Ross Nelson

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Ross Nelson is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ross Nelson has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Environmental Engineering, 41 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 23 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ross Nelson's work include Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (47 papers), Forest ecology and management (41 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (23 papers). Ross Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (47 papers), Forest ecology and management (41 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (23 papers). Ross Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Sweden. Ross Nelson's co-authors include Sorin Popescu, Randolph H. Wynne, Erik Næsset, William Krabill, Terje Gobakken, Timothy G. Grégoire, Göran Ståhl, Kaiguang Zhao, Michael A. Wulder and D. S. Kimes and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Ross Nelson

61 papers receiving 5.0k citations

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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.

Lidar sampling for large-area forest characterization: A review

2012 584 citations Ross Nelson, Erik Næsset et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Measuring individual tree crown diameter with lidar and assessing its influence on estimating forest volume and biomass

2003 559 citations Randolph H. Wynne, Ross Nelson et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Large-area hybrid estimation of aboveground biomass in interior Alaska using airborne laser scanning data 2017 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Liviu Theodor Ene, Terje Gobakken, Hans‐Erik Andersen, Erik Næsset, Bruce D. Cook, Douglas C. Morton, Chad Babcock, Ross Nelson	30
2	Lidar-based estimates of aboveground biomass in the continental US and Mexico using ground, airborne, and satellite observations 2016 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Ross Nelson, Hank A. Margolis, Paul Montesano, Guoqing Sun, Bruce D. Cook, Hans‐Erik Andersen, Ben de Jong, Fernando Paz Pellat, (unknown), (unknown), Stephen P. Prisley	92
3	Statistical rigor in LiDAR-assisted estimation of aboveground forest biomass 2015 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Timothy G. Grégoire, Erik Næsset, Ronald E. McRoberts, Göran Ståhl, Hans‐Erik Andersen, Terje Gobakken, Liviu Theodor Ene, Ross Nelson	64
4	NASA Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral and Thermal (G-LiHT) Airborne Imager 2013 ·Remote Sensing ·Bruce D. Cook, Ross Nelson, Elizabeth M. Middleton, Douglas C. Morton, Joel McCorkel, Jeffrey G. Masek, K.J. Ranson, Vuong Ly, Paul Montesano	291
5	Combined Use of Airborne Lidar and DBInSAR Data to Estimate LAI in Temperate Mixed Forests 2012 ·Remote Sensing ·Alicia Peduzzi, Randolph H. Wynne, Valerie A. Thomas, Ross Nelson, (unknown), (unknown)	17
6	Assessing the accuracy of regional LiDAR-based biomass estimation using a simulation approach 2012 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Liviu Theodor Ene, Erik Næsset, Terje Gobakken, Timothy G. Grégoire, Göran Ståhl, Ross Nelson	76
7	Quantifying Tropical Dry Forest Type and Succession: Substantial Improvement with LiDAR 2012 ·Biotropica ·Sebastián Martinuzzi, William A. Gould, Lee A. Vierling, Andrew T. Hudak, Ross Nelson, Jeffrey S. Evans	24
8	Divergent Paths in Regional Economic Development : A Tale of Two Festival Towns 2011 ·KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) ·Ross Nelson, Patrik Ström, (unknown)	3
9	Model-based inference for biomass estimation in a LiDAR sample survey in Hedmark County, NorwayThis article is one of a selection of papers from Extending Forest Inventory and Monitoring over Space and Time. 2011 ·Canadian Journal of Forest Research ·Göran Ståhl, Sören Holm, Timothy G. Grégoire, Terje Gobakken, Erik Næsset, Ross Nelson	147
10	Sampling and Mapping Forest Volume and Biomass Using Airborne LIDARs 2009 ·Erik Næsset, Terje Gobakken, Ross Nelson	26
11	Regression Estimation Following the Square-Root Transformation of the Response 2008 ·Forest Science ·Timothy G. Grégoire, Qi Lin, (unknown), Ross Nelson	55
12	Exploring LiDAR–RaDAR synergy—predicting aboveground biomass in a southwestern ponderosa pine forest using LiDAR, SAR and InSAR 2006 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Peter Hyde, Ross Nelson, (unknown), Elissa R. Levine	112
13	The Peripheries of British Columbia: Patterns of Migration and Economic Structure, 1976-2002 * / Les Peripheries De la Colombie-Britannique: Les Patrons De Mogration et De Structure Economique, 1976 a 2002 2004 ·Canadian Journal of Regional Science ·Ross Nelson, (unknown)	4
14	Measuring biomass and carbon in delaware using an airborne profiling LIDAR 2004 ·Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research ·Ross Nelson, (unknown), (unknown)	113
15	Relationships between pediatric asthma and socioeconomic/urban variables in Baltimore, Maryland 2003 ·Health & Place ·D. S. Kimes, Asad Ullah, Elissa R. Levine, Ross Nelson, (unknown), Sheila R. Weiss, Mary E. Bollinger, Carol J. Blaisdell	18
16	Separating the ground and airborne laser sampling phases to estimate tropical forest basal area, volume, and biomass 1997 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Ross Nelson, Richard G. Oderwald, Timothy G. Grégoire	92
17	Directional Reflectance Distributions of a Hardwood and Pine Forest Canopy 1986 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·D. S. Kimes, W. W. Newcomb, Ross Nelson, J. B. Schutt	161
18	A Statistical Evaluation of the Advantages of LANDSAT Thematic Mapper Data in Comparison to Multispectral Scanner Data 1984 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Darrel L. Williams, (unknown), Brian L. Markham, Ross Nelson, D. L. Toll, (unknown), (unknown)	38
19	Determining forest canopy characteristics using airborne laser data 1984 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Ross Nelson, William Krabill, (unknown)	190
20	A comparison of two methods for classifying forestland† 1981 ·International Journal of Remote Sensing ·Ross Nelson	10

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