General Information |
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Date of birth |
December 2, 1972 |
Gender |
Male |
Nationality |
Russian |
Languages |
Russian, English, German (intermediate) |
Specialization |
Geophysics, PhD |
US Immigration Status |
Green Card (since Nov 2007) |
Education |
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Sep. 1997 - Dec. 2001
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PhD in Remote Sensing (GPA 3.73/4.0). Boston University, Department of Geography and Environment, Boston, MA. Dissertation: “Application of Stochastic Radiative Transfer to Remote sensing of Vegetation”. |
Sep. 1990 - Jan. 1996
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MS in Physics (with honors). Moscow State University, Physics Department, Moscow, Russia. Thesis: “Stochastic Theory of One Dimensional Non-Stationary Filtration”. |
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Employment |
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Jan. 2008 – present
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Research Scientist III NOAA-NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD |
Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2007 |
Research Assistant Professor BostonUniversity, Department of Geography and Environment, Boston, MA |
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2004 |
Post-Doctoral Research Associate BostonUniversity, Department of Geography and Environment, Boston, MA |
Sep. 1997 - Dec. 2001 |
Research Assistant BostonUniversity, Department of Geography and Environment, Boston, MA |
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Skills |
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Earth System Science |
Optical RT modeling for heterogeneous vegetation canopies; Biophysical Land and Ocean Remote sensing. Algorithm development, product time series analysis and validation of NASA MODIS Terra/Aqua and AVHRR LAI/FPAR climate Data Records and NOAA GOES-R SST prototyped MSG(1-2) SEVIRI data. |
Mathematics and Physics |
Calculus; Linear algebra; Theory of complex variables; Differential equations; Advanced mathematical physics; Functional analysis; Statistics; Nonlinear systems analysis (chaos); General and advanced theoretical physics. |
Information Technology |
Numerical algorithms, Computer graphics, Client/server applications, Multi-threading, Operating systems concepts, Artificial intelligence, Web-design. Proficient in C/C++/Visual C++, Java(2), Fortran(99-2003), Pascal/Delphi(2), OpenGL(1.3), IDL (6*), Oracle 9i PL/SQL, P-threads, UNIX/LINUX shell scripting (bash) and cron-jobs, HTML/Java Script, software design w/ UML, software version control w/ CVS. |
Management |
Financial and Managerial accounting, Auditing, Corporate finance management, Fixed income (Bonds) markets.
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Research Interests |
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Radiative Transfer |
Optical Radiative Transfer (RT) theory for vegetation and atmosphere. Numerical solution of RT and Monte-Carlo simulations; Stochastic RT approach to parameterize effect of spatial heterogeneity and mixture of vegetation species; Spectral invariants of RT equation; Anisotropy of boundary conditions of RT equation; BRDF effects; Field measurements of RT parameters. |
Remote Sensing |
Optical Domain:Application of RT for retrievals of biophysical parameters of land and atmosphere from remote sensing observations; Exploring potentials of multi-sensor, multi-resolution, multi-spectral, multi-angular and lidar data to improve accuracy of retrievals; Satellite data fusion; Land surface heterogeneity and scaling issues; Change detection (probabilistic burn detection); Vegetation phenology. Thermal Domain:Quality control (QC) of surface temperature products to screen for various atmospheric contaminations (clouds, aerosols, water vapor, etc) and sensor noise using reference fields (NCEP GFS and RT simulations) for QC estimation; monitoring thermal cycles with geostationary data. |
Climate |
Assimilation of satellite biophysical products in climate models at global and regional scales; Global vegetation-climate interactions; Optimization of the radiation block of climate land models. |
Research Projects |
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January 2008- NOAA Contract [current]
