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Profile for Ross Nelson
| Title: | Physical Scientist |
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| Affiliation: | NASA |
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Profile
RESEARCH AREA EXPERIENCE:
1. The use of airborne laser data to characterize the forest canopy and to estimate forest biomass, volume, and carbon.
2. The use of AVHRR and Landsat digital data to monitor tropical and subtropical forest conversion.
3. Development of statistical and image processing procedures for subcontinental and continental resource assessment using satellite imagery. 4. The use of aircraft and satellite digital data to delineate insect defoliation and damage.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
1977-1979 - Research Assistant, Purdue University
EDUCATION:
1974 - B.S. Forestry, University of Maine, Orono
1979 - M.S. Forestry/Remote Sensing, Purdue University
1994 - Ph.D. Forestry/Biometry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
AWARDS:
1983 Special Achievement Award
1985 Group Achievement Award - TM Data Analysis Team
1991 Special Act Award 1993 Quality Increase Award
1995 Community Service Award
1997 Group Achievement Award - FED
2000 Performance Award
Selected Publications
2004
Kimes D, Ullah A, Levine E, Nelson R, Timmins S, Weiss S, Bollingere ME, Blaisdelle C, "Relationships between pediatric asthma and socioeconomic urban variables in Baltimore, Maryland", Health and Place, 10: 141-152.
Nelson RF, Short A, Valenti M, "Measuring Biomass and Carbon in Delaware Using an Airborne Profiling LIDAR", Scandanavian Journal of Forest Research, 19: 500-511, 2004.
2003
Kimes, D., R. Nelson, E. R. Levine, S. Timmins, S. Weiss, M. E. Bollinger, and C. Blaisdell, "Predicting pediatric asthma hospital admissions and ED visits", Neural Computing & Applications, 12 (1): 10-17, 2003.
Nelson, R., M. A. Valenti, A. Short, and C. Kelley, "A multiple resource inventory of Delaware using airborne laser data", Bioscience, 53, 10, 981-992, 2003.
Nelson, R.,, G. Parker, and M. Hom, "A portable airborne laser system for forest inventory", Photogram. Engr. Remote Sensing, 69, 3, 267-273, 2003.
Popescu. S. C., R. H. Wynne, and R. F. Nelson, "Measuring individual tree crown diameter with lidar and assessing its influence on estimating forest volume and biomass", Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 29 (5): 564-577, 2003.
2001
Levine, E., D. Kimes, S. Fifer, and R. Nelson. "Evaluating Tropical Soil Carbon with Pedon Data, Satellite Imagery, and Neural Networks". (2001) In: (Lal, et al.) Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecosystems,19:365-374.
2000
Nelson, R. F., D. S. Kimes, W. A. Salas, and M. Routhier. 2000. Secondary Forest Age and Tropical Forest Biomass Estimation Using Thematic Mapper Imagery, BioScience, 50(5): 419-431.
Nelson, R. F., J. Jimenez, C. E. Schnell, G. S. Hartshorn, T. G. Gregoire, and R. Oderwald. 2000. Canopy Height Models and Airborne Lasers to Estimate Forest Biomass: 2 Problems, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21(11): 2153-2162.
Book Chapters
2000
Levine, E., D. Kimes, S. Fifer, and R. Nelson. 2000. Evaluating Tropical Soil Carbon with Pedon Data, Satellite Imagery, and Neural Networks. In Lal, R., J. M. Kimble, and B. A. Stewart (ed). Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecoystems. CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton, FL. pp. 365 -374.
Conference Proceedings
2000
Popescu, S. C., R. H. Wynne, and R. F. Nelson. Estimating Forest Biophysical Parameters with High-Performance Lidar. ASPRS conference, 24-26 May 2000, Washington, DC.
Popescu, S.C., R.H. Wynne and R.F. Nelson. Estimating forest vegetation biomass using airborne lidar measurements. Information in Agriculture and Forestry, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 10-12 January 2000: II 346-353.
Selected Publications
Boudreau, J., R. Nelson, H. Margolis, A. Beaudoin, L. Guindon, and D. Kimes (2008). Regional aboveground forest biomass using airborne and spaceborne LiDAR in Québec. Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 3876-3890
10.1016/j.rse.2008.06.003
Hyde, P., R. Nelson, D. Kimes, and E. Levine (2007). Exploring LiDAR—RaDAR synergy—predicting aboveground biomass in a southwestern ponderosa pine forest using LiDAR, SAR and InSAR. Remote Sens. Environ., 106, 28-38
Joseph, A., R. Nelson, M. Cosh, T. Jackson, R. Lang, M. Kurum, S. Mehmet, and M. Spicknall (2007). ComRAD Active/Passive Microwave Measurements of Tree Canopies. Proc. IGARSS, 1420 - 1423
Joseph, A., M. Kurum, R. Lang, P.E. O'Neill, T. Jackson, M. Cosh, R. Nelson, and M. Spicknall (2007). Microwave Soil Moisture Estimation Through Tree Canopies Using an L Band Active/Passive System. In, Commission F: Wave Propagation and Remote Sensing Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Proc. of URSI
Naesset, E., and R. Nelson (2007). Using airborne laser scanning to monitor tree migration in the boreal—alpine transition zone. Remote Sens. Environ., 110, 357-369
Nelson, R., P. Hyde, P. Johnson, B. Emessiene, M. Imhoff, R. Campbell, and W. Edwards (2007). Investigating RaDAR—LiDAR synergy in a North Carolina pine forest. Remote Sens. Environ., 110, 98-108
Skowronski, N., K. Clark, R. Nelson, J. Hom, and M. Patterson (2007). Remotely sensed measurements of forest structure and fuel loads in the Pinelands of New Jersey. Remote Sens. Environ., 108, 123-129
Gobakken, T., E. Næsset, and R. Nelson (2006). Developing regional forest inventory procedures based on scanning LiDAR. Proc. SilviLaser2006
Maeda, Y., H. Tsuzuki, R. Nelson, and T. Sweda (2006). Land Use Classification by airborne laser altimetry of Ehime Prefecture. SilviLaser2006
Nelson, R., E. Næsset, T. Gobakken, G. Ståhl, and T. Gregoire (2006). Regional Forest Inventory Using an Airborne Profiling LiDAR. Proc. SilviLaser2006
Næsset, E., and R. Nelson (2006). Using scanning LiDAR for detection of small trees in the boreal-alpine transition zone as indicator of global change. Proc. SilviLaser2006
Ohtsuka, T., H. Tsuzuki, R. Nelson, and T. Sweda (2006). Estimating LAI over Ehime Prefecture by using airborne laser altimetry. Proc. SilviLaser2006
Tsuzuki, H., R. Nelson, and T. Sweda (2006). Timber Stock Estimate by Airborne Laser Profiling for Entire Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Proc. SilviLaser2006
Zhao, K.G., S.C. Popescu, and R. Nelson (2006). Quantifying the uncertainty in biomass estimates from profiling LiDAR data. Proc. SilviLaser2006
Nelson, R., C. Keller, and M. Ratnaswamy (2005). Locating and estimating the extent of Delmarva fox squirrel habitat using an airborne LiDAR profiler. Remote Sens. Environ., 96, 292-301
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