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Publications: 2008

This document is a compilation of publications of the Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory (614) 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 232 publications, papers, or other works listed for 2008.

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Algorithm Development

• Bailey, S.W., S. Hooker, D. Antoine, B.A. Franz, and P.J. Werdell (2008). Sources and assumptions of the vicarious calibration of ocean color satellite observations Appl. Opt., 47(12), 2035-2045, Doc. ID 9
• Barros, A.P., O.P. Prat, P. Shrestha, F.Y. Testik, and L.F. Bliven (2008). Revisiting Low and List (1982): Evaluation of Raindrop Collision Parameterizations Using Laboratory Observations and Modeling J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2983-2993
  10.1175/2008JAS2630.1
• 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
• Dinnat, E.P., and D.M. Le Vine (2008). Impact of Sun Glint on Salinity Remote Sensig: An Example With the Aquarius Radiometer IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46(10), 3137-3150
  10.1109/TGRS.2008.2000629
• Franz, B.A., E.J. Kwiatkowska, G. Meister, and C.R. McClain (2008). Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on Terra: limitations for ocean color applications J. Appl. Remote Sens., 2(023525)
  10.1117/1.2957964
• 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
• Kim, M.-J., J.A. Weinman, W.S. Olson, D.-E. Chang, G. Skofronick-Jackson, and J.R. Wang (2008). A physical model to estimate snowfall over land using AMSU-B observations J. Geophys. Res., 113(D09201), 16 pp
  10.1029/2007JD008589
• Kurtz, N.T., T. Markus, D.J. Cavalieri, W. Krabill, J.G. Sonntag, and J. Miller (2008). Comparison of ICESat Data With Airborne Laser Altimeter Measurements Over Arctic Sea Ice IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46(7), 1913-1924
  10.1109/TGRS.2008.916639
• Kwiatkowska, E.J., B.A. Franz, G. Meister, C.R. McClain, and X. Xiong (2008). Cross calibration of ocean-color bands from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on Terra platform Appl. Opt., 47(36), 6796-6810
• Lang, R.H., A. Joseph, R. van der Velde, P.E. O'Neill, and T. Gish (2008). Soil Moisture Retrieval During a Corn Growth Cycle Using L-Band (1.6 GHz) Radar Observations IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46(8), 2365-2374
  10.1109/TGRS.2008.917214
• Leuschen, C.J., R. Swift, J.C. Comiso, R.K. Raney, R.D. Chapman, W. Krabill, and J.G. Sonntag (2008). Combination of laser and radar altimeter height measurements to estimate snow depth during the 2004 Antarctic AMSR-E Sea Ice field campaign J. Geophys. Res., 113(C04S90), 10 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004285
• 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
• Maksym, T., and T. Markus (2008). Antarctic sea ice thickness and snow-to-ice conversion from atmospheric reanalysis and passive microwave snow depth J. Geophys. Res., 113(C02S12), 18 pp
  10.1029/2006JC004085
• Mannino, A., M.E. Russ, and S. Hooker (2008). Algorithm development and validation for satellite-derived distributions of DOC and CDOM in the U.S. Middle Atlantic Bight J. Geophys. Res., 113(C07051), 19 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004493
• Nassar, R., J.A. Logan, H.M. Worden, I.A. Megretskaia, K.W. Bowman, G.B. Osterman, A.M. Thompson, D.W. Tarasick, S. Austin, H. Claude, M.K. Dubey, W.K. Hocking, B.J. Johnson, E. Joseph, J. Merrill, G.A. Morris, M. Newchurch, S.J. Oltmans, F. Posny, F.J. Schmidlin, H. Vömel, D.N. Whiteman, and J.C. Witte (2008). Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) nadir ozone profiles using ozonesonde measurements J. Geophys. Res., 113(D15S17), 13 pp
  10.1029/2007JD008819
• 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
• Skofronick-Jackson, G., A. Heymsfield, E. Holthaus, C. Albers, and M.-J. Kim (2008). Correction to "Nonspherical and spherical characterization of ice in Hurrican Erin for wideband passive microwave comparisons" J. Geophys. Res., 113(D14210), 4 pp
  10.1029/2008JD010387
• Skofronick-Jackson, G., A. Heymsfield, E. Holthaus, C. Albers, and M.-J. Kim (2008). Nonspherical and spherical characterization of ice in Hurrican Erin for wideband passive microwave comparisons J. Geophys. Res., 113(D06201), 18 pp
  10.1029/2007JD008866
• Taha, G., G. Jaross, D. Fussen, F. Vanhellemont, E. Kyrölä, and R.D. McPeters (2008). Ozone profile retrieval from GOMOS limb scattering measurements J. Geophys. Res., 113(D23307), 15 pp
  10.1029/2007JD009409
• 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
• Willett, J.C., D.M. Le Vine, and V.P. Idone (2008). Lightning return stoke current waveforms aloft from measured field change, current, and channel geometry J. Geophys. Res., 113(D07305), 45 pp
  10.1029/2006JD008116
• Worby, A.P., T. Markus, A.D. Steer, V.I. Lytle, and R.A. Massom (2008). Evaluation of AMSR-E snow depth product over East Antarctic sea ice using in situ measurements and aerial photography J. Geophys. Res., 113(C05S94), 13 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004181
• 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
• Zhao, Y., A. Liu, and M.-K. Hsu (2008). Internal wave refraction observed from sequential satellite images Int. J. Remote Sens., 29(21), 6381-6390
  10.1080/01431160802175520

