{"id":118695,"date":"2019-01-15T09:30:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/remote-sensing-lab\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:39:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:39:34","slug":"remote-sensing-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/remote-sensing-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Sensing Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class='news-feed vertical'><li class='news-item'><div class='image-holder'><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\"  data-original-image=\"\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2025\/07\/nasa-carbon-monitoring-breakdown-2021.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2025\/07\/nasa-carbon-monitoring-breakdown-2021.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"NASA carbon monitoring map, land cover breakdown in 2021\" \/><\/div><span class='headline'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/remote-sensing-lab\/2026\/01\/15\/forest-aboveground-biomass-in-the-southwestern-u-s-from-misr-and-gedi-assessment-with-nasa-carbon-monitoring-system-data\/\">Forest Aboveground Biomass in the Southwestern U.S. From MISR and GEDI: Assessment with Nasa Carbon Monitoring System Data<\/a><\/span><span class='sub-head'>New original study published in Remote Sensing of Environment: Forest Aboveground Biomass in the Southwestern U.S. From MISR and GEDI: Assessment with NASA Carbon Monitoring System Data<\/span><span class='posted'>Thursday January 15, 2026<\/span><\/li><li class='news-item'><div class='image-holder'><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\"  data-original-image=\"\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2025\/11\/radakovic-research-committee-conference-presentation.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2025\/11\/radakovic-research-committee-conference-presentation.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Darko and his dissertation committee\" \/><\/div><span class='headline'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/remote-sensing-lab\/2025\/11\/21\/a-deep-learning-approach-for-mapping-shrubs-wet-tundra-and-surface-water-in-arctic-tundra-with-very-high-resolution-satellite-imagery\/\">A Deep Learning Approach for Mapping Shrubs, Wet Tundra and Surface Water in Arctic Tundra with Very High Resolution Satellite Imagery<\/a><\/span><span class='sub-head'>Ph.D. candidate Darko Radakovic, advised by Dr. Mark Chopping successfully defended his doctoral dissertation<\/span><span class='posted'>Friday November 21, 2025<\/span><\/li><li class='news-item'><div class='image-holder'><\/div><span class='headline'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/remote-sensing-lab\/2025\/11\/20\/manuscript-in-review\/\">Manuscript in review<\/a><\/span><span class='sub-head'>Radakovic, D., Chopping, M., Cook, B., Varde, A.S., and  Robila, S. (2026)<\/span><span class='posted'>Thursday November 20, 2025<\/span><\/li><li class='news-item'><div class='image-holder'><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\"  data-original-image=\"\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2025\/07\/chopping-sustainability-seminar-april-15-24.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2025\/07\/chopping-sustainability-seminar-april-15-24.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Mark Chopping presents the April 15 Sustainability Seminar\" \/><\/div><span class='headline'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/remote-sensing-lab\/2025\/07\/30\/forest-biomass-with-the-nasa-jpl-misr-validation-with-nasa-lidar-derived-estimates\/\">Forest Biomass with the NASA, JPL MISR: Validation with NASA Lidar-Derived Estimates<\/a><\/span><span class='sub-head'>Dr. Mark Chopping presents a Sustainability Seminar Talk<\/span><span class='posted'>Wednesday July 30, 2025<\/span><\/li><li class='news-item'><div class='image-holder'><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\"  data-original-image=\"\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2025\/07\/data-map-united-states.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2025\/07\/data-map-united-states.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"False color composite image: RGB = composited NIR, Red, Green Bidirectional Reflectance Factors Black: missing data, non-land areas. View of US\" \/><\/div><span class='headline'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/remote-sensing-lab\/2025\/07\/30\/two-decades-of-changes-in-forest-biomass-in-the-contiguous-united-states-from-nasas-multiangle-imaging-spectro-radiometer\/\">Two Decades of Changes in Forest Biomass in the Contiguous United States from NASA\u2019s Multiangle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer<\/a><\/span><span class='sub-head'>Spring 2025 Sabbatical Project Progress for Dr. Mark Chopping<\/span><span class='posted'>Wednesday July 30, 2025<\/span><\/li><li class='news-item'><div class='image-holder'><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-background\"  data-original-image=\"\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2023\/07\/agb-change-2000-2022.jpg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2023\/07\/agb-change-2000-2022.jpg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"AGB Change in 2022 over 2000 in Northern California\" \/><\/div><span class='headline'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/remote-sensing-lab\/2023\/07\/05\/research-presented-at-multiple-nasa-meetings\/\">Research Presented at Multiple NASA Meetings<\/a><\/span><span class='posted'>Wednesday July 5, 2023<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Remote Sensing Laboratory is located in the Department of Earth and Environmental Studies (EAES). Research activities in the lab are sponsored by\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/topics\/earth\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">NASA<\/a>. Current projects to use data from NASA&#8217;s Earth Observing System satellite instruments to map forest and shrubs in desert grasslands in the southwestern US and in Arctic tundra.