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Submissions from 2015

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Using the Landsat data archive to assess long-term regional forest dynamics assessment in Eastern Europe, 1985-2012, S. Turubanova, P. Potapov, A. Krylov, A. Tyukavina, Jessica L. McCarty, V. C. Radeloff, and M. C. Hansen

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Combined imaging technologies for concrete bridge deck condition assessment, Khatereh Vaghefi, Theresa M. Ahlborn, Devin K. Harris, and Colin Brooks

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A spatial classification and database for management, research, and policy making: The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework, Lizhu Wang, Catherine M. Riseng, Lacey A. Mason, Kevin E. Wehrly, Edward S. Rutherford, James E. McKenna Jr., Chris Castiglione, Lucinda B. Johnson, Dana M. Infante, Scott Sowa, Mike Robertson, Jeff Schaeffer, Mark Khoury, John Gaiot, Tom Hollenhorst, Colin N. Brooks, and Mark Coscarelli

Submissions from 2014

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Low cost infrared and near infrared sensors for UAVs, Samuel T. Aden, James P. Bialas, Zachary Champion, Eugene Levin, and Jessica L. McCarty

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It’s not easy going green: obstacles to tree-planting programs in East Baltimore, Matt Battaglia, Geoffrey L. Buckley, Michael Galvin, and Morgon Grove

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Santa Ana winds and predictors of wildfire progression in Southern California, Michael Billmire, Nancy H. F. French, Tatiana Loboda, Robert Chris Owen, and Marlene Tyner

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Improving soil moisture retrieval with polarimetric SAR data, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez

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Detection of forested wetlands with active remote sensing, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Megan Lang, Sarah L. Endres, Michael Battaglia, Elizabeth Banda, and Kirk Scarbrough

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Mapping the U.S. and Canadian coastal Great Lakes wetlands and stressors, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Michael J. Battaglia, Sarah L. Endres, Zachary M. Laubach, Mary Ellen Miller, and Elizabeth C. Banda

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Developing Remote Sensing Products for Monitoring and Modeling Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Vulnerability to Climate Change and Land Use, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Mary Ellen Miller, Michael Battaglia, Elizabeth Banda, Sarah L. Endres, William Currie, Kenneth Elgersma, Nancy H. F. French, Deborah Goldberg, and David Hyndman

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Implementing assessment of unpaved road condition with high-resolution aerial remote sensing, C. N. Brooks, Timothy Colling, Chris Roussi, Caesar Singh, David B. Dean, and Melanie Watkins

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Using a satellite time-series dataset to analyze growth of cladophora and other submerged aquatic vegetation in the Great Lakes, Colin Neil Brooks, Amanda G. Grimm, Robert A. Shuchman, Michael J. Sayers, and Martin T. Auer

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Do respiratory cycle-related EEG changes or arousals from sleep predict neurobehavioral deficits and response to adenotonsillectomy in children?, Ronald D. Chervin, Susan L. Garetz, Deborah L. Ruzicka, Elise K. Hodges, Bruno J. Giordani, James E. Dillon, Barbara T. Felt, Timothy F. Hoban, Kenneth E. Guire, Louise M. O'Brien, and Joseph W. Burns

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Transportation infrastructure assessment with high-resolution remote sensing, David B. Dean, C. N. Brooks, Chris Roussi, Timothy Colling, Thomas Oommen, Timothy C. Havens, Theresa M. Ahlborn, Richard Dobson, and Melanie J. Kueber

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Transportation infrastructure assessment with high resolution remote sensing, David B. Dean, Colin N. Brooks, Richard Dobson, Chris Roussi, Timothy Colling, Theresa M. Ahlborn, Thomas Oommen, Timothy C. Havens, and Melanie J. Kueber

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Collecting decision support system data through remote sensing of unpaved roads, Richard J. Dobson, Timothy Colling, Colin Neil Brooks, Chris Roussi, Melanie Watkins, and David B. Dean

