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Profile for Arlene Kerber

Title: Physical Scientist
Affiliation: NASA
Contact: E-mail
Office Phone: 301-614-6690
Fax: 301-614-6695

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RESEARCH AREA EXPERIENCE

Digital Image Analysis and Interpretation of Remotely Sensed Data--MSS, TM, AVHRR; Large Scale Climate-Vegetation-Soil Interactions using AVHRR; Laboratory and Field Study Assessment of the Thermal Region


PREVIOUS POSITIONS

1978-1983 - Physical Scientist, Eastern Regional Remote Sensing, Applications Center, NASA/GSFC
1977-1978 - Physical Scientist, Earth Resources Laboratory, NASA/NSTL
1975-1977 - Remote Sensing Specialist, Lockhead Electronics Co., NASA/JSC
1971-1974 - Assistant in Research, Environmental Research Institute of Michigan


EDUCATION

1965 - A.B. Biology, University of Michigan
1966 - M.S. Biology, University of Michigan
1970 - M.A. Social Studies, Eastern Michigan University


PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society of Photogrammetry and RemoteSensing
Association of Women Geoscientists

Selected Publications

1997

"Database of European Forest and Vegetation Maps, A. Kerber, B. Zand, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) publication, Geneva, Switzerland, Second Edition, January 1997.


1995

"Database of European Forest and Vegetation Maps, A. Kerber, B. Zand, United Nations Environment Programme publication, Geneva, Switzerland, August, 1995.


1994

"European Geo-referenced Forest Information Directory", A. G. Kerber, H.H. Olesen, Proceedings, Designing a System of Nomenclature for European Forest Mapping, Joensuu, Finland.


1993

"Spatial Averaging Errors in Creating Hemispherical Reflectance (Albedo) Maps from Directional Reflectance Data", Kimes, D.S., A. G. Kerber, P.J. Sellers, Remote Sensing of Environment, 45:85-94.


1990

"Relationships Between Surface Parameters and NDVI in the United States," E. Levine, A. Kerber, R. Nelson, Proceedings, IGARSS '90, College Park, Maryland.

"Relationships Between Vegetative Growth and Soil Properties Using NDVI," E. Levine, A. Kerber, R. Nelson, Proceedings, BARC XV, Remote Sensing of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland.


1987

"Comparison of North and South American Biomes from AVHRR Observations", S.N. Goward, A. G. Kerber, D. Dye, V. Kalb, Geocarto International, Vol. 2, No. 1, March 1987, pp. 27-39.

"Relationships of Soils and Vegetative Growth in South America Using Satellite Imagery", E.R. Levine, A. G. Kerber, T. Cook, J. Kimble, Agronomy Abstracts, 79th Annual Meeting, American Society of Agronomy, Atlanta, Georgia.


1986

"Utility of the AVHRR Channels 3 and 4 in Land Cover Mapping", A.G. Kerber, J.B. Schutt, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 52, No. 12, December 1986, pp. 1877-1883.


1985

"Comparison of Level I Land Cover Accuracy for MSS and AVHRR Data", J.C. Gervin, A.G. Kerber, R.G. Witt, Y.C. Lu, R. Sekhon, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 47-57.

"Floodplain Land Cover Mapping Using Thematic Mapper Data", A.G. Kerber, J.C. Gervin, Y.C. Lu, R. Marcell, H.A. Edwardo, Invited Paper, Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Ann Arbor, MI, October 1985.


1983

"Vermont Landsat Land Cover Inventory Program", A.G. Kerber, Y.C. Lu, Final Report, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, July 1983.


1982

"Minnesota Landsat Irrigated Land Survey", A.G. Kerber, Y.C. Lu, D. Biessel, Technical Memorandum 84952, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, August 1982.

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