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Publications

  • Chopping, M., D. Radakovic, R. Duchesne-Onoro, Z. Wang, and C. Schaaf (2021). An integrated CANAPANI and deep learning-based high resolution approach for mapping shrubs in Alaskan and Canadian Arctic tundra, NASA ABoVE 7th Science Team Meeting, virtual only, May 11 & 13, 2021.
  • Chopping, M., Wang, Z., Bull, M., Schaaf, C., Bull. M.A., and Duchesne, R. (2020). Forest aboveground biomass in the Southwestern U.S. from a MISR multi-angle index, 2000 – 2015, AGU Fall Meeting 2020. Session GC004: Immense Pressures and High Expectations: Managing Forest Ecosystems for Multiple Benefits Under Human Activities, Climate Change, and Disturbance II Posters (virtual poster).
  • Chopping, M., Bull, M., Wang, Z., and Duchesne, R. (2020). MISR, radar, and lidar synergies in biomass mapping, 2020 MISR Science Team meeting, Pasadena, CA, February 12-13, 2020 (talk + poster).
  • Chopping, M.J. , R. Duchesne-Onoro, M. Wehmas, A. Erb, Z. Wang, C. Schaaf, K. Tape, and C. Chopping (2019). Tests of tall shrub mapping in Arctic tundra with CANAPI variants and LVIS heights, 2019 NASA Terrestrial Ecology Science Team Meeting, College Park, MD, Sept. 22 – 25 (poster presentation).
  • Schaaf, C., A. Elmes, A. Erb, Z. Wang, Z. Li, D. Hall, B. Rogers, S.Healey, M. Chopping, P. Boucher (2019). North American boreal and temperate albedo products at a range of spatial resolutions from MODIS, VIIRS, Landsat-8, and Sentinel-2, 2019 NASA Terrestrial Ecology Science Team Meeting, College Park, MD, Sept. 22 – 25 (poster presentation).
  • Chopping, M., R. Duchesne-Onoro, Z. Wang, A. Erb, C. Schaaf, K. Tape, C. Chopping (2019). Improved Tall Shrub Mapping in Arctic Tundra with CANAPAMI. NASA ABoVE Science Team #5 (ASTM5), San Diego, CA, May 20 – 23 2019 (poster presentation).
  • Cortes, I., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Twilley, R., Rovai, A., and Chopping, M., (2019). Net Evaporation Rates and Mangrove Island Morphology: Caribbean Examples, Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, 9–13 December, 2019.
  • Duchesne, R.R., Chopping. M.J. Tape, K.D. Wang, Z., Schaaf, C. (2018). Changes in tall shrub abundance on the North Slope of Alaska, 2000 – 2010, Remote Sensing of Environment 219: 221–232.
  • Bao, G., Chen, J., Chopping, M., Tuyaa, A., Dorjsurene, A., Bayarsaikane, S., Bao, Y., Jirigalaf, B., and Qing, Z. (2018), Dynamics of net primary productivity on the Mongolian Plateau: Joint regulations of phenology and drought, Int J Appl Earth Obs Geoinformation 81: 85–97.
  • Cortes, I., Lorenzo-Trueba, J., Twilley, R., Rovai, A., and Chopping, M., (2018). Exploring the role of evaporation and precipitation on mangrove island morphology, Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, D.C., 10–14 December, 2018.
  • Duchesne, R.R., Chopping. M.J. and K.D. Tape, K.D. (2015). Capability of the CANAPI algorithm to derive shrub structural parameters from satellite imagery in the Alaskan Arctic. Polar Record, available on CJO2015. doi:10.1017/S0032247415000509.
  • Chopping, M. (2015). Remote Sensing in Environmental Management, Chapter 17 in An Integrated Approach to Environmental Management, D. Sarkar, R. Datta, A. Mukherjee, and R. Hannigan (eds). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. October 2015. ISBN: 978-1-118-74435-2 636 pages.
  • Wang, Z., Schaaf, C.B., Strahler, A.H., Chopping, M.J., Roman, M.O., Shuai, Y., Woodcock, C.E., Hollinger, D.Y., and Fitzjarrald, D.R. (2013), Evaluation of MODIS albedo product (MCD43A) over grassland, agriculture and forest surface types during dormant and snow-covered periods, Remote Sensing of Environment, 140: 60-77.
  • Chopping, M., North, M.., Chen, J., Schaaf, C.B., Blair, J.B., Martonchik, J.V., and Bull, M. (2012) Forest Cover and Height from MISR in a Topographically Complex Landscape Assessed with High Quality Reference Data, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS), 5(1): 440-58.
  • Wang, Z., Schaaf, C.B., Chopping, M.J., Strahler, A.H., Wang, J., Roman, M.O., Rocha, A.V., Woodcock, C.E., Shuai, Y. (2012). Evaluation of Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow albedo product (MCD43A) over tundra, Remote Sensing of Environment, 117: 264-280.
