Elizabeth E. Hoy

 
Education

PhD Pre-Candidate: Geographic Science, TheUniversity of Maryland, 2007 – present
MA: Remote Sensing/Geographic Science, The University of Maryland, 2007
BS: Environmental Science and Policy, The University of Maryland, 2005

Research Interests

• Carbon Cycling
• Boreal Ecosystems
• Ecosystem Modeling
• Remote Sensing Science and Applications

Research Projects

• Assessing the influence of fire-free interval on Alaskan boreal forests
• Modeling carbon emissions in Alaskan boreal forests
• Mapping wildland fire in boreal ecosystems

Representative Papers

French NHF, Kasischke ES, Hall RJ, Murphy KA, Verbyla DL, Hoy EE, Allen JL (2008) Using Landsat data to assess fire and burn severity in the North American boreal forest region: an overview and summary of results. Int. Journal of Wildland Fire 17, 443–462.

Hoy EE (2007) Evaluating the Potential of the normalized burn ratio and other spectral indices for assessment of fire severity in Alaskan black spruce forests. Master’s thesis dissertation, University of Maryland.

Hoy EE, French NHF, Turetsky MR, Trigg SN, Kasischke ES (2008) Evaluating the potential of Landsat TM/ETM+ imagery for assessing fire severity in Alaskan black spruce forests. Int. Journal of Wildland Fire 17, 500–514.

Kasischke ES, Turetsky MR, Ottmar RD, French NHF, Hoy EE, Kane ES (2008) Evaluation of the composite burn index for assessing fire severity in Alaskan black spruce forests. Int.Journal of Wildland Fire 17, 515–526.

Verbyla DL, Kasischke ES, Hoy EE (2008) Seasonal and topographic effects on estimating fire severity from Landsat TM/ETM+ data. Int. Journal of Wildland Fire 17, 527–534.