Documents

Publications:

Dolan, K., J. Masek, C. Huang, and G. Sun, Regional forest growth rates measured by combining Icesat GLAS and Landsat data, J. Geophysical Research, in review, 2009.

Gitelson, A.A., Vina, A., Masek, J.G., & Verma, S.B. (2008). Synoptic monitoring of gross primary productivity of maize using Landsat data, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 5, 133-137.

Goward, S.N., Masek, J.G., Cohen, W., Moisen, G., Collatz, G.J., Healey, S., Houghton, R., Huang, C., Kennedy, R., Law, B., Powell, S., Turner, D., & Wulder, M.A. (2008). "Forest disturbance and North American carbon flux." Eos Transactions, 89, 105-116.

Healey, S.P., W.B. Cohen, T.A. Spies, M. Moeur, D. Pflugmacher, M.G. Whitley, and M. Lefsky. (2008) The Relative Impact of harvest and fire upon landscape‐level dynamics of older forests: lessons from the Northwest Forest Plan, Ecosystems, 11(7): 1106‐1119

Healey, S.P., E. Lapoint, G. Moisen, and S. Powell. Low sensitivity of forest structure models to different spectral extraction kernals may benefit efforts to maintain the confidentiality of inventory plot locations. International Journal of Remote Sensing.In press.

Huang, C., Goward, S.N., Masek, J.G., Gao, F., Vermote, E.F., Thomas, N., Schleeweis, K., Kennedy, R.E., Zhu, Z., Eidenshink, J.C. & Townshend, J.R.G. Development of Time Series Stacks of Landsat Images for Reconstructing Forest Disturbance History. Remote Sensing of Environment. (in review)

Huang, C., Goward, S.N., Masek, J., & Thomas, N. Adaptive cloud and cloud shadow algorithms for vegetation studies using Landsat data. (In preperation)

Huang, C., Goward, S.N., Masek, J.G., Thomas, N., Zhu, Z. & Vogelmann, J.E. . An Automated Approach for Reconstructing Recent Forest Disturbance History Using Dense Landsat Time Series Stacks. Remote Sensing of Environment. (Submitted)

Huang, C., Goward, S.N., Schleeweis, K., Thomas, N., Masek, J.G., & Zhu, Z. Dynamics of National Forests Assessed Using the Landsat Record: Case Studies in Eastern U.S. Remote Sensing of Environment. (Accepted)

Huang, C., Song, K., Kim, S., Townshend, J., Goward, S.N., Masek, J., & Davis, P. (2008). Use of a dark object concept and support vector machines to automate forest cover change analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 970-985.

Kennedy, R.E., Cohen, W.B., Moisen, G.G., Goward, S.N., Wulder, M.A., Powell, S.L., Masek, J.G., Huang, C., & Healey, S.P. A Landsat-based sampling design for estimating three decades of forest disturbance dynamics in the contiguous United States. (In preparation)

Kennedy, R.E., Cohen, W.B., & Schroeder, T.A. (2007). Trajectory-based change detection for automated characterization of forest disturbance dynamics. Remote Sensing of Environment, 110, 370-386.

Li, M., Huang, C., Zhu, Z., Lu, H., and Peng, S., Dense trace of the forest change and fragmentation in Alabama, USA using vegetation change tracker model. Forest Ecology & Management. (Accepted)

Masek, J.G., & Collatz, G.J. (2006). Estimating forest carbon fluxes in a disturbed southeastern landscape: Integration of remote sensing, forest inventory, and biogeochemical modeling. J. Geophys. Res., 111, G01006, doi:10.1029/2005JG000062.

Masek, J.G., Huang, C., Wolfe, R., Cohen, W., Hall, F., Kutler, J., & Nelson, P. (2008). Mapping North American Forest Disturbance from a Decadal Landsat Record. Remote Sensing of Environment, (in press)

Masek, J.G., Vermote, E.F., Saleous, N., Wolfe, R., Hall, F.G., Huemmrich, F., Gao, F., Kutler, J., & Lim, T.K. (2006). Landsat surface reflectance data set for North America, 1990-2000. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 3, 68-72.

Nelson, M.D., Moisen, G.G., Finco, M., & Brewer, K. (2007). Forest Inventory and Analysis in the United States: Remote sensing and geospatial activities. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 73, 729-732.

Powell, S.L., W.B Cohen, S.P. Healey, G.G. Moisen, R.E. Kennedy, K.B. Pierce, and J.L. Ohmann. Quantification of Live Aboveground Forest Biomass Dynamics with Landsat Time-Series and Field Inventory Data: A Comparison of Empirical Modeling Approaches, (In prep).

