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  • 2009
    • Artan, G.A., Smith, J.L., and Verdin, J.P., 2009, Monitoring snow water status with a distributed snowmelt model, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 1, Available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Beighley, R.E., Eggert, K.G., Dunne, T., He, Y., Gummadi, V., and Verdin, K.L., 2009, Simulating hydrologic and hydraulic processes throughout the Amazon River Basin: Hydrological Processes, v. 23, no. 8, p. 1221-1235. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7252).


    • Bliss, N.B., 2009, A new method of multiscale topographic analysis–extracting landforms, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 3, Available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Brown, J.F., Maxwell, S.K., and Pervez, S., 2009, Mapping irrigated lands across the United States using MODIS satellite imagery, chap. 6 in Thenkabail, P., Lyon, G.J., Biradar, C.M., and Turral, H., eds., Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security: Boca Raton, FL, Taylor & Francis, p. 177-198.


    • Chen, X., and Ohlen, D.O., 2009, Use of multi-temporal Landsat images to monitor forest disturbance (1987-2007) in the Black Hills of South Dakota, in Civco, D.L., ed., International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images, 5th, Groton, CT, July 28, 2009-July 30, 2009, Conference Proceedings: University of Connecticut, p. 3-10.


    • Chen, M., Liu, S., and Tieszen, L.L., 2009, Mutually interactive state-parameter estimation of a carbon cycle model using a smoothed ensemble kalman filter, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 7-8, Available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Cress, J.J., Sayre, Roger, Comer, Patrick, and Warner, Harumi, 2009a, Terrestrial Ecosystems—Isobioclimates of the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3084, scale 1:5,000,000, 1 sheet. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3084.)


    • Cress, J.J., Sayre, Roger, Comer, Patrick, and Warner, Harumi, 2009b, Terrestrial Ecosystems—Land Surface Forms of the Conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3085, scale 1:5,000,000, 1 sheet. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3085.)


    • Cress, J.J., Sayre, Roger, Comer, Patrick, and Warner, Harumi, 2009c, Terrestrial Ecosystems—Topographic moisture potential of the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3086, scale 1:5,000,000, 1 sheet.(Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3086.)


    • Fry, J.A., Coan, M.J., Homer, C.G., Meyer, D.K., and Wickham, J.D., 2009, Completion of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 1992-2001 land cover change retrofit product, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 2008-1379, 19 p., Available only online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr20081379.


    • Funk, C.C., and Brown, M., 2009, Declining global per capita agricultural production and warming oceans threaten food security: Food Security, v. 1, no. 3, p. 271-289. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-009-0026-y).


    • Funk, C.C., and Budde, M.E., 2009, Phenologically-tuned MODIS NDVI-based production anomaly estimates for Zimbabwe: Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 113, no. 1, p. 115-125. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.08.015).


    • Gallant, A.L., 2009, What you should know about land-cover data: Journal of Wildlife Management, v. 73, no. 5, p. 796-805. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.2193/2007-509).


    • Gesch, D.B., Gutierrez, B.T., and Gill, S.K., 2009, Coastal elevations, chap. 2 in Titus, J.G., Anderson, K.E., Cahoon, D.R., Gesch, D.B., Gill, S.K., Gutierrez, B.T., Thieler, E.R., and Williams, S.J., ld. auths., Coastal sensitivity to sea level rise–a focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region: A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.1, p. 25-42. (Also available online at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-1/final-report/sap4-1-final-report-all.pdf).


    • Giri, C.P., Reed, B.C., Hastings, D., and Tateishi, R., 2009, Status and future of global databases, chap. 13 in Madden, M., ed., Manual of GIS: Bethesda, MD, American Association of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 113-137.


    • Herman-Brunson, K.M., Jenson, K.C., Kaczor, N.W., Swanson, C.C., and Klaver, R.W., 2009, Nesting ecology of greater sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus at the eastern edge of their historic distribution: Wildlife Biology, v. 15, no. 3, p. 237-246.


    • Hogan, Dianna, Arthaud, Greg, Goodman, Iris, Pattison, Malka, Sayre, Roger, Shapiro, Carl, and Van Horne, Bea, 2009, Developing a Vision - incorporating Ecosystem Services into Decision Making - Proceedings of a Workshop: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1062, 8 p. (http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1062/)


    • 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., and Townshend, J.R.G., 2009, Development of time series stacks of Landsat images for reconstructing forest disturbance history: International Journal of Digital Earth, v. 2, no. 3, p. 195-218, Available only online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538940902801614.


    • Huang, C., Goward, S.N., Schleeweis, K., Thomas, N., Masek, J.G., and Zhu, Z., 2009, Dynamics of national forests assessed using the Landsat record–case studies in eastern United States: Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 113, no. 7, p. 1430-1442. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.06.016).


    • Jacques, C.N., Jenks, J.A., and Klaver, R.W., 2009, Seasonal movements and home-range use by female pronghorns in sagebrush-steppe communities of western South Dakota: Journal of Mammalogy, v. 90, no. 2, p. 433-441. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-395.1).


    • Jantz, C.A., Goetz, S.J., Donato, D.I., and Claggett, P.R., 2009 (August), Designing and Implementing a Regional Urban Modeling System Using the SLEUTH Cellular Urban Model: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, in press.(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V9K-4X84J78-1&_user=696292&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000038819&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=696292&md5=1cb7d4ff1adcebb89e564ab8ed36eb05


    • Jiang, L., Liao, M., Lin, H., and Yang, L., 2009, Synergistic use of optical and InSAR data for urban impervious surface mapping–a case study in Hong Kong: International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 30, no. 11, p. 2781-2796. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431160802555838).


