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Nicholas C Coops
Professor
Canadian Research Chair in Remote Sensing
Department of Forest Resources Management
Research Interests:

Integrated Remote Sensing Studio (IRSS) WWW Site

Key research focus areas include:

  • Advanced forest inventory techniques using high spatial resolution optical remote sensing imagery and LIDAR,
  • application of remote sensing imagery to computer visualization,
  • ecosystem and carbon accumulation modeling for biodiversity, production and greenhouse calculations,
  • wildfire, post fire severity and fuel hazard load mapping from real-time remote sensing
  • detection of damaging agents in forests using spectral forest condition mapping
Current Research:

Current grad students Graduate students

Baozhang Chen, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , Ph.D. started Tuesday, January 01, 2008
  • Towards predictive understanding of coupled terrestrial carbon, nitrogen and water dynamics at ecosystem and regional scales.
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    Samuel Coggins, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , Ph.D. started Saturday, September 01, 2007
  • Monitoring to detect mountain pine beetle infestation in western Canada using high-spaitial resolution remotely sensed imagery
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    Colin Ferster, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , M.Sc. started Saturday, September 01, 2007
  • Using inventory based attributes to characterize carbon stocks and carbon stock changes within eddy-flux covariance tower footprints.
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    William Floyd, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , Ph.D. started Thursday, September 01, 2005
    Steve Gillanders, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , M.Sc. started Tuesday, May 01, 2007
  • Characterizing Landscape Distrubance Resulting From Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation Using Landscape Metrics and Spatial Statistics
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    Robbie Hember, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , Ph.D. started Monday, January 01, 2007
  • Predicting Carbon Cycle Responses to Climate Variability in Coastal Forest Ecosystems of British Columbia, Canada.
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    Trevor Jones, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , Ph.D. started Saturday, September 01, 2007
  • Improving Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
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    Nicholas Soverel, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , M.Sc. started Monday, September 03, 2007
  • Validating burn severity classifications using LandSat imagery across Canadian National Parks
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    Rory Tooke, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , M.Sc. started Saturday, September 01, 2007
  • Extracting detailed urban spatial features using advanced satellite remote sensing technologies
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    Andres Varhola, Supervisor - Chair - Academic and Research , M.Sc. started Tuesday, January 01, 2008
  • Assessing the influence of forest structure on snow accumulation and melting in extensively disturbed forests: a remote sensing approach.
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    Awards:
    Canadian Research Chair in Remote Sensing

    Canadian Foundation of Innovation

    Affiliate Faculty Oregon State University (OSU), Oregon, USA.

    Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Early Career Senior Scholar 2005

    Courses Taught:
    Links:

    The Integrated Remote Sensing Studio at UBC
    http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/irss/

    For information on the remote sensing research group at CSIRO Australia go to: www.ffp.csiro.au/nfm/mdp

    For more infomation on the 3PG model go to:
    www.ffp.csiro.au/fap/3pg

    For infomation on the 3PG model applied to Oregon go to:
    www.ffp.csiro.au/nfm/mdp/bevr/