Powell, S.L., and A.J. Hansen. 2007. Conifer cover increase in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Frequency, rates, and spatial variation. Ecosystems 10(2): 204-216.

Sandoval Uribe, A., Healey, S.P., Moisen, G.G., Palafox Rivas, R., Gonzalez Aguilar, E., Meneses Tovar, C.L., Ponce Davalaos, E.S.D., Mascorro, V.S. 2008. Mexican Forest Inventory Expands Continental Carbon Monitoring. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 89 (17): 470‐471.

Schroeder, T.A. A. Gray, M.E. Harmon, D.O. Wallin, and W.B. Cohen. 2008. Estimating live forest carbon dynamics with a Landsat‐based curve fitting approach , Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 02:023519, DOI:10.1117/12.804055.

Schroeder, T.A., Cohen, W.B., & Yang, Z. (2007). Patterns of forest regrowth following clearcutting in western Oregon as determined from multi-temporal Landsat data. Forest Ecology and Management, 243, 259-273.

Wulder, M.A., White, J.C., Goward, S.N., Masek, J.G., Irons, J.R., Herold, M., Cohen, W.B., Loveland, T.R., & Woodcock, C.E. (2008). Landsat continuity: Issues and opportunities for land cover monitoring. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112, 955-969.

Conference Proceedings:

Cohen, W.B., Healey, S.P., Goward, S.N., Moisen, G.G., Masek, J.G., Kennedy, R.E., Powell, S.L., Huang, C., Thomas, N., Schleeweis, K., & Wulder, M.A. 2007. Use of Landsat-based monitoring of forest change to sample and assess the role of disturbance and regrowth in the carbon cycle at continental scales, pp.14-19, proceedings of the ForestSat 2007, Montpellier, France, 5-7 November.

Healey, S., Cohen, W.B., & Moisen, G.G. 2007. Applications of satellite-derived disturbance information in support of sustainable forest management, pp.158-162, proceedings of the ForestSat 2007, Montpellier, France, 5-7 November.

Healey, S., G. Moisen, J. Masek, W.B. Cohen, S.N. Goward, S. Powell, M. Nelson, D. Jacobs, A. Lister, & Shaw, J. (2008). Measurement of forest disturbance with Landsat and FIA data: Anticipated benefits from FIA’s collaboration with NASA and University partners. In R. R.E McRoberts, G.A. Van Deusen, P.C., McWilliams, W.H. (Ed.), 7th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium (pp. 171-178). Portland Maine: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Washington DC.

Healey, S.P., Moisen, G.G., Masek, J.G., Cohen, W.B., Goward, S.N., Powell, S., Nelson, M., Jacobs, D., Lister, A., & Shaw, J. (2006). Measurement of forest disturbance with Landsat and FIA data: anticipated benefits from FIA’s collaboration with NASA and University partners, in Proceedings of 7th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, October 2005, Portland, Maine.

Masek, J.G., Wolfe, R., Hall, F., Goward, S.N., Huang, C., Cohen, W.B., Kennedy, R.E., Powell, S.L., Healey, S.P., & Moisen, C.G. Assessing North American forest disturbance from the LANDSAT Archive, IGARSS Proceedings, 2007, Barcelona, Spain.

Powell, S.L., Cohen, W.B., & Kennedy, R.E. (2007). Analysis of biomass dynamics derived from spectral trajectories, in proceedings of the Eleventh Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference – New Remote Sensing Technologies for Resource Managers, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Salt Lake City, UT, April 24-28, 2006.

Conference Presentations:

Cohen WB, Yang Z, Kennedy RE, Fiorella M, Healey SP. 2008. A Landsat time‐series visualization tool to support a new paradigm in forest change detection. Presented: FIA Science Symposium, Park City, UT: October 21‐23, 2008.

Cohen, W.B., & Healey, S.P. Forest disturbance detection using Landsat and FIA data: Strategic partnerships, USDA Forest Service, NE Research Station, April 2006, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Cohen, W.B., Duane, M., LaPoint, E., Moisen, G.G., Healey, S.P., Powell, S.L., Schroeder, T.A., Masek, J.G., & Kennedy, R.E. Forest change detection: Challenges and potential solutions for combining FIA field measurements and satellite data, 7th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, October 2005, Portland, Maine.

Cohen, W.B., Healey, S.P., & Powell, S.L. Progress report on the FIA-NACP Project: Forest disturbance detection using Landsat and FIA data, Remote Sensing Band Annual Meeting, June 2006, Park City, Utah.