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Development of GOES-R SST product.Ignatov, A., NOAA-NESDIS, PI. Shabanov, N.V., contractor: a) development of end-to-end near-real-time SST production system with web-based monitoring user interface (prototype with MSG SEVRI); b) development of SST Quality Control to screen for product contamination (clouds, aerosols, sensor noise, etc), intercomparison with GOES-R ABI Cloud Mask http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/sod/sst/shabanov/SEVIRI-web/Monitor.htm |
April 2004-December 2007 NASA Contract
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MODIS Algorithm Refinement and Maintenance: Global Products of Leaf Area Index and Fraction Vegetation Absorbed PAR. Myneni, R.B., Boston University, PI. Shabanov, N.V., Co-I: A) Scientific and managerial leadership for MODIS LAI/FPAR project; B) Refinement of RT simulations and operational code maintenance; C) Analysis and validation of product time series; D) Development of advanced products from combination of Terra and Aqua observations and fine resolution (250-m) products. |
September 2004-December 2007 NASA Grant
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Using MODIS Data to Characterize Climate Model Land Surface Processes and the Impacts of Land Use/Cover Change on Surface Hydrological Processes.Dickinson, R., Georgia Institute of Technology, PI. Shabanov N.V., Co-I:Analysis and Refinement of radiation block of Common Land Model (CLM) based on global satellite observations from MODIS. |
June 2004- December 2007 NASA Grant
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Seasonal and Global Representation of Land Surface Properties from MODIS and other EOS Instruments and their Implications for Application in Climate Models.Dickinson, R., Georgia Institute of Technology, PI. Shabanov, N.V., Co-I: A) Improvement of LAI seasonality description in CLM using high quality and temporal resolution MODIS data; B) Assessment of relationship between MODIS albedo and LAI products for future use in CLM. |
May-September 2005 NASA Grant
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Intercomparison of Leaf Area Index Retrievals as Function of Optical Sensor Type and Environmental Conditions: Case Study in Croplands of Cordoba, Argentina.Shabanov, N.V., PI: Supervising research of a graduate student on analysis of field data of LAI and FPAR over croplands. |
October 1996-December 2003 NASA Contract
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Radiative Transfer Based Synergistic MODIS/MISR Algorithm for the Estimation of Global LAI and FPAR.Myneni, R.B., Boston University. PI. Shabanov N.V, Research Assistant: A) Developed mathematical basis and implemented in software Stochastic Radiative Transfer model for vegetation canopies; B) Studied theoretically the effect of spatial heterogeneity on estimation of biophysical variables from field measurements at broadleaf forests with data from Harvard Forest in Massachusetts. |
January 2001-December 2003 NASA Grant
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A benchmark Dataset of Multidimensional Earth Science Satellite Data for Testing of Learning Algorithms.Myneni, R.B., Boston University, PI. Shabanov, N.V., Research Assistant: Developed ARTMAP-based algorithm for automated sub-pixel burn detection in MODIS 500-m data. |
July 2000- July 2002 NOAA Grant |
Multi-Decadal Pathfinder Data Sets of Global Land Biophysical Variables from AVHRR and MODIS and their Use in GCM Studies of Biogeophysics and Biogeochemistry.Myneni, R.B., Boston University, PI. Shabanov, N.V., Research Assistant: A) Modeling support for analysis of the impact of solar zenith angle change and orbital drift on the inference of northern high latitudes vegetation activity from time series of AVHRR data; B) Developed methods (both empirical and theoretical) to evaluate of vegetation dynamics with AVHRR NDVI and channel data based on radiative transfer theory. |
October 1996-December 2003 JPL Contract |
Look-Up-Table Based Approach for the Estimation of Global Leaf Area Index and Fraction of Absorbed PAR from MISR Data.Myneni, R.B., Boston University, PI. Shabanov N.V., Research Assistant: Theoretical study and numerical analysis of information content of multi-angular satellite data. Spectral signatures of MISR data were studied with radiative transfer theory with emphasis on physical interpretation in context of vegetation biome mapping. |
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Student Advising |
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Three PhD students. Research on the MODIS LAI/FPAR project.