    Additional Info:
    Current publications

    Jones, T.G., Coops, N.C., Sharma, T. (2010) Spectral seperability of dominant forest species in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, British Columbia, Canada International Journal of Remote Sensing (in press)
    Goodwin, N.R., Magnussen, S, Coops, N.C. and Wulder, M.A. (2010) Curve fitting of time series Landsat imagery for characterizing a mountain pine beetle infestation disturbance. International Journal of Remote Sensing (in press)
    Soverel, N., N.C. Coops, J.C. White, and M.A. Wulder. (2010) Characterizing the forest fragmentation of Canada's national parks Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (in press) DOI 10.1007/s10661-009-0908-7
    Bater, C.W., Wulder, M.A., White, J.C., and Coops N.C (2010) Integration of LIDAR and digital aerial imagery for detailed estimates of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) volume killed by mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Journal of Forestry (in press)
    Coops, N.C., Waring, R.H (2010) Estimating Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta Dougl.) Distribution in the Pacific Northwest under Climate Change Climate Change
    Dalponte, M., Coops, N.C., Bruzzone, L., Gianelle, D. (2010) Analysis on the use of multiple returns LiDAR data for the estimation of tree stems volume. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 2: 310-318
    Coops, N.C., Hember, R.A., Waring, R.H. (2010) Assessing the impact of current and projected climates on Douglas-Fir productivity in British Columbia, Canada Canadian Journal of Forest Research (in press)
    Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A. (2010) Estimating the reduction in gross primary production due to mountain pine beetle infestation using satellite observations International Journal of Remote Sensing (in press)
    Morgan, J.L., Gergel, S.E., and N.C. Coops (2010) Aerial photography: A rapidly evolving tool for ecological management BioScience. 60: 47-59
    Tooke, T.R., Klinkenberg, B., Coops, N.C. (2010) A geographic approach to identifying green-space-related environmental justice in Canadian cities. Environment and Planning B
    Varhola, A., Teti P, Boon, S., Coops, N.C., Weiler, M., Bater, CW (2010) The influence of ground and LiDAR-derived forest structure metrics on snow accumulation and ablation in disturbed forests Canadian Journal of Forest Research (in press)
    Hsu, T, Coops, N.C (2010) Review of Entry-Level Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Remote Sensing Applications Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
    Waring, R.H., Coops, N..C., Landsberg, J.J (2010) Improving predictions of forest growth using the 3-PGS model with observations made by remote sensing Forest Ecology and Management (in press)
    Coops, N.C., Varhola, A., Bater, C.W., Teti, P., Boon, S., Goodwin, N.R., Weiler, M (2010) Assessing Differences in Tree and Stand Structure Following Beetle Infestation using LiDAR Data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (in press)
    Coggins, S., Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A. (2010) Cluster sampling to characterize mountain pine beetle populations Silvifenica
    Coops, N.C., Gillanders, S., Wulder, M.A., Gergel, S.E., Nelson, T., Goodwin, N.R (2010) Evaluation of forest fragmentation and loss of connectivity using multitemporal Landsat imagery: quantifying natural and anthropogenic disturbance Forest Ecology and Management
    Varhola, A., Coops, N.C., Moore, D., Weiler, M (2010) Forest canopy attributes and snow accumulation and ablation: an integrative review of empirical results. Journal of Hydrology
    Hilker, T., Coops, N.C., Culvenor, D.S., Newnham, N., Siggins, A.S., Jupp, D.L.B. (2010) Generation of Digital Elevation Models using terrestrial LiDAR Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.
    Wulder, M.A., S.M. Ortlepp, J.C. White, T. Nelson, N.C. Coops (2010) A provincial and regional assessment of the mountain pine beetle epidemic in British Columbia: 1999-2008 Journal of Environmental Informatics (in press)
    Gaulton, R., Coops, N.C., Warttig, W. (2010) Prediction of current and future stand volumes in a western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) dominated forest, British Columbia, Canada, using a simple process-based growth model. Ecological Modelling
    Andrew, M.E., M.A. Wulder, N.C. Coops, and G. Baillargeon (2010) Beta diversity gradients of butterflies along productivity axes. Global Ecology and Biogeography.
    Coops, N.C., Gaulton, R., Waring, R.H (2010) Physiologically-Derived Predictions of Conifer Site Index across the Pacific Northwest of North America. Forest Science
    White, J.C., C. Gómez, M.A. Wulder, N.C. Coops (2010) Characterizing temperate forest structural and spectral diversity with Hyperion EO-1 data. Remote Sensing of Environment.
    Wulder, M.A., J.C. White, G. Stinson, T. Hilker; W. Kurz, N.C. Coops, B. St-Onge, and J.A.T. Trofymow, (2010) Implications of differing input data sources and approaches upon forest carbon stock estimation, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (in press)
    Tooke, T.R., Coops, N.C., Voogt, J.A., Meitner, M.J (2010) Impacts of tree structure on solar radiation received by urban residential dwellings Renewable Energy
    van Leeuwen, M., Coops, N.C., Wulder, MA (2010) Canopy Surface Reconstruction from a LiDAR point cloud Using Hough Transform International Journal of Remote Sensing
