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Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory (614)

Publications: 2008

This document is a compilation of publications of the Biospheric Sciences Branch (614.4) for calendar year 2008. If you wish further information, or a reprint, please contact the author of the article or the publisher. Currently, there are 122 publications, papers, or other works listed for 2008.

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Algorithm Development

  • Cao, C.Y., X.X. Xiong, A.H. Wu, and X.Q. Wu (2008). Assessing the consistency of AVHRR and MODIS L1B reflectance for generating fundamental climate data records J. Geophys. Res. Atmosp., 113(D09114), 10 pp
    10.1029/2007JD009363
  • Georgiev, G., and J. Butler (2008). Laboratory-based bidirectional reflectance distribution functions of radiometric tarps Appl. Opt., 47(18), 3313-3323
    10.1364/AO.47.003313
  • Giglio, L., I. Csiszar, Á. Restás, J.T. Morisette, W. Schroeder, D.C. Morton, and C.O. Justice (2008). Active fire detection and characterization with the advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER) Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 3055-3063
    10.1016/j.rse.2008.03.003
  • Jaross, G., and J. Warner (2008). Use of Antarctica for validating reflected solar radiation measured by satellite sensors J. Geophys. Res., 113(D16S34), 13 pp
    10.1029/2007JD008835
  • Lyapustin, A., Y. Wang, and R. Frey (2008). An automatic cloud mask algorithm based on time series of MODIS measurements J. Geophys. Res., 113(D16207), 15 pp
    10.1029/2007JD009641
  • O'Neill, N.T., T.F. Eck, J.S. Ried, A. Smirnov, and O. Pancrati (2008). Coarse mode optical information retrievalbe using ultraviolet to short-wave infrared Sun photometry: Application to United Arab Emirates Unified Aerosol Experimental data J. Geophys. Res., 113(D05212), 11 pp
    10.1029/2007JD009052
  • Wenny, B.N., and X. Xiong (2008). Using a Cold Earth Surface Target to Characterize Long-Term Stability of the MODIS Thermal Emissive Bands IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 5(2), 162-165
    10.1109/LGRS.2008.915603
  • Xie, X., and X. Xiong (2008). Characterization of earthshine impacts on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer reflective solar bands calibration J. Appl. Remote Sens., 2(023507)
    10.1117/1.2898223
  • Xie, Y., X. Xiong, J.J. Qu, N. Che, and L. Wang (2008). MODIS On-Orbit Spatial Characterization Using Ground Targets IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46(9), 2666-2674
    10.1109/TGRS.2008.917269
  • Xiong, X., J. Sun, and W. Barnes (2008). Intercomparison of On-Orbit Calibration Consistency Between Terra and Aqua MODIS Reflective Solar Bands Using the Moon IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 5(4), 778-782
    10.1109/LGRS.2008.2005591
  • Xiong, X., K.-F. Chiang, A. Wu, W.L. Barnes, B. Guenther, and V.V. Salomonson (2008). Multiyear On-Orbit Calibration and Performance of Terra MODIS Thermal Emissive Bands IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46(6), 1790-1803
    10.1109/TGRS.2008.916217
  • Xiong, X., K. Chiang, J. Sun, W.L. Barnes, B. Guenther, and V.V. Salomonson (2008). NASA EOS Terra and Aqua MODIS on-orbit performance J. Adv. Space Res.
    10.1016/j.asr.2008.04.008
  • Xiong, X., A. Wu, and C. Cao (2008). On-orbit calibration and inter-comparison of Terra and Aqua MODIS surface temperature spectral bands Int. J. Remote Sens., 29(17-18), 5347-5359
    10.1080/01431160802036300