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Collecting decision support system data through remote sensing of unpaved roads, Richard J. Dobson, Timothy Colling, Colin Neil Brooks, Chris Roussi, Melanie Kueber Watkins, and David B. Dean

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The Great Lakes Optical Properties Geospatial Database, Kevin Arthur Endsley, Michael J. Sayers, Robert A. Shuchman, Colin Neil Brooks, and George Leshkevich

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Long-term trends in lake-wide phytoplankton productivity in the Upper Great Lakes: 1998-2013, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, Foad Yousef, Michael J. Sayers, S. A. Pothoven, and Robert A. Shuchman

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Assessment of Fire Occurrence and Future Fire Potential in Arctic Alaska, Nancy H. F. French, Liza K. Jenkins, Tatiana Loboda, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, and Matthew A. Whitley

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Modeling regional-scale wildland fire emissions with the wildland fire emissions information system, Nancy H. F. French, Donald McKenzie, Tyler Erickson, Benjamin Koziol, Michael Billmire, K. A. Endsley, Naomi K. Yager Scheinerman, Liza K. Jenkins, Mary Ellen Miller, Roger Ottmar, and Susan Prichard

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Burn scar mapping on Mount Kenya, Central Kenya using landsat data, Mary Henry, John K. Maingi, Meghan Sheehan, and Jessica L. McCarty

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The Arctic in the Anthropocene: Emerging research questions, Henry P. Huntington, Stephanie Pfirman, Carin Ashjian, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Jennifer A. Francis, Sven Haakanson, Robert Hawley, Taqulik Hepa, David Hik, Larry Hinzman, Amanda Lynch, A. Michael Macrander, Gifford H. Miller, Kate Moran, Ellen S. Mosley-Thompson, Samuel B. Makusa, Tom Weingartner, Maggie Walser, Lauren Everett, Lara Henry, Elizabeth Finkelman, Rita Gaskins, Shelly Freeland, Rob Greenway, James C. White, Waleed Abdalati, Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Julie Brigham-Grette, John Cassano, Jennifer A. Francis, Eileen E. Hofmann, Ellen S. Mosley-Thompson, George B. Newton, Rafe Pomerance, Caryn Rea, Gaius R. Shaver, Katey Walter Anthony, Allan T. Weatherwax, Terry Wilson, Deneb Karentz, Amanda Staudt, Laurie Geller, and Amanda Purcell

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Trends in precipitation, runoff, and evapotranspiration for rivers draining to the Gulf of Maine in the United States, T G. Huntington and Michael Billmire

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Temporal and Spatial Trends in Soil Moisture in Arctic Alaska, Liza K. Jenkins, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Nancy H. F. French, and M C. Chavez

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Development of methods for detection and monitoring of fire disturbance in the Alaskan tundra using a two-decade long record of synthetic aperture radar satellite images, Liza K. Jenkins, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Nancy H. F. French, Tatiana V. Loboda, and Brian Thelen

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Melt water input from the Bering Glacier watershed into the Gulf of Alaska, Edward G. Josberger, Robert Shuchman, Liza K. Jenkins, and K. A. Endsley

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and multispectral scanner (MSS) studies examine coastal environments influenced by mining, Charlie Kerfoot, Martin M. Hobmeier, Foad Yousef, Sarah A. Green, Robert Regis, Colin Brooks, Robert Shuchman, Jamey Anderson, and Molly Reif

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Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and multispectral scanner (MSS) studies examine coastal environments influenced by mining, W. Charles Kerfoot, Martin M. Hobmeier, Foad Yousef, Sarah A. Green, Robert Regis, Colin N. Brooks, Robert Shuchman, Jamey Anderson, and Molly Reif

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Remote sensing estimates of stand-replacement fires in Russia, 2002–2011, Alexander Krylov, Jessica L. McCarty, Peter Potapov, Tatiana Loboda, Alexandra Tyukavina, Svetlana Turubanova, and Matthew Hansen

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Management implications of Cladophora resurgence in the Great Lakes, A. Kuczynski and M. T. Auer

