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Andrew T. Hudak is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with significant contributions in global and planetary change, environmental engineering, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and insect science.

The scientist's work spans several key topics, including remote sensing and LiDAR applications, fire effects on ecosystems, forest ecology and management, remote sensing in agriculture, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, and rangeland and wildlife management.

Notable recent publications by Andrew T. Hudak include:

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Prescribed fire science: the case for a refined research agenda, 2020, Fire Ecology
  • Emissions of Reactive Nitrogen From Western U.S. Wildfires During Summer 2018, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • A carbon monitoring system for mapping regional, annual aboveground biomass across the northwestern USA, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Influence of flight parameters on UAS-based monitoring of tree height, diameter, and density, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment

Frequent co-authors working alongside Andrew T. Hudak include Benjamin C. Bright, Carlos Alberto Silva, T. Ryan McCarley, Patrick A. Fekety, and Carine Klauberg.

Andrew T. Hudak's research is published in various venues with multiple contributions notably in Remote Sensing, Forest Service Research Data Archive, Remote Sensing of Environment, International Journal of Wildland Fire, and Fire Ecology.

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

  • Nearest neighbor imputation of species-level, plot-scale forest structure attributes from LiDAR data

    Andrew T. Hudak;Nicholas L. Crookston;Jeffrey S. Evans;David E. Hall

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

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  • Integration of lidar and Landsat ETM+ data for estimating and mapping forest canopy height

    Andrew T Hudak;Michael A Lefsky;Warren B Cohen;Mercedes Berterretche

  • A Multiscale Curvature Algorithm for Classifying Discrete Return LiDAR in Forested Environments

    J.S. Evans;A.T. Hudak

  • Individual tree detection from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) derived canopy height model in an open canopy mixed conifer forest

    Midhun Mohan;Carlos Alberto Silva;Carine Klauberg;Prahlad Jat

  • Characterizing forest succession with lidar data: An evaluation for the Inland Northwest, USA

    Michael J. Falkowski;Michael J. Falkowski;Jeffrey S. Evans;Sebastian Martinuzzi;Paul E. Gessler

  • Mapping snags and understory shrubs for a LiDAR-based assessment of wildlife habitat suitability

    Sebastián Martinuzzi;Lee A. Vierling;William A. Gould;Michael J. Falkowski

  • Linking the Conservation of Culture and Nature: A Case Study of Sacred Forests in Zimbabwe

    Bruce A. Byers;Robert N. Cunliffe;Andrew T. Hudak

  • 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

  • Quantifying aboveground forest carbon pools and fluxes from repeat LiDAR surveys

    Andrew T. Hudak;Eva K. Strand;Lee A. Vierling;John C. Byrne

  • Imputation of individual longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) tree attributes from field and LiDAR data

    Carlos A. Silva;Andrew T. Hudak;Lee A. Vierling;E. Louise Loudermilk

  • Textural Analysis of Historical Aerial Photography to Characterize Woody Plant Encroachment in South African Savanna

    Andrew T Hudak;Carol A Wessman

  • Challenges of assessing fire and burn severity using field measures, remote sensing and modelling

    Penelope Morgan;Robert E. Keane;Gregory K. Dillon;Theresa B. Jain

  • 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

  • LiDAR Utility for Natural Resource Managers

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

  • Evaluating methods to detect bark beetle-caused tree mortality using single-date and multi-date Landsat imagery

    Arjan J. H. Meddens;Jeffrey A. Hicke;Lee A. Vierling;Andrew T. Hudak

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

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Alistair M. S. Smith
Alistair M. S. Smith University of Idaho
Michael J. Falkowski
Michael J. Falkowski Colorado State University
Penelope Morgan
Penelope Morgan University of Idaho
Lee A. Vierling
Lee A. Vierling University of Idaho
Peter R. Robichaud
Peter R. Robichaud United States Department of Agriculture
Jeffrey S. Evans
Jeffrey S. Evans The Nature Conservancy
Paul E. Gessler
Paul E. Gessler University of Idaho
Luigi Boschetti
Luigi Boschetti University of Idaho
Roger D. Ottmar
Roger D. Ottmar US Forest Service
Crystal A. Kolden
Crystal A. Kolden University of California, Merced

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