Atmospheric Composition

  • Derimian, Y., J.-F. Léon, O. Dubovik, I. Chiapello, D. Tanré, A. Sinyuk, F. Auriol, T. Podvin, G. Brogniez, and B.N. Holben (2008). Radiative properties of aerosol mixture observed during the dry season 2006 over M’Bour, Senegal (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis campaign) J. Geophys. Res., 113(D00C09), 15 pp
    10.1029/2008JD009904
  • Dubovik, O., T. Lapyonok, Y. Kaufman, M. Chin, P. Ginoux, R. Kahn, and A. Sinyuk (2008). Retrieving global aerosol sources from satellites using inverse modeling Atmosp. Chemistry Physics, 8(2), 209-250, www.atmos-c
  • Eck, T.F., N.T. O'Neill, B.N. Holben, J.S. Reid, A. Sinyuk, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, D.M. Giles, S.C. Tsay, Q. Ji, A. Al Mandoos, M.R. Khan, E.A. Reid, J.S. Schafer, M. Sorokin, W. Newcomb, and I. Slutsker (2008). Spatial and temporal variability of column-integrated aerosol optical properties in the southern Arabian Gulf and United Arab Emirates in summer J. Geophys. Res. Atmosp., 113(D01204), 19 pp
    10.1029/2007JD008944
  • García, O.E., A.M. Diaz, F.J. Expodito, J.P. Diaz, O. Dubovik, P. Dubuisson, J.-C. Roger, T.F. Eck, A. Sinyuk, Y. Derimian, E.G. Dutton, J.S. Schafer, B.N. Holben, and C.A. Garcia (2008). Validation of AERONET estimates of atmospheric solar fluxes and aerosol radiative forcing by ground-based broadband measurements J. Geophys. Res., 113(D21207), 16 pp
    10.1029/2008JD010211
  • Lau, K.-M., V. Ramanathan, G.-X. Wu, Z. Li, S.C. Tsay, C. Hsu, R. Sikka, B.N. Holben, D. Lu, G.   Tartari, M.   Chin, P.   Koudelova, H.   Chen, Y.   Ma, J.   Huang, K. Taniguchi, and R. Zhang (2008). The Joint Aerosol–Monsoon Experiment: A New Challenge for Monsoon Climate Research BAMS, 89(3), 369–383
    10.1175/BAMS-89-3-369
  • Li, Z., X. Xia, M. Cribb, W. Mi, B.N. Holben, P. Wang, H. Chen, S.-C. Tsay, T.F. Eck, F. Zhao, E.G. Dutton, and R.R. Dickerson (2008). Correction to "Aerosol optical properties and their radiative effects in northern China" J. Geophys. Res., 113(D07S99), 1 pp
    10.1029/2008JD009929
  • Liu, H., R.T. Pinker, M. Chin, B.N. Holben, and L. Remer (2008). Synthesis of information on aerosol optical properties J. Geophys. Res., 113(D07206), 13 pp
    10.1029/2007JD008735
  • Markowicz, K.M., P.J. Flatau, J. Remiszewska, M. Witek, E.A. Reid, J.S. Reid, A. Bucholtz, and B.N. Holben (2008). Observations and Modeling of the Surface Aerosol Radiative Forcing during UAE² J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2877-2891
    10.1175/2007JAS2555.1
  • Reid, J.S., S.J. Piketh, A.L. Walker, R.P. Burger, K.E. Ross, D.L. Westphal, R.T. Bruinjes, B.N. Holben, C. Hsu, T.L. Jensen, R.A. Kahn, A.P. Kuciauskas, A.A. Mandoos, A.A. Mangoosh, S.D. Miller, J.N. Porter, E.A. Reid, and S.-C. Tsay (2008). An overview of UAE² flight operations: Observations of summertime atmospheric thermodynamic and aerosol profiles of the southern Arabian Gulf J. Geophys. Res., 113(D14213), 14 pp
    10.1029/2007JD009435
  • Reid, J.S., E.A. Reid, A. Walker, S. Piketh, S. Cliff, A.A. Mandoos, S.-C. Tsay, and T.F. Eck (2008). Dynamics of southwest Asian dust particle size characteristics with implications for global dust research J. Geophys. Res., 113(D14212), 14 pp
    10.1029/2007JD009752
  • Remer, L.A., R.G. Kleidman, R. Levy, Y.J. Kaufman, D. Tanré, S. Mattoo, J.V. Martins, C. Ichoku, I. Koren, H. Yu, and B.N. Holben (2008). Global aerosol climatology from the MODIS satellite sensors J. Geophys. Res., 113(D14S07), 18 pp
    10.1029/2007JD009661
  • Schafer, J.S., T.F. Eck, B.N. Holben, P. Artaxo, and A.F. Duarte (2008). Characterization of the optical properties of atmospheric aerosols in Amazônia from long-term AERONET monitoring (1993—1995 and 1999—2006) J. Geophys. Res., 113(D04204), 16 pp
    10.1029/2007JD009319
  • Tian, B., M.I. Mishchenko, I.V. Geogdzhayev, T. Tyranowski, Y.L. Yung, Q. Li, R.A. Kahn, D.E. Waliser, O. Torres, and A. Smirnov (2008). Does the Madden-Julian Oscillation influence aerosol variability? J. Geophys. Res., 113(D12215), 11 pp
    10.1029/2007JD009372
  • Xia, X., T.F. Eck, B.N. Holben, G. Phillippe, and H. Chen (2008). Analysis of weekly cycle of aerosol optical depth using AERONET and MODIS data J. Geophys. Res., 113(D14217), 11 pp
    10.1029/2007JD009604

