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MTRI Patents, Publications, and Presentations

Patents

Chervin, R. D., Burns, J. W., Subotic, N. S., Roussi, C. (2007). System and method for analysis of respiratory cycle-related EEG changes in sleep-disordered breathing. 7,190,995.

Subotic, N. Roussi, C., Jensen, P., Buller, W. (2009). Intrusion detection methods and apparatus that use a building's infrastructure as part of a sensor. 7,619,518 B2

Subotic, N., Roussi, C., Burns, J., Canella, V. (2007). Methods and apparatus for reconfiguring antenna array patterns. 7,187,325.

Subotic, N., Roussi, C., Burns, J. (2004). Synthetic-aperture communication receivers. 6,775,520.

Subotic, N., Roussi, C., Burns, J. (2004). Antenna structures based upon a generalized hausdorff design approach. 6,774,844.

Subotic, N., Roussi, C., Burns, J. (2004). Self-orienting antenna array systems. 6,762,719.

2010 Publications

Bourgeau-Chavez, L.L., G.C. Garwood, K. Riordan, B.W. Koziol, and J. Slawski. (2010). Calibration algorithm development for selected water content reflectometers to burned and non-burned organic soils of Alaska. accepted to International Journal of Wildland Fire March 2010.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L.L., K. Riordan, R. B. Powell, N. Miller, and M. Nowels.  (2010). Improving Wetland Characterization with Multi-Sensor, Multi-Temporal SAR and Optical/Infrared Data Fusion. Chapter in Geoscience and Remote Sensing, InTech publishers.

Brooks, C., P. Metz, M. Billmire, D.E. Keefauver, H. Kourous-Harrigan, R. Shuchman, R. Dobson. (2010).  Expanding Alaska-Canada Rail:  Visualizing Mining Revenue and CO2 Impacts.  Proceedings of the 2010 ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, CA.  14p.

Brooks, C., B. Sabol, W.C. Kerfoot, S. Green, R. Shuchman, M. Sayers, K.A. Endsley, N. Jessee, and J. Anderson. (2010). Applications of CHARTS data to characterizing the impacts of mining stamp sands on coastal regions of the Great Lakes: Examples of results using historical copper mining sites in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula.  Presentation to the 11th JALBTCX Coastal Mapping and Charting Technical Workshop, Mobile, AL. 36 p. http://shoals.sam.usace.army.mil/Tech_Workshops.aspx

Brooks, Colin, Richard Powell, Robert Shuchman, Greg Leonard. (2010). Developing and Applying a Geospatial Decision Support Tool for Efficient Identification of Wetlands Mitigation SitesTransportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting Conference Paper # 10-1870. 14 pp.

Brooks, C. and R.A. Shuchman. (2010). Advanced applications of remote sensing and geospatial decision support tools for transportation applicationsTransportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting Conference Presentation # P10-0705, Workshop 152: Remote Sensing Technologies for Transportation Applications.

Brooks, C. (2010). A Dynamic Decision Support Tool for Understanding the Potential Health Impacts of Different Fish Consumption Patterns for Mercury and PCBs in Great Lakes Rivers.  Presentation to the 2009 Mercury Science and Policy Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

Brooks, C., . P. Metz, . R. Shuchman, H. Kourous-Harrigan, D. Keefauver, M. Billmire, R. Dobson, N. Jessee, M. Wienert,  M. Taylor. (2010).  Mineral Occurrence Revenue Estimation and Visualization Tool: A System for Evaluating Potential Revenue and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Mineral Resources for Existing and Expanded Rail Networks in the Alaska-northwest Canada region.  Presentation to the 22nd Biennial Fairbanks Alaska Mining Conference - Arctic International Mining Symposium, Alaska Miners Association, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Brown, H., Meadows, G., Jenkins, L., Shuchman, R. (2010). Bathy Boat. Marine Technology Reporter. Vol. 53:4 pp. 26-31.

Brown, H., Jenkins, L. (2010). Alaskan Limnological Surveys Using Autonomous Sensor Platforms: Low Cost Autonomous and Automated Platform Prototypes Conduct Bathymetric and Hydrographic Surveys on the Norht Slope of Alaska. Sea Technology. June 2010. pp.15-18.

McCord, M., P. Goel, C. Brooks, P. Kapat, R. Wallace, H. Dong, D. .Keefauver. (2010). Documenting truck activity times at international border crossings using redesigned geo-fences and existing onboard systems.  Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting Conference Paper # 10-2489. 17 pp.

Williams, Mark W., T. Erickson, and J.L. Petrzelka. (2010). Visualizing meltwater flow through snow at the centimetre-to-metre scale using a snow guillotine. Hydrological Processes. doi:10.1002/hyp.7630

2009 Publications

 

Brooks, C., T. Dajos, C. Olson, and B. Thelen. (2009). The Importance of  Bi-Directional Variations in Spectral Reflectance Values.  Proceedings of the 2009 ASPRS Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland.

Brooks, C.N., R.A. Shuchman, G. Leonard, R. Powell, D.E., Keefauver, C. Hatt. (2009). Desktop GIS Transportation Planning Tools Developed for Study on Transportation Applications of Restricted-Use Technologies. TRB 88th Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.