<\/p>\n<p>Previous projects sought to exploit data from the Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS) flown on the Proba satellite (sponsored by the\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA\" target=\"_blank\">European Space Agency<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>A research focus is the use of data from the unique\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">NASA\/JPL Multiangle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (MISR)<\/a>, including cutting-edge work on mapping canopy height as well as crown cover; and mapping woody plant cover and community type in desert grasslands and Arctic tundra.<\/p>\n<p>The Lab&#8217;s members have included faculty, post-doctoral research associates, and graduate and undergraduate students.<\/p>\n<h2>Relevant courses include<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>EAES 311 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing of the Environment (undergraduate)<\/li>\n<li>EAES 511 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing of the Environment (graduate)<\/li>\n<li>EAES 611 Advanced Environmental Remote Sensing and Image Processing (graduate)<\/li>\n<li>EAES 210 Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing (2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab )<\/li>\n<li>EAES 310 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (3 hours lab)<\/li>\n<li>EAES 410 Advanced Topics in GIScience (3 hours lecture)<\/li>\n<li>EAES 610 Spatial Analysis<\/li>\n<li>EAES 710 Advanced Geographic Information Systems<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Certificate Program in Geographic Information Science<\/li>\n<li>Independent Study at various levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/above.nasa.gov\/cgi-bin\/above\/inv_pgp.pl?pgid=3383\" target=\"_blank\">Changes in Shrub Abundance and Albedo in Arctic Tundra&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Changes in Shrub Abundance in Arctic Tundra&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Forest and shrub mapping with NASA EOS multiangle remote sensing data (MISR, MODIS)&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click to zoom:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2019\/01\/heights-graph.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2019\/01\/heights-graph.png\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2019\/01\/heights-graph.png.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"heights graph\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>Purple line: MISR\/SGM forest canopy height (m)\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Blue line: US Forest Service Canopy Height (m)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>random samples, screened for topographic shading<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s important to note that the Forest Service and MISR\/GO maps were made using completely different methods. The MISR\/GO estimates of fractional woody plant cover and canopy height are not calibrated or scaled, relying only on the geometric-optical model adjusted against MISR data.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mapping Carbon Pools in Desert Grasslands using EOS Multi-Angle Data<\/li>\n<li>Physical Structure of Desert Grasslands using Multiple View Angle Data from CHRIS<\/li>\n<li>Dramatic Changes in Urban Area in Inner Mongolia:\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/IGARSS.2007.4423222\" target=\"_blank\">Dramatic Changes in Urban Area in Inner Mongolia Paper (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/remote-sensing-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/192\/2021\/12\/expansion-of-urban-area-in-the-yellow-river-zone-inner-mongolia-autonomous-region-china-from-dmsp-ols-nighttime-lights-data-poster.pdf\">Dramatic Changes in Urban Area in Inner Mongolia Poster (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Multi-angle remote sensing from the air and associated field data<\/li>\n<li>BRDF Applications in Semiarid Grassland Monitoring with the AVHRRs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Support<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">NASA Earth Observing System (EOS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/cce.nasa.gov\/cce\/terrestrial.htm\" target=\"_blank\">NASA Terrestrial Ecology Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/lcluc.umd.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">NASA LCLUC program<\/a><\/li>\n<li>European Space Agency CHRIS-PROBA Mission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Remote Sensing Laboratory is located in the Department of Earth and Environmental Studies (EAES). Research activities in the lab are sponsored by\u00a0NASA. Current projects to use data from NASA&#8217;s Earth Observing System satellite instruments to map forest and shrubs in desert grasslands in the southwestern US and in Arctic tundra. 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