Publications

Refereed

Dubayah, R., J. Armston, S. P. Healey, et al. J. M. Bruening, P. L. Patterson, J. R. Kellner, L. Duncanson, S. Saarela, G. Ståhl, Z. Yang, H. Tang, J. B. Blair, L. Fatoyinbo, S. Goetz, S. Hancock, M. Hansen, M. Hofton, G. Hurtt, and S. Luthcke. 2022. "GEDI launches a new era of biomass inference from space." Environmental Research Letters 17 (9): 095001 [10.1088/1748-9326/ac8694]

Duncanson, L., J. R. Kellner, J. Armston, et al. R. Dubayah, D. M. Minor, S. Hancock, S. P. Healey, P. L. Patterson, S. Saarela, S. Marselis, C. E. Silva, J. Bruening, S. J. Goetz, H. Tang, M. Hofton, B. Blair, S. Luthcke, L. Fatoyinbo, K. Abernethy, A. Alonso, H.-E. Andersen, P. Aplin, T. R. Baker, N. Barbier, J. F. Bastin, P. Biber, P. Boeckx, J. Bogaert, L. Boschetti, P. B. Boucher, D. S. Boyd, D. F. Burslem, S. Calvo-Rodriguez, J. Chave, R. L. Chazdon, D. B. Clark, D. A. Clark, W. B. Cohen, D. A. Coomes, P. Corona, K. Cushman, M. E. Cutler, J. W. Dalling, M. Dalponte, J. Dash, S. de-Miguel, S. Deng, P. W. Ellis, B. Erasmus, P. A. Fekety, A. Fernandez-Landa, A. Ferraz, R. Fischer, A. G. Fisher, A. García-Abril, T. Gobakken, J. M. Hacker, M. Heurich, R. A. Hill, C. Hopkinson, H. Huang, S. P. Hubbell, A. T. Hudak, A. Huth, B. Imbach, K. J. Jeffery, M. Katoh, E. Kearsley, D. Kenfack, N. Kljun, N. Knapp, K. Král, M. Krůček, N. Labrière, S. L. Lewis, M. Longo, R. M. Lucas, R. Main, J. A. Manzanera, R. V. Martínez, R. Mathieu, H. Memiaghe, V. Meyer, A. M. Mendoza, A. Monerris, P. Montesano, F. Morsdorf, E. Næsset, L. Naidoo, R. Nilus, M. O’Brien, D. A. Orwig, K. Papathanassiou, G. Parker, C. Philipson, O. L. Phillips, J. Pisek, J. R. Poulsen, H. Pretzsch, C. Rüdiger, S. Saatchi, A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, N. Sanchez-Lopez, R. Scholes, C. A. Silva, M. Simard, A. Skidmore, K. Stereńczak, M. Tanase, C. Torresan, R. Valbuena, H. Verbeeck, T. Vrska, K. Wessels, J. C. White, L. J. White, E. Zahabu, and C. Zgraggen. 2022. "Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission." Remote Sensing of Environment 270 112845 [10.1016/j.rse.2021.112845]

MacGregor, J. A., L. N. Boisvert, B. Medley, et al. A. A. Petty, J. P. Harbeck, R. E. Bell, J. B. Blair, E. Blanchard‐Wrigglesworth, E. Buckley, M. S. Christoffersen, J. R. Cochran, B. M. Csathó, E. L. De Marco, R. T. Dominguez, M. A. Fahnestock, S. L. Farrell, S. P. Gogineni, J. S. Greenbaum, C. M. Hansen, M. A. Hofton, J. W. Holt, K. C. Jezek, L. S. Koenig, N. T. Kurtz, R. Kwok, C. F. Larsen, C. J. Leuschen, C. D. Locke, S. S. Manizade, S. Martin, T. A. Neumann, S. M. Nowicki, J. D. Paden, J. A. Richter‐Menge, E. J. Rignot, F. Rodríguez‐Morales, M. R. Siegfried, B. E. Smith, J. G. Sonntag, M. Studinger, K. J. Tinto, M. Truffer, T. P. Wagner, J. E. Woods, D. A. Young, and J. K. Yungel. 2021. "The scientific legacy of NASA's Operation IceBridge." Reviews of Geophysics e2020RG000712 [10.1029/2020rg000712]

