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Dr. Joshua B. Fisher (323) 540-4569 |
Water & Carbon Cycles Group NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, USA |
CURRENT POSITION
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Scientist,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology
(CalTech) Visiting
Assistant Researcher, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science
and Engineering (JIFRESSE), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
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Education
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Post-Doctoral
Research Associate, University of Oxford, UK (2006 – 2008)
Environmental Change Institute, School of
Geography & Environment I.
Global modelling of atmosphere-vegetation-soil interactions; II. Nutrient
dynamics in cloudforests and rainforests in the Peruvian Andes Supervisor: Yadvinder S. Malhi
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Ph.D., University of
California, Berkeley, USA (2001 – 2006)
Department of Environmental Science, Policy &
Management I. The land-atmosphere water flux
across plant, ecosystem, global and social scales; II. GIS and spatial
analysis for environmental justice and wildlife Dissertation co-chairs: Dennis Baldocchi & Greg Biging; Committee
members: Todd Dawson & Louise Fortmann |
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B.S., University of
California, Berkeley, USA (1997 – 2001)
College of Natural Resources: Environmental
Sciences Evapotranspiration methods compared
on a Sierra Nevada forest ecosystem Thesis advisor:
Ye Qi |
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GRANTS/projects
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Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission (2010 – current) Algorithm Development Team Member |
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NASA Venture-class Airborne Earth Observation Science
Mission (2010 – current) Carbon in Arctic
Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE); 27.9M/5y Scientist |
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NASA Carbon Monitoring System Pilot Study (2010 – current) Surface
Carbon Fluxes; 1.7M/2.5y Co-Investigator |
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NASA Atmospheric CO2 Observations from
Space (ACOS) (2010 – current) Estimation
and Attribution of Global CO2 Surface Fluxes Using Satellite
Observations of CO2 and CO from TES, GOSAT, and MOPITT; 1.4M/3y Co-Investigator |
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NASA Earth System Data Records (ESDR) Uncertainty
Analysis (2011 – current) Estimating,
Validating and Conveying Measurement Differences Between Land Surface
Temperature and Emissivity Products From NASAs EOS Sensors; 1.2M/3y Co-Investigator |
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NSF
Ecosystem Science (2012 – current) A Belowground Framework
for Predicting How Plant-Microbe Interactions Couple Carbon and Nutrient Economies of Forests; 400K/2y Co-Investigator |
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JPL Strategic Initiative Research & Technology
Development (2010 – current) A
Multi-disciplinary Evaluation of Earth System Models with Satellite Observations;
4.7M/3y Co-Investigator |
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JPL Research & Technology Development Topic Area (2010) Climate
Model Physics Scientist |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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Fisher, J.B., Badgley, G., Blyth, E., in review. Global nutrient limitation in
terrestrial vegetation: insights from remote sensing. Submitted to: Global
Biogeochemical Cycles. |
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Fisher, J.B., Malhi, Y., Torres, I.C., Metcalfe, D.B., van de Weg, M., Meir, P.,
Espejo, J.E.S., Huaraca, W., in
review. Nutrient limitation in rainforests and cloud forests along a
3000 m elevation gradient in the Peruvian Andes. Submitted to: Oecologia. |
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Badgley, G., Fisher, J.B.,
Jimιnez, C., Tu, K.P., Vinukollu, R., in review. On uncertainty in global
evapotranspiration estimates from choice of input forcing datasets. Submitted
to: Geophysical Research Letters. |
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Polhamus, A.M., Fisher, J.B.,
Tu, K.P., in review. What controls the error structure in evapotranspiration
models? Submitted to: Agricultural and
Forest Meteorology. |
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Armanios, D., Fisher, J.B., in review.
Measuring water availability with limited ground data: An entirely remote
sensing-based hydrologic budget model of the Rufiji Basin, Tanzania using
TRMM, GRACE, MODIS, SRB and AIRS. Submitted to: Hydrological Processes. |
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Boroon,
M.H.R., Fisher, J.B., in review.
Linking groundwater quality and quantity: an assessment of satellite-based
groundwater storage anomalies from GRACE against ground measurements of
contaminants in California. Submitted to: Water
Resources Research. |
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Lee, J.-H., Biging, G.S., Radke, J.D., Fisher, J.B., in review. An improved topographic mapping
technique from airborne LiDAR: application in a forested hillside. Submitted
to: International Journal of Remote
Sensing. |
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Gadsden, M.A.J., Killeen, T.J., Guerra, A., Soria, L.,
Fisher, J.B., in review. A
reassessment of cloud forest bird habitat in the Tropical Andes and Guyana
Shield. Submitted to: Conservation
Biology. |
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Vinya, R., Malhi, Y., Brown, N., Aragγo, L.E.O.C., Fisher, J.B., Brodribb, T.,
in review. Cavitation vulnerability influences tree species habitat
preference in miombo woodlands. Submitted to: Plant, Cell & Environment. |
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Lee, J.-E., Frankenberg, C.,
van der Tol, C., Guanter, L., Boyce, C.K., Fisher, J.B., Morrow, E., Berry, J.A., Worden, J., Asefi, S.,
Badgley, G., Saatchi, S., in review. Satellite observations of fluorescence
capture the response of Amazonian productivity to water stress. Submitted to:
PNAS. |
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Lee, J.-E., Lintner, B.R.,
Neelin, J.D., Jiang, X., Boyce, C.K., Fisher,
J.B., Perron, J.T., Kubar, T.L., Pierrehumbert, R.T., Lee, J., Worden,
J., in review. Reduction of precipitation variability by transpiration from
plants. Submitted to: Geophysical
Research Letters. |
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Kelley,
D., Prentice, I.C., Harrison, S., Wang, H., Simard, M., Fisher, J.B., Willis, K., in review. A comprehensive benchmarking
system for evaluating global vegetation models. Submitted to: Global Change Biology. |
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Luo, Y.Q., Randerson, J., Abramowitz, G., Bacour, C., Blyth, E.,
Carvalhais, N., Ciais, P., Dalmonech, D., Fisher, J., et al., in review. A framework of benchmarking land
models. Submitted to: Biogeosciences. |
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Silva-Espejo,
J.E., Girardin, C.A.J., Doughty, C., Huaraca-Huasco, W., Metcalfe, D.B.,
Galiano-Cabrera, D.F., Durand-Baca, L., Aragγo, L.E.O.C., Marthews, T.R.,
Huaraca-Quispe, L.P., Alzamora-Taype, I., Eguiluz-Mora, L., Farfan, W.,
Cabrera, K.G., Halladay, K., Fisher,
J.B., Silman, M., Meir, P., Salinas, N., Malhi, Y., in review.
