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9013
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Overview

David J. Harding is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States, focusing primarily on research within the social sciences. Their scholarly work spans 38 publications, with a core emphasis on sociology and political science complemented by contributions to materials chemistry, clinical psychology, economics and econometrics, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

The scientist's research addresses a variety of main topics, including:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

David J. Harding has frequently published in several notable venues. The most publishing-prone outlet is The Cambridge Structural Database with 8 publications, along with multiple works appearing in SSRN Electronic Journal and EDULEARN proceedings, each featuring 2 publications. Other individual publications have appeared in venues such as JAMA Network Open and Addiction.

The scientist has contributed to several papers, including:

  • Neighborhood Racial Composition and Gun Homicides, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • The association of criminal justice supervision setting with overdose mortality: a longitudinal cohort study, 2020, Addiction
  • Parolefare: Post-prison Supervision and Low-Wage Work, 2020, RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
  • Are Neighborhood Effects Explained by Differences in School Quality?, 2023, American Journal of Sociology
  • Race and the Geography of Opportunity in the Post-Prison Labor Market, 2020, Social Problems

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jeffrey D. Morenoff, Phimphaka Harding, Jack K. Clegg, Shawn D. Bushway, and Andrés Reyes Zuluaga.

Best Publications

  • Lidar Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Studies

    Michael A. Lefsky;Warren B. Cohen;Geoffrey G. Parker;David J. Harding

  • The Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2): Science requirements, concept, and implementation

    Thorsten Markus;Tom Neumann;Anthony Martino;Waleed Abdalati

  • ICESat's laser measurements of polar ice, atmosphere, ocean, and land

    H. J. Zwally;Bob E Schutz;W. Abdalati;J. Abshire

  • Lidar Remote Sensing of the Canopy Structure and Biophysical Properties of Douglas-Fir Western Hemlock Forests

    M.A. Lefsky;W.B. Cohen;S.A. Acker;G.G. Parker

  • Surface lidar remote sensing of basal area and biomass in deciduous forests of eastern Maryland, USA

    M. A. Lefsky;D. Harding;W. B. Cohen;Geoffrey G. Parker

  • Estimates of forest canopy height and aboveground biomass using ICESat

    Michael A. Lefsky;David J. Harding;Michael Keller;Michael Keller;Warren B. Cohen

  • Lidar remote sensing of above‐ground biomass in three biomes

    Michael A. Lefsky;Warren B. Cohen;David J. Harding;Geoffrey G. Parker

  • The ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry Mission

    Waleed Abdalati;H Jay Zwally;Robert Bindschadler;Bea Csatho

  • Laser altimeter canopy height profiles: methods and validation for closed-canopy, broadleaf forests

    D.J Harding;M.A Lefsky;G.G Parker;J.B Blair

  • Amazon forests maintain consistent canopy structure and greenness during the dry season

    Douglas C. Morton;Jyoteshwar Nagol;Claudia C. Carabajal;Jacqueline Rosette

  • ICESat waveform measurements of within-footprint topographic relief and vegetation vertical structure

    David J. Harding;Claudia C. Carabajal

  • Rift deflection, migration, and propagation: Linkage of the Ethiopian and Eastern rifts, Africa

    C. J. Ebinger;T. Yemane;D. J. Harding;S. Tesfaye

  • SRTM C-band and ICESat Laser Altimetry Elevation Comparisons as a Function of Tree Cover and Relief

    Claudia C. Carabajal;David J. Harding

  • High-resolution lidar topography of the Puget Lowland, Washington - A bonanza for earth science

    Ralph A. Haugerud;David J. Harding;Samuel Y. Johnson;Jerry L. Harless

  • A portable LIDAR system for rapid determination of forest canopy structure

    Geoffrey G. Parker;David J. Harding;Michelle L. Berger

  • ICESat validation of SRTM C‐band digital elevation models

    Claudia C. Carabajal;David J. Harding

  • SOME ALGORITHMS FOR VIRTUAL DEFORESTATION (VDF) OF LIDAR TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY DATA

    R. A. Haugerud;D. J. Harding

  • On promoting the use of lidar systems in forest ecosystem research

    Martin Beland;Geoffrey Parker;Ben Sparrow;David Harding

  • Light transmittance in forest canopies determined using airborne laser altimetry and in-canopy quantum measurements

    Geoffrey G Parker;Michael A Lefsky;David J Harding

  • Early continental breakup boundary and migration of the Afar triple junction, Ethiopia

    Samson Tesfaye;David J. Harding;Timothy M. Kusky

  • Derivation of Range and Range Distributions From Laser Pulse Waveform Analysis for Surface Elevations, Roughness, Slope, and Vegetation Heights

    Anita C. Brenner;H. Jay Zwally;Charles R. Bentley;Bea M. Csathó

  • Lidar Remote Sensing of Aboveground Biomass in Three Biomes

    M. A. Lefsky;W. B. Cohen;D. J. Harding;Geoffrey G. Parker

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Lefsky
Michael A. Lefsky Colorado State University
Geoffrey G. Parker
Geoffrey G. Parker Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Warren B. Cohen
Warren B. Cohen Oregon State University
Randolph H. Wynne
Randolph H. Wynne Virginia Tech
David D. Rowlands
David D. Rowlands Goddard Space Flight Center
Scott B. Luthcke
Scott B. Luthcke National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Thorsten Markus
Thorsten Markus Goddard Space Flight Center
Elizabeth M. Middleton
Elizabeth M. Middleton Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael W. Palace
Michael W. Palace University of New Hampshire
Peter North
Peter North Swansea University

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