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Two MA students. Thesis “Burned Area Detection in the MODIS 500-m Surface Reflectance Data with Supervised and Unsupervised Neural Networks” was defended by MA student K. Lo in May 2003. |
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Teaching |
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Teaching assistant for the following Undergraduate and Graduate courses at Boston University: “Physical Models in Remote Sensing” “Natural Environment: The Atmosphere” “Modeling and Monitoring Terrestrial Ecosystem Processes” |
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Academic Services |
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Journal reviewer |
Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer Remote Sensing of Environment International Journal of Remote Sensing Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing |
Proposal reviewer |
National Science Foundation NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship |
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Conferences |
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Participant and presenter at the annual MODIS Science Team Meetings (MODIS STM) since 2000. |
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Participant and presenter at the annual Robert Dickinson Inter-Disciplinary (IDS) meetings: “Using MODIS Data to Characterize Climate Model Land Surface Processes and the Impacts of Land Use/Cover Change on Surface Hydrological Processes” since 2002. |
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Participant and presenter at the annual NASA Intelligent Data Understanding (IDU) meetings for years 2002-2003. |
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Presented posters/talks at the following international remote sensing conferences, including: 8-th International Symposium “Physical Measurements & Signatures in Remote Sensing” (Aussois, France, 2001), IWMMM-3 (Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 2002), AGU, (San Francisco, 2002/2005) , IGARSS (Toulouse, France, 2003), MODIS Vegetation workshop I and II (Missoula, Montana, 2002 and 2004), AMS (Phoenix, Arizona 2009, Atlanta, Georgia 2010) |
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Awards |
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The following paper was ranked as top 1% in the field of geophysical research according to Thomson-ISI® science citation index: Shabanov, N.V., Zhou, L., Knyazikhin, Y., Tucker C.J., Myneni, R.B. (2002). Analysis of Interannual Changes in Northern Vegetation Activity Observed in AVHRR Data During 1981 to 1994. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 40(1): 115-130. |
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The following paper was press-released by AGU, NASA and broadcasted by major TV/Radio world-wide: Zhou, L., Tucker C.J., Kaufmann, R.K., Slayback, D., Shabanov, N.V., Myneni, R.B. (2001). Variations in Northern Vegetation Activity Inferred from Satellite data of Vegetation Index during 1981 to 1999. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 106(D17): 20,069-20,083. |
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The research described in the following paper was acknowledged by NASA Ames in category Patent Rights/New Technology (case ARC-15859) for developing of the algorithm for continuous burn mapping:Shabanov, N.V., Lo, K., Gopal, S., Myneni, R.B. (2004). Sub-pixel Burn Detection in Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer 500-m Data with ARTMAP Neural Networks.Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 110(D03), 111, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005257. |
References |
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Ranga Myneni Professor, BostonUniversity, Department of Geography and Environment 675 Commonwealth Ave., #449 Boston, MA 02215 E-mail: rmyneni(at)bu.edu |
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Robert Dickinson Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Schoolof Earthand Atmospheric Sciences 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0340, E-mail: robted(at)eas.gatech.edu |
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Robert Wolfe MODISLandDiscipline Coordinator, Raytheon TSC (at) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics (Code 614.5) Greenbelt Rd. Greenbelt, MD, 20771 E-mail: robert.e.wolfe.1(at)gsfc.nasa.gov |
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Michael Schaepman Prof. Dr. sc. nat. Full chair, Head of Remote Sensing Laboratories (RSL) Department of Geography University of Zurich - Irchel Winterthurerstr. 190 room Y25-J54 CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland E-mail: michael.schaepman(at)geo.uzh.ch |
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Walter W. Wolf Physical Scientist NOAA/NESDIS/STAR World Weather Building, Camp Springs, MD E-mail: Walter.Wolf(at)noaa.gov
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Publications
Books & Book Chapters
Myneni, R.B., Knjazikhin, Y., and Shabanov, N.V. Leaf Area Index and Fraction of Absorbed PAR Products from Terra and Aqua MODIS Sensors: Analysis, Validation and Refinement. inLand Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change: NASA’s Earth Observing System and the Science of ASTER and MODIS. (B. Ramachandran, C. Justice and M. Abrams Eds.) Springer., 2011, ISBN 978-1-4419-6748-0
Myneni, R.B., Knjazikhin, Y., and Shabanov, N.V. Physical Principles of Remote Sensing, (in preparation).