    • Karstensen, K.A., and Loveland, T.R., 2009, Monitoring land use on military installations: The Military Engineer, v. 101, no. 657, p. 47-48. (Also available online at http://themilitaryengineer.com/TME/TMEpastissuespage.htm).


    • Li, M., Huang, C., Zhu, Z., Shi, H., Lu, H., and Peng, S., 2009, Assessing rates of forest change and fragmentation in Alabama, USA, using the vegetation change tracker model: Forest Ecology and Management, v. 257, no. 6, p. 1480-1488. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.12.023).


    • Li, Z. and Tan, Z., 2009, Regional modeling of carbon dynamics change in the Green River Basin, Wyoming, based on remotely sensed data, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 28-29, Available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Liu, S., Li, Z., Loveland, T.R., and Tieszen, L.L., 2009, Modeling terrestrial carbon dynamics in the eastern United States, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 29, Available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Liu, S., Rover, J.A., Zhang, L., Wylie, B.K., Ji, L., and Bliss, N.B., 2009, De-trending for climatic variations to reveal stressed ecosystems, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 33, Available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Nelson, K., and Peterson, B., 2009, Labeling landscape changes through automated disturbance vector matching, in Civco, D.L., ed., International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images, 5th, Groton, CT, July 28, 2009-July 30, 2009, Conference Proceedings: University of Connecticut, p. 34-39


    • Peterson, B., and Nelson, K., 2009, Vegetation change detection and quantification–linking Landsat imagery and LIDAR data, in Civco, D.L., ed., International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images, 5th, Groton, CT, July 28, 2009-July 30, 2009, Conference Proceedings: University of Connecticut, p. 59-65.


    • Pielke Sr., R.A., Davey, C.A., Niyogi, D., Fall, S., Steinweg-Woods, J., Hubbard, K., Lin, X., Cai, M., Lim, Y.K., Li, H., Nielsen-Gammon, J., Gallo, K.P., Hale, R., Mahmood, R., Foster, S., McNider, R.T., and Blanken, P., 2009, Reply to comment by David E. Parker et al. on “Unresolved issues with the assessment of multidecadal global land surface temperature trends”: Journal of Geophysical Research D–Atmospheres, v. 114, no. D05105. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008JD010938).


    • Polloni, C., Pantea, M., Kelly, M., and Davis, B.N., 2009, Animation and publication of three-dimensional and four-dimensional physical models, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 11, available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Preisler, H.K., Burgan, R.E., Eidenshink, J.C., Klaver, J.M., and Klaver, R.W., 2009, Forecasting distributions of large federal-lands fires utilizing satellite and gridded weather information: International Journal of Wildland Fire, v. 18, no. 5, p. 508-516. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF08032).


    • Queija, V.R., Worstell, B.B., and Greenlee, S.K., 2009, Elevation derivatives for modeling post-wildfire debris flows, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 33, Available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Reed, B.C., Budde, M.E., Spencer, P., and Miller, A.E., 2009, Integration of MODIS-derived metrics to assess interannual variability in snowpack, lake ice, and NDVI in southwest Alaska: Remote Sensing of Environment , v. 113, no. 7, p. 1443-1452. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.020).


    • Reeves, M.C., Ryan, K.C., Rollins, M.G., and Thompson, T.G., 2009, Spatial fuel data products of the LANDFIRE Project: International Journal of Wildland Fire, v. 18, no. 3, p. 250-267. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF08086).


    • Rollins, M.G., 2009, LANDFIRE: a nationally consistent vegetation, wildland fire, and fuel assessment: International Journal of Wildland Fire, v. 18, no. 3, p. 235-249. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF08088).


    • Sayre, Roger, Comer, Patrick, Warner, Harumi, and Cress, Jill, 2009, A new map of standardized terrestrial ecosystems of the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1768, 17 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1768.)


    • Senay, G.B., Budde, M.E., Verdin, J.P., and Rowland, J.D., 2009, Estimating actual evapotranspiration from irrigated fields using a simplified surface energy balance approach, chap. 13 in Thenkabail, P., Lyon, G.J., Biradar, C.M., and Turral, H., eds., Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security: Boca Raton, FL, Taylor & Francis, p. 317-330.


    • Senay, G.B., Budde, M.E., and Verdin, J.P., 2009, Landscape evapotranspiration estimation using a simplified surface energy balance approach for watershed water-balance modeling, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 35, Available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Sherrouse, Benson C., and Hester, David J., 2009, Constructing a Composite Hazards Vulnerability Index for Coastal California, Abstract, Geological Society of America 2009 Conference Program Vol. 41, No. 7., Portland, Oregon.


    • Sherrouse, Benson C., and Hester, David J., 2009, Constructing a Composite Hazards Vulnerability Index for Coastal California, Geological Society of America 2009 Conference Poster Session - Risks and Realities: Current Advances in Understanding Societal Risk and Resilience to Natural Hazards, Portland, Oregon.


    • Sohl, T.L., and Sayler, K.L., 2008, Using the FORE-SCE model to project land-cover change in the southeastern United States: Ecological Modelling, v. 219, no. 1-2, p. 49-65. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.08.003).


