Publications

Publications Found: 13
Three-Dimensional Canopy Fuel Loading Predicted Using Upward And Downward Sensing LiDAR Systems
Skowronski, N. S., Clark, K. L., Duveneck, M., Hom, J.

We calibrated upward sensing profiling and downward sensing scanning LiDAR systems to estimates of canopy fuel loading developed from field plots and allometric equations, and then used the LiDAR datasets to predict canopy bulk density (CBD) and crown fuel weight (CFW) in wildfire prone stands in the New Jersey Pinelands. …


Journal: Remote Sensing Of Environment, Volume 115 (2): 703-714 (2011), ISBN . DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.10.012 Sites: US-Ced

Invasive Insects Impact Forest Carbon Dynamics
Clark, K. L., Skowronski, N., Hom, J.

Invasive insects can impact ecosystem functioning by altering carbon, nutrient, and hydrologic cycles. In this study, we used eddy covariance to measure net CO2 exchange with the atmosphere (NEE), and biometric measurements to characterize net ecosystem productivity (NEP) in oak- and pine-dominated forests that were defoliated …


Journal: Global Change Biology, Volume 16 (1): 88-101 (2010), ISBN . DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01983.x Sites: US-Ced, US-Slt

Remotely Sensed Measurements Of Forest Structure And Fuel Loads In The Pinelands Of New Jersey
SKOWRONSKI, N., CLARK, K., NELSON, R., HOM, J., PATTERSON, M.

We used a single-beam, first return profiling LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) measurements of canopy height, intensive biometric measurements in plots, and Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data to quantify forest structure and ladder fuels (defined as vertical fuel continuity between the understory and canopy) in the New Jersey …


Journal: Remote Sensing Of Environment, Volume 108 (2): 123-129 (2007), ISBN . DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.09.032 Sites: US-Ced, US-Slt