Intranet Links Collaborators Publications

                                                                                        Publications:  

 

Huang, C., Goward, S.N., Masek, J.G., Thomas, N., & Powell, S. A Multi-Temporal forest change detection     algorithm for reconstructing forest disturbance history using dense Landsat observations. (In     preparation)

 

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., Song, K., Kim, S., Townshend, J., Davis, P., Masek, J., & Goward, S.N. (2007). Use of a dark object     concept and support vector machines to automate forest cover change analysis. Remote Sensing of     Environment. (In press)/doi10.1016j.rse.2007.07.023.

 

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.

 

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., 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.

 

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.

 

                                                                                  Conference Proceedings:

 

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. (In press). Analysis of biomass change derived from spectral     trajectories, in Proceedings of the 11th Biennial USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications     Conference, 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

                                                                                  Conference Presentations:

 

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, 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., & 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, 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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.