    Hilker, T., M. van Leeuwen, N.C. Coops, M.A. Wulder, G. Newnham, D.S. Culvenor, D.L.B. Jupp (2010) Comparing canopy metrics derived from terrestrial and airborne laser scanning in a Douglas-fir dominated forest stand. Trees: Structure and Function
    Coggins, S.B., N.C. Coops, M.A. Wulder (2010) Estimates of mountain pine beetle infestation expansion factors with adaptive cluster sampling Journal of Pest Management
    Coops, N.C., Duffe., Koot, C. (2010) Assessing the Utility of LiDAR Remote Sensing Technology to Identify Mule Deer Winter Habitat. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing.
    Jones, T. G., Coops, N. C., and T. Sharma. 2010. (2010) Exploring the Utility of Hyperspectral Imagery and LiDAR Data for Predicting Quercus garryana Ecosystem Distribution and Aiding in Habitat Restoration . Restoration Ecology. Restoration Ecology
    Chen, B.Z., Coops, N.C. (2010) Understanding of Coupled Terrestrial Carbon, Nitrogen and Water Dynamics-An Overview Sensors. 9: 8624-8657
    Coops, N.C., Hilker, T., Hall, F., Nichol, C., Drolet, G. (2010) Estimation of Light-Use Efficiency from Space: A Status Report Bioscience
    Varhola, A., Wawerla, J., Weiler, M., Coops, N.C., Bewley, D., Alila, Y. (2010) Validation of low-cost ultrasonic sensor (LOCUS-3) snow depth and temperature data Water Resources Research.
    Soverel, N.O., Parrakis, D.B., Coops, N.C. (2010) Estimating burn severity from Landsat dNBR and RdNBR indices across Western Canada Remote Sensing of Environment.
    Jones, T.G., Coops, N.C., Sharma, T. (2010) Assessing the utility of airborne hyperspectral and LiDAR data for species distribution mapping in the coastal Pacific Northwest Remote Sensing of Environment.
    Ferster, Colin J, Trofymow, J.A., Coops, Nicholas C., Chen, Baozhang, Black, Andy (2010) Comparing inventory-based carbon stock changes with eddy-covariance flux-tower-based cumulative NEP measurements at three sites in a coastal forest in British Columbia Global Change Biology
    Ferster, Colin J., Trofymow, J.A. Coops, Nicholas C., Chen, Baozhang, Black, T. Andy, Gougeon, François (2010) Determination of carbon stock distributions in the flux footprint of an eddy-covariance tower in a coastal forest in British Columbia Canadian Journal of Forest Research
    Wulder, M.A., J.C. White, N.C. Coops (2010) Fragmentation regimes of Canada's forests. Canadian Geographer
    Bater, C.W., Wulder, M.A., Coops, N.C., Nelson, R., Hilker, T. (2009) Stability of sample-based scanning LiDAR-derived vegetation metrics for forest monitoring. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
    Cheng, Y-B., Middleton, E.B., Hilker, T., Coops, N.C., Black, T.A., Krishnan, P. (2009) Dynamics of spectral bio-indicators and their correlations with light use efficiency using directional observations at a Douglas-fir forest Measurement Science and Technology. 20 95-107.
    Wulder, M.A., J.C. White, M.E. Andrew, N.E. Seitz, and N.C. Coops. (2009) Forest fragmentation, structure, and age characteristics as a legacy of forest management. Forest Ecology and Management.Vol. 258, No. 9, pp. 1938-1949
    Wulder, M.A., S.M. Ortlepp, J.C. White, N.C. Coops, and S.B. Coggins (2009) Monitoring the impacts of mountain pine beetle mitigation Forest Ecology and Management 258, 1181–1187.
    Hilker, T., Lyapustin, A., Hall, F.G., Wang, Y., Coops, N.C., Drolet, G., & Black, T.A. (2009) Modeling the atmospheric and directional impacts on PRI reflectance. Remote Sensing the Environment. 113: 2463-2475
    Bater, C.W., Coops, N.C., Gergel, S.E., LeMay, V.M. and Collins, D. (2009) Estimation of standing dead tree class distributions in northwest coastal forests using lidar remote sensing Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 6, 1080-1091., NRC Press
    Schroeder, T.A., Hamann, A., Coops, N.C., Wang, T (2009) Occurrence and dominance of six Pacific Northwest conifer species Journal of Vegetation Science DOI:
    Schroeder, T.A., Hember, R., Coops, N.C., Liang, S (2009) Validation of incoming shortwave solar radiation surfaces for use in forest productivity models Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 48: 2331-2458
    Coops, N.C., Waring, R.H., Wulder, M.A., White, J.A. (2009) Prediction and assessment of bark beetle-induced mortality of lodgepole pine using estimates of stand vigor derived from remotely sensed data Remote Sensing of Environment. 113: 1058-1066
    Ferster, C., Coops, N.C., Trofymow, T.A (2009) Aboveground Biomass Estimation in a Coastal Forest in British Columbia using Individual Tree Detection from LiDAR Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 35: 3 270-275
    Hilker, T., Wulder, M.A., Coops, N.C., Linke, J., McDermid, G., Masek, J., Gao, F., & White, J.C. (2009) A new data fusion model for high spatial- and temporal- resolution mapping of forest disturbance based on Landsat and MODIS Remote Sensing of Environment. 113: 1613-1627
    Coops, N.C., Hember, R. (2009) Physiologically-Derived Predictions of Douglas-fir Site Index in British Columbia. The Forestry Chronicle 85:5 733-744
    Coops, N.C, Waring, R.H., Schroeder, T (2009) A generic process-based growth model that predicts the presence and absence of tree species on U.S. Forest Service survey plots in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. Ecological Modelling. 220: 1776-1796
    Chen B., Black A., Coops N.C., Hilker T., Trofymow T., Nesic Z., and Morgenstern K. (2009) Assessing tower flux footprint climatology and scaling between remotely sensed and eddy covariance measurements Boundary Layer Meteorology. 130:137–167.
