Highlighted Publications
Doughty, C. L., R. F. Ambrose, G. S. Okin, and K. C. Cavanaugh. 2021
Characterizing spatial variability in coastal wetland biomass across multiple scales using UAV and satellite imagery. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. [https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.198]
Yang, X., Xu, X. Stovall, A., Chen, M., Lee, J. 2021
Recovery: Fast and Slow—Vegetation Response During the 2012–2016 California Drought. JGR Biosciences 4 [https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005976]
Barenblitt, A., Payton, A., Lagomasino, D., Fatoyinbo, L., Asare, K., Aidoo, K., Pigott, H., Som, C. K., Smeets, L., Seidu, O., & Wood, D. 2021
The large footprint of small-scale artisanal gold mining in Ghana. Science of The Total Environment, 781. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146644]
Rovai, A.S., Twilley, R.R., Castañeda‐Moya, E., Midway, S.R., Friess, D.A., Trettin, C.C., Bukoski, J.J., Stovall, A.E.L., Pagliosa, P.R., Fonseca, A.L., Mackenzie, R.A., Aslan, A., Sasmito, S.D., Sillanpää, M., Cole, T.G., Purbopuspito, J., Warren, M.W., Murdiyarso, D., Mofu, W., Sharma, S., Tinh, P.H., & Riul, P. 2021
Macroecological patterns of forest structure and allometric scaling in mangrove forests (A. Kerkhoff, Ed.). Global Ecology and Biogeography. [10.1111/geb.13268]
Silva, Carlos Alberto et al. 2021
Fusing Simulated GEDI, ICESat-2 and NISAR Data for Regional Aboveground Biomass Mapping. Remote Sensing of Environment 253(November 2020): 112234. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112234].
Duncanson, Laura et al. 2020.
Biomass Estimation from Simulated GEDI, ICESat-2 and NISAR across Environmental Gradients in Sonoma County, California.” Remote Sensing of Environment 242(April): 111779. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111779]
Worthington, Thomas A. et al. 2020.
Harnessing Big Data to Support the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Mangrove Forests Globally. One Earth 2(5): 429–43. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.04.018]
Thomas N, Neigh CSR, Carroll ML, McCarty JL, Bunting P. 2020
Fusion Approach for Remotely-Sensed Mapping of Agriculture (FARMA): A Scalable Open Source Method for Land Cover Monitoring Using Data Fusion. Remote Sensing. 12(20):3459. [https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12203459]
Goldberg, L, Lagomasino, D, Thomas, N, Fatoyinbo, T. 2020
Global declines in human-driven mangrove loss. Glob Change Biol. 2020; 26: 5844– 5855. [https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15275]
Atkins, J.W., Bond‐Lamberty, B., Fahey, R.T., Haber, L.T., Stuart‐Haëntjens, E., Hardiman, B.S., LaRue, E., McNeil, B.E., Orwig, D.A., Stovall, A.E.L., Tallant, J.M., Walter, J.A., & Gough, C.M. 2020
Application of multidimensional structural characterization to detect and describe moderate forest disturbance. Ecosphere 11: e03156.
Atkins, J.W., Stovall, A.E.L., & Yang, X. 2020
Mapping Temperate Forest Phenology Using Tower, UAV, and Ground-Based Sensors. Drones 4: 56.
Calders, K., Adams, J., Armston, J., Bartholomeus, H., Bauwens, S., Bentley, L.P., Chave, J., Danson, F.M., Demol, M., Disney, M., Gaulton, R., Krishna Moorthy, S.M., Levick, S.R., Saarinen, N., Schaaf, C., Stovall, A., Terryn, L., Wilkes, P., & Verbeeck, H. 2020
Terrestrial laser scanning in forest ecology: Expanding the horizon. Remote Sensing of Environment 251: 112102.