    • Sohl, T.L. and Sayler, K.L., 2009, An integrated modeling approach for analyzing the effects of an expanding biomass-for-biofuel economy in the northern Great Plains, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 34, Available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Sundquist, E.T., Ackerman, K., Stallard, R.F., and Bliss, N.B., 2009, Modeling the historical influence of soil and water management on sediment and carbon budgets in the United States, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 37-38, Available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013.


    • Svancara, L.K., Scott, J.M., Loveland, T.R., and Pidgorna, A.B., 2009, Assessing the landscape context and conversion risk of protected areas using satellite data products: Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 113, no. 7, p. 1357-1369. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.11.015).


    • Tan, Z., Liu, S., Tieszen, L.L., and Tachie-Obeng, E., 2009, Simulated dynamics of carbon stocks driven by changes in land use, management and climate in a tropical moist ecosystem of Ghana: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, v. 130, no. 3-4, p. 171-176. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2009.01.004).


    • Tan, Z., Tieszen, L.L., Tachie-Obeng, E., Liu, S., and Dieye, A.M., 2009, Historical and simulated ecosystem carbon dynamics in Ghana–land use, management, and climate: Biogeosciences, v. 6, no. 1, Available only online at http://www.biogeosciences.net/.


    • Tan, Z., Tieszen, L.L., and Tachie-Obeng, E., 2009, Ecosystem carbon budgets and crop yields in a tropical savanna ecosystem as related to changes in climate and management, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 39-40, available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Titus, J.G., Anderson, K.E., Cahoon, D.R., Gesch, D.B., Gill, S.K., Gutierrez, B.T., Thieler, E.R., and Williams, S.J., ld. auths., 2009, Coastal sensitivity to sea level rise–a focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region: A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.1, 320 p. (Also available online at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-1/final-report/sap4-1-final-report-all.pdf).


    • Vogelmann, J.E., Tolk, B.L., and Zhu, Z., 2009, Monitoring forest changes in the southwestern United States using multitemporal Landsat data: Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 113, no. 8, p. 1739-1748. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2009.04.014).


    • Vogelmann, J.E., Ohlen, D.O., Zhu, Z., Howard, S.M., and Rollins, M.G., 2009, The role of remote sensing and GIS for wildland fire hazard assessment, chap. 35 in Madden, M., ed., Manual of GIS: Bethesda, MD, American Association of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 677-698.


    • Webb, R.M.T., and Semmens, D.J., eds., 2009, Planning for an uncertain future—Monitoring, integration, and adaptation. Proceedings of the Third Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5049, 292 p. (http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5049/).


    • White, M.A., de Beurs, K.M., Didan, K., Inouye, D.W., Richardson, A.D., Jensen, O.P., O'Keefe, J., Zhang, G., Nemani, R.R., van Leeuwen, W.J.D., Brown, J.F., de Wit, A., Schaepman, M., Lin, X., Dettinger, M., Bailey, A.S., Kimball, J., Schwartz, M.D., Baldocchi, D.D., Lee, J.T., and Lauenroth, W.K., 2009, Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982 to 2006, Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/j.1356-2486.2009.01910.x.


    • Wimberly, M.C., Cochrane, M.A., Baer, A.D., and Pabst, K., 2009, Assessing fuel treatment effectiveness using satellite imagery and spatial statistics: Ecological Applications, v. 19, no. 6, p. 1377-1384. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/08-1685.1).


    • Wylie, B.K., Rover, J.A., Murnaghan, K., Tieszen, L.L., and Brisco, B., 2009, Ecosystem modeling based upon remote sensing, site potential, and weather to monitor vegetation responses to climate, management, and disturbances, in Civco, D.L., ed., International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images, 5th, Groton, CT, July 28, 2009-July 30, 2009, Conference Proceedings: University of Connecticut, p. 184-191.


    • Xian, G., and Homer, C.G., 2009, Identifying 5 years of land cover change across the nation–updating NLCD 2001 to 2006 through image change detection, in Civco, D.L., ed., International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images, 5th, Groton, CT, July 28, 2009-July 30, 2009, Conference Proceedings: University of Connecticut, p. 78-85.


    • Xian, G., Homer, C.G., and Fry, J.A., 2009, Updating the 2001 National Land Cover Database land cover classification to 2006 by using Landsat imagery change detection methods: Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 113, no. 6, p. 1133-1147. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2009.02.004).


    • Yang, L., Jiang, L., Lin, H., and Liao, M., 2009, Quantifying sub-pixel urban impervious surface through fusion of optical and InSAR imagery: GIScience & Remote Sensing, v. 46, no. 2, p. 161-171. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.2747/1548-1603.46.2.161).


    • Zhang, L., Wylie, B.K., Ji, L., Gilmanov, T., and Tieszen, L.L., 2009, Empirically modeling carbon fluxes in the northern Great Plains grasslands, in Brady, S.R., ed., Proceedings of the Second All-USGS Modeling Conference, February 11–14, 2008–Painting the big picture: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2009–5013, p. 48, Available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5013/.


    • Zhao, S., Liu, S., Li, Z., and Sohl, T.L., 2009, Ignoring detailed fast-changing dynamics of land use overestimates regional terrestrial carbon sequestration: Biogeosciences, v. 6, no. 8, p. 1647-1654, available only online at http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/1647/2009/.


