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Biospheric Sciences Branch: Code 614.4

Publications

Publications: 2001

There is a total of 58 Refereed publications and a total of 4 Other Contributions.

Refereed Publications

Anyamba, A., Linthicum, R and Tucker, C. J., (2001) Climate-disease connections: Rift Valley fever in Kenya. Cadernos de Saúde Pública (Reports in Public Health), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vol. 17, 133-140.

Blaisdell, C., M. B. Bollinger, S. Timmins, D. Kimes, E. Levine, M. Myers, and S. Weiss, "Temporal and Spatial Trends in Pediatric Asthma Hospitalization in Maryland", submitted to J. Am. Med. Assoc.

Carey, C., H. R. Heyer, J. Wilkinson, R. A. Alford, J. W. Arntzen, T. Halliday, L. Hungurford, K. R. Lipps, E. M. Middleton, S. A. Orchard and A. S. Rand (2001) "Amphibian declines and environmental change: Use of remote sensing techniques to identify environmental correlates". Conservation Biol. 15 (4): 903-913..

Eck, T. F., B. N. Holben, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, I. Slutsker, J.M. Lobert, and V. Ramanathan, "Column integrated aerosol optical properties over the Maldives during the NE monsoon for 1998-2000", J.Geophys.Res., 106 (D22): 28555-28566, NOV 27 2001.

Eck, T. F., B. N. Holben, D. E. Ward, O. Dubovik, J.S. Reid, A. Smirnov, M. Mukelabai, N. C. Hsu, N. T. O'Neill, and I. Slutsker, "Characterization of the optical properties of biomass burning aerosols in Zambia during the 1997 ZIBBEE field campaign", J. Geophys. Res., 106 , 3425-3448, 2001.

Elvidge C. D., Imhoff M. L., Baugh K. E., Hobson V. R., Nelson I., Safran J., Dietz J. B., Tuttle B. T., "Night-time lights of the world: 1994-1995". ISPRS Journal Of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 56 (2): 81-99. (2001).

Ferrare, R. A., D. D. Turner, L. A. Heilman, W. F. Feltz, O. Dubovik, and T. P. Tooman, "Raman lidar measurements of aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ra-tion over Southern Great Plains", J. Geophys. Res., 106, 20,333 - 20,348, 2001.

Formenti , P., M. O. Andreae, L. Lange, G. Roberts, J. Cafmeyer, I. Rajta, W. Maenhaut, B. N. Holben, P. Artaxo and J. Lelieveld, "Saharan dust in Brazil and Suriname during the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) - Cooperative LBA Regional Experiment (CLAIRE) in March 1998", Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 106 (D14): 14919-14934, JUL 27 2001.

Formenti, P., M. O. Andreae, T. W. Andreae, E. Galani, A. Vasaras, C. Zerefos, L. Orlowsky, A. Karnieli, M. Wendish, H. Wex, B. N. Holben, W. Maenhaut and J. Lelieveld, "Aerosol optical properties and large-scale transport of air masses: observations at a coastal and a semiarid site in the eastern Mediterranean during summer 1998", Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.106, No.D9, Pages 9807-9826, 2001.

Ginoux, P., M. Chin, I. Tegen, J. Prospero, B. N. Holben, O. Dubovik, and S. J. Lin, "Sources and distributions of dust aerosols simulated with the GOCART model", J. Geophys. Res., 106, pp. 20,255 - 20,274, 2001.

Goward, S. N., Masek, J. G., Williams, D. L., Irons, J. R., and Thompson, R. J., 2001, "The Landsat 7 Mission: Terrestrial research and applications for the 21st Century," Remote Sensing of Environment, 78: 3-12.

Hall F. G., Scaling from Plot to Region.(2001) Introduction to BOREAS III Special Section. Journal of Geophys Res. Atmospheres, Vol. 106(D24).

Hansen, J., R. Ruedy, M Sato, M. Imhoff, W. Lawrence, D. Easterling, T. Peterson, and T. Karl, "A closer look at U.S. and global surface temperature change", JGR Atmospheres, Vol. 106, D20, pages 23947-23963, (2001).

Holben, B. N., D. Tanre, A. Smirnov, T. F. Eck, I. Slutsker, N. Abuhassan, W. W. Newcomb, J. Schafer, B. Chatenet, F. Lavenue, Y.J. Kaufman, J. Vande Castle, A. Setzer, B. Markham, D. Clark, R. Frouin, R. Halthore, A. Karnieli, N. T. O'Neill, C. Pietras, R.T. Pinker, K. Voss, and G. Zibordi, "An emerging ground-based aerosol climatology: Aerosol Optical Depth from AERONET", J. Geophys. Res.-Atmospheres, 106 (D11): 12067-12097, JUN 16 2001.