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
• Stajner, I., K. Wargan, S. Pawson, H. Hayashi, L.-P. Chang, R.C. Hudman, L. Foridevaux, N. Livesey, P.F. Levelt, A.M. Thompson, D.W. Tarasick, R. Stubi, S.B. Andersen, M. Yela, G. Konig-Langlo, F.J. Schmidlin, and J.C. Witte (2008). Assimilated ozone from EOS-Aura: Evaluation of the tropopause region and tropospheric columns J. Geophys. Res., 113(D16S32), 17 pp
  10.1029JD008863
• 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

• Bindschadler, R. (2008). Why Predicting West Antarctic Ice Sheet Behavior is So Hard: What We Know; What We Don’t Know; and How We Will Find Out, Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change In, The Climate Institute (75-80). Earthscan
• 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., Y. Zong, and C.R. McClain (2008). Derivation of the Point-Spread Function for MODIS Aqua Ocean Color Bands In, Earth Observing Systems XIII (12 pp). San Diego, California: Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
• 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
• Parkinson, C.L. (2008). Changes in polar sea ice coverage In M.C. MacCracken, F. Moore, and J.C. Topping, Jr. (Ed.), Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How We Can Avoid Them (pp. 49-62). London: Earthscan
• Smith, J.A., and J.L. Deppe (2008). Space-based ornithology: studying bird migration and environmental change in North America In C.M.U. Neale, M. Owe, G. D'Urso (Ed.), Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology X Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng.
  10.117/12.801243
• 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
• Tilmes, C., and A. Fleig (2008). Provenance Tracking in an Earth Science Data Processing System In, Provenance and Annotation of Data and Processes (221-228). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
  10.1007/978-3-540-89965-5
• 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

• Borak, J.S., and M. Jasinski (2008). Effective interpolation of incomplete satellite-derived leaf-area index time series for the continental United States Agric. Forest Meteorol.
  10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.08.017
• 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
• Garcia T., V.M., C.A. E. Garcia, M.M. Mata, R.C. Pollery, A.R. Piola, S.R. Signorini, C.R. McClain, and M.D. Iglesias-Rodriguez (2008). Enviromental factors controlling the phytoplankton blomms at the Patagonia shelf-break in spring Deep-Sea Res. I, 55, 1150-1166
  10.1016/j.dsr.2008.04.011
• 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
• Holmes H., T.R., M. Owe, R.A. M. De Jeu, and H. Kooi (2008). Estimating the soil temperature profile from a single depth observation: A simple empirical heatflow solution Water Resources Res., 44(W02412), 11 pp
  10.1029/2007WR005994
• 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
• Schroeder, W., I. Csiszar, and J. Morisette (2008). Quantifying the impact of cloud obscuration on remote sensing of active fires in the Brazilian Amazon Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 456-470
  10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.004
• Smith Jr., W.O., and J.C. Comiso (2008). Influene of sea ice on primary production in the Southern Ocean: A satellite perspective J. Geophys. Res., 113(C05S93), 19 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004251
• 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
• Stramski, D., R.A. Reynolds, M. Babin, S. Kaczmarek, M.R. Lewis, R. Röttgers, A. Sciandra, M. Stramska, M.S. Twardowski, B.A. Franz, and H. Claustre (2008). Relationships between the surface concentration of particulate organic carbon and optical properties in the eastern South Pacific and eastern Atlantic Oceans Biogeosci., 5, 171-201, www.biogeos
• 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