    Chen B., Black A., Coops N.C., Jassal R., Krishnan P., and Z. Nesic (2009) Seasonal controls on interannual variability in carbon dioxide exchange of a Pacific Northwest Douglas-fir forest, 1997 - 2006. Global Change Biology. 15: 8, 1962-1981
    Goodwin, N.R. Coops, N.C, Tooke, R.T., Christen, A. and Voogt, J.A (2009) Characterising urban surface cover and structure with airborne LiDAR technology. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 35:3 297-309
    Middleton, EB, Cheng, YB, Hilker, T, Black, TA, Krishnan, P, Coops, NC, Huemmrich, F (2009) Linking Foliage Spectral Responses to Canopy Level Ecosystem Photosynthetic Light Use Efficiency at a Douglas-fir Forest in Canada. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 35(2): 166-188.
    Wulder, M.A., J.C. White, Carroll, A., Coops, N.C. (2009) Challenges for the operational detection of mountain pine beetle green attack with remote sensing The Forestry Chronicle. 85:1, pp. 32-38
    Tooke, R., Coops. N.C, Goodwin, N.R., Voogt, J.A (2009) The Influence of Vegetation Characteristics on Spectral Mixture Analysis in an Urban Environment. Remote Sensing of Environment. 113, 398-407
    Hilker, T., Coops, N.C., Coggins, S., Wulder, M.A., Brown, M., Black, T.A., Nesic, Z., & Lessard, D. (2009) On the detection of foliage conditions and disturbance from multi-angular high spectral resolution remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment. 113, 421-434
    Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A., Iwanicka, D. (2009) Development of A Satellite-Based Methodology To Monitor Habitat at a Continental-Scale Ecological Indicators: 9: 948-958.
    Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A., Iwanicka, D. (2009) An Environmental Domain Classification of Canada using Earth Observation data for Biodiversity Assessment Ecological Infomatics. 4: 8-22.
    Coops, N.C., Ferster, C.J., Waring, R.H., Nightingale, J (2009) Three Model Comparison Of Predicted Gross Primary Production Across And Within Forested Portions Of 84 Ecoregions In The Contiguous United States. Remote Sensing of Environment: 113: 680-690.
    Bater, C., Coops, N.C. (2009) Evaluating error associated with lidar-derived DEM interpolation under dense forest canopy Computers in Geoscience. 35: 289-300
    Coops, N.C., R.H. Waring, M.A. Wulder, A.M. Pidgeon, and V.C. Radeloff, (2009) Bird diversity: A predictable function of satellite-derived estimates of seasonal variation in canopy light absorbance across the United States. Journal of Biogeography. 36 905-918
    Wulder, M.A., J.C. White, D. Grills, T. Nelson, N.C. Coops, and T. Ebata (2009) Aerial overview survey of the mountain pine beetle epidemic in British Columbia: Communication of impacts BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management. 10(1):45–58.
    Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A., Iwanicka, D (2009) Large area monitoring with a satellite-based disturbance index sensitive to annual and seasonal variations Remote Sensing of Environment. 113: 1250-1261
    Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A., Iwanicka, D. (2009) Exploring the relative importance of seasonal variation in production and land cover for satellite derived predictions of breeding bird distributions over Ontario, Canada Remote Sensing of Environment: 113: 668-679
    Goodwin, N.R., Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A., Gillanders, S., Schroeder, T.A., Nelson, T (2008) Estimation of Insect Infestation Dynamics using Spectral Trajectories Derived from a Landsat Time Series Remote Sensing of Environment. 112: 3680-3689
    Coggins, S., Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A (2008) Parameterisation of insect infestation spread models using tree structure and spatial characteristics derived from high-spatial resolution digital aerial imagery Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 34: 485-502.
    Wulder, M.A., S.M. Ortlepp, J.C. White, N.C. White, N.C. Coops, and S.B. Coggins (2008) Monitoring tree-level insect population dynamics with multi-scale and multi-source remote sensing. Journal of Spatial Science. 53:49-61.
    Wulder, M.A., C.W. Bater, N.C. Coops, T. Hilker, J.C. White (2008) The role of lidar in sustainable forest management The Forestry Chronicle.. 84(6) 807-826
    Thompson, S.D., Gergel, S.E. and N.C. Coops (2008) Classification of Late seral Coastal Temperate Rainforests with High Spatial Resolution QuickBird Imagery Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing: 34(S2): 460-470
    Hilker, T., Coops, N.C., Hall, F.G., Black, T.A., Chen, B., Krishnan, P.,Wulder, M.A., Sellers, P.J., Middleton, E.M., Huemmrich, K.F (2008) A modeling approach for upscaling gross ecosystem production to the landscape scale using remote sensing data Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. 113, G03006, doi:10.1029/2007JG000666.
    Gillanders, S., Coops, N.C., Goodwin, N., Wulder, M.A (2008) Application Of Landsat Satellite Imagery To Monitor Land Cover Changes At The Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada Canadian Geographer: 52:4 466-485.
    Hilker, T., Coops, N.C., Hall, F.G., Wulder, M. Black, T.A. (2008) Separating physiologically and directionally induced changes in canopy reflectance using BRDF models Remote Sensing of Environment. 112: 2777-2788
