What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Ecology
- Agriculture
- Climate change
Marc L. Imhoff focuses on Remote sensing, Urban area, Urbanization, Defense Meteorological Satellite Program and Census.
His Remote sensing study frequently links to related topics such as Growing season.
His Urban area research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Elevation, Urban heat island, Biome, Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest and Arid.
His Urbanization research includes themes of Global warming, Agriculture, Carbon cycle and Land use.
His Land use research includes elements of Agroforestry, Ecoregion, Species richness and Geographic information system.
Marc L. Imhoff combines subjects such as Ecology and Biodiversity with his study of Agroforestry.
His most cited work include:
- Remote sensing of the urban heat island effect across biomes in the continental USA (683 citations)
- Global patterns in human consumption of net primary production (484 citations)
- A Technique for Using Composite DMSP/OLS "City Lights"Satellite Data to Map Urban Area (436 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary areas of study are Remote sensing, Vegetation, Synthetic aperture radar, Urbanization and Meteorology.
Many of his studies on Remote sensing apply to Biomass as well.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Habitat, Precipitation, Hydrology, Surface runoff and Backscatter.
His Synthetic aperture radar study combines topics in areas such as Biomass and Canopy.
Marc L. Imhoff has included themes like Urban planning, Land use and Geographic information system in his Urbanization study.
His Meteorology research incorporates themes from Flood control and Greenhouse gas.
He most often published in these fields:
- Remote sensing (43.14%)
- Vegetation (37.25%)
- Synthetic aperture radar (21.57%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2019)?
- Urbanization (21.57%)
- Vegetation (37.25%)
- Urban climate (7.84%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of investigation include Urbanization, Vegetation, Urban climate, Physical geography and Sustainable development.
His Remote sensing research extends to the thematically linked field of Urbanization.
The concepts of his Vegetation study are interwoven with issues in Hydrology, Surface runoff and Precipitation.
Marc L. Imhoff interconnects Environmental protection and Urban area in the investigation of issues within Urban climate.
His research in Urban area intersects with topics in Biodiversity and Global change.
In his work, Biosphere and Urban climatology is strongly intertwined with Urban heat island, which is a subfield of Physical geography.
Between 2014 and 2019, his most popular works were:
- A global map of urban extent from nightlights (159 citations)
- The surface urban heat island response to urban expansion: A panel analysis for the conterminous United States (93 citations)
- A global record of annual urban dynamics (1992-2013) from nighttime lights (70 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Ecology
- Agriculture
- Climate change
Marc L. Imhoff mainly focuses on Urbanization, Urban climate, Physical geography, Urban area and Environmental protection.
His work in the fields of Urbanization, such as Urban climatology, intersects with other areas such as Defense Meteorological Satellite Program and Distribution.
His work on Urban heat island expands to the thematically related Urban climatology.
His Defense Meteorological Satellite Program research incorporates Remote sensing, Temporal consistency, Sustainable development, Urban planning and Quantile.
His study ties his expertise on Cartography together with the subject of Remote sensing.
Distribution is intertwined with Global change, Global Map, Latitude and Biodiversity in his research.
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