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Submissions from 2013

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An algorithm to retrieve chlorophyll, dissolved organic carbon, and suspended minerals from Great Lakes satellite data, Robert A. Shuchman, George Leshkevich, Michael J. Sayers, Thomas H. Johengen, Colin N. Brooks, and Dmitry Pozdnyakov

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An algorithm to retrieve chlorophyll, dissolved organic carbon, and suspended minerals from Great Lakes satellite data, Robert A. Shuchman, Michael J. Sayers, G. Leshkevich, T. H. Johengen, Colin Neil Brooks, and D. Pozdnyakov

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Mapping cladophora and other submerged aquatic vegetation in the Great Lakes using satellite imagery, Robert Shuchman, Michael Sayers, Martin Auer, Colin Brooks, Amanda Grimm, and Nathaniel Jessee

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Mapping and monitoring the extent of submerged aquatic vegetation in the Laurentian Great Lakes with multi-scale satellite remote sensing, Robert Shuchman, Michael Sayers, and Colin Brooks

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

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Approaches to some non-linear inverse problems, motivated by ranging remote sensing methods, Mark Stuff

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Decision adaptive antenna array processing for collision avoidance RADAR, Nikola S. Subotic, Helen Kourous-Harrigan, Brian Wilson, L. Li, Paul Schmalenberg, Jae S. Lee, and Koji Shiozaki

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Modeling acute respiratory illness during the 2007 San Diego wildland fires using a coupled emissions-transport system and general additive modeling, Brian Thelen, Nancy H. F. French, Benjamin W. Koziol, Michael Billmire, Robert Chris Owen, Jeffrey Johnson, Michele Ginsberg, Tatiana Loboda, and Shiliang Wu

Submissions from 2012

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Measurement and communication of bridge performance with remote sensing technologies, Theresa M. Ahlborn, Khatereh Vaghefi, Devin Harris, and Colin Brooks

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Measuring and communicating bridge performance with remote sensing technologies, Theresa M. Ahlborn, Khatereh Vaghefi, Devin K. Harris, and Colin Neil Brooks

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Mapping invasive Phragmites australis in the coastal Great Lakes with ALOS PALSAR satellite imagery for decision support, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Kurt P. Kowalski, Martha L. Carlson Mazur, Kirk A. Scarbrough, Richard B. Powell, Colin Brooks, Brian Huberty, Liza K. Jenkins, Elizabeth C. Banda, David M. Galbraith, Zachary M. Laubach, and Kevin Riordan

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Mapping coastal Great Lakes wetlands and adjacent land use through hybrid optical-infrared and radar image classification techniques, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Kirk A. Scarbrough, Mary Ellen Miller, Elizabeth C. Banda, Michael J. Battaglia, Antony J. Landon, Richard B. Powell, and Colin Neil Brooks

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Mapping coastal Great Lakes wetlands and adjacent land use through hybrid optical-infrared and RADAR image classification techniques, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Kirk A. Scarbrough, Mary Ellen Miller, Elizabeth C. Banda, Michael Battaglia, Antony Landon, Richard B. Powell, and Colin Neil Brooks

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Initial direction of a project to implement a system for assessing unpaved road condition with remote sensing, Colin Brooks, Timothy Colling, and Christopher Roussi

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Remote sensing of transportation infrastructure: Bridges and unpaved roads, Colin Neil Brooks, Theresa M. Ahlborn, Devin K. Harris, Chris Roussi, Timothy Colling, and Caesar Singh

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Mapping Cladophora and other submerged aquatic vegetation in the Great Lakes using satellite imagery., Colin Brooks, Michael Sayers, Robert Shuchman, M. T. Auer, Guy Meadows, and Nathaniel Jessee

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Radar characterization of automobiles and surrogate test-targets for evaluating automotive pre-collision systems, William T. Buller and David J. LeBlanc

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Respiratory cycle-related EEG changes: Response to CPAP, Ronald D. Chervin, Anita Valanju Shelgikar, and Joseph W. Burns

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Respiratory cycle-related EEG changes: Response to CPAP, Ronald D. Chervin, Anita Valanju Shelgikar, and Joseph W. Burns

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A water monitoring and information system for Lake Superior: A web portal with real-time buoy and vessel data for climate and ecosystem studies, K. Arthur Endsley, Colin Neil Brooks, Tyler A. Erickson, Robert A. Shuchman, and Michael J. Sayers

