscellaneous/what-are-the-uses-of-gps

Earth Science FAQs - Geology and Tectonics

https://earthobservatory.sg/earth-science-education/earth-science-faqs/geology-and-tectonics

Hosts:

Dr. Flavia de Souza Mendes https://twitter.com/flasmendes

Dr. Gopika Suresh https://twitter.com/Go__pika

Dr. Morgan Crowley https://twitter.com/morganahcrowley

News correspondent:

Rafaela Tiengo https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_

Rafaela's newsletter: https://rafaelatiengo.substack.com/

Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub article by Aleks Buczkowski: ‘https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/understanding-the-earth-observation-value-chain/’

Our next speaker:

1. They are a self-employed Earth observation expert,

This episode features Dr. Tahisa Kuck, Science and Technology Analyst at the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of the Brazilian Air Force and Professor Tatiana Pará, professor at the Federal Institute of Pará. 

Professor Tatiana has a master's degree in development and management of the Amazon. She works with university extension taking geoprocessing tools to remote communities, promoting inclusion of girls and women in the world of STEM. She founded the group MENINAS DA GEO  and is entrepreneurial with stewardship activities and collaborative mapping. She mentors the Youthmappers IFPA chapter and has several research activities regarding monitoring deforestation in the Amazon. Her focus is to insert new people into basic education that can use geotechnologies as a tool for decision making.

Dr. Tahisa has a PhD in Applied Geosciences from University of Brasilia, Master in Remote Sensing from the National Institute for Space Research - INPE. Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism. Member of the research group RSATE (Remote Sensing Applied to Tropical Environments). She works with research in the area of microwave remote sensing (SAR) and machine learning for tropical forests. At Institute for Advanced Studies, she is part of the PITER-N project team, whose research focuses on the autonomy of night flights of drones based on computer vision.

Listen to hosts Dr. Flávia de Souza Mendes and Dr. Yhasmis Mendes talk to them about this and more in this episode. 

Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub that we featured on the episode this week: https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/

Shownotes:

Dr. Tahisa Kuck on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tatakuck

Dr. Tahisa Kuck on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tahisakuck/

Tatiana Pará on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tatiparah/

Meninas da Geo on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meninasdageo/

Paper "Carbon loss from forest degradation exceeds that from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon": https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01026-5

Prefeitura de Ananindeua investe na capacitação de mulheres ribeirinhas: https://www.ananindeua.pa.gov.br/semcat/noticia/71/prefeitura-de-ananindeua-investe-na-capacitacao-de-mulheres-ribeirinhas

Meninas e mulheres da ciência fazem a diferença no IFPA e no Pará: https://ifpa.edu.br/ultimas-noticias/1436-meninas-e-mulheres-da-ciencia-fazem-a-diferenca-no-ifpa-e-no-para

Brazil’s Amazon Soy Moratorium reduced deforestation: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-020-00194-5

TerraBrasilis (PRODES/DETER): http://terrabrasilis.dpi.inpe.br/en/home-page/

RSATE (Remote Sensing Applied to Tropical Environments) on twitter: https://twitter.com/rsategroup

Geoawesomeness EU hub: https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/

Hosts:

Dr. Flávia de Souza Mendes: https://twitter.com/flasmendes

Dr. Yhasmin Mendes de Moura: https://twitter.com/yhasmoura

News correspondent:

Rafaela Tiengo https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_

Rafaela's Newsletter https://rafaelatiengo.substack.com/

Edition: Dr. Flávia de Souza Mendes

Three facts for the next episode:

1. Our guest is a structural geologist

This episode features Dr. Karen Joyce, an Associate Professor at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia. Dr. Joyce is an innovator of all things Earth Observations from science to creating community. In her research, she explores novel usages of drone platforms building upon her experience in the military. Outside of her research, she is an entrepreneur who has led the development of the GEONadir drone data sharing and processing platform as well as created an educational network and resources for introducing young girls to UAVs called Shemaps. She is also a founder of the Dames of Drones network! Listen to hosts Dr. Morgan Crowley and Dr. Gopika Suresh talk to her about this and more in this episode. 

