Publications

Marshak, Charlie, Marc Simard, and Michael Denbina. "Monitoring Forest Loss in ALOS/PALSAR Time-Series with Superpixels." Remote Sensing 11, no. 5 (2019): 556.

Van der Stocken, Tom, Dustin Carroll, Dimitris Menemenlis, Marc Simard, and Nico Koedam. "Global-scale dispersal and connectivity in mangroves." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 3 (2019): 915-922.

Simard, Marc, Lola Fatoyinbo, Charlotte Smetanka, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Edward Castañeda-Moya, Nathan Thomas, and Tom Van der Stocken. "Mangrove canopy height globally related to precipitation, temperature and cyclone frequency." Nature Geoscience 12, no. 1 (2019): 40.

Brigot, Guillaume, Marc Simard, Elise Colin-Koeniguer, and Alexandre Boulch. "Retrieval of Forest Vertical Structure from PolInSAR Data by Machine Learning Using LIDAR-Derived Features." Remote Sensing 11, no. 4 (2019): 381.

Denbina, Michael, Marc Simard, and Brian Hawkins. "Forest Height Estimation Using Multibaseline PolInSAR and Sparse Lidar Data Fusion." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 99 (2018): 1-19.

Daniel J. Jensen, Marc Simard, Kyle C. Cavanaugh, and David R. Thompson, 2018, “Imaging Spectroscopy BRDF Correction for Mapping Louisiana’s Coastal Ecosystems”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 56 (3), 1739-1748.

Sadeghi, Y., St-Onge, B., Leblon, B., Prieur, J.F. and Simard, M., 2018. Mapping boreal forest biomass from a SRTM and TanDEM-X based on canopy height model and Landsat spectral indices. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation, 68, pp.202-213.

Kristin B. Byrd, Laurel Ballanti, Nathan Thomas, Dung Nguyen, James R. Holmquist, Marc Simard, Lisamarie Windham-Myers, 2017, “A remote sensing-based model of tidal marsh aboveground carbon stocks for the conterminous United States”, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 139, 255-271

Breithaupt, J.L., Smoak, J.M., Rivera-Monroy, V.H., Castañeda-Moya, E., Moyer, R.P., Simard, M. and Sanders, C.J., 2017. Partitioning the relative contributions of organic matter and mineral sediment to accretion rates in carbonate platform mangrove soils. Marine Geology, 390, pp.170-180.

Thomas, N., Lucas, R., Bunting, P., Hardy, A., Rosenqvist, A., & Simard, M. (2017). Distribution and drivers of global mangrove forest change, 1996–2010. PloS one, 12(6), e0179302.

Simard, Marc, and Michael Denbina. "An Assessment of Temporal Decorrelation Compensation Methods for Forest Canopy Height Estimation Using Airborne L-Band Same-Day Repeat-Pass Polarimetric SAR Interferometry." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 11.1 (2018): 95-111.

Sadeghi, Yaser, Benoît St-Onge, Brigitte Leblon, and Marc Simard. "Effects of TanDEM-X Acquisition Parameters on the Accuracy of Digital Surface Models of a Boreal Forest Canopy." Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 43, no. 2 (2017): 194-207.

Neuman, M., M. Simard, P. Agram, S. Buckley, “Reducing SRTM Height Errors For the NASA Digital Elevation Model (NASADEM)”, Remote Sensing of the Environment, accepted May 2017.

Mahoney, Craig, Christopher Hopkinson, Alex Held, and Marc Simard. "Continental-Scale Canopy Height Modeling by Integrating National, Spaceborne, and Airborne LiDAR Data." Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 42, no. 5 (2016): 574-590.

Lucas, R., Fatoyinbo, L., Simard, M. and Rebelo, L.-M.,“Remote Sensing of Wetland Types: Mangroves”, The Wetland Book, 2016.

Jerath, Meenakshi, Mahadev Bhat, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Edward Castañeda-Moya, Marc Simard, and Robert R. Twilley. "The role of economic, policy, and ecological factors in estimating the value of carbon stocks in Everglades mangrove forests, South Florida, USA." Environmental Science & Policy 66 (2016): 160-169.

