Crystal Schaaf

33.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
250 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

Crystal Schaaf is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Crystal Schaaf has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 151 papers in Ecology and 122 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Crystal Schaaf's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (146 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (75 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (75 papers). Crystal Schaaf is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (146 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (75 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (75 papers). Crystal Schaaf collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Crystal Schaaf's co-authors include Alan H. Strahler, Feng Gao, M. A. Friedl, Xiaoyang Zhang, J.C.F. Hodges, Wolfgang Lucht, Zhuosen Wang, Curtis E. Woodcock, Miguel O. Román and Bradley C. Reed and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Crystal Schaaf

246 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

Global land cover mapping from MODIS: algorithms and earl... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2002 2003 2000 2008 2020 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Global land cover mapping from MODIS: algorithms and early results
    2002 2.2k citations M. A. Friedl, Alan H. Strahler et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  2. Monitoring vegetation phenology using MODIS
    2003 2.0k citations Xiaoyang Zhang, M. A. Friedl et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  3. An algorithm for the retrieval of albedo from space using semiempirical BRDF models
    2000 839 citations Wolfgang Lucht, Crystal Schaaf et al. profile →
  4. Multi-temporal MODIS–Landsat data fusion for relative radiometric normalization, gap filling, and prediction of Landsat data
    2008 440 citations David P. Roy, Crystal Schaaf et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  5. Terrestrial laser scanning in forest ecology: Expanding the horizon
    2020 344 citations Crystal Schaaf et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  6. Benefits of the free and open Landsat data policy
    2019 327 citations David P. Roy, Curtis E. Woodcock et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  7. A general method to normalize Landsat reflectance data to nadir BRDF adjusted reflectance
    2016 280 citations David P. Roy, Crystal Schaaf et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers

Crystal Schaaf
Comparison fields: 5 of 141
  • Global and Planetary Change 12.6k
  • Ecology 11.9k
  • Environmental Engineering 8.6k
  • Atmospheric Science 6.3k
  • Ecological Modeling 2.2k
Replace Alan H. Strahler with:
Alan H. Strahler United States
David P. Roy United States
Michael E. Schaepman Switzerland
M. A. Friedl United States
Dar A. Roberts United States
Éric Vermote United States
Feng Gao United States
Curtis E. Woodcock United States
Shunlin Liang United States
Rasmus Fensholt Denmark
Alan H. Strahler United States View profile →
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Crystal Schaaf

