Research Publications

2009 CREST Research Publications

Theme 1: Climate, Theme 2: Weather and Atmosphere, Theme 3: Land Processes and Water Resources, Theme 4: Coastal and Ocean Waters

Theme 1: Climate

1. Alexandra,A, Katz, A., S. Nicholas, R. Elizabeth, H. Wei, A. R., Steiner, Jeffrey C., and Gottlieb, (2009) Paul,Bacteria-Clay Interaction: Structural changes in smectite induced during biofilm formation, Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol.57, pages 205–212.
2. Alexandra. A, A.Katz, S. Nicholas, R. Elizabeth, H. Wei, R., Alfano, S. Jeffrey C., and G. Paul,(2009) “Bacteria-Clay Interaction: Structural changes in smectite induced during biofilm formation, Clays and Clay Minerals, The Clay Minerals Society. Vol. 57, pages 205–212.
3. Luo, Z. , G. Y. Liu, G. L. Stephens, and R. H. Johnson, (2009) Terminal Vs transient cumulus congestus: A CloudSat perspective, Geophysical Research Letters. Vol.36, doi:10.1029/2008GL036927.
4. Maantay, J. A., Maroko, A.R., (2009) Asthma and air pollution in the Bronx: Using the Cadastral-based Expert Dasymetric System (CEDS) to improve population mapping and understanding the spatiality of disease in urban areas. Journal of Urban Health (Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine), 86(3): 353-354.
5. Maantay, J. A., Maroko, A.R., Calicea, C., and Strelnick, A. H., Geographic Information Systems, Environmental Justice, and Health Disparities: The Need for An Interdisciplinary Approach to Study Asthma and Air Pollution in the Bronx, New York, in: Freudenberg, N., Saegert, S., and Klitzman, S., editors, Interdisciplinary Urban Health Research and Practice, forthcoming, 2009, Jossey Bass.
6. Maantay, J.A., Maroko, A. R., and Culp, G. (2009) Using Geographic Information Science to Estimate Vulnerable Urban Populations for Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment in New York City, in Geotechnical Contributions to Urban Hazard and Disaster Analysis. Vol. 2, pages 71-97, Doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2238-7_5.
7. Maantay, J.A., Maroko, A., (2009). Mapping urban risk: Flood hazards, race, & environmental justice in New York, Applied Geography, Vol. 29, pages 111–124, doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.08.002.
8. Maantay, J.A., Tu, J., Maroko, A., (2009), Loose-coupling an Air Dispersion Model and a Geographic Information System (GIS) for Studying Air Pollution and Asthma in the Bronx, New York City, International Journal of Environmental Health Research, Vol.19, pages 59-79, doi: 10.1080/09603120802392868.
9. Maantay, J.A., Tu, J., Maroko, A., (2009). Loose-coupling an Air Dispersion Model and a Geographic Information System (GIS) for Studying Air Pollution and Asthma in the Bronx, New York City, International Journal of Environmental Health Research, Vol. 19, pages 59-79. doi: 10.1080/09603120802392868.
10. Rong, P. P., J.M. Russell III, M. G. Mlynczak, E.E. Remsberg, B.T. Marshall 3L.L.Gordley, M. López-Puertas, (2009) Validation of TIMED/SABER v1.07 ozone at 9.6 µm in altitude range 15-70 km, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.114, DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010073.
11. Waliser, D., F. Li, C. Woods, J. Bacmeister, J. Chern, A. Del Genio, J. Jiang, M. Kharitondov, Z. Kuang, H. Meng, P. Minnis, S. Platnick, W.B. Rossow, G. Stephens, S. Sun-Mack, W.K. Tao, A. Tompkins, D. Vane, C. Walker and D. Wu, (2009). Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.114, pages 1-27, doi: 10.1029/2008JD010015.