Lagomasino, David, Temilola Fatoyinbo, SeungKuk Lee, Emanuelle Feliciano, Carl Trettin, and Marc Simard. "A comparison of mangrove canopy height using multiple independent measurements from land, air, and space." Remote Sensing 8, no. 4 (2016): 327.

Rovai, A. S., P. Riul, R. R. Twilley, E. Castañeda‐Moya, V. H. Rivera‐Monroy, A. A. Williams, M. Simard et al. "Scaling mangrove aboveground biomass from site‐level to continental‐scale." Global ecology and biogeography 25, no. 3 (2016): 286-298.

Brolly, Matthew, Marc Simard, Hao Tang, Ralph O. Dubayah, and Justin P. Fisk. "A Lidar-Radar Framework to Assess the Impact of Vertical Forest Structure on Interferometric Coherence." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 9, no. 12 (2016): 5830-5841. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2527360

Crippen, R., S. Buckley, P. Agram, E. Belz, E. Gurrola, S. Hensley, M. Kobrick et al. "NASADEM global elevation model: methods and progress." ISPRS-International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (2016): 125-128.

Choi, S., Kempes, C.P., Park, T., Ganguly, S., Wang, W., Xu, L., Basu, S., Dungan, J.L., Simard, M., Saatchi, S.S. and Piao, S., 2016. Application of the metabolic scaling theory and water–energy balance equation to model large‐scale patterns of maximum forest canopy height. Global Ecology and Biogeography.

M. Simard; B. V. Riel; M. Denbina; S. Hensley, 2016, "Radiometric Correction of Airborne Radar Images Over Forested Terrain With Topography," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing , vol.PP, no.99, pp.1-5 doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2543142

Lagomasino, D., Fatoyinbo, T., Lee, S.K. and Simard, M., 2015. High‐resolution forest canopy height estimation in an African blue carbon ecosystem. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 1(1), pp.51-60.

Y. Sadeghi, B. St-Onge, B. Leblon and M. Simard, "Canopy Height Model (CHM) Derived From a TanDEM-X InSAR DSM and an Airborne Lidar DTM in Boreal Forest," in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 381-397, Jan. 2016. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2512230

Cougo, M.F., Souza-Filho, P.W., Silva, A.Q., Fernandes, M.E., Santos, J.R.D., Abreu, M.R., Nascimento, W.R. and Simard, M., 2015. Radarsat-2 Backscattering for the Modeling of Biophysical Parameters of Regenerating Mangrove Forests. Remote Sensing, 7(12), pp.17097-17112.

S. K. Lee et al., "Large-scale mangrove canopy height map generation from TanDEM-X data by means of Pol-InSAR techniques," 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Milan, 2015, pp. 2895-2898. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326420

Thomas, N., Lucas, R., Itoh, T., Simard, M., Fatoyinbo, L., Bunting, P., & Rosenqvist, A. An approach to monitoring mangrove extents through time-series comparison of JERS-1 SAR and ALOS PALSAR data. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2015 23:1:3-17

Howard, J., Hoyt, S., Isensee, K., Pidgeon, E., Telszewski, M. (eds.) (2014). Coastal Blue Carbon: Methods for assessing carbon stocks and emissions factors in mangroves, tidal salt marshes, and seagrass meadows. Conservation International, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, International Union for Conservation of Nature. Arlington, Virginia, USA.

Hensley, S., Oveisgharan, S., Saatchi, S., Simard, M., Ahmed, R., & Haddad, Z. (2014). An error model for biomass estimates derived from polarimetric radar backscatter. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on, 52(7), 4065-4082.

Jerath, M., Bhat, M., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Castañeda-Moya, E., Simard, M., & Twilley, R. R. (2016). The role of economic, policy, and ecological factors in estimating the value of carbon stocks in Everglades mangrove forests, South Florida, USA. Environmental Science & Policy, 66, 160-169.

Lucas, Richard, Lisa-Maria Rebelo, Lola Fatoyinbo, Ake Rosenqvist, Takuya Itoh, Masanobu Shimada, Marc Simard et al. "Contribution of L-band SAR to systematic global mangrove monitoring." Marine and Freshwater Research 65, no. 7 (2014): 589-603.

