APN Inter-Agency Collaborative Technologies in Earth Observations for Global Change Research in the Asia-Pacific Region in Mongolia

Date
September 12th-15th, 2009

Location
National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

September 12, 2009

 * Workshop on "Global Environmental Change: RS/GIS applications"
 * Location: Conference hall of NUM in the UB, the second of the main building

Morning General Session (T. Chuluun, Chair)
Welcoming speeches
 * Secretary of National Committee on Desertification, Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism (D. Bayrbat)
 * APN scope and actions on GCR (Linda Stevenson)
 * Ch.Lhagvajav, Director of School of Physics and Electronics, NUM
 * Chuang Liu, UNGAID/eSDDC

Keynote speeches
 * New Generation Spatial Data Infrastructure and its application on disaster mitigation (Guoqing Li)
 * APN scope and actions on GCR (Linda Stevenson)
 * Dryland research in Mongolia (T. Chuluun)
 * UN GAID e-SDDC and its activities in the AP Region (Liu Chuang)
 * Data Sharing Policies for Promoting Global Change Research (Paul Uhlir)
 * LUCC research activities in Mongolia (R. Tsolmon)
 * New European Geospatial Data Infrastructure and Global Change (Luigi Fusco)
 * GEOSS requirements and contributions to EO data service systems (J. Zhang)
 * ICSU scope and action on GCR (Mohd Nordin Hassan)
 * CEOS and Data Democracy Program (Chanin Mangkhang)
 * Discussion

Training workshop for young researchers

 * RS & GIS lab of NUM in the UB (room number 315)
 * Training "hands on"

Afternoon session
 * Data (RS, GIS, model) access (Jibo Xie)
 * a. On line access
 * b. Off-line demo

Reception at the "Mongol Shiltgeen"

September 13, 2009 (R. Tsolmon, Coordinator)

 * RS &GIS lab of NUM in the UB, (room number 315)
 * Training "hands on"

Morning session
 * Web services development (Jibo Xie)
 * "What, why and how do we use web services?"


 * Training "hands on"

Afternoon session
 * Data application (Liu Chuang)
 * a.Application analysis and modeling
 * b.ldentification of accessing the data
 * c.Use of such data in applied model

September 14, 2009

 * Young Researchers' Conference on "Global environmental change" (Tomoko Doko, Chair)
 * Location: Khustai National Park


 * Opening remarks
 * Young scientist and Global Change Research (Tomoko Doko)
 * Social survey, scenarios and spatial study in the Tuin river basin (B. Tserenchunt)
 * Potential application of Inter-Agency Collaborative technologies for APN DOP project (Jibo Xie)
 * NDVI trends in Mongolia (Erdenezaya, Enhjargal, Tserenchunt and Bilgee)
 * Vulnerability of the pastoral social-ecological system in the Tuin river basin (M.Altanbagana)
 * RS/GIS research at the Hustai National Park
 * Discussion
 * - Inter-Agency technology application demonstration for the APN "DDP" project in Mongolia
 * - Global change research in Mongolia

Useful documents

 * Summary Report of Workshop on Young Scientist Conference on Global Environmental Change
 * FINAL REPORT for APN PROJECT (CBA2009‐10NSY‐Li) in 2009
 * Agenda of APN Inter-Agency Collaborative Technologies in Earth Observations for Global Change Research in the Asia-Pacific Region, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (2009)