Climate Variability and Change

• Arendt, A., S.B. Luthcke, C.F. Larsen, W. Abdalati, W. Krabill, and M.J. Beedle (2008). Validation of high-resolution GRACE mascon estimates of glacier mass changes in the St Elias Mountains, Alaska, USA, using aircraft laser altimetry J. Glaciol., 54(188), 778-787
• Bindschadler, R., B. Campbell, and P.D. Przyborski (2008). Antarctica in High Definition The Earth Scientist, XXVII(1), 6-9
• Bindschadler, R. (2008). Ice on the Edge Natural History, 28-33
• Brown, C.A., Y. Huot, P.J. Werdell, B. Gentili, and H. Claustre (2008). The origin and global distribution of second order variability in satellite ocean color and its potential applications to algorithm development Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 4186-4203
  10.1016/j.rse.2008.06.008
• Cavalieri, D.J., and C.L. Parkinson (2008). Antarctic sea ice variability and trends, 1979-2006 J. Geophys. Res., 113(C07004), 19 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004564
• Comiso, J.C., C.L. Parkinson, R. Gersten, and L. Stock (2008). Accelerated decline in the Arctic sea ice cover. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(L01703), 6 pp
  10.1029/2007GL031972
• Comiso, J.C., and C.L. Parkinson (2008). Arctic sea ice parameters from AMSR-E data using two techniques and comparisons with sea ice from SSM/I J. Geophys. Res., 113(C02S05), 16 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004255
• Comiso, J.C., and K. Steffen (2008). Introduction to special section on Large-Scale Characteristics of the Sea Ice Cover from AMSR-E and Other Satellite Sensor J. Geophys. Res., 113(C02S01), 3 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004442
• Comiso, J.C., and F. Nishio (2008). Trends in the sea ice cover using enhanced and compatible AMSR-E, SSM/I, and SMMR data J. Geophys. Res., 113(C02S07), 22 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004257
• Csatho, B., T. Schenk, C.J. Van Der Veen, and W. Krabill (2008). Intermitten thinning of Jakobshavn Isbrae, West Greenland, since the Little Ice Age J. Glaciol., 54(184), 131-144
  10.3189/002214308784409035
• Grodsky, S.A., J.A. Carton, and C.R. McClain (2008). Variability of upwelling and chlorophyll in the equatorial Atlantic Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(L03610), 6 pp
  10.1029/2007GL032466
• Holland, D.M., R. Thomas, B.D. Young, M.H. Ribergaard, and B. Lyberth (2008). Acceleration of Jakobshavn Isbrae triggered by warm subsurface ocean waters Nature Geosci., 1, 659-664
  10.1038/ngeo316
• Moisan, T., R. Swift, B. Campbell, J. Yungel, M. Linkswiler, and J.K. Nolan (2008). A Practical Application of Ocean Color Methodology to an Undergraduate Curriculum J. Sci. Educ. Technol., 17, 252-261
  10.1007/s10956-008-9095-5
• Moisan, T., J.K. Nolan, B. Campbell, and E.R. Firestone (2008). Rising Tides NASA: Coastal Observations: A Biological Perspective, 65 pp
• Monaghan, A.J., D.H. Bromwich, W. Chapman, and J.C. Comiso (2008). Recent variability and trends of Antarctic near-surface temperature J. Geophys. Res., 113(D04105), 21 pp
  10.1029/2007JD009094
• Naoki, K., J. Ukita, F. Nishio, M. Nakayama, J.C. Comiso, and A. Gasiewski (2008). Thin sea ice thickness as inferred from passive microwave and in situ observations J. Geophys. Res., 113(C02S16), 11 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004270
• Pan, X., A. Mannino, M.E. Russ, and S. Hooker (2008). Remote sensing of the absorption coefficients and chlorophyll a concentration in the United States southern Middle Atlantic Bight from SeaWiFS and MODIS-Aqua J. Geophys. Res., 113(C11022), 15 pp
  10.1029/2008JC004852
• Parkinson, C.L., and J.C. Comiso (2008). Antarctic sea ice parameters from AMSR-E data using two techniques and comparisons with sea ice from SSM/I J. Geophys. Res., 113(C02S06), 15 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004253
• Parkinson, C.L., and D.J. Cavalieri (2008). Arctic sea ice variability and trends, 1979-2006 J. Geophys. Res., 113(C07003), 28 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004558
• Thomas, R., C. Davis, E. Frederick, W. Krabill, Y. Li, S. Manizade, and C. Martin (2008). A comparison of Greenland ice-sheet volume changes derived from altimetry measurements J. Glaciol., 185, 203-210
  10.3189/002214308784886225
• Walsh, E.J., M.L. Banner, C.W. Wright, D.C. Vandemark, B. Chapron, J. Jensen, and S. Lee (2008). The Southern Ocean Waves Experiment. Part III: Sea Surface Slope Statistics and Near-Nadir Remote Sensing J. Phys. Oceano., 38, 670-685
  10.1175/2007JPO3771.1
• Wu, Z., E.K. Schneider, B.P. Kirtman, E.S. Sarachik, N. Huang, and C.J. Tucker (2008). The modulated annual cycle: an alternative reference frame for climate anomalies Clim. Dyn., 31, 823-841
  10.1007/s00382-008-0437-z
• Zhang, X., A. Sorteberg, J. Zhang, R. Gerdes, and J.C. Comiso (2008). Recent radical shifts of atmospheric circulations and rapid changes in Arctic climate system Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(L22701), 7 pp
  10.1029/2008GL035607
• Zwally, H.J., D. Yi, R. Kwok, and Y. Zhao (2008). ICESat measurements of sea ice freeboard and estimates of sea ice thickness in the Weddell Sea J. Geophys. Res., 113(C02S15), 17 pp
  10.1029/2007JC004284