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Use of RADARSAT-2 and ALOS-PALSAR SAR images for wetland mapping in New Brunswick, Armand LaRocque, Brigitte Leblon, Renata Woodward, Michael Mordini, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Antony Landon, Nancy H. F. French, Jessica L. McCarty, Tom Huntington, and Phil Camill

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Developing an effective approach for vernal pools mapping, Y. M. Lee, H. Enander, and Michael Battaglia

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Management and climate contributions to satellite-derived active fire trends in the contiguous United States, Hsiao-Wen Lin, Jessica L. McCarty, Dongdong Wang, Brendan M. Rogers, Douglas C. Morton, G. James Collatz, Yufang Jin, and James T. Randerson

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Initial results from the workshop on Developing a Great Lakes remote sensing community, L. Liou, Robert Shuchman, S. Greb, George Leshkevich, J. Bratton, J. Read, J. Lekki, Colin Brooks, and Amanda Grimm

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Anthropogenic Fire in Central Europe, Jessica L. McCarty

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The role of environmental, socioeconomic, institutional, and land-cover/ land-use change factors to explain the pattern and drivers of anthropogenic fires in post-Soviet Eastern Europe: a case study comparison of Belarus, European Russia, and Lithuania, Jessica L. McCarty, Peter Potapov, Alexander Prishchepov, Svetlana Turubanova, Matthew C. Hansen, Vladimir Romanenkov, Dmitri Rukhovitch, Polina Koroleva, and Maxim Dubinin

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Spectral detection of near-surface moisture content and water-table position in northern peatland ecosystems, Karl M. Meingast, Michael J. Falkowski, Evan S. Kane, Lynette R. Potvin, Brian W. Benscoter, Alistair M.S. Smith, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, and Mary Ellen Miller

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Image fusion combining SEM and ToF-SIMS images, Tammy Milillo, Robert Hard, Brett Yatzor, Mary Ellen Miller, and Joseph Gardella

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Rapid response tools and datasets for post-fire erosion modeling: linking remote sensing and process-based hydrological models to support post-fire remediation, Mary Ellen Miller, William J. Elliot, K. A. Endsley, P. R. Robichaud, and Michael Billmire

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Extending Great Lakes remote sensing products to stakeholders through GLOS, Coastwatch, and custom portals, Nicholas Molen, Colin Neil Brooks, Robert A. Shuchman, Michael J. Sayers, Nathaniel L. Jessee, and Kevin Arthur Endsley

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Using Satellite Imagery to Improve the Characterization of Crop Residue Burning Emissions in the US National Emission Inventory, T. E. Pierce, G. Pouliot, V. Rao, Jessica L. McCarty, and A. J. Soja

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Eastern Europe's forest cover dynamics from 1985 to 2012 quantified from the full Landsat archive, Peter V. Potapov, S. A. Turubanova, Alexander M. Krylov, Jessica L. McCarty, V. C. Radeloff, and Matthew C. Hansen

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Mapping harmful algal blooms in the Laurentian Great Lakes: an analysis of HAB occurrences since 2002, Zachary B. Raymer, Robert A. Shuchman, Michael J. Sayers, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, and Colin Neil Brooks

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A fast algorithm for automatic removal of mirror side banding from MODIS oceancolor imagery, Reid W. Sawtell and Michael J. Sayers

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Long term chlorophyll observations in the Great Lakes from oceancolor satellite data using multiple retrieval approaches, Michael Sayers, Robert A. Shuchman, George Leshkevich, and J. Traub

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Quantitative sleep stage analysis as a window to neonatal neurologic function, Renee A. Shellhaas, Joseph W. Burns, John D. E. Barks, and Ronald D. Chervin

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Sleep-wake cycling and cerebral oxygen metabolism among critically ill neonates, Renée A. Shellhass, Joseph W. Burns, Stephanie A. Wiggins, Mary K. Christensen, and John DE Barks

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A satellite algorithm tool box for the Great Lakes, Robert A. Shuchman, Michael J. Sayers, George Leshkevich, and Gary L. Fahnenstiel