Silva, C. A., L. Duncanson, S. Hancock, et al. A. Neuenschwander, N. Thomas, M. Hofton, L. Fatoyinbo, M. Simard, C. Z. Marshak, J. Armston, S. Luthcke, and R. Dubayah. 2021. "Fusing simulated GEDI, ICESat-2 and NISAR data for regional aboveground biomass mapping." Remote Sensing of Environment 253 112234 [10.1016/j.rse.2020.112234]

Potapov, P., X. Li, A. Hernandez-Serna, et al. A. Tyukavina, M. C. Hansen, A. Kommareddy, A. Pickens, S. Turubanova, H. Tang, C. E. Silva, J. Armston, R. Dubayah, J. B. Blair, and M. Hofton. 2021. "Mapping global forest canopy height through integration of GEDI and Landsat data." Remote Sensing of Environment 253 112165 [10.1016/j.rse.2020.112165]

Duncanson, L. I., A. Neuenschwander, S. Hancock, et al. N. M. Thomas, L. E. Fatoyinbo Agueh, M. Simard, C. A. Silva, J. Armston, S. B. Luthcke, M. A. Hofton, J. R. Kellner, and R. Dubayah. 2020. "Biomass estimation from simulated GEDI, ICESat-2 and NISAR across environmental gradients in Sonoma County, California." Remote Sensing of Environment 242 111779 [10.1016/j.rse.2020.111779]

Dubayah, R., J. B. Blair, S. Goetz, et al. L. Fatoyinbo, M. Hansen, S. Healey, M. Hofton, G. Hurtt, J. Kellner, S. Luthcke, J. Armston, H. Tang, L. Duncanson, S. Hancock, P. Jantz, S. Marselis, P. Patterson, W. Qi, and C. Silva. 2020. "The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation: High-resolution laser ranging of the Earth’s forests and topography." Science of Remote Sensing 1 100002 [10.1016/j.srs.2020.100002]

Miller, C. E., P. Griffith, S. Goetz, et al. E. Hoy, N. Pinto, I. McCubbin, A. K. Thorpe, M. A. Hofton, D. J. Hodkinson, C. Hansen, J. Woods, E. K. Larsen, E. S. Kasischke, and H. A. Margolis. 2019. "An overview of ABoVE airborne campaign data acquisitions and science opportunities." Environmental Research Letters 14 (8): 080201 [10.1088/1748-9326/ab0d44]

Hancock, S., J. Armston, M. Hofton, et al. X. Sun, H. Tang, L. I. Duncanson, J. R. Kellner, and R. Dubayah. 2019. "The GEDI simulator: A large‐footprint waveform lidar simulator for calibration and validation of spaceborne missions." Earth and Space Science 6 (2): 294-310 [10.1029/2018ea000506]

Becknell, J. M., S. Porder, S. Hancock, et al. R. L. Chazdon, M. A. Hofton, J. B. Blair, and J. R. Kellner. 2018. "Chronosequence predictions are robust in a Neotropical secondary forest, but plots miss the mark." Global Change Biology 24 (3): 933-943 [10.1111/gcb.14036]

Fatoyinbo, L., N. Pinto, M. Hofton, et al. M. Simard, B. Blair, S. Saatchi, Y. Lou, R. Dubayah, S. Hensley, J. Armston, L. Duncanson, and M. Lavalle. 2017. "The 2016 NASA AfriSAR campaign: Airborne SAR and Lidar measurements of tropical forest structure and biomass in support of future satellite missions." 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 4286-4287 [10.1109/igarss.2017.8127949]

Hofton, M., J. Blair, D. Rabine, C. Brooks, and H. Cornejo. 2017. "Canopy height and structure measurements of Gabon from medium-footprint waveform lidar." 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) 4294-4295 [10.1109/igarss.2017.8127952]

