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Michael A. Lefsky is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research focuses on environmental science, particularly in the areas of environmental engineering, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, water science and technology, and geochemistry and petrology.

The scientist has contributed to topics including remote sensing and LiDAR applications, forest ecology and management, hydrology and watershed management studies, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, groundwater flow and contamination studies, land use and ecosystem services, and soil and land suitability analysis.

Michael A. Lefsky has published several notable papers, including:

  • "The Case for an Open Water Balance: Re-envisioning Network Design and Data Analysis for a Complex, Uncertain World" (2020) in Water Resources Research
  • "Dividing the Topographical Advantage of Forestland by Spatial Analysis and the Analytic Hierarchy Process" (2020) in Journal of Sustainable Forestry
  • "Virgin Islands land cover and forest structure" (2021) in Forest Service Research Data Archive
  • "Maps of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands forest functional groups, biomass, height, and species counts (2001-2008) and satellite image composites (1980-2000)" (2023) in Forest Service Research Data Archive

Their frequent coauthors include Eileen H. Helmer, Stephanie K. Kampf, Stephen J. Burges, John C. Hammond, and Aditi S. Bhaskar.

Michael A. Lefsky's work is often published in venues such as the Forest Service Research Data Archive, Water Resources Research, and the Journal of Sustainable Forestry.

Best Publications

  • Benchmark map of forest carbon stocks in tropical regions across three continents.

    Sassan S Saatchi;Nancy L Harris;Sandra Brown;Michael A Lefsky

  • Lidar Remote Sensing for Ecosystem Studies

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

  • 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

  • Review of studies on tree species classification from remotely sensed data

    Fabian Ewald Fassnacht;Hooman Latifi;Krzysztof Stereńczak;Aneta Modzelewska

  • 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

  • A flexible spatiotemporal method for fusing satellite images with different resolutions

    Xiaolin Zhu;Eileen H. Helmer;Feng Gao;Desheng Liu

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

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

  • A global forest canopy height map from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

    Michael A. Lefsky

  • 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

  • Integration of lidar and Landsat ETM+ data for estimating and mapping forest canopy height

    Andrew T Hudak;Michael A Lefsky;Warren B Cohen;Mercedes Berterretche

  • Revised method for forest canopy height estimation from Geoscience Laser Altimeter System waveforms

    Michael A. Lefsky;Michael Keller;Yong Pang;Plinio B. de Camargo

  • An evaluation of alternate remote sensing products for forest inventory, monitoring, and mapping of Douglas-fir forests in western Oregon

    M A Lefsky;W B Cohen;T A Spies

  • Forest carbon densities and uncertainties from Lidar, QuickBird, and field measurements in California

    Patrick Gonzalez;Gregory P. Asner;John J. Battles;Michael A. Lefsky

  • Urban forest biomass estimates: is it important to use allometric relationships developed specifically for urban trees?

    M. R. McHale;M. R. McHale;I. C. Burke;M. A. Lefsky;P. J. Peper

  • Mapping tropical forest biomass with radar and spaceborne LiDAR in Lopé National Park, Gabon: Overcoming problems of high biomass and persistent cloud

    Edward T A Mitchard;Sassan S Saatchi;Lee White;Katharine Abernethy

  • Amazon forest carbon dynamics predicted by profiles of canopy leaf area and light environment

    Scott C Stark;Veronika Leitold;Jin L Wu;Maria O Hunter

  • Characterizing 3D vegetation structure from space: Mission requirements

    Forrest G. Hall;Kathleen Bergen;James B. Blair;Ralph Dubayah

  • Three-dimensional Structure of an Old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga Canopy and Its Implications for Radiation Balance, Microclimate, and Gas Exchange

    Geoffrey G. Parker;Mark E. Harmon;Michael A. Lefsky;Jiquan Chen

  • Lidar Remote Sensing of Aboveground Biomass in Three Biomes

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Warren B. Cohen
Warren B. Cohen Oregon State University
Sassan Saatchi
Sassan Saatchi California Institute of Technology
David J. Harding
David J. Harding Goddard Space Flight Center
Geoffrey G. Parker
Geoffrey G. Parker Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Michael Keller
Michael Keller US Forest Service
Ranga B. Myneni
Ranga B. Myneni Boston University
Stephanie K. Kampf
Stephanie K. Kampf Colorado State University
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
Eileen H. Helmer
Eileen H. Helmer US Forest Service
Michael G. Ryan
Michael G. Ryan Colorado State University

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