  • Wang, Z., Schaaf, C.B., Strahler, A.H., Chopping, M.J., Roman, M.O., Shuai, Y., Woodcock, C.E., Hollinger, D.Y., and Fitzjarrald, D.R. (2012), Evaluation of MODIS dormant and snow covered albedo over grassland, agriculture and forest surface types, submitted.
  • Chopping, M., Schaaf, C.B., Zhao, F. Wang, Z., Nolin, A.W., Moisen, G.G., Martonchik, J.V., and Bull, M. (2011), Forest structure and aboveground biomass in the southwestern United States from MODIS and MISR, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 2943-2953
  • Wang, Z., Schaaf, C.B., Lewis, P., Knyazikhin, Y., Schull, M.A., Strahler, A.H., Yao, T., Myneni, R.B., and Chopping, M. (2011), Retrieval of canopy vertical structure using MODIS data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(6): 1595-1601.
  • Chopping, M. (2010), CANAPI: Canopy Analysis with Panchromatic Imagery, Remote Sensing Letters 2(1): 21-29, first published on: 17 June 2010.
  • Chopping, M. Schaaf, C.B., Zhao, F. Wang, Z., Nolin, A.W., Moisen, G.G., Martonchik, J.V., and Bull, M. (2009), Forest Structure and aboveground biomass in the southwestern United States from NASA moderate resolution remote sensing, in review.
  • Chopping, M., Nolin, A.W, Moisen, G.G., Martonchik, J.V., and Bull, M. (2009), Forest canopy height from the Multiangle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (MISR) assessed with high resolution discrete return lidar, Remote Sensing of Environment 113: 2172-2185.
  • Imhoff, M., L. R. Wolfe, D. J. Diner, M. Chopping, R. Kahn, V. Salomonson, J. Gille, J. Drummond, D. Edwards, N. Loeb, B. Wielicki, M. Abrams, B. Eng, K. J. Ranson, and S.-C. Tsay (2009), A brief overview of Terra mission results and the carbon cycle, Geography Compass, 1749-8198, Blackwell, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00183.x.
  • Su, L., Huang, Y., Chopping, M. J., Rango, A., and Martonchik, J. V. (2009), An empirical study on the utility of BRDF model parameters and topographic parameters for mapping vegetation in a semi-arid region with MISR imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(13): 3463-3483. DOI: 10.1080/01431160802562230.
  • Chopping, M. (2008), Terrestrial Applications of Multiangle Remote Sensing, in Advances in Land Remote Sensing: System, Modeling, Inversion and Applications, S. Liang, ed., Springer- Verlag, forthcoming June 2008.
  • (Draft — please see the published paper) Chopping, M., Moisen, G. Su, L., Laliberte, A., Rango, A., Martonchik, J.V., and Peters, D.P.C. (2008), Large Area Mapping of Southwestern Forest Crown Cover, Canopy Height, and Biomass using the NASA Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer‌, Remote Sensing of Environment 112: 2051-2063.
  • (Draft — please see the published paper) Chopping, M., Su, L., Rango, A., Martonchik, J.V., Peters, D.P.C., and Laliberte, A. (2008), Remote sensing of woody shrub cover in desert grasslands using MISR with a geometric-optical canopy reflectance model, Remote Sensing of Environment 112: 19 – 34.
  • Chopping, M., Su, L., Kollikkathara, N., and Urena, L. (2007), Advances in Mapping Woody Plant Canopies using the NASA MISR Instrument on Terra‌, in Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007, Barcelona, Spain, July 23 – 28, 2007.
  • Su, L., M.J. Chopping, A. Rango, J.V. Martonchik, and D.P.C. Peters, 2007a, Support vector machines for recognition of semi-arid vegetation types using €MISR multi-angle imageryRemote Sens. Environ. 107:299-311.
  • Su, L., M.J. Chopping, A. Rango, J.V. Martonchik, and D.P.C. Peters (2007b), Differentiation of semi-arid vegetation types based on multi-angular observations from MISR and MODIS‌. International Journal of Remote Sensing28 (5-6): 1419-1424.
  • Su, L., Huang, Y., Chopping, M.J., Rango, A., and Martonchik, J.V. (2007c), Comparing the roles of topographic information and anisotropic patterns of surface reflectance in vegetation type classification, submitted.
  • Chopping, M. J. (2006), Progress in retrieving canopy structure parameters from NASA multi-angle remote sensing‌, Proc. IGARSS 2006, Special Salomonson Terra Session (invited).
  • Chopping, M. J., Su, L., Laliberte, A., Rango, A., Peters, D. P. C., and Martonchik, J. V. (2006a), Mapping woody plant cover in desert grasslands using canopy reflectance modeling and MISR data, Geophysical Research Letters 33, L17402, doi:10.1029/2006GL027148.
  • Chopping, M., Su, L., Laliberte, A., Rango, A., Peters, D.P.C., and Kollikkathara, N. (2006b), Mapping shrub abundance in desert grasslands using geometric-optical modeling and multiangle remote sensing with CHRIS/ProbaRemote Sensing of Environment 104(1): 62-73. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.04.022.