Smith, W. L., C. Hansen, A. Bucholtz, et al. B. E. Anderson, M. Beckley, J. G. Corbett, R. I. Cullather, K. M. Hines, M. Hofton, S. Kato, D. Lubin, R. H. Moore, M. Segal-Rosenheimer, J. Redemann, S. Schmidt, R. Scott, S. Song, J. D. Barrick, J. Bryan Blair, D. H. Bromwich, C. Brooks, G. Chen, H. Cornejo, C. A. Corr, S.-H. Ham, A. S. Kittelman, S. Knappmiller, S. LeBlanc, N. G. Loeb, C. Miller, L. Nguyen, R. Palikonda, D. Rabine, E. A. Reid, J. A. Richter-Menge, P. Pilewskie, Y. Shinozuka, D. Spangenberg, P. Stackhouse, P. Taylor, K. L. Thornhill, D. van Gilst, and E. Winstead. 2017. "Arctic Radiation-IceBridge Sea and Ice Experiment (ARISE): The Arctic Radiant Energy System During the Critical Seasonal Ice Transition." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 98 (7): 1399-1426 [10.1175/bams-d-14-00277.1]

Brunt, K. M., R. L. Hawley, E. R. Lutz, et al. M. Studinger, J. G. Sonntag, M. A. Hofton, L. C. Andrews, and T. A. Neumann. 2017. "Assessment of NASA airborne laser altimetry data using ground-based GPS data near Summit Station, Greenland." The Cryosphere 11 (2): 681-692 [10.5194/tc-11-681-2017]

Tang, H., S. Ganguly, G. Zhang, et al. M. A. Hofton, R. F. Nelson, and R. Dubayah. 2016. "Characterizing leaf area index (LAI) and vertical foliage profile (VFP) over the United States." Biogeosciences 13 (1): 239-252 [10.5194/bg-13-239-2016]

Hansen, A. J., L. B. Phillips, R. Dubayah, S. Goetz, and M. Hofton. 2014. "Regional-scale application of lidar: Variation in forest canopy structure across the southeastern US." Forest Ecology and Management 329 214-226 [10.1016/j.foreco.2014.06.009]

Yi, D., J. P. Harbeck, S. S. Manizade, et al. N. T. Kurtz, M. Studinger, and M. A. Hofton. 2014. "Arctic sea ice freeboard retrieval with waveform characteristics for NASA's Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) and Land, Vegetation, and Ice Sensor (LVIS)." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 53 (3): 1403-1410 [10.1109/TGRS.2014.2339737]

Hofton, M. A., S. B. Luthcke, and J. B. Blair. 2013. "Estimation of ICESat intercampaign elevation biases from comparison of lidar data in East Antarctica." Geophysical Research Letters 40 (21): 5698-5703 [10.1002/2013gl057652]

Whitehurst, A., A. Swatantran, J. Blair, M. Hofton, and R. Dubayah. 2013. "Characterization of Canopy Layering in Forested Ecosystems Using Full Waveform Lidar." Remote Sensing 5 (4): 2014-2036 [10.3390/rs5042014]

Tang, H., R. Dubayah, A. Swatantran, et al. M. Hofton, S. Sheldon, D. B. Clark, and B. Blair. 2012. "Retrieval of vertical LAI profiles over tropical rain forests using waveform lidar at La Selva, Costa Rica." Remote Sensing of Environment 124 242-250 [10.1016/j.rse.2012.05.005]

Simard, M., S. Hensley, M. Lavalle, et al. R. Dubayah, N. Pinto, and M. Hofton. 2012. "An Empirical Assessment of Temporal Decorrelation Using the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar over Forested Landscapes." Remote Sensing 4 (12): 975-986 [10.3390/rs4040975]

Swatantran, A., R. Dubayah, D. Roberts, M. Hofton, and J. B. Blair. 2011. "Mapping biomass and stress in the Sierra Nevada using lidar and hyperspectral data fusion." Remote Sensing of Environment 115 (11): 2917-2930 [10.1016/j.rse.2010.08.027]

Anderson, J. E., M. J. Ducey, A. Fast, et al. M. E. Martin, L. Lepine, M.-L. Smith, T. D. Lee, R. O. Dubayah, M. A. Hofton, P. Hyde, B. E. Peterson, and J. B. Blair. 2011. "Use of waveform lidar and hyperspectral sensors to assess selected spatial and structural patterns associated with recent and repeat disturbance and the abundance of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) in a temperate mixed hardwood and conifer forest." Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 5 (1): 053504 [10.1117/1.3554639]