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Comparisons of MODIS-Derived Lake Surface Temperature with Coincident MTU/GLOS Buoy Data in Lake Superior, Sarah A. Green, Guy Meadows, Robert Shuchman, Charlie Kerfoot, G. A. Lang, and David Dean

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Economic evaluation of commercial remote sensors for bridge health monitoring, Qiang Hong, Richard Wallace, Theresa M. Ahlborn, Colin N. Brooks, Eric Paul Dennis, and Mike Forster

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Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and multispectral studies of disturbed Lake Superior coastal environments, W. Charles Kerfoot, Foad Yousef, Sarah A. Green, Robert Regis, Robert Shuchman, Colin N. Brooks, Michael Sayers, Bruce Sabol, and Mark Graves

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Multi-year black carbon emissions from cropland burning in the russian federation, Jessica L. McCarty, Evan A. Ellicott, Vladimir Romanenkov, Dmitry Rukhovitch, and Polina Koroleva

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National database for calculating fuel available to wildfires, Donald McKenzie, Nancy H. F. French, and Roger D. Ottmar

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Multi-scale GIS data-driven method for early assessment of wetlands impacted by transportation corridors, Rodrigo Nobrega, Colin Brooks, Charles O'Hara, and Bethany Stich

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Generation of an operational algorithm to retrieve chlorophyll, dissolved organic carbon, and suspended minerals from satellite data of the Great Lakes, D. Pozdnyakov, Robert A. Shuchman, George Leshkevich, Michael J. Sayers, Thomas H. Johengen, and Colin Neil Brooks

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Mapping harmful algae blooms (HABs) in the Great Lakes using MODIS and MERIS satellite data, Michael J. Sayers, Robert A. Shuchman, A. J. Vander Woude, Colin Neil Brooks, Gary Fahnenstiel, and George Leshkevich

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Mapping invasive Phragmites australis in the coastal Great Lakes with ALOS PALSAR Satellite Imagery for Decision Support, Kirk A. Scarbrough, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Kurt P. Kowalski, M. L. Carlson Mazur, Richard B. Powell, Colin Brooks, Brian Huberty, Liza K. Jenkins, Elizabeth Banda, D. M. Gailbraith, Zachary Laubach, and Kevin Riordan

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The contributions of the global fiducial program to the long-term satellite monitoring of the Bering Glacier, Alaska, Robert A. Shuchman, K. Arthur Endsley, Liza K. Jenkins, Edward G. Josberger, B. F. Molnia, Chris Roussi, and G. W. Bawden

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The Lake Superior water monitoring and information system, Robert A. Shuchman, Chris Roussi, W. Charles Kerfoot, Sarah A. Green, Guy Meadows, Tyler A. Erickson, Colin Neil Brooks, K. Arthur Endsley, Michelle Wienert, Michael J. Sayers, Nathaniel Jessee, Jamey Anderson, and Michael Abbott

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Satellite derived primary productivity estimates for Lake Michigan, Robert A. Shuchman, Michael J. Sayers, Colin Neil Brooks, G. Fahnenstiel, and George Leshkevich

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A satellite algorithm for river plume mapping within the Great Lakes basin, A. J. Vander Woude, Michael J. Sayers, Robert A. Shuchman, Nathaniel L. Jessee, Colin Neil Brooks, and Zachary B. Raymer

Submissions from 2011

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The impact of Santa Ana winds on wildland fire regimes, Michael G. Billmire, Tatiana V. Loboda, Nancy H. F. French, and Marlene Tyner

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Large-scale invasive phragmites mapping, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez

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Updated invasive phragmites mapping methods and results for the Great Lakes Region, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Liza K. Jenkins, Richard B. Powell, Colin Neil Brooks, Kirk A. Scarbrough, Kevin Riordan, M. Carlson Mazur, Kurt P. Kowalski, and Brian J. Huberty

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Mapping and monitoring of invasive phragmites in the coastal Great Lakes using radar imagery, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Richard B. Powell, Liza K. Jenkins, Colin Neil Brooks, Tyler A. Erickson, M. C. Mazur, Kurt P. Kowalski, Brian J. Huberty, and Kevin Riordan

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Detecting and mapping invasive phragmites australis in the coastal Great Lakes with ALOS PALSAR imagery, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Kirk Scarbrough, Liza K. Jenkins, Kevin Riordan, Richard B. Powell, Colin N. Brooks, Kurt P. Kowalski, M. Carlson Manzur, and Brian Huberty