Book Articles or Chapters

  • Brown, M.E. (2008). The Impact of Climate Change on Income Diversification and Food Security in Senegal In A. Millington, W. Jepson (Ed.), Land Change Science in the Tropics: Changing Agricultural Landscapes (Chapter 3, pp. 33-52). Berlin: Springer-Verlag
  • Butler, J., S.J. Janz, B.C. Johnson, R.D. Saunders, J.W. Cooper, M.G. Kowalewski, and R.A. Barnes (2008). Calibration of a radiance standard for the NPP/OMPS instrument In R. Meynart, S.P. Neeck, H. Shimoda, S. Habib (Ed.), Sensors, Systems, and Next Generation Satellites XII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12/800194
  • Che, N., T. Choi, and X. Xiong (2008). MODIS Along-scan Direction Line Spread Function (LSF) Modeling and Verification Using the Integration and Alignment Collimator (IAC) In J.J. Butler and X. Xiong (Ed.), Earth Observing Systems XIII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.793388
  • Choi, T., N. Che, and X. Xiong (2008). On-orbit Aqua MODIS Modulation Transfer Function Trending in Along-Scan from the Spectro-Radiometric Calibration Assembly In J.J. Butler and X. Xiong (Ed.), Earth Observing Systems XIII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.793844
  • Choi, T., A. Angal, G. Chander, and X. Xiong (2008). Radiometric Cross-calibration of the Terra MODIS and Landsat 7 ETM+ Using an Invariant Desert Site In J.J. Butler and X. Xiong (Ed.), Earth Observing Systems XIII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.793829
  • Chretien, J.-P., K.J. Linthicum, S.C. Britch, C.J. Tucker, J. Small, and A. Anyamba (2008). Environmental biosurveillance for epidemic prediction: experience with Rift Valley fever In D. Zeng, H. Chen, H. Rolka, and B. Lober (Ed.), Biosurveillance and biosecurity: systems and algorithms (169-174). Berlin: Springer
  • Chretien, J.-P., A. Anyamba, J. Small, C.J. Tucker, S.C. Britch, and K.J. Linthicum (2008). Extreme Weather and Epidemics: Rift Valley Fever and Chikungunya Fever In, Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Contributions of Infectious Desease Emergence (116-128). Inst. Medicine, The National Academies Press
  • Georgiev, G., and J. Butler (2008). BRDF study of gray-scale Spectralon In, Earth Observing Systems XIII San Diego, California: Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
  • Linthicum, K.J., S.C. Britch, A. Anyamba, J. Small, C.J. Tucker, J.-P. Chretien, and R. Sithipraasasna (2008). Ecology of desease: the intersection of human and animal health In, Victore-borne diseases - Understanding the Environmental, Human Health, and Ecological Considerations, Forum on Microbial Threats (78-88). Inst. of Medicine of the National Academies
  • Martin, V., V. Chevalier, P. Ceccato, A. Anyamba, L. De Simone, J. Lubroth, J. Domenech, and S. de La Rocque (2008). Climate Change: the Impact on the Epidemiology and Control of Rift Valley Fever In S. de La Rocque, G. Hendrickx and S. Morand (Ed.), Climate Change: Impact on the epidemiology and control of animal diseases (413-426). Scientific and Technical Review, Office International des epizooties
  • Meister, G., J. Sun, R. Eplee, F. Patt, X. Xiong, and C.R. McClain (2008). Sun Beta Angle Residuals in Solar Diffuser Measurements of the MODIS Ocean Bands In J.J. Butler and X. Xiong (Ed.), Earth Observing Systems XIII (12 pp). Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.796291
  • Sun, J., R. Eplee, X. Xiong, T.C. Stone, G. Meister, and C.R. McClain (2008). MODIS and SeaWiFS On-orbit Lunar Calibration In, Earth Observing Systems XIII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.795338
  • Vrieling, A., K.M. de Beurs, and M.E. Brown (2008). Recent trends in agricultural production of Africa based on AVHRR NDVI time series In C.M.U. Neale, M. Owe, G. D'Irso (Ed.), Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology X Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.799824
  • Waluschka, E., C.J. Bruegge, and X. Xiong (2008). Pre-launch Optical Tests of a MODIS and MISR In, Earth Observing Systems XIII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.796423
  • Wu, A., and X. Xiong (2008). Determination of Noise Characterization of MODIS Thermal Emissive Bands for Cold Scene Observations In, Earth Observing Systems XIII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.795270
  • Wu, A., X. Xiong, and C. Cao (2008). Examination of Calibration Performance of Multiple POS Sensors Using Measurements Over the Dome C Site in Antarctica In, Sensors, Systems, and Next Generation Satellites XII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.800334
  • Wu, A., X. Xiong, C. Cao, and A. Angal (2008). Monitoring MODIS Calibration Stability of Visible and Near-IR bands From Observed Top-of-Atmosphere BRDF-normalized Reflectances Over Libyan Desert and Antarctic Surfaces In, Earth Observing Systems XIII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.795296
  • Xie, Y., X. Xiong, J.J. Qu, and N. Che (2008). Long-term MODIS Spatial Characterization Using Ground Target Approach In, Earth Observing Systems XIII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.794364
  • Xiong, X., A. Wu, and A. Angal (2008). Assessment of MODIS Scan Mirror Reflectance Changes On-orbit In, Earth Observing Systems XIII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.792705
  • Xiong, X., J. Sun, G. Meister, and E. Kwiatkowska (2008). Characterization of MODIS VIS/NIR Spectral Band Detector-to-Detector Differences In, Earth Observing Systems XIII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.792700
  • Xiong, X., W. Barnes, and V.V. Salomonson (2008). Status of Aqua MODIS Instrument Operation, Calibration, and Performance In, Sensors, Systems, and Next Generation Satellites XII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.799833
  • Xiong, X., A. Wu, and B. Wenny (2008). Using Dome C for MODIS Calibration and Characterization In, Sensors, Systems, and Next Generation Satellites XII Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
    10.1117/12.799837

