BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures and Seminars,SMAST,SMAST Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Seminar AnnouncementDepartment of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences "Weighing a Forest from Orbit: Estimating Kelp Biomass, Production, and Modeling Harvest"Tom BellAssociate Professor, Estuarine and Ocean Scie nces, SMAST Wednesday, September 23, 202612:30 - 1:30 pmSMAST E 101-103 an d via Zoom Abstract: California is replacing statewide kelp harvest rul es with regional, biomass-based quotas under its new Kelp Restoration and Management Plan. After a brief history of how and why kelp is harvested an d what is known about its impacts, this talk covers a California Ocean Pro tection Council-funded project that supplies the numbers the nascent state wide plan needs: satellite estimates of bull kelp biomass calibrated with centimeter-scale drone imagery, hole-punch measurements showing that bull kelp replaces its blades several times a season, and an environment-driven model of forty+ years of Landsat canopy that we are extending to forecast harvestable kelp and to detect harvest and herbivore impacts. I close wit h describing the Kelp Advanced Warning Systems (KAWS), a new NASA-funded p latform that will deliver these products to managers. Join Meetinghttps:// umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270Note: Meeting ID and passcode required, email contact to obtain. For additional information, please contact Callie Rumbu t at c.rumbut@umassd.edu\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9- 23-26-weighing-a-forest-from-orbit-estimating-kelp-biomass-production.php\ nEvent link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Seminar Announcement
Departm ent of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences

"Weighing a Forest from Orb it: Estimating Kelp Biomass\, Production\, and Modeling Harvest"
Tom Bell
Associate Professor\, Estuarine and Ocean Sciences\, SMAST

\n< p>Wednesday\, September 23\, 2026
12:30 - 1:30 pm
SMAST E 101-103 an d via Zoom

Abstract:

California is replacing statewide kelp harvest rules with regional\, biomass-based quotas under its new Kelp Restoration and Management Plan. After a brief history of how and why kel p is harvested and what is known about its impacts\, this talk covers a Ca lifornia Ocean Protection Council-funded project that supplies the numbers the nascent statewide plan needs: satellite estimates of bull kelp biomas s calibrated with centimeter-scale drone imagery\, hole-punch measurements showing that bull kelp replaces its blades several times a season\, and a n environment-driven model of forty+ years of Landsat canopy that we are e xtending to forecast harvestable kelp and to detect harvest and herbivore impacts. I close with describing the Kelp Advanced Warning Systems (KAWS)\ , a new NASA-funded platform that will deliver these products to managers.

Join Meeting
ht tps://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270
Note: Meeting ID and passcode re quired\, email contact to obtain.

For additional information\, ple ase contact Callie Rumbut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9 -23-26-weighing-a-forest-from-orbit-estimating-kelp-biomass-production.php
Event link: http s://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270

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