Conference Proceeding Papers

• 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

• Non-refereed Publications or Other Contributions
• Marshall, J.J., and R.R. Downs (2008). Reuse Readiness Levels as a Measure of Software Reusability, IGARSS 2008. IEEE International, 3, III-1414–III-1417, 7-11
  10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779626

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

Earth Surface and Interior

• McAdoo, D.C., S. Farrell, S.W. Laxon, H.J. Zwally, D. Yi, and A.L. Ridout (2008). Arctic Ocean gravity field derived from ICESat and ERS-2 altimetry: Tectonic implications J. Geophys. Res., 113(B05408), 12 pp
  10.1029/2007JB005217

Journal Articles

• Anderson, G.P., C.B. Schaaf, K. Loukachine, R.S. Stone, E. Andrews, E.P. Shettle, E.G. Dutton, M.O. Román, A. Stohl, and A. Berk (2008). Assessing the radiative impact of aerosol smoke using MODTRAN5. Proc. SPIE, 6966(696617)
  10.1117/12.782364
• 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
• Coddington, O., K.S. Schmidt, P. Pilewskie, W.J. Gore, R.W. Bergstrom, M.O. Román, J. Redemann, P.B. Russell, J. Liu, and C.C. Schaaf (2008). Aircraft measurements of spectral surface albedo and its consistency with ground-based and space-borne observations J. Geophys. Res., 113(D14S16)
  10.1029/2007JD009657
• 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
• Knobelspiesse, K.D., B. Cairns, B. Schmid, M.O. Román, and C.B. Schaaf (2008). Surface BRDF estimation from an aircraft compared to MODIS and ground estimates at the Southern Great Plains site J. Geophys. Res., 113(D20105)
  10.1029/2008JD010062
• 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
• Stone, R.S., G.P. Anderson, E.P. Shettle, E. Andrews, K. Loukachine, E.G. Dutton, C. Schaaf, and M.O. Román (2008). Radiative impact of boreal smoke in the Arctic: Observed and modeled J. Geophys. Res., 113(D14S16)
  10.1029/2007JD009657