Burns, J.W., E.F. Domino, J. Fetterolf, D.L. Ruzicka, R.D. Chervin. (2009). Sigma Band Interhemispheric Coherence Distinguishes Children with and without Obstructuve Sleep Apnea. Presentation at SLEEP 2009, Seattle, WA.

Chervin R.D., J.L. Fetterolf, D.L. Ruzicka, B.J. Thelen, J.W. Burns. (2009). Sleep Stage Dynamics Differ Between Children With and Without Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Accepted for publication in SLEEP.

French, N.H.F., T.A. Erickson, D. McKenzie, M. Billmire, and C. Hatt. (2009). The Wildland Fire Emissions Information System: Providing information for carbon cycle studies with open source GIS tools. Presented at North American Carbon Program - 2nd All-Investigators Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Jenkins, L.K. (2009). Remote Sensing-Based Object-Oriented Approach to Determine Frozen Lake Condition. 52nd Annual IAGLR Conference, May 18-22, 2009, University of Toledo, Ohio.

Kasischke, E.S.. L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez, A.R. Rober, K.H.Wyatt, J.M. Waddington, and M.R. Turetsky. (2009). Effects of soil moisture and water depth on ERS SAR backscatter measurements from an Alaskan wetland complex.  Rem. Sens. Env. Vol. 113:1868-1873.

Keefauver, D.E., Erickson, T. 2009. Sharing Large Geospatial Databases and Imagery Via Open Source Visualization Tools. TRB 88th Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.

Koziol, B.W., N.H.F. French, C. Brooks, and M.C. Billmire. (2009). Multi-temporal Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) Land Cover Products for Assessment of Geospatial Wetland Distribution in Michigan. Presentation at Coastal Geotools, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Moreno Ruiz, J.A., D. Riaño, A. Alonso-Benito, N.H.F. French, and S.L. Ustin. 2009. Burned area data time series from LTDR dataset for Canada (1981-2000). Proceedings from 7th International Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group (SIG) on Forest Fires, R. Lasaponara, editor., 2 – 5 September 2009, Matera, Italy.

Olson, C.E., Jr. 2009.  The fallacy of normality in remotely sensed data. Proceedings of the 2009 ASPRS Annual Conference, Baltimore,  Maryland.

Powell, R., C. Hatt, E. Keefauver, and C. Brooks (2009).  A GIS-based Tool for the Rapid Assessment of Potential Wetland Mitigation Sites at the Watershed and Ecoregion Scale.  12th Annual National Mitigation and Ecosystem Banking Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Thelen, B.J., R.G. Paxman, , and D.A.Carrara. (2009). Overcoming turbulence-induced space-variant blur with phase-diverse speckle, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Vol. 26, pp. 206-218.

Shuchman, R.A., G.A. Meadows, L.K. Jenkins, C.R. Hatt, and J.F. Payne. 2009. Synergistic Approach to Measuring Lake Properties using Satellite and In-Situ Remote Sensing.  52nd Annual IAGLR Conference, May 18-22, 2009, University of Toledo, Ohio.

Shuchman, R.A, G.A. Leshkevich, C.R.Hatt., D.V. Pozdnyakov, A.D. Korosov, E.and Josberger. 2009. Further Steps Towards a Chlorophyll, Dissolved Organic Carbon, and Suspended Mineral Remote Sensing Algorithm for All Laurentian Great Lakes. 52nd Annual IAGLR Conference, May 18-22, 2009, University of Toledo, Ohio.

Shuchman, R., L. Jenkins, C.Hatt, and J.Payne. 2009.  Aquatic Remote Sensing Applications for the Lakes in the North Slope of Alaska. 2009 ASPRS Annual Conference presentation, Baltimore, Maryland.

Shuchman, R.A., C.N. Brooks. (2009) Fundamentals of Remote Sensing for Transportation Applications. TRB 88th Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C.

 

2008 Publications

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., K. Riordan, and G. Garwood (2008). Monitoring fuel moisture and improving the prediction of wildfire potential in boreal Alaska with satellite C-band imaging radar. IGARSS, Boston, MA.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., M. Nowels, K. Riordan, N. Miller, and R. Powell (2008). Remotely monitoring great lakes coastal wetlands with multi-sensor multi-temporal SAR, and multi-specrtal data. IGARSS, Boston, MA.

Brooks, C. (2008). The Connection Between Land Use and Water Quality. Center for Water and Society seminar, Michigan Tech University, Houghton, MI.

Brooks, C. (2008). Summarizing the remote sensing and GIS-based asset management and environmental analysis accomplishments of the TARUT Study. Transportation Research Board (TRB) 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Brooks, C. (2008). Transportation applications of remote sensing and GIS. IMAGIN Annual Conference and Expo, GIS: Strengthening our Economic Future, Dearborn, MI.

Brooks, C., R. Shuchman, N. French, T. A. Erickson, R. Powell, B. Koziol, V. Anderson, R. Shaffer (2008). Integrating Geospatial Environmental Data to Assess the Impacts of NRCS Conservation Programs in Michigan. Soil & Water Conservation Society Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ.

Brooks, C., Shuchman, R., Koziol, B., Powell, R., and Keefauver, E. (2008). Transportation Planning Research with Integrated Remote Sensing and GIS. ESRI 2008 Internationl Users Conference. San Diego, CA.