Productivity and carbon allocation in a high elevation tropical mountain
cloud forest of the Peruvian Andes. Submitted to: Plant Ecology & Diversity. |
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Vinya, R., Malhi, Y., Brown, N., Fisher,
J.B., in press. Functional coordination between
branch hydraulic properties and leaf functional traits in miombo woodlands:
Implications for water stress management and species habitat preference. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. |
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Marthews, T.R., Malhi, Y., Girardin, C.A.J., Silva
Espejo, J.E., Aragγo, L.E.O.C., Metcalfe, D.B., Rapp, J.M., Mercado, L.M.,
Fisher, R.A., Galbraith, D.R., Fisher,
J.B., Salinas-Revilla, N., Friend, A.D., Restrepo-Coupe, N., in press.
Simulating forest productivity along a neotropical elevational transect: temperature variation and carbon use efficiency.
Global Change Biology. |
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Magagi, R., Berg, A., Goοta, K., Belair, S., Jackson,
T., Toth, B., Walker, A., McNairn, H., ONeill, P., Moghaddam, M., Gherboudj,
I., Colliander, A., Cosh, M., Belanger, J., Burgin, M., Fisher, J.B., et al., in press. Canadian Experiment for Soil
Moisture in 2010 (CanEX-SM10): Overview and preliminary results. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote
Sensing. |
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Moore, S., Fisher,
J.B., 2012. Challenges and opportunities in GRACE-based groundwater
storage assessment and management: an example from Yemen. Water Resources Management 26:
1425-1453. |
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Morel, A., Fisher,
J.B., Malhi, Y., 2012. Evaluating the potential to monitor aboveground
biomass in forest and oil palm in Sabah, Malaysia, for 2000-2008 with Landsat
ETM+ and ALOS-PALSAR. International
Journal of Remote Sensing 33(11): 3614-3639. |
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Papale, D., Agarwal, D.A., Baldocchi, D., Cook, R.B., Fisher, J.B., van Ingen, C., 2012.
Database maintenance, data sharing policy, collaboration. In: Aubinet, M.,
Vesala, T., Papale, D. (eds) Eddy
Covariance: A Practical Guide to Measurement and Data Analysis, pp.
299-424, Springer, New York. |
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Fisher, J.B., Whittaker, R., Malhi, Y., 2011.
ET Come Home: Potential evapotranspiration in geographical ecology. Global
Ecology and Biogeography 20:
1-18. |
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Frankenberg, C., Fisher, J.B., Worden, J.,
Badgley, G., Saatchi, S.S., Lee, J.-E., Toon, G.C.,
Butz, A., Kuze, A., Yokota, T., 2011. New global observations of the
terrestrial carbon cycle from GOSAT: Patterns of plant fluorescence with
gross primary productivity. Geophysical
Research Letters 38: L17706, doi:10.1029/2011GL048738. |
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Attua,
E.M., Fisher, J.B., 2011. Historical and future land cover change in a
municipality of Ghana. Earth Interactions 15(9): 1-26. |
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Krishnamurthy, P.K., Fisher, J.B., Johnson, C.,
2011. Mainstreaming local perceptions of hurricane risk into policymaking: A
case study of community-based vulnerability GIS in Mexico. Global
Environmental Change 21: 143-153. |
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Simard, M., Pinto, N., Fisher, J.B., Baccini, A., 2011. Mapping forest canopy height
globally with spaceborne LiDAR. Journal
of Geophysical Research–Biogeosciences 116: G04021, doi:10.1029/2011JG001708.
(Research Spotlight in Eos) |
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Osti, M., Coad, L., Fisher, J.B., Bomhard, B., Hutton, J.M., 2011. Oil and gas
development and the World Heritage network and wider protected area network
in sub-Saharan Africa. Biodiversity
& Conservation 20(9): 1863-1877. |
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Vinukollu, R.K., Wood, E.F., Ferguson, C.R., Fisher, J.B., 2011. Global estimates
of evapotranspiration for climate studies using multi-sensor remote sensing
data: Evaluation of three process-based approaches. Remote Sensing of Environment 115: 801-823. |
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Thomas, M.V., Malhi, Y., Fenn, K.M., Fisher, J.B., Morecroft, M.D., Lloyd,
C.R., Taylor, M.E., McNeil, D.D., 2011. Carbon dioxide fluxes over an ancient
broadleaved deciduous woodland in southern England. Biogeosciences 8: 1595-1613. |
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Zelazowski, P., Malhi, Y., Huntingford, C., Sitch, S.,
Fisher, J.B., 2011. Changes in the
potential distribution of humid tropical forests on a warmer planet. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal
Society A – Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences 369:
137-160. |
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Macdonald, E.A., Collins, M., Clayton, L.M., Malhi,
Y., Fisher, J.B., Milner-Gulland, E.J., Macdonald, D.W., 2011.
Wildlife Conservation and Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in a case
study of Nantu Wildlife Reserve, Sulawesi: 1. The effectiveness of forest
protection - many measures, one goal. Environmental Science & Policy
14(6): 697-708. |
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Mueller, B., Seneviratne, S.I., Jimιnez, C., Corti,
T., Hirschi, M., Balsamo, G., Ciais, P., Dirmeyer, P., Fisher, J.B., Guo, Z., Jung, M., Maignan, F., McCabe, M.F.,
Reichle, R., Reichstein, M., Rodell, M., Sheffield, J., Teuling, A.J., Wang,
K., Wood, E.F., Zhang, Y., 2011. Evaluation of global observations-based
evapotranspiration datasets and IPCC AR4 simulations. Geophysical Research Letters 38: L06402, doi:10.1029/2010GL046230. |
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Jimιnez, C., Prigent, C., Mueller, B., Seneviratne,
S.I., McCabe, M.F., Wood, E.F., Rossow, W.B., Balsamo, G., Betts, A.K.,
Dirmeyer, P.A., Fisher, J.B.,
Jung, M., Kanamitsu, M., Reichle, R.H., Reichstein, M., Rodell, M.,
Sheffield, J., Tu, K., Wang, K., 2011. Global intercomparison of 12 land
surface heat flux estimates. Journal of
Geophysical Research 116: D02102, doi:10.1029/2010JD014545. |
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Fisher, J.B., Sitch, S., Malhi, Y., Fisher, R.A., Huntingford, C., Tan, S.-Y., 2010.
