R. Nelson

2.3k total citations
39 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

R. Nelson is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Nelson has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Environmental Engineering, 26 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in R. Nelson's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (25 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (24 papers) and Forest ecology and management (10 papers). R. Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (25 papers), Remote Sensing in Agriculture (24 papers) and Forest ecology and management (10 papers). R. Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Russia. R. Nelson's co-authors include D. S. Kimes, K.J. Ranson, Paul Montesano, Guoqing Sun, Ralph Dubayah, Viacheslav I. Kharuk, M.T. Manry, A.K. Fung, Ned Horning and Marc L. Imhoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and International Journal of Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

R. Nelson

36 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Nelson United States	22	1.1k	1.1k	670	544	264	39	1.8k
Heather Reese Sweden	20	1.1k 1.0×	983 0.9×	650 1.0×	485 0.9×	233 0.9×	42	1.9k
Nicholas Goodwin Australia	20	941 0.8×	919 0.9×	612 0.9×	446 0.8×	144 0.5×	32	1.6k
Gaia Vaglio Laurin Italy	22	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	484 0.7×	739 1.4×	231 0.9×	48	1.9k
Britta Allgöwer Switzerland	15	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	739 1.1×	813 1.5×	172 0.7×	35	2.0k
Thomas A. Spies United States	10	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	818 1.2×	1.1k 2.0×	150 0.6×	13	2.1k
Jean‐Luc Widlowski Italy	18	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	877 1.3×	498 0.9×	262 1.0×	29	1.8k
Kathleen M. Bergen United States	18	668 0.6×	822 0.8×	591 0.9×	368 0.7×	238 0.9×	44	1.5k
Darren Pouliot Canada	28	1.1k 1.0×	708 0.7×	765 1.1×	304 0.6×	665 2.5×	49	2.2k
Joanne Nightingale United Kingdom	22	1.1k 1.0×	885 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	417 0.8×	340 1.3×	54	1.9k
Donald G. Leckie Canada	24	1.7k 1.5×	1.9k 1.8×	990 1.5×	1.1k 2.0×	222 0.8×	64	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by R. Nelson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Nelson

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Tang, Hao, et al.. (2016). Characterizing leaf area index (LAI) and vertical foliage profile (VFP) over the United States. Biogeosciences. 13(1). 239–252. 38 indexed citations

Wulder, Michael A., Nicholas C. Coops, Andrew T. Hudak, et al.. (2013). Status and prospects for LiDAR remote sensing of forested ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 39(sup1). S1–S5. 98 indexed citations

Rosette, J., et al.. (2011). A new photon-counting lidar system for vegetation analysis.. 1–8. 10 indexed citations

Ranson, K.J., Paul Montesano, & R. Nelson. (2011). Object-based mapping of the circumpolar taiga–tundra ecotone with MODIS tree cover. Remote Sensing of Environment. 115(12). 3670–3680. 42 indexed citations

Bergen, Kathleen M., S. J. Goetz, Ralph Dubayah, et al.. (2009). Remote sensing of vegetation 3‐D structure for biodiversity and habitat: Review and implications for lidar and radar spaceborne missions. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(G2). 272 indexed citations

Nelson, R., et al.. (2005). Simulating Forest Stands To Derive Laser Profiling Metrics. 1221–1226.

Walthall, C. L., et al.. (2005). Development and present configuration of the NASA GSFC/WFF helicopter-based remote sensing system. 3. 1797–1799.

Brown, R. H., K. H. Baines, G. Bellucci, et al.. (2004). Cassini VIMS at Saturn. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 2005. 1287. 1 indexed citations

Nelson, R., et al.. (2000). Technical note: Canopy height models and airborne lasers to estimate forest biomass: Two problems. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 21(11). 2153–2162. 29 indexed citations

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Kimes, D. S., R. Nelson, William A. Salas, & David L. Skole. (1999). Mapping secondary tropical forest and forest age from SPOT HRV data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 20(18). 3625–3640. 56 indexed citations

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Kimes, D. S., R. Nelson, M.T. Manry, & A.K. Fung. (1998). Review article: Attributes of neural networks for extracting continuous vegetation variables from optical and radar measurements. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 19(14). 2639–2663. 135 indexed citations

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Nelson, R. & Ned Horning. (1993). AVHRR-LAC estimates of forest area in Madagascar, 1990. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 14(8). 1463–1475. 67 indexed citations

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Nelson, R., et al.. (1985). Performance comparisons between information extraction techniques using variable spatial resolution data. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 51. 21 indexed citations

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Nelson, R.. (1985). Reducing Landsat MSS scene variability. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 51. 6 indexed citations

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Nelson, R., et al.. (1984). Classifying northern forests using Thematic Mapper Simulator data. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 50(5). 607–617. 63 indexed citations

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Williams, Darrel L., et al.. (1983). Impact of Thematic Mapper Sensor Characteristics on Classification Accuracy. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2. 93–97.

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Masuoka, E., et al.. (1983). The application of remote sensing in geobotanical exploration for metal sulfides. Pages. 4 indexed citations

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Nelson, R.. (1983). Detecting forest canopy change due to insect activity using Landsat MSS. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 49(9). 1303–1314. 201 indexed citations

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Williams, Darrel L., et al.. (1983). Development of a statewide Landsat digital data base for forest insect damage assessment. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations

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Nelson, R.. (1981). Defining the temporal window for monitoring forest canopy defoliation using Landsat. 4 indexed citations

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