  • 2008
    • Aiello, Danielle P., Torregrosa, Alicia, Jason, Allyson L., Fuentes Tracy L., and Josberger, Edward G., 2008, Description of existing data forintegrated landscape monitoring in the Puget Sound Basin, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1308, 105 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1308/).


    • Alexandrov, G.A., Chan, D., Chen, M., Gurney, K., Higuchi, K., Ito, A., Jones, C.D., Komarov, A., Mabuchi, K., Matross, D.M., Veroustraete, F., and Verstraeten, W.W., 2008, Model-data fusion in studies of the terrestrial carbon sink, chap. 19 in Jakeman, A.J., Voinov, A.A., Rizzoli, A.E., and Chen, S.H., eds., Environmental modelling, software and decision support, 3: Oxford, Elsevier Science, p. 329-344. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1574-101X(08)00619-4).


    • Arp, C.D., and Jones, B.M., 2008, Geography of Alaska Lake Districts: Identification, description, and analysis of lake-rich regions of a diverse and dynamic state: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5215.


    • Asante, K.O., Artan, G.A., Pervez, S., and Rowland, J.D., 2008, A linear geospatial streamflow modeling system for data sparse environments: International Journal of River Basin Management, v. 6, no. 3, p. 233-241. (Also available online at http://earlywarning.usgs.gov/adds/pubs/JRBM%20P0171.pdf).


    • Barnes, C.A., and Roy, D.P., 2008, Radiative forcing over the conterminous United States due to contemporary land cover land use albedo change: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 35, p. L09706. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL033567).


    • Biradar, C.M., Thenkabail, P.S., Platonov, A., Xiangming, X., Geerken, R., Vithanage, J., Turral, H., and Noojipady, P. 2008. Water Productivity Mapping Methods using Remote Sensing. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 2, 023544 (6 November 2008).


    • Brown, J. F., Wardlow, B.D., Tadesse, T., Hayes, M.J., and B.C. Reed, 2008, The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): a new integrated approach for monitoring drought stress in vegetation, GIScience and Remote Sensing, 45(1):16-46. DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.45.1.16.


    • Champion, Richard A., 2008, A Bernoulli formulation of the Land-Use Portfolio Model: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1310, 25 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1310/).


    • Champion, Richard and Wein, Anne, 2008. ShakeOut Scenario Appendix I: Characterizing a Regional Economy -Bureau of Labor Statistics Location Quotients for Industrial Sectors in Southern California, USGS Open File Report 2008-1150, CGS Preliminary Report 25I, ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/dmg/rgmp/ShakeOut/Final%20Appendices/CGS%20PR%2025%20AppendixI.pdf.


    • Chen, M., Liu, S., Tieszen, L.L., and Hollinger, D.Y., 2008, An improved state-parameter analysis of ecosystem models using data assimilation: Ecological Modelling, v. 219, no. 3-4, p. 317-326. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.07.013).


    • Cheung, W.H., Senay, G.B., and Singh, A., 2008, Trends and spatial distribution of annual and seasonal rainfall in Ethiopia: International Journal of Climatology, v. 28, no. 13, p. 1723-1734. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.1623).


    • Coons, Tom, Soulard, Christopher E., and Knowles, Noah, 2008, High-resolution digital terrain models of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta Region, California: U.S. Geological Survey, Data Series 359 (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/359/).


    • Curtis E Woodcock, Richard Allen, Martha Anderson, Alan Belward, Robert Bindschadler, Warren Cohen, Feng Gao, Samuel N Goward, Dennis Helder, Eileen Helmer, Rama Nemani, Lazaros Oreopoulos, Joh Schott, Prasad S. Thenkabail, Eric F Vermote, James Vogelmann, Michael A Wulder, Randolph Wynne. Free access to Landsat Imagery. Science. 2008 May 23;320 (5879):1011 18497274.


    • Danielson, J.J., and Gesch, D.B., 2008, An enhanced global elevation model generalized from multiple higher resolution source datasets, in Silk road for information from imagery, Beijing, China, July 3, 2008-July 11, 2008, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Spatial Information Sciences, XXXVII, pt. B4: International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p. 1857-1863.


    • Delbart, Nicolas, Picard, Ghislain, Le Toan, Thuy, Kergoat, Laurant, Queqan, Shaun, Woodward, Ian, Dye, Dennis, and Fedotova, Violetta, 2008. Spring Phenology in boreal Eurasia over a nearly century time scale, Global Change Biology, 14(3):603-614.


    • Dinitz, L.B., 2008, Applying the Land Use Portfolio Model to estimate natural-hazard loss and risk; a hypothetical demonstration for Ventura County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1309,12 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1309/).


    • Donato, D.I., 2008, Fast, Inclusive Searches for Geographic Names Using Digraphs: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 7, chap. A1, 6 p.


    • Donato, D.I., 2008, Secure Web-Site Access with Tickets and Message-Dependent Digests: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 7, chap. B1, 53 p., available online only.


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  • 2007
    • Artan, G.A., Asante, K.O., Smith, J.L., Pervez, S., Entemann, D., Verdin, J.P., and Rowland, J.D., 2007, Users manual for the Geospatial Stream Flow Model (GeoSFM): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 2007-1440. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1440/).


    • Artan, G.A., Gadain, H., Smith, J.L., Asante, K.O., Bandaragoda, C.J., and Verdin, J.P., 2007, Adequacy of satellite derived rainfall data for stream flow modeling: Natural Hazards, v. 43, no. 2, p. 167-185. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-007-9121-6).