Carbon cost of plant nitrogen acquisition: A mechanistic, globally-applicable
model of plant nitrogen uptake, retranslocation and fixation. Global
Biogeochemical Cycles 24: GB1014, doi:10.1029/2009GB003621. |
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Fisher, J.B., Fortmann, L.P., 2010. Governing the data commons: Policy, practice,
and the advancement of science. Information & Management 47:
237-245. |
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Gibbon, A., Silman, M.R., Malhi, Y., Fisher, J.B.,
Meir, P., Zimmermann, M., Dargie, G.C., Farfan, W., Cabrera, K.G., 2010.
Ecosystem carbon storage across the grassland-forest transition in the high
Andes of Manu National Park, Peru. Ecosystems 13: 1097-1111. |
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Phillips, O.L., van der Heijden, G., Lσpez-Gonzαlez,
G., Aragγo, L.E.O.C., Lewis, S.L., Lloyd, J.J.,
Malhi, Y., Monteaugudo, A., Almeida, S., Dαvila, E.A., Amaral, I., Andelman,
S., Andrade, A., Arroyo, L., Aymard, G., Baker, T.R., Blanc, L., Bonal, D.,
de Oliveira, A.C.A., Chao, K.-J., Cardozo, N.D., da
Costa, L., Feldpausch, T.R., Fisher,
J.B., et al., 2010. Drought-mortality
relationships for tropical forests. New Phytologist 187: 631-646. |
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Fisher, J.B., Malhi, Y., de
Araϊjo, A.C., Bonal, D.,
Gamo, M., Goulden, M.L., Hirano, T., Huete, A.R., Kondo, H., Kumagai, T.,
Loescher, H., Miller, S., Nobre, A.D., Nouvellon, Y., Oberbauer, S.F.,
Panuthai, S., von Randow, C., da Rocha, H.R., Roupsard, O., Saleska, S.,
Tanaka, K., Tanaka, N., Tu, K.P., 2009.
The land-atmosphere water flux in the tropics. Global Change
Biology 15: 2694-2714. (Cover article). |
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Fisher, J.B., 2009. Canopy nitrogen and albedo from remote sensing: What exactly
are we seeing? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
106(7): E16. |
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Fisher, J.B., 2009. Book
review of Quantifying and Understanding Plant Nitrogen Uptake for Systems
Modeling edited by Ma et al. Experimental Agriculture 45(3): 377. |
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Phillips, O.L., Aragγo, L., Lewis, S.L., Fisher, J.B.,
et al., 2009. Drought sensitivity of
the Amazon rainforest. Science 323(5919): 1344-1347. |
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Ostle, N.J., Smith, P., Fisher, R., Woodward, F.I., Fisher,
J.B., Smith, J.U., Galbraith, D., Levy, P., Meir, P., McNamara, N.P.,
Bardgett, R.D., 2009. Integrating plant-soil interactions into global carbon
models. Journal of Ecology 97: 851-863. |
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Fisher, J.B., Tu, K.P., Baldocchi, D.D.,
2008. Global estimates of the
land-atmosphere water flux based on monthly AVHRR and ISLSCP-II data, validated at 16 FLUXNET sites. Remote Sensing of
Environment 112(3): 901-919. |
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Fisher, J.B., Nawaz, R.,
Fauzi, R., Nawaz, F., Sadek, E., Latif, Z., Blackett, M., 2008. Balancing
water, religion and tourism on Redang Island, Malaysia. Environmental Research
Letters 3(2): 1-6. |
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Fisher, J.B., Baldocchi, D.D., Misson, L., Dawson, T., Goldstein, A.H., 2007. What
the towers dont see at night: Nocturnal sap flow in trees and shrubs at two
AmeriFlux sites in California. Tree Physiology 27(4): 597-610. |
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Fisher,
J.B., Trulio, L.A., Biging, G., Chromczak, D.,
2007. An analysis of spatial clustering and implications for wildlife
management: A burrowing owl example. Environmental Management 39(3):
403-411. (Cover article). |
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Dawson,
T.E., Burgess, S.S.O., Tu, K.P., Oliveira, R.S., Santiago, L.S., Fisher,
J.B., Simonin, K.S., Ambrose, A.R., 2007. Nighttime transpiration in
woody plants from contrasting ecosystems. Tree Physiology 27(4):
561-575. |
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Fisher, J.B., Kelly, N.M.,
Romm, J., 2006. Scales of environmental justice: Combining GIS and spatial
analysis for air toxics in West Oakland, California. Health & Place
12(4): 701-714. |
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Fisher, J.B., DeBiase,
T.A., Qi, Y., Xu, M., Goldstein, A.H., 2005. Evapotranspiration models
compared on a Sierra Nevada forest ecosystem. Environmental Modelling
& Software 20(6): 783-796. |
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PUBLICATIONS, NON-PRIMARY LITERATURE |
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Fisher,
J.B., in press. Remote sensing of land-atmosphere interactions:
Evapotranspiration. Encyclopedia of Remote
Sensing. |
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Attua, E.M., Fisher, J.B., 2010. Land
suitability assessment for pineapple production in the Akwapim South
District, Ghana: a GIS approach. Ghana Journal of Geography 2: 47-83. |
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Fisher, J.B., 2010. Early-career scientist (ECS) page interview. iLEAPS Newsletter 10: 40. |
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Fisher, J.B., Zardin, E., Bocquet, F., Swann, A., Rόdiger, C., Kyrφ, E.-M., Gunthe, S.S., 2010. The new generation of
land-atmosphere exchange scientists. iLEAPS
Newsletter 9: 47-49. |
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Fisher, J.B., 2009. Evapotranspiration from tropical vegetation. iLEAPS
Newsletter 7: 18. |
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS |
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Fisher,
J.B., Mu, Q., Mallick, K., Wood, E., Tu, K., Badgley, G., Polhamus, A.,
Vinukollu, R., Jimιnez, J., 2012. Global terrestrial evapotranspiration from
remote sensing: overview of approaches, algorithms, and products. American
Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial
Water Cycle, Kona, Hawaii, USA. |
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Fisher,
J.B., Mu, Q., Mallick, K., Wood, E., Tu, K., Badgley, G., Polhamus, A.,
Vinukollu, R., Jimιnez, J., 2012. Global terrestrial evapotranspiration from
remote sensing: overview of approaches, algorithms, and products. American
Meteorological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. |
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Boland, S., Bowman, K., Crisp, D., Duren, R., Eldering, A., Fisher, J., Frankenberg, C., Gunson,
M., Menemenlis, D., Miller, C., 2012. The scientific contributions expected
from OCO-3 if installed on the International Space Station. 1st Annual
International Space Station Research and Development Conference, Denver,
Colorado, USA. |