Burns, J., R. Malhotra, R. Chervin (2008). Comparison of Visual and Automated Analysis of Esophageal Pressures During Polysomnography.SLEEP 2008. Baltimore, MD.

Burns, J., J. Wiebelhaus, D. Ruzicka, R. and R. D. Chervin, Subotic, N. S., Roussi, C. (2008). Sleep Stage Dynamics Differ Between Children With and Without Obstructive Sleep Apnea. SLEEP 2008. Baltimore, MD.

Chervin, R. D., Burns, J.W., Malhotra, R.K. (2008). "Respiratory cycle-related EEG changes during sleep." Journal of Sleep Research, 2008 Dec 1;31(12):1713-20.

Erickson, T. A., C. Brooks (2008). À la carte Geospatial: Integrating Proprietary and Open-Source Software to Create Server-Based Geospatial Data Management Systems. Improving Michigan's Access to Geographic Information Networks (IMAGIN) IMAGIN Annual Conference and Expo, GIS: Strengthening our Economic Future

Erickson, T. A. (2008). Modern Methods for Web Distribution of Geographic Datasets. Michigan Technological University RSI Seminar Series, Houghton, MI.

Erickson, T. A. (2008). Software Research Needs: Geospatial and Decision Support Tools/Models: Applying Geospatial Decision Support Tools to Assess Water Quality and Human Health Risk in the Great Lakes Region. Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute Conference on Water, Health, and the Environment: Setting the Research Agenda.

Erickson, T. A. (2008). Water Resource Characterization and Remote Sensing Data Analysis using Geostatistical Techniques. Michigan Technological University Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar, Houghton, MI.

French, N. H. F. (2008). Assessment of biomass consumption variability in forest fires using satellite remote sensing. European Geoscience Workshop, Vienna, Austria.

French, N. H. F. (2008). Assessment of biomass consumption variability in forest fires using satellite remote sensing (NASA New Investigator Project). NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Workshop, University of Maryland, MD.

French, N. H. F., E. S. Kasischke, R. J. Hall, K. A. Murphy, D. L. Verbyla, E. E. Hoy, J. L. Allen (2008). "Using Landsat data to assess fire and burn severity in the North American boreal forest region: an overview and summary of results." International Journal of Wildland Fire 17: 443-462.

Liversedge, L. (2008). Turbidity Mapping and Prediction in Glacial Lakes. IAGLR's 51th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Powell, R.B., N.H. French, C. Brooks, M.G. Billimire, and V. Anderson. (2008). A multi-scale decision support system for the analysis of the effects of USDA NRCS conservation programs in Michigan. Eos Trans. AGU 89(53) Fall Meet. Suppl.:Abstract U41D-0031.

Shuchman, R., G. Meadows, L. Liversedge (2008). Automated Lagrangian Water-Quality Assessment System (ALWAS). IAGLR's 51th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Shuchman, R., G. Leshkevich, Charles Hatt, Dmitry Pozdnyakov, and Anton Korosov (2008). Development of a Robust Hydro-optical Model for the Great Lakes for the Extraction of Chlorophyll, Dissolved Organic Carbon and Suspended Minerals from MODIS Satellite Data. IAGLR's 51th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, Petersborough, Ontario, Canada.

Shuchman, R. (2008). Fundamentals of remote sensing for transportation applications. Transportation Research Board (TRB) 87th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Shuchman, R., G. Meadows (2008). Future Hydrocarbon Technologies. Alliance for Coastal Technologies Hydrocarbon Sensors for Oil Spill Response Workshop, Seward, Alaska.

Stuff, M. A., B. Thelen, N. Subotic, K. Cooper, W. Buller (2008). Compressive Sensing for Multi-Static Radar Imaging: Theory and Numerical Experiments. SIAM Imaging Science conference (accepted for presentation), San Diego, CA.

Subotic, N., E. Keydel, J. Burns, A. Morgan, K. Cooper, B. Thelen, B. Wilson, W. Williams, S. McCarty, B. Lampe, B. Mosher, D. Setterdahl (2008). Parametric Reconstruction of Internal Building Structures via Canonical Scattering Mechanisms. IEEE ICASSP, Las Vegas, NV.

Subotic, N. S., et al. (2008). Distributed RADAR Waveform Design Based on Compressive Sensing Considerations. IEEE RADAR conference, Rome, Italy.

Subotic, N. S., et al. (2008). Parametric Reconstruction Of Internal Building Structures Via Canonical Scattering Mechanisms. IEEE ICASSP, Las Vegas, NV.

Teodorescu, M., M. Coffet, J. Burns, P. Mancuso, W. Bria, F. Consens, D. and R. C. Ruzicka (2008). Sleep Fragmentation, Airway Inflammation and Obstruction in Asthma Patients with Symptoms of Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB). SLEEP 2008. Baltimore, MD.

