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Environmental Sciences
Canada
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
69
Citations
19569
World Ranking
1765
National Ranking
64

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Josef Cihlar is affiliated with Natural Resources Canada in Canada. The scientist's profile is characterized by involvement in research activities primarily connected with this organization.

Details regarding specific research publications, frequent co-authors, or venues of publication are not provided. Likewise, information about particular fields or subfields of study and main topics of work is not available. No record of book publications or awards has been documented.

Given the available information, the profile centers on Josef Cihlar's role within Natural Resources Canada, implying engagement with natural resources research within the Canadian context. This affiliation suggests a focus relevant to national environmental, forestry, or resource management concerns, although explicit topics or project details are not specified.

Best Publications

  • Retrieving Leaf Area Index of Boreal Conifer Forests Using Landsat TM Images

    Jing M. Chen;Josef Cihlar

  • Daily canopy photosynthesis model through temporal and spatial scaling for remote sensing applications

    J.M Chen;J Liu;J Cihlar;M.L Goulden

  • Land cover mapping of large areas from satellites: Status and research priorities

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  • A process-based boreal ecosystem productivity simulator using remote sensing inputs

    J Liu

  • The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) : an overview and early results from the 1994 field year

    Piers Sellers;Forrest Hall;K. Jon Ranson;Hank Margolis

  • Derivation and validation of Canada-wide coarse-resolution leaf area index maps using high-resolution satellite imagery and ground measurements

    J.M Chen;G Pavlic;L Brown;J Cihlar

  • BOREAS in 1997: Experiment overview, scientific results, and future directions

    Piers J. Sellers;Forrest G. Hall;Robert D. Kelly;Andrew Black

  • Sentinels for science: potential of Sentinel-1, -2, and -3 missions for scientific observations of ocean, cryosphere, and land

    Zbyněk Malenovský;Helmut Rott;Josef Cihlar;Michael E. Schaepman

  • Plant canopy gap-size analysis theory for improving optical measurements of leaf-area index.

    Jing M. Chen;Josef Cihlar

  • Radiometric normalization of multitemporal high-resolution satellite images with quality control for land cover change detection

    Yong Du;Philippe M Teillet;Josef Cihlar

  • A Shortwave Infrared Modification to the Simple Ratio for LAI Retrieval in Boreal Forests: An Image and Model Analysis

    Leonard Brown;Jing M. Chen;Sylvain G. Leblanc;Josef Cihlar

  • An image transform to characterize and compensate for spatial variations in thin cloud contamination of Landsat images

    Y Zhang;B Guindon;J Cihlar

  • Quantifying the effect of canopy architecture on optical measurements of leaf area index using two gap size analysis methods

    J.M. Chen;J. Cihlar

  • Hotspot and NDVI Differencing Synergy (HANDS): A New Technique for Burned Area Mapping over Boreal Forest

    R.H Fraser;Z Li;J Cihlar

  • Relation between the normalized difference vegetation index and ecological variables

    J. Cihlar;L. St.-Laurent;J.A. Dyer

  • Remotely sensed habitat diversity predicts butterfly species richness and community similarity in Canada

    Jeremy T. Kerr;T. R. E. Southwood;Josef Cihlar

  • Net primary productivity distribution in the BOREAS region from a process model using satellite and surface data

    J. Liu;J. M. Chen;J. Cihlar;W. Chen

  • Multitemporal, multichannel AVHRR data sets for land biosphere studies—Artifacts and corrections

    Josef Cihlar;Hung Ly;Zhanqing Li;Jing Chen

  • Effects of spectral response function on surface reflectance and NDVI measured with moderate resolution satellite sensors

    Alexander P Trishchenko;Josef Cihlar;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li

  • Satellite-based detection of Canadian boreal forest fires: Development and application of the algorithm

    Z. Li;S. Nadon;J. Cihlar

  • The 1 km resolution global data set: needs of the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme†

    J. R. G. Townshend;C. O. Justice;D. Skole;J.-P. Malingreau

Frequent Co-Authors

Jing M. Chen
Jing M. Chen University of Toronto
Zhanqing Li
Zhanqing Li University of Maryland, College Park
Rasim Latifovic
Rasim Latifovic Natural Resources Canada
Robert H. Fraser
Robert H. Fraser Natural Resources Canada
Jane Liu
Jane Liu University of Toronto
Derek R. Peddle
Derek R. Peddle University of Lethbridge
Jeremy T. Kerr
Jeremy T. Kerr University of Ottawa
David E. Knapp
David E. Knapp Arizona State University
David Price
David Price University of Aberdeen
Shusen Wang
Shusen Wang Natural Resources Canada

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