13-17 October 2007, at Jena University, Germany

GOFC-GOLD Workshop on Accuracy Assessment of Land Cover Change and Area Estimates

Tuesday, October 14, Rose Halls, Jena

SESSION 1: Opening and background

Opening and meeting objectives
GOFC-GOLD validation activities
CEOS Cal/Val Land activities
Land cover change/events/magnitude/scales
Change accuracy assessment: methodology
Accuracy assessment methods and current challenges
Woodcock/Herold
Woodcock
Baret
Wulder
Stehman
Foody

Break

SESSION 2: Project examples/experiences and requirements

Coarse scale estimates MODIS/Landsat
JRC examples and methodologies
Australian LULCC/NCAS methodology
Methods for B4G analysis & CORINE upd
REDD/LULUCF implementation (a)
REDD/LULUCF implementation (b)
Congo basin deforestation assessment exam.
Hansen
Gallego
Cacetta/Held
Kuntz
Herold
Achard
DefournyAchard

Lunch

SESSION 3: Breakout group discussions

Discussion and definition of breakout groups
Breakout group discussions
Woodcock
All

Break

SESSION 4: Breakout group reports

Report from breakout groups
Proposed outline for Best Practices document
All