2007 Publications

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., G. Garwood, K. Riordan, B. Cella, S. Alden, M. Kwart, and K. Murphy. (2007). "Improving the Prediction of Wildfire Potential in Boreal Alaska with Satellite Imaging Radar. ." Polar Record 43(4): 321-330.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L.L., E.S. Kasischke,  K. Riordan, S.M. Brunzell, E. Hyer, M. Nolan, M. Medvecz and S. Ames. 2007. Remote monitoring of spatial and temporal surface soil moisture in fire disturbed boreal forest ecosystems with ERS SAR imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing 28(10):2133-2162

Brooks, C. 2007.  Integrating Remote Sensing and GIS for Transportation Planning in Michigan .  Presented at IMAGIN's 2007 Annual Conference, "Geography on the Move: Affecting Decisions", May 8, Kalamazoo , MI

Brooks, C. 2007. The Great Lakes Environmental and Molecular Sciences (GLEAMS) Center: Enhancing Community Decision Making through Geospatial Decision Support System (DSS) Tools. Presented at Michigan Environmental Health Association (MEHA) 63rd Annual Education Conference, March 28, Kalamazoo , MI.

Brooks, C., Shuchman, R., Powell, R., Daining, C., Straub-Heidke, A., French, N., Liversedge, L., Schaub, D., Shaffer, R.  2007. Integrating geospatial algorithms for evaluating the effect of Michigan’s agricultural land use on water quality. Water Conservation Society (SWCS) Conference, Tampa, FL.

Brooks, C., R. Powell, L. Spaete (2007). Integration of Thermal Remote-Sensing Data for Wetlands Mapping in Michigan: An Object Based Approach. 2007 ASPRS Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.

Buller, W., Wilson, B. (2006). "Measurement and Modeling Mutual Capacitance of Electrical Wiring and Humans." IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 55(5): 1519-1522.

Burns, J.W., Crofford L.J., Chervin R.D., 2007. Sleep Stage Dynamics in Fibromyalgia Patients and Controls. Sleep 30(Suppl.): A353.

Burns, J. W., Consens F.B., Little R.J., Angell K.J., Gilman S., Chervin R.D. (2007). "EMG Variance During Polysomnography as an Assessment for REM Sleep Behavior Disorder." Sleep 20(12): 1771-8.

Burns, J. W., L.J. Crofford, R.D. Chervin (2007). "Sleep Stage Dynamics in Fibromyalgia Patients and Controls." Journal of Sleep Medicine(In press).

Erickson, T.A. 2007.  MichiganView Program Overview.  Presented at IMAGIN's 2007 Annual Conference"Geography on the Move: Affecting Decisions", May 7, Kalamazoo , MI .

Erickson, T.A. and A.M. Michalak. 2007.  Application of Geostatistical Inverse Modeling to Satellite Remote Sensing Data.  Presented at 2007 Inverse Problem Symposium, Michigan State University, June 12, East Lansing, MI. 

Erickson, T.A., and P. Gienke (2007). What's going on out there? Using GeoServer for Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Environmental Data., Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference

French, N. H. F., C. Brooks, B. Thelen, R. Shuchman, K. Wickey. 2007. Development of an Environmental Quality Index (EQI) for State-level NRCS Program Evaluation. Presented at Water Conservation Society (SWCS) Conference, Tampa, FL.

French, N. H. F., E. S. Kasischke, M. R. Turetsky, W. J. de Groot, and R. Honrath. 2007. Carbon, Trace Gas, and Particulate Emissions from Wildfires in the Boreal Regions of North America. Proceedings of 16th International Emission Inventory Conference. "Emission Inventories: Integration, Analysis, Communication" Raleigh, North Carolina.

French, N. H. F. (2007). Variability in Fuel Consumption in Fire-effected Boreal and Western North American Forest Regions. AGU Fall 2007 Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

Garwood, G., Riordan, K., Bourgeau-Chavez, L.L. and Slawski, J. (2007). "Calibration Algorithm Development for Selected Water Content Reflectometers to Organic Soils of Alaska." JGRWater Resources Research(in review).

Kasischke, E. S., L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez, and J.F. Johnstone (2007). "Assessing spatial and temporal variations in surface soil moisture in fire-disturbed black spruce forests in Interior Alaska using spaceborne synthetic aperture radar imagery-implications for post-fire tree recruitment." Rem. Sens. Env 108: 42-58.

Koziol, B., French, N. H. F. (2007). Geo-stastical Modeling of Forest Fire Severity. AGU Fall 2007 Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Liversedge, L., R. Shuchman, G. Meadows, J. Payne. 2007. Automated Lagrangian Water-Quality Assessment System (ALWAS) Measurements of North Slope Lakes and the Bering Glacier, Alaska. Presented at Building Bridges to Information Sharing, Geospatial 2007, May 7-11, Portland, OR.

Middlebrook, C., M. Roggemann, G. Boreman, N. Subotic, K. Cooper, W. Buller, W. Yang, J. Alda (2007). "Measurement of the mutual coherence function of an incoherent infrared field with a gold nano-wire dipole antenna array." International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves 29(2): 179-187.

Paxman, R. G., B.J. Thelen, R.J. Murphy, K.W. Gleichman, J.A. Georges III (2007). Phase Diverse Adaptive Optics for Future Telescopes. SPIE Conference 6711-02, Advanced Wavefront Control: Methods, Devices, and Applications, San Diego, CA.

Powell, R., C. Brooks, D. Schaub, N.H.F. French (2007). An Object-Based Model for Mapping Agricultural Land Cover Using Multi-Temperal Data. ASPRS Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.