Hollis, J. M., Boboltz, D. A., Pedelty, J. A., White, S. M., and Forster, J. R. "R Aquarii: Evidence for Differential Rotation of the SiO Maser Shell", 2001, ApJ (Letters), 559, L37.

Huemmrich, K. F., (2001), "The GeoSail model: a simple addition to the SAIL model to describe discontinuous canopy reflectance", Remote Sens. Environ. 75: 423-431.

Husar, R. B., D. M. Tratt, B. A. Schichtel, S. R. Falke, F. Li D. Jaffe, S. Gassó, T. Gill, N. S. Laulainen, F. Lu, M. C. Reheis, Y. Chun, D. Westphal, B. N. Holben, C. Gueymard , I. McKendry, N. Kuring, G. C. Feldman, C. McClain, R. J. Frouin, J. Merrill, D. DuBois, F. Vignola, T. Murayama, S. Nickovic, W. E. Wilson, K. Sassen, N. Sugimoto, W. C. Malm, "The Asian Dust Events of April 1998", Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.106, No.D16, Pages 18,317-18,330, 2001.

Kaufman, Y. J., A. Smirnov, B. N. Holben, and O. Dubovik, "Baseline maritime aerosol: methodology to derive the optical thickness and scattering properties", Geoph.Res.Lett., 28 (17): 3251-3254, SEP 1 2001.

Kaufman, Y. J., B. N. Holben, D. Tanré, I. Slutzker, T. F. Eck, and A. Smirnov, "Will aerosol measurements from Terra and Aqua polar orbiting satellites represent the daily aerosol abundance and properties", Geoph. Res. Lett., 23, 3861-3864, 2000.

Kaufman, J. Y., D. Tanré, O. Dubovik, A. Karnieli, and L. A. Remer, "Absorption of sunlight by dust as inferred from satellite and ground-based remote sensing", Geophys. Res. Lett., 28 , 1479-1483, 2001.

Kellogg, E. M, Pedelty, J. A., and Lyon, R.G. "The X-ray System R Aquarii: A Two-sided Jet and Central Source", 2001, ApJ (Letters), 563, L151.

Kharuk V. I., Kozukhovskaya, Pestunov I. A., K. J. Ranson, and G. M. Tzibulsky, 2001. "Siberian silk moth outbreak monitoring based on NOAA/AVHRR images", Issledovaniya Zemly iz Cosmosa (Russian J. of Remote Sensing), No. 1:80-86.

Kinne, S., B. N.Holben, T. F.Eck, A. Smirnov, O. Dubovik, I. Slutsker, U. Lohmann, S. Ghan, M. Chin, P. Ginoux, T. Takemura, R. Kahn, E. Vermote, D. Tanre, L. Stowe, O. Torres, and M. Mischenko, "How well do aerosol retrievals from satellites and representation in global circulation models match ground-based AERONET aerosol statistics", in Remote Sensing and Climate Modelling: Synergies and Limitations (Advances in Global Change Research, vol. 7), edited by M.Beniston and M.M.Verstraete, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.103-158, 2001.

Kreidenweis S. M., L. A. Remer, R. Bruinjes, and O. Dubovik, "Smoke aerosol from biomass burning in Mexico: Hygroscopic smoke optical model", J. Geophys. Res., 106, 4831-4844.

Krizek, D. T., E. M. Middleton, R. K. Sandhu, and M. S. Kim. 2001. "Evaluating UV-B effects and EDU protection in cucumber leaves using fluorescence images and fluorescence emission spectra", J. Plant Physiol. 158(1): 41-53.

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.

Li, X., S. A. Christopher, J. Zhang, J. Chou, K-S Kuo, R. M. Welch, J. S. Reid, T. F. Eck, S-K Yang, and B. N. Holben, "Single scattering albedo of smoke aerosols estimated from NOAA-14 AVHRR measurements", J.Geophys.Res., Vol.103 31903-31923, 2001.

Los S. O., Collatz G. J., Bounoua L., Sellers P. J., Tucker C. J., (2001) "Global interannual variations in sea surface temperature and land surface vegetation, air temperature and precipitation", Journal of Climate, 14: (7) 1535-1549.

Masek, J. G., M. Honzak, S. N. Goward, P. Liu, E. Pak, "Landsat-7 ETM+ as an observatory for land-cover: Initial radiometric and geometric comparisons with Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper Remote Sensing of the Environment", 78, 118-130, 2001.

