J. B. Blair

9.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
81 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

J. B. Blair is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, J. B. Blair has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Environmental Engineering, 42 papers in Ecology and 25 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in J. B. Blair's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (56 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (40 papers) and Forest ecology and management (25 papers). J. B. Blair is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (56 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (40 papers) and Forest ecology and management (25 papers). J. B. Blair collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. J. B. Blair's co-authors include M. A. Hofton, Ralph Dubayah, David B. Clark, Robert G. Knox, D. L. Rabine, Jason Drake, G. C. Hurtt, Hao Tang, John Armston and Matthew C. Hansen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

J. B. Blair

78 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. B. Blair United States 33 5.4k 3.6k 3.2k 2.1k 854 81 6.9k
M. A. Hofton United States 35 5.0k 0.9× 3.5k 1.0× 2.8k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 699 0.8× 72 6.8k
John Armston United States 42 5.5k 1.0× 4.0k 1.1× 3.1k 1.0× 2.8k 1.3× 821 1.0× 132 7.5k
M. A. Lefsky United States 34 7.2k 1.3× 5.2k 1.4× 4.7k 1.5× 3.7k 1.7× 1.6k 1.8× 70 10.2k
Mathias Disney United Kingdom 49 5.7k 1.1× 4.0k 1.1× 3.8k 1.2× 3.0k 1.4× 1.4k 1.7× 160 8.1k
Guoqing Sun United States 43 4.0k 0.7× 2.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 384 0.4× 180 5.5k
Thomas Hilker United States 43 3.9k 0.7× 4.5k 1.2× 1.9k 0.6× 3.6k 1.7× 891 1.0× 83 7.4k
Ross Nelson United States 36 4.6k 0.9× 2.6k 0.7× 3.3k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 1.6k 1.8× 62 5.4k
Paul Treitz Canada 36 3.4k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 1.2k 1.4× 92 4.9k
K.J. Ranson United States 49 3.8k 0.7× 3.1k 0.9× 1.7k 0.5× 2.9k 1.4× 407 0.5× 180 7.0k
Laura Duncanson United States 31 2.8k 0.5× 1.9k 0.5× 1.8k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 417 0.5× 79 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. B. Blair

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. B. Blair

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of J. B. Blair. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of J. B. Blair based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with J. B. Blair. J. B. Blair is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dubayah, Ralph, John Armston, Sean P. Healey, et al.. (2022). GEDI launches a new era of biomass inference from space. Environmental Research Letters. 17(9). 95001–95001. 137 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hancock, Steven, M. A. Hofton, J. B. Blair, et al.. (2019). An open source tool to reduce geolocation uncertainty in GEDI data. AGUFM. 2019. 4 indexed citations
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Hofton, M. A., et al.. (2019). GEDI Surface Topography, Height and 3-D Structure Measurements: Algorithm Overview and Waveform Product Assessment. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Ding, Yi, M. A. Hofton, J. B. Blair, & H. Cornejo. (2019). Evaluating solar background and electronic noise for GEDI waveform detectors and optimizing signal detection. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Lavalle, Marco, S. Hensley, Yunling Lou, et al.. (2016). Canopy Height and Vertical Structure from Multibaseline Polarimetric InSAR: First Results of the 2016 NASA/ESA AfriSAR Campaign. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Armston, John, Steven Hancock, M. A. Hofton, et al.. (2016). Integration of ALS and TLS for calibration and validation of LAI profiles from large footprint lidar. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Blair, J. B., et al.. (2015). Geodetic Imaging Lidar: Applications for high-accuracy, large area mapping with NASA's upcoming high-altitude waveform-based airborne laser altimetry Facility. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Dubayah, Ralph, S. J. Goetz, J. B. Blair, et al.. (2014). The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 29 indexed citations
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Ni‐Meister, Wenge, Alan H. Strahler, Curtis E. Woodcock, et al.. (2009). Assessing General Relationships Between Above-Ground Biomass and Vegetation Structure Parameters for Improved Carbon Estimate from Lidar Remote Sensing. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 2 indexed citations
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Swatantran, Anu, et al.. (2008). Mapping Potential Ivory Billed Woodpecker Habitat using Lidar and Hyperspectral Data Fusion. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 2 indexed citations
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Dubayah, Ralph, Kathleen M. Bergen, F. G. HALL, et al.. (2008). Global Vegetation Structure from NASA's DESDynI Mission: An Overview. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 8 indexed citations
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Weishampel, John F., Jason Drake, Amanda Cooper, J. B. Blair, & M. A. Hofton. (2007). Forest canopy recovery from the 1938 hurricane and subsequent salvage damage measured with airborne LiDAR. Remote Sensing of Environment. 109(2). 142–153. 48 indexed citations
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Hofton, M. A., et al.. (2006). Using Lidar-derived 3-D Vegetation Structure Maps to Assist in the Search for the Ivory- billed Woodpecker. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations
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Sheldon, Sage, Ralph Dubayah, David B. Clark, M. A. Hofton, & J. B. Blair. (2006). Analysis of Tropical Forest Vertical and Spatial Structural Dynamics Using Large-footprint Lidar. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006.
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Dubayah, Ralph, et al.. (2005). Estimating Changes in Forest Height and Structure in Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest Using LIDAR Remote Sensing. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Harding, David J., J. B. Blair, J. B. Garvin, & Walter Lawrence. (2005). Laser altimetry waveform measurement of vegetation canopy structure. 2. 1251–1253. 15 indexed citations
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Coyle, D. Barry & J. B. Blair. (1993). Development of a diode-pumped, sharp-pulsed Nd:YAG laser for sub-meter resolution (sumr) altimetry. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations
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Bufton, Jack L., David J. Harding, J. B. Blair, & J. B. Garvin. (1993). Development of Laser Altimeter Sensors for Earth and Planetary Observations. FA.1–FA.1. 1 indexed citations
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McGarry, Jan F., et al.. (1991). Design and performance of an autonomous tracking system for the Mars observer laser altimeter receiver. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 5 indexed citations

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