• 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
• Campbell, B., H.J. Zwally, W. Abdalati, J. Spinhirne, D. Yi, C. Carabajal, and J.M. Sirota (2008). The ICESat: Ice Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite Poster NW-2008-2-063-GSFC
• 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)
• Foster, J.L., D.K. Hall, and L. Chiu (2008). Seasonal Snow Extent and Snow Mass in South America Using SMMR and SMM/I Passive Microwave Data (1979-2003) Remote Sensing of Environment
  10.1016/J.rse.2008.09.010
• Funk, C.C., M. Dettinger, J. Michaelsen, J.P. Verdin, M.E. Brown, M. Barlow, and A. Hoell (2008). The Warm Ocean Dry Africa dipole threatens food insecurity in Africa, but could be mitigated by agricultural development Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(32), 11081-11086
  10.1073/pnas.0708196105
• Hall, D.K., J.E. Box, K.A. Casey, S.J. Hook, C.A. Shuman, and K. Steffen (2008). Comparison of satellite-derived ice and snow surface temperatures over Greenland from MODIS, ASTER, ETM+ and in-situ observations Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(10), 3739-3749
  10.1016/j.rse.2008.05.007
• Hall, D.K., R.S. Williams Jr., S.B. Luthcke, and N. DiGirolamo (2008). Greenland Ice Sheet surface-temperature, melt and mass loss: 2000 - 2006 Journal of Glaciology, 54(184), 81-93
  10.3189/002214308784409170
• Marshall, J.J., R.R. Downs, S. Samadi, N.S. Gerard, and R.E. Wolfe (2008). Software Reuse to Support Earth Science Journal of Frontiers of Computer Science and Technology, 2(3), 296-310
  10.3778/j.issn.1673-9418.2008.03.006

Modeling and Remote Sensing Techniques

• Bindschadler, R., P. Vornberger, A. Fleming, A. Fox, J. Mullins, D. Binnie, S.J. Paulsen, B. Granneman, and D. Gorodetzky (2008). The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 4214-4226
  10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.006
• 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
• Gordon, H.R., and B.A. Franz (2008). Remote sensing of ocean color: Assessment of the water-leaving radiance bidirectional effects on the atmospheric diffuse transmittance for SeaWiFS and MODIS intercomparisons Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 2677-2685
  10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.010
• 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
• Hsu, M.-K., A. Liu, Y. Zhao, and K. Hotta (2008). Satellite remote sensing of Spratly Islands using SAR Int. J. Remote Sens., 29(21), 6427-6436
  10.1080/01431160802175405
• 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
• J.-N. Druon, E. Hofmann, J. O'Reilly, K. Fennel, M. Friedrichs, D. Haidvogel, C. Lee, A. Mannino, C.R. McClain, R. Najjar, D. Pollard, M. Previdi, S. Seitzinger, J. Siewert, S.R. Signorini, and J. Wilkin (2008). Eastern US Continenatal Shelf Carbon Budget: Integrating Models, Data Assimilation, and Analysis Oceanography, 21(1), 86-104
• Kumar, S.V., C. Peters-Lidard, Y. Tian, R. Reichle, J. Geiger, C. Alonge, J. Eylander, and P. Houser (2008). An Integrated Hydrologic Modeling and Data Assimilation Framework IEEE Computer Society, 41(12), 52-59
  10.1109/MC.2008.511
• 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
• Raynolds, M.K., J.C. Comsio, D.A. Walker, and D. Verbyla (2008). Relationship between satellite-derived land surface temperatures, arctic vegetation types, and NDVI Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 1884-1894
  10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.008
• 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
• Sergienko, O.V., R. Bindschadler, P. Vornberger, and D.R. MacAyeal (2008). Ice Stream basal conditions from block-wise surface data inversion and simple regression models of ice stream flow: Application to Bindschadler Ice Stream J. Geophys. Res., 113(F04010), 11 pp
  10.1029/2008JF001004
• 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
• Tian, Y., C. Peters-Lidard, S.V. Kumar, J. Geiger, P.R. Houser, J.L. Eastman, P. Dirmeyer, B. Doty, and J. Adams (2008). High-performance land surface modeling with Linux cluster Computers Geosci., 34, 1492-1504
  10.1016/j.cageo.2007.12.014
• 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
• Dobbs, M., W. Krabill, M. Cisewski, W. Harrison, C.K. Shum, D. McGregor, M. Neal, and S. Stokes (2008). A Multi-Functional Fiber Laser Lidar for Earth Science & Exploration Proc. IGARSS, 3(III-350 - III-353, d)
• 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
• Jackson, T., D. Entekhabi, E. Njoku, P.E. O'Neill, J. Entin, and E. Im (2008). Soil Moisture Active and Passive (SMAP) Mission Overview Proc. IGARSS
• Jackson, T., J.C. Shi, E. Njoku, P.E. O'Neill, and K. Chen (2008). Soil Moisture with Dual-Frequency Radiometer - PALS Proc. IGARSS
• Joseph, A., M. Kurum, R. Lang, P.E. O'Neill, T. Jackson, and M. Cosh (2008). Estimation of Canopy Attenuation for Active/Passive Microwave Soil Moisture Retrievals Proc. 10th MicroRad
• Joseph, A., M. Kurum, R. Lang, P.E. O'Neill, M. Cosh, and T. Jackson (2008). Forest Canopy Effects on the Estimation of Soil Moisture at L-Band Proc. IGARSS
• Lang, R., M. Kurum, A. Joseph, T. Jackson, and M. Cosh (2008). Microwave Soil Moisture Retrival Under Trees Proc. IGARSS
• Lang, R., Y. Tarkocin, C. Utku, and D.M. Le Vine (2008). Recent Results of the Accurate Measurements of the Dielectric Constant of Seawater at 1.413 GHz Proc. IGARSS, 4 pp
• 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
• Nightingale, J., W. Esaias, R.E. Wolfe, J.E. Nickeson, and P.L. A. Ma (2008). Assessing Honey Bee Equilibrium Range and Forage Supply using Satelite-Derived Phenology Proc. IGARSS, 3, III-763 - III-766
  10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779460
• O'Neill, P.E., M. Kurum, and R. Lang (2008). Estimation of Canopy Attenuation at L-Band by a Time-Domain Analysis of Radar Backscatter Response Proc. URSI General Assembly
• Puthalapat, D., C. Leuschen, T. Markus, D.J. Cavalieri, W. Krabill, J.G. Sonntag, M. Sturm, and J. Maslanik (2008). Conjunctive Radar and Laser Altimetry Data Processing to Measure Snow Thickness Proc. IGARSS, 4, IV-1105 - IV-1108, 1
• 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
• Tarkocin, Y., D.M. Le Vine, C. Utku, and R. Lang (2008). Improved Resonant Cavity Techniques to Measure Dielectric Constant of Seawater at L-Band Proc. URSI General Assembly, 4 pp
• Tian, Y., P.R. Houser, H. Su, S.V. Kumar, and J.V. Geiger Jr. (2008). Integrating sensor webs with modeling and data-assimilation applications: An SOA implementation Proc. IEEE Aerospace Conf.
• Utku, C., and R.H. Lang (2008). Simulations of L-band Brightness Temperature of a Quasi-Periodic Corn Canopy Proc. IGARSS, 5, V - 530 - V - 533
  10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4780146
• 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
• de Matthaeis, P., E.P. Dinnat, D.M. Le Vine, D.S. Jacob, and S. Abraham (2008). Simulation of the AQUARIUS Radar Scatterometer Proc. URSI General Assembly, 4 pp