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Mallick, K., Fisher, J.B.,
Guillaume, A., Ryu, Y., Stephens, G., 2011. Global net radiation for evapotranspiration
at 1 km2: production and uncertainty assessment. 2011 Western
States Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration Workshop. Boise, Idaho, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., Polhamus, A., Bowman, K., Collatz, G.J., Potter, C., Lee, M., Liu,
J., Jung, M., Reichstein, M., 2011. Evaluation of NASAs Carbon Monitoring
System (CMS) Flux Pilot: Terrestrial CO2 Fluxes. American
Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, USA. |
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Boroon, M.H.R., Fisher, J.B.,
2011. Linking groundwater quality and quantity: An assessment of
satellite-based groundwater storage anomalies from GRACE against ground
measurements of contaminants in California. American Geophysical Union, San
Francisco, California, USA. |
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Frankenberg, C., Fisher,
J.B., Lee, J.-E., Guanter, L., van der Tol, C.,
Toon, G.C., Kuze, A., Yokota, T., Badgley, G., Butz, A., Jung, M., Saatchi,
S., Worden, J., 2011. New
global observations of the terrestrial carbon cycle from GOSAT: Patterns of
plant fluorescence with gross primary productivity. American Geophysical
Union, San Francisco, California, USA. NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems
Joint Science Workshop, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. |
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Brix, H., Menemenlis, D., Gregg, W., Bowman, K., Dutkiewicz, S., Fisher, J.B., Follows, M., Hill, C.,
Jahn, O., Lee, M., Liu, J., Ott, L., Wang, D., 2011. Air-sea CO2
flux estimates from two data-constrained ocean models for the NASA Carbon
Monitoring Study Flux Pilot Project and their impact on atmospheric CO2
concentration variability. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco,
California, USA. |
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Bowman, K.W., Liu, J., Lee, M., Pawson, S., Ott, L.E., Menemenlis,
D., Fisher, J.B., Collatz, G.J.,
Potter, C.S., Gregg, W.W., Brix, H., Zhu, Z., Hill, C.N., Dutkiewicz, S., Follows,
M.J., Henze, D.K., Nassar, R., Jones, D.B.A., Kulawik, S.S., Gunson, M.R.,
Jucks, K.W., 2011. Preliminary estimates of carbon emissions constrained by
GOSAT from the NASA Carbon Monitoring Study Flux Pilot Project. American
Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, USA. |
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Ott, L., Pawson, S., Zhu, Z., Brix, H., Collatz, G.J., Gregg, W.,
Hill, C., Menemenlis, D., Potter, C., Bowman, K., Dutkiewicz, S., Eldering,
A., Fisher, J.B., Follows, M.,
Gunson, M., Jucks, K., Kawa, R., Liu, J., Lee, M., 2011. Using GEOS-5
atmospheric transport simulations to test the consistency of land- and
ocean-carbon fluxes with CO2 observations. American Geophysical
Union, San Francisco, California, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., Block, G., Guillaume, A., Stephens, G., Miller, C., Lee, J.-E., Sitch, S., Ciais, P., Wang, Y., 2011. Ensemble land
surface modeling at JPL. NASA Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Joint Science
Workshop, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., Sitch, S., Malhi, Y., Fisher, R.A., Huntingford, C., Tan, S.-Y., 2011. Global modeling of plant N uptake and C
allocation. Ecological Society of America, Austin, Texas, USA. (Invited) |
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Fisher, J.B., Badgley, G., Jimιnez, C., Tu, K.P., Vinukollu, R., 2011. Uncertainty
in global evapotranspiration estimates from choice of input forcing datasets.
NASA/USDA Workshop on Evapotranspiration: An Essential Observation for
Climate Understanding and Efficient Water Management, Silver Spring,
Maryland, USA. |
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Zelazowski, P., Malhi, Y., Huntingford, C., Sitch, S.,
Fisher, J.B., 2011. Changes in the
potential distribution of humid tropical forests on a warmer planet. British Ecological Society Annual
Symposium: Forests and Global Change. Cambridge, UK. |
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Fisher, J.B., 2011. Evapotranspiration. International Land Model Benchmarking
Project Meeting, Irvine, California, USA. (Invited) |
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Simard, M., Pinto, N.,
Baccini, A., Fisher, J.B., 2011. Global forest height from ICESat,
MODIS and environmental variables. AmeriFlux Science Meeting & 3rd
NACP All-Investigators Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. |
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Frankenberg, C., Butz, A.,
Fisher, J.B., Toon, G.,
Kuze, A., Yokota, T., Badgley, G., Worden, J., 2011. Global remote sensing of
chlorophyll fluorescence using high-resolution O2 A-band spectra recorded by
the GOSAT satellite. The 7th
International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space, Edinburgh,
UK. |
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Bowman, K., Lee, M., Henze,
D., Nassar, R., Pawson, S., Menemenlis, D., Fisher, J., Hill, C.,
Potter, C., Gregg, W., Collatz, J., Brix, H., Ott, L., Zhu, Z., Dutkiewicz,
S., Follows, M., Kulawik, S., Worden, J., Osterman, G., Jones, D., Weidner,
R., Gunson, M., Jucks, K., 2011. Preliminary estimates of carbon emissions
constrained by GOSAT and TES from the NASA Carbon Monitoring Study Flux Pilot
Project. The 7th International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas
Measurements from Space, Edinburgh, UK. |
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Pawson, S., Ott, L., Zhu,
Z., Bowman, K., Brix, H., Collatz, J., Dutkiewicz, S., Fisher, J.,
Gregg, W., Hill, C., Menemenlis, D., Potter, C., Gunson, M., Jucks, K., 2011.
Forward modeling of atmospheric carbon dioxide in GEOS-5: Uncertainties
related to surface fluxes and sub-grid transport. The 7th
International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space, Edinburgh,
UK. |
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Fisher, J.B., Badgley, G., Blyth, E., 2010. Global nutrient limitation in
terrestrial vegetation from remote sensing. American Geophysical Union, San
Francisco, California, USA. |
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Frankenberg, C., Butz, A.,
Fisher, J.B., Toon, G.,
Kuze, A., Yokota, T., 2010. Global remote sensing of chlorophyll fluorescence
using high-resolution spectra recorded by the Japanese GOSAT satellite.
American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., Malhi, Y., Torres, I.C., Metcalfe, D.B., van de Weg, M., Meir, P.,
Espejo, J.E.S., Huaraca, W., 2010.