    Wulder, M.A., J.C. White, N.C. Coops, and C. Butson. (2008) Multi-temporal analysis of high spatial resolution imagery: Issues, investigation, and application. Remote Sensing of Environment. 112: 2729-2740.
    Hall, F.G., Hilker, T., Coops, N.C., Lyapustin, A., Huemmrich, K.F., Middleton, E.M., Drolet, G.G., Margolis, H.A., Black, T.A. (2008) Can Light-Saturated Reductions in Canopy Photosynthetic Capacity Be Observed From Space? Remote Sensing of Environment. 112.2777-2788
    Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A., Duro, D.C., Han, T, and Berry.S. (2008) Large Area Characterization Of Habitat using Satellite Data Across Canada Ecological Indicators. 8: 754-766.
    Hilker, T, Coops, N.C., Schwalm, C.R., Jassal, R., Black, A., Krishnan, P. (2008) Effects of mutual shading of tree crowns on prediction of photosynthetic light use efficiency in a Coastal Douglas-fir forest Tree Physiology. 28: 825-834
    LeMay, V., J. Maedel, and N. C Coops. (2008) Estimating stand structural details using variable-space nearest neighbour analyses to link ground data, forest cover maps, and landsat imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment. 118: 2578-2591
    Nightingale, J.M., Fan, W., Coops, N.C. and Waring, R.H. (2008) Predicting tree diversity across the USA as a function of modeled gross primary production Ecological Applications: 18: 93-108
    Coops, N.C., Timko, J.A., Wulder, M.A., White, J.C (2008) Investigating the effectiveness of mountain pine beetle mitigation strategies. International Journal of Pest Management 54: 151-165
    Wulder, M.A., S. Magnussen, D. Harding, N.C. Coops, P. Boudewyn, and D. Seemann (2008) Stability of surface LIDAR height estimates on a point and polygon basis Journal of Forest Planning: 13: 279-286.
    Gillanders, S.N., Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A., Gergel, S.E., Nelson, T. (2008) Multitemporal remote sensing of landscape dynamics and pattern change: Describing natural and anthropogenic trends. Progress in Physical Geography: 32(5) 503-528.
    Wulder, M.A., S.M. Ortlepp, J.C. White, and N.C. Coops (2008) Impact of sun-surface-sensor geometry upon multi-temporal high spatial resolution satellite imagery. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing: 34(5) 455-461
    Coggins, S.B., M.A. Wulder, N.C. Coops, White, J.C. (2008) Linking survey detection accuracy with ability to mitigate populations of mountain pine beetle. The Forestry Chronicle: 84(6) 900-909.
    Wulder, M.A., J.C. White, T. Han, N.C. Coops, J.A. Cardille, T. Holland, and D. Grills (2008) Monitoring Canada's forests - Part 2: National forest fragmentation and pattern Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 34: 563-584
    Smith, A., Wynne, R., Coops, N.C (2008) Remote characterization of vegetation structure and productivity: plant to landscape scales Introduction Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 34 S2: 3-6
    Hilker, T., Wulder, M., Coops, N.C (2008) Methods to extract and update forest inventory information using airborne LiDAR and high spatial resolution satellite imagery Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 34: 5-12.
    Hilker, T., N.C. Coops, M.A. Wulder, T.A. Black, and R.D. Guy. (2008) The use of remote sensing in light use efficiency based models of gross primary production: A review of current status and future requirements Science of the Total Environment. 404, 411-423
    White, J.C., Coops, N.C, Hilker, T., Wulder, M.A (2007) Use of foliage moisture indices derived from Hyperion satellite imagery to estimate mountain pine beetle red attack. International Journal of Remote Sensing: 28: 2111-2121.
    Johansen, K., N.C. Coops, S.E. Gergel, Y. Stange. (2007) Application of high spatial resolution satellite imagery for riparian and forest ecosystem classification. Remote Sensing of Environment 110(1): 29-44
    Gergel, S.E., Y. Stange, N.C. Coops, C. Bater, K. Johansen, and K.R. Kirby. (2007) What is the value of a good map? An example using high spatial resolution imagery to aid riparian restoration. Ecosystems 10: 688-702
    Coops, N.C., Black, A , Jassal, R.S., Trofymow, J.A. and Morgenstern, K. (2007) Comparison of MODIS, Eddy Covariance Determined and Physiologically Modelled Gross Primary Production (GPP) in a Douglas-fir Forest Stand. Remote Sensing of Environment. 107(3) 385-401.
    Coops, N.C., Jassal, R.S., Leuning, R., Black A.. and Morgenstern, K (2007) Incorporation of a Soil Water Modifier in MODIS Satellite Data Predictions of Gross Primary Productivity. Agricuture and Forest Meteorology. 147: 99-109.
    Hilker, T., Coops, N.C., Nesic, Z., Black, A and Wulder, M. (2007) An instrument for year round measurements of fast response physiological processes from spectral reflectance. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 56: 72-84.
    Han, T., M.A. Wulder, J.C. White, N.C. Coops, M.F. Alvarez, and C. Butson, (2007) An efficient protocol to process Landsat images for change detection with Tasselled Cap Transformation IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 147-151.
    Sims, N., Stone, C., Coops, N.C., Ryan, P. (2007) A decision tree modelling strategy for assessing the health of Pinus radiata using remote sensing imagery. New Zealand Journal of Forest Research. 37(1) 57-80.
    Nightingale, J.M., Coops, N.C., Waring, R.H., Hargrove, H.H. (2007) Comparison of MODIS Gross Primary Production Estimates for U.S. Forests With Those Generated by 3-PGS, a Model That Accounts for Spatial Variation in Soil Properties Remote Sensing of Environment. 109(4): 500-509