Carbon, Ecosystems and Biogeochemistry

  • 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
  • Bro-Jørgensen, J., M.E. Brown, and N. Pettorelli (2008). Using the satellite-derived normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to explain ranging patterns in a lek-breeding antelope: the importance of scale Oecologia
    10.1007/s00442-008-1121-z
  • Brown, M.E., C.C. Funk, J. Verdin, and G. Eilerts (2008). Ensuring food security – Response Sci., 320(5876), 611-612
    10.1126/science.320.5876.611
  • Brown, M.E. (2008). Famine Early Warning Systems and Remote Sensing Data Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, XVIII, 313 pp, 91 illus, IS
  • Brown, M.E., and C.C. Funk (2008). Food Security Under Climate Change Sci., 319, 580-581
    10.1126/science.1154102
  • Brown, M.E., S.D. Prince, and J.E. Pinzon (2008). Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data in a Spatially Explicit Price Model Land Economics, 84(2), 340-357
    10.3368/le.84.2.340
  • Campbell E., P.K., E.M. Middleton, L.A. Corp, and M.S. Kim (2008). Contribution of chlorophyll fluorescence t o the apparent vegetation reflectance Sci. Total Environ., 404, 433-439
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.11.004
  • Campbell, J.E., G.R. Carmichael, T. Chai, M. Mena-Carrasco, Y. Tang, D.R. Blake, N.J. Blake, S.A. Vay, G.J. Collatz, I. Baker, J.A. Berry, S.A. Montzka, C. Sweeney, J.L. Schnoor, and C.O. Stanier (2008). Photosynthetic Control of Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide During the Growing Season Sci., 322, 1085-1088
    10.1126/science.1164015
  • Carvalhais, N., M. Reichstein, J. Seixas, G.J. Collatz, and et. al. (2008). Implications of the carbon cycle steady state assumption for biogeochemical modeling performance and inverse parameter retrieval Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 22(GB2007), 16 pp
    10.1029/2007GB003033
  • DeFries, R.S., D.C. Morton, G.R. van der Werf, L. Giglio, G.J. Collatz, J.T. Randerson, R.A. Houghton, P.K. Kasibhatla, and Y. Shimabukuro (2008). Fire-related carbon emissions from land use transitions in southern Amazonia Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(L22705), 5 pp
    10.1029/2008GL035689
  • Drolet, G.G., E.M. Middleton, K.F. Huemmrich, F.G. Hall, B.D. Amiro, A.G. Barr, T.A. Black, J.H. McGaughey, and H. Margolis (2008). Regional mapping of gross light-use efficiency using MODIS spectral indices Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 3064-3078
    10.1016/j.rse.2008.03.002
  • Garrigues, S., D. Allard, and F. Baret (2008). Modeling temporal changes in surface spatial heterogeneity over an agricultural site Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 588-602
    10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.014
  • Garrigues, S., D. Allard, F. Baret, and J. Morisette (2008). Multivariate quantification of landscape spatial heterogeneity using variogram models Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 216-230
    10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.017
  • Gitelson, A.A., A. Viña, J. Masek, S. B Verma, and A.E. Suyker (2008). Synoptic Monitoring of Gross Primary Productivity of Maize Using Landsat Data IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 5(2), 133-137
    10.1109/LGRS.2008.915598
  • Goward, S.N., R.A. Houghton, S. Healey, G.J. Collatz, G. Molsen, W. Cohen, J. Masek, D. Turner, S. Powell, B. Law, R. Kennedy, C. Huang, and M.A. Wulder (2008). Forest Disturbance and North American Carbon Flux Eos, Trans. AGU, 89(11), 105-116