Nutrient limitation in cloud forests and rainforests along a 3000 m elevation
gradient in the Peruvian Andes. Ecological Society of America, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, USA. (Invited) |
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Fisher, J.B., Njoku, E.G.,
Entekhabi, D., 2010. Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP): NASAs Earth observation
mission to measure soil moisture and freeze/thaw state globally, and provide
improved estimates of net ecosystem exchange. Ecological Society of America,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. |
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Mueller,
B., Seneviratne, S.I., Hirschi, M., Corti, T., Jimenez, C., Balsamo, G., Fisher,
J.B., Jung, M., Reichstein, M., Sheffield, J., Teuling, A.J., Wang, K.,
Wood, E., 2010. First results from LandFlux-EVAL intercomparison project:
Analysis of multi-year datasets. European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria. |
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Fisher, J.B., Armanios, D.,
Tu, K.P., 2009. Global evapotranspiration from remote sensing driven by SRB,
AIRS and MODIS, validated at 36 FLUXNET sites. American Geophysical Union,
San Francisco, California, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., Sitch, S., Malhi,
Y., Fisher, R.A., Huntingford, C., Tan, S.-Y., 2009.
What principles govern plant nitrogen uptake responses to changes in CO2,
climate and nitrogen deposition? American Geophysical Union, San Francisco,
California, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., Tu, K., Armanios, D., 2009. Global evapotranspiration
from remote sensing. Joint 6th International GEWEX and 2nd
iLEAPS Science Conference; iLEAPS ECSW Meeting; LandFlux Meeting. Melbourne,
Australia. |
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Morel, A., Fisher,
J.B., 2009. Where has the carbon gone? Monitoring biomass and emissions
from conversion of rainforest to oil palm in Sabah, Malaysia. Remote Sensing
and Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference, Leicester, UK. |
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Sitch,
S., Clark, D., Cox, P., Fisher, J.B., Fisher, R., Harrison, S.,
Huntingford, C., Jones, C., Mercado, L., Pacifico, F., 2009. Advances in
terrestrial ecosystem processes. QUEST Annual Science Meeting, Swindon, UK. |
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Fisher, J.B., Malhi, Y.,
Fisher, R.A., Tan, S.-Y., Sitch, S., Huntingford,
C., 2008. A globally applicable, mechanistic model of plant nitrogen uptake,
retranslocation and fixation. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco,
California, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., Malhi, Y., de
Araϊjo, A.C., Bonal, D.,
Gamo, M., Goulden, M.L., Hirano, T., Huete, A.R., Kondo, H., Kumagai, T.,
Loescher, H., Miller, S., Nobre, A.D., Nouvellon, Y., Oberbauer, S.F.,
Panuthai, S., von Randow, C., da Rocha, H.R., Roupsard, O., Saleska, S.,
Tanaka, K., Tanaka, N., Tu, K.P., 2007, 2008.
The land-atmosphere water flux in the tropics. LBA-ECO 11th
Science Team Meeting, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. iLEAPS
Science Conference: Current understanding of how integrated land ecosystem
atmosphere processes influence climate dynamics, Hyθres, France. |
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Fisher, J.B., 2008. QUERCC:
Quantifying and Understanding Ecosystem Roles in the Carbon Cycle. QUEST Annual Science Meeting, Winchester,
UK. (Invited) |
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Fisher, J.B., Malhi, Y., de
Araϊjo, A.C., Bonal, D.,
da Rocha, H.R., Goulden, M.L., Hirano, T., Kumagai, T., Loescher, H., Miller,
S., Nobre, A.D., Oberbauer, S., Saleska, S., von Randow, C., Tu, K.P.,
2007. The tropical land-atmosphere
water flux: Measurements, models and controls for evapotranspiration in the
Amazon. LBA-ECO 11th
Science Team Meeting, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. |
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Fisher, J.B., Tu, K.P., 2007. Global trends
in potential and actual evapotranspiration based on 20 years of satellite
observations. American Geophysical
Union, San Francisco, California, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., Malhi, Y.S., 2006, 2007.
Modelling plant nitrogen: fixation, uptake and allocation. QUEST, QUERCC Fall meeting, Edinburgh,
UK. First JULES Science Meeting,
Exeter, UK. |
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Tu, K.P., Fisher, J.B., 2006. Remote sensing of the land-atmosphere water
flux: Global validation using FLUXNET data.
AmeriFlux meeting, Boulder, Colorado, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., 2006. Summary of past, present
and future research. International
Networking of Young Scientists on Imaging Techniques and GIS: Applications in
Environmental and Natural Resources Management. British Council, Universiti Malaya, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. |
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Fisher, J.B., Trulio, L.A., Biging, G., Chromczak, D., 2006. Use of GIS and spatial analysis for
wildlife management measures. American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Reno, Nevada, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., Misson, L., Goldstein, A.H., 2006.
Sap flow measurements for ponderosa pine, manzanita and ceanothus at
Blodgett Forest, California. Blodgett
Forest Research Workshop, Georgetown, California, USA. |
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Tu, K.P., Fisher, J.B., 2006. Remote sensing of the land-atmosphere water
flux: Global validation using FLUXNET data.
Proceedings of the 1st iLEAPS Science Conference, Boulder,
Colorado, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., Tu, K., 2005. New global
estimates of the land-atmosphere water flux: A fully remote sensing driven,
flux site-validated ecophysiological model of evapotranspiration. The 9th International Symposium
on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, Beijing,
China. |
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Dawson, T., Tu, K., Fisher, J.B., Baldocchi,
D., 2004. Partitioning Evaporation and
Transpiration Using 18-0 of Water.
Biosphere Atmosphere Stable Isotope Network Meeting, Point Reyes,
California, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., 2004. Estimation of
Evapotranspiration Across Multiple Scales: Sap Flow, Flux Measurement, Remote
Sensing, and Sociology. NASA Earth
System Science Network Symposium, Washington, D.C., USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., Tu, K., 2004. Validation of
MODIS-Derived Parameters with FLUXNET Measurements: Surface Temperature, Air
Temperature, Fraction of Photosynthetically Absorbed Radiation, and
Albedo. Numerical Terradynamic
Simulation Groups MODIS Vegetation Workshop II, Missoula, Montana, USA. |
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Tu, K.P., Fisher, J.B., 2004. Remote sensing of plant transpiration and
soil evaporation using MODIS data.
Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Groups MODIS Vegetation Workshop
II, Missoula, Montana, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., 2003. Environmental Justice /
Air Toxics analysis for West Oakland: Combining GIS and spatial data
analysis. American Public Health
Association (Awarded 1st Place in the Environment Section Student
Award Poster Session), San Francisco, California, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., 2003. Environmental Justice /
Air Toxics analysis for West Oakland: Combining GIS and spatial data
analysis. GIS Day – Public
Interest GIS, University of California, Berkeley, USA. |
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Fisher, J.B., DeBiase,
T.A., Qi, Y., Xu, M., Goldstein, A., 2001.