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Hybrid decision and data adaptive antenna array processing for collision avoidance radar, Nikola Subotic, Liping Li, Paul Schmalenberg, Jae S. Lee, and Koji Shiozaki

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Autonomous scour sensing for bio-inspired magnetostrictive flow sensors, R. Andrew Swartz, Alison B. Flatau, Colin Neil Brooks, Brian D. Barkdoll, Souk-Min Na, and Kevin Arthur Endsley

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Bio-inspired magnetostrictive whisker sensors for autonomous bridge scour sensing, R. Andrew Swartz, Alison B. Flatau, Colin Neil Brooks, Brian D. Barkdoll, Suok-Min Na, and Kevin Arthur Endsley

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Novel approach for assessing uncertainty propagation via information-theoretic divergence metrics and multivariate Gaussian Copula modeling, Brian J. Thelen, Chris J. Rickerd, and Joseph W. Burns

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Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database, T. T. van Leeuwen, G. R. van der Werf, A. A. Hoffmann, R. G. Detmers, G. Rücker, Nancy H. F. French, S. Archibald, J. A. Carvalho Jr, G. D. Cook, William J. de Groot, C. Hély, Eric S. Kasischke, S. Kloster, Jessica McCarty, M. L. Pettinari, P. Savadogo, E. C. Alvarado, L. Boschetti, S. Manuri, C. P. Meyer, F. Siegert, L. A. Trollope, and W. S. W. Trollope

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Satellite observations of long term trends in optical properties of the upper Great Lakes, Foad Yousef, Robert A. Shuchman, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, and Michael J. Sayers

Submissions from 2013

Sleep stage dynamics before and after treatment in young adults with major depressive disorder, J. Arnedt, J. W. Burns, L. Swanson, H. Bertram, A. Mooney, R. R. Dopp, and R. Armitage

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Wave propagation model for coherent scattering from a randomly distributed target, D. K. Atwood, B. Matthiss, Liza K. Jenkins, Shimon Wdowinski, Sang-Hoon Hong, and Batuhan Osmanoglu

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Vulnerability of North American boreal peatlands to interactions between climate, hydrology, and wildland fires, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Liza K. Jenkins, Eric S. Kasischke, Merritt Turetsky, Brian W. Benscoter, E. J. Banda, Erik J. Boren, Sarah L. Endres, and Michael G. Billmire

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Assessment of polarimetric SAR data for discrimination between wet versus dry soil moisture conditions, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Brigitte Leblon, Francois Charbonneau, and Joseph R. Buckley

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Evaluation of polarimetric Radarsat-2 SAR data for development of soil moisture retrieval algorithms over a chronosequence of black spruce boreal forests, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Brigitte Leblon, Francois Charbonneau, and Joseph R. Buckley

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Coastal Great Lakes detection and mapping of the invasive Phragmites australis wetland species with ALOS PALSAR imagery, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Kirk A. Scarbrough, Liza K. Jenkins, K Riordan, Richard Powell, C. N. Brooks, K. P. Kowalski, M. Carlson Mazur, Zachary Laubach, Elizabeth Banda, and B. J. Huberty

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Characterization of unpaved road conditions through the use of remote sensing, Colin Neil Brooks, Timonthy Colling, Christopher Roussi, Caesar Singh, David B. Dean, and Richard J. Dobson

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Creating a representative Lake Erie time series of remote sensing-based water quality data sets, Colin Neil Brooks, Robert A. Shuchman, Amanda G. Grimm, Michael J. Sayers, Zachary B. Raymer, Nathaniel L. Jessee, L. Liou, and David M. Banach

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Remote sensing time series observations of Lake Michigan Water Quality Parameters, Colin Brooks, Robert Shuchman, Amanda Grimm, Michael Sayers, Z. Raymer, N. Jesse, David M. Banach, and G. Leshkevich

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Radar Measurements of NHTSA’s Surrogate Vehicle ‘SS-V’, William Buller, Brian Wilson, James Ebling, Line van Nieuwstadt, and Benjamin E. Hart