Roussi, C. 2007. Bering Glacier Dynamics - An Indicator of Climate Change. Presented at Michigan Environmental Health Association (MEHA) 63rd Annual Education Conference, March 28, Kalamazoo, MI.

Schaub, D., N.H.F. French, C. Brooks, R. Powell (2007). Using ASTER Data to Detect Crop Residue and to Improve Crop Classification. 2007 ASPRS Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.

Schaub, D., N. French, et al. (2007). Using ASTER data to detect crop residue and to improve crop classification. ASPRS Annual Conference: Identifying Geospatial Solutions, Tampa, Florida, ASPRS.

Shuchman, R., G. Meadows, L. Liversedge, and J. Payne (2007). Automated Lagrangian Water-Quality Assessment System (ALWAS) Measurements of North Slope Lakes and Bering Glacier, Alaska. Annual AAAS Arctic Science Conference, Anchorage, AK. .

Shuchman, R. (2007). Overview of Remote Sensing and GIS Activities on the North Slope. Annual AAAS Arctic Science Conference. Anchorage, AK.

Soja, A J., N.M. Tchebakova, N.H.F. French, M.D. Flannigan, H.H. Shugart, B.J. Stocks, A.I. Sukhinin, E.I. Parenova, F.S. Chapin, III, and P.W. Stackhouse, Jr. 2007. Climate-induced boreal forest change: Predictions versus current observations. Global and Planetary Change 56:274-296.

Stuff, M. A., (mentor) Balasubramanian, Suman, Fan, Ying Wai, Kwan, Yuen Yick, Sifuentes, Josef Aaron, Ye, Jinglong, Zhi, Weifeng (2007). Size and shape comparisons from noisy, unlabeled, incomplete configurations of landmarks in three-dimensional space. Mathematical Modeling in Industry XI - A Workshop for Graduate Students, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, Minneapolis, MN.

Subotic, N. S., K. Cooper, P. Zulch (2007). Conditional and Constrained Joint Optimization of RADAR Waveforms. IEEE 2007 International Waveform Diversity and Design Workshop, Pisa, Italy.

Subotic, N. S., W. Buller, K. Cooper, B. Wilson, P. Zulch, M. McClare (2007). Passive Interferometric Ground Moving Target Indicator RF System (U). Tri-Service RADAR Conference.

Subotic, N. S., M. Eismann, C. Roussi, J. Meoln, B. Koziol (2007). System Models ofr IR Diffractive Optical Systems Based on a Coherence Theroretica Framework. SPIE Conerence on Adaptive Coded Aperture Imaging and Non-imaging Sensors, San Diego, CA.

Subotic, N. S., B. Thelen, K. Cooper, H. Beyer (2008). Distributed RADAR Waveform Design Based on Compressive Sensing Considerations. IEEE Radar Conference, Rome, Italy.

2006 Publications

Bannick, R. R., and T. A. Erickson (2006). Geomapping Drive-Time Based Market Areas for DoD TRICARE Beneficiaries. 2006 ESRI Health GIS Conference, Denver, CO.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., G. Garwood, K. Riordan, B. Cella, S. Alden, M. Kwart, and K. Murphy. (2006). "Assessing the potential for wildfire using ERS-2 SAR imagery." Alaska Satellite Facility News & Notes 3(1): 2,4.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., K. Riordan, G. Garwood, B. Cella, S. Alden, M. Kwart, K. Murphy, S. Ferguson, J. Slawski, M. Medvecz, S. Ames, and T. Walters. (2006). "Benchmark Report on the use of Satellite radar imagery for monitoring fuel moisture in Alaska." Final report on NASA SENH project NAS5-03113: 96.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., G. Garwood, K. Riordan, B. Cella, S. Alden, M. Kwart, K. Murphy, N. French (2006). Improving the Prediction of Wildfire Potential in Boreal Alaska with Satellite Imaging Radar. 9th Bi-Annual Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium, Seward, Alaska.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., E.S. Kasischke, N.H.F. French, K. Riordan and S. Brunzell (2006). Integrating Satellite Imaging Radar of Alaskan Fire-Disturbed Boreal Forests into Natural Resource Management Applications and Biogeochemical Modeling: the First Fifteen Years. AGU Fall Conference 2006, San Francisco, CA.

Brooks, C., Schaub, D., Powell, R., French, N., Shuchman, R. (2006). Multi-temporal and multi-platform Agricultural Land Cover Classification in Southeastern Michigan. ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference, Reno, NV.

Brooks, C., D. Schaub, T. A. Erickson, R. Shuchman (2006). Detection of Wetlands Using Multi-Sensor Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Data. Eos Transactions AGU Fall Meeting Supplemen. 87/(52).

Buller, W., Wilson, B. (2006). "Measurement and Modeling Mutual Capacitance of Electrical Wiring and Humans." IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 55(5): 1519-1522, DOI 10.1109: 10.1109.

Buller, W., Wilson, B. (2006). Measuring the Capacitance of Electrical Wiring and Humans for Proximity Sensing with Existing Electrical Infrastructure. IEEE International Conference on Electro/information Technology: 93 - 96.

Burns, J., co-author (2006). "Subjective Sleepiness and Polysomnographic Correlates in Children Scheduled for Adenotonsillectomy vs. Other Surgical Care." SLEEP 2006.