Sauber, J. M., M. A. Hofton, R. Bruhn, S. B. Luthcke, and J. B. Blair. 2010. "Solid Earth Applications of DESDynI Lidar." Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Honolulu, Hawaii, 25-30 July, 2010 [ 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5652368]

Sauber, J., M. Hofton, R. Bruhn, S. Luthcke, and B. Blair. 2010. "DESDynI lidar for solid earth applications." 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium [10.1109/igarss.2010.5652368]

Dubayah, R. O., S. L. Sheldon, D. B. Clark, et al. M. A. Hofton, J. B. Blair, G. C. Hurtt, and R. L. Chazdon. 2010. "Estimation of tropical forest height and biomass dynamics using lidar remote sensing at La Selva, Costa Rica." Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 115 (G2): [10.1029/2009jg000933]

Kenyi, L. W., R. Dubayah, M. Hofton, and M. Schardt. 2009. "Comparative analysis of SRTM–NED vegetation canopy height to LIDAR‐derived vegetation canopy metrics." International Journal of Remote Sensing 30 (11): 2797-2811 [10.1080/01431160802555853]

Hofton, M., J. B. Blair, S. Luthcke, and D. L. Rabine. 2008. "Assessing the Performance of 20-25m Footprint Waveform Lidar data Collected in ICESat Data Corridors in Greenland." Geophysical Research Letters 35 (24): [10.1029/2008GL035774]

Anderson, J., L. Plourde, M. Martin, et al. B. Braswell, M. Smith, R. Dubayah, M. Hofton, and J. Blair. 2008. "Integrating waveform lidar with hyperspectral imagery for inventory of a northern temperate forest." Remote Sensing of Environment 112 (4): 1856-1870 [10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.009]

Weishampel, J. F., J. B. Drake, A. Cooper, J. B. Blair, and M. Hofton. 2007. "Forest canopy recovery from the 1938 hurricane and subsequent salvage damage measured with airborne LiDAR." Remote Sensing of Environment 109 (2): 142-153 [10.1016/j.rse.2006.12.016]

Kenyi, L., R. Dubayah, M. Hofton, J. Blair, and M. Schardt. 2007. "Comparison of SRTM-NED data to LIDAR derived canopy metrics." 2007 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium [10.1109/igarss.2007.4423431]

Hyde, P., R. Dubayah, W. Walker, et al. J. B. Blair, M. Hofton, and C. Hunsaker. 2006. "Mapping forest structure for wildlife habitat analysis using multi-sensor (LiDAR, SAR/InSAR, ETM+, Quickbird) synergy." Remote Sensing of Environment 102 (1-2): 63-73 [10.1016/j.rse.2006.01.021]

Hofton, M., R. Dubayah, J. B. Blair, and D. Rabine. 2006. "Validation of SRTM Elevations Over Vegetated and Non-vegetated Terrain Using Medium Footprint Lidar." Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 72 (3): 279-285 [10.14358/pers.72.3.279]

Anderson, J., M. Martin, M. Smith, et al. R. Dubayah, M. A. Hofton, P. Hyde, B. Peterson, J. B. Blair, and R. G. Knox. 2006. "The use of waveform lidar to measure northern temperate mixed conifer and deciduous forest structure in New Hampshire." Remote Sensing of Environment 105 (3): 248-261

Hyde, P., R. Dubayah, B. Peterson, et al. J. B. Blair, M. A. Hofton, C. Hunsaker, R. Knox, and W. Walker. 2005. "Mapping forest structure for wildlife habitat analysis using waveform lidar: Validation of montane ecosystems." Remote Sensing of Environment 96 (3-4): 427-437

Hofton, M., L. Rocchio, J. Blair, and R. Dubayah. 2002. "Validation of Vegetation Canopy Lidar sub-canopy topography measurements for a dense tropical forest." Journal of Geodynamics 34 (3-4): 491-502 [10.1016/s0264-3707(02)00046-7]

Hofton, M., and J. Blair. 2002. "Laser altimeter return pulse correlation: a method for detecting surface topographic change." Journal of Geodynamics 34 (3-4): 477-489 [10.1016/s0264-3707(02)00043-1]