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Statistical modelling of measured automotive radar reflections, William Buller, Brian Wilson, L. van Nieuwstadt, and J. Ebling

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Distribution of stage N3 sleep before and after adenotonsillectomy in children, Joseph W. Burns, J. Fetterolf, S. Garetz, T. F. Hoban, J. E. Dillon, E. Hodges, B. Girodani, D. L. Ruzicka, and R. D. Chervin

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The face of sleepiness: Improvement in appearance after treatment of sleep apnea, Ronald D. Chervin, Deborah L. Ruzicka, Arshia Vahabzadeh, Margaret C. Burns, Joseph W. Burns, and Steven R. Buchman

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Do snoring sounds arouse the snorer?, Naricha Chirakalwasan, Deborah Ruzicka, Joseph W. Burns, and Ronald D. Chervin

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Applications of UAV-capable systems for post-disaster damage assessment of transportation infrastructure, David B. Dean, Colin Neil Brooks, Richard J. Dobson, Chris Roussi, Timonthy Colling, and Caesar Singh

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Development of geospatially enabled geographic response plans for oil spill response in the Western Basin of Lake Erie, David B. Dean, Colin Neil Brooks, and K. Arthur Endsley

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Development and application of three-dimensional optical bridge-evaluation system, Richard J. Dobson, Colin Neil Brooks, Chris Roussi, Robert A. Shuchman, Theresa M. Ahlborn, and David B. Dean

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Developing an unpaved road assessment system for practical deployment with high-resolution optical data collection using a helicopter UAV, Richard J. Dobson, Colin Brooks, Chris Roussi, and Timonthy Colling

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Using fire and erosion tools to predict wildfire risk and sediment yield, Willaim J. Elliot and Mary E. Miller

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Mapping coastal Great Lakes wetlands and adjacent land use through hybrid optical-infrared and radar image classification techniques, Sarah L. Endres, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Zachary M. Laubach, Mary Ellen Miller, Elizabeth Banda, Michael Battaglia, A. Landon, and K. Scarbrough

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Mapping prescribed burns and wildfires from Twitter with natural language processing and information retrieval techniques, Kevin A. Endsley and Jessica L. McCarty

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A model for determining satellite-derived primary productivity estimates for Lake Michigan, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, Michael J. Sayers, Robert A. Shuchman, and George Leshkevich

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A US national fuels database and map for calculating carbon emissions from wildland and prescribed fire, Nancy H. F. French

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Remote sensing for mapping and modeling carbon flux and storage, Nancy H. F. French, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Michael J. Falkowski, Scott Goetz, Liza K. Jenkins, Phil Camill, C. S. Roesler, and Daniel G. Brown

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Gaps in Data and Modeling Tools for Understanding Fire and Fire Effects in Tundra Ecosystems, Nancy H. F. French, Mary E. Miller, T. V. Lobada, Liza K. Jenkins, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, A. Suiter, and S. M. Hawkins

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Mapping cladophora and other submerged aquatic vegetation in the Great Lakes using satellite imagery, Amanda G. Grimm, Colin Neil Brooks, Michael J. Sayers, Robert A. Shuchman, Martin T. Auer, Guy Meadows, and Nathaniel L. Jessee

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Impact of aging mechanism on model simulated carbonaceous aerosols, Y. Huang, S. Wu, M. K. Dubey, and N. H.F. French

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Tundra fire effects mapping from synthetic aperture radar satellite data, Liza K. Jenkins, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Nancy H. F. French, Tatiana V. Loboda, Maria C. Chavez, and S. M. Hawkins

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Satellite-based detection and monitoring of fire and fire effects in the North American tundra, Liza K. Jenkins, Nancy H. F. French, Tatiana V. Loboda, Mary Ellen Miller, and Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez

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North Slope long-term monitoring summary list to support gap analysis, Liza K. Jenkins, John Payne, Robert A. Shuchman, and K. Arthur Endsley

