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Profile for Marc Imhoff

Title: AST, Earth Sciences Remote Sensing
Affiliation: NASA
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Office Phone: 301-614-6628
Fax: 301-614-6695

Profile

CURRENT RESEARCH

PI for EOS Land Cover Land Use Change Program on a project designed to assess the impact of human activity and urbanization on the carbon cycle and biodiversity.

CURRENT NEW RESPONSIBILITIES

Earth System Science Pathfinder Project Scientist

Selected Publications

2006


Imhoff ML, Bounoua L, “Exploring global patterns of net primary production carbon supply and demand using satellite observations and statistical data”, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 111 (D22): Art. No. D22S12, NOV 22 2006.


2004


Bounoua L, DeFries RS, Imhoff ML, Steininger MK, "Land use and local climate: A case study near Santa Cruz, Bolivia", Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 86 (1-2): 73-85, APR 2004.

Imhoff ML, Bounoua L, Ricketts T, Loucks C, Harriss R, Lawrence WT, "Global patterns in human consumption of net primary production", Letters to Nature, VOL 429: 870-873, JUNE 24 2004.

Imhoff ML, Bounoua L, DeFries R, Lawrence WT, Stutzer D, Tucker CJ, Ricketts T, "The consequences of urban land transformation on net primary productivity in the United States", Remote Sensing of Environment, 89 (4): 434-443, FEB 29 2004.

Luck GW, Ricketts TH, Daily GC, Imhoff ML, "Alleviating spatial conflict between people and biodiversity", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101 (1): 182-186, JAN 6 2004.


2003

"Bounoua, L., R. S. Defries, M. L. Imhoff, and M. K. Steininger, "Land use and local climate: A case study near Santa Cruz, Bolivia", Meteor. & Atmos. Physics, ISSN: 0177-7971 (paper) 1436-5065 (on line), 2003.

Ricketts, T. and M. Imhoff, "Biodiversity, urban areas, and agriculture: locating priority ecoregions for conservation", Conservation Ecology, 8 (2): 1, 2003.

Rosenqvist, A., T. Milne, R. Lucas, M. Imhoff, and C. Dobson, "A review of remote sensing technology in support of the Kyoto Protocol". Environmental Science & Policy, 6 (5): 441-455, 2003.


2002

Lawrence WT, Imhoff ML, Kerle N, Stutzer D, "Quantifying urban land use and impact on soils in Egypt using diurnal satellite imagery of the Earth surface", Intl Journal of Remote Sensing, 23 (19): 3921-3937, OCT 2002.


2001

Assessing the Impact of Land Conversion to Urban Uses on Soils with Different Productivity Levels in the United States", Egide L. Nizeyimana, G. W. Petersen, M. L. Imhoff, H. R. Sinclair, Jr., S. W. Waltman, D. Reed-Margetan, and E. R. Levine, Soil Science Society of America Journal, 65 (2): 391-402 MAR-APR 2001.

"A Closer Look At United States And Global Surface Temperature Change", James Hansen, Reto Ruedy, Makiko Sato, Marc Imhoff, David Easterling, Thomas Peterson, and Thomas Karl, Journal Geophysical Research. 106 (D20): 23947-23963, OCT 27 2001.


2000

"The Use of Multi-source Satellite and Geospatial Data to Study the Effect of Urbanization on Primary Productivity in the United States", M. L. Imhoff, C. J. Tucker, W. T. Lawrence, D. Stutzer, and Robert Rusin, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 38, No. 6 November 2000, pp. 2549-2556.

"An airborne VHF multi-band SAR for vegetation biomass measurement," Marc L. Imhoff, et al., IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol 38, No. 3, May 2000, pp. 1458-1462.


1998

"A low frequency radar Experiment for vegetation biomass measurement," Marc Imhoff, et al., IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 36, No. 6, 1998.


1997

"A technique for using composite DMSP/OLS "city lights" satellite data to accurately map urban areas," Marc L. Imhoff et al., Remote Sensing of Environment Journal, Vol. 61:361-370 (1997). 8

"Using nighttime DMSP/OLS images of city lights to estimate the impact of urban land use on soil resources in the U.S." Marc L. Imhoff, et al., Remote Sensing of Environment Journal, Vol. 59:105-117 (1997).

"Remotely sensed indicators of habitat heterogeneity: Use of synthetic aperture radar in mapping vegetation structure and bird habitat". Marc L. Imhoff, et al., Remote Sensing of Environment Journal, Vol. 60:217-227 (1997).


1995

"Radar backscatter and biomass saturation: ramifications for global biomass inventory". Imhoff, M.L., IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 33, No. 2, March 1995, pp. 510-518. 11)

"A theoretical analysis of the affect forest structure on synthetic aperture radar backscatter and the remote sensing of biomass". Imhoff, M.L., IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 33, No. 2, March 1995, pp 341-352.

Conference Proceedings

2000

Elvidge C. D., M. L. Imhoff, P. C. Sutton. 2000. Inter-technical Commission Session IC-22, Relation Between Fossil Fuel Trace Gas Emissions and Satellite Observations of Nocturnal Lighting, XIXth Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Amsterdam, Holland, 16-23 July 2000.

Imhoff, M, L. et al., 2000. Current Remote Sensing Technologies Appropriate for Environmental Treaty Monitoring and Compliance, Combating International Eco-Crime in a Global Economy (Nov 16-17), New York University school of Law, New York City, NY.

Imhoff, M, L. et. al., 2000. Remote Sensing Technologies for Multinational Environmental Treaty Formulation and Monitoring, Remote Sensing and Environmental Treaties: Building More Linkages, December 4 & 5, 2000, Woodrow Wilson International Center, Washington DC.

Imhoff, M, L., A. Rosenquist, A. K. Milne, M. C. Dobson, and J. Qi. 2000. Remote Sensing and the Kyoto Protocol: A Review of Available and Future Technology for Monitoring Treaty Compliance, 28th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE), 27-31 March, 2000, Cape Town, South Africa.

Imhoff, M, L., William Lawrence, Richard Condit, Joseph Wright, Patrick Johnson, Warren Holford, Joseph Hyer, Lisa May, and Steven CarsoN. 2000. VHF Radar Measurement of Tropical Forests in Panama: Results from the BioSAR Deployment in Central America, 28th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE), 27-31 March, 2000, Cape Town, South Africa.

Imhoff, M, L., C. J. Tucker, and W. T. Lawrence. 2000. The Impact of Urban Sprawl on Photosynthetic Production in the United States, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) National Meetings, February 2000, Washington, D.C.

Rosenquist A., M. L. Imhoff, A. K. Milne, and M. C. Dobson. 2000. Remote Sensing and the Kyoto Protocol: A Workshop Summary, XIXth Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Amsterdam, Holland 16-23 July 2000.

Selected Publications

Bounoua, L., A. Safia, J. Masek, C. Peters-Lidard, and M. Imhoff (2009). Impact of Urban Growth on Surface Climate: A Case Study in Oran, Algeria. J. Applied Meteorology Climatology, 48(2), 217-231
10.1175/2008JAMC2044.1

Imhoff, M., L. Bounoua, and J.M. and Shepherd (2007). The Gray Wave of the Great Transformation. In M.D. King, C.L. Parkinson, D. Partington, and R.G. Williams (Ed.), Our Changing Planet: The View From Space (291-297). Cambridge Univ. Press

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

Imhoff, M., and L. Bounoua (2006). Exploring global patterns of net primary production carbon supply and demand using satellite observations and statistical data. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D22S12), 8 pp

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