Diamond, J.S., McLaughlin, D.L., Slesak, R.A., & Stovall, A. 2020
Microtopography is a fundamental organizing structure of vegetation and soil chemistry in black ash wetlands. Biogeosciences 17: 901–915.
McGregor, I.R., Helcoski, R., Kunert, N., Tepley, A.J., Gonzalez‐Akre, E.B., Herrmann, V., Zailaa, J., Stovall, A.E.L., Bourg, N.A., McShea, W.J., Pederson, N., Sack, L., & Anderson‐Teixeira, K.J. 2020
Tree height and leaf drought tolerance traits shape growth responses across droughts in a temperate broadleaf forest. New Phytologist. [10.1111/nph.16996]
Mokroš, M., Hollaus, M., Wang, Y., Surový, P., Piermattei, L., Liang, X., Koreň, M., Tomaštík, J., Cao, L., Brolly, G., Cabo, C., Kraszewski, B., Krok, G., Krůček, M., Polat, N., Stovall, A., Wang, D., & Wang, J. 2020
International Benchmarking of Terrestrial Image-based Point Clouds for Forestry. ISPRS Scientific initiative 2019
Stovall, A.E.L., Lagomasino, D., Lee, S.-K., Simard, M., Thomas, N.M., Trettin, C., & Fatoyinbo, T. 2020
Evaluating Current and Future Sensor-Specific Biomass Calibration in the Tallest Mangrove Forest on Earth. In IGARSS 2020 – 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 5964–5967.
Stovall, A.E.L., Shugart, H.H., & Yang, X. 2020
Reply to “Height-related changes in forest composition explain increasing tree mortality with height during an extreme drought.” Nature Communications 11: 3401.
Vorster, A.G., Evangelista, P.H., Stovall, A.E.L., & Ex, S. 2020
Variability and uncertainty in forest biomass estimates from the tree to landscape scale: the role of allometric equations. Carbon Balance and Management 15
Walter, J., Stovall, A., & Atkins, J. 2020
Vegetation Structural Complexity and Biodiversity Across Elevation Gradients in the Great Smoky Mountains. Accepted at Ecosphere. [10.20944/preprints202004.0415.v1]
Diamond, J.S., McLaughlin, D.L., Slesak, R.A., & Stovall, A. 2019
Pattern and structure of microtopography implies autogenic origins in forested wetlands. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 23: 5069–5088.
Simard, M., L. Fatoyinbo, C. Smetanka, V. Rivera-Monroy, E. Castañeda-Moya, N. Thomas, and T, Van der Stocken. 2019
Mangrove canopy height globally related to precipitation, temperature and cyclone frequency. Nature Geosci 12, 40–45 [10.1038/s41561-018-0279-1]
Stovall, A. E. L., H. Shugart, & X. Yang. 2019
Tree height explains mortality risk during an intense drought. Nature Communications 10, 4385 [10.1038/s41467-019-12380-6]
Thomas, N., R. Lucas, P. Bunting, A. Hardy, A. Rosenqvist, M. Simard. 2017
“Distribution and drivers of global mangrove forest change, 1996–2010”. PLoS ONE 12(6): e0179302 [10.1371/journal.pone.0179302]
All Publications
Dubayah, R., J. B. Blair, S. Goetz, et al. 2020
“The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation: High-resolution laser ranging of the Earth’s forests and topography.” Science of Remote Sensing, 100002 (In Press) [10.1016/j.srs.2020.100002]
de Sousa, C., L. Fatoyinbo, C. Neigh, et al. 2020
“Cloud-computing and machine learning in support of country-level land cover and ecosystem extent mapping in Liberia and Gabon.” PLOS ONE, 15 (1): e0227438 [10.1371/journal.pone.0227438]
Stovall, A. E. L., Diamond, J. S., Slesak, R. A., McLaughlin, D. L. & Shugart, H. 2019
“Quantifying wetland microtopography with terrestrial laser scanning”. Remote Sensing of Environment 232, 111271 [10.1016/j.rse.2019.111271]
Rahman, M. M., D. Lagomasino, S. Lee, et al. 2019
“Improved assessment of mangrove forests in Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary using WorldView 2 and TanDEM-X high resolution imagery.” Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, [10.1002/rse2.105]
Bollian, T., B. Osmanoglu, R. Rincon, S.-K. Lee, and T. Fatoyinbo. 2019
“Adaptive Antenna Pattern Notching of Interference in Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Using Digital Beamforming.” Remote Sensing, 11 (11): 1346.
