Research Foci

Research in the Center for Remote Sensing focuses on three core domains of the Earth system: terrestrial systems, marine systems, and the atmosphere.  We use data and imagery from multiple sources to characterize and model the properties and dynamics of each domain, at spatial scales that range from individual field plots to the entire planet.

Terrestrial Remote Sensing

• Mark Friedl – land surface climatology, global land cover dynamics, land surface phenology
• Ranga Myneni – vegetation remote sensing and climate-vegetation interactions
• Valerie Pasquarella – remote sensing and ecology, mapping and monitoring of landscape dynamics
• Curtis Woodcock – remote sensing of land cover and land cover change, terrestrial carbon dynamics
• Paulo Arevalo – remote sensing of land cover, land use change, fire disturbance, and forest carbon emissions.

Marine and Atmospheric Remote Sensing

• Cédric Fichot – marine optics,  coastal and estuarine biogeochemistry, photochemistry, water quality
• Jeffrey Geddes – remote sensing of atmospheric chemistry, air quality

For more information, please follow the links to pages describing research and academic programs in the center.