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Mapping invasive Phragmites with satellite imaging radar in the coastal Great Lakes, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Kirk A. Scarbrough, Liza K. Jenkins, Colin Brooks, Richard B. Powell, Elizabeth Banda, Zach Laubach, Kevin Riordan, Martha L. Carlson Mazur, and Kurt Kowalski

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Detecting and Mapping Invasive Phragmites australis in the coastal Great Lakes with ALOS PALSAR imagery, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, K. Scarbrough, Liza K. Jenkins, K. Riordan, R. B. Powell, Colin Brooks, K. Kowalski, M. Carlson Mazur, and B. Huberty

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Assessing bridge condition using remote sensing, C. N. Brooks, Theresa M. Ahlborn, Devin Harris, Larry Sutter, Robert Shuchman, Joseph W. Burns, K. A. Endsley, Khatereh Vaghefi, Chris Roussi, Richard Dobson, and Ryan C. Hoensheid

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Using remote sensing for bridge condition evaluation, Colin Brooks and Theresa Ahlborn

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Expanding Alaska-Canada rail: Jointly visualizing revenue freight, development cost, mineral commodity value, and CO2 impacts, Colin Brooks, Helen Kourous-Harrigan, Michael Billmire, Paul Metz, D. Keefauver, Robert Shuchman, Richard Dobson, K. A. Endsley, and Mark Taylor

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Assessing impacts from historical copper mining stamps sands in the Keweenaw Peninsula through analysis of LiDAR and multispectral imagery from the US Army Corps of Engineers CHARTS System, Colin Neil Brooks, Michael J. Sayers, W. Charles Kerfoot, Robert A. Shuchman, Sarah A. Green, Bruce M. Sabol, Nathaniel L. Jessee, Foad Yousef, and K. Arthur Endsley

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Expanding Alaska-Canada rail: Jointly visualizing revenue freight, development, mineral commodity value, and impact of carbon dioxide, Colin N. Brooks, Helen Kourous-Harrigan, Michael Billmire, Paul Metz, D. Eric Keefauver, Robert A. Shuchman, Richard Dobson, K. Arthur Endsley, and Mark Taylor

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Mapping Cladophora extent in Lake Michigan using multi-scale satellite imagery, Colin Brooks, Robert Shuchman, Michael Sayers, and Martin Auer

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Automated polysomnographic assessment for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, Joseph W. Burns and Ronald D. Chervin

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Sleep stage dynamics reflect reduced sleep fragmentation when OSA is treated with CPAP, Joseph W. Burns, Anita Valanju Shelgikar, Judith L. Fetterolf, and Ronald D. Chervin

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Engineering better sleep, Ronald D. Chervin and Joseph W. Burns

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Real-time, web-based satellite tracking, K. A. Endsley

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Model comparisons for estimating carbon emissions from North American wildland fire, Nancy H. F. French, Willam J. de Groot, Liza K. Jenkins, Brendan M. Rogers, Ernesto Alvarado, Brian Amiro, Bernardus de Jong, Scott Goetz, Elizabeth Hoy, Edward Hyer, Robert Keane, B. E. Law, Donald McKenzie, Steven G. McNulty, Roger Ottmar, Diego R. Perez-Salicrup, James Randerson, Kevin M. Robertson, and Merritt Turetsky

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Vulnerability of high latitude soil organic carbon in North America to disturbance, Guido Grosse, Jennifer Harden, Merritt Turetsky, David A. McGuire, Philip Camill, Charles Tarnocai, Steve Frolking, Edward A.G. Schuur, Torre Jorgenson, Sergei Marchenko, Vladimir Romanovsky, Kimberly P. Wickland, Nancy H. F. French, Mark Waldrop, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, and Robert G. Striegl

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Estimation of absorption and backscatter values from in-situ radiometric water measurements, Chuck Hatt, George Leshkevich, Robert A. Shuchman, and Michael J. Sayers

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Quantifying burned area for North American forests: Implications for direct reduction of carbon stocks, Eric S. Kasischke, Tatiana Loboda, Louis Giglio, Nancy H. F. French, E. E. Hoy, Bernardus de Jong, and David Riano

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Burned area mapping time series in Canada (1984–1999) from NOAA-AVHRR LTDR: A comparison with other remote sensing products and fire perimeters, Jose A. Moreno Ruiz, David Riaño, Manuel Arbelo, Nancy H. F. French, Susan L. Ustin, and Michael L. Whiting

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Mapping cladophora in the Great Lakes using mulit-scale imagery, Michael Sayers, Colin Brooks, and Robert Shuchman

