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Nancy H. F. French is affiliated with Michigan Technological University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with specific attention to global and planetary change, atmospheric science, safety, risk, reliability and quality, ecology, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as fire effects on ecosystems, climate change and permafrost, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, fire dynamics and safety research, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, cryospheric studies and observations, and air quality and health impacts.

The body of their recent research includes the following papers:

  • Disturbances in North American boreal forest and Arctic tundra: impacts, interactions, and responses (2022) published in Environmental Research Letters
  • Quantifying how sources of uncertainty in combustible biomass propagate to prediction of wildland fire emissions (2020) published in International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Cloud-to-Ground Lightning and Near-Surface Fire Weather Control Wildfire Occurrence in Arctic Tundra (2021) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Burned area and carbon emissions across northwestern boreal North America from 2001-2019 (2023) published in Biogeosciences
  • Quantifying surface severity of the 2014 and 2015 fires in the Great Slave Lake area of Canada (2020) published in International Journal of Wildland Fire

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • Geophysical monograph
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Earth system science data

Collaborations have been maintained with several researchers, most commonly with:

  • Tatiana Loboda
  • Laura Bourgeau-Chavez
  • Michael Billmire
  • Robin Puett
  • Elizabeth Hoy

Best Publications

  • Climate-induced boreal forest change: Predictions versus current observations

    Amber J. Soja;Nadezda M. Tchebakova;Nancy H.F. French;Michael D. Flannigan

  • Vulnerability of high-latitude soil organic carbon in North America to disturbance

    Guido Grosse;Jennifer W. Harden;Merritt Turetsky;A. David McGuire

  • Using Landsat data to assess fire and burn severity in the North American boreal forest region: an overview and summary of results

    Nancy H. F. French;Eric S. Kasischke;Ronald J. Hall;Karen A. Murphy

  • Influences of boreal fire emissions on Northern Hemisphere atmospheric carbon and carbon monoxide

    Eric S. Kasischke;Edward J. Hyer;Paul C. Novelli;Lori P. Bruhwiler

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Locating and estimating the areal extent of wildfires in alaskan boreal forests using multiple-season AVHRR NDVI composite data

    Eric S. Kasischke;Nancy H.F. French

  • AVHRR-based mapping of fires in Russia: New products for fire management and carbon cycle studies

    Anatoly I. Sukhinin;Nancy H.F. French;Eric S. Kasischke;Jenny H. Hewson

  • Uncertainty in estimating carbon emissions from boreal forest fires

    Nancy H. F. French;Pierre Goovaerts;Eric S. Kasischke

  • Postfire response of North American boreal forest net primary productivity analyzed with satellite observations

    Jeffrey A. Hicke;Gregory P. Asner;Eric S. Kasischke;Nancy H. F. French

  • Monitoring of wildfires in boreal forests using large area AVHRR NDVI composite image data

    Eric S. Kasischke;Nancy H.F. French;Peter Harrell;Norman L. Christensen

  • Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database

    T.T. van Leeuwen;T.T. van Leeuwen;G.R. van der Werf;A.A. Hoffmann;R.G. Detmers;R.G. Detmers

  • Evaluation of the composite burn index for assessing fire severity in Alaskan black spruce forests

    Eric S. Kasischke;Merritt R. Turetsky;Merritt R. Turetsky;Roger D. Ottmar;Nancy H. F. French

  • The San Diego 2007 wildfires and Medi-Cal emergency department presentations, inpatient hospitalizations, and outpatient visits: An observational study of smoke exposure periods and a bidirectional case-crossover analysis.

    Justine A. Hutchinson;Jason Vargo;Meredith Milet;Nancy H. F. French

  • Model comparisons for estimating carbon emissions from North American wildland fire

    Nancy H.F. French;William J. De Groot;Liza K. Jenkins;Brendan M. Rogers

  • Evaluating the potential of Landsat TM/ETM+ imagery for assessing fire severity in Alaskan black spruce forests

    Elizabeth E. Hoy;Nancy H. F. French;Merritt R. Turetsky;Simon N. Trigg;Simon N. Trigg

  • Using remote sensing to assess Russian forest fire carbon emissions

    A. S. Isaev;G. N. Korovin;S. A. Bartalev;D. V. Ershov

  • Sensitivity of ERS-1 and JERS-1 radar data to biomass and stand structure in Alaskan boreal forest

    P.A. Harrell;L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez;E.S. Kasischke;N.H.F. French

  • Variability in the emission of carbon-based trace gases from wildfire in the Alaskan boreal forest

    Nancy H. F. French;Eric S. Kasischke;David G. Williams

  • Estimating release of carbon from 1990 and 1991 forest fires in Alaska

    Eric S. Kasischke;Nancy H. F. French;Laura L. Bourgeau‐Chavez;N. L. Christensen

  • The detection and mapping of Alaskan wildfires using a spaceborne imaging radar system

    L. L. Bourgeau-Chavez;P. A. Harrell;E. S. Kasischke;N. H. F. French

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez
Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez Michigan Technological University
Eric S. Kasischke
Eric S. Kasischke University of Maryland, College Park
Merritt R. Turetsky
Merritt R. Turetsky University of Colorado Boulder
Roger D. Ottmar
Roger D. Ottmar US Forest Service
Susan J. Prichard
Susan J. Prichard University of Washington
Scott J. Goetz
Scott J. Goetz Northern Arizona University
Daniel G. Brown
Daniel G. Brown University of Washington
Evan S. Kane
Evan S. Kane Michigan Technological University
Brian J. Stocks
Brian J. Stocks Canadian Forest Service
Edward J. Hyer
Edward J. Hyer United States Naval Research Laboratory

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