Calais, E., J. Bernard Minster, M. Hofton, and M. Hedlin. 2002. "Ionospheric signature of surface mine blasts from Global Positioning System measurements." Geophysical Journal International 132 (1): 191-202 [10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00438.x]

Drake, J. B., R. O. Dubayah, D. B. Clark, et al. R. G. Knox, J. Blair, M. A. Hofton, R. L. Chazdon, J. F. Weishampel, and S. Prince. 2002. "Estimation of tropical forest structural characteristics using large-footprint lidar." Remote Sensing of Environment 79 (2-3): 305-319 [10.1016/s0034-4257(01)00281-4]

Hofton, M., J. Minster, and J. Blair. 2000. "Decomposition of laser altimeter waveforms." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 38 (4): 1989-1996 [10.1109/36.851780]

Hofton, M. A., J. B. Blair, J.-B. Minster, et al. J. R. Ridgway, N. P. Williams, J. L. Bufton, and D. L. Rabine. 2000. "An airborne scanning laser altimetry survey of Long Valley, California." International Journal of Remote Sensing 21 (12): 2413-2437 [10.1080/01431160050030547]

Hofton, M. A., J.-B. Minster, J. R. Ridgway, et al. N. P. Williams, J. B. Blair, D. L. Rabine, and J. L. Bufton. 2000. "Using airborne laser altimetry to detect topographic change at Long Valley Caldera, California." Remote Sensing of Active Volcanism (Geophysical Monograph Series) 116 249-264 [10.1029/gm116p0249]

Blair, J. B., and M. A. Hofton. 1999. "Modeling laser altimeter return waveforms over complex vegetation using high-resolution elevation data." Geophysical Research Letters 26 (16): 2509-2512 [10.1029/1999gl010484]

Blair, J., D. L. Rabine, and M. A. Hofton. 1999. "The Laser Vegetation Imaging Sensor: a medium-altitude, digitisation-only, airborne laser altimeter for mapping vegetation and topography." ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 54 (2-3): 115-122 [10.1016/s0924-2716(99)00002-7]

Non-Refereed

Kim, E., B. A. Forman, L. Wang, et al. J. Lemoigne-Stewart, S. Nag, S. Kumar, C. Vuyovich, B. Blair, and M. Hofton. 2019. "Space-Time Coverage Scenarios for A Global Snow Satellite Constellation." IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Yokohama, Japan, 28 July - 2 August 2019 [10.1109/igarss.2019.8899017]

Yi, D., N. T. Kurtz, J. P. Harbeck, et al. S. S. Manizade, M. A. Hofton, H. G. Cornejo, H. J. Zwally, and J. W. Robbins. 2016. "Antarctic sea-ice freeboard and estimated thickness from NASA's ICESAT and ICEBRIDGE observations." 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS), Beijing, China, 10-15 July 2016 7682-7685 [10.1109/IGARSS.2016.7731003]

Brenner, A. C., H. J. Zwally, C. R. Bentley, et al. B. M. Csatho, M. A. Hofton, J.-B. Minster, L.-A. Roberts, J. L. Saba, R. H. Thomas, and D. Yi. 2012. "The Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for the Derivation of Range and Range Distributions from Laser Pulse Waveform Analysis for Surface Elevations, Roughness, Slope, and Vegetation Heights." NASA/TM-2012-208641/Vol 7 134 pp [Full Text (Link)]

Hofton, M. A., and J. B. Blair. 2002. "Laser Pulse Correlation: A Method for detecting subtle topographic change using lidar return waveforms." International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Volume XXXIV-3/W4, Annapolis, Maryland, 22-24 Oct. 2001 XXXIV (3/W4): 181-184 [Full Text (Link)]

Petersen, B., W. Ni-Meister, J. B. Blair, et al. M. A. Hofton, P. Hyde, and R. Dubayah. 2002. "Modeling Lidar Waveforms Using a Radiative Transfer Model ." International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Volume XXXIV-3/W4, Annapolis, Maryland, 22-24 Oct. 2001 [Full Text (Link)]

Blair, J. B., M. A. Hofton, and S. B. Luthcke. 2002. "Wide-Swath Imaging Lidar Development for Airborne and Spaceborne Applications ." International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Volume XXXIV-3/W4, Annapolis, Maryland, 22-24 Oct. 2001 17-19 [Full Text (Link)]