Burns, J., Charles Hatt, Colin Brooks, Eric Keefauver, Eden Wells, Robert Shuchman, and Mark Wilson (2006). Visualization and simulation of disease outbreaks: spatially-explicit applications using disease surveillance data. 2006 ESRI International User Conference, Redlands, CA.

Burns, J. W., Consens, F.B., Little, R.J., Angell, K.J., Gilman, S., Chervin, R.D. (2006). "EMG variance during polysomnography as an assessment for REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)." SLEEP 2006 29(Suppl.): A794.

Burns, J. W., L.J. Crofford, R.D. Chervin (2006). "Sleep Stage dynamics distinguish fibromyalgia patient and controls." SLEEP 30(Suppl.): A353.

Chervin, R. D., R.A. Weatherly, D.L. Ruzicka, J.W. Burns, B.J. Giordani, J.E. Dillon, K.E. Guine (2006). "Subjective sleepiness and Polysomnographic Correlates in Children Scheduled for Adenotonsillectomy vs. Other Surgical Care." SLEEP 2006 29(4): 495-503.

Erickson, T. A., Michalak, A. M. (2006). Merging of Variable-resolution Imagery Using Geostatistics and Sensor PSFs. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2006 Annual Conference, Reno, NV.

Erickson, T. A., and A. M. Michalak (2006). "What Does a Pixel Represent? Accounting for the Non-Uniform Spatial Information Content of Remotely-Sensed Data Used for Data Assimilation." Eos Trans., AGU 87(52): Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract 31A-0869.

Farrel, M., Tiberi, L., Burns, J., Udvare, T. (2006). Evaluation of Logistic and Economic Impacts of Hybrid Vehicle Propulsion/Microgrid Concepts: Demonstration of LOCSS Applied to HE HMMMV in Future Unit of Action. SPIE 6228 Defense and Security 2006, Orlando, FL.

French, N., C. Brooks, D. Schaub, T. A. Erickson, and R. Shuchman (2006). "Detection of Wetlands Using Multi-Sensor Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Data." Eos Trans., AGU 87(52): Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract B41C-0209.

Josberger, E. G., Shuchman, R.A., Meadows, G.A., Savage, S., Payne, J. (2006). "Hydrography and Circulation of Ice-marginal Lakes at Bering Glacier, Alaska, USA." Arctic, Anatarctic, and Alpine Research An Interdisciplinary Journal 38(4): 547-560.

Payne, J. F., Shuchman, R.A., Josberger, E.G. Liversedge, L., Noyles, C., Spaete, L. (2006). Remote Sensing of the Bering Glacier Region. 9th Bi-Annual Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium, Seward, AK.

Shuchman, R., E. Josberger, T. A. Erickson, C. Hatt, L. Liversedge, C. Roussi, and J. F. Payne (2006). "Quantifying Spatially-Variable Ablation of Bering Glacier Lobes Using Low-Cost Automated Samplers and Remote Sensing Imagery." Eos Trans., AGU 87(52): Fall Meet. Suppl. Abstract C51B-0409

Shuchman, R., Korosov, A., Hatt, C. and. Pozdnyakov, D. (2006). "Verification and Application of a Bio-optical Algorithm for Lake Michigan Using SeaWiFS: a 7-year Inter-Annual Analysis." Journal of Great Lakes Research 32: 258-279.

Subotic, N. S., K. Cooper, P. Zulch (2006). Joint Optimization of Phase-Only Waveforms for Distribution of RADAR Systems. Fourth Tri-Service Waveform Diversity Workshop.

Subotic, N. S., B. Bachelor, K. Cooper, P. Zulch (2006). Joint RADAR Waveform Design for Networked ISR Systems. IEEE 2006 International Waveform Diversity and Design Workshop, Lihue, HI.

2005 Publications

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., K. Riordan, G. Garwood, J. Slawski, S. Alden, B. Cella, K. Murphy, and M. Kwart (2005). Assessing Fuel Moisture With Satellite Imaging Radar for Improved Fire Danger Prediction in Boreal Alaska. AGU Fall Conference 2005. San Francisco, CA: G13A-02.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., K.B. Smith, Eric S. Kasischke, S. M. Brunzell, E. A. Romanowicz, and C. J. Richardson (2005). "Remote Monitoring Regional Scale Inundation Patterns and Hydroperiod in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem." Wetlands 25(1): 176-191.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., K. Riordan, M. Nowels, and N. Miller (2005). Remotely monitoring Great Lakes coastal wetlands using a hybrid radar and multi-spectral sensor approach. ASWM International Symposium Wetlands 2006, Traverse City, MI

Brooks, C., T.A. Erickson, R. Shuchman, S. Savage, M. O'Haver, C. Ide, and J. Means (2005). Lake St. Clair Web-based Geospatial Information Management System for Watershed Data. Lake Michigan: State of the Lake - 4th Biennial Conference, Green Bay, WI.

Burns, J. W., Ruzicka, D.L., Chervin, R.D. (2005). "Respiratory Cycle-Related EEG Changes (RCREC) at Multiple EEG Leads." SLEEP 2005 28(Suppl.): A555.

