Dr. Stephen Prince

 
Education

PhD  Plant Ecology, University of Lancaster, 1971
BSc.  Botany with Geology and Chemistry, University of Bristol, 1966

Research Interests

• Biogeography of large scale processes using remotely sensed observations and models
• Primary production and carbon draw­down at a continental and global scale
• Modelling of primary production at a stand and landscape scale
• Special emphasis on studies in semi arid vegetation and savannas of Africa

• Deforestation and Degradation in Southern and Central African Savannas
• Generation of a Consistent Terrestrial Net Primary Production Data Set
• Global Vegetation Dynamics
• Inter-annual Land Surface Variation
• Remote Sensing for Resource Management: The Mid-Atlantic RESAC Consortium

Representative Papers

Drake, J.B., R.O. Dubayah, D.B. Clark, R.G. Knox, B.J. B, H.M. A, C.R. L, W.J. F, and S. Prince (2002)

Estimation of Tropical Forest Structural Characteristics Using Large-footprint Lidar
Remote Sensing of Environment, 79(2-3): 305-319

Gleason, A.C.R., Prince, S.D., & Goetz, S.J (2002)

Effects of orbital drift on land surface temperatures recovered from AVHRR sensors
Remote Sensing of Environment, 79(2-3), 147-165.

Zheng, D., Prince, S.D., & Wright, R. (Submitted)

Terrestrial Net Primary Production estimates for 0.5 degree grid cells from field observations - a contribution to global biogeochemical modeling
Global Change Biology

Prince, S.D., Haskett, J., Steininger, M., & Strand, H. (2001)

Net primary production of U.S. midwest croplands from agricultural harvest yield data
Ecological Applications, 11, 1194-1205.

Geores, M., Prince, S.D., & Morrow, N. (Submitted)

Land degradation and human conditions in southern central Africa
Journal of Biogeography

Borak, J., Prince, S., Xue, Y., Los, S.O., & Gleason, A.C.R. (submitted)

Impact of remotely sensed surface variables on simulations of energy and water fluxes in Africa
Journal of Geophysical Research