    • Asante, K.O., Artan, G.A., Pervez, S., Bandaragoda, C., and Verdin, J.P., 2007, Technical manual for the Geospatial Stream Flow Model (GeoSFM): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 2007-1441, 65 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1441/).


    • Bernknopf, R.L., Hearn, P.P., Wein, A., and Strong, D., 2007, The Effect of Scientific and Socioeconomic Uncertainty on A Natural Hazards Policy Choice, Proceedings of the International Congress on Modeling and Simulation 10-13 December 2007, 7 pp.


    • Betancourt, J.L., M.D. Schwartz, D.D. Breshears, C.A. Brewer, G Frazer, J.E. Gross, S.J. Mazer, B.C. Reed, B.E. Wilson, 2007. Evolving Plans for a USA-National Phenology Network (USA-NPN). EOS Transactions, Vol. 88, No. 19, p. 211


    • Dent, D., Asfary, A.F., Giri, C.P., Govil, K., Hartemink, A., Holmgren, P., Keita-Ouane, F., Navone, S., Olsson, L., Ponce-Hernandez, R., Rockström, J., Shepherd, G., Abdelgawad, G., Batjes, N., Beltran, J.M., Brink, A., Dronin, N., Essahli, W., Ewald, G., Illueca, J., Kant, S., Krug, T., Kueper, W., Wenlong, L., MacDevette, D., Nachtergaele, F., Ndiang'ui, N., Poulisse, J., Schmullius, C., Singh, A., Sonneveld, B., Sverdrup, H., van Brusselen, J., van Lynden, G., Warren, A., Bingfang, W., Zhongze, W., Kassas, K., Maukonen, T., and Lee, M., 2007, Land, chap 3. in United Nations Environment Programme, Global environment outlook 4-environment for development: Malta, United Nations Environment Programme, p. 81-114. (Also available online at http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4/report/GEO-4_Report_Full_en.pdf).


    • Drummond, M.A., 2007, Regional dynamics of grassland change in the Western Great Plains, Great Plains Research, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp 133-144.


    • Farris, G.S., Smith, G.J., Crane, M.P., Demas, C.R., Robbins, L.L., and Lavoie, D.L., 2007, Science and the storms-the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Circular, 1306, 283 p. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1306/).


    • Gallant, A.L., Klaver, R.W., Casper, G.S., and Lannoo, M.J., 2007, Global rates of habitat loss and implications for amphibian conservation: Copeia, no. 4, p. 967-979. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[967:GROHLA]2.0.CO;2).


    • Gesch, D.B., 2007, Topography-based analysis of Hurricane Katrina inundation of New Orleans, in Farris, G.S., Smith, G.J., Crane, M.P., Demas, C.R., Robbins, L.L., and Lavoie, D.L., eds., Science and the storms-the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Circular, 1306, p. 54-57. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1306/pdf/c1306_ch3_g.pdf).


    • Giri, C., Pengra, B., Zhu, Z., Singh, A., Tieszen, L.L., 2007, Monitoring mangrove forest dynamics of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh and India using multi-temporal satellite data from 1973 to 2000: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, In Press, Corrected Proof. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2006.12.019.


    • Greenlee, D., 2007, GIS for the Gulf-a reference database for hurricane-affected areas, in Farris, G.S., Smith, G.J., Crane, M.P., Demas, C.R., Robbins, L.L., and Lavoie, D.L., eds., Science and the storms-the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Circular, 1306, p. 76-79. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1306/pdf/c1306_ch4_c.pdf).


    • Hogan, D.M. and Walbridge, M.R., 2007, Best Management Practices for Nutrient and Sediment Retention in Urban Stormwater Runoff, Journal of Environmental Quality v. 36, p. 386-395.


    • Hogan, D.M. and Walbridge, M. R. 2007, Urbanization and Nutrient Retention in Freshwater Riparian Wetlands, Ecological Applications, 17(4), p. 1142-1155.


    • Hong, Y., Adler, R., and Verdin, J.P., 2007, Use of 21st century satellite remote sensing technology in natural hazard analysis: Natural Hazards, v. 43, no. 2, p. 165-166. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-007-9133-2).


    • Ji, L. and Peters, A.J., 2007, Performance evaluation of spectral vegetation indices using a statistical sensitivity function: Remote Sensing of Environment, 106(1):59-65.


    • Melesse, A.M., Weng, Q., Thenkabail, P.S., and Senay, G.B., 2007, Remote sensing sensors and applications in environmental resources mapping and modelling: Sensors, v. 7, no. 12, available only online at http://www.mdpi.net/sensors/papers/s7123209.pdf.


    • Nordt, L., Von Fisher, J., and Tieszen, L.L., 2007, Late Quaternary temperature record from buried soils of the North American Great Plains: Geology 35(2):159-162, doi: 10.1130/G23345A.1.


    • Norman, Laura M., 2007. United States-Mexican Border Watershed Assessment: Modeling Nonpoint Source Pollution in Ambos Nogales, Journal of Borderland Studies 22 (1): 20 p.


    • Smith, J.L., and Rowland, J.D., 2007, Temporal analysis of floodwater volumes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, in Farris, G.S., Smith, G.J., Crane, M.P., Demas, C.R., Robbins, L.L., and Lavoie, D.L., eds., Science and the storms-the USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Circular, 1306, p. 58-62. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1306/pdf/c1306_ch3_h.pdf).