Xiliang Ni, Taejin Park, Sungho Choi, Yuli Shi, Chunxiang Cao, Xuejun Wang, Michael A. Lefsky, Marc Simard and Ranga B. Myneni , “Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitations Model of Tree Heights: Part 3. Model Optimization and Testing over Continental China”, Remote Sens. 2014, 6(5), 3533-3553; doi:10.3390/rs6053533

Choi, S., Ni, X., Shi, Y., Ganguly, S., Zhang, G., Duong, H.V., Lefsky, M.A., Simard, M., Saatchi,S.S., Lee, S., Ni-Meister, W., Piao, S., Cao, C., Nemani, R.R., Myneni R.B., “Allometric Scaling and Resource Limitations Model of Tree Heights: Part 2. Site based testing of the Model”, Remote Sens. 2013, 5(1), 202-223; doi:10.3390/rs5010202

Yuli Shi, Sungho Choi *, Xiliang Ni, Sangram Ganguly, Gong Zhang, Hieu V. Duong, Michael A. Lefsky, Marc Simard, Sassan S. Saatchi, Shihyan Lee, Wenge Ni-Meister, Shilong Piao, Chunxiang Cao, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, Ranga B. Myneni, "Allometric scaling and resource limitations model of tree heights: Part 1. Model optimization and testing over continental USA." Remote Sensing 5.1 (2013): 284-306.

Pinto N., Simard M., Dubayah R. Using InSAR Coherence to Map Stand Age in a Boreal Forest. Remote Sensing. 2013; 5(1):42-56.

P.M. Montesano, B.D. Cook, G. Sun, M. Simard, R.F. Nelson, K.J. Ranson, Z. Zhang, S. Luthcke, Achieving accuracy requirements for forest biomass mapping: A spaceborne data fusion method for estimating forest biomass and LiDAR sampling error, Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 130, 15 March 2013, Pages 153-170, ISSN 0034-4257, 10.1016/j.rse.2012.11.016.

Simard, M.; Hensley, S.; Lavalle, M.; Dubayah, R.; Pinto, N.; Hofton, M. An Empirical Assessment of Temporal Decorrelation Using the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar over Forested Landscapes. Remote Sens. 2012, 4, 975-986.

Simard, M., Pinto, N., Fisher, J., Baccini, A., (2011), “Mapping forest canopy height globally with spaceborne lidar”, Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL. 116, G04021, 12 PP., 2011, doi:10.1029/2011JG001708.

Fatoyinbo, T.E. & Marc Simard (2013). “Height and biomass of mangroves in Africa from ICESat/GLAS and SRTM“, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 34, Iss. 2, pp. 668-681. doi:10.1080/01431161.2012.712224.

Swatantran A , Dubayah R , Goetz S , Hofton M , Betts MG , et al. 2012 Mapping Migratory Bird Prevalence Using Remote Sensing Data Fusion. PLoS ONE 7(1): e28922. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028922

Rivera-Monroy, V.H., Robert R. Twilley, Stephen E. Davis, III, Daniel L. Childers, Marc Simard, Randolph Chambers, Rudolf Jaffe, Joseph N. Boyer, David T. Rudnick, Keqi Zhang, Edward Castaneda-Moya, Sharon Ewe, Rene M. Price, Carlos Coronado-Molina, Michael Ross, Thomas J. Smith, III, Beatrice Michot, Ehab Meselhe, William Nuttle, Tiffany Troxler, and Gregory, (2010), “The Role of the Everglades Mangrove Ecotone Region (EMER) in Regulating Nutrient Cycling and Wetland Productivity in South Florida” , Special issue of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 41(S1):1–37.

Lavalle, M.; Simard, M.; Hensley, S.; , "A Temporal Decorrelation Model for Polarimetric Radar Interferometers," Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on , vol.50, no.7, pp.2880-2888, July 2012, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2174367

Simard M, Fatoyinbo T.E., Pinto N (2009), ”Mangrove Canopy 3D Structure and Ecosystem Productivity Using Active Remote Sensing”, book chapter In Remote Sensing of Coastal environments, Taylor and Francis Group LLC, Yeqiao Wang ed.

