Landsat Science Team, 2012 thru 2017

The Landsat Science Team is co-chaired by Dr. Tom Loveland (USGS EROS Center) and Dr. Jim Irons (NASA GSFC). The team members, affiliations, and research and applications emphases are:

Developing and enhancing Landsat derived evapotranspiration and surface energy products

Dr. Richard Allen, University of Idaho
Dr. Ayse Kilic, University of Nebraska
Dr. Justin Huntington, Desert Research Institute

Mapping vegetation phenology, water use and drought at high spatiotemporal resolution fusing multi-band and multi-platform satellite imagery

Dr. Martha Anderson, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Dr. Feng Gao, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Understanding the global land-use marketplace

Dr. Alan Belward, European Commission Joint Research Centre

Ecological Applications of Landsat Data in the Context of US Forest Service Science and Operational Needs

Dr. Warren Cohen, USDA Forest Service

Landsat data continuity: advanced radiometric characterization and product development

Dr. Dennis Helder, South Dakota State University

Integrating Field-Level Biophysical Metrics Derived from Landsat Science Products into a National Agricultural Data Warehouse

Dr. Jim Hipple, USDA Risk Management Agency

Synergies between future Landsat and European satellite missions for better understanding coupled human-environment systems

Dr. Patrick Hostert, Humboldt University of Berlin

Operational monitoring of US croplands with Landsat 8

Mr. David Johnson, USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service

Using time-series approaches to improve Landsat's characterization of land surface dynamics

Dr. Robert Kennedy, Boston University

Multi-temporal Analysis of biophysical parameters derived from the Landsat Series of satellites

Dr. Leo Lymburner, Geoscience Australia

Absolute radiometric and climate variable intercalibration of Earth observing sensors

Dr. Joel McCorkel, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Continuity of the Web Enabled Landsat Data (WELD) Product Record in the LDCM Era

Dr. David Roy, South Dakota State University

North American Land Surface Albedo and Nearshore Shallow Bottom Properties from Landsat and MODIS/VIIR

Dr. Crystal Schaaf, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Cryospheric Applications of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (Landsat 8)

Dr. Ted Scambos, University of Colorado

The Use of LDCM for the Monitoring of Fresh and Coastal Water

Dr. John Schott, Rochester Institute of Technology

Developing Decadal High Resolution Global Lake Products from LDCM and Landsat

Dr. Yongwei Sheng, University of California, Los Angeles

Development of Landsat surface reflectance Climate Data Records

Drs. Eric Vermote and Christopher Justice, University of Maryland

Ecological Disturbance Monitoring using Landsat Time Series Data

Dr. Jim Vogelmann, U.S. Geological Survey

Better Use of the Landsat Temporal Domain: Monitoring Land Cover Type, Condition and Change

Dr. Curtis Woodcock, Boston University

Integrating the past, present, and future of Landsat

Dr. Mike Wulder, Canadian Forest Service

Making Multitemporal Work

Dr. Randolph Wynne, Virginia Tech