Evapotranspiration methods compared on a Sierra Nevada forest
ecosystem. American Geophysical Union,
San Francisco, California, USA. |
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DeBiase, T.A., Qi, Y., Fisher, J.B., Baldocchi,
D., Goldstein, A., Xu, M., Liang, X., 2001.
Comparison of potential evapotranspiration methods based on results
from FLUXNET sites in the United States.
American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, USA. |
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DeBiase, T.A., Fisher, J.B., Qi, Y., Goldstein,
A., 1999. Evapotranspiration revisited:
Linking soil moisture and canopy resistance.
International Symposium on Integrated Water Resource Management,
University of California, Davis, USA. |
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MEDIA |
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Canopy Height Product, 2012 -
Interviewed on
radio for: The Blue Dot Report,
Northstate Public Radio, 2012. - AllVoices: http://www.allvoices.com/news/11553310-nasa-creates-unique-map-showing-height-of-earths-forests - Arabs Today: http://www.arabstoday.net/en/2012022192934/nasa-map-reveals-the-heights-of-the-worlds-forests.html - Asbury Park (NJ) Press: http://blogs.app.com/enviroguy/2012/02/20/earths-forests-mapped-by-nasa-and-others/ - Bespecific.com:
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/029581.html - Carbon
Based Climate Change Adaptation: http://carbon-based-ghg.blogspot.com/2012/02/nasa-map-sees-earths-trees-in-new-light.html - Communications
of the Association for Computing Machinery: http://cacm.acm.org/news/146205-nasa-map-sees-earths-trees-in-a-new-light/fulltext -
CORDIS News: http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=34318 - Dalje: http://dalje.com/en-world/satellite-map-gives-new-view-of-forests/418474 - Democratic Underground: http://www.democraticunderground.com/11277192 - Directions Magazine: http://www.directionsmag.com/pressreleases/nasa-map-sees-earths-trees-in-a-new-light/233520 -
Disaster News Network: http://www.disasternews.net/news/article.php?articleid=4469 -
Discovery: http://news.discovery.com/earth/new-forest-height-map-120221.html - Ecorazzi: http://www.ecorazzi.com/2012/02/22/nasa-creates-high-res-tree-map-to-understand-climate-change/ -
Forests.org: http://forests.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=269664 -
Forest Carbon Asia: http://www.forestcarbonasia.org/in-the-media/satellite-map-gives-new-view-of-forests/ - GIS User: http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/25929/2/ -
Humanitarian News: http://humanitariannews.org/20120220/nasa-map-reveals-heights-worlds-forests - I4U News: http://www.i4u.com/2012/02/earth-planet/nasa-creates-unique-map-showing-height-earths-forests-0 - LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f24_1329517508 - MenaFN:
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId={ee046ac0-fd83-4f16-86a9-60be2556c2ff}&src=MWHEAD -
Mongabay: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0220-hance_nasa_forestheight.html - Moon and Back: http://moonandback.com/2012/02/17/nasa-map-sees-earths-trees-in-a-new-light/ - Nano
Patents and Innovations: http://nanopatentsandinnovations.blogspot.com/2012/02/nasa-map-sees-earths-trees-in-new-light.html -
NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/forest20120217.html - NetMassimo:
http://english.netmassimo.com/2012/02/18/a-new-map-of-the-earths-forests/ - Outcome Magazine: http://outcomemag.com/science/2012/02/20/satellite-map-gives-new-view-of-forests/ - Physorg: http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-nasa-earth-trees.html - Politics
in the Zeros: http://polizeros.com/2012/02/20/new-nasa-map-measures-trees-in-the-forest/ -
Rainforest Portal: http://www.rainforestportal.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=269664 - Red Orbit: http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112477835/nasa-map-sees-earths-trees-in-a-new-light/ - Silobreaker:
http://www.silobreaker.com/earths-forests-mapped-by-nasa-and-others-5_2265498169494208732 - Softpedia:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Height-of-Earth-s-Forests-Mapped-253672.shtml -
Space Daily: http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_Map_Sees_Earth_Trees_In_A_New_Light_999.html - SpaceRef: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=36147 - SpatialSource: http://www.spatialsource.com.au/2012/02/21/article/NASA-releases-free-online-global-forests-map/OTYTZVAAAN.html - Spatial Sustain: http://www.vector1media.com/spatialsustain/nasa-releases-new-global-forest-height-map.html - The
Cryptozoology Society: http://www.cryptozoologicalsociety.com/2012/02/20/cryptozoology/nasa-map-reveals-the-heights-of-the-worlds-forests/ - Topix.com:
http://www.topix.com/colleges/university-of-maryland-college-park/2012/02/nasa-map-sees-earths-trees-in-a-new-light |
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Interviewed in: HydroRisk
website—http://www.hydrorisk.com/index.php/blog/11 |
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Featured in: Hambly, Vivienne, 2009. Into the Amazons
Heart. Sublime (October): 12-20. |
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INVITED TALKS (NON-CONFERENCE) |
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League of Women Voters:
When It Rains It Doesnt Pour: Climate Change and Water: A Primer for Voters (2012) Pasadena, California, USA Climate
∆ |
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
Earth Week Earth Science Talks: Whats New in JPL Earth Science? (2012) Pasadena, California, USA What
JPL is Doing to Observe and Predict Changes in Earths Terrestrial Ecosystems
and Water Cycle |
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Pasadena Community College:
Environmental Studies (2012) Pasadena, California, USA NASA
Earth Science |
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
Climate Change Symposium (2011) Pasadena, California, USA CHANGE:
Carbon, Hydrology And Nitrogen for Global Evaluation |
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory:
SIRI & USRP Speaker Series (2011) Pasadena, California, USA CHANGE:
Carbon, Hydrology And Nitrogen for Global Evaluation |
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Occidental College:
Physical Geology (2011) Eagle Rock, California, USA NASA
Earth Science |
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California Institute of
Technology: Yuk Lunch Seminar, Div. of Geological and Planetary Sciences (2011) Pasadena, California, USA CHANGE:
Carbon, Hydrology And Nitrogen for Global Evaluation |
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IEEE: Los Angeles Metro
Section (2010) Monterey Park, California, USA CHANGE:
Carbon, Hydrology And Nitrogen for Global Evaluation |
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Occidental College: The
Remsen Bird Lecture for Geology, Biology and Chemistry (2010) Eagle Rock, California, USA CHANGE:
Carbon, Hydrology And Nitrogen for Global Evaluation |
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Yale
University: School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (2010) New Haven, Connecticut, USA Remote Sensing of the Hydrological Cycle |
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European Science
Foundation (2008) Porquerolles, France QUEST:
The State of UK Climate Modelling |
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Korea University: Division of Environmental Science &
Ecological Engineering (2008) Seoul, South Korea QUEST:
The State of UK Climate Modelling |
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University of
Oxford: Biodiversity Research Seminar, School of
Geography and the Environment (2008) Oxford, UK Evapotranspiration
is a proxy for biodiversity, but how accurate are these estimates? |
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TippingPoint
Climate Art Programme: Climate Change: Scientific Briefing Day for Artists (2007) Oxford, UK Earth
Observation |
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University of