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2011
Shabanov, N.V.,Ignatov, A, Kihai , Heidinger, A. (2011). Intercomparison and Sensitivity Study of GOES_R ABI Cloud Mask and SST Quality Control prototyped with MSG/SEVIRI, Journal of Geophysical Research/Atmospheres, in preparation.
Petrenko, B., Ignatov, A.,Shabanov, N., Kihai, Y., (2011).Development and Evaluation of Sea Surface Temperature Algorithms for GOES-R ABI using MSG SEVIRI as Proxy,Remote Sensing of Environment, accepted August 2011.
2008
Huang, D., Knyazikhin, Y., Wang, W., Privette, J., Deering, D.W., Stenberg, P., Shabanov, N.V., Tan, B., and Myneni, R. B. (2008). Stochastic Transport Theory for Investigating the Three-Dimensional Canopy Structure from Space Measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(1), 35-50.
Ganguly, S., Schull, M., Samanta, A., Shabanov, N.V., Milesi, C., Nemani, R., Knyazikhin, Y. Myneni, R., Generating vegetation leaf area index earth system data record from multiple sensors. Part 1: Theory.Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(1), 4333-4343.
Ganguly, S., Schull, M., Samanta, A., Shabanov, N.V., Milesi, C., Nemani, R., Knyazikhin, Y. Myneni, R., Generating vegetation leaf area index earth system data record from multiple sensors. Part 2: Implementation, Analysis and Validation.Remote Sensing of Environment, 112(1), 4318-4332.
2007
Shabanov, N.V., Huang., D., Knyazikhin, Y., Dickinson, R.E., Myneni, R.B (2007). Stochastic Radiative Transfer Model for Mixture of Discontinuous Vegetation Canopies. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 107(2), 236-262.
Myneni, R.B., Yang, W., Nemani, R.R., Huete, A.R., Dickinson, R.E., Knyazikhin, Y., Didan, K., Juarez, R.I.N., Saatchi, S.S., Hashimoto, H., Ichii, K., Shabanov, N.V., Vermote, E.F., Roy, D.P., Wolfe, R.E., Friedl, M., Running, S.W., Votava, P., Saleous, N., Devadiga, S., Su, Y., Salomonson, V.V. (2007). Large Seasonal Swings in Leaf Area of Amazon Rainforests, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Biological Sciences: Ecology, Environmental Sciences, 4820-4823, March 2007.
Schull, M.A., Ganguly, S., Samanta, A., Huang, D., Shabanov, N.V., Jenkins, J.P., Chiu, J.C., Marshak, A., Blair, J.B., Myneni, R.B., Knyazikhin, Y. (2007). Physical interpretation of the correlation between multi-angle spectral data and canopy height, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L18405, doi: 10.1029/2007GL031143.
Garrigues, S., Shabanov, N.V., Swanson, K., Morisette, J., and Myneni R.B., (2007). Analysis of Uncertainties of LAI Retrievals from LAI-2000, AccuPAR and DHP Optical Instruments over Croplands of Cordoba, Argentina. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, in revision, January 2007.
Garrigues, S., Lacaze, R., Baret, F., Morisette, J.T., Weiss, M., Nickeson, J., Fernandes, R., Plummer, S., Shabanov, N.V., Myneni, R., Yang, W., (2007) Validation and Intercomparison of Global Leaf Area Index Products Derived from Remote Sensing Data. Journal of Geophysical Research, in review October 2007.
2006
Ahl, D.E., Gower, S.T., Burrows, S.N., Shabanov, N.V., Myneni, R.B., Knyazikhin, Y., (2006). Monitoring Spring Canopy Phenology of a Deciduous Broadleaf Forest using MODIS. Remote Sensing of Environment, 104: 88-95.
Huang, D., Yang, W., Tan, B., Rautiainen, M., Zhang, P., Hu, J., Shabanov, N.V., Linder, S., Knyazikhin, Y., and Myneni, R.B. (2006). The Importance of Measurement Errors for Deriving Accurate Reference Leaf Area Index Maps for Validation of Moderate-resolution Satellite LAI Products.IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44(7), 1866-1871.
