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Alistair M. S. Smith

Alistair M. S. Smith

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
10707
World Ranking
4240
National Ranking
1596

Overview

Alistair M. S. Smith is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with 68 publications in this field. Within Environmental Science, key subfields include Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Insect Science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably Fire effects on ecosystems, Forest ecology and management, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, and Remote Sensing in Agriculture.

Among the recent published papers by or related to Alistair M. S. Smith are:

  • Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements (2021) in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene (2022) in PNAS Nexus
  • A carbon monitoring system for mapping regional, annual aboveground biomass across the northwestern USA (2020) in Environmental Research Letters
  • Missing Climate Feedbacks in Fire Models: Limitations and Uncertainties in Fuel Loadings and the Role of Decomposition in Fine Fuel Accumulation (2022) in Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Death from hunger or thirst? Phloem death, rather than xylem hydraulic failure, as a driver of fire-induced conifer mortality (2022) in New Phytologist

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Aaron M. Sparks, Mark V. Corrao, Henry D. Adams, Daniel M. Johnson, and Crystal A. Kolden.

Publication venues where Alistair M. S. Smith commonly contributes include:

  • Fire
  • Remote Sensing
  • Forests
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • International Journal of Wildland Fire

In addition to journal articles, Alistair M. S. Smith has contributed to at least one book publication, including a title published by ILO eBooks titled "Social dialogue in the public services in South Asia" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Remote sensing techniques to assess active fire characteristics and post-fire effects

    Leigh B. Lentile;Zachary A. Holden;Alistair M. S. Smith;Michael J. Falkowski

  • Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events.

    David M. J. S. Bowman;Grant J. Williamson;John T. Abatzoglou;Crystal A. Kolden

  • Ecohydrological consequences of drought- and infestation- triggered tree die-off: insights and hypotheses

    Henry D. Adams;Charles H. Luce;David D. Breshears;Craig D. Allen

  • Automated estimation of individual conifer tree height and crown diameter via two-dimensional spatial wavelet analysis of lidar data

    Michael J Falkowski;Alistair M.S Smith;Andrew T Hudak;Paul E Gessler

  • The Relationship of Multispectral Satellite Imagery to Immediate Fire Effects

    Andrew T. Hudak;Penelope Morgan;Michael J. Bobbitt;Alistair M. S. Smith

  • Regression modeling and mapping of coniferous forest basal area and tree density from discrete-return lidar and multispectral satellite data

    Andrew T Hudak;Nicholas L Crookston;Jeffrey S Evans;Michael J Falkowski

  • Testing the potential of multi-spectral remote sensing for retrospectively estimating fire severity in African savannahs

    Alistair M.S. Smith;Martin J. Wooster;Nick A. Drake;Frederick M. Dipotso

  • Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements

    Martin J. Wooster;Gareth J. Roberts;Louis Giglio;David Roy

  • LiDAR Utility for Natural Resource Managers

    Andrew Thomas Hudak;Jeffrey Scott Evans;Alistair Mattthew Stuart. Smith

  • The Science of Firescapes: Achieving Fire-Resilient Communities.

    Alistair M. S. Smith;Crystal A. Kolden;Travis B. Paveglio;Mark A. Cochrane

  • Using in-situ measurements to evaluate the new RapidEye™ satellite series for prediction of wheat nitrogen status

    J. U. H. Eitel;D. S. Long;P. E. Gessler;A. M. S. Smith

  • Suitability of existing and novel spectral indices to remotely detect water stress in Populus spp.

    Jan U.H. Eitel;Paul E. Gessler;Alistair M.S. Smith;Ronald Robberecht

  • Production of Landsat ETM+ reference imagery of burned areas within Southern African savannahs: comparison of methods and application to MODIS

    A. M. S. Smith;N. A. Drake;M. J. Wooster;A. T. Hudak

  • Discrete Return Lidar in Natural Resources: Recommendations for Project Planning, Data Processing, and Deliverables

    Jeffrey Scott Evans;Andrew Thomas Hudak;Russ Faux;Alistair M. S. Smith

  • Characterizing and mapping forest fire fuels using ASTER imagery and gradient modeling

    Michael J. Falkowski;Paul E. Gessler;Penelope Morgan;Andrew T. Hudak

  • Fire Refugia: What Are They, and Why Do They Matter for Global Change?

    Arjan J H Meddens;Crystal A Kolden;James A Lutz;Alistair M S Smith

  • Post-Fire Burn Severity and Vegetation Response Following Eight Large Wildfires Across the Western United States

    Leigh B. Lentile;Penelope Morgan;Andrew T. Hudak;Michael J. Bobbitt

  • Thermal remote sensing of active vegetation fires and biomass burning events [Chapter 18]

    Martin J. Wooster;Gareth Roberts;Alistair M.S. Smith;Joshua Johnston

  • Limitations and utilisation of Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity products for assessing wildfire severity in the USA

    Crystal A. Kolden;Alistair M. S. Smith;John T. Abatzoglou

  • The influence of conifer forest canopy cover on the accuracy of two individual tree measurement algorithms using lidar data

    Michael J Falkowski;Michael J Falkowski;Alistair M.S. Smith;Paul E Gessler;Andrew T Hudak

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew T. Hudak
Andrew T. Hudak US Forest Service
Michael J. Falkowski
Michael J. Falkowski Colorado State University
Crystal A. Kolden
Crystal A. Kolden University of California, Merced
Penelope Morgan
Penelope Morgan University of Idaho
Paul E. Gessler
Paul E. Gessler University of Idaho
Luigi Boschetti
Luigi Boschetti University of Idaho
John T. Abatzoglou
John T. Abatzoglou University of California, Merced
Jeffrey S. Evans
Jeffrey S. Evans The Nature Conservancy
Lee A. Vierling
Lee A. Vierling University of Idaho
Daniel M. Johnson
Daniel M. Johnson University of Georgia

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