    • Sohl, T.L., Sayler, K.L., Drummond, M.A., and Loveland, T.R., 2007, The FORE-SCE Model: A practical approach for projecting land use change through 2020 using a scenario-based modeling technique, Journal of Land Use Science, Vol. 2, Issue 2, June 2007, pp. 103-126.


    • Tan, Z., Lal, R., Ownes, L., and Izaurralde, R.C., 2007, Distribution of heavy and light fractions of soil organic carbon as related to land uses and tillage practice: Soil & Tillage Research 92:53-59.


    • Tan, Z., Tieszen, L.L., Zhu, Z., Liu, S., and Howard, S.M., 2007, An estimate of carbon emissions from 2004 wildfires across Alaskan Yukon River Basin: Carbon Balance and Management, v. 2, no. 1, available only online at http://www.cbmjournal.com/content/pdf/1750-0680-2-12.pdf.


    • Tappan, G. and McGahuey, M., 2007, Tracking environmental dynamics and agricultural intensification in southern Mali: Agricultural Systems, 94:38-51, doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2005.07.011.


    • Verdin, K.L., Godt, J.W., Funk, C., Pedreros, D., Worstell, B., and Verdin, J., 2007, Development of a global slope dataset for estimation of landslide occurrence resulting from earthquakes: U.S. Geological Survey Open-Fire Report, 2007-1188. (Also available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1188/pdf/OF07-1188_508.pdf).


    • Von Fischer, J., Tieszen, L.L., and Schimel, D., 2007, Temperature and precipitation controls of C3 vs C4 productivity across North American grasslands from carbon isotope composition of soil organic matter: Global Change Biology (in press).


    • Wylie, B.K., Fosnight, E.A., Gilmanov, T.G., Frank, A.B., Morgan, J.A., Haferkamp, M.R., and Meyers, T.P., 2007, Adaptive data-driven models for estimating carbon fluxes in the Northern Great Plains: Remote Sensing of Environment, 106:399-413.


    • Xian, G., 2007, Analysis of impacts of Urban Land Use and Land Cover on Air Quality in the Las Vegas Region Using Remote Sensing Information and Ground Observations: International Journal of Remote Sensing, v. 28, no. 24, p. 5427-5445. (Also available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431160701227653).


    • Xian, G., Crane, M.P., and Su, J., 2007, An analysis of urban development and its environmental impact on the Tampa Bay watershed: Journal of Environmental Management, v. 85, no. 4, p. 965-976. (Also available online at ttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.11.012).


    • Xue, Y.-J., Yue-Ming, H., Shuguang, L., Jing-Feng, Y., Qi-Chang, C., and Shi-Tai, B., 2007, "Improving Land Resource Evaluation using Fuzzy Neural Network Ensembles": Pedosphere,17(4): 429-435, doi:10.1016/S1002-0160(07)60052-6.


    • Yuan, W., Liu, S., Zhou, G., Zhou, G., Tieszen, L.L., Baldocci, D., Berhhofer, C., Gholz, H., Goldstein, A.H., Goulden, M.L., Hollinger, D.Y., Hu, Y., Law, B.E., Stoy, P.C., Vesala, T., Wofsy, S.C., and other AmeriFlux collaborators, 2007, Deriving a light use efficiency model from eddy covariance flux data for predicting daily gross primary production across biomes: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,143:189-207. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.12.001.


    • Zhang, L., Wylie, B.W., Loveland, T., Fosnight, E. A., Tieszen, L.L., Ji, L., and Gilmanov, T., 2007, Evaluation and comparison of gross primary production estimates for the Northern Great Plains grasslands: Remote Sensing of Environment, 106:173-189.
  • 2006
    • Bridgham, S.D., Patrick Megonigal, J., Keller, J.K., Bliss, N.B., and Trettin, C., 2006, The Carbon Balance of North American Wetlands, Wetlands. 2006 Dec 1, 26(4):889-916.


    • Bernknopf, R.L., and Hearn, P.P., 2006, Developing Tools to Improve the Application of Science Information to Inform Earthquake Risk Mitigation Decisions in the City of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee, Geological Society of America, Geology and Society Division Newsletter, November 2006, 5pp.


    • Eidenshink, J. C. 2006. A 16-year time series of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite data of the conterminous United States and Alaska. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Falls Church, Virginia, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 72, No. 9, September 2006, pp. 1027-1035.


    • Eidenshink, Jeff, 2006. Dissemination of LANDFIRE Prototype Project Data, Chapter 14 in The LANDFIRE Prototype Project: nationally consistent and locally relevant geospatial data for wildland fire management, General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-175 (Ed. C. Frame and M. Rollins). Fort Collins: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 416 pages.


    • Gilmanov, T.G., Svejcar, T.J., Johnson, D.A., Angell, R.F., Saliendra, N.Z., and Wylie, B.K., 2006, Long-term dynamics of production, respiration, and net CO2 exchange in two Sagebrush-Steppe ecosystems: Rangeland Ecology & Management, 59:585-599.


    • Hester, David J., 2006, Analyzing Albuquerque's Landscape Evolution in the 20th and 21st Centuries, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1726: Rates, Trends, Causes and Consequences of Urban Land-Use Change in the United States, pg. 113-128, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.