Burns, J. W., Ruzicka, D.L., Chervin, R.D. (2005). "Respiratory Cycle-Related EEG Changes (RCREC) During Specific Sleep Stages." SLEEP 2005 28(Suppl.): A550.

Chervin, R. D., Burns, J.W., Ruzick, D.L. (2005). "Electroencephalographic changes during respiratory cycles predict sleepiness in sleep apnea." Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2005 171: 652-658.

Erickson, T. A., S. Savage and R. Shuchman (2005). Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment for the Kalamazoo River Superfund Site Using a Web-based GIS. Geocomputation 2005 International Conference.

Erickson, T. A., Shuchman R., O'Haver M., Liversedge L., Savage S. (2005). Lake St. Clair Web-based Geospatial Information Management System for Watershed Data. Lake Michigan: State of the Lake - 4th Biennial Conference, Green Bay, WI.

Erickson, T. A., M.W. Williams (2005). "Persistence of Topographic Controls on the Spatial Distribution of Snow in Rugged Mountain Terrain, Colorado, USA." Water Resources Research 41(W04014) doi:10.1029 /2003WR002973.

French, N. H., T.J. Lynham, R.J. Hall, W.J. de Groot, J. Pritchard, V.S. Peters, E.S. Kasischke, M.R. Turetsky, T.N. Hollingsworth, and L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez (2005). "Boreal Forest Fire Biomass Consumption for Carbon Emission Estimation: Measurement Requirements and Current Research." Eos Trans.,AGU 86(52): Fall Meeting Suppl. Abstract A21B-0860.

Kasischke, E. S., E.J. Hyer, P.C. Novelli, L.P. Bruhwiler, N.H.F. French, A.I. Sukhinin, J. H. Hewson, and B. J. Stocks (2005). "Influences of boreal fire emissions on Northern Hemisphere atmospheric carbon and carbon monoxide." Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19(GB1012) doi:10.1029/2004GB002300: doi:10.1029/2004GB002300.

Manty, D., M. Hodges, S. Balla, T.A. Erickson, C. Brooks, S. Bihn, B. Levin (2005). Bringing High-tech GIS Tools to Community Decision-Making. 2005 USEPA Community Involvement Conference.

Pozdnyakov, D., Shuchman, R., Korosov. A, and. Hatt. C. (2005). An Inexpensive Automated Lagrangian Water-Quality Assessment System (ALWAS) for Calibration and Validation of Remote Sensing Observations. 8th International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Pozdnyakov, D., Shuchman, R., Korosov. A, and Hatt, C. (2005). "Operational algorithm for the retrieval of water quality in the Great Lakes." Remote Sensing of Environment 97: 353-370.

Ruiter, J. R., Burns, J.W., Subotic, N.S. (2005). "Target Surface Finding Using 3-D SAR Data, Algorithms for Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery XII." Proc. SPIE 5808: 72-75.

Shuchman, R., Korosov, A., Hatt, C., Pozdnyakov, D., Meadows, G., Means, J. (2005). Alterations of the Lake Michigan System/Water Quality: Evidence provided by the SeaWiFS Seven-Year Time Series of Observations. 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Shuchman, R., S. Savage, T.A. Erickson, R. Edson, M. O’Haver, C. Ide, J. Means (2005). Enabling Watershed Analysis and Data Sharing Through the GLEAMS portal and Dynamic Decision Support Systems. 8th International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Shuchman, R., S. Savage, T.A. Erickson, M. O’Haver, C. Ide, J. Means (2005). Great Lakes Environmental and Molecular Sciences (GLEAMS) Portal. IMAGIN 2005 Annual Conference, Dearborn, MI.

Shuchman, R., C. Roussi, S. Savage, M. Petrovic, C. Hatt, and T. Erickson (2005). An Inexpensive Automated Lagrangian Water-Quality Assessment System (ALWAS) for Calibration and Validation of Remote Sensing Observations. 8th International Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Shuchman, R., Korosov, A., Pozdnyakov, D., Means, J., Savage, S., Hatt, C., Meadows, G. (2005). SeaWiFS and MODIS-observed multi-year seasonal and spatial dynamics in biotic and abiotic processes in Lake Michigan as obtained from a new water quality retrieval algorithm. 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2004 - 2001 Publications

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., M.E. Alexander, B.J. Stocks, and E.S. Kasischke (2000). Chapter 7. Distribution of Forest Ecosystems and the Role of Fire in the North American Boreal Region. Ecological Studies 138: Fire, Climate Change, and Carbon Cycling in the Boreal Forest. E. S. Kasischke, and B.J. Stocks. New York, Springer-Verlag: 111-131.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., M.E. Alexander, B.J. Stocks, and E.S. Kasischke (2000). Chapter 14. Characteristics of Forest Ecozones in the North American Boreal Region. Ecological Studies 138: Fire, Climate Change, and Carbon Cycling in the Boreal Forest. E. S. Kasischke, and B.J. Stocks. New York, Springer-Verlag: 258-273.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., Nolan, M. .and Hyer, E. (2001). "Analysis of SAR Data for Fire Danger Prediction in Boreal Alaska." Final Technical Report to NASA on ASF-IARC Grant NAS-98-129.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., E.S. Kasischke, S.M. Brunzell, J.P. Mudd, K.B. Smith, and A.L. Frick (2001). "Analysis of spaceborne SAR data for wetland mapping in Virginia riparian ecosystems." Int. J. Rem. Sens. 22(18): 3665-3687.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., E.S. Kasischke, S.M. Brunzell, M. Tukman, and J.P. Mudd (2002). "Mapping fire scars in global boreal forests using imaging radar data." Int. J. Rem. Sens. 22(18): 3665-3687.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L. (2004). Evaluation of remote techniques for landscape indicators, State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC), Toronto Canada.