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Satellite based retrievals of chlorophyll, dissolved organic carbon and suspended minerals for Lake Michigan, Robert A. Shuchman, George Leshkevich, Colin Neil Brooks, Michael J. Sayers, and Chuck Hatt

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Measurements of velocity and ablation from Bering Glacier during the recent surge, Robert A. Shuchman, Chris Roussi, K. Arthur Endsley, Edward G. Josberger, and Benjamin E. Hart

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Satellite based retrievals of chlorophyll, dissolved organic carbon and suspended minerals for each of the Great Lakes, Robert Shuchman, G. Leshkevich, Michael Sayers, T. Johengen, and Colin Brooks

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Environmental change and potential impacts: applied research priorities for Alaska's North Slope, B. Streever, R. Suydam, J. F. Payne, Robert Shuchman, R. P. Angliss, G. Balogh, J. Brown, J. Grunblatt, S. Guyer, D. L. Kane, J. J. Kelley, G. Kofinas, D. R. Lassuy, W. Loya, P. Martin, S. E. Moore, W. S. Pegau, C. Rea, D. J. Reed, T. Sformo, M. Sturm, J. J. Taylor, T. Viavant, D. Williams, and D. Yokel

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Evaluation of commercially available remote sensors for highway bridge condition assessment, Khatereh Vaghefi, Renee C. Oats, Devin K. Harris, Theresa M. Ahlborn, Colin Brooks, K. Arthur Endsley, Christopher Roussi, Robert Shuchman, Joseph W. Burns, and Richard Dobson

Submissions from 2010

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Mapping the fresh-water-salt-water interface in the terminal moraine of the Bering Glacier, Austin B. Andrus, K. A. Endsley, Silvia Espino, and John S. Gierke

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Development of calibration algorithms for selected water content reflectometry probes for burned and non‐burned organic soils of Alaska, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Gordon C. Garwood, Kevin Riordan, Benjamin W. Koziol, and James Slawski

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Geospatial evaluation of riparian buffer effectiveness for watershed management, Colin Brooks, Michael Billmire, Ben Koziol, and Nancy H. F. French

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Alaskan limnological surveys using autonomous sensor platforms: low cost autonomous and automated platform prototypes conduct bathymetric and hydrographic surveys on the North Slope of Alaska, H. Brown and Liza K. Jenkins

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Satellite-derived turbidity monitoring of the ice marginal lakes at Bering Glacier, Liza K. Jenkins

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Hydrologic processes at Bering Glacier, Alaska, Edward G. Josberger, Robert Shuchman, Guy Meadows, Liza K. Jenkins, and Lorelle A. Meadows

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Documenting truck activity times at international border crossings using redesigned geofences and existing onboard systems, Mark McCord, Prem Goel, Colin Brooks, Prasenjit Kapat, Richard Wallace, Hao Dong, and D Keefauver

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Bering Glacier ablation measurements, Robert A. Shuchman, Edward G. Josberger, Charles Hatt, Chris Roussi, P. Jay Fleisher, and S. Guyer

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Remote sensing of the Bering Glacier region, Robert Shuchman, Edward G. Josberger, Liza K. Jenkins, John Payne, Charles R. Hatt, and Lucas Spaete

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Visualizing meltwater flow through snow at the centimetre-to-meter scale using a snow guillotine, Mark W. Williams, Tyler A. Erickson, and Jennifer L. Petrzelka

Works from 2009

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An outlook for sustainable forest bioenergy production in the Lake States, Dennis R. Becker, Kenneth Skog, Allison Hellman, Kathleen Halvorsen, and Terry Mace

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Improving wetland characterization with multi-sensor, multi-temporal SAR and optical/infrared data fusion, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, K. Riordan, Richard Powell, Nicole Miller, and Mitch Nowels

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Sigma band interhemispheric coherence distinguishes children with and without obstructive sleep apnea, Joseph W. Burns, E. F. Domino, J. L. Fetterolf, D. L. Ruzicka, and R. D. Chervin

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Sleep stage dynamics differ between children with and without obstructive sleep apnea, Ronald D. Chervin, Judith L. Fetterolf, Deborah L. Ruzicka, Brian T. Thelen, and Joseph W. Burns

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The wildland fire emissions information system: providing information for carbon cycle studies with open source geospatial tools, Nancy H. F. French, Tyler Erickson, and Donald McKenzie

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Remote sensing-based object-orientated approach to determine frozen lake condition, Liza K. Jenkins

