NTSG publications

A Remotely Sensed Global Terrestrial Drought Severity Index

Mu, Q., M. Zhao, J. S. Kimball, N. McDowell and S. W. Running

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 94, Number 1, page 83--98 - jan 2013 (doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00213.1)

Satellite-derived estimates of forest leaf area index in southwest Western Australia are not tightly coupled to interannual variations in rainfall: implications for groundwater decline in a drying climate

Smettem, K. R. J., R. H. Waring, J. N. Callow, M. Wilson and Q. Mu

Climate Change Biology, page 1--12 - may 2013 (doi: 10.1111/gcb.12223)

Restoring Salmon Habitat For A Changing Climate

Beechie, T., H. Imaki, J. Greene, A. Wade, H. Wu, G. Pess, P. Roni, J. S. Kimball, J. A. Stanford, P. Kiffney and N. Mantua

River Research and Applications - jul 2012 (doi: 10.1002/rra.2590)

Satellite microwave remote sensing for environmental modeling of mosquito population dynamics

Chuang, T., G. M. Henebry, J. S. Kimball, D. L. VanRoekel-Patton, M. B. Hildreth and M. C. Wimberly

Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 125, page 147--156 - oct 2012 (doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.07.018)

Application of QuickSCAT Backscatter to SMAP Validation Planning: Freeze/Thaw State Over ALECTRA Sites in Alaska From 2000 to 2007

Colliander, A., K. C. McDonald, R. Zimmermann, R. Schroeder, J. S. Kimball and E. Njoku

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Volume 50, Number 2, page 461--468 - feb 2012 (doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2174368)

Observations and assessment of forest carbon dynamics following disturbance in North America

Goetz, S., B. Bond-Lamberty, B. E. Law, J. A. Hicke, C. Huang, R. A. Houghton, S. G. McNulty, T. O'Halloran, M. E. Harmon, A. J. H. Meddens, E. M. Pfeifer, D. J. Mildrexler and E. S. Kasischke

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 117, page 1--17 - jun 2012 (doi: 10.1029/2011JG001733)

Reconciling satellite with ground data to estimate forest productivity at national scales

Hasenauer, H., R. Petritsch, M. Zhao, C. Boisvenue and S. W. Running

Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 276, page 196--208 - may 2012 (doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.03.022)

North American Carbon Program (NACP) regional interim synthesis: Terrestrial biospheric model intercomparison

Huntzinger, D. N., W. M. Post, Y. Wei, A. M. Michalak, T. O. West, A. R. Jacobson, I. T. Baker, J. M. Chen, K. J. Davis, D. J. Hayes, F. M. Hoffman, A. K. Jain, S. Liu, A. D. McGuire, R.P. Neilson, C. Potter, B. Poulter, D. Price, B. M. Raczka, H. Q. Tian, P. E. Thornton, E. Tomelleri, N. Viovy, J. Xiao, W. Yuan, N. Zeng, M. Zhao and R. Cook

Ecological Modelling, Volume 232, page 144--157 - may 2012 (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.02.004)

Satellite passive microwave detection of North America start of season

Jones, M.O., J. S. Kimball, L. A. Jones and K. C. McDonald

Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 123, page 324--333 - may 2012 (doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.025)

Terrestrial biosphere model performance for inter-annual variability of land-atmosphere CO2 exchange

Keenan, T. F., I. Baker, A. Barr, P. Ciais, K. J. Davis, M. Dietze, D. Dragon, C. M. Gough, R. Grant, D. Y. Hollinger, K. Hufkens, B. Poulter, H. McCaughey, B. M. Raczka, Y. Ryu, K. Schaefer, H. Tian, H. Verbeeck, M. Zhao and A. D. Richardson

Global Change Biology, Volume 18, Number 4, page 1971--1987 - mar 2012 (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02678.x)

Satellite detection of increasing Northern Hemisphere non-frozen seasons from 1979 to 2008: Implications for regional vegetation growth

Kim, Y., J. S. Kimball, K. Zhang and K. C. McDonald

Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 121, page 472--487 - feb 2012 (doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.02.014)

Impacts of climate change on August stream discharge in the Central-Rocky Mountains

Leppi, J. C., T. H. DeLuca, S. W. Harrar and S. W. Running

Climatic Change, Volume 112, Number 3-4, page 997--1014 - jun 2012 (doi: 10.1007/s10584-011-0235-1)

Remote Sensing Evaluation of CLM4 GPP for the Period 2000–09*

Mao, J., P. E. Thornton, X. Shi, M. Zhao and W. M. Post

Journal of Climate, Volume 25, page 5327–-5342 - aug 2012 (doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00401.1)

An assessment of the carbon balance of arctic tundra: comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions

McGuire, A. D., T. R. Christensen, D. J. Hayes, A. Heroult, S. E. Euskirchen, Y. Yi, J. S. Kimball, C. Koven, P. Lafleur, J. R. Miller, W. C. Oechel, P. Peylin and M. Williams

Biogeosciences Discussions, Volume 9, page 4543--4594 - apr 2012 (doi: 10.5194/bgd-9-4543-2012)

Remote Sensing and Modeling of Global Evapotranspiration

Mu, Q., M. Zhao and S. W. Running

Multiscale Hydrologic Remote Sensing: Perspectives and Applications, Ni-Bin Chang (Ed.), Taylor and Francis Group, page 443--479 - 2012

A Measurable Planetary Boundary for the Biosphere

Running, S. W.

Science, Volume 337, Number 6101, page 1458--1459 - sep 2012 (doi: 10.1126/science.1227620 )

Global Bioenergy Capacity as Constrained by Observed Biospheric Productivity Rates

Smith, W. K., M. Zhao and S. W. Running

BioScience, Volume 62, Number 10, page 911--922 - oct 2012 (doi: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.10.11)

Bioenergy Potential of the United States Constrained by Satellite Observations of Existing Productivity

Smith, W. K., C. C. Cleveland, S. C. Reed, N. L. Miller and S. W. Running

Environmental Science and Technology - feb 2012 (doi: 10.1021/es203935d)

Satellite Microwave remote sensing of contrasting surface water inundation changes within the Arctic–Boreal Region

Watts, J. D., J. S. Kimball, L. A. Jones, R. Schroeder and K. C. McDonald

Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 127, page 223--236 - sep 2012 (doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.09.003)

A Riverscape Analysis Tool Developed to Assist Wild Salmon Conservation Across the North Pacific Rim

Whited, D. C., J. S. Kimball, J. A. Lucotch, N. K. Maumenee, H. Wu, S. D. Chilcote and J. A. Stanford

American Fisheries Society, Volume 37, Number 7, page 305--314 - jul 2012