  • Gutman, G., R. Byrnes, and J. Masek (2008). Towards monitoring land-cover and land-use changes at a global scale: The Global Land Survey 2005 Photogrammetric Engineering Remote Sens., 94(1), 6-10
  • Hall, F.G., T. Hilker, N.C. Coops, A. Lyapustin, K.F. Huemmrich, E.M. Middleton, H. Margolis, G. Drolet, and T.A. Black (2008). Multi-angle remote sensing of forest light use efficiency by observing PRI variation with canopy shadow fraction Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 3201-3211
    10.1016/j.rse.2008.03.015
  • Hilker, T., N.C. Coops, F.G. Hall, T.A. Black, M.A. Wulder, Z. Nesic, and P. Krishnan (2008). Separating physiologically and directionally induced changes in PRI using BRDF models Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 2777-2788
  • Kharuk, V.I., M.L. Dvinskaya, S.T. Im, and K.J. Ranson (2008). Tree Vegetation of the Forest-Tundra Ecotone in the Western Sayan Mountains and Climatic Trends Russian J. Ecology, 39(1), 8-13
    10.1134/S1067413608010025
  • Kharuk, V.I., K.J. Ranson, and M.L. Dvinskaya (2008). Wildfires dynamic in the larch dominance zone Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(L01402), 6 pp
    10.1029/2007GL032291
  • Masek, J., C. Huang, R.E. Wolfe, W. Cohen, F.G. Hall, J. Kutler, and P. Nelson (2008). North American forest disturbance mapped from a decadal Landsat record Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 2914-2926
    10.1016/j.rse.2008.02.010
  • Neigh, C., C.J. Tucker, and J.R. G. Townshend (2008). North American vegetation dynamics observed with multi-resolution satellite data Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 1749-1772
  • Robin, J., R. Dubayah, E. Sparrow, and E. Levine (2008). Monitoring start of season in Alaska with GLOBE, AVHRR, and MODIS data J. Geophys. Res., 113(G01017), 10 pp
    10.1029/2007JG000407
  • Rosolem, R., W.J. Shuttleworth, and L.G. de Gonçalves (2008). Is the data collection period of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia representative of long-term climatology? J. Geophy. Res., 113(G00B09), 12 pp
    10.1029/2007JG000628
  • Steyaert, L., and R. Knox (2008). Reconstructed historical land cover and biophysical parameters for studies of land-atmosphere interactions within the eastern United States J. Geophys. Res., 113(D02101), 27 pp
    10.1029/2006JD008277
  • Sun, G., K.J. Ranson, D. Kimes, J.B. Blair, and K. Kovacs (2008). Forest vertical structure from GLAS: An evaluation using LVIS and SRTM data Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 107-117
    10.1016/j.rse.2006.09.036
  • Williams, C.A., N.P. Hanan, I. Baker, G.J. Collatz, J. Berry, and A.S. Denning (2008). Interannual variability of photosynthesis across Africa and its attribution J. Geophys. Res., 113(G04015), 15 pp
    10.1029/2008JG000718
  • Zeng, N., J.-H. Yoon, A. Vintzileos, G.J. Collatz, E. Kalnay, A. Mariotti, A. Kumar, A. Busalacchi, and S. Lord (2008). Dynamical prediction of terrestrial ecosystems and the global carbon cycle: A 25-year hindcast experiment Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 22(GB4015), 13 pp
    10.1029/2008GB003183
  • van der Werf, G.R., J. Dempewolf, S.N. Trigg, J.T. Randerson, P.S. Kasibhatla, L. Giglio, D. Murdiyarso, W. Peters, D.C. Morton, G.J. Collatz, A.J. Dolman, and R.S. DeFries (2008). Climate regulation of fire emissions and deforestation in equatorial Asia PNAS, 105(51), 20350-20355
    10.1073/pnas.0803375105

