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Development and Validation of Process Algorithms of Urbanization for Water Cycle, Data Assimilation and Climate studies
Project Start Date
01/01/2005
Project End Date
01/01/2008
Project Call Name
Earth Observing System
Science Theme Name
Water and Energy Cycle Impacts
Climate Variability and Change
Observations and Data
Regional_Initiative_Name
GOFC-GOLD Regional Networks
Region
Global
Solicitation
LCLUC-04
Distribution of Project Team Members Institutions
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marker Co-Investigator
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marker Postdoc Researcher
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Team Members:

Person Name Person role on project Affiliation
Lahouari Bounoua Principal Investigator NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States
Project Documents
Bounoua L, A. Safia, J. Masek, C. Peters-Lidard, and M. L. Imhoff, 2009: Impact of urban growth on surface climate: A case study in Oran, Algeria. Journal of pplied Meteorology and Climatology, Volume 48, 217-231 DOI: 0.1175/2008JAMC2044.1
Bounoua L, J. Masek J and Y. M. Tourre, 2006: Sensitivity of surface climate to land surface parameters: A case study using the simple biosphere model SiB2. J.G.R – Atmospheres, 111, Article D22S09.
Bounoua, L., F. G. Hall, P. J. Sellers, A. Kumar, G. J. Collatz, C. J. Tucker, and M. L. Imhoff (2010), Quantifying the negative feedback of vegetation to greenhouse warming: A modeling approach, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L23701, doi:10.1029/2010GL045338
Development of Process Algorithms and Datasets for Urbanization and Climate Studies
Gray Wave of the Great Transformation Marc L. Imhoff, Lahouari Bounoua, and Marshall Shepherd, 2007 In ‘Our changing Planet’, NASA - Cambridge niversity Press, M. King, Editor.
Imhoff M.L, P. Zhang, R. E. Wolfe and L. Bounoua 2010: Remote sensing of the urban heat island effect across biomes in the continental USA, RSE 114, 504–513.
Imhoff ML, Bounoua L, 2006: Exploring global patterns of net primary oduction carbon supply and demand using satellite observations and tatistical data. J . Geoph. Res. – Atmospheres, 111, Article D22S12.
Irrigation Requirement Estimation Using MODIS Vegetation Indices and Inverse Biophysical Modeling
Large Scale Urbanization for Climate Studies
Zhang P., M.L. Imhoff, R. E. Wolfe, and L. Bounoua, 2010: Characterizing Urban Heat Islands of Global Settlements Using MODIS and Nighttime Lights Products, accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing.

Project Documents

Year Type Title
2012 Poster Presentation Irrigation Requirement Estimation Using MODIS Vegetation Indices and Inverse Biophysical Modeling
2010 Publications Bounoua, L., F. G. Hall, P. J. Sellers, A. Kumar, G. J. Collatz, C. J. Tucker, and M. L. Imhoff (2010), Quantifying the negative feedback of vegetation to greenhouse warming: A modeling approach, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L23701, doi:10.1029/2010GL045338
2010 Publications Imhoff M.L, P. Zhang, R. E. Wolfe and L. Bounoua 2010: Remote sensing of the urban heat island effect across biomes in the continental USA, RSE 114, 504–513.
2010 Publications Zhang P., M.L. Imhoff, R. E. Wolfe, and L. Bounoua, 2010: Characterizing Urban Heat Islands of Global Settlements Using MODIS and Nighttime Lights Products, accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing.
2009 Publications Bounoua L, A. Safia, J. Masek, C. Peters-Lidard, and M. L. Imhoff, 2009: Impact of urban growth on surface climate: A case study in Oran, Algeria. Journal of pplied Meteorology and Climatology, Volume 48, 217-231 DOI: 0.1175/2008JAMC2044.1
2009 NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation Large Scale Urbanization for Climate Studies
2007 Publications Gray Wave of the Great Transformation Marc L. Imhoff, Lahouari Bounoua, and Marshall Shepherd, 2007 In ‘Our changing Planet’, NASA - Cambridge niversity Press, M. King, Editor.
2006 NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation Development of Process Algorithms and Datasets for Urbanization and Climate Studies
2006 Publications Imhoff ML, Bounoua L, 2006: Exploring global patterns of net primary oduction carbon supply and demand using satellite observations and tatistical data. J . Geoph. Res. – Atmospheres, 111, Article D22S12.
2006 Publications Bounoua L, J. Masek J and Y. M. Tourre, 2006: Sensitivity of surface climate to land surface parameters: A case study using the simple biosphere model SiB2. J.G.R – Atmospheres, 111, Article D22S09.
Year Type Title
2012 Poster Presentation Irrigation Requirement Estimation Using MODIS Vegetation Indices and Inverse Biophysical Modeling
2010 Publications Bounoua, L., F. G. Hall, P. J. Sellers, A. Kumar, G. J. Collatz, C. J. Tucker, and M. L. Imhoff (2010), Quantifying the negative feedback of vegetation to greenhouse warming: A modeling approach, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L23701, doi:10.1029/2010GL045338
2010 Publications Imhoff M.L, P. Zhang, R. E. Wolfe and L. Bounoua 2010: Remote sensing of the urban heat island effect across biomes in the continental USA, RSE 114, 504–513.
2010 Publications Zhang P., M.L. Imhoff, R. E. Wolfe, and L. Bounoua, 2010: Characterizing Urban Heat Islands of Global Settlements Using MODIS and Nighttime Lights Products, accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing.
2009 Publications Bounoua L, A. Safia, J. Masek, C. Peters-Lidard, and M. L. Imhoff, 2009: Impact of urban growth on surface climate: A case study in Oran, Algeria. Journal of pplied Meteorology and Climatology, Volume 48, 217-231 DOI: 0.1175/2008JAMC2044.1
2009 NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation Large Scale Urbanization for Climate Studies
2007 Publications Gray Wave of the Great Transformation Marc L. Imhoff, Lahouari Bounoua, and Marshall Shepherd, 2007 In ‘Our changing Planet’, NASA - Cambridge niversity Press, M. King, Editor.
2006 NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation Development of Process Algorithms and Datasets for Urbanization and Climate Studies
2006 Publications Imhoff ML, Bounoua L, 2006: Exploring global patterns of net primary oduction carbon supply and demand using satellite observations and tatistical data. J . Geoph. Res. – Atmospheres, 111, Article D22S12.
2006 Publications Bounoua L, J. Masek J and Y. M. Tourre, 2006: Sensitivity of surface climate to land surface parameters: A case study using the simple biosphere model SiB2. J.G.R – Atmospheres, 111, Article D22S09.