Li, A., Huang, C., Sun, G., Shi, H., Toney, C., Zhu, Z., Rollins, M.G., Goward, S.N. & Masek, J.G. (2011). Modeling the growth of young forests regenerating from recent disturbances in Mississippi using Landsat time series observations and ICESat/GLAS lid

Huang, C., Goward, S.N., Masek, J.G., Thomas, N., Zhu, Z. & Vogelmann, J.E. (2010). An automated approach for reconstructing recent forest disturbance history using dense Landsat time series stacks. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114, 183-198.

Huang, C., Kim, S., Altstatt, A., Song, K., Townshend, J.R.G., Davis, P., Rodas, O., Yanosky, A., Clay, R., Tucker, C.J. & Musinsky, J. (2009). Assessment of Paraguay’s Forest Cover Change Using Landsat Observations. Global and Planetary Change, 67, 1-12.

Huang, C., Goward, S.N., Masek, J.G., Thomas, N., Zhu, Z. & Vogelmann, J.E. (2010). An automated approach for reconstructing recent forest disturbance history using dense Landsat time series stacks. Remote Sensing of Environment, 114, 183-198.

Ecosystem Disturbance and Fire: Patterns, Trends, and Greenhouse Gas Consequences

The primary goal of this project is to develop improved understanding of ecosystem disturbances and their carbon consequences. Specifically, we will develop methods for reconstructing the history of ecosystem disturbances and for continuously monitoring on-going disturbances. We will also evaluate the severity, causes, and carbon consequences of disturbances. For the second objective we will focus on fire disturbances as mapped through the Monitoring Trends and Burn Severity (MTBS) project. The following are the specific goals of the proposed project:

 

Using Landsat Global Land Survey Data to Measure and Monitor Worldwide Urbanization

The specific objectives of this project are to:

 

1)                Use the Landsat GLS data set, as processed by GLCF to surface reflectance, to develop high quality, high spatial resolution, baseline measurements of global            % impervious cover for the ca. 2000 and 2010 time periods.