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Overview

Toby N. Carlson is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Environmental Science, with particular focus on Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science among other subfields. Carlson's work encompasses various topics including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Urban Heat Island Mitigation, and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

Frequent collaborators in their research include George P. Petropoulos, Dionissios T. Hristopulos, Andrew Pavlides, Ionuț Șandric, and Swati Suman.

  • George P. Petropoulos
  • Dionissios T. Hristopulos
  • Andrew Pavlides
  • Ionuț Șandric
  • Swati Suman

Carlson has published articles most often in the journal Remote Sensing, followed by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and Weatherwise. Other publication venues include the International Journal of Remote Sensing and Remote Sensing Letters.

  • Remote Sensing
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Weatherwise
  • International Journal of Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing Letters

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Carlson reflect a focus on remote sensing techniques and environmental monitoring:

  • "A Brief Analysis of the Triangle Method and a Proposal for its Operational Implementation," 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "The Discovery of African Dust Transport to the Western Hemisphere and the Saharan Air Layer: A History," 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Exploring the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with the simplified 'triangle' technique for soil water content and evaporative fraction retrievals in a Mediterranean setting," 2020, International Journal of Remote Sensing
  • "Evaporative Fluxes and Surface Soil Moisture Retrievals in a Mediterranean Setting from Sentinel-3 and the "Simplified Triangle"," 2020, Remote Sensing
  • "Limitations in Validating Derived Soil Water Content from Thermal/Optical Measurements Using the Simplified Triangle Method," 2020, Remote Sensing

This collection of publications indicates an emphasis on soil water content measurement techniques, remote sensing technology applications in environmental studies, and atmospheric phenomena analyses. Collaborations often relate to remote sensing advancements and atmospheric or soil-related environmental issues.

Best Publications

  • On the relation between NDVI, fractional vegetation cover, and leaf area index

    Toby N. Carlson;David A. Ripley

  • A method to make use of thermal infrared temperature and NDVI measurements to infer surface soil water content and fractional vegetation cover

    Toby N. Carlson;Robert R. Gillies;Eileen M. Perry

  • An Overview of the “Triangle Method” for Estimating Surface Evapotranspiration and Soil Moisture from Satellite Imagery

    Toby Carlson

  • The Large-Scale Movement of Saharan Air Outbreaks over the Northern Equatorial Atlantic

    Toby N. Carlson;Joseph M. Prospero

  • Vertical and areal distribution of Saharan dust over the western equatorial north Atlantic Ocean

    Joseph M. Prospero;Toby N. Carlson

  • The impact of land use — land cover changes due to urbanization on surface microclimate and hydrology: a satellite perspective

    Toby N Carlson;S Traci Arthur

  • Thermal remote sensing of surface soil water content with partial vegetation cover for incorporation into climate models

    Robert R. Gillies;Toby N. Carlson

  • Airflow Through Midlatitude Cyclones and the Comma Cloud Pattern

    Toby N. Carlson

  • An assessment of satellite remotely-sensed land cover parameters in quantitatively describing the climatic effect of urbanization

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  • Satellite Estimation of the Surface Energy Balance, Moisture Availability and Thermal Inertia.

    Toby N. Carlson;Joseph K. Dodd;Stanley G. Benjamin;James N. Cooper

  • Radiative Heating Rates for Saharan Dust

    Toby N. Carlson;Stanley G. Benjamin

  • A new look at the simplified method for remote sensing of daily evapotranspiration.

    Toby N. Carlson;William J. Capehart;Robert R. Gillies

  • An interpretation of methodologies for indirect measurement of soil water content

    Toby N. Carlson;Robert R. Gillies;Thomas J. Schmugge

  • Mid-Latitude Weather Systems

    Toby N. Carlson

  • Remote estimation of soil moisture availability and fractional vegetation cover for agricultural fields

    Toby N. Carlson;Eileen M. Perry;Thomas J. Schmugge

  • A case study of mobilization and transport of Saharan dust

    Douglas L. Westphal;Owen B. Toon;Toby N. Carlson

  • Analysis and Numerical Simulations of the Saharan Air Layer and Its Effect on Easterly Wave Disturbances

    V. Mohan Karyampudi;Toby N. Carlson

  • A review of Ts/VI remote sensing based methods for the retrieval of land surface energy fluxes and soil surface moisture.

    George Petropoulos;T.N. Carlson;M Wooster;S Islam

  • A two-dimensional numerical investigation of the dynamics and microphysics of Saharan dust storms

    Douglas L. Westphal;Owen B. Toon;Toby N. Carlson

  • Elevated Mixed Layers in the Regional Severe Storm Environment: Conceptual Model and Case Studies

    T. N. Carlson;S. G. Benjamin;G. S. Forbes;Y.-F. Li

  • SOME REMARKS ON AFRICAN DISTURBANCES AND THEIR PROGRESS OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC

    Toby N. Carlson

Frequent Co-Authors

George P. Petropoulos
George P. Petropoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Robert R. Gillies
Robert R. Gillies Utah State University
Martin J. Wooster
Martin J. Wooster King's College London
Stanley G. Benjamin
Stanley G. Benjamin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Thomas T. Warner
Thomas T. Warner National Center for Atmospheric Research
Joseph M. Prospero
Joseph M. Prospero University of Miami
Shafiqul Islam
Shafiqul Islam Tufts University
Douglas L. Westphal
Douglas L. Westphal United States Naval Research Laboratory
Owen B. Toon
Owen B. Toon University of Colorado Boulder
Marko Scholze
Marko Scholze Lund University

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