Diamond, J. S., D. L. McLaughlin, R. A. Slesak, & A. Stovall. 2019
Pattern and structure of microtopography implies autogenic origins in forested wetlands. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 23, 5069–5088 [10.5194/hess-23-5069-2019]
Lee, S.-K., T. E. Fatoyinbo, D. Lagomasino, E. Feliciano, and C. Trettin. 2018
“Multibaseline TanDEM-X Mangrove Height Estimation: The Selection of the Vertical Wavenumber.” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 11 (10): 3434-3442 [10.1109/jstars.2018.2835647]
Thomas, N., P. Bunting, R. Lucas, et al. 2018
“Mapping Mangrove Extent and Change: A Globally Applicable Approach.” Remote Sensing, 10 (9): 1466 [10.3390/rs10091466]
Bunting, P., Rosenqvist, A., Lucas, R.M., Rebelo, L.-M., Hilarides, L., Thomas, N.; Hardy, A., Itoh, T., Shimada, M., Finlayson, C.M. 2018
“The Global Mangrove Watch—A New 2010 Global Baseline of Mangrove Extent”. Remote Sens. 2018, 10, 1669 [10.3390/rs10101669]
Stovall, A. E. L. & H.H. Shugart. 2018
“Improved Biomass Calibration and Validation With Terrestrial LiDAR: Implications for Future LiDAR and SAR Missions”. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 11, 3527–3537 [10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2803110]
Armstrong, A., R. Fischer, A. Huth, H. Shugart, and T. Fatoyinbo. 2018
“Simulating Forest Dynamics of Lowland Rainforests in Eastern Madagascar.” Forests, 9 (4): 214 [10.3390/f9040214]
Stovall, A. E. L., K.J. Anderson-Teixeira & H. H. Shugart. 2018
“Terrestrial LiDAR-derived non-destructive woody biomass estimates for 10 hardwood species in Virginia”. Data in Brief (2018) [10.1016/j.dib.2018.06.046]
Stovall, A. E. L., K. J. Anderson-Teixeira & H. H. Shugart. 2018
“Assessing terrestrial laser scanning for developing non-destructive biomass allometry”. Forest Ecology and Management 427, 217–229 [10.1016/j.foreco.2018.06.004]
Lucas, R., A. Vázquez Lule, M. Rodríguez, M. Kamal, N. Thomas, E. Asbridge, C. Kuenzer. 2017
“Spatial ecology of mangrove forests: A remote sensing perspective”. Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective, 87-112 [10.1007/978-3-319-62206-4_4]
Fatoyinbo, T. (., E. A. Feliciano, D. Lagomasino, S. K. Lee, and C. Trettin. 2017
“Estimating mangrove aboveground biomass from airborne LiDAR data: a case study from the Zambezi River delta”. Environmental Research Letters, [10.1088/1748-9326/aa9f03]
Fatoyinbo, L. 2017
“Ecology: Vast peatlands found in the Congo Basin.” Nature, 542 (7639): 38-39 [10.1038/542038b]
Stovall, A. E. L., A. G. Vorster, R. S. Anderson, P. H. Evangelista & H. H. Shugart. 2017
“Non-destructive aboveground biomass estimation of coniferous trees using terrestrial LiDAR”. Remote Sensing of Environment 200, 31–42 [10.1016/j.rse.2017.08.013]
Lee, S.-K., T. Fatoyinbo, D. Lagomasino, B. Osmanoglu, and E. Feliciano. 2016
“Ground-level digital terrain model (DTM) construction from TanDEM-X InSAR data and WorldView stereo-photogrammetric images.” Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2016 IEEE International, 6040–6042 [10.1109/IGARSS.2016.7730578]
Rincon, R. F., T. Fatoyinbo, B. Osmanoglu, et al. 2016
“ECOSAR: P-Band Digital Beamforming Polarimetric and Single Pass Interferometric SAR: Instrument Performance.” Proceedings of EUSAR 2016: 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, 1-5.
