Dear Colleague
Join leaders in the field of remote sensing and climate change to
explore the potential effects of climate on agriculture in the coming
decades at Session GC49 at the AGU Fall Meeting. The following invited
speakers will provide context and a broad overview in the session. To
join them, please submit your abstract to the session today.
Dr. David Lobell, Stanford University
Dr. Chris Funk, USGS and University of California Santa Barbara
Dr. Justin Sheffield, Princeton University
Dr. Amor Ines, Columbia University
Go towww.agu.org/fallmeeting to submit your abstract to the session,
described below:
GC49 Climate Change, Food and Water 2. Global Climate Change and
Agriculture
Session sponsors: Molly Brown, NASA and Kirsten de Beurs, University
of Oklahoma
Abstract:
The growing demand for food has increased pressure on agriculture over
the past decade to intensify and produce more. Commodity prices are
rising while more land is brought into cultivation. Climate and global
environmental change will continue to influence agricultural production
and the ability of farmers to respond and adapt. Remote sensing
information is a key way to monitor trends and other changes in growing
conditions for existing agricultural systems. This session focuses on
methods for estimating changes with respect to agricultural yields,
cropped area and irrigation. We are particularly interested in methods
and processes that may lead to improved understandings of how climate
and environmental change affect agricultural production now and in the
coming decades.
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Kirsten de Beurs, assistant professor
Department of Geography
The University of Oklahoma
100 East Boyd St.
SEC Suite 566
Phone: 405-325-9129
Norman, OK 73019