    Coops, N.C., Coggins, S.B., Kurz, W.A. (2007) Mapping The Environmental Limitations To Growth Of Coastal Douglas-Fir Stands On Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Tree Physiology. 27: 805-815
    Coops, N., Hilker, T., Wulder, M., St-Onge, B., Siggins, A , Newhnam, G Trofymow, J.A. (2007) Estimating Canopy Structure of Douglas-fir forest stands from discrete-return LIDAR Trees: Structure and Function. 21(3) 295-310.
    Duro, D., Coops, N.C., Wulder, M.A., Han, T (2007) Development Of A Large Area Biodiversity Monitoring System Driven By Remote Sensing. Progress in Physical Geography. 31:3, 235-261.
    Coops, N.C., Duro, D., Wulder, M.A., Han, T (2007) Predicting Afternoon MODIS Land Surface Temperatures (LST) based on Morning MODIS Overpass, Location, And Elevation Information For Canada International Journal of Remote Sensing 28: pp 2391-2396.
    Wulder, MA, White, J.C., Coops, N.C., Nelson, T., Boots, B. (2007) Using local spatial autocorrelation to compare outputs from a forest growth model Ecological Modelling. 209: 264-276.
    Goodwin, N., Coops, N.C., Culvenor, D.C. (2007) Development of a simulation model to predict LiDAR interception in structurally different forests Remote Sensing of Environment 111:4 481- 492.
    Wulder, M.A. C.W. Bater, N.C. Coops, Y. Hirata, and T. Sweda, (2007) Advances in laser remote sensing of forests in Larson B.A (ed) “Sustainable Development” by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. pp. 223-234., Nova Science Publishers
    LeMay, V., J. Maedel, and N. Coops (2006) Estimating stand structure using ground data, forest cover polygons, and landsat imagery Proceedings of the IUFRO 2006 Nearest Neighbors Workshop: Meeting in the Middle, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, August 28 to 30, 2006 [Abstract]
    Coops, N., M. Wulder, and J. White, (2006) Integrating remotely sensed and ancillary data sources to characterize a mountain pine beetle infestation Remote Sensing of Environment. 105: 83-97.
    Wulder, M., J. White, B. Bentz, F. Alvarez, and N.C Coops (2006) Estimating the probability of mountain pine beetle red-attack damage, Remote Sensing of Environment. 101: 150-166
    Goodwin, N., Coops, N.C., Culvenor, D.C. (2006) Assessment of forest structure with airborne LIDAR and the effects of flying altitude. Remote Sensing of Environment. 103: 140-152.
    Coops, N.C., Wulder, M., White, J.C. (2006) Identifying and Describing Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern: Data Selection Issues and Methodological Implications In Wulder, M., Franklin, S. Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern: Remote Sensing and GIS Approaches. Taylor and Francis. CRC Press. pp. 33- 60.
    Coops, N., Johnson, M., Wulder, M and J. White, (2006) Assessment of Quickbird high spatial resolution imagery to detect red-attack damage due to mountain pine beetle infestation Remote Sensing of Environment: 103 67 - 80
    Waring, R.H., Coops, N.C., Fan, W., Nightingale, J. (2006) MODIS enhanced vegetation index predicts tree species richness across forested ecoregions in the contiguous U.S.A Remote Sensing of Environment: 103: 218-226
    Leuning, R., Hughes, D, Daniel, P., Coops, N.C., Newnham, G (2006) A multi-angle spectrometer for automatic measurement of plant canopy reflectance spectra. Remote Sensing of Environment: 103: 236-245
    Hill, M., Held, A., Leuning, R., Coops, N.C., Hughes, D. and Cleugh, H.A. (2006) MODIS spectral signals at flux tower sites: relationships with daytime carbon flux and LUE estimates. Remote Sensing of Environment. 103: 351-368
    Coops, N.C., Goodwin, N., Stone, C. (2006) Predicting Spherophsis sapinea Damage on Pinus radiata stands using CASI-2 Derived Spectral Indices and Spectral Mixture Analysis. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 72(4) 404-417
    Coops, N.C., Goodwin, N., Stone, C and Sims, N. (2006) Assessment of Forest Plantation Canopy Condition from High Spatial Resolution Digital Imagery Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 30: 855-866.
    Goodwin, N., Coops, N.C. Stone, C. (2005) Quantifying Forest Canopy Condition from Airborne Imagery using Spectral Mixture Analysis and Fractional Abundances. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 7: 11-28
    Coops, N.C., Stone, C., (2005) Use of a radiative transfer model to examine variation in reflectance spectra due to damaged Pinus radiata foliage. Australian Journal of Botany 53: 417-429
    Swenson, J., Waring, R., Fan, W., Coops, N.C. (2005) Predicting Site Index with a Physiologically-based Growth Model across Oregon, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 1697 - 1707
    Lovell, J., Jupp, D.L.B., Newnham, G., Culvenor, D.S., Coops, N.C. (2005) Lidar simulation for forest height retrieval. Forest Ecology and Management. 214: 398-412.
    Coops, N.C., Waring, R.H. and Law, B. (2005) Predicting the Influence of Climate Variability on the Productivity and Distribution of Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. Ecological Modelling. 183: 107-124
    Wulder, M.A., White, J.C., Coops, N.C., Han, T. Alvarez, M.F. (2005) A protocol for detecting and mapping mountain pine beetle damage from a time-series of Landsat TM or ETM+ data, Report prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range, October 31, 2005. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. 70p.
    Coops, N.C., McVicar, T.R. (2004) Temporal Remote Sensing. In “Guidelines for Conducting Surveys: The Blue Book” CSIRO Press. Canberra.
