News
04-22-2013
The NASA Terrestrial Ecology Meeting will take place at the Scripps Seaside Forum, La Jolla, CA. And will start on April 30, 2013
04-15-2013
The NASA MODIS Science Team Meeting is taking place at Silver Spring, MD, April 15-16, 2013
04-01-2013
The NASA TE Workshop (La Jolla, San Diego, CA. April 30-May 2, 2013) is now approved and will take place as planned. Check the announcements.
01-24-2013 @ 1:15pm
The VIP Workshop just adjourned. This was a very successful event.
A total of 36 scientists attended and presented their research on- and with Long term VI and Phenology data products and a range of other data and topics.
All meeting material will be posted online soon. Stay tuned-
01-23-2013
Follow our workshop live on line @
Live Link
12-11-2012
We just started Collection V3.0, with advanced filtering and continuity this version will address all previous issues and builds towards a high fidelity research and application data record.
08-15-2012
Check this out VIP Workshop
The Vegetation Index and Phenology Group is organizing a workshop in support of their V2/V3 long term data record.
When: January 23-24th, 2013
Where: The University of Arizona
More info will be posted on that web site.
08-15-2012
Check this out New DataExplorer
The new DataExplorer V.0 allows the user to explore the phenology data record for any site on Eerth. Check it out-
08-01-2012
Check this out The Amazon and Remote Sensing
06-11-2012
The Applied Sciences Program in the Earth Science Division at NASA HQ announces a workshop on the SUOMI NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) mission.
When: June 21-22, 2012
Where: Westin City Center Hotel, 1400 M St. N.W., Washington DC
05-07-2012
V2 is on the way. We're almost done with V2 reprocessing and should make the data available soon.
04-09-2012
Earth Day at UofA
At the UA, It's Earth Day All Week Long
01-16-2012
The International Congress Geotunis - Sixth Session
“The use and the applications of GIS, remote sensing and digital modeling in the field of environment and in the management of natural resources and hazards”.
Visit beautiful TUNISIA in the process.
Tunisia, from 26th to 30th March 2012
11-20-2011 -
VIP is hiring a Post-Doc. For more info visit
Learn about it and Apply online
11-15-2011 -
Version 2.1 of our DataExplorer is now ready for testing and use, give it a try. Updates: Online Time series, Field images browsing and more.
V2.1 Data Explorer
08-01-2011 -
Version 2.0 of our DataExplorer is now ready for testing and use, give it a try. Updates: Online Time series, Field images browsing and more.
V2 Data Explorer
06-15-2011 -
Our Data Explorer is online now. Give it a try, and help us to improve it by submitting feed back, comments and suggestions. Data Explorer
06/7-9/2011 -
FLUXNET and Remote Sensing Open Workshop: Towards Upscaling Flux Information from Towers to the Globe.
FLUXNET Workshop June 7-9, 2011
05/18-20/2011 -
NASA EOS MODIS Science Team Meeting. University of Maryland.
MODIS Science Team Meeting Site
04/10-15/2011 -
34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre 10-15 April 2011
The GEOSS Era: Towards Operational Environmental Monitoring.
Meeting Site
04/10-15/2011 -
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual meeting. Seattle April 12-16, 2011.
Meeting Site
03-8/9-2011 - Second NASA MEASURES Vegetation Index and Phenology Project Review Meeting in conjunction with the Lp/ORNL DAAC UWG Joint Meeting in Annapolis (March 8-9, 2011.
03-8/9-2011 - Joint LP & ORNL DAACs UWG Meeting in Annapolis MD. :
12-13-2010 - Dr. Diane Wickland will give a Seminar at the University of Arizona on topics ranging from NASA Future missions, to Earth Science Research Directions, and NASA Research Opportunities.
Follow this link
12-06-2010 - NASA MEASURES Vegetation Index and Phenology Project Review Meeting.:
The VIP Lab. will host a science review meeting (January 4-5, 2011) of their NASA MEASURES' project. For more info visit the Meeting Site open only by invitation.
10-05-2010 - iPhen: A crowdsourcing tool for the observation of vegetation dynamic and phenology:
The VIP Lab., in collaboration with the Compositional Systems lab,at the ECE Dept.are developing a mobilde device application to aid in collecting field observations about vegetation dynamic and phenology.
for more info visit the iPhen website
.