    • Liu, J., Liu, S., and Loveland, T.R., 2006, Temporal evolution of carbon budgets of the Appalachian forests in the U.S. from 1972 to 2000: Forest Ecology and Management, 222(1-3):191-201.


    • Martin, Paul E., Hester, David J., Sherrouse, Ben C. and Feller, Mark R., 2006, Landscape Change and Socioeconomic Trends for the Austin, Texas Region, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Map Book, Volume 21, pg. 92, Redlands, California.


    • Norman, Laura M., Donelson, Angela, Pfeifer, Edwin, and Lam, Alven H., 2006. Colonia Development and Land Use Change in Ambos Nogales, United States-Mexican Border: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2006-1112. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1112


    • Parcher, J.W., 2006, Comparing impervious-cover densities on the basis of land-use types between sister cities on the United States/Mexico border, in Acevedo, W., Taylor, J.L., Hester, D.J., Mladinich, C.S., and Glavac, S. eds., Rates, trends, causes, and consequences of urban land-use change in the United States. USGS Professional Paper 1726, p. 79-85.


    • Poore, B.S. and Chrisman, N.R., 2006, Order from Noise: Toward a Social Theory of Geographic Information, Annals of Association of American Geographers, 96(3) p. 508-523.


    • Reed, B.C., 2006, Trend Analysis of Time-Series Phenology of North America Derived from Satellite Data, GIScience & Remote Sensing, Vol. 43, No. 1, 24-38.


    • Sherrouse, Ben C. and Hester, David J., 2006, Multi-Scalar Human Migration Analysis of the Austin-Round Rock Economic Area's Urban Counties, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) 2006 Conference Proceedings, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


    • Stibig, H.-J., Belward, A.S., Roy, P.S., Rosalina-Wasrin, U., Agrawal, S., Joshi, P.K., Beuchle, R., Fritz, S., Mubareka, S. and Giri, C., 2006, A land cover map of South and Southeast Asia derived from SPOT-VEGETATION data: Journal of Biogeography (OnlineEarly Articles). doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01637.x


    • Tan, Z., R. Lal, and S. Liu., 2006, Using experimental and geospatial data to estimate regional carbon sequestration potential under no-till management: Soil Science, 171(12):950-959, doi:10.1097/01.ss.0000235845.17826.10.


    • Tan, Z., Liu, S., Johnston, C.A., Liu, J., and Tieszen, L.L., 2006, Analysis of ecosystem controls on soil carbon source-sink relationships in the northwest Great Plains: Global Biogeochem, Cycles. 20, GB4012, doi:10.1029/2005GB002610.


    • Tang, X.L., Liu, S.G., Zhou, G.Y., Zhang, D.Q., and Zhou, C.Y, 2006, Soil-Atmospheric Exchange of CO2, CH4, and N2O in Three Subtropical Forest Ecosystems in Southern China: Global Change Biology, 12(3):546-560.


    • Tang, X.L., Zhou, G.Y., Liu, S.G., Zhang, D.Q., Liu, S.Z., Li,J., and Zhou, C.Y., 2006, Dependence of Soil Respiration on Soil Temperature and Soil Moisture in Successional Forests in Southern China: Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 48(6):654-663.


    • Varanka, D., 2006. General trends regarding aggregate materials For urban development, with a suggested method for the analysis of aggregates distribution, in Acevedo, W., Taylor, J.L., Hester, D.J., Mladinich, C.S., and Glavac, S. eds., Rates, trends, causes, and consequences of urban land-use change in the United States. USGS Professional Paper 1726, 45-54.


    • Vierling, L. A., Fersdahl, M., Chen, X., Li, Z., and Zimmerman, P., 2006, The Short Wave Aerostat-Mounted Imager (SWAMI): A novel platform for acquiring remotely sensed data from a tethered balloon: Remote Sensing of Environment, 103(3):255-264.


    • Vogelmann, J.E., Zhu, Z., Kost, J., Tolk, B, and Ohlen, D, 2006, Perspectives on LANDFIRE accuracy assessment, Chapter 13 in The LANDFIRE Prototype Project: nationally consistent and locally relevant geospatial data for wildland fire management, General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-175 (Ed. C. Frame and M. Rollins). Fort Collins: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 416 pages.


    • Zhu, Z, Vogelmann, J.E., Ohlen, D., Kost, J., Chen, X., and Tolk, B., 2006, Mapping cover types and structure stages of existing vegetation, Chapter 8 in General Technical Report (Ed. C. Frame and M. Rollins), Fort Collins: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 416 pages.
  • 2005
    • Betancourt, J.L, M.D. Schwartz, D.D. Breshears, D.R. Cayan, M.D. Dettinger, D.W. Inouye, E. Post, and B. Reed, 2005. Implementing a U.S. National Phenology Network. EOS Transactions, Vol. 86, No. 51, pp. 539-541.


    • Gallo, K., B. Reed, T. Owen, and J. Adegoke, 2005. Characteristics of Seasonal Vegetation Cover in the Conterminous USA, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol. 71, No. 8, pp. 959-966.


    • Gallo, K., L. Ji, B. Reed, J. Eidenshink, and J. Dwyer, 2005. Multi-platform comparisons of MODIS and AVHRR normalized difference vegetation index data. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 99, No. 3, pp. 221-231.