Disease Monitoring

  • Britch, S.C., K.J. Linthicum, A. Anyamba, C.J. Tucker, E. Pak, F.A. Maloney, Jr., K. Cobb, E. Stanwix, J. Humphries, A. Spring, B. Pagac, and M. Miller (2008). Can satellite vegetation index data provide early warning of elevated mosquito population at CONUS military installations? Military Medicine, 173(7), 677-683
  • Britch, S.C., K.J. Linthicum, A. Anyamba, C.J. Tucker, E. Pak, and the Mosquito Surveillance Team (2008). Long-term Surveillance Data and Patterns of Invasion by Aedes Albopictus in Florida J. American Mosquito Control Association, 24(1), 115-120

Journal Articles

  • Morton, D.C., R.S. DeFries, J.T. Randerson, L. Giglio, W. Schroeder, and G.R. van der Werf (2008). Agricultural intensification increases deforestation fire activity in Amazonia Global Change Biology, 14, 2262-2275
  • Sakerin, S.M., D.M. Kabanov, V.F. Radionov, I. Slutsker, A. Smirnov, S.A. Terpugova, and B.N. Holben (2008). About the results on the atmosphere aerosol optical depth in circumnavigation around Antarctica (the 53d RAE) Atm. Ocean Optics, 21(12), 900-904
  • Sakerin, S.M., D.M. Kabanov, A. Smirnov, and B.N. Holben (2008). Aerosol optical depth of atmosphere over the oceans in the wavelength range 0.37–4 mm Int. J. Rem. Sens., 29, 2519-2547
  • Schroeder, W., E. Prins, L. Giglio, I. Csiszar, C. Schmidt, J. Morrisette, and D.C. Morton (2008). Validation of GOES and MODIS active fire detection productions using ASTER and ETM+ Remote Sensing of Environment
    10.1016/j.rse.2008.01.005
  • Non-refereed Publications or Other Contributions
  • Brown, M.E., and B. McCusker (2008). Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa: Impact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies Book Review in EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 89(47)
    10.1029/2008EO470009
  • Brown, M.E., D. Lary, A. Vrieling, D. Stathakis, and H. Mussa (2008). Neural Networks as a Tool for Constructing Continuous NDVI Time Series from AVHRR and MODIS International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(24), 7141-7158
    10.1080/01431160802238435
  • Brown, M.E., C.C. Funk, J. Verdin, and G. Eilerts (2008). Ensuring Food Security (in Letters) Science, 320(5876), 611-612
    10.1126/science.320.5876.611
  • Brown, M.E., and C.C. Funk (2008). Food Security under Climate Change Science, 319(5863), 580-581
    10.1126/science.1154102
  • Brown, M.E., and K. de Beurs (2008). Evaluation of Multi-Sensor Semi-Arid Crop Season Parameters Based on NDVI and Rainfall Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(5), 2261-2271
    10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.008 
  • Brown, M.E., J.E. Pinzon, and S.D. Prince (2008). Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data in a Spatially Explicit Price Model Land Economics, 84(2), 342–359
  • Corp, L.A., E.M. Middleton, C.S.T. Daughtry, P.K. Campbell, K.F. Huemmrich, and Y.B. Cheng (2008). Imapact of Spectral Resolution on Solar Induced Fluorescence and Reflectance Indices for Monitoring Vegetation Proceedings, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Modeling and Remote Sensing Techniques