Oxford: Oriel College, Forum on the Environment (2007) Oxford, UK From
Leaf Measurements to Satellite Remote Sensing: Methods in the Environmental
Sciences |
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Korea University: Division of Environmental Science &
Ecological Engineering (2005) Seoul, South Korea The land-atmosphere water flux: the
individual plant, ecosystem fluxes, global patterns, and the sociological
advancement of science |
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University of California,
Berkeley: Department of Environmental
Science, Policy, & Management (2005) Berkeley, California,
USA Spatial dimensions of environmental justice:
GIS and spatial analysis in West Oakland |
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HONORS AND AWARDS
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MsTMIP Mini-Grant, NASA,
Terrestrial Ecology (2011) |
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New Phytologist Trust,
Travel Award to 96th ESA Annual Meeting (2011) |
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JPL Team Award, SMAP Science
Cal/Val (2010) |
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Junior Research Fellowship,
Linacre College, Oxford University (2009) |
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Cape Farewell, Designated
Scientist to Andes Expedition (2009) |
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Oxford University, School of
Geography and the Environment, ECI Divisional Merit Award (2008) |
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Royal Society, Conference
Grant (2008) |
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European Science Foundation
Conference Travel Award (2008) |
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iLEAPS Conference Travel Award
(2008) |
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Large Scale
Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia Travel Award (2007) |
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Oxford University ECI Small
Grants for Postgraduate Research (2007) |
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British Council International Networking for Young
Scientists (2006) |
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University of California,
Berkeley Faculty Research Grant (2004
– 2006) |
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G. Fitzgarrald Martin
Scholarship (2005) |
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NASA Earth System Science
Fellowship (2002 – 2005) |
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American Public Health
Association Environment Section
Student Award Poster Session (1st
Place) (2003) |
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The National Deans List
Award (2001) |
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Association of California Water Agencies (2000)
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Los Angeles Audubon Society Urban Wildlife Award
(1993) |
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ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES |
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Presider, Biogeochemistry:
New Paradigms in Biogeochemical Cycling 1; and, Judge, Bell-Braun Student
Presentations, Ecological Society of America (2011) Co-chair, New and Emerging
Satellite Missions for Remote Sensing Hydrology I, American Geophysical Union
(2010) iLEAPS
Scientific Organizing Committee, Early Career Scientist Workshop (2010-2011) TES/AIRMOSS Hiring
Committee Member, NASA JPL, CalTech (2010) External Reviewer,
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2010) Member, Oxford University
Supreme Governing Body (Congregation) (2009-2010) Ecosystems Group
Representative, ECI Management Team, University of Oxford (2008-2010) Member, ECI MSc Core
Teaching Team, University of Oxford (2008-2010) Coach, Oxford University
Mens Basketball Team (Blues) (2006) Contributing Sports
Journalist, Cherwell 24 Newspaper and The Oxford Student (2006) Departmental Liaison, UC
Berkeley Graduate Assembly (2005-2006) Member, Graduate Programs Committee,
UC Berkeley Dept. ESPM (2004-2005) Graduate Student
Representative, Graduate Student Admissions, UC Berkeley Dept. ESPM (2004-2005) Member, Judicial Committee,
UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly (2004-2005) Departmental Delegate, UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly
(2002-2005) Graduate Student
Representative, Faculty Search Committee, UC Berkeley Dept. ESPM (2004) Chair, UC Berkeley Graduate Assemblys Committee on
Affirmative Action (2004) President, UC Berkeley Environmental Sciences Students
Association (2001) Member, UC Berkeley Hapa Issues Forum (1998-2001) Student advisor to the dean, UC Berkeley College of
Natural Resources (1997) President, Taft High School Ecology Club (1997) |
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REVIEWER |
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Advances in Water Resources Agricultural & Forest Meteorology American Public Health Association Annals of Botany Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Biotropica Climate Research Climatic Change Ecological Engineering Ecological Modelling Ecology Ecosystems Environmental Science & Policy EOS Geophysical Research Letters Geoscience & Remote Sensing Letters Geoscientific Model Development Global Change Biology Global Change Biology – Bioenergy Global Ecology and Biogeography Health & Place Hydrogeology Journal Hydrological Processes Hydrological Sciences Journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
(HESS) |
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience &
Remote Sensing IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Letters Journal of the American Water Resources
Association Journal of Biogeography Journal of Geography & Regional
Planning Journal of Geophysical Research –
Atmospheres Journal of Geophysical Research –
Biogeosciences Journal of Hydrology Journal of Selected Topics in Earth
Observations & Remote Sensing Journal of Wildlife Management JPL Strategic University Research
Partnership (SURP) Land Use Policy Landscape and Urban Planning Nature Nature Geoscience New Phytologist Oecologia Progress in Physical Geography Remote Sensing of Environment Tree Physiology UK Natural Environment Research Council
(NERC) US Department of Energy (DOE) US National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) US National Science Foundation (NSF) Water Resources Research |
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TEACHING |
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Introduction
to Remote Sensing, GIS & Modelling (2007 – 2009) University of Oxford, UK,
Environmental Change Institute and School of Geography and the Environment MSc in Environmental Change
& Management MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation
& Management MSc in Water Science, Policy
& Management |
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Earth
Observation: Ecological Applications (2006 – 2009) University of Oxford, UK,
School of Geography and the Environment |
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Land-Surface
Climatology (2007) University of Oxford, UK,
School of Geography and the Environment |
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Evapotranspiration: Sap Flow, Isotopes, Eddy
Flux, Modelling & Remote Sensing (2006) University of Oxford, UK,
Centre for the Environment – Water Science, Policy & Management MSc |
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Senior
Research Seminar in Environmental Sciences (2005 – 2006) University of California, Berkeley, USA, Department of Environmental Science, Policy,
& Management |
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Environmental
Justice: Race, Class, Equity & the Environment
(2004) University of California, Berkeley, USA, Department of Environmental Science, Policy,
& Management |
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Natural
Resource Sampling & Assessment (2002) University of California, Berkeley, USA, Department of Environmental Science, Policy,
