Dr. Samuel Goward

 
Education

PhD  Physical Geography, Indiana State University in 1979
MA   Geography, Boston University, 1974
BA    Geography, Boston University, 1967

Research Interests

• Land Remote Sensing
• Bioclimatology
• Global Change

Dr. Goward pursues biophysical applications of land remotely sensed data. The goal of this research is to improve our understanding of state and dynamics of land conditions, as influenced by natural variability and human activities. Dr. Goward also exploits advanced geographic data systems that facilitate access to large volume remote sensing data sets. From 1997 to 2001 he served as the Team Leader for the NASA Landsat Science Team. He recently was selected to serve on the new US Geological Survey Landsat Science team. He also continues to work with the Landsat Project Science Office at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on mission operations. He has also served as the science co-chair of the for the USGS National Land Satellite Remote Sensing Data Archive (NSLRSDA) advisory committee. He has published extensively in professional journals and books and serves a variety of advisory panels including an associate editor for Remote Sensing of Environment.

• North American Forest Disturbance and Regrowth since 1972: Empirical Assessment with Field Measurements and Satellite Remotely Sensed Observations (North American Carbon Program)
  

  The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Long-Term Acquisition Plan (LTAP): Extending and Enhancing the Landsat 7 LTAP Approach (USGS Landsat Science Team)
  

  Contemporary Developments in the Landsat Mission: LTAP, Legacy, Global Observations and a Possible Observation Gap (Landsat Project Science Office)
  

Representative Papers

Goward, S. N., Arvidson, T, and Williams D. L.. (2006) Focus Issue: Landsat Operations: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 70(10), pp. 1120-1190

Goward, S.N, Arvidson, T.J., , Williams, D.L., Faundeen, J., Irons, J. and Franks, S. (2006) Historical record of Landsat global coverage: Mission Operations, NSLRSDA, and international cooperator stations. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 70 (10) 1155-1170.

Markham, B., Goward, S.N., Arvidson, T., Barsi, J.A., & Scaramuzza, P. (2006) Landsat-7 long-term acquisition plan radiometry - Evolution over time. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 70 (10) 1129-1136

Arvidson, T., Goward, S.N., Gasch, J., & Williams, D.L. (2006) Landsat 7 long-term acquisition plan: Development and validation. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 70 (10) 1137-1146.

Irish, R.R., Barker, B.J., Goward, S.N., & Arvidson, T. (2006) Characterization of the Landsat-7 automatic cloud-cover assessment (ACCA) algorithm. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 1179-1188.

Williams, D.L., Goward, S.N., & Arvidson, T. (2006) Landsat Operations: Yesterday, today and tommorow. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 1171-1178.

Goward, S. N., 2005. Albedo and reflectivity, (invited), in J. E. Oliver (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Climatology, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series , Springer., New York, pp. 5-7.

Cohen, W.B. & Goward, S.N. (2004) Landsat's Role in Ecological Applications of Remote Sensing. Bioscience, 54(6), 535-545.

Zanoni, V. & S. N. Goward, guest editors, 2003, Special Issue on IKONOS, Remote Sensing of Environment 88 (1-2), 1-219.

Goward, S.N., Davis, P.E., Fleming, D., Miller, L., & Townshend, J.R.G. (2003) Empirical comparison of Landsat 7 and IKONOS multispectral measurements for selected Earth Observation System (EOS) validation sites. Remote Sensing of Environment, 88 (1-2):196-209

Goward, S.N., Townshend, J., Zanoni, V., Pollicelli, F., Stanley, T., Ryan, R., Pagnutti, M., Fletcher, R., Holekamp, K., & Underwood, L. (2003) Acquisition of earth science remote sensing observations from commercial sources: Lessons learned from the Space Imaging IKONOS example. Remote Sensing of Environment, 88 (1-2):80-99.