Mallory Hall 350C
Montclair State University
Phone (973) 655-4448
Fax: (973) 655-4072
Publications
* = peer-reviewed.
Publications (2006-7)
- *Chopping, M.,
Moisen, G. Su, L., Laliberte, A., Rango, A., Martonchik, J.V., and Peters, D.P.C.
(2007), Large area mapping of southwestern forest crown cover, canopy height, and
biomass using MISR, Remote Sens. Environ. accepted 02/27/07.
- Chopping, M., Su, L., Kollikkathara, N., and Urena, L. (2007), Advances in
mapping woody plant canopies using the NASA MISR instrument on Terra, IEEE Intl.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007, Barcelona, Spain, July 23-27,
2007.
- Qi, X. and Chopping, M. (2007), Expansion of urban area in the Yellow River
zone, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, from DMSP OLS nighttime lights data,
Proc. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007,
Barcelona, Spain, July 23-27, 2007.
- *Su, L., M.J. Chopping, A. Rango, J.V. Martonchik, and D.P.C. Peters (2007),
Support vector machines for recognition of semi-arid vegetation types using MISR
multi-angle imagery. Remote Sens. Environ. 107:299-311.
- *Su, L., M.J. Chopping, A. Rango, J.V. Martonchik, and D.P.C. Peters (2007),
Differentiation of semi-arid vegetation types based on multi-angular observations
from MISR and MODIS. International Journal of Remote Sensing 28(5):
1419-1424.
- *Su, L., Huang, Y., Chopping, M.J., Rango, A., and Martonchik, J.V. (2007),
Comparing the roles of topographic information and anisotropic patterns of surface
reflectance in vegetation type classification, submitted.
- *Chopping, M. J., Su, L., Laliberte, A., Rango, A., Peters, D. P. C., and
Martonchik, J. V. (2006), Mapping woody plant cover in desert grasslands using
canopy reflectance modeling and MISR data, Geophysical Research Letters 33,
L17402, doi:10.1029/2006GL027148.
- *Chopping, M., Su, L., Laliberte, A., Rango, A., Peters, D.P.C., and
Kollikkathara, N. (2006), Mapping shrub abundance in desert grasslands using
geometric-optical modeling and multiangle remote sensing with CHRIS/Proba,
Remote Sensing of Environment 104(1): 62-73. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.04.022.
- *Chopping, M., Su, L., Rango, A., Martonchik, J.V., Peters, D.P.C., and
Laliberte, A. (2006), Remote sensing of woody shrub cover in desert grasslands
using MISR with a geometric- optical canopy reflectance model, Remote Sensing of
Environment, accepted.
- Chopping, M. (2006), Progress in retrieving canopy structure parameters from
NASA multi-angle remote sensing, invited paper (Salomonson Session), 2006 IEEE
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium and 27th Canadian Symposium
on Remote Sensing (IGARSS'06), Denver, CO, July 31 - August 4, 2006.
- *Chopping, M. (2006), Terrestrial Applications of Multiangle Remote Sensing, in
Advances in Land Remote Sensing: System, Modeling, Inversion and
Applications, S. Liang, ed., Springer- Verlag, accepted.
Previous Publications (before 2006)
- Chopping, M., Diner, D.J. (2005), Workshop on Ecological Modeling using NASA
Multiangle Remote Sensing, Greenbelt, MD, September 20, 2005, The Earth
Observer, November-December 2005 edition, EOS Project Science Office,
NASA/GSFC, 32-34.
- *Rango, A., Ritchie, J., Schmugge, T., Kustas, W., and Chopping, M. (2005),
Book Chapter: Remote Sensing and the JORNEX Project. In: A Chihuahuan Desert
Ecosystem: The Jornada Basin, Havstad, K., Huenneke, L., and Schlesinger, W. H.
(eds), Oxford University Press, 305-320.
- *Lee, X., Feng, Z., Guo, L., Wang, L., Jin, L., Huang, Y, Chopping, M., Huang,
D., Jiang, W, Jiang, Q., and Cheng, H. (2005), Carbon isotope of bulk organic
matter: A proxy for precipitation in the arid and semiarid central East Asia,
Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 19, No. 4, GB4010 10.1029/2004GB002303, 29
October 2005.