Duane, M., Stiefel, T., Cohen, W.B., Turner, D.P., Ritts, W., Weyerman, B., & Law, B. Integration of FIA plot data and Landsat imagery to model stand age in Oregon and Northern California, Northeastern Oregon, 8th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, October 2006, Monterey, California.

Goward SN, Cohen WB, Masek J, Moisen GG, Huang C, Healey SP, Kennedy RE, Powell SL, Thomas N, Hinds A, Schleeweis K, Rishwami K. 2008. Recent United States forest dynamics from Landsat and FIA observations for the North American Carbon Program. Presented:FIA Science Symposium, Park City, UT: October 21‐23, 2008.

Goward, S.N., Masek, J.G., Huang, C., Cohen, W.B., Moisen, G.G, Kennedy, R.E., Powell, S.L., Healey, S.P., Thomas, N., & Schleeweis, K. (2007). U.S. Forest disturbance and regrowth assessment from the Landsat record in support of the the North American Carbon Program (NACP). Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 20, 2007.

Goward, S.N., Masek, J.G., Huang, C., Cohen, W.B., Moisen, G.G., Kennedy, R.E., Powell, S.L., & Healey, S.P. (2007). Recent trends in U.S. forest disturbance and regrowth from Landsat and USFS FIA: A Contribution to the North American Carbon Program. North American Carbon Program Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO, January 20, 2007.

Goward, S.N., Masek, J.G., Cohen, W.B., & Moisen, G.G. NASA Land Use and Land Cover Program Workshop, University of Maryland University College, April, 2006, College Park, Maryland.

Healey, S.P., Moisen, G.G., & Cohen, W.B. Potential uses of the FIA/NACP forest cover change maps, 7th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, October 2005, Portland, Maine.

Healey, S.P., Powell, S.L., Cohen, W.B., Moisen,G.G., & Morin, R. Use of FIA data and Landsat imagery to map harvests and insect defoliation in and around the Allegheny National Forest, 8th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, October 2006, Monterey, California.

Healey, S.P., & Cohen, W.B. Forest disturbance detection using Landsat and FIA data: A Collaboration between FIA and the North American Carbon Program, USDA Forest Service, NE Research Station, November 2005, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Healey, S.P., & Cohen, W.B. Forest disturbance detection using Landsat and FIA data: Opportunities for collaboration, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, February 2006, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Healey, S.P., Cohen, W.B., Masek, J.G., Yang, Z., & Moisen, G.G. Quick mapping of forest disturbance using the Disturbance Index and Landsat Imagery, 11th Biennial USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference, April 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Huang, C., Goward, S.N., Li, M., Masek, J.G., Powell, S., Schleeweis, K., Shi, H., Thomas, N., Townshend, J.R. & Zhu, Z. (2008). Decoding the Landsat Record of Forest Disturbance History Using a Vegetation Change Tracker. In: NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Joint Science Workshop. April 28 – May 2, 2008, Adelphi, MD.

Huang, C., Shi, H., Zhu, Z., Li, M., Goward, S. N., Masek, J. G., Powell, S., and Townshend, J. R. G., 2008. Forest dynamics in southeastern United States – A wall‐to‐wall assessment using time series stacks of Landsat observations. In XXIst ISPRS Congress, Beijing, China, July 3‐11, 2008.

Huang, C., Zhu, Z., Shi, H., Goward, S.N. & Townshend, J.R.G. (2008). An assessment of forest disturbance and regrowth in Mississippi and Alabama using time series stacks of Landsat observations acquired since 1984. In: AAG Annual Meeting. April 15‐19, 2008, Boston

Huang, C., Zhu, Z., Goward, S. N., Shi, H., Li, M., Masek, J. G., and Powell, S., 2008. Reconstruct land change history using satellite data records. In 2008 International Workshop on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications, Beijing, China, June 30‐July 2, 2008.

Huang C, Toney C, Short KC, Shi H, Vogelman J, Zhu Z, Goward SN. 2008. Forest disturbance history and age distribution in the state of Mississippi: an assessment using the Landsat record and field inventory data. Presented: FIA Science Symposium, Park City, UT: October 21‐23, 2008.

Huang, C., Goward, S.N., & Masek, J.G. Quantifying forest disturbance and regrowth in support of the North American Carbon Program, Amer. Geophysical Union, Annual Fall Meeting, December 2006, San Francisco, California.

Kennedy RE, Yang Z, Cohen WB, Fiorella M, Moeur M, Pfaff E. 2008. Capture of diverse forest dynamics with new approaches to tap the Landsat archive. Presented: FIA Science Symposium, Park City, UT: October 21‐23, 2008.

