Robert E. Kennedy

18.0k citations

149 papers · 10.4k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Ecology top 0.1%
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Papers in ⓘ

Ecological Modeling 15
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 15
Global and Planetary Change 67
- Fire effects on ecosystems 34
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services 16
- Forest Management and Policy 12

Co-authors: Warren B. Cohen (39 shared papers)Zhiqiang Yang (15 shared papers)Sean P. Healey (11 shared papers)Anne C. Petersen (2 shared papers)Dirk Pflugmacher (8 shared papers)Pamela A Sarigiani (1 shared paper)Justin Braaten (7 shared papers)David P. Turner (9 shared papers)
Journals: Remote Sensing of Environment (26 papers)Remote Sensing (9 papers)Environmental Research Letters (9 papers)Forest Ecology and Management (4 papers)International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Kennedy

139 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Implementation of the LandTrendr Algorithm on Google Earth Engine 2018 · 402 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Remote Sensing
2010 Remote Sensing of Environment
2010 Remote Sensing of Environment
1999 Remote Sensing of Environment
1991 Journal of Youth and Adolescence

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1	Detecting trends in forest disturbance and recovery using yearly Landsat time series: 1. LandTrendr — Temporal segmentation algorithms Remote Sensing of Environment ·Robert E. Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang, Warren B. Cohen Hit paper breakdown →	2010	1393
2	Adolescent depression: Why more girls? Journal of Youth and Adolescence ·Anne C. Petersen, Pamela A Sarigiani, Robert E. Kennedy Hit paper breakdown →	1991	507
3	Relationships between Leaf Area Index and Landsat TM Spectral Vegetation Indices across Three Temperate Zone Sites Remote Sensing of Environment ·David P. Turner, Warren B. Cohen, Robert E. Kennedy, Karin S. Fassnacht, John M. Briggs Hit paper breakdown →	1999	507
4	Detecting trends in forest disturbance and recovery using yearly Landsat time series: 2. TimeSync — Tools for calibration and validation Remote Sensing of Environment ·Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, Robert E. Kennedy	2010	455
5	Quantification of live aboveground forest biomass dynamics with Landsat time-series and field inventory data: A comparison of empirical modeling approaches Remote Sensing of Environment ·Scott Powell, Warren B. Cohen, Sean P. Healey, Robert E. Kennedy, Gretchen G. Moisen, Kenneth B. Pierce, Janet L. Ohmann Hit paper breakdown →	2010	435
6	Implementation of the LandTrendr Algorithm on Google Earth Engine Remote Sensing ·Robert E. Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang, Noel Gorelick, Justin Braaten, Lucas Costa Pereira Cavalcante, Warren B. Cohen, Sean P. Healey Hit paper breakdown →	2018	402
7	Trajectory-based change detection for automated characterization of forest disturbance dynamics Remote Sensing of Environment ·Robert E. Kennedy, Warren B. Cohen, Todd A. Schroeder	2007	373
8	Remote sensing change detection tools for natural resource managers: Understanding concepts and tradeoffs in the design of landscape monitoring projects Remote Sensing of Environment ·Robert E. Kennedy, Philip A. Townsend, John Gross, Warren B. Cohen, Paul V. Bolstad, Y.Q. Wang, Phyllis Adams	2009	305
9	Spatial and temporal patterns of forest disturbance and regrowth within the area of the Northwest Forest Plan Remote Sensing of Environment ·Robert E. Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang, Warren B. Cohen, Eric Pfaff, Justin Braaten, P. Nelson	2012	237
10	Mapping forest change using stacked generalization: An ensemble approach Remote Sensing of Environment ·Sean P. Healey, Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, C. Kenneth Brewer, Evan B. Brooks, Noel Gorelick, Alexander J. Hernández, Chengquan Huang, M. Joseph Hughes, Robert E. Kennedy, Thomas R. Loveland, Gretchen G. Moisen, Todd A. Schroeder, Stephen V. Stehman, James E. Vogelmann, Curtis E. Woodcock, Limin Yang, Zhe Zhu	2017	219
11	A LandTrendr multispectral ensemble for forest disturbance detection Remote Sensing of Environment ·Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, Sean P. Healey, Robert E. Kennedy, Noel Gorelick	2017	217
12	Using Landsat-derived disturbance history (1972–2010) to predict current forest structure Remote Sensing of Environment ·Dirk Pflugmacher, Warren B. Cohen, Robert E. Kennedy	2012	211
13	A Landsat time series approach to characterize bark beetle and defoliator impacts on tree mortality and surface fuels in conifer forests Remote Sensing of Environment ·Garrett W. Meigs, Robert E. Kennedy, Warren B. Cohen	2011	186
14	Land cover mapping in an agricultural setting using multiseasonal Thematic Mapper data Remote Sensing of Environment ·Doug R. Oetter, Warren B. Cohen, Mercedes Berterretche, T. Maiersperger, Robert E. Kennedy	2001	186
15	Hyperspectral versus multispectral data for estimating leaf area index in four different biomes Remote Sensing of Environment ·Kyu‐Sung Lee, Warren B. Cohen, Robert E. Kennedy, T. Maiersperger, Stith T. Gower	2004	186
16	Using Landsat-derived disturbance and recovery history and lidar to map forest biomass dynamics Remote Sensing of Environment ·Dirk Pflugmacher, Warren B. Cohen, Robert E. Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang	2013	177
17	Contemporary patterns of fire extent and severity in forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA (1985–2010) Ecosphere ·Matthew J. Reilly, Christopher J. Dunn, Garrett W. Meigs, Thomas A. Spies, Robert E. Kennedy, John D. Bailey, K. T. Briggs	2017	171
18	How Similar Are Forest Disturbance Maps Derived from Different Landsat Time Series Algorithms? Forests ·Warren B. Cohen, Sean P. Healey, Zhiqiang Yang, Stephen V. Stehman, Carolyn Brewer, Evan B. Brooks, Noel Gorelick, Chengqaun Huang, Michael Hughes, Robert E. Kennedy, Thomas R. Loveland, Gretchen G. Moisen, Todd A. Schroeder, James E. Vogelmann, Curtis E. Woodcock, Limin Yang, Zhe Zhu	2017	153
19	Examining post-fire vegetation recovery with Landsat time series analysis in three western North American forest types Fire Ecology ·Benjamin C. Bright, Andrew T. Hudak, Robert E. Kennedy, Justin Braaten, Azad Henareh Khalyani	2019	148
20	Attribution of disturbance change agent from Landsat time-series in support of habitat monitoring in the Puget Sound region, USA Remote Sensing of Environment ·Robert E. Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang, Justin Braaten, Catharine Copass, Natalya Antonova, Chris E. Jordan, P. Nelson	2015	144

About Robert E. Kennedy

Robert E. Kennedy is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation, having authored 149 papers that have together received 10.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (38 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (34 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (30 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (16 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers), Forest ecology and management (15 papers), Forest Management and Policy (12 papers) and Rangeland and Wildlife Management (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (5.9k citations), Ecology (6.1k citations), Environmental Engineering (3.3k citations), Ecological Modeling (924 citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.9k citations). Robert E. Kennedy has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, Sean P. Healey, Anne C. Petersen, Dirk Pflugmacher, Pamela A Sarigiani, Justin Braaten, David P. Turner, Todd A. Schroeder and Noel Gorelick. Their work appears in journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Remote Sensing, Environmental Research Letters, Forest Ecology and Management and International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.

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