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USDA—FAS/IPAD Seminar

Featuring Resource Sat AWiFS and LISS Data
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Fairfax, VA
Time Topic Speaker  
8:30—9:00 Registration and
Continental Breakfast 		Vendor Room

9:00—9:15 Welcome Brad Doorn,
USDA—FAS/IPAD

9:15—10:05 Access and Availability of Resourcesat-1
AWIFS Data for Agriculture 		Robert Tetrault,
USDA—FAS/IPAD

10:05—10:30 AWIFS Geospatial Assessment Kenton Ross, SSAI

10:30—10:55 Break Vendor Room

10:55—11:20 AWIFS Radiometric Assessment Mary Pagnutti, SSAI

11:20—11:45 AWIFS Spatial Assessment Slawomir Blonski, SSAI

11:45—12:30 Lunch Box Lunch in Vendor Room

12:30—1:10 Crop Acreage Estimation: Landsat TM and AWIFSAWIFS and See 5.0 - New Results! Claire Boryan, USDA—NASS
Dave Johnson, USDA—NASS
Bob Seffrin, USDA—NASS

1:10—1:35 Direct Comparisons of Same Data
Collections for Viability of IRS-P6, AWIFS,
LISS-III to generated NLCD Products 		Michael Coan, SAIC

1:35—2:00 Indian Remote Sensing
Satellite Programme 		Dr. Murthi,
Executive Director, ANTRIX

2:00—2:25 Break Vendor Room

2:25—2:45 An Overview of GeoEye's
AWiFS Ortho Production Workflow 		James Lutes,
Geodetic Systems Engineer, GeoEye

2:45—3:15 AWIFS/LISS New Satellite Specifications Timothy Puckorius,
Senior Advisor, GeoEye

3:15—3:40 AWiFS/LISS Data Availability Dr. Rao Ramayanam,
Director, GeoEye

3:40—4:05 USDA FAS/IPAD Prime Vendor Contract and Ordering Procedures Robert Tetrault,
USDA—FAS/IPAD

4:05 Closing Remarks Brad Doorn,
USDA—FAS/IPAD

As a result of the enhanced capabilities provided through the satellite imagery Prime Vendor Contract, USDA—FAS/IPAD hosted an agriculture seminar on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 featuring ResourceSat AWiFS and LISS data. The seminar was held in Fairfax, VA, beginning with a continental breakfast, followed by a variety of presentations from industry experts, who discussed such topics as access and availability of AWiFS data, AWiFS geospatial, radiometrics, and spatial assessments, and new satellite specifications.
For more information contact Bob Tetrault | robert.tetrault@fas.usda.gov | 202-690-0130
USDA-FAS-CMP-IPAD

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