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Christopher Potter
Organization:
NASA Ames Research Center
First Author Publications:
- Potter, C., and J. Weigand (2018), Imaging analysis of biological soil crusts to understand surface heating properties in the Mojave Desert of California, Catena, 170, 1-9, doi:10.1016/j.catena.2018.05.033.
- Potter, C. (2018), Recovery Rates of Wetland Vegetation Greenness in Severely Burned Ecosystems of Alaska Derived from Satellite Image Analysis, 1456, doi:10.3390/rs10091456.
- Potter, C. (2018), Christopher Potter, “Differing ecosystem responses of vegetation cover to extreme drought on the Big Sur, Differing ecosystem responses of, 12, 26031, doi:10.1117/1.JRS.12.026031.
- Potter, C. (2015), Assessment of the Immediate Impacts of the 2013–2014 Drought on Ecosystems of the California Central Coast, Western North American Naturalist, 75, 129-145, doi:10.3398/064.075.0202.
- Potter, C., et al. (2015), Storage of carbon in U. S. forests predicted from satellite data, ecosystem modeling, and inventory summaries, Climatic Change, in press (manuscript in preparation).
- Potter, C. (2015), A Case Study of Forest and Woodland Habitat Loss to Disturbance and Development in an Ex-Urban Landscape: Santa Clara County, California 1999-2009. Current Urban Studies, 3, 18, doi:10.4236/cus.2015.31003.
- Potter, C. (2015), Landscape Patterns of Vegetation Canopy Regrowth Following Wildfires in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, Open Journal of Forestry, 5, 723-732, doi:10.4236/ojf.2015.57064.
- Potter, C., J. Melack, and D. Engle (2014), Modeling methane emissions from Amazon floodplain ecosystems, Wetlands, 34, 501-511, doi:10.1007/s13157-014-0516-3.
- Potter, C. (2014), C. S.. Global assessment of damage to coastal ecosystem vegetation from tropical storms, Remote Sensing Letters, 5, 315-322, doi:10.1080/2150704X.2014.902546.
- Potter, C. (2014), Geographic analysis of burn severity for the 2013 California Rim Fire, Natural Resources, 5, 597-597, doi:10.4236/nr.2014.511052.
- Potter, C. (2014), Regional analysis of NASA satellite greenness trends for ecosystems of arctic Alaska, Intl. Journal of Geosciences, 5, 997, doi:.org/10.4236/ijg.2014.59085.
- Potter, C. (2014), Regional analysis of MODIS satellite greenness trends for ecosystems of interior Alaska, GIScience & Remote Sensing, 51, 390-402.
- Potter, C. (2014), Microclimate influences on vegetation water availability and net primary production in coastal ecosystems of Central California, Landscape Ecology, 29, 677-687, doi:10.1077/s10980-014-002-6.
- Potter, C. (2013), Ten years of land cover change on the California coast detected using Landsat satellite image analysis: Part 1 - Marin and San francisco counties, Journal of Coastal Conservation, doi:10.1007/s11852-013-0255-2.
- Potter, C. (2013), Ten years of land cover change on the California coast detected using Landsat satellite image analysis: Part 2 - San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, Journal of Coastal Conservation, doi:10.1007/s11852-013-0270-3.
- Potter, C. (2013), Ten years of vegetation change in northern California marshlands detected using Landsat satellite image analysis, Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 5, 485-494, doi:10.4236/jwarp.2013.55048.
- Potter, C., S. Klooster, and V. Brooks-Genovese (2013), Alaska ecosystem carbon fluxes estimated from 3 MODIS satellite data inputs from 2000 to 2010, Carbon Balance and Management, 8, 12.
- Potter, C., et al. (2013), Forest production predicted from satellite image analysis for the Southeast Asia region, Carbon Balance and Management, 8, 9.
- Potter, C., S. Li, and R. Crabtree (2013), Changes in Alaskan tundra ecosystems estimated from MODIS greenness trends, 2000 to 2010, Journal of Geophysics & Remote Sensing, 2, 107, doi:10.4172/2169-0049.1000107.