& Management |
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STUDENTS |
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Graduated
2011 Tsao, Nicholas, MSC in Environmental Change and
Management 2010-2011 Can vegetation water content be observed globally from satellite remote
sensing? An assessment of six products using a combination of radar,
microwave and optical data, and implications for water and carbon cycles Graduated
2010 Badgley, Grayson, MSC in Environmental Change and
Management 2009-2010 Nutrients from space: Remote sensing nutrient limitation in terrestrial
vegetation Awarded Distinction and Overall
Distinction (Coursework, Dissertation and Exams) Garonna, Irene, MSC in Environmental Change and
Management 2009-2010 Land surface temperature model intercomparison and validation with
FLUXNET and MODIS data Awarded Distinction Moore, Scott, MSC in Environmental Change and
Management 2009-2010 Charting the subterranean sea: The promise of groundwater storage
change assessment from satellite observations and the persistent challenges
of water management in Yemen Awarded Overall Distinction
(Coursework, Dissertation and Exams) Polhamus, Aaron, MSC in Environmental Change and
Management 2009-2010 Sources of bias in latent heat of evaporation model predictions: Should
parameterizing resistances be a priority? Awarded Distinction Graduated
2009 Armanios, Daniel, MSc in Water Science, Policy &
Management 2008-2009 A remote sensing framework to gauge sustainability of community water
practices: A quantitative diagnostic for integrated water resource management
decision support models Gadsden, Martin, MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation
& Management 2008-2009 Maximising biodiversity conservation benefits of REDD strategies in
Peru Awarded Distinction Krishnamurthy, Krishna, MSc in Environmental Change
and Management 2008-2009 Mainstreaming
disaster risk reduction into development strategies Awarded
Distinction and Best Overall Performance, ECM 2008-2009 (Coursework,
Dissertation and Exams) Massey,
Ashley, MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation & Management 2008-2009 Dragons
prevent deforestation? The protection and governance of Kiang West National
Park in the Gambia, West Africa Awarded
Distinction and Best Overall Performance, BCM 2008-2009 (Coursework,
Dissertation and Exams) Plotnykova, Hanna, MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation
& Management 2008-2009 GIS-based conservation management for the Ukraine Thomas, Matt, MSc in Environmental Change and
Management 2008-2009 Impacts of climate change on an ancient woodland Awarded Distinction Wong, Chun (John) Yuen, MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation
& Management 2008-2009 Climate change impacts on polar migratory bird routes Graduated
2008 Gibbon, Adam, MSc in Environmental Change &
Management, Oxford University 2007-2008 Carbon stocks of the high elevation Andes Mountains: Puna grasslands
and upper tropical cloud forests of Manu National Park, Peru Awarded Distinction and Best Overall Performance, ECM 2007-2008 (Coursework,
Dissertation and Exams) MacDonald, Ewan, MSc in Environmental Change &
Management, Oxford University 2007-2008 Evaluating measures of conservation success: The case study of Nantu
Nature Reserve, Sulawesi Awarded Distinction Tan, Su-Yin, MSc in Environmental Change &
Management, Oxford University 2007-2008 Modelling nitrogen uptake in temperate and tropical forests Awarded Best Presentation, Dissertation Proposal Graduated
2007 Blandford, Rebecca, MSc in Environmental Change &
Management, Oxford University 2006-2007 An investigation of the temporal dynamics of self-organised vegetation
patterns in a semi-arid ecosystem Awarded Distinction and Best
Overall Dissertation, ECM 2006-2007 |
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professional EXPERIENCE |
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Scientist
(2010 – current) Water & Carbon Cycles Group, NASA Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Visiting Assistant Researcher of the Joint
Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE) at the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
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Departmental
Lecturer & Research Fellow (2008 – 2009)
University of Oxford, Environmental Change Institute, School of
Geography & Environment |
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GIS Consultant (2003 – 2005) NASA Ames Research Center, Office of
Safety, Environmental and Mission Assurance
San Jose State University, Department
of Environmental Studies
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Environmental
Protection Specialist (2003) NASA Ames Research Center, Office
of Safety, Environmental and Mission Assurance |
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Environmental Protection Specialist (2001 – 2002) United
States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Region 9: Air Division |
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RELEVANT SKILLS |
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Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS; AutoCAD);
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (PCI Geomatica; IDRISI; Erdas Imagine;
ImageJ) Ecosystem and Global Modeling (MATLAB; Simile, STELLA;
Fortran) Statistical, Spatial, and Time Series Analysis (SPLUS;
SAS; JMP; StatView; CrimeStat) Ecology:
Plant Physiology, Ecosystem, Population and Community Biometeorology; Biodiversity; Biology; Forest and
Terrestrial Hydrology Stable
Isotope Methods and Mass Spectrometry; Civil & Env. Engineering Environmental
Economics; Forest Management and Economics Linear Algebra & Differential Equations; Analytic
Geometry & Calculus; Physics Chemistry: General, Organic, and Atmospheric Sociology;
Environmental Justice; Social Science Research Methods
Intermediate Spanish; Elementary Mandarin Chinese Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere; iMovie, iWeb,
GarageBand; html, web design/development |
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REFERENCES |
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Dr. Eni G. Njoku, Supervisor of Water & Carbon Cycles Group Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
M/S 300-329 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109, USA E-mail: eni.g.njoku@jpl.nasa.gov Phone: (818) 354-3693 |
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Professor Dennis D. Baldocchi, Division Chair of Ecosystem
Science
University of California at Berkeley Department
of Environmental Science, Policy & Management 137 Mulford Hall #3114 Berkeley,
CA 94720, USA E-mail: baldocchi@nature.berkeley.edu Phone: (510) 642-2874 |
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Professor Yadvinder S. Malhi, Program Leader of Ecosystem Dynamics University of Oxford Environmental Change
Institute, School of Geography & Environment South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1
3QY, UK E-mail: yadvinder.malhi@ouce.ox.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0) 1865 285188 |
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Dr. Sassan S. Saatchi Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
M/S 300-319 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109, USA E-mail: sasan.s.saatchi@jpl.nasa.gov Phone: (818) 394-1051 |
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Dr. Michael Gunson Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
M/S 301-320 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA 91109, USA E-mail: michael.r.gunson@jpl.nasa.gov Phone: (818) 354-2124
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Professor Louise P. Fortmann, Division Chair of Society
& Environment
University of California at Berkeley Department
of Environmental Science, Policy & Management 121 Giannini Hall Berkeley, CA 94720, USA E-mail: fortmann@nature.berkeley.edu Phone: (510) 642-7018 |
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