  • Brown, M.E., and K.M. de Beurs (2008). Evaluation of multi-sensor semi-arid crop season parameters based on NDVI and rainfall Remote Sens. Environ., 112(5), 2261-2271
    10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.008
  • Drolet, G.G., E.M. Middleton, K.F. Huemmrich, F.G. Hall, B.D. Amiro, A.G. Barr, T.A. Black, J.H. McGaughey, and H. Margolis (2008). Regional mapping of gross light-use efficiency using MODIS spectral indices Remote Sens. Environ., 112(6), 3064-3078
  • Garrigues, S., N.V. Shabanov, K. Swanson, J.T. Morisette, F. Baret, and R.B. Myneni (2008). Intercomparison and sensitivity analysis of Leaf Area Index retrievals from LAI-2000, AccuPAR, and digital hemispherical photography over croplands Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 1193-1209
    10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.02.014
  • Gutman, G., R. Byrnes, and J. Masek (2008). Towards monitoring land-cover and land-use changes at a global scale: The Global Land Survey 2005 Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 94(1), 6-10
  • Hilker, T., N.C. Coops, F.G. Hall, T.A. Black, B. Chen, P. Krishnan, M.A. Wulder, P.J. Sellers, E.M. Middleton, and K.F. Huemmrich (2008). A modeling approach for upscaling gross ecosystem production to the landscape scale using remote sensing data J. Geophys. Res., 113(G03006), 15 pp
    10/1029/2007JG000666
  • Huang, C.Q., K. Song, S. Kim, J.R. G. Townshend, P. Davis, J. Masek, and S.N. Goward (2008). Use of a dark object concept and support vectormachines to automate forest cover change analysis Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(3), 970-985
    10.1016/j.rse.2007.07.023
  • Pinzon, J.E. (2008). Book Review: Hyperspectral Data Exploitation: Theory and Applications, Wileg-Interscience, Hoboken, NJ (2007) Computers Geosci., 34, 1970-1971
    10.1016/j.cageo.2007.10.015
  • Roy, D., J. Ju, P. Lewis, C. Schaaf, F. Gao, M. Hansen, and E. Lindquist (2008). Multi-temporal MODIS-Landsat data fusion for relative radiometric normalization, gap filling, and prediction of Landsat data Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 3112-3130
    10.1016/j.rse.2008.03.009
  • Schaefer, K., G.J. Collatz, P. Tans, A.S. Denning, I. Baker, J. Berry, L. Prihodko, N. Suits, and A. Philpott (2008). Combined Simple Biosphere/Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach terrestrial carbon cycle model J. Geophys. Res., 113(G03034), 13 pp
    10.1029/2007JG000603
  • Soenen, S.A., D.R. Piddle, C.A. Coburn, R.J. Hall, and F.G. Hall (2008). Improved topographic correction of forest image data using a 3-D canopy reflectance model in multiple forward mode Int. J. Remote Sens., 29(4), 1007-1027
    10.1080/01431160701311291
  • Tarnavsky, E., S. Garrigues, and M.E. Brown (2008). Multiscale geostatistical analysis of AVHRR, SPOT-VGT, and MODIS global NDVI products Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(2), 535-549
    10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.008
  • Vermote, E.F., and S. Kotchenova (2008). Atmospheric correction for the monitoring of land surfaces J. Geophys. Res., 113(D23S90), 12 pp
    10.1029/2007JD009662
  • Wu, A., X. Xiong, and C. Cao (2008). Terra and Aqua MODIS inter-comparison of three reflective solar bands using AVHRR onboard the NOAA-KLM satellites Int. J. Remote Sens., 29(7), 1997-2010
    10.1080/01431160701355272

