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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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