- Chopping, M., J. V. Martonchik, A. Rango, D.P.C. Peters, L. Su, and A.
Laliberte, (2005), Geometric-optical modeling of desert grassland canopy structure
with MISR, 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures
in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS), Beijing. China Oct. 17-19, 2005.
- Su, L., M. J. Chopping, A. Rango, J. V. Martonchik, and D. P. C. Peters (2005),
Recognition of semi-arid vegetation types based on MISR multi-angular observations
and surface anisotropy patterns inversed by bidirectional reflectance models,
The 9th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signature in Remote
Sensing (ISPMSRS), Beijing. China Oct. 17-19, 2005.
- Chopping, M., and Su, L., (2005), Estimating shrub abundance in desert
grasslands using geometric-optical models, American Geophysical Union 2005 Joint
Assembly, May 23-27, 2005, New Orleans, LA.
- Su, L. and Chopping, M. (2005), Improved semi-arid vegetation type
differentiation at community level using MISR multi-angular and multi-spectral
observations and support vector machine algorithms, American Geophysical Union 2005
Joint Assembly, May 23-27, 2005, New Orleans, LA.
- *Onwueme, V., H. Feng, M. Chopping, W. J. Jaslanek and E. A. Stern, (2005),
Heavy metal contaminated sediments of lower Passaic River, New Jersey, USA. In:
Urban Dimensions of Environmental Change: Science, Exposures, Policies, and
Technologies. H. Feng, L. Yu and W. Solecki (eds). Science Press, Beijing,
China, 34-43.
- *Rosenzweig, C., Solecki, W.D., Parshall, L., Chopping, M., Pope, G., and
Goldberg, R. (2005), Characterizing the urban heat island in current and future
climates in New Jersey, Global Environ. Change B Environ. Hazards, 6,
51-62, doi:10.1016/j.hazards.2004.12.001.
- *Chopping, M.J., Su, L., Rango, A., and Maxwell, C. (2004). Modelling the
reflectance anisotropy of Chihuahuan Desert grass-shrub transition canopy-soil
complexes, International Journal of Remote Sensing 25(14): 2725-2745.
- Chopping, M., Laliberte, A., and Rango, A., (2004), Exploitation of multi-angle
data from CHRIS on Proba: First results from the Jornada Experimental Range,
Proceedings of the 2nd European Space Agency Workshop on CHRIS/Proba, April
28 - 30, 2004, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Special Publication SP-578, Compiled by:
H. Lacoste, ISBN No: 92-9092-889-1.
- Chopping, M., Laliberte, A., Rango, A., Snyder, C., and Maxwell, C. (2004),
Differences in grass-shrub transition zone canopy composition from CHRIS/Proba
multi-angle data, F17 - Multi-Angular Optical Measurements, Proc. International
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2004 VII: 4746-4749. Anchorage, Alaska,
September 20-24, 2004.
- Chopping, M., Laliberte, A., and Rango, A., (2004), Multi-Angle data from
CHRIS/Proba for determination of canopy structure in desert rangelands. F17 -
Multi-Angular Optical Measurements, Proc. International Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Symposium 2004 VII: 4742-4745. Anchorage, Alaska, September 20-24,
2004.
- Chopping, M., Hodges, S., Parshall, L., Rosenzweig, C., and Solecki, W.D.,
(2004), Urban heat islands and the built environment: A case study of New York
City, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, 2004, Philadelphia, PA,
March 17, 2004.
- Rango, A., J. Ritchie, T. Schmugge, W. Kustas, K. Havstad, M. Chopping, A.
Laliberte, and C. Steele, (2004) Repetitive remote sensing over southwestern US
rangeland undergoing vegetation change, JORNEX 1995-2004, American Geophysical
Union 2004 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Honolulu, August 16-20, 2004.
- *Chopping M.J., Rango, A., Havstad, K.M., Schiebe, F.R., Ritchie, J.C.,
Schmugge, T.J., French, A., Su, Lihong, McKee, L., and Davis, R.M. (2003), Canopy
attributes of Chihuahuan Desert grassland and transition communities derived from
multi-angular airborne imagery, Remote Sensing of Environment 85(3):
339-354, May 2003.
- Chopping, Mark, Su, Lihong, Schmugge, Thomas, and Albert Rango (2003),
Validation of bidirectional reflectance models using the first scene acquired by
the CHRIS sensor over the Jornada Experimental Range. Proceedings of the
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2003, July 21-25.
Piscataway: IEEE.
- Chopping, Mark, Su, Lihong, Rango, Albert, and Connie Maxwell (2003), Desert
landscape scene simulation with simple geometric and radiosity models.
Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
2003, July 21-25. Piscataway: IEEE.
- *Steven, M.D., Malthus, T.J., Baret, F., Xu, H., Chopping, M.J. (2003),
Intercalibration of vegetation indices from different sensor systems, Remote
Sensing of Environment 88: 412-422.
- Solecki, W.D., Rosenzweig, C., Pope, G., Chopping, M., Clark, M., Goldberg, R.,
Lazar, V., Melendez, B., and Onwueme, V. (2003), Analysis of the current and future
heat island effect in the Greater Camden, NJ region and potential mitigation
strategies, Final Draft Report to the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection, Division of Science, Research and Technology, contract # SR01-096,
March 2003, 56 pp + appendices.
Pre-2002
- *Chopping, M.J., Rango, A., and Ritchie, J.C. (2002), Improved semi-arid
community type differentiation with the NOAA AVHRR via exploitation of the
directional signal, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol.
40, No.5, 1132-1149.
- Chopping, M.J., Rango, A., and Gomez-Landesa, E. (2002), The importance of
early morning local overpass times for BRDF retrieval, modeling of spectral
reflectance and fAPAR estimation, Proceedings of the Intl. Geoscience & Rem.
Sens. Symposium 2002, Vol. IV: 2264-2266.
- Chopping, M.J., Rango, A., Goslee, S., Schmugge, T., and Ritchie, J., (2002),
Simulation of a grassland-shrubland transition zone landscape image at 650 nm using
a simple BRDF model, Proc. IGARSS 2002 Vol. VI: 3561-3563.
- *Rango, A., Goslee, S., Herrick, J., Chopping, M., Havstad, K., Huenneke, L.,
Gibbens, R., Beck, R., and McNeely, R. (2002), Remote sensing documentation of
historic rangeland remediation treatments in southern New Mexico, Journal of
Arid Environments 50:549-572.
- Ritchie, J.C., Schmugge, Jacob, F., Rango, A., and Chopping, M.J. (2002),
Spectral reflectance differences of northern Chihuahuan Desert vegetation,
Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America,
Tucson, Arizona, August 4 - 9, 2002.
- Schmugge, T., Jacob, F., French, A., Ritchie, J., Chopping, M., and Rango, A.
(2002), ASTER thermal infrared observations over New Mexico, Proc. IGARSS
2002, Vol. I: 24-26.
- Schmugge, T., French, A., Ritchie, J., Chopping, M., and Rango, A. (2002),
ASTER observations of the spectral emissivity over New Mexico, Proceedings of
the SPIE 8th Intl. Symposium on Remote Sensing: Remote Sensing for Agriculture,
Ecosystems & Hydrology III, Vol. 4542, 207-213.
- *Chopping, M.J. (2001), Testing LiSK BRDF models over a semiarid grassland
region with visible and near-infrared ATSR-2 and AVHRR data, Intl. Journal of
Remote Sensing 22: 3533-3552.
- Schmugge, T., French, A., Ritchie, J., Chopping, M., and Rango, A. (2001),
ASTER Observations of surface emissivity, European Geophysical Society 26th General
Assembly, 26-30 March, 2001, Nice, France.
- Schmugge, T., French, A., Ritchie, J., Chopping, M., and Rango, A. (2001),
ASTER observations of the spectral emissivity for arid lands, Proceedings of the
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2001, Sydney, Vol. II:
715-717.
- Ritchie, J.C., Seyfried, M.S., Chopping, M.J., and Pachepsky, Y. (2001),
Airborne laser technology for measuring rangeland conditions, Journal of Range
Management 54:A8-A21, March 2001.
- *Chopping, M.J. (2000), Testing a LiSK BRDF model with in situ bidirectional
reflectance factor measurements over semiarid grasslands, Remote Sensing of
Environment 74(2): 287-312.
- Chopping, M.J., Rango, A., and Ritchie, J.C. (2000), The potential for semiarid
community type differentiation via exploitation of the directional signal: tests
with AVHRR data, Proceedings of the International Geoscience & Remote Sensing
Symposium 2000, Honolulu, 1957-1959.
- Schmugge, T., Chopping M., French, A. Havstad, K., Rango, A. Ritchie, J. and
Schieldge, J. (2000), ASTER observations over New Mexico test sites. American
Geophysical Union Transactions (EOS) 81(48):F550, 2000
- Chopping, M., Schmugge, T., Rango, A., Ritchie, J., Kustas, W. and Vande
Castle, J. R. (2000), The impact of the structure and composition of shrub-coppice
dune landscapes on MASTER reflectance anisotropy, Remote Sensing and Hydrology
2000, International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Publ. No. 267,
(Wallingford: IAHS),162-167.
- *Chopping, M.J. (2000), Large-scale BRDF retrieval over New Mexico with a
multiangular NOAA AVHRR data set, Remote Sensing of Environment 74(1):
163-191.
- *Rango, A., Chopping, M., Ritchie, J., Havstad, K., Kustas, W., and Schmugge,
T. (2000), Morphological characteristics of shrub-coppice dunes in desert
grasslands of southern New Mexico derived from scanning LIDAR data, Remote
Sensing of Environment 74(1): 26-44.
- Rango, A., Havstad, K. Huenneke, L., Ritchie, J., Schmugge, T. Chopping, M.,
Peters, D. and Herrick, J. (2000), The ARS Jornada Experimental Range - where long
term ecological, hydrological, and remote sensing research meet, American
Geophysical Union Transactions (EOS) 81(48): F382.
- Chopping, M.J. (1999), Remote Sensing for Assessment of Arid Rangeland Health
over the Jornada Experimental Range, unpublished internal literature review, USDA,
ARS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, pp40.
- *Chopping, M.J. (1999), Comment on 'A simple method to account for
off-nadir-scattering in the NOAA/NASA Pathfinder AVHRR Land Data Set' by Seaquist
and Olsson, IJRS Vol.19, No.7, International Journal of Remote Sensing
20(4): 815-821.
- Chopping, M.J. (1998), Linear semi-empirical
kernel-driven bidirectional reflectance distribution function models in monitoring
semi-arid grasslands from space, unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of
Nottingham, October 1998, 501pp.
- Chopping, M.J. (1998), Evaluation of the performance of linear semi-empirical
BRDF models in a semi-arid grassland biome, Proceedings of the Remote Sensing
Society Annual Conference 1998: Developing International Connections,
Greenwich, England, 9th - 11th September 1998 (Nottingham: Remote Sensing Society),
pp.568-574.
- Chopping, M.J. (1998), BRDF applications in semi-arid grassland monitoring with
the AVHRRs. In Developing Space '98: Proceedings of the 1998 Remote Sensing
Society Student Conference, edited by Watts, S. K. and Bakker, B., 23rd April
1998, University of Oxford (Nottingham: Remote Sensing Society), pp.59-67.
- *Haines-Young, R.H. and Chopping, M.J. (1996), Quantifying landscape structure:
a review of landscape indices and their application to forested landscapes,
Progress in Physical Geography 20(4): 418-445.
- Chopping, M.J., (1996) Remote Sensing and GIS for monitoring grassland
environments, in Raster Imagery in Geographic Information Systems, S. Morain
and S.V. Lopez Baros (eds.), (Santa Fe: Onword Press), 378-386.
- Chopping, M.J. (1995), An Application of Remote Sensing and GIS: Monitoring the
Steppe Environment of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, P.R.C., unpubl. M.Phil.
Thesis, Darwin College, University of Cambridge, 140pp, August 1995 (Remote Sensing
Society Award 1996).
- Chopping, M.J. and Qi Xiao Hong (1993), University of Cambridge MacArthur
Project Ground-Truthing Expedition: Xilingol & Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region 1993, unpubl. research report., Department of Social Anthropology,
University of Cambridge, 219pp.
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Montclair State University
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Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Email: chopping@pegasus.montclair.edu
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