Other Contributions

  • Non-refereed Publications or Other Contributions
  • Angal, A., T. Choi, G. Chander, and X. Xiong (2008). Monitoring On-orbit Stability of the Terra MODIS and Landsat 7 ETM+ Reflective Solar Bands Using the Railroad Valley Playa Proc. IGARSS, 4, IV-1364 - IV-1367
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779985
  • Brown, M.E., C.C. Funk, R. Choularton, and J. Verdin (2008). Merging Models with Observations for Earth Monitoring Data for Earlier Famine Early Warning Proc. IGARSS
  • Ceccato, P., V. Martin, J. Omumbo, O. Ndiaye, M. Bell, M. Thomson, A. Anyamba, Y. Thiongane, and B. Sall (2008). The relationship between environmental factors retrieved from remotely-sensed data and Rift Valley Fever activity in Senegal Proc. IGARSS
  • Chander, G., O. Md. Haque, E. Micijevic, and J. Barsi (2008). LANDSAT 5 Thematic Mapper Recalibration Procedure for Data Processed Using the National LANDSAT Archive Production System (NLAPS) Proc. IGARSS, 4, IV-1360 - IV-1363
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779984
  • Cheng, Y.B., L.A. Corp, E.M. Middleton, K.F. Huemmrich, Q. Zhang, P.E. K. Campbell, and G. Parker (2008). Comparisons between in Situ Anisotropic Reflectance Measurements and Simulations for Vegetation Canopies: Validation and Sensitivity Analysis Proc. IGARSS, 3, III-790 - III-792
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779467
  • Corp., L.A., E.M. Middleton, Y.B. Cheng, P.K. E. Campbell, and K.F. Huemmrich (2008). Impact of Spectral Resolution on Solar Induced Fluorescence and Reflectance Indices for Monitoring Vegetation Proc. IGARSS, 4, IV-1387 - IV-1390
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779991
  • Gao, F., and J. Masek (2008). Normalizing Aster Data Using MODIS Products for Land Cover Classification ISPRS, XXXVII(B7), 1209-1213
  • Georgiev, G., C.K. Gatebe, J. Butler, and M.D. King (2008). BRDF of Salt Pan Regolith Samples Proc. IGARSS, 4, IV-573 - IV-576
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779786
  • Guo, Z., G. Sun, K.J. Ranson, W. Ni, and W. Qin (2008). The Potential of Combined Lidar and SAR Data in Retrieving Forest Parameters using Model Analysis Proc. IGARSS, 5, V-542 - V-545
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4780149
  • Madhavan, S., J.J. Qu, and J. Xiong (2008). Comparison Study between MODIS Terra and Aqua for AOT Retrieval Over Ocean Proc. IGARSS, 3, III-515 - III-518
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779397
  • Schott, J.R., C.R. Anderson, and J. Barsi (2008). Refinement of the Method for using Pseudo-Invariant Sites for Long Term Calibration Trending of Landsat Reflective Bands Proc. IGARSS
  • Tan, B., J. Morisette, R.E. Wolfe, F. Gao, G. Ederer, J. Nightingale, and J. Pedelty (2008). Vegetation Phenology Metrics Derived from Temporally Smoothed and Gap-Filled MODIS Data Proc. IGARSS, 3, III - 593 - III - 59
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779417
  • Tan, B., J.T. Morisette, R.E. Wolfe, G. Gao, G. Ederer, J. Nightingale, and J. Pedelty (2008). Vegetation Phenology Metrics Derived from Temporally Smoothed and Gap-Filled MODIS Data Proc. IGARSS, 3, III-593 - III-596
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779417
  • Xiong, X., J. Sun, N. Che, T. Choi, and A. Angal (2008). Comparison of Terra and Aqua MODIS VIS Bands On-orbit Response Proc. IGARSS, 4, IV-1348 - IV-1351
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779981
  • Xiong, X., X. Xie, and A. Angal (2008). On-orbit Noise Characterization for MODIS Reflective Solar Bands Proc. IGARSS

Sensor Development

  • Donnellan, A., W. Zebker, and K.J. Ranson (2008). Radar and Lidar Measurement of Terrestrial Processes Eos, Trans. AGU, 89(38)
    10.1029/2008EO380002
  • Toller, G., X. Xiong, V. Chiang, J.R. Kuyper, J. Sun, L. Tan, and W. Barnes (2008). Status of earth observing system Terra and Aqua moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer level 1B algorithm J. Appl. Remote Sens., 2(023505)
    10.1117/1.2839442
  • Wulder, M.A., J.C. White, S.N. Goward, J. Masek, J.R. Irons, M. Herold, W.B. Cohen, T.R. Loveland, and C.E. Woodcock (2008). Landsat continuity: Issues and opportunities for land cover monitoring Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 955-969
    10.1016/j.rse.2007.07.004
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