The DAAC's User Working Group (UWG) is an external advisory group, established by the Earth Observing System (EOS) Data Information System (EOSDIS) for the following purposes:
- to assist in defining and accomplishing the DAAC's science goals;
- to provide oversight and guidance on DAAC activities, including data set acquisition, development of value-added products, user support, development activities, and operational functions;
- to provide recommendations about annual work plans and long-term planning; and
- to provide recommendations on interactions and agreements on data management between field campaigns and the ORNL DAAC.
The User Working Group meets once a year to review status and provide recommendations to the ORNL DAAC and NASA. UWG photograph from May 2015 meeting at
ORNL. Additional information about the responsibilities of the UWG can be found in the ORNL DAAC UWG Charter
.
The User Working Group is interested in hearing from users on how to improve the DAAC and about data sets or model products the DAAC should pursue archiving.
To get further information about the User Working Group or to provide input to the DAAC or the User Working Group, please contact the DAAC scientist, Alison Boyer (boyerag@ornl.gov).
User Working Group Members January 2016:
| Michael Dietze Earth and Environment Boston University UWG Term: 2015-2017 Specialty: Ecological forecasting, terrestrial plant ecology, ecosystem modeling |
Nancy Glenn Department of Geosciences Boise State University UWG Term: 2014 - 2016 Specialty: LiDAR and hyperspectral remote sensing and Cyberinfrastructure |
| Daniel Hayes School of Forest Resources University of Maine UWG Term 2013 - 2018 Specialty: Disturbance and carbon cycling through remote sensing and modeling |
Sean Healey Rocky Mountain Research Station USDA Forest Service UWG Term 2014 - 2016 Specialty: Forest ecology, forest biomass, and disturbance mapping |
| Andy Hudak Rocky Mountain Research Station USDA Forest Service UWG Term: 2015-2017 Specialty: Field and remote measurement and monitoring of forest and rangeland carbon stores |
Fred Huemmrich Biospheric Sciences Branch NASA UWG Term: 2015-2017 Specialty: Vegetation canopy reflectance, optical remote sensing. |
| Deborah Huntzinger School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability & Department of Civil Engineering, Construction Management and Environmental Engineering Northern Arizona University UWG Term 2014 - 2016 Specialty: Carbon cycling and terrestrial biospheric modeling |
Lucy Hutyra Earth and Environment Boston University UWG Term: 2015-2017 Specialty: Carbon cycle, forest ecology, biogeochemistry, urban ecology |
| Tatiana Loboda Department of Geographical Sciences University of Maryland UWG Term: 2015-2017 Specialty: Wildland fire mapping, monitoring, and modeling; disturbances; optical and thermal remote sensing |
John Miller Global Monitoring Division NOAA UWG Term: 2012 - 2017 Specialty: Carbon cycle and greenhouse gases, carbon isotope biogeochemistry |
| Erika Podest Water and Carbon Cycles NASA JPL UWG Term: 2012 - 2017 Specialty: Water and carbon cycles, microwave sensors, wetland ecosystems, and seasonal freeze/thaw |
Kevin Schaefer National Snow and Ice Data Center University of Colorado UWG Term: 2016 - 2018 Specialty: Terrestrial biosphere and land surface modeling; biogeochemistry and soil thermodynamics in the Arctic |
| Erica Smithwick (UWG Chair) Department of Geography Pennsylvania State University UWG Term: 2011-2016 Specialty: landscape ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, fire ecology |
Phil Townsend Department of Forest Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin UWG Term 2014 - 2016 Specialty: Forest ecology, hyperspectral remote sensing, and carbon and nitrogen cycling |
| Anthony Walker Climate Change Science Institute Oak Ridge National Laboratory UWG Term 2016 - 2018 Specialty: Terrestrial plant ecology, ecosystem modelling, model-data synthesis, Earth-System dynamics |
User Working Group Ex Officio Members:
| Jeanne Behnke Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Deputy Project Manager National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Alison Boyer (Vice-Chair) ORNL DAAC Scientist Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Nathan James Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Systems Engineer National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
Suresh K.S. Vannan ORNL DAAC Manager Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Hank Margolis Program Manager, Terrestrial Ecology Program National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
User Working Group Associates:
| Tammy Beaty ORNL DAAC Deputy Manager Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Chris Lindsley ORNL DAAC Architect Computational Sciences and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |