| The future of evapotranspiration: Global requirements for ecosystem functioning, carbon and climate feedbacks, agricultural management, and water resources JB Fisher, F Melton, E Middleton, C Hain, M Anderson, R Allen, ... Water resources research 53 (4), 2618-2626, 2017 | 837 | 2017 |
| Remote sensing change detection tools for natural resource managers: Understanding concepts and tradeoffs in the design of landscape monitoring projects RE Kennedy, PA Townsend, JE Gross, WB Cohen, P Bolstad, YQ Wang, ... Remote sensing of environment 113 (7), 1382-1396, 2009 | 525 | 2009 |
| Observing terrestrial ecosystems and the carbon cycle from space D Schimel, R Pavlick, JB Fisher, GP Asner, S Saatchi, P Townsend, ... Global Change Biology 21 (5), 1762-1776, 2015 | 499 | 2015 |
| Modeling floodplain inundation using an integrated GIS with radar and optical remote sensing PA Townsend, SJ Walsh Geomorphology 21 (3-4), 295-312, 1998 | 416 | 1998 |
| Changes in the extent of surface mining and reclamation in the Central Appalachians detected using a 1976–2006 Landsat time series PA Townsend, DP Helmers, CC Kingdon, BE McNeil, KM de Beurs, ... Remote sensing of Environment 113 (1), 62-72, 2009 | 351 | 2009 |
| Spectroscopic determination of leaf morphological and biochemical traits for northern temperate and boreal tree species SP Serbin, A Singh, BE McNeil, CC Kingdon, PA Townsend Ecological Applications 24 (7), 1651-1669, 2014 | 339 | 2014 |
| Imaging spectroscopy algorithms for mapping canopy foliar chemical and morphological traits and their uncertainties A Singh, SP Serbin, BE McNeil, CC Kingdon, PA Townsend Ecological Applications 25 (8), 2180-2197, 2015 | 286 | 2015 |
| Leaf optical properties reflect variation in photosynthetic metabolism and its sensitivity to temperature SP Serbin, DN Dillaway, EL Kruger, PA Townsend Journal of Experimental Botany 63 (1), 489-502, 2012 | 279 | 2012 |
| Plant spectral diversity integrates functional and phylogenetic components of biodiversity and predicts ecosystem function AK Schweiger, J Cavender-Bares, PA Townsend, SE Hobbie, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 2 (6), 976-982, 2018 | 274 | 2018 |
| NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms K Cawse-Nicholson, PA Townsend, D Schimel, AM Assiri, PL Blake, ... Remote sensing of environment 257, 112349, 2021 | 249 | 2021 |
| Temperature-driven range expansion of an irruptive insect heightened by weakly coevolved plant defenses KF Raffa, EN Powell, PA Townsend Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (6), 2193-2198, 2013 | 246 | 2013 |
| Remote sensing of forested wetlands: application of multitemporal and multispectral satellite imagery to determine plant community composition and structure in southeastern USA PA Townsend, SJ Walsh Plant Ecology 157, 129-149, 2001 | 243 | 2001 |
| Mapping seasonal flooding in forested wetlands using multi-temporal Radarsat SAR. PA Townsend Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing 67 (7), 2001 | 233 | 2001 |
| Global photosynthetic capacity is optimized to the environment NG Smith, TF Keenan, I Colin Prentice, H Wang, IJ Wright, Ü Niinemets, ... Ecology letters 22 (3), 506-517, 2019 | 223 | 2019 |
| Urban heat island impacts on plant phenology: intra-urban variability and response to land cover SC Zipper, J Schatz, A Singh, CJ Kucharik, PA Townsend, SP Loheide Environmental Research Letters 11 (5), 054023, 2016 | 220 | 2016 |
| Estimating the effect of gypsy moth defoliation using MODIS KM De Beurs, PA Townsend Remote Sensing of Environment 112 (10), 3983-3990, 2008 | 217 | 2008 |
| Application of imaging spectroscopy to mapping canopy nitrogen in the forests of the central Appalachian Mountains using Hyperion and AVIRIS PA Townsend, JR Foster, RA Chastain, WS Currie IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 41 (6), 1347-1354, 2003 | 217 | 2003 |
| Integrating remote sensing with ecology and evolution to advance biodiversity conservation J Cavender-Bares, FD Schneider, MJ Santos, A Armstrong, A Carnaval, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 6 (5), 506-519, 2022 | 200 | 2022 |
| Relationships between forest structure and the detection of flood inundation in forested wetlands using C-band SAR PA Townsend International Journal of Remote Sensing 23 (3), 443-460, 2002 | 194 | 2002 |
| Estimation of forest structural parameters using 5 and 10 meter SPOT-5 satellite data PT Wolter, PA Townsend, BR Sturtevant Remote Sensing of Environment 113 (9), 2019-2036, 2009 | 189 | 2009 |
Shawn SerbinSupervisory Research AST Earth Science Remote Sensing, NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterVerified email at nasa.gov