

Hi Jim,
The Amazon data are now on the ftp site.
Please check
ftp ftp.lifesci.ucla.edu
login: bzutta
password: 1peruano


go to the directory: LBA_products.
I left the biomass map in Geotiff and also the veg class map.
Biomass map has 11 classes:
1:  0-25  Mg/ha
2:  25-50
3:  50-75
4:   75:100
5:  100-150
6:  150-200
7:   200-250
8:   250-300
9:   300-350
10:  350-400
11: >400


Let me know if you need more information.
We got Jim Tiucker excited about Nicole's abstract. He is going to give us 2003-2005 data hot from his Goddard Oven.


cheers
Sassan


On Sep 8, 2006, at 8:26 AM, Jim Randerson wrote:


Hi Sassan,


I'm writing to ask if I could please have a copy of your Amazon biomass dataset.  Can I ftp it from JPL? - or should I set up an account for you on one of my computers here to transfer it?  I'd like to use it to compare with global model outputs from NCAR.


Also, I like the idea of comparing the NDVI with the freeze thaw. It sounds like the trends that Nicole described in her abstract are getting stronger!


Cheers,
Jim
At 10:15 AM 9/7/2006, you wrote:
Hi Nicole,
Sorry for this delay. I was rushing from one meeting to another yesterday.  Jim and I talked about the abstract and he agreed to be included  was happy to contribute.
He is going to give us the newly processed GIMMS NDVI data including 2005 for our study.
He is copied on this email.
cheers
Sassan


On Sep 6, 2006, at 12:36 PM, Nicole Smith Downey wrote:


Hi Sassan-
Sorry to bother you again, do you have Jim Tucker's e-mail address?  
I
just want to give him a heads up that I'll add him to our poster.
Thanks
Nicole


On 9/6/06, Nicole Smith Downey <nicolev@gps.caltech.edu> wrote:
Hi Sassan-
That sounds good, I'll include Jim on the abstract.
-Nicole


On 9/6/06, Sassan Saatchi <saatchi@congo.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> Dear Nicole,
> great. I think the abstract looks good. We should definitely start
> working on the NDVI data.  As you know there is a NDVI data from Jim
> Tucker that one can download from the global land cover facility
> (http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/data/gimms/). The GIMMS data goes to 2003
> and we can contact jim tucker to see if he can provide us data for the
> next couple of years.
> It would be great if also include him on the abstract for his
> contribution in our NDVI work.
> What do you think?
> cheers
> Sassan
>
> On Sep 6, 2006, at 10:30 AM, Nicole Smith Downey wrote:
>
> > Hi Sassan-
> > I have decided to submit an agu abstract on the updated freeze thaw
> > record to the Union session on changes in polar regions.  I put in the
> > abstract that I had compared my data to NDVI, so we should talk about
> > doing that at some point soon.  Please feel free to read and comment
> > on my abstract.
> > Thanks!
> > Nicole
> >
> >
> > --
> > --
> > Nicole Smith Downey
> > Harvard University
> > 29 Oxford St.
> > G3H Pierce Hall
> > Cambridge, MA  02138
> > <agu_abstract_2006.doc>
> Sassan S. Saatchi
> Senior Scientist
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory
> California Institute of Technology
> 4800 Oak Grove Drive
> Pasadena, CA 91109
> Tel: 818-354-1051
> Fax: 818-393-5184
> Email: saatchi@congo.jpl.nasa.gov
> Website: http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/carbon
>
>



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Nicole Smith Downey
Harvard University
29 Oxford St.
G3H Pierce Hall
Cambridge, MA  02138



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Nicole Smith Downey
Harvard University
29 Oxford St.
G3H Pierce Hall
Cambridge, MA  02138
Sassan S. Saatchi
Senior Scientist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
Tel: 818-354-1051
Fax: 818-393-5184
Email: saatchi@congo.jpl.nasa.gov
Website: http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/carbon



James T. Randerson
Earth System Science Department
3212 Croul Hall
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3100


phone: (949) 824  - 9030
fax: (949) 824 - 3874
email: jranders@uci.edu
http://www.ess.uci.edu/~jranders/


Sassan S. Saatchi
Senior Scientist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
Tel: 818-354-1051
Fax: 818-393-5184
Email: saatchi@congo.jpl.nasa.gov
Website: http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/carbon