Lagomasino, D., T. Fatoyinbo, S. Lee, et al. 2016
“A Comparison of Mangrove Canopy Height Using Multiple Independent Measurements from Land, Air, and Space.” Remote Sensing, 8 (4): 327 [10.3390/rs8040327]
Pettorelli, N., M. Wegmann, A. Skidmore, et al. 2016
“Framing the concept of satellite remote sensing essential biodiversity variables: challenges and future directions.” Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2 (3): 122–131 [10.1002/rse2.15]
Lee, S.-K., L. E. Fatoyinbo Agueh, D. Lagomasino, et al. 2015
“Large-scale mangrove canopy height map generation from TanDEM-X data by means of Pol-InSAR techniques.” 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), [10.1109/igarss.2015.7326420]
Lee, S.-K., and T. E. Fatoyinbo. 2015
“TanDEM-X Pol-InSAR Inversion for Mangrove Canopy Height Estimation.” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl. Earth Observations Remote Sensing, 8 (7): 3608-3618 [10.1109/jstars.2015.2431646]
Lagomasino, D., T. Fatoyinbo, S.-K. Lee, and M. Simard. 2015
“High-resolution forest canopy height estimation in an African blue carbon ecosystem.” Remote Sens Ecol Conserv, 1 (1): 51-60 [10.1002/rse2.3]
Thomas, N., R. Lucas, T. Itoh, et al. 2014
“An approach to monitoring mangrove extents through time-series comparison of JERS-1 SAR and ALOS PALSAR data.” Wetlands Ecology and Management, 1-15 [10.1007/s11273-014-9370-6]
Lucas, R., L.-M. Rebelo, L. E. Fatoyinbo Agueh, et al. 2014
“Contribution of L-band SAR to systematic global mangrove monitoring.” Marine and Freshwater Research, 65 (7): 589–603 [10.1071/MF13177 ]
Long, S., T. E. Fatoyinbo Agueh, and F. S. Policelli. 2014
“Flood extent mapping for Namibia using change detection and thresholding with SAR.” Environ. Res. Lett., 9 (3): 035002 [10.1088/1748-9326/9/3/035002]
Fatoyinbo Agueh, T. E., and M. Simard. 2013
“Height and biomass of mangroves in Africa from ICESat/GLAS and SRTM.” International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34 (2): 668-681 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1080/01431161.2012.712224]
Cornforth, W., T. Fatoyinbo, T. Freemantle, and N. Pettorelli. 2013
“Advanced Land Observing Satellite Phased Array Type L-Band SAR (ALOS PALSAR) to Inform the Conservation of Mangroves: Sundarbans as a Case Study.” Remote Sensing, 5 (1): 224-237 [10.3390/rs5010224]
Rincon, R. F., T. E. Fatoyinbo Agueh, K. J. Ranson, et al. 2012
“Development of the EcoSAR P-band synthetic aperture radar.” Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International, Munich, Germany: 4505 – 4508 [10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350469]
Fatoyinbo Agueh, L. E., and M. Simard. 2008
“Landscape-scale extent, height, biomass, and carbon estimation of Mozambique’s mangrove forests with Landsat ETM+ and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation data.” J. Geophys. Res., 113 (G2): G02S06 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1029/2007JG000551]
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