Masek, J. G., C. T. Shock, and S. N. Goward, "Research Environment for Advanced Landsat Monitoring (REALM): A computational approach for Landsat-7 global science", Remote Sensing of the Environment, 78, 204-216, 2001.

Masek, J.G., "Stability of boreal forest stands during recent climate change: Evidence from Landsat satellite imagery", Journal of Biogeography, 28, 967-976, 2001.

Middleton, E. M., J. R. Herman, E. A. Celarier, J. W. Wilkinson, C. Carey and R. J. Rusin, (2001). "Evaluating ultraviolet radiation exposures determined from satellite data at sites of amphibian decline in Central and South America", Conservation Biology, 15 (4): 914-929.

Myneni, R. B., Dong, J., Tucker, C. J., Kaupi, P. E., Lisk, J., Kaufman, R. B., Zhou, L., Alexeyev, U. E., and M. K. Hughes "Evidence for a larger carbon sink in the woody biomass of Eurasian forests", Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 98, 14784-14789, 2001.

Miura T, Huete AR, Yoshioka H, Holben BN, "An error and sensitivity analysis of atmospheric resistant vegetation indices derived from dark target-based atmospheric correction", Remote Sensing of Environment, 78 (3): 284-298, DEC 2001.

Newcomer, J. A., K. F. Huemmrich, D. Landis, J. Nickeson, S. Conrad, D. Knapp, S. Curd, A. Morrell, D. Hodkinson, E. Nelson, J. Cihlar, H. Margolis, B. Goodison, F. G. Hall, P. J. Sellers. (2001). "Managing and supporting large integrated and interdisciplinary field studies: The BOREAS example", Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), BOREAS Special Issue III, Vol. 106(D24), pp. 33517-33528.

Nizeyimana, E. L., G. W. Petersen, M. L. Imhoff, H. R. Sinclair, Jr., S. W. Waltman, D. S. Reed-Margetan, and E. R. Levine "Assessing the Impact of Urbanization on Soil Productivity in the United States". Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 391-402 (2001).

O'Neill, N. T., O. Dubovik and T. F. Eck, "A modified Angstrom coefficient for characterization sub-micron aerosols", Appl. Opt. , 40, 2368-2375, 2001.

O'Neill, N. T., T. F. Eck, B. N. Holben, A. Smirnov, O. Dubovik, and A. Royer, "Bimodal size distribution influences on the variation of Angstrom derivatives in spectral and optical depth space", J.Geophys.Res., 106, 9787-9806, 2001.

Pandithurai, G., R.T. Pinker, O. Dubovik, B. N. Holben, T. O. Aro, "Remote Sensing of aerosol optical characteristics in sub-Sahel, West Africa", J. Geophys. Res., 106 (D22): 28347-28356, NOV 27 2001.

Peddle, D. R., S. P. Brunke, and F. G. Hall, 2001. "A Comparison of Spectral Mixture Analysis and Ten Vegetation Indices for Estimating Boreal Forest Biophysical Information from Airborne Data". Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 27(6): 627-635.

Pinheiro, A. C., C. J. Tucker, D. Entekhabi, J. L. Privette and J. A. Berry (2001), "Assessing the relationship between surface temperature and soil moisture in southern Africa", Remote Sensing and Hydrology 2000, IAHS Publ. #267, pp 296-301.

Pinker, R. T., G. Pandithurai, B. N. Holben, O. Dubovik, and T. O. Aro, "A dust outbreak episode in sub-Sahel West Africa", J. Geophys. Res.-Atmospheres, 106 (D19): 22923-22930, OCT 16 2001.

Pimm, S. L.,. C. J. Tucker and others, 2001, "Can we defy natures end?", Science, 293, 2207-2208.

Pinzon, J. E., Pierce, J. F., Tucker, C. J., and Brown, M. "Evaluating coherence of natural images by smoothness membership in Besov spaces", IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 39, 1879-1889.

Ramanathan, V., P.J. Crutzen, J. Anderson, M.O. Andreae, G. Cass, A. Clarke, W.D. Collins, J. Coakley, B. Gandrud, B. Holben, J. Heintzenberg, A. Heysmfield, A. Jayaraman, J. Kiehl, T.N. Krishnamurti, A.P. Mitra, T. Novakov, J. Ogren, I. Podgorny, J. Prospero, K. Priestley, P. Quinn, S. Rupert, R. Sadourny, S.K. Satheesh, G. Shaw, P. Sheridan, F.P.J. Valero, 2000, "Climate effects of the great SW-Asian haze: integrated observations from the Indian Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., Vol.106, D.22, 28,371-28,399, 2001.
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Ranson, K. J., G. Sun, V. I. Kharuk, and K. Kovacs. "Characterization of Forests in Western Sayani Mountains, Siberia from SAR data" (2001) Remote Sensing of Environment, 75, 188-200.