Kennedy, R.E., Schroeder, T.A., & Cohen, W.B. Automated characterization of disturbance year, intensity, and regrowth rates in a two-decade stack of yearly Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery, Joint Workshop on NASA Biodiversity, Terrestrial Ecology, and Related Applied Science, August 2006, Adelphi, Maryland.

Kennedy, R.E., Cohen, W.B., Moisen, G.G., Goward, S.N., Wulder, M., Powell, S.L., Masek, J.G., Huang, C., & Healey, S.P. A sample design for Landsat-based estimation of national trends in forest disturbance and regrowth, Joint Workshop on NASA Biodiversity, Terrestrial Ecology, and Related Applied Science, August 2006, Adelphi, Maryland.

Kennedy, R.E., Powell, S.L., & Cohen, W.B. Application of trend-based satellite image change detection to a 20-year record of FIA-derived forest structure maps, 8th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, October 2006, Monterey, California.

Masek, J.G., Wolfe, R., Hall, F., Goward, S.N., Huang, C., Cohen, W.B., Powell, S.L., & Healey, S.P. North American Disturbance Rates Assessed from Landsat Imagery, 8th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, October 2006, Monterey, California.

Moser WK, Nelson MD, Healey SP, Hansen NH, Cohen WB. 2008. Estimation of biomass growth of Eastern Redcedar in southern Missouri: patterns and processes. Presented: FIA Science Symposium, Park City, UT: October 21‐23, 2008.

Powell, S.L., Cohen, W.B., & Schroeder, T.A. Integration of FIA and Landsat for empirical characterization of post-disturbance recovery variability, 7th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, October 2005 , Portland, Maine.

Nelson MD, Moser WK, Healey SP, Hansen M, Cohen WB. 2008. Analyzing NAFD time series data across adjacent path/rows and across multiple cycles of FIA: lessons learned in southern Missouri. Presented: FIA Science Symposium, Park City, UT: October 21‐23, 2008.

Oswalt, S. N., Huang, C., Shi, H., Vogelman, J., Zhu, Z., and Goward, S., 2008.

Integrating Landsat‐derived disturbance maps with FIA inventory data: applications for state‐level forest resource assessments. InFIA Science Symposium, Park City, UT, October 21‐23, 2008.

Powell S, Butler B, Riemann R, Healey SP, Kennedy R. 2008. Quantifying land cover trends for the state of Rhode Island: satellite time‐series analysis for FIA reporting needs. Presented: FIA Science Symposium, Park City, UT: October 21‐23, 2008.

Powell, S.L., Cohen, W.B., Healey, S.P., Kennedy, R.E., Moisen, G.G., Goward, S.N., Masek, J.G., & Huang, C. Integration of forest Inventory data with Landsat Time Series data for characterization of forest disturbance and regrowth: Joint objectives of the North American Carbon Program (NACP) and Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA), Joint Workshop on NASA Biodiversity, Terrestrial Ecology, and Related Applied Sciences, 2006, College Park, Maryland.

Powell, S.L., Pierce, K.B., Healey, S.P., Cohen, W.B., Moisen, G.G., & Ohman, J.L. Comparison of methods for mapping changes in forest structure, 8th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Science Symposium, 2006, Monterey, California.

Powell, S.L., Cohen, W.B., & Kennedy, R.E. Analysis of biomass change derived from spectral trajectories, 11th Biennial USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference, 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Schleeweis, K., Goward, and S.N. Huang, C. Building on NAFD: Comparing Regional Spatio-temporal Patterns of Forest Dynamics in the Coterminous U.S. Presentation at Association of American Geographers 2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. March 22-27, 2009.

Schroeder, T.A., Cohen, W.B., Yang, Z., & Gray, A. Characterizing change in above ground biomass and forest cover in western Oregon using historical FIA and Landsat data, 7th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, October 2005, Portland, Maine.

Schroeder, T.A., Cohen, W.B., & Yang, Z. Characterizing early succesional forest growth patterns in western Oregon using FIA forest inventory and multi-temporal Landsat data, 11th Biennial USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference, April 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Schroeder, T.A., Cohen, W.B., Harmon, M.E., & Gray, A. Understanding the impact of post-harvest forest regrowth rates on carbon stored by western Oregon forests, 8th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, October 2006, Monterey, California.

Thomas NE, Healey SP, Moisen GG, Goward SN. 2008. Adapting NAFD technologies to FIA operations. Presented: FIA Science Symposium, Park City, UT: October 21‐23, 2008.

Walterman M, Finco M, Healey SP. 2008. Improving local area accuracy in national level forest disturbance mapping. Presented: FIA Science Symposium, Park City, UT: October 21‐23, 2008.