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Marc Simard is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their scholarly work spans over 100 publications, focusing on various interdisciplinary aspects of Earth system science and environmental monitoring.

Their research addresses topics such as coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coastal and marine dynamics, and the application of remote sensing and LiDAR technologies. Additional focus areas include flood risk assessment and management, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) applications and techniques, aeolian processes and effects, and marine and coastal ecosystems.

Marc Simard has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Daniel Jensen, Temilola Fatoyinbo, Michael Denbina, Nathan Thomas, and David Lagomasino.

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Marc Simard include:

  • Representing the function and sensitivity of coastal interfaces in Earth system models, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Research Trends in the Use of Remote Sensing for Inland Water Quality Science: Moving Towards Multidisciplinary Applications, 2020, Water
  • Biomass estimation from simulated GEDI, ICESat-2 and NISAR across environmental gradients in Sonoma County, California, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Fusing simulated GEDI, ICESat-2 and NISAR data for regional aboveground biomass mapping, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Harnessing Big Data to Support the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Mangrove Forests Globally, 2020, One Earth

The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center for Biogeochemical Dynamics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Remote Sensing

In terms of subfields within their research scope, Marc Simard has contributed to studies in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Environmental Engineering, and Oceanography.

Best Publications

  • Mapping forest canopy height globally with spaceborne lidar

    Marc Simard;Naiara Pinto;Joshua B. Fisher;Alessandro Baccini

  • Distribution and drivers of global mangrove forest change, 1996–2010

    Nathan Thomas;Richard Lucas;Peter Bunting;Andrew Hardy

  • Mangrove canopy height globally related to precipitation, temperature and cyclone frequency

    Marc Simard;Lola Fatoyinbo;Charlotte Smetanka;Charlotte Smetanka;Victor H. Rivera-Monroy

  • Mapping Height and Biomass of Mangrove Forests in Everglades National Park with SRTM Elevation Data

    Marc Simard;Keqi Zhang;Victor H. Rivera-Monroy;Michael S. Ross

  • Representing the function and sensitivity of coastal interfaces in Earth system models

    Nicholas D. Ward;Nicholas D. Ward;J. Patrick Megonigal;Ben Bond-Lamberty;Vanessa L. Bailey

  • Research Trends in the Use of Remote Sensing for Inland Water Quality Science: Moving Towards Multidisciplinary Applications

    Simon N. Topp;Tamlin M. Pavelsky;Daniel Jensen;Marc Simard

  • The use of decision tree and multiscale texture for classification of JERS-1 SAR data over tropical forest

    M. Simard;S.S. Saatchi;G. De Grandi

  • Biomass estimation from simulated GEDI, ICESat-2 and NISAR across environmental gradients in Sonoma County, California

    Laura Duncanson;Laura Duncanson;Amy Neuenschwander;Steven Hancock;Steven Hancock;Nathan Thomas;Nathan Thomas

  • Height and biomass of mangroves in Africa from ICESat/GLAS and SRTM

    TemilolaE. Fatoyinbo;Marc Simard

  • A systematic method for 3D mapping of mangrove forests based on Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation data, ICEsat/GLAS waveforms and field data: Application to Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombia

    Marc Simard;Victor H. Rivera-Monroy;José Ernesto Mancera-Pineda;Edward Castañeda-Moya

  • Fusing simulated GEDI, ICESat-2 and NISAR data for regional aboveground biomass mapping

    Carlos Alberto Silva;Carlos Alberto Silva;Laura Duncanson;Steven Hancock;Amy Neuenschwander

  • Validation of the Combined Comorbidity Index of Charlson and Elixhauser to Predict 30-Day Mortality Across ICD-9 and ICD-10.

    Marc Simard;Caroline Sirois;Bernard Candas

  • NASADEM GLOBAL ELEVATION MODEL: METHODS AND PROGRESS

    R. Crippen;S. Buckley;P. Agram;E. Belz

  • A Temporal Decorrelation Model for Polarimetric Radar Interferometers

    M. Lavalle;M. Simard;S. Hensley

  • Sex hormone metabolism in lung development and maturation

    Tommy Seaborn;Marc Simard;Pierre R. Provost;Bruno Piedboeuf

  • Landscape‐scale extent, height, biomass, and carbon estimation of Mozambique's mangrove forests with Landsat ETM+ and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation data

    Temilola E. Fatoyinbo;Marc Simard;Robert A. Washington-Allen;Robert A. Washington-Allen;Herman H. Shugart

  • A comprehensive benchmarking system for evaluating global vegetation models

    D. I. Kelley;I. C. Prentice;I. C. Prentice;S. P. Harrison;S. P. Harrison;H. Wang;H. Wang

  • Analysis of speckle noise contribution on wavelet decomposition of SAR images

    M. Simard;G. DeGrandi;K.P.B. Thomson;G.B. Benie

  • AquaSat: A Data Set to Enable Remote Sensing of Water Quality for Inland Waters

    Matthew R. V. Ross;Simon N. Topp;Alison P. Appling;Xiao Yang

  • A general framework for propagule dispersal in mangroves.

    Tom Van Der Stocken;Tom Van Der Stocken;Alison Kim Shan Wee;Alison Kim Shan Wee;Dennis De Ryck;Bram Vanschoenwinkel

  • Mapping tropical coastal vegetation using JERS-1 and ERS-1 radar data with a decision tree classifier

    M. Simard;G. De Grandi;S. Saatchi;P. Mayaux

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl C. Trettin
Carl C. Trettin US Forest Service
Ralph Dubayah
Ralph Dubayah University of Maryland, College Park
Robert R. Twilley
Robert R. Twilley Louisiana State University
Victor H. Rivera-Monroy
Victor H. Rivera-Monroy Louisiana State University
Scott Hensley
Scott Hensley Jet Propulsion Lab
Sassan Saatchi
Sassan Saatchi California Institute of Technology
Michelle Hofton
Michelle Hofton University of Maryland, College Park
Carlos A. Silva
Carlos A. Silva University of Florida
John Armston
John Armston University of Maryland, College Park
Eric Rignot
Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine

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