Morisette, J.T., Baret, F., Privette, J.L., Myneni, R.B. Nickeson, J., Garrigues, S.,Shabanov, N.V., Weiss, M., Fernandes, R., Leblanc, S., Kalacska, M., Sánchez-Azofeifa, G.A., Chubey, M., Rivard, B., Stenberg, P., Rautiainen, M., Voipio, P., Manninen, T., Pilant, A., Lewis, T., Iiames, J., Colombo, R., Meroni, M., Busetto, L., Cohen, W., Turner, D., Warner, E.D., Petersen, G.W., Seufert, G., Cook R. (2006), Validation of Global Moderate-Resolution LAI Products: A Framework Proposed within the CEOS Land Product Validation Subgroup. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44(7), 1804-1817.
Yang, W., Stroeve, J.C., Shabanov, N.V., Huang, D., Tan, B., Knyazikhin,Y., Nemani, R.R., Myneni, R.B. (2006). Analysis of Leaf Area Index and Fraction of PAR Absorbed by Vegetation Products from the Terra MODIS Sensor: 2000-2005, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44(7), 1829-1842.
Yang, W., Tan, B., Huang, D., Rautiainen, M., Shabanov, N.V., Wang, Y.,Privette, J.L., Huemmrich, K.F., Fensholt, R, Sandholt, I., Weiss, M., Ahl, D.E., Gower, S.T., Nemani, R.R., Knyazikhin, Y., and Myneni, R.B. (2006). MODIS Leaf Area Index Products: From Validation to Algorithm Improvement.IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44(7), 1885-1898.
Yang, W., Shabanov, N.V., Huang, D., Wang, W., Dickinson, R., Nemani, R., Knyazikhin,Y., Myneni, R.B. (2006). Analysis of Leaf Area Index Products from Combination of MODIS Terra and Aqua Data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 104: 297-312.
2005
Shabanov, N.V., Huang, D., Yang, W., Tan, B., Knyazikhin, Y., Myneni, R.B., Ahl, D.E., Gower, S.T., Huete, A., Aragao, L.E., Shimabukuro, Y.E. (2005). Analysis and Optimization of the MODIS LAI and FPAR Algorithm Performance over Broadleaf Forests. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 43(8): 1855-1865.
Tan, B., Hu, J., Huang, D., Hu, J., Yang, W., Zhang, P., Shabanov, N.V., Knyazikhin,Y., Nemani, R.R., Myneni, R.B. (2005). Assessment of the Broadleaf Crops Leaf Area Index Product from the Terra MODIS Instrument. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 135(1-4): 124-134.
2004
Shabanov, N.V., Lo, K., Gopal, S., Myneni, R.B. (2004). Sub-pixel Burn Detection in Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer 500-m Data with ARTMAP Neural Networks.Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 110(D03), 111, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005257.
Kotchenova, S., Song, X., Shabanov, N.V., Potter, C.S., Knyazikhin,Y., Myneni, R.B. (2004). Lidar Remote Sensing for Modeling Gross Primary Production of Deciduous Forests.Remote Sensing of Environment, 92: 158-172.
Tan, B., Hu, J., Zhang, P., Huang, D., Shabanov, N.V., Weiss, M., Knyazikhin,Y., Myneni, R.B. (2004). Validation of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Leaf Area Index Product in Croplands of Alpilles, France.Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 110(D01), 107, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004860.
2003
Shabanov, N.V., Wang, Y., Buermann, W., Dong, J., Hoffman, S., Smith, G., Tian, Y., Knyazikhin, Y., Myneni, R.B. (2003). Effect of Foliage Spatial Heterogeneity in the Validation of MODIS LAI and FPAR Algorithm over Broadleaf Forests. Remote Sensing of Environment, 85(4): 410-423.
Hu, J., Tan, B., Shabanov, N.V., Crean, K.A., Martonchik, J.V., Diner, D.J., Knyazikhin,Y., Myneni, R.B. (2003). Performance of the MISR LAI and FPAR Algorithm: A Case Study in Africa.Remote Sensing of Environment, 88: 324-340.
