Ruth DeFries

Department:

Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology

Institution:

Columbia University

Email:

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Phone number:

212-851-1647

Fax number:

(212) 854-8188

Address: 1200 Amsterdam Ave 10th Floor Schermerhorn Ext. New York NY 10027 New York NY US 10027

Projects

Role	Period of performance	Project
Co-Investigator	01/01/2023 to 12/30/2026	South Asian Smallholder Forests and Other Tree-Based Systems: Synthesizing LCLUC Data and Approaches to Foster a Natural Climate Solution that Improves Livelihoods
Principal Investigator	04/01/2017 to 03/31/2022	Tropical Deciduous Forests of South Asia: Monitoring Degradation and Assessing Impacts of Urbanization
Co-Investigator	04/01/2014 to 04/01/2017	Land Cover and Land Use Changes and Their Effects on Carbon Dynamics in South and South East Asia: A Synthesis Study
Principal Investigator	05/01/2011 to 05/01/2014	Multi-sensor Fusion to Determine Climate Sensitivity of Agricultural Intensification in South Asia
Principal Investigator	01/01/2004 to 01/01/2007	Reducing Uncertainties of Carbon Emissions from Land Use-Related Fires with MODIS Data: From Local to Global Scale
Principal Investigator	01/01/2000 to 01/01/2003	Towards Methodologies for Global Monitoring of Forest Cover Characteristics with Coarse Resolution Data
Principal Investigator	01/01/1997 to 01/01/2000	Remote Sensing Needs for State Forestry Agencies

Product Title
Tropical Deciduous Forests of South Asia: Monitoring Degradation and Assessing Impacts of Urbanization
India Annual Winter Cropped Area, 2001-2016

Type	Meeting Date	Title
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Virtual 10/19/2020	Overview: South Asia LCLUC overview, trends and ongoing issues
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Gaithersburg, MD 04/03/2018	TROPICAL DECIDUOUS FOREST OF SOUTH ASIA: MONITORING DEGRADATION AND ASSESSING IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Yangon, Burma 01/12/2016	Climate Sensitivity of Winter Cropping in India
Program Presentation	Rockville, Maryland 04/02/2013	Multi-sensor Fusion to Determine Agricultural Sensitivity to Climate Variability in South Asia
Program Presentation	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 01/10/2013	Multi-sensor Fusion to Determine Agricultural Sensitivity to Climate Variability in South Asia
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Adelphi, Maryland 03/28/2011	Drivers of Land Use Change
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	UMUC Inn and Conference Center 10/29/2001	Towards Methodologies for Global Monitoring of Forest Cover Characteristics with Coarse Resolution Data
NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Airle House, Warrenton Virginia 05/18/1999	Charecterizing Land Cover Heterogeneity and Land Cover Change From Multisensor satellite Data