Season 13 of Scene from Above is brought to you by Geoawesomeness and UP42. Be sure to check out the EO Hub article by Justyna Więcławska that we featured on the episode this week: https://geoawesomeness.com/eo-hub/how-satellite-data-helps-us-understand-climate-change/ 

Shownotes:

Dr. Karen Joyce at James Cook University: https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/karen.joyce/

Dr. Karen Joyce on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrKJoyce 

Dr. Karen Joyce’s youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DrKJoyce 

GEONadir: https://geonadir.com/ 

Shemaps: https://shemaps.com/ 

Dames of Drones: https://twitter.com/DamesOfDrones

Discovering inclusivity in Remote Sensing: https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.869291 

Dr. Karen Joyce’s episode on The Geoholics podcast: https://thegeoholics.podbean.com/e/145-final/ 

GEE ebook: https://www.eefabook.org/ 

ICEYE public archive: https://www.iceye.com/lp/iceye-18000-public-archive 

GEDI User Case Studies: https://twitter.com/GEDI_Knights/status/1593260979692998658?s=20&t=GhTgq9MRzQzWGSiBWz7tZw 

Pecora: https://pecora22.org/ 

Geo4Good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIk8MC0kA2o 

This episodes hosts are:

Gopika: https://twitter.com/Go__pika 

Morgan: https://twitter.com/morganahcrowley 

News correspondent:

Rafaela Tiengo https://twitter.com/RafaelaTiengo_

Rafaela's Newsletter https://rafaelatiengo.substack.com/

Three facts for the next episode:

1. These ladies are from the same south american country experiencing rapid deforestation but also contributing cutting edge remote sensing knowledge

Ladies of Landsat & Sisters of SAR take over the podcast so expect the unexpected.

In this first episode, we tell you about us, our organisations & our missions & visions. You will get to know our contributors and collaborators a little better, learn about their lives, careers and journeys in the field of Remote Sensing and hear about challenges they experienced. You will also hear from our news correspondent, Rafaela Tiengo as she tells you about the latest in Remote Sensing and GIS. 

Shownotes:

• Ladies of Landsat - https://twitter.com/LadiesOfLandsat

Previous Scene from Above episodes with Ladies of Landsat & Sisters of SAR:

• https://scenefromabove.podbean.com/e/s12e5-takeover-2-inclusive-futures/

The speakers:

• Dr. Antara Dasgupta: https://twitter.com/ant_dasgupta

Hints for S13E2.

Our next speaker:

1. Was in the military

We finish up our stint on the Scene From Above podcast. In the news we mention STAC, Dynamic Earth and Github. Amongst other things.

If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom

Shownotes:

• GEE publishes pricing.  Good news all round.

We talk about Google Earth Engine and Microsoft's Planetary Computer. In the news we mention GOES, Pelican and Worldcover. Amongst other things.

If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom

Shownotes:

Worldcover 2021 is coming

Global building footprint database 

GOES-18 launched in March

Pelican

Geomob podcast - whats new in EO?

Landsat Next is going to have all the bands!

Geo for Good 2022 apply now (before 13th June for in person)

Dames of Drones 

Women of Waveforms 

Google Earth Engine  

Planetary Computer  

We don't talk in this episode :-)  Instead, we gave over full editorial direction to our friends at Ladies of Landsat and Sisters of SAR who decided the format and topic for this show. Enjoy this brilliant discussion.

If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom

Shownotes:

• Living Planet Symposium Session - “Cultivating an inclusive future in Remote Sensing & Earth Observation”

We don't talk in this episode :-)  Instead, we gave over full editorial direction to our friends at Ladies of Landsat and Sisters of SAR who decided the format and topic for this show. Enjoy this brilliant discussion.

If you have questions, comments or corrections then you can contact Alastair (@ajggeoger) and Andrew (@map_andrew) on Twitter using #scenefromabove or @eoscenefrom

Shownotes:

The paper being discussed

Ladies of Landsat