Sensor Development

• Chandrasekar, V., A. Hou, E. Smith, V.N. Bringi, S.A. Rutledge, E. Gorgucci, W.A. Petersen, and G. Skofronick-Jackson (2008). Potential Role of Dual-polarization Radar in the Validation of Satellite Precipitation Measurements: Rationale and Opportunities BAMS, 89(8)
  10.1175/2008BAMS2177.1
• Deshler, T., J.L. Mercer, H.G. J. Smit, R. Stubi, G. Levrat, B.J. Johnson, S.J. Oltmans, R. Kivi, A.M. Thompson, J. Witte, J. Davies, F.J. Schmidlin, G. Brothers, and T. Sasaki (2008). Atmospheric comparison of electrochemical cell ozonesondes from different manufactures, and with different cathode solution strenghts: The Balloon Experiment on Standards for Ozonesondes J. Geophys. Res., 113(D04307), 17 pp
  10.1029/2007JD008975
• Dinnat, E.P., D.M. Le Vine, and S. Abraham (2008). L-band radiometry and reflection of the galaxy by a rough ocean surface MICRORAD, 4 pp, 10.1109/MICRAD
• Donnellan, A., W. Zebker, and K.J. Ranson (2008). Radar and Lidar Measurement of Terrestrial Processes Eos, Trans. AGU, 89(38)
  10.1029/2008EO380002
• Lagerloef, G., F.R. I Colomb, D.M. Le Vine, F. Wentz, S. Yueh, C. Ruf, J. Lilly, J. Gunn, Y. Chao, A. deCharon, and C. Swift (2008). The Aquarius/SAC-D Mission: Designed to Meet the Salunity Remote-Sensing Challenge Oceanography, 21(1), 68-81
• Stübi, R., F.J. Schmidlin, J. Staehelin, P. Viatte, B. Hoegger, and G. Levrat (2008). In-flight comparison of Brewer-Mast and electrochemical concentration cell ozonesondes J. Geophys. Res., 113(D13302), 11 pp
  10.1029/2007JD009091
• 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

