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 Hans Ole Ørka 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

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ross Nelson	4.6k	3.3k	2.6k	1.6k	1.3k	62	5.4k
Håkan Olsson	3.2k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	906 0.7×	93	3.9k
Glenn Newnham	3.4k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.4×	63	5.1k
Felix Morsdorf	3.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	991 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	96	4.7k
Paul Treitz	3.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	92	4.9k
Darius Culvenor	3.7k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	3.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	2.1k 1.6×	54	5.8k
Mathias Disney	5.7k 1.2×	3.8k 1.2×	4.0k 1.5×	1.4k 0.9×	3.0k 2.3×	160	8.1k
John Armston	5.5k 1.2×	3.1k 0.9×	4.0k 1.6×	821 0.5×	2.8k 2.2×	132	7.5k
Timo Tokola	2.5k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	919 0.6×	713 0.5×	116	3.3k
Göran Ståhl	3.5k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.7×	163	5.5k
Piotr Tompalski	2.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	984 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	87	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ross Nelson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ross Nelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ross Nelson

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nelson, Ross, et al.. (2022). Does Increasing Parental Knowledge of Healthy Behaviors Lead to Lifestyle Changes for Overweight or Obese Children? A Prospective Study. 6(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Ene, Liviu Theodor, Terje Gobakken, Hans‐Erik Andersen, et al.. (2017). Large-area hybrid estimation of aboveground biomass in interior Alaska using airborne laser scanning data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 204. 741–755. 30 indexed citations

Nelson, Ross, Hank A. Margolis, Paul Montesano, et al.. (2016). Lidar-based estimates of aboveground biomass in the continental US and Mexico using ground, airborne, and satellite observations. Remote Sensing of Environment. 188. 127–140. 92 indexed citations

Cook, Bruce D., Ross Nelson, Elizabeth M. Middleton, et al.. (2013). NASA Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral and Thermal (G-LiHT) Airborne Imager. Remote Sensing. 5(8). 4045–4066. 291 indexed citations

Nelson, Ross, Catherine Murray, & Nancy Duxbury. (2013). Cultural and Creative Economy Strategies for Community Transformation : Four Approaches. 368–386.

Peduzzi, Alicia, et al.. (2012). Combined Use of Airborne Lidar and DBInSAR Data to Estimate LAI in Temperate Mixed Forests. Remote Sensing. 4(6). 1758–1780. 17 indexed citations

Nelson, Ross, et al.. (2011). Divergent Paths in Regional Economic Development : A Tale of Two Festival Towns. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 3(1). 86–104. 3 indexed citations

Ståhl, Göran, Sören Holm, Timothy G. Grégoire, et al.. (2011). 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.. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 41(1). 96–107. 147 indexed citations

Næsset, Erik, Terje Gobakken, & Ross Nelson. (2009). Sampling and Mapping Forest Volume and Biomass Using Airborne LIDARs. 79. 26 indexed citations

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Grégoire, Timothy G., et al.. (2008). Regression Estimation Following the Square-Root Transformation of the Response. Forest Science. 54(6). 597–606. 55 indexed citations

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Hyde, Peter, et al.. (2006). Exploring LiDAR–RaDAR synergy—predicting aboveground biomass in a southwestern ponderosa pine forest using LiDAR, SAR and InSAR. Remote Sensing of Environment. 106(1). 28–38. 112 indexed citations

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Nelson, Ross, et al.. (2004). 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. Canadian Journal of Regional Science. 27(3). 353. 4 indexed citations

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Nelson, Ross, et al.. (2004). Measuring biomass and carbon in delaware using an airborne profiling LIDAR. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 19(6). 500–511. 113 indexed citations

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Kimes, D. S., Asad Ullah, Elissa R. Levine, et al.. (2003). Relationships between pediatric asthma and socioeconomic/urban variables in Baltimore, Maryland. Health & Place. 10(2). 141–152. 18 indexed citations

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Nelson, Ross, et al.. (2000). Secondary Forest Age and Tropical Forest Biomass Estimation Using Thematic Mapper Imagery. BioScience. 50(5). 419–419. 133 indexed citations

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Nelson, Ross, Richard G. Oderwald, & Timothy G. Grégoire. (1997). Separating the ground and airborne laser sampling phases to estimate tropical forest basal area, volume, and biomass. Remote Sensing of Environment. 60(3). 311–326. 92 indexed citations

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Nelson, Ross & B. N. Holben. (1986). Identifying deforestation in Brazil using multiresolution satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 7(3). 429–448. 95 indexed citations

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Nelson, Ross, et al.. (1984). Determining forest canopy characteristics using airborne laser data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 15(3). 201–212. 190 indexed citations

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Williams, Darrel L., et al.. (1984). A Statistical Evaluation of the Advantages of LANDSAT Thematic Mapper Data in Comparison to Multispectral Scanner Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. GE-22(3). 294–302. 38 indexed citations

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Nelson, Ross. (1981). A comparison of two methods for classifying forestland†. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 2(1). 49–60. 10 indexed citations

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