08-15-2010 - Student programmer needed:
The VIP Lab is seeking a student programmer to work on various tasks, including image processing, php, java and web page related coding projects.
If interested please send a short CV to
the Lab..
07-22-2010 - Test drive our data portal:
The LP-DAAC @ USGS EROS and VIP Lab. have released their second version of their client ESDR data distribution system.
To test this distribution system please contact us and we'll send you an ID/Password.
04-23-2010 - Be a Scientist, really!:
USA-NPN Releases Nature's Notebook Plant and Animal Phenology Observation Program
US-NPN
04-12-2010 - It is all over now:
2010 US-IALE Twenty-fifth Anniversary Symposium
Athens, Georgia | April 5-9, 2010
03-15-2010 - It is all done now:
2010 NASA Terrestrial Ecology Science Team Meeting
La Jolla, CA | March 15-17, 2010
01-19-2010:
Thanks for your interest, the student positions were recently filled. Visit our web page for future opportunities.
01-05-2010:
Once again the VIP Lab. is seeking a student employee for the 2010 Spring semester, if interested visit:
Job Description.
10-16-2009:
If you wish to review and provide feedback on the ESDR product specification please send us an email
and we'll provide you with more infromation. Put "File Specs" in the subject line. Or you can use the contact us link below. More information will follow soon.
09-28-2009:
The VIP Lab., in collaboration with the USGS LPDAAC, plans to start testing a Beta version data distribution system. If you are interested in helping us assess this system please contact us. More information will be forthcoming.
09-21-2009:
seeking a student employee for the '09 Fall semester, if interested visit
Job Description
Document
The NASA Terrestrial Ecology Meeting will take place at the Scripps Seaside Forum, La Jolla, CA. And will start on April 30, 2013
04-15-2013
The NASA MODIS Science Team Meeting is taking place at Silver Spring, MD, April 15-16, 2013
04-01-2013
The NASA TE Workshop (La Jolla, San Diego, CA. April 30-May 2, 2013) is now approved and will take place as planned. Check the announcements.
01-24-2013 @ 1:15pm
The VIP Workshop just adjourned. This was a very successful event.
A total of 36 scientists attended and presented their research on- and with Long term VI and Phenology data products and a range of other data and topics.
All meeting material will be posted online soon. Stay tuned-
01-23-2013
Follow our workshop live on line @
Live Link
12-11-2012
We just started Collection V3.0, with advanced filtering and continuity this version will address all previous issues and builds towards a high fidelity research and application data record.
08-15-2012
Check this out VIP Workshop
The Vegetation Index and Phenology Group is organizing a workshop in support of their V2/V3 long term data record.
When: January 23-24th, 2013
Where: The University of Arizona
More info will be posted on that web site.
08-15-2012
Check this out New DataExplorer
The new DataExplorer V.0 allows the user to explore the phenology data record for any site on Eerth. Check it out-
08-01-2012
Check this out The Amazon and Remote Sensing
06-11-2012
The Applied Sciences Program in the Earth Science Division at NASA HQ announces a workshop on the SUOMI NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) mission.
When: June 21-22, 2012
Where: Westin City Center Hotel, 1400 M St. N.W., Washington DC
05-07-2012
V2 is on the way. We're almost done with V2 reprocessing and should make the data available soon.
04-09-2012
Earth Day at UofA
At the UA, It's Earth Day All Week Long
01-16-2012
The International Congress Geotunis - Sixth Session
“The use and the applications of GIS, remote sensing and digital modeling in the field of environment and in the management of natural resources and hazards”.
Visit beautiful TUNISIA in the process.
Tunisia, from 26th to 30th March 2012
11-20-2011 -
VIP is hiring a Post-Doc. For more info visit
Learn about it and Apply online
11-15-2011 -
Version 2.1 of our DataExplorer is now ready for testing and use, give it a try. Updates: Online Time series, Field images browsing and more.
V2.1 Data Explorer
08-01-2011 -
Version 2.0 of our DataExplorer is now ready for testing and use, give it a try. Updates: Online Time series, Field images browsing and more.
V2 Data Explorer
06-15-2011 -
Our Data Explorer is online now. Give it a try, and help us to improve it by submitting feed back, comments and suggestions. Data Explorer
06/7-9/2011 -
FLUXNET and Remote Sensing Open Workshop: Towards Upscaling Flux Information from Towers to the Globe.