Fatoyinbo, T. E., M. Simard, R. A. Washington-Allen, and H. H. Shugart, “Landscape-scale extent, height, biomass, and carbon estimation of Mozambique's mangrove forests with Landsat ETM+ and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission elevation data”, J. Geophys. Res., 113, G02S06, 2008, doi:10.1029/2007JG000551

Zhang K., Simard M., Ross M., Rivera-Monroy V. H., Houle P., Ruiz P., Twilley R. R., Whelan K. Airborne Laser Scanning Quantification of Disturbances from Hurricanes and Lightning Strikes to Mangrove Forests in Everglades National Park, USA. Sensors. 2008; 8(4):2262-2292.

Simard, M., Rivera-Monroy, V.H., José Ernesto Mancera-Pineda, Castaneda-Moya, E.,Twilley, R., "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," Remote Sensing of the Environment, Vol. 112/5, pp. 2131-2144, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.012. 2008.

M. Simard, K. Zhang, V. H. Rivera-Monroy, M. Ross, P. Ruiz, E. Castañeda-Moya, E. Twilley, E. Rodriguez. , “Mapping Height and Biomass of Mangrove Forests in the Everglades National Park with SRTM Elevation Data”, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing”, Vol. 72, No. 3, March 2006, pp. 299–311.

M. Fischman, M. Simard, “Ultrafast, real-time interferometric radar processing hardware with dynamic parameter update capabilities”, New Technology Report (NTR #42026), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, March 2005.

M. Simard, “Ocean Surface Topography Mission WSOA Onboard Processing Algorithm Definition”, Docushare Library, Ocean Surface Topography Mission, JPL D-29629 OSTM-49-5075, 2004.

M. Simard, E. Rodriguez, “Real-time algorithm for radar interferometry of ocean surface height”, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. #5238, 2003.

Siqueira, P. R., Hensley, S., Rodriguez, R., Simard, M., “ X/P Merge”, New Technology Report (NTR # 40268), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, March 2003.

M. Simard, G. DeGrandi, S. Saatchi, P. Mayaux, "Mapping tropical coastal vegetation using JERS-1 and ERS-1 radar data with a decision tree classifier", International Journal of Remote Sensing, V.23, No.7, 2002, pp. 1461-1474.

P. Mayaux, G.F. De Grandi, Y. Rauste, M. Simard, S.Saatchi, "Regional Scale Vegetation Maps Derived from the Combined L-band GRFM and C-band CAMP Wide Area Radar Mosaics of Central Africa", International Journal of Remote Sensing, V.23, No. 7, 2002, pp. 1261-1282.

M. Simard, S. Saatchi, G. DeGrandi, "The use of decision tree and multiscale texture for classification of JERS-1 SAR data over tropical forest", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2000, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 2310-2321

G. De Grandi, P. Mayaux, J.P. Malingreau, A. Rosenqvist, S. Saatchi, M. Simard, "New Perspectives on Global Ecosystems from Wide-area Radar Mosaics: Flooded Forest Mapping in the Tropics", International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2000, Vol.21, No. 6, pp.1235-1249

G. De Grandi, P. Mayaux, Y. Rauste, A. Rosenqvist, M. Simard, S. Saatchi, "The Global Rain Forest Mapping project JERS-1 radar mosaic of tropical Africa: development and product characterization aspects", IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2000, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 2218-2233

M. Simard, F. DeGrandi, K.P.B.Thomson, “Adaptation of the wavelet transform for the construction of multiscale texture maps of SAR images”, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol.24, No.3, September 1998

M. Simard, F. DeGrandi, K.P.B.Thomson, G.B. Benie, “Analysis of Speckle Noise Contribution on Wavelet Decomposition of SAR Images”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol.36, No.6, November 1998

M. Simard, “Analyse de texture multiéchelle des images ERS-1 de la forêt tropicale basee sur la transformee par ondelettes”, Ph.D. thesis, Université Laval, 1998