Bourgeau-Chavez, L. L., K.Riordan, M. Nowels, and N. Miller (2004). Final Report to the Great Lakes Commission: Remotely Monitoring Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands using a Hybrid Radar and Multi-spectral Sensor Approach. Project no. WETLANDS2-WPA-06: 82.

Burns, J. W., Knight, B., Thelen, B (2004). "Mobility Contribution Metric: Multivariate Evaluation of Advanced Automotive Energy Technologies." International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy 2(3): 262-271.

Chervin, R. D., Burns, J.W., Subotic, N.S., Roussi, C.J., Thelen, B.J., Ruzicka, D.L. (2004). "Correlates of Respiratory Cycle-Related EEG Changes in Children with Sleep-Disordered Breathing." SLEEP 2004 27: 116-121.

Chervin, R. D., Burns, J.W., Subotic, N.S., Roussi, C.J., Thelen, B.J., Ruzicka, D.L. (2004). "Method for Detection of Respiratory Cycle-Related EEG Changes in Sleep-Disordered Breathing." SLEEP 2004 27: 110-115.

Chevrin, R. D., Burns, J.W., Subotic, N.S., Roussi, C., Ruzicka, D.L., Weahterly, J.E., Dillon, J.E., Hodges, E., Giordani, B.J. (2004). "Respiratory Cycle-related EEG Changes (RCREC) Predict Neurobehavioral Outcomes in Childhood OSA." SLEEP 2004 27(Suppl.): A99.

French, N. H. F., P. Goovaerts, et al. (2004). "Uncertainty in estimating carbon emissions from boreal forest fires." Journal of Geophysical Research 109: D14S08 10.1029/2003JD003635: 10.1029/2003JD003635.

French, N. H. F., E. S. Kasischke, et al. (2002). Preliminary assessment of the impact of fire on surface albedo. The Role of Boreal Forests and Forestry in the Global Carbon Budget, 8-12 May 2000, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service.

French, N. H. F., E. S. Kasischke, et al. (2002). "Variability in the emission of carbon-based trace gases from wildfire in the Alaska boreal forest." Journal of Geophysical Research 107: 8151 10.1029/2001JD000480: 10.1029/2001JD000480.

Kasischke, E. S., Smith, K.B., L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez, E.A. Romanowicz, S. Brunzell, and C.J. Richardson (2003). "Effects of Seasonal Hydrologic Patterns in South Florida Wetlands on Radar Backscatter Measured from ERS-2 SAR Imagery." Rem. Sens. of Environment 88(423-441).

Riordan, K., L. L. Bourgeau-Chavez, J. Slawski, Orest Kwaka, M. Medvecz, S.Ames, and J. Allen (2004). Improving Fire Danger Indices in Alaska through the Incorporation of Spatially Distributed Fuel Moisture Data from Satellite Radar Imagery. International Boreal Forest Research Association Conference, Fairbanks, AK.

Shuchman, R., co-author (2003). The Role of Remote Sensing and GIS for Impact Modeling and Risk Assessment of Vector Borne Diseases. 29th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Buenos Sires, Argentina.

Shuchman, R., co-author (2003). SAR Measurement of Sea Ice Parameters: Sea Ice Session Overview Paper. Second Workshop on Coastal and Marine Applications of SAR.

Shuchman, R., Co-Author (2004). Processes at the Ice Edge The Arctic. Chapter 18. Synthetic Aperture Radar Marine user’s Manual. Washington, DC, U.S. Dept of Commerce, NOAA.

Shugart, H. H., L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez, and E.S. Kasischke (2000). "Determination of forest stand properties in boreal and temperate forests using high-resolution photography and satellite imagery." Forest Science 46(4): 478-486.

Shugart, H. H., N. H. F. French, et al. (2001). "Detection of vegeation change using reconnaissance imagery." Global Change Biology 7: 247-252.

Stuff, M. A. (2002). Derivation and estimation of Euclidean Invariants of Far Field Range Data. Ph. D, dissertation. University of Michigan.

Stuff, M. A., Sanchez, Pedro, Biancalana, Martin (2003). "Extraction of Three-Dimensional Motion and Geometric Invariants from Range Dependent Signals." Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing 14: 161-181.

Stuff, M. A., Biancalana, Martin, Arnold, Gregory, Garbarino, Joseph (2004). Imaging moving objects in 3D from a single aperture synthetic aperture radar. IEEE Radar Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Sukhinin, A. I., N. H. F. French, et al. (2004). "AVHRR-based mapping of fires in Russia: New Products for fire Management and carbon cycle studies." Remote Sensing of Environment 93: 546-564 10.1016/j.rse.2004.08.011: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.08.011.

Note: MTRI employee names mentioned in publications are marked in bold.