Theme 2: Weather and Atmosphere

1. Christopher. M. J., J. M. Russell III, M. G. Mlynczak, C.-Y. She, F. J. Schmidlin, R. A. Goldberg, M. Lopez-Puertas, P. P. Wintersteiner, R. H. Picard, J. R. Winick, and L. L. Gordley,(2009) Retrieval of temperature and carbon dioxide from broadband infrared limb emission measurements taken from the TIMED/SABER instrument, Advances in Space Research, Vol.43, pages 15-27.
2. Hoff, R. H. Zhang, N. Jordan, A. Prados, J. Engel-Cox, A. Huff, S. Weber, E. Zell, S. Kondragunta, J. Szykman, B. Johns, F. Dimmick, A. Wimmers, J. Al-Saadi, and C. Kittaka, (2009). Applications of the Three-Dimensional Air Quality System (3D-AQS) to Western U.S. Air Quality: IDEA, Smog Blog, Smog Stories, AirQuest, and the Remote Sensing Information Gateway. J. Air & Waste Manage. Association. Vol.59, pages 980–989, DOI:10.3155/1047-3289.59.8.980.
3. Hoff, R. M. and S. A. Christopher, (2009). The 34^th AWMA Critical Review: Remote Sensing of Particulate Pollution from Space: Have We Reached the Promised Land? J. Air & Waste Manage. Association. Vol.59, pages 645–675, DOI:10.3155/1047-3289.59.6.645.
4. Jury, M., S. Chiao and E. W. Harmsen, (2009) “Mesoscale Structure of Trade Wind Convection over Puerto Rico: Composite Observations and Numerical Simulation, Boundary-Layer Meteor. Vol.132, pages 289-313, DOI 10.1007/s10546-009-9393-3.
5. Méndez J, H. Parsiani, and E. Sanchez, (2009) “UPRM Lidar Laboratory for Atmospheric Aerosol Studies: Algorithm Development”, published in WSEAS Transactions on Systems, Vol.8, pages 783-792.
6. Ramírez-Beltran, N.D, Kuligowski, R.J., Cardona-Soto, M, Cruz-Pol, S. (2009). Warm Rainy Clouds and Droplet Size Distribution. wseas Transaction on Systems. Vol. 8, pages 75-85.
7. Smith W. L. Sr., H. Revercomb, G. Bingham, A. Larar, H. Huang, D. Zhou, J. Li, X. Liu, and S. Kireev. (2009). Evolution, Current Capabilities, and Future Advance in Satellite Ultra-Spectral IR Sounding, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol.9, pages 1-29.
8. Zhang, H., Hoff, R.M., Engel-Cox, J.A. (2009) The relation between Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol optical depth and PM2.5 over the United States: a geographical comparison by EPA regions,J.Air & Waste Manage. Assoc. Vol.59, pages 1358 -1369

Theme 3: Water Resources and Land Processes

1. Harmsen, E. W., J. Mecikalski, M. J. Cardona-Soto, A. Rojas Gonzalez and R. Vasquez, (2009). Estimating daily evapotranspiration in Puerto Rico using satellite remote sensing. WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development. Vol. 6(5):456-465.
2. Harmsen, E. W., V. H. Ramirez Builes, M. D. Dukes, X. Jia, J. E. Gonzalez And L. R. Pérez Alegía, (2009). A Ground-Based Method for Calibrating Remotely Sensed Surface Temperature for use in Estimating Evapotranspiration. wseas transactions on environment and development. Vol.5, pages 13-23.
3. Lakhankar T., Ghedira H., Temimi M., Azar A. E., Khanbilvardi R. (2009) Effect of Land Cover Heterogeneity on Soil Moisture Retrieval Using Active Microwave Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sensing. vol.1 pages 80-91.
4. Lakhankar T., Ghedira H., Temimi M., Sengupta M., Khanbilvardi R., Blake R. (2009). Non-parametric Methods for Soil Moisture Retrieval from Satellite Remote Sensing Data. Remote Sensing, vol. 1, pages 3-21. doi:10.3390/rs1010003.
5. Lakhankar T., Krakauer N.Y., R Khanbilvardi (2009), Applications of microwave remote sensing of soil moisture for agricultural applications, International Journal of Terraspace Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, pages 81-91.
6. Mahani, S.E., and R. Khanbilvardi; (2009) Generating Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates over Radar Gap Areas”; WSEAS Transactions on Systems, Vol 8, pages 97-106.
7. Porch, T. G, V.H. Ramirez, D. Santana and E.W. Harmsen, (2009). Evaluation of drought tolerance in common bean germplasm in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. Vol.195, pages 1-7.
8. Rahman. A, L. Roytman, N. Y. Krakauer, M. Nizamuddin and M. Goldberg,(2009) “Use of Vegetation Health Data for Estimation of Aus Rice Yield in Bangladesh” Sensors, Vol.9, pages 2968-2975. doi:10.3390/s90402968.

Theme 4: Coastal and Ocean Waters

1. Amin. R, J. Zhou, A. Gilerson, B. Gross, F. Moshary, and S. Ahmed, (2009) "Novel Optical Techniques for Detecting and Classifying Toxic Dinoflagellate Karenia brevis Blooms Using Satellite Imagery," Optics Express, Vol.17, pages 9126 – 9144.
2. Rodríguez-Guzmán, V., F. Gilbes-Santaella (2009) Using MODIS 250 m Imagery to Estimate Total Suspended Sediment in a Tropical Open Bay. International Journal of Systems Applications, Engineering & Development. Vol.3, pages 36-44.

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