    Coops, N.C., Smith, M.L., Jacobson, K. Martin,. M, Ollinger, S. (2004) Estimation of Leaf Area Index using Three techniques in a Mature Native Eucalypt Canopy. Austral Ecology. 29: 332-341
    Coops, N.C., Stone, C., Culvenor, D.S., and Chisholm, L. (2004) Damage and Discoloration in Eucalypt Leaves and Crowns as Predicted by Red - Green and Red - Edge Indices. Journal of Environmental Quality.33: 956-964.
    Wulder, M., Hall, R., Coops, N.C, and S. Franklin. (2004) High spatial resolution remotely-sensed data for the study of forest ecosystems. Bioscience 54(6): 511-521
    Stone, C., Coops, N.C. (2004) Assessment and monitoring damage from insects in Australian native forest and plantations. Australian Journal of Entomology.43: 283–292.
    Magnussen, S., Luther, J., Coops, N and Carroll, A. (2004) An approach for the analysis of vegetation spectra using non-linear mixed modeling of truncated power spectra. Annals of Forest Science. 61: 515-523
    Coops, N.C., White, J.D., and Scott, N.A. (2004) Effect of forest fragmentation on broad scale estimates of forest biomass accumulation. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 20(4) 819-838
    Coops, N.C., Wulder, M., Culvenor, D.C., St-Onge, B. (2004) Comparison of forest attributes extracted from fine spatial resolution multi-spectral and lidar data. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 30(6): 855-866
    Wulder, M.A., B.P. Stewart, M.E. Andrew, M. Smulders, T. Nelson, N.C. Coops, and G.B. Stenhouse (2004) Remote sensing derived edge location, magnitude, and class transitions for ecological studies. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
    Coops, N. C., Stanford, M., Old., K.M., Dudinski, M., Culvenor, D., Stone.C (2003) Assessment of Dothistroma needle blight of Pinus radiata (D.Don) using Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery. Phytopathology. 93(12) 1524 – 1532.
    Coops, N.C., Smith, M.L., Martin, M.M, Ollinger, S. (2003) Prediction of Eucalypt Foliage Nitrogen Content from Satellite Derived Hyperspectral Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 41:6 1338- 1346.
    Coops, N.C., White, J.D. (2003) Modeling forest productivity using data acquired through remote sensing. In: Methods and Applications for Remote Sensing of Forests: Concepts and Case Studies, Wulder, M. and Franklin, S.E. (Eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers
    Lovell, J.L., Jupp, D.L.B., Culvenor, D.S. and Coops, N.C. (2003) Using airborne and ground-based ranging lidar to measure canopy structure in Australian forests. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 1-16.
    Coops, N.C., White, J.D., and Scott, N.A. (2002) Assessment of regional forest and scrub productivity using a coupled vegetation process model with remote sensing. Geocarto 17(4) 1 - 12.
    Coops, N.C., Waring, R.H. and Moncrieth, J. (2002) Estimating Mean Monthly Incident Solar Radiation on Horizontal and Inclined Slopes from Mean Monthly Temperatures Extremes. International Journal of Biometeorology. 44(4): 204-211
    Coops, N.C., Stone, C., Culvenor, D.S., Chisholm, L., Merton, R. (2002) Predicting Chlorophyll Content in Eucalypt Vegetation at the Leaf and Canopy Level using High Spectral Resolution Imagery. Tree Physiology. 23:23–31 Tree Physiology. 23:23–31
    Coops, N.C. (2002) Remote sensing at the Warra long term ecological research (LTER) site. TasForests 13, 1: 141-154.
    Coops, N.C. (2002) Eucalypt Forest Structure and Synthetic Aperture Radar Backscatter: A Theoretical Analysis. Tree Structure and Function. 16 (1): 28 - 46
    Coops, N.C. Catling, P.C. (2002) Prediction of the spatial distribution and relative abundance of ground-dwelling mammals using remote sensing imagery and simulation models. Landscape Ecology. 17: 173-188.
    Coops, N.C., Dury, S., Smith, M.L., Martin,. M, Ollinger, S. (2002) Comparison of Green Leaf Eucalypt Spectra using Spectral Decomposition. Australian Journal of Botany. 50: 567 – 576.
    Waring, R.H., Coops, N.C., Ohmann, J., Sarr, D. (2002) Predicting Woody Plant Richness from Seasonal Ratios of Photosynthesis. Ecology. 83:2964-2970
    Landsberg, J.J., Waring, R.H., Coops, N.C. (2001) Performance of the forest productivity model 3-PG applied to a wide range of forest types. Model structure, calibration and sensitivity analysis. Forest Ecology and Management. 172: 199-214.
    Landsberg, J, J., Waring, R.H., Coops, N.C. (2001) The 3-PG Forest Model: Matters Arising from Evaluation against Plantation Data from Different Countries. In Jean-Michel Carnus, Roderick Dewar, Denis Loustau and Margarida Tomé (eds.)Models for the Sustainable Management of Temperate Plantation Forests Proceedings of the International Workshop. Bordeaux, France. 7–9 September 2000
    Stone, C., Kile, G., Old, K., Coops, N.C. (2001) Forest Health Monitoring in Australia, National and Regional Commitments and Operational Realities. Ecosystem Health. 7(1) 48-58
    Stone, C., Chisolm, L., Coops, N.C. (2001) Spectral Reflectance Characteristics of Eucalypt Foliage Damaged by Insects. Australian Journal of Botany 49: 687-698.
    Tickle, P.K., Coops, N.C., and Hafner, S.D. (2001). (2001) Comparison of a forest process model (3PG-SPATIAL) with growth and yield models to predict growth at Bago state forest, NSW. Australian Forestry. 64(2) 111-222.
    Tickle, P.K., Coops, N.C., and Hafner, S.D. (2001) Assessing forest productivity at local scales across a native eucalypt forest using a process model, 3PG-SPATIAL. Forest Ecology and Management. 152: 1-3, 275-291.
