Ross S. Lunetta

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Ross S. Lunetta is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ross S. Lunetta has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ecology, 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ross S. Lunetta's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (17 papers), Remote-Sensing Image Classification (9 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (9 papers). Ross S. Lunetta is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (17 papers), Remote-Sensing Image Classification (9 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (9 papers). Ross S. Lunetta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Germany. Ross S. Lunetta's co-authors include Yang Shao, John G. Lyon, Jayantha Ediriwickrema, Christopher D. Elvidge, Joseph Knight, L D Worthy, Chris Elvidge, Ding Yuan, Darryl J. Keith and Blake A. Schaeffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Limnology and Oceanography.

In The Last Decade

Ross S. Lunetta

44 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Land-cover change detection using multi-temporal MODIS NDVI data

2006 687 citations Ross S. Lunetta, Joseph Knight et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Comparison of support vector machine, neural network, and CART algorithms for the land-cover classification using limited training data points

2012 505 citations Yang Shao, Ross S. Lunetta ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ross S. Lunetta United States	24	2.4k	1.8k	994	910	902	46	3.9k
John L. Dwyer United States	20	2.1k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	595 0.6×	954 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	38	3.8k
Pietro Alessandro Brivio Italy	34	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	491 0.5×	842 0.9×	930 1.0×	118	3.8k
J. G. Masek United States	11	4.0k 1.6×	2.4k 1.3×	840 0.8×	911 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	34	5.6k
Ferran Gascon Italy	24	3.2k 1.3×	2.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	2.0k 2.2×	88	5.3k
Nicholas Clinton United States	37	2.7k 1.1×	3.1k 1.7×	597 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.9×	64	5.5k
François Spoto Netherlands	8	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	694 0.7×	627 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	14	3.3k
Philippe Martimort Netherlands	9	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	702 0.7×	636 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	24	3.3k
Wei Yang China	33	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	356 0.4×	542 0.6×	997 1.1×	154	3.7k
Kass Green United States	8	2.6k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	807 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	11	4.6k
Omar Sy Netherlands	4	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	679 0.7×	606 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	7	3.2k

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Elvidge, Christopher D., et al.. (2026). Relative Radiometric Normalization of Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) Data Using an Automatic Scattergram—Controlled Regression. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 61(10). 11–21.

Lunetta, Ross S., et al.. (2014). Evaluation of cyanobacteria cell count detection derived from MERIS imagery across the eastern USA. Remote Sensing of Environment. 157. 24–34. 128 indexed citations

Shao, Yang & Ross S. Lunetta. (2012). Comparison of support vector machine, neural network, and CART algorithms for the land-cover classification using limited training data points. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 70. 78–87. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

Lunetta, Ross S., et al.. (2012). Assessment of the water quality components in turbid estuarine waters based on radiative transfer approximations. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 60(1). 209–229. 8 indexed citations

Shao, Yang, Ross S. Lunetta, Alexander J. Macpherson, Junyan Luo, & Guo Chen. (2012). Assessing Sediment Yield for Selected Watersheds in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin Under Future Agricultural Scenarios. Environmental Management. 51(1). 59–69. 12 indexed citations

Lunetta, Ross S., Daniel L. Civco, Roger L. King, Lorenzo Bruzzone, & J. G. Lyon. (2011). Introduction to the Special Section on the Fifth International Workshop on Multi-temporal Imagery Analysis. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 4(2). 251–251. 1 indexed citations

Nikolaeva, O. V., et al.. (2009). A comparison of numerical and analytical radiative-transfer solutions for plane albedo of natural waters. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 110(13). 1132–1146. 10 indexed citations

Shao, Yang & Ross S. Lunetta. (2008). The Use of MODIS-NDVI Data for Mapping Cropland across the Great Lakes Basin, USA. 63. V – 196. 3 indexed citations

Lyon, John G., Ding Yuan, Ross S. Lunetta, & Christopher D. Elvidge. (2005). A Change Detection Experiment Using Vegetation Indices. (R825152). 1 indexed citations

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Lunetta, Ross S., Joseph Knight, & Jayantha Ediriwickrema. (2005). Land-cover characterization and change detection using multitemporal MODIS NDVI data. 191–194. 15 indexed citations

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Lunetta, Ross S., et al.. (2004). Impacts of imagery temporal frequency on land-cover change detection monitoring. Remote Sensing of Environment. 89(4). 444–454. 156 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Román, Ross S. Lunetta, Carlos A. García, et al.. (2003). Multitemporal land-cover classification of Mexico using Landsat MSS imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 24(12). 2501–2514. 21 indexed citations

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Lunetta, Ross S., Jayantha Ediriwickrema, John Iiames, et al.. (2003). A Quantitative Assessment of a Combined Spectral and GIS Rule-Based Land-Cover Classification in the Neuse River Basin of North Carolina. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 69(3). 299–310. 18 indexed citations

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Lunetta, Ross S.. (2002). Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Analytical Approaches for Characterizing Landscape Change. 339–346. 1 indexed citations

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Lunetta, Ross S., et al.. (2000). Challenges in forecasting the long-term impacts of multiple stressors on a mid-Atlantic region, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 19(4). 1076–1081. 1 indexed citations

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Lyon, John G., Ding Yuan, Ross S. Lunetta, & Chris Elvidge. (1998). A change detection experiment using vegetation indices.. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 64(2). 143–150. 347 indexed citations

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Elvidge, Christopher D., et al.. (1998). Relative radiometric normalization of Landsat Multispectral Scanner data using an automatic scattergram-controlled regression. 2 indexed citations

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Lunetta, Ross S., et al.. (1997). GIS-based evaluation of salmon habitat in the Pacific Northwest. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 63(10). 1219–1229. 52 indexed citations

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Lunetta, Ross S., et al.. (1991). Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Data Integration: Error Sources and Research Issues.. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 150 indexed citations

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Ormsby, James P. & Ross S. Lunetta. (1987). Whitetail deer food availability maps from Thematic Mapper data. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 53(11). 1081–1085. 23 indexed citations

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