FLUXNET Workshop June 7-9, 2011
05/18-20/2011 -
NASA EOS MODIS Science Team Meeting. University of Maryland.
MODIS Science Team Meeting Site
04/10-15/2011 -
34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre 10-15 April 2011
The GEOSS Era: Towards Operational Environmental Monitoring.
Meeting Site
04/10-15/2011 -
Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual meeting. Seattle April 12-16, 2011.
Meeting Site
03-8/9-2011 - Second NASA MEASURES Vegetation Index and Phenology Project Review Meeting in conjunction with the Lp/ORNL DAAC UWG Joint Meeting in Annapolis (March 8-9, 2011.
03-8/9-2011 - Joint LP & ORNL DAACs UWG Meeting in Annapolis MD. :
12-13-2010 - Dr. Diane Wickland will give a Seminar at the University of Arizona on topics ranging from NASA Future missions, to Earth Science Research Directions, and NASA Research Opportunities.
Follow this link
12-06-2010 - NASA MEASURES Vegetation Index and Phenology Project Review Meeting.:
The VIP Lab. will host a science review meeting (January 4-5, 2011) of their NASA MEASURES' project. For more info visit the Meeting Site open only by invitation.
10-05-2010 - iPhen: A crowdsourcing tool for the observation of vegetation dynamic and phenology:
The VIP Lab., in collaboration with the Compositional Systems lab,at the ECE Dept.are developing a mobilde device application to aid in collecting field observations about vegetation dynamic and phenology.
for more info visit the iPhen website
.
08-15-2010 - Student programmer needed:
The VIP Lab is seeking a student programmer to work on various tasks, including image processing, php, java and web page related coding projects.
If interested please send a short CV to
the Lab..
07-22-2010 - Test drive our data portal:
The LP-DAAC @ USGS EROS and VIP Lab. have released their second version of their client ESDR data distribution system.
To test this distribution system please contact us and we'll send you an ID/Password.
04-23-2010 - Be a Scientist, really!:
USA-NPN Releases Nature's Notebook Plant and Animal Phenology Observation Program
US-NPN
04-12-2010 - It is all over now:
2010 US-IALE Twenty-fifth Anniversary Symposium
Athens, Georgia | April 5-9, 2010
03-15-2010 - It is all done now:
2010 NASA Terrestrial Ecology Science Team Meeting
La Jolla, CA | March 15-17, 2010
01-19-2010:
Thanks for your interest, the student positions were recently filled. Visit our web page for future opportunities.
01-05-2010:
Once again the VIP Lab. is seeking a student employee for the 2010 Spring semester, if interested visit:
Job Description.
10-16-2009:
If you wish to review and provide feedback on the ESDR product specification please send us an email
and we'll provide you with more infromation. Put "File Specs" in the subject line. Or you can use the contact us link below. More information will follow soon.
09-28-2009:
The VIP Lab., in collaboration with the USGS LPDAAC, plans to start testing a Beta version data distribution system. If you are interested in helping us assess this system please contact us. More information will be forthcoming.
09-21-2009:
seeking a student employee for the '09 Fall semester, if interested visit
Job Description
Document
Welcome to the VIP Lab.
The Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Lab. is part of
the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at
the University of Arizona. Headed by Dr. Kamel Didan,
this research Lab. is supported by a NASA
Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
(MEaSUREs) collaborative agreement.
The Lab. specializes in designing and generating consistent, high quality and well characterized
Climate Data Record (CDR)
and Earth Science Data Record (ESDR)
long term multi-satellite data products in support of global change studies.
In collaboration with researchers at Boston University,
University of Hawaii, NOAA/ERT Inc., and the
USGS-EROS LP-DAAC
the VIP Lab. is currently developping and end to end system including science algorithms to produce
global Vegetation Index and phenology ESDR products. The Lab. is also tasked with validation and quality
assurance analysis of these ESDRs. In collaboration with the US-National Phenology Network
(US-NPN) and the US-Southwest Regional Phenology Network
(US-SWRPN) we plan to collect and use in situ (field) data to characterize these ESDR products.
About this site
This website is in support of our NASA MEaSURES' project, which is housed at the University of Arizona, ECE Dept. Lab 410A/410 & Room #457Project partners:
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This project is supported by NASA Cooperative Agreement #NNX08AT05A