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Elizabeth M. Middleton is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental science, with a focus on ecology and global and planetary change. The sub-disciplines in which they have made contributions include ecology, environmental engineering, atmospheric science, and plant science.

The scientist's work primarily concentrates on topics related to remote sensing in agriculture, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, and applications of remote sensing and LiDAR. Additionally, Middleton has contributed to studies on land use and ecosystem services, urban heat island mitigation, plant responses to elevated CO2, and atmospheric ozone and climate.

Recent published papers illustrate Middleton's involvement in remote sensing and ecological research. These include:

  • Current and near-term advances in Earth observation for ecological applications, 2021, Ecological Processes
  • Fluorescence Correction Vegetation Index (FCVI): A physically based reflectance index to separate physiological and non-physiological information in far-red sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Unraveling the physical and physiological basis for the solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthesis relationship using continuous leaf and canopy measurements of a corn crop, 2021, Biogeosciences
  • On-orbit calibration and performance of the EMIT imaging spectrometer, 2024, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Evaluating impacts of snow, surface water, soil and vegetation on empirical vegetation and snow indices for the Utqiaġvik tundra ecosystem in Alaska with the LVS3 model, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment

Middleton frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Petya Campbell, Peiqi Yang, Christiaan van der Tol, K. F. Huemmrich, and Susan L. Ustin. These collaborations reflect ongoing engagement with research groups focused on remote sensing and ecological processes.

The scientist's work appears regularly in venues such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Ecological Processes, Biogeosciences, Sensors, and Environmental Research Communications, demonstrating a consistent publication record in journals related to environmental monitoring and ecological research.

Best Publications

  • The future of evapotranspiration: global requirements for ecosystem functioning, carbon and climate feedbacks, agricultural management, and water resources.

    Joshua B. Fisher;Forrest S. Melton;Elizabeth M. Middleton;Christopher Hain;Christopher Hain

  • Global monitoring of terrestrial chlorophyll fluorescence from moderate-spectral-resolution near-infrared satellite measurements: methodology, simulations, and application to GOME-2

    J. Joiner;L. Guanter;R. Lindstrot;M. Voigt

  • Remote sensing of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) in vegetation: 50 years of progress.

    Gina H. Mohammed;Roberto Colombo;Elizabeth M. Middleton;Uwe Rascher

  • First observations of global and seasonal terrestrial chlorophyll fluorescence from space

    J. Joiner;Y. Yoshida;A. P. Vasilkov;L. A. Corp

  • The seasonal cycle of satellite chlorophyll fluorescence observations and its relationship to vegetation phenology and ecosystem atmosphere carbon exchange

    J. Joiner;Y. Yoshida;Ap. Vasilkov;K. Schaefer

  • The FLuorescence EXplorer Mission Concept—ESA’s Earth Explorer 8

    Matthias Drusch;Jose Moreno;Umberto Del Bello;Raffaella Franco

  • An introduction to the NASA Hyperspectral InfraRed Imager (HyspIRI) mission and preparatory activities

    Christine M. Lee;Morgan L. Cable;Simon J. Hook;Robert O. Green

  • NASA Goddards LiDAR, Hyperspectral and Thermal (G-LiHT) Airborne Imager

    Bruce D. Cook;Lawrence A. Corp;Ross F. Nelson;Elizabeth M. Middleton

  • New methods for the retrieval of chlorophyll red fluorescence from hyperspectral satellite instruments: simulations andapplication to GOME-2 and SCIAMACHY

    Joanna Joiner;Yasuko Yoshida;Luis Guanter;Elizabeth M. Middleton

  • Selection of Hyperspectral Narrowbands (HNBs) and Composition of Hyperspectral Twoband Vegetation Indices (HVIs) for Biophysical Characterization and Discrimination of Crop Types Using Field Reflectance and Hyperion/EO-1 Data

    P. S. Thenkabail;I. Mariotto;M. K. Gumma;E. M. Middleton

  • A MODIS-derived photochemical reflectance index to detect inter-annual variations in the photosynthetic light-use efficiency of a boreal deciduous forest

    Guillaume G. Drolet;Karl F. Huemmrich;Karl F. Huemmrich;Forrest G. Hall;Forrest G. Hall;Elizabeth M. Middleton

  • Current and near-term advances in Earth observation for ecological applications

    Susan L. Ustin;Elizabeth M. Middleton

  • Multi-angle remote sensing of forest light use efficiency by observing PRI variation with canopy shadow fraction

    Forrest G Hall;Thomas Hilker;Nicholas C Coops;Alexei Lyapustin

  • Regional mapping of gross light-use efficiency using MODIS spectral indices

    G.G. Drolet;E.M. Middleton;K.F. Huemmrich;K.F. Huemmrich;F.G. Hall;F.G. Hall

  • Filling-in of near-infrared solar lines by terrestrial fluorescence and other geophysical effects: simulations and space-based observations from SCIAMACHY and GOSAT

    J. Joiner;Y. Yoshida;A. P. Vasilkov;E. M. Middleton

  • Amphibian declines and environmental change: use of remote-sensing data to identify environmental correlates

    Cynthia Carey;W. Ronald Heyer;T. John Wilkinson;Ross A. Alford

  • Space-Based Remote Imaging Spectroscopy of the Aliso Canyon CH4 Superemitter

    D. R. Thompson;A. K. Thorpe;C. Frankenberg;R. O. Green

  • Assessing Vegetation Function with Imaging Spectroscopy

    J A Gamon;J A Gamon;B Somers;Zbyněk Malenovský;Zbyněk Malenovský;E M Middleton

  • The Earth Observing One (EO-1) Satellite Mission: Over a Decade in Space

    E. M. Middleton;S. G. Ungar;D. J. Mandl;L. Ong

  • Can a satellite-derived estimate of the fraction of PAR absorbed by chlorophyll (FAPARchl) improve predictions of light-use efficiency and ecosystem photosynthesis for a boreal aspen forest?

    Qingyuan Zhang;Qingyuan Zhang;Elizabeth M. Middleton;Hank A. Margolis;Guillaume G. Drolet

  • Seasonal variability in foliar characteristics and physiology for boreal forest species at the five Saskatchewan tower sites during the 1994 Boreal Ecosystem‐Atmosphere Study

    E. M. Middleton;J. H. Sullivan;B. D. Bovard;A. J. Deluca

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Fred Huemmrich
Karl Fred Huemmrich University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Uwe Rascher
Uwe Rascher Forschungszentrum Jülich
Hank A. Margolis
Hank A. Margolis National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Yujie Wang
Yujie Wang University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Alexei Lyapustin
Alexei Lyapustin Goddard Space Flight Center
Roberto Colombo
Roberto Colombo University of Milano-Bicocca
William P. Kustas
William P. Kustas Agricultural Research Service
Matthias Drusch
Matthias Drusch European Space Agency
Alexander Damm
Alexander Damm University of Zurich
Franco Miglietta
Franco Miglietta National Research Council (CNR)

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