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Effects of soil moisture and water depth on ERS SAR backscatter measurements from an Alaskan wetland complex, Eric S. Kasischke, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Allison R. Rober, Kevin H. Wyatt, James M. Waddington, and Merritt R. Turetsky

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Multi-temporal coastal change analysis program (C-CAP) land cover products for assessment of geospatial wetland distribution in Michigan, Benjamin W. Koziol, Nancy H. F. French, Colin Neil Brooks, and Michael G. Billmire

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Further steps towards a chlorophyll, dissolved organic carbon, and suspended mineral remote sensing algorithm for all laurential Great Lakes., Robert A. Shuchman, G. A. Leshkevish, C. R. Hatt, D. V. Pozdnyakov, A. D. Korosov, and Edward G. Josberger

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Synergistic approach to measuring lake properties using satellite and in-situ remote sensing, Robert A. Shuchman, Guy Meadows, Liza K. Jenkins, Chuck Hatt, and John F. Payne

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An analysis of coded aperture acquisition and reconstruction using multi-frame code sequences for relaxed optical design constraints, J Webster Stayman, Nikola Subotic, and William Buller

Submissions from 2008

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Monitoring fuel moisture and improving the prediction of wildfire potential in boreal Alaska with satellite C-band imaging radar, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Kevin Riordan, and Gordon Garwood

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Remotely monitoring Great Lakes coastal wetlands with mutli-temporal SAR, and mutli-spectral data, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Kevin Riordan, Nicole Miller, Mitch Nowels, and Richard B. Powell

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The connection between land use / land cover and water quality in the agricultural Upper Tiffin River watershed of Southeastern Michigan, Colin Neil Brooks

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Transportation planning research with integrated remote sensing and GIS, Colin Neil Brooks, Eric Keefauver, Richard B. Powell, Robert A. Shuchman, and Benjamin W. Koziol

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Sleep stage dynamics in fibromyalgia patients and controls, Joseph W. Burns, Leslie J. Crofford, and Ronald D. Chervin

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Comparisons of visual and automated analysis of esophageal pressures during polysomnography, Joseph W. Burns, Raman K. Malhotra, and Ronald D. Chervin

Sleep stage dynamics differ between children with and without obstructive sleep apnea, Joseph W. Burns, J. L. Wiebelhaus, D. L. Ruzicka, and R. D. Chervin

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Respiratory cycle-related EEG changes during sleep reflect esophageal pressures, Ronald D. Chervin, Raman K. Malhotra, and Joseph W. Burns

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Modern methods for web distribution of geographic datasets, Tyler Erickson

Water resource characterization and remote sensing data analysis using geostatistical techniques, Tyler Erickson

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Assessment of biomass consumption variability in forest fires using satellite remote sensing, Nancy H. F. French

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Using Landsat data to assess fire and burn severity in the North American boreal forest region: an overview and summary of results, Nancy H. F. French, Eric S. Kasischke, Ronald J. Hall, Karen A. Murphy, David L. Verbyla, Elizabeth E. Hoy, and Jennifer L. Allen

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Measurement of the mutual coherence function of an incoherent infrared field with a gold nano-wire dipole antenna array, Christopher Middlebrook, Michael Roggemann, Glenn Boreman, Nikola Subotic, Kyle Cooper, William Buller, Weidong Yang, and Javier Alda

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A multi-scale decision support system for the analysis of the effects of USDA NRCS conservation programs in Michigan, Richard B. Powell, Nancy H. F. French, Colin Neil Brooks, Michael G. Billmire, and V. Anderson

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Parametric reconstruction of internal building structures via canonical scattering mechanisms, Nikola S. Subotic, Eric Keydel, Joseph W. Burns, Andrew Morgan, Kyle Cooper, Brian T. Thelen, Brian Wilson, Wayne Williams, Sean McCarty, Bernard Lampe, Bryan Mosher, and Duane Setterdahl

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Distributed RADAR waveform design based on compressive sensing considerations, Nikola Subotic, Brian Thelen, Kyle Cooper, William T. Buller, Jason Parker, James Browning, and Howard Beyer

Sleep Dynamics, Airway Inflammation and Obstruction in Asthma Patients with Symptoms of Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SBD), M. Teodorescu, Joseph W. Burns, M. J. Coffey, P. Mancuso, W. F. Bria, F. B. Consens, D. L. Ruzicka, and R. D. Chervin

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Overcoming turbulence-induced space-variant blur by using phase-diverse speckle, Brian J. Thelen, Richard G. Paxman, David A. Carrara, and John H. Seldin