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Profile for Rasmus Houborg


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Title: Research Associate
Affiliation: ESSIC
Contact: E-mail
Office Phone: 301-286-9176
Fax: 301-286-8624

Education

Ph.D., Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: "Inferences of key environmental and vegetation biophysical controls for use in regional-scale SVAT modeling using Terra and Aqua MODIS and weather prediction data", June 2006 

Professional Experience

Research Associate, Hydrological Sciences Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, 2009-present.
 
Post-doctoral Research Associate, USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, 2007 - 2009.
 
Visiting Research Associate, University of Roskilde, Denmark, 2006.
 

Honors and Awards

USDA-ARS outstanding performance award, 2007 and 2008.
 
Recipient of the Royal Danish Geographical Society “Niels Nielsen” award, 2007.
 

Selected Publications

Houborg, R., M.C. Anderson, J.M. Norman, T. Wilson, and T. Meyers (2009). Intercomparison of a ‘bottom up’ and ‘top-down’ modeling paradigm for estimating carbon and latent heat fluxes over a variety of vegetative regimes across the U.S.. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, in press
10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.06.014

Houborg, R., and M.C. Anderson (2009). Utility of an image-based canopy reflectance modeling tool for remote estimation of LAI and leaf chlorophyll content at regional scales. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 3(033529)
10.1117/1.3141522

Houborg, R., M.C. Anderson, and C. Daughtry (2009). Utility of an image-based canopy reflectance modeling tool for remote estimation of LAI and leaf chlorophyll content at the field scale. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113, 259-274
10.1016/j.rse.2008.09.014

Anderson, M.C., J.M. Norman, W.P. Kustas, R. Houborg, P.J. Starks, and N. Agam (2008). A thermal-based remote sensing technique for routine mapping of land-surface carbon, water and energy fluxes from field to regional scales. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 4227-4241
10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.009

Houborg, R., and M.C. Anderson (2008). Utility of an image-based canopy reflectance modeling tool for remote estimation of LAI and leaf chlorophyll content in crop systems. Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2008, IEEE International, 2, 141-144
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778947

Houborg, R., and E. Boegh (2008). Mapping leaf chlorophyll and leaf area index using inverse and forward canopy reflectance modeling and SPOT reflectance data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(186-202)
10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.012

Houborg, R., H. Soegaard, and E. Boegh (2007). Combining vegetation index and model inversion methods for the extraction of key vegetation biophysical parameters using Terra and Aqua MODIS reflectance data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 106, 39-58
10.1016/j.rse.2006.07.016

Houborg, R., H. Soegaard, W. Emmerich, and S. Moran (2007). Inferences of all-sky solar irradiance using Terra and Aqua MODIS satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28(4509-4535)
10.1080/01431160701241902

Houborg, R., and H. Soegaard (2004). Regional simulation of ecosystem CO2 and water vapor exchange for agricultural land using NOAA AVHRR and Terra MODIS satellite data. Application to Zealand, Denmark. Remote Sensing of Environment, 93, 150-167
10.1016/j.rse.2004.07.001

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