PhD Dissertations

Sangram Ganguly, Earth System Data Records of Vegetation Leaf Area Index from Multiple Satellite-Borne Sensors, Mar 2008.
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Ping Zhang, Remotely-sensed Vegetation Metrics for Real-Time Crop Monitoring and Yield Estimation, Jan 2007.
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Dong Huang, Impact of Three-Dimensional Vegetation Structure on the Canopy Radiation Regime, Aug 2006.
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Wenze Yang, Analysis, Improvment and Application of the MODIS Leaf Area Index Products, Apr 2006.
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Weile Wang, Detecting and Modeling Large-scale Interactions Between Vegetation, Precipitation and Temperature Over Temperate-Semi-arid and Boreal Climate Regimes, Apr 2006.
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Bin Tan, Impact of Uncertainties on Assessment and Validation of MODIS Leaf Area Index Products, Apr 2005.
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Jiannan Hu, Assessment and Refinement of the MISR LAI and FPAR Product, Apr 2005.
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S. Kotchenova, New Approaches to Retrieval and Application of Lidar Measured Vegetation Vertical Canopy Profiles, Oct 2004.
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W. Buermann, The Impact and Response of Vegetation to Climate at Interannual Timescales, Apr 2002.
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J. Dong, Dynamics of Carbon Storage in the Woody Biomass of Northern Forests, PhD Dissertation, Apr 2002.
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Y. Wang, Assessment of the MODIS LAI and FPAR Algorithm: Retrieval Quality, Theoretical Basis and Validation, PhD Dissertation, Apr 2002.
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N. Shabanov, Application of Stochastic Radiative Transfer to Remote Sensing of Vegetation, PhD Dissertation, Oct 2001.
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Y. Tian, Evaluation of the Performance of the MODIS LAI and FPAR Algorithm with Multiresolution Satellite Data, PhD Dissertation, Oct 2001.
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L. Zhou, Warming Enchanced Plant Growth in the North Since the 1980s: A Greener Greenhouse? PhD Dissertation, Sep 2001.
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Y. Zhang, LAI and FPAR Estimation and Land Cover Identification with Multiangle Multispectral Satellite Data. PhD Dissertation, May 2001.

MA Theses

Ken Lo, Burned Area Detection Algorithm in the MODIS 500 Meters Surface Reflectance Data with Supervised and Unsupervised Neural Networks. M.A. Thesis, May 2003.

S. Hoffman, Analysis of Year 2000 MODIS LAI and FPAR Product. M.A. Thesis, May 2001.

R. Gong, Evaluating and Improving Terrestrial Carbon Exchange in the NCAR CCM3 Land Surface Model. M.A. Thesis, May 1999.

N. V. Shabanov, Stochastic Modelling of Radiation Regime in Discontinuous Vegetation Canopies. M.A. Thesis, May 1999.

A. Lotsch, Biome Level Classification of Land Cover at Continental Scales Using Decision Trees. M.A. Thesis, May 1999.
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