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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A new constant scattering angle solar geometry definition for normalization of GOES-R ABI reflectance times series to support land surface phenology studies
2024 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Shuai Gao, Xiaoyang Zhang, Hankui K. Zhang, Yu Shen, David P. Roy, Weile Wang, Crystal Schaaf
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Analyzing GOES-R ABI BRDF-adjusted EVI2 time series by comparing with VIIRS observations over the CONUS
2023 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Yu Shen, Xiaoyang Zhang, Shuai Gao, Hankui K. Zhang, Crystal Schaaf, Weile Wang, Yongchang Ye, Yuxia Liu, Khuong H. Tran
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3
Mid-summer snow-free albedo across the Arctic tundra was mostly stable or increased over the past two decades
2022 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), Jin‐Soo Kim, Jacqueline Oehri, Angela Erb, Crystal Schaaf, Gabriela Schaepman‐Strub
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Phenological control on the high Arctic ecosystem CO 2 exchange
2019 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), (unknown), Nancy Y. Kiang, Donatella Zona, Walter C. Oechel, Igor Aleinov, Crystal Schaaf, Yonghong Yi
1
5
Climate change decreases the cooling effect from postfire albedo in boreal North America
2019 ·Global Change Biology ·Stefano Potter, Kylen Solvik, Angela Erb, S. J. Goetz, Jill F. Johnstone, Michelle C. Mack, James T. Randerson, Miguel O. Román, Crystal Schaaf, Merritt R. Turetsky, Sander Veraverbeke, Xanthe J. Walker, Zhuosen Wang, Richard Massey, Brendan M. Rogers
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An algorithm for the retrieval of the clumping index (CI) from the MODIS BRDF product using an adjusted version of the kernel-driven BRDF model
2018 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Ziti Jiao, Yadong Dong, Crystal Schaaf, Jing M. Chen, Miguel O. Román, Zhuosen Wang, Hu Zhang, Anxin Ding, Angela Erb, Michael J. Hill, Xiaoning Zhang, Alan H. Strahler
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Preliminary assessment of 20-m surface albedo retrievals from sentinel-2A surface reflectance and MODIS/VIIRS surface anisotropy measures
2018 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Zhan Li, Angela Erb, Qingsong Sun, Yan Liu, Yanmin Shuai, Zhuosen Wang, Peter B. Boucher, Crystal Schaaf
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8
Changes in tall shrub abundance on the North Slope of Alaska, 2000–2010
2018 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·(unknown), Mark Chopping, Ken D. Tape, Zhuosen Wang, Crystal Schaaf
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The influence of spatial resolution on the angular variation patterns of optical reflectance as retrieved from MODIS and POLDER measurements
2018 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Ziti Jiao, Xiaoning Zhang, François‐Marie Bréon, Yadong Dong, Crystal Schaaf, Miguel O. Román, Zhuosen Wang, Lei Cui, Siyang Yin, Anxin Ding, Jindi Wang
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Development of a snow kernel to better model the anisotropic reflectance of pure snow in a kernel-driven BRDF model framework
2018 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Ziti Jiao, Anxin Ding, Alexander Kokhanovsky, Crystal Schaaf, François‐Marie Bréon, Yadong Dong, Zhuosen Wang, Yan Liu, Xiaoning Zhang, Siyang Yin, Lei Cui, Linlu Mei, (unknown)
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Capturing rapid land surface dynamics with Collection V006 MODIS BRDF/NBAR/Albedo (MCD43) products
2018 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Zhuosen Wang, Crystal Schaaf, Qingsong Sun, Yanmin Shuai, Miguel O. Román
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From Geometric-Optical Remote Sensing Modeling to Quantitative Remote Sensing Science—In Memory of Academician Xiaowen Li
2018 ·Remote Sensing ·Qinhuo Liu, Guangjian Yan, Ziti Jiao, Qing Xiao, Jianguang Wen, Shunlin Liang, Jindi Wang, Crystal Schaaf, Alan H. Strahler
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Intercalibration of Two Polar Satellite Instruments Without Simultaneous Nadir Observations
2016 ·ESASP ·Terhikki Manninen, Aku Riihelä, Crystal Schaaf, Jeffrey R. Key, Alessio Lattanzio
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MALIBU: A High Spatial Resolution Multi-Angle Imaging Unmanned Airborne System to Validate Satellite-derived BRDF/Albedo Products
2016 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), Miguel O. Román, Nima Pahlevan, Maciej Stachura, Joel McCorkel, (unknown), Crystal Schaaf
1
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Sensitivity analysis and simulation for DOC concentration and flux in the stream in the regional hydro-ecological simulation system (RHESSys)
2013 ·AGUFM ·Yuanhe Yang, Crystal Schaaf, C. Tague, David E. Tenenbaum, (unknown), Ewan S. Douglas, (unknown), (unknown), Taeseon Hwang
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A Dual Wavelength Echidna® Lidar (DWEL) for Forest Structure Retrieval
2012 ·AGUFM ·Alan H. Strahler, Ewan S. Douglas, (unknown), T. Cook, (unknown), R. A. Marshall, S. Chakrabarti, Crystal Schaaf, Curtis E. Woodcock, (unknown), Xiaoyuan Yang, Darius Culvenor, David L.B. Jupp, Glenn Newnham, Jenny Lovell
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Assessing General Relationships Between Above-Ground Biomass and Vegetation Structure Parameters for Improved Carbon Estimate from Lidar Remote Sensing
2009 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Wenge Ni‐Meister, (unknown), Alan H. Strahler, Curtis E. Woodcock, Crystal Schaaf, Tian Yao, J. Ranson, Guoqing Sun, J. B. Blair
2
18
The footprint of urban climates on vegetation phenology
2004 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Xiaoyang Zhang, M. A. Friedl, Crystal Schaaf, Alan H. Strahler, Annemarie Schneider
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Spatially Complete Surface Albedo Data Sets: Value-Added Products Derived from Terra MODIS Land Products
2004 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Eric G. Moody, Michael D. King, Steven Platnick, Crystal Schaaf, Feng Gao
2
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Variability of MODIS Albedo for Major Global Vegetation Types
2003 ·AGUFM ·Fan Gao, Crystal Schaaf, A.H. Strahler, Wolfgang Lucht
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