Water and Energy Cycle

• Durand, M., E. Kim, and S.A. Margulis (2008). Quantifying Uncertainty in Modeling Snow Microwave radiance for a Mountain Snowpack at the Point-Scale, Including Stratigraphic Effects IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46(6), 1753-1767
  10.1109/TGRS.2008.916221
• Famiglietti, J.S., D. Ryu, A.A. Berg, M. Rodell, and T.J. Jackson (2008). Field observations of soil moisture variability across scales Water Resources Res., 44(W01423), 16 pp
  10.1029/2006WR005804
• Garcia, M., C. Peters-Lidard, and D.C. Goodrich (2008). Spatial interpolation of precipitation in a dense gauge network for monsoon storm events in the southwestern United States Water Resources Res., 44(W05S13), 14 pp
  10.1029/2006WR005788
• Kumar, S.V., C. Peters-Lidard, J.L. Eastman, and W.-K. Tao (2008). An integrated high-resolution hydrometeorological modeling testbed using LIS and WRF Environ. Modelling and Software, 23, 169-181
  10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.05.012
• O'Neill, P.E., T.J. Jackson, and M.S. Moran (2008). Introduction to Soil Moisture Experiments 2004 (SMEX04) Special Issue Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 301-303
  10.1016/j.rse.2007.01.021
• Owe, M., R. de Jeu, and T. Holmes (2008). Multisensor historical climatology of satellite-derived global land surface moisture J. Geophys. Res., 113(F01002), 17 pp
  10.1029/2007JF000769
• Pan, F., and C. Peters-Lidard (2008). On the Relationship Between Mean and Variance of Soil Moisutre Fields J. American Water Resources Association, 44(1), 235-242
  10.111/j.1752-1688.2007.00150.x
• Peters-Lidard, C., D.M. Mocko, M. Garcia, J.A. Santanello Jr., M.A. Tischler, M.S. Moran, and Y. Wu (2008). Role of precipitation uncertainty in the estimation of hydrologic soil properties using remotely sensed soil moisture in a semiarid environment Water Resources Res., W05S18, 22 pp
  10.1029/2007WR005884
• Syed, T.H., J.S. Famiglietti, M. Rodell, J. Chen, and C.R. Wilson (2008). Analysis of terrestrial water storage changes from GRACE and GLDAS Water Resources Res., 44(W02433), 15 pp
  10.1029/2006WR005779
• Thoma, D.P., M.S. Moran, R. Bryant, M.M. Rahman, C.D. Holifield Collins, T.O. Keefer, R. Noriega, I. Osman, S.M. Skrivin, M.A. Tischler, D.D. Bosch, P.J. Starks, and C. Peters-Lidard (2008). Appropriate scale of soil moisture retrieval from high resolution radar imagery for bare and minimally vegetated soils Remote Sens. Environ., 112, 403-414
  10.1016.j.rse.2007.06.021
• Wójcik, R., K. Andreadis, M. Tedesco, E.T. Wood Troy, and D. Lettenmeier (2008). Multimodel Estimation of Snow Microwave Emission during CLPX 2003 Using Operational Parameterization of Microphysical Snow Characteristics J. Hydrometeorol., 9, 1491-
  10.1175/2008JHM909.1
• Yatheendradas, S., T. Wagener, H.H. Gupta, C. Unkrich, D. Goodrich, M. Schaffner, and A. Stewart (2008). Understanding uncertainty in distributed flash flood forecasting for semiarid regions Water Resources Res., 44(W05S19), 17 pp
  10.1029/2007WR005940
• Zaitchik, B.F., M. Rodell, and R.H. Reichle (2008). Assimilation of GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage Data into a Land Surface Model: Results for the Mississippi River Basin J. Hydrometeorol., 9, 535-548
  10.1175/2007JHM951.1

Weather

• Case, J.L., W.L. Crosson, S.V. Kumar, W.M. Lapenta, and C. Peters-Lidard (2008). Impacts of High-Resolution Land Surface Initialization on Regional Sensible Weather Forecasts from the WRF Model J. Hydrometeorol., 9, 1249-1266
  10.1175/2008JHM9990.1

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