Ranson, K.J., G. Sun, R.G. Knox, E. R. Levine, J. F. Weishampel, and S.T. Fifer "Northern Forest Ecosystem Dynamics Using Coupled Models and Remote Sensing". Remote Sensing of Environment, 75, 291-302.

Rapalee G., L.T. Steyaert and F.G. Hall, "Moss and lichen cover mapping at local and regional scales in the boreal forest ecosystem of central Canada", (2001) Journal of Geophys Res. Atmospheres, BOREAS Special Issue III, Vol. 106(D24).

Reid, J.S., H.H. Jonsson, M.H. Smith, and A. Smirnov, "Evolution of the vertical profile and flux of large sea-salt particles in a coastal zone", J. Geophys. Res., 106, 12,039-12,054, 2001.

Steininger M.K., Tucker C.J., Townshend J.R.G., Killeen T.J., Desch A., Bell V., Ersts P., "Tropical deforestation in the Bolivian Amazon", 2001. Environ. Cons. 28:127-134.

Steininger M.K., Tucker C.J., Ersts P., Killeen T.J., Villegas Z., Hecht S.B., "Clearance and fragmentation of tropical deciduous forest in the Tierras Bajas, Santa Cruz, Bolivia", 2001. Cons. Bio. 15:856-866.

Sun, G., Ranson, K.J. and Kharuk, V.I., "Radiometric slope correction for forest biomass estimation from SAR data in Western Sayani Mountains", Siberia (2001) Remote Sens. Envir., 79, 279-287.

Tanre, D., Y.J.Kaufman, B.N. Holben, B.Chatenet, A.Karnieli, F.Lavenu, L.Blarel, O. Dubovik, L.A.Remer, and A.Smirnov, "Climatology of dust aerosol size distribution and optical properties derived from remotely sensed data in the solar spectrum", J. Geoph. Res.-Atmospheres, 106 (D16): 18205-18217, AUG 27 2001.

Teillet P.M., J.L. Barker, B.M. Markham, R.R. Irish, G. Fedosejevs and JC Story (2001) "Radiometric cross-calibration of the Landsat-7 ETM+ and Landsat-5 TM sensors based on tandem data sets", Remote Sensing of Environment, 78, 39-54.

Tucker, C. J., Slayback, D. A., Pinzon, J. E., Los, S. O., Myneni, R. B., and Taylor, M. G. "Higher northern latitude photosynthetic and growing season trends from 1982 to 1999. Int. J. Biometeorology, 45, 184-190, 2001.

Walthall, C.L., Williams, D.L., Dykes, W., and Young, D.C., 2001, "Principles of helicopters as platforms for optical wavelength remote sensing and the NASA GSFC/WFF Helicopter Remote Sensing System," Remote Sensing Reviews, 18(2-4): 83-102.

Zhang, J., S.A.Christopher, and B.N.Holben, Intercomparison of smoke aerosol optical thickness derived from GOES-8 imager and ground-based sun photometers, J. Geophys. Res., Vol.106, No.D7, 7387-7397 (2001).

Zhou, L., C.J. Tucker, R.K. Kaufmann, D. Slayback, N.V. Shabanov and R.B. Myneni, "Variations in northern vegetation activity inferred from satellite data of vegetation index during 1981 to 1999", 2001. J. Geophys. Res. 106:20069-20083.

Other Contributions

Huemmrich, K. F., Hall, F. G., Landis, D. R., and Newcomer, J. A. (2000) Release of BOREAS CD-ROM set, Eos, in press.

Levine, E., K. Drob, and Izolda Trakhtenberg, "Identifying Biome Characteristics with GLOBE Student Data", Proceedings 5th Annual GLOBE Conference, Annapolis MD., in press.

Privette, J. L., R. B. Myneni, C. J. Tucker (2000), "Satellite Remote Sensing of Vegetation, chapter invited chapter in forthcoming Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences" (J. Holton, J. Pyle and J. Curry, Eds), Harcourt Academic Press, London.

Privette, J. L., Sandmeier, S., Deering, D. E. and Eck, T. (2000), "History and sampling issues for field measurement of bidirectional reflectance, invited chapter in forthcoming Reflection Properties of Vegetation and Soil", (M. von Schonermark, Ed.), DLR, Berlin.

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