    Catling, P.C., Coops, N.C., Burt, R.J. (2001) The distribution and abundance of ground-dwelling mammals in relation to time since wildfire and vegetation structure in southeastern Australia. Wildlife Research. 28: 555-564
    Coops, N.C. Catling, P.C. (2001) Prediction of Historical Forest Habitat Pattern using Gamma Distributions and Simple Boolean Logic from High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing. Computers and Geoscience 27: 795-805.
    Coops, N.C., Loughhead, A., Ryan, P.J. and Hutton, R. (2001) Development of daily spatial heat unit mapping from monthly climatic surfaces for the Australian Continent. International Journal of GIS. 15(4): 345-361.
    Coops, N.C. and Waring, R.H. (2001) Assessing forest growth across Southwestern Oregon under a range of current and future global change scenarios using a process model, 3-PG. Global Change Biology. 7: 15-29.
    Coops, N.C. and R. H. Waring. (2001) The use of multi-scale remote sensing imagery to derive regional estimates of forest growth capacity using 3-PGS. Remote Sensing of Environment 75: 324-334.
    Coops, N.C. and R. H. Waring. (2001) Estimating Maximum Potential Site Productivity and Site Water Stress of the Eastern Siskiyous using 3-PGS. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31: 143-154. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31: 143-154.
    Coops, N.C., Waring, R.H., Landsberg, J.J. (2001) Estimation of potential forest productivity across the Oregon transect using satellite data and monthly weather records. International journal of Remote Sensing. 22:18 3797-3812.
    Coops, N.C., Waring, R.H., Brown, S., and Running, S. (2001) Predictions of Net Primary Production and Seasonal Patterns in Water Use with Forest Growth Models using Daily and Monthly Time-steps in southwestern Oregon. Ecological Modelling. 142, (1-2) 61 – 81.
    Coops, N.C. (2000) Comparison of topographic and physiographic properties measured on the ground with those derived from digital elevation models. Northwest Science. 74:2 116-130
    Coops, N.C., Culvenor, D (2000) Utilizing local variance of simulated high-spatial resolution imagery to predict spatial pattern of forest stands. Remote Sensing of Environment. 71(3): 248-260.
    Coops, N.C., Catling, P.C. (2000) Estimating Forest Habitat Complexity in relation to Time since Fire using Binomial Distributions. Austral Ecology 25, 344-351.
    White, J.D., Coops, N.C., and Scott, N.A. (2000) Predicting broad-scale forest and scrub biomass for New Zealand: Investigating the application of a physiological based model. Ecological Modeling 131(2-3): 175 – 190
    Stone, C. Coops, N.C. and Culvenor, D. (1999) Conceptual development of a Eucalypt Canopy Condition Index using high resolution spatial and spectral remote sensing imagery. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 11(4) 23-45
    Landsberg, J.J., and Coops, N.C. (1999) Modelling forest productivity across large areas and long periods. Natural Resource Modelling. 12:1-28.
    Catling, P.C, Coops, N.C. (1999) Prediction of the distribution and abundance of small mammals on the eucalypt forests of south-eastern Australian from airborne videography Wildlife Research 26: 641 - 650
    Coops, N.C (1999) Linking multi-resolution satellite-derived estimates of canopy photosynthetic capacity and meteorological data to assess forest productivity in a Pinus radiata (D. Don) stand. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 65, 10: 1149-1156.
    Coops, N.C., Bi, H., Barnett, P., Ryan, P. (1999) Prediction of Mean and Current Volume Increments of a Eucalypt Forest using Historical Landsat MSS Data. Journal of Sustainable Forestry . 9: 149-168.
    Coops, N.C., Culvenor, D., Preston, R and Catling. P.C. (1998) Procedures for predicting habitat and structural attributes in eucalypt forests using high spatial resolution remotely sensed imagery. Australian Forestry. 61:4 pp. 244-252.
    Coops, N.C., Delahaye, A., Pook, E (1998) Estimation of eucalypt forest leaf area on the south coast of New South Wales using Landsat MSS data. Australian Journal of Botany. 45. Pp. 757-769.
    Coops, N.C., Ryan, P., Bishop, A.W. (1998) Investigating CASI Responses to Soil Properties and Disturbance across an Australian Eucalypt Forest. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 24(2): 153-168
    Coops, N.C., Waring, R.H., Landsberg, J.J. (1998) Assessing forest productivity in Australia and New Zealand using a physiologically-based model driven with averaged monthly weather data and satellite derived estimates of canopy photosynthetic capacity. Forest Ecology and Management. 104: 113-127.
    Coops, N.C., Bishop, A.W., Baker, B. (1998) Remote sensing of forest vegetation ''98. An Interactive CD-ROM

    Coops, N.C., Catling, P.C. (1997) Predicting the Complexity of Habitat in Forests from Airborne Videography for Wildlife Management. Int. J. Remote Sensing. 18:12 pp. 2677-2686.
    Coops, N.C., Catling, P.C. (1996) Utilising airborne multispectral videography to predict forest structure in eucalypt forests for wildlife management. Wildlife Research. 24: 691-703.
    Coops, N.C., Walker, P.A. (1996) The use of the Gower Metric statistic to compare temporal profiles from AVHRR data: A forestry and an agriculture application. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 17, 17:3531-3537.

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