Kaufmann, R.K., Zhou, L., Myneni, R.B., Tucker, C.J., Slayback, D., Shabanov, N.V., Pinzon, J. (2003). The effect of vegetation on surface temperature: A statistical analysis of NDVI and climate data. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(22), 2147, doi:10.1029/2003GL018251.
Kaufmann, R.K., Zhou, L., Tucker, C.J., Slayback, D., Shabanov, N.V., Myneni, R.B. (2003). Reply to Comment by M. Lanfredi et al. to “Variations in Northern Vegetation Activity Inferred from Satellite Data of Vegetation Index During 1981–1999” by L. Zhou et al. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 108(D12), 4347, doi: 10.1029/2002JD003287.
Kotchenova, S., Shabanov, N.V., Knyazikhin,Y., Davis, A.B., Dubayah, R., Myneni, R.B. (2003). Modeling Lidar Waveforms with Time-Dependent Stochastic Radiative Transfer Theory for Remote Estimates of Forest Structure. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 108(D15), 4484, doi: 10.1029/ 2002JD003288.
Morisette, J.T., Nickeson, J.E., Davis, P., Wang, Y., Tian, Y., Woodcock, C.E., Shabanov, N.V., Hansen, M., Cohen, W.B., Oetter, D.R., and Kennedy, R.E. (2003). The Use of NASA's Commercial Data Purchase Program in Support of MODIS Land Validation,Remote Sens. Environ., 88(1-2):100-110
2002
Shabanov, N.V., Zhou, L., Knyazikhin, Y., Tucker C.J., Myneni, R.B. (2002). Analysis of Interannual Changes in Northern Vegetation Activity Observed in AVHRR Data During 1981 to 1994. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 40(1): 115-130.
Kaufmann, R.K., Zhou, L., Tucker, C.J., Slayback, D., Shabanov, N.V., Myneni, R.B. (2002). Reply to Comment on “Variations in Northern Vegetation Activity Inferred from Satellite Data of Vegetation Index During 1981–1999” by J. R. Ahlbeck. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 107(D11), doi: 10.1029/2001JD001516.
Tian, Y., Woodcock, C.E., Wang, Y., Privette, J., Shabanov, N.V., Zhou, L., Zhang, Y., Buuermann, W., Dong, J., Veikkanen, B., Hame, T., Anderson, K., Ozdogan, M., Knyazikhin, Y., Myneni, R.B. (2002). Multiscale Analysis and Validation of the MODIS LAI Product over Maun, Botswana. I. Uncertainty Assessment. Remote Sensing of Environment, 83: 414-430.
Tian, Y., Woodcock, C.E., Wang, Y., Privette, J., Shabanov, N.V., Zhou, L., Zhang, Y., Buuermann, W., Dong, J., Veikkanen, B., Hame, T., Anderson, K., Ozdogan, M., Knyazikhin, Y., Myneni, R.B. (2002). Multiscale Analysis and Validation of the MODIS LAI Product over Maun, Botswana. II. Sampling Strategy.Remote Sensing of Environment, 83: 431-441.
Zhang, Y., Shabanov, N.V., Knyazikhin, Y., Myneni, R.B. (2001). Assessing Information Content of Multiangle Satellite Data for Mapping Biomes. II Theory. Remote Sensing of Environment, 80: 1-12.
2001
Zhou, L., Tucker C.J., Kaufmann, R.K., Slayback, D., Shabanov, N.V., Myneni, R.B. (2001). Variations in Northern Vegetation Activity Inferred from Satellite data of Vegetation Index during 1981 to 1999. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 106(D17): 20,069-20,083.
2000
Shabanov, N.V., Knyazikhin, Y., Baret, F., Myneni, R.B. (2000). Stochastic Modeling of Radiation Regime in Discontinuous Vegetation Canopies. Remote Sensing of Environment, 74(1): 125-144.
Kaufmann, R.K., Zhou, L., Knyazikhin, Y., Shabanov, N.V., Myneni, R.B., Tucker C.J. (2000). Effect of Orbital Drift and Sensor Changes on the Time Series of AVHRR Vegetation Index Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Remote Sensing, 38(6): 2,584-2,597.
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