    • Giri, C., Zhu, Z. and Reed, B., 2005. A Comparative Analysis of the Global Land Cover 2000 and MODIS Land Cover Data Sets. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 123-132.


    • Gilmanov, T., Tieszen, L.L., Wylie, B.K., Flanagan, L. B., Frank A.B., Haferkamp, M.R., Meyers, T.P., and Morgan, J.A., 2005, Integration of CO2 flux and remotely sensed data for primary production and ecosystem respiration analysis in the Northern Great Plains - Potential for quantitative spatial extrapolation: Global Ecology and Biogeography, 14(3):271-292.


    • Giri, C., 2005, Global land cover mapping and characterization - Present situation and future research priorities: Geocarto International, 20(1):35-42.


    • Giri, C. and Jenkins, C., 2005, Land Cover Mapping of Greater Mesoamerica Using MODIS Data: Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 31(4):274-282.


    • Giri, C., Zhu, Z., and Reed, B., 2005. A comparative analysis of the Global Land Cover 2000 and MODIS land cover data sets: Remote Sensing of Environment, 94(1):123-132.


    • Hogan, D.M., 2005, The Effects of Urbanization on Wetland Ecosystem Structure and Function - A Case Study of Freshwater Riparian Wetlands in Fairfax County, Virginia, Ph.D. Dissertation, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.


    • Liu, J., Chen, J.M., Price, D.T., and Liu, S., 2005, NCWin - A Component Object Model (COM) for processing and visualizing NetCDF data: The Cartographic Journal, 42(1):69-77.


    • Liu, J., Price, D.T., and Chen, J.M., 2005, Nitrogen controls on ecosystem carbon sequestration, A model implementation and application to Saskatchewan, Canada: Ecological Modelling,186(2):178-195.


    • Liu, J., Shao, G., Zhu, H., and Liu, S., 2005, A neural network approach for enhancing information extraction from multispectral image data: Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 31(6):432-438.


    • Norman, Laura Margaret, 2005. Modeling Land Use Change and Associate Water Quality Impacts in the Ambos Nogales Watershed, U.S.-Mexico Border. Dissertation. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. 216 p.


    • Reij, C., Tappan, G., and Belemvire, A., 2005, Changing land management practices and vegetation on the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso (1968-2002): Journal of Arid Environments, 63(3):642-659.


    • Ricotta, C., Reed, B.C., and Tieszen, L.L., 2005, The role of C3 and C4 grasses to interannual variability in remotely sensed ecosystem performance over the US Great Plains: International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(22):4421-4431.


    • Tan, Z.X. and Lal, R., 2005, Carbon Sequestration Potential Estimates With Changes in Land Use and Tillage Practice in Ohio, USA: Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 111(1-4):140-152.


    • Tan, Z. X., Liu, S. G., Johnston, C. A., Loveland, T. R., Tieszen, L. L., Liu, J. X., and Kurtz, R., 2005, Soil organic carbon dynamics as related to land use history in the northwestern Great Plains: Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19(3):GB3011. doi: 10.1029/2005GB002536.


    • Wylie, B.K., Gilmanov, T.G., Stensaas, S.L., Saliendra, N.Z., Johnson, D.A., Akshalov, K., Frank, A.B., Zhang, L., Doyle, R.F., Laca, E.A., and Demment, M.W., 2005, Scaling up of Site Carbon Dynamics to Predict the Carbon Dynamics in Kazakhstan, Central Asia, XX International Grassland Congress: Offered Papers.
  • 2004
    • Claggett, P.R., Jantz, C.A.,Goetz, S.J., and Bisland, C., 2004, Assessing Development Pressure in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: An Evaluation of Two Land-Use Change Models, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol. 94 (1-3): 129-146.


    • Friesen, Beverly A., Hester, David J., and Casey, Kathleen A., 2004, Edwards Plateau: Analysis of Land Cover Trends, 2004 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARRS) Proceedings, Anchorage, Alaska


    • Gallo, K., Ji, L., Reed, B., Dwyer, J., Eidenshink. J., 2004. Comparison of MODIS and AVHRR 16-day normalized difference vegetation index composite data. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L07502, doi:10.1029/2003GL019385.


    • Gallo, K.P., C.D. Elvidge, L. Yang, B.C. Reed, 2004. Trends in night-time city lights and vegetation indices associated with urbanization within the conterminous USA. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 25, No. 10, pp 2003-2007


    • Hogan, D.M., Jordan, T., and Walbridge, M.R., 2004, Phosphorus Retention and Soil Organic Carbon in Restored and Natural Freshwater Wetlands, Wetlands 24(3): 573-585.


    • Lemeshewsky, G.P., 2004, Visual Enhancement Of Unmixed Multispectral Imagery Using Adaptive Smoothing, Visual Information Processing XIII, Z. Rahman, Z., Schowengerdt, R.A., and Reichenbach, S., Eds., Proc. SPIE, v. 5438, p 252-262.


    • Norman, Laura M., Guertin, D. Phillip, Hernández, David Peña, Barnett, Alberto Suàrez and Ashton-Reis, Kelly, 2004, Binational Digital Soils Map of the Ambos Nogales Watershed, Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora, Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report: OF 2004-1335. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1335/


    • Slonecker, E.T. and Tilley, J.S., 2004, An Evaluation of the Individual Components and Accuracies Associated with the Determination of Impervious Area, GIScience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 41, No. 1, p. 165-184.

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