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Current and historical monitoring of Saginaw Bay water quality using satellite remote sensing, Nathaniel Jessee, Robert Shuchman, Zachary B. Raymer, Michael Sayers, G. Fahnenstiel, Colin Brooks, and Amanda Grimm

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Impacts of disturbance on the terrestrial carbon budget of North America, Eric S. Kasischke, Brian D. Amiro, Nichole N. Barger, Nancy H. F. French, Scott J. Goetz, Guido Grosse, Mark E. Harmon, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Shuguang Liu, and Jeffrey G. Masek

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Advanced surrogate target development for evaluating pre-collision systems, David J. LeBlanc, Mark Gilbert, Steve Stachowski, Daniel Blower, Carol A. Flannagan, Steve Karamihas, William T. Buller, and Rini Sherony

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Mapping fire extent and burn severity in Alaskan tussock tundra: An analysis of the spectral response of tundra vegetation to wildland fire, Tatiana V. Loboda, Nancy H. F. French, C. Hight-Harf, Liza K. Jenkins, and Mary Ellen Miller

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Modeling carbon emissions from the 2002 Biscuit Fire using FARSITE for applications for future fire emissions, Jessica L. McCarty and David Banach

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Detecting and quantifying rangeland burning using remotely sensed burned area and active fire data: A case study of Western Minnesota, Jessica L. McCarty, Steve Schumacher, Amber Soja, and David M. Banach

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Record-setting algal bloom in Lake Erie caused by agricultural and meteorological trends consistent with expected future conditions, Anna M. Michalak, Eric J. Anderson, Dimitry Beletsky, Steven Boland, Nathan S. Bosch, Thomas B. Bridgeman, Justin D. Chaffin, Kyunghwa Cho, Rem Confesor, Irem Daloğlu, Jospeh V. DePinto, Mary Anne Evans, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, Lingli He, Jeff C. Ho, Liza K. Jenkins, Thomas H. Johengen, Kevin C. Kuo, Elizabeth LaPorte, Xiaojian Liu, Michael R. McWilliams, Michael R. Moore, Derek J. Posselt, R Peter Richards, Donald Scavia, Allison L. Steiner, Ed Verhamme, David M. Wright, and Melissa A. Zagorski

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Rapid Response Tools and Datasets for Post-fire Erosion Modeling: Lessons Learned from the Rock House and High Park Fires, Mary Ellen Miller and William J. Elliot

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Rapid response tools and datasets for post-fire erosion modeling: An online database to support post-fire erosion modeling, Mary Ellen Miller, A. M. Russel, Michael G. Billmire, K. Arthur Endsley, W. E. Elliot, P. R. Robichaud, L. H. MacDonald, and C. S. Renschler

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Coastal 'Big Data' and nature-inspired computation: Prediction potentials, uncertainties, and knowledge derivation of neural networks for an algal metric, David F. Millie, Gary R. Weckman, William A. Young, James E. Ivey, David P. Fries, Ehsan Ardjmand, and Gary L. Fahnenstiel

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Estimating black carbon emissions from agricultural burning, Vladimir Romanenkov, Dmitry Rukhovitch, P. Koroleva, and Jessica L. McCarty

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Spatial modeling of dry ravel in three dimensions development of Ravel RAT: The Ravel Risk Assessment Tool, A. M. Russel, Mary Ellen Miller, Peter R. Robichaud, and P. M. Wohlemuth

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High resolution satellite-based water depth mapping in the Great Lakes, Reid W. Sawtell, Michael J. Sayers, Robert A. Shuchman, Colin Neil Brooks, and Nathaniel L. Jessee

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Harmful algal bloom mapping for the Great Lakes using MODIS satellite imagery, Michael J. Sayers, Zachary B. Raymer, Robert A. Shuchman, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, and Colin Neil Brooks

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Limited short-term prognostic utility of cerebral NIRS during neonatal therapeutic hypothermia, Renée A. Shellhass, Brian J. Thelen, Jayapalli R. Bapuraj, Joseph W. Burns, Aaron W. Swenson, Mark K. Christensen, Stephanie A. Wiggins, and John D. Barks