- Potter, C., et al. (2013), Changes in the terrestrial carbon cycle of China during the 2010 drought, Journal of Earth Science Climate Change, 4, 141, doi:10.4172/2157-7617.1000141.
- Potter, C., et al. (2012), Analysis of sapling density regeneration in Yellowstone National Park with hyperspectral remote sensing data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 114, 251-264.
- Potter, C., et al. (2012), Terrestrial ecosystem carbon fluxes predicted from MODIS satellite data and large-scale disturbance modeling, International Journal of Geosciences, doi:10.4236/ijg.2012.
- Potter, C., S. Klooster, and V. Genovese (2012), Net primary production of terrestrial ecosystems from 2000 to 2009, Climatic Change, doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0460-2.
- Potter, C., et al. (2011), Changes in the carbon cycle of Amazon ecosystems during the 2010 drought., Environ. Res. Lett., 6, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/034024.
- Potter, C., et al. (2011), Carbon fluxes in ecosystems of Yellowstone National Park predicted from remote sensing data and simulation modeling., Carbon Balance and Management, 6, 1-16, doi:10.1186/1750-0680-6-3.
- Potter, C. (2010), The Carbon Budget of California, Environmental Science and Policy, doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2010.04.008.
- Potter, C., et al. (2010), Modeling river discharge rates in California watersheds, Journal of Water and Climate Change, 1, 36-36, doi:10.2166/wcc.2010.012.
- Potter, C., S. Klooster, and V. Brooks-Genovese (2009), Carbon emissions from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon region, Biogeosciences, 6, 2369-2381.
- Potter, C., et al. (2009), Terrestrial carbon sinks in the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado region predicted from MODIS satellite data and ecosystem modeling, Biogeosciences Discuss., 6, 1-23.
- Potter, C., et al. (2008), Terrestrial vegetation dynamics and global climate controls, Clim. Dyn., 31, 67-78, doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0339-5.
- Potter, C., et al. (2008), Terrestrial vegetation dynamics and global climate controls in North America: 2001-05, Earth Interactions, 12, 1-12.
- Potter, C., et al. (2007), Net primary productivity of forest stands in New Hampshire estimated from Landsat and MODIS satellite data, Carbon Balance and Management, 2, 9.
- Potter, C., et al. (2007), Revealing Land Cover Change in California With Satellite Data, EOS Trans. , AGU, 88, 269-274.
- Potter, C., et al. (2007), Satellite-derived estimates of potential carbon sequestration though afforestation of agricultural lands in the United States, Climatic Change, 80, 323-336.
- Potter, C., et al. (2007), Terrestrial carbon sinks for the United States predicted from MODIS satellite data and ecosystem modeling, Earth Interactions, 11, 13.
- Potter, C., et al. (2007), Recent history of trends in vegetation greenness and large-scale ecosystem disturbances in Eurasia, Tellus, 59, 260-272.
- Potter, C., et al. (2005), Variability in terrestrial carbon sinks over two decades: Part 2 - Eurasia, Global and Planetary Change, 49, 177-186.
- Potter, C., et al. (2005), Recent history of large-scale ecosystem disturbances in North America derived from the AVHRR satellite record, Ecosystems, 8, 808.
- Potter, C., et al. (2004), Understanding global teleconnections of climate to regional model estimates of Amazon ecosystem carbon fluxes, Global Change Biology, 10, 693-703.
- Potter, C., et al. (2004), Understanding controls on historical river discharge in the world's largest drainage basins, Earth Interactions, 8, 2.
- Potter, C. (2004), Predicting climate change effects on vegetation, soil thermal dynamics, and carbon cycling in ecosystems of interior Alaska, Ecological Modeling, 175, 1-24.
- Potter, C., et al. (2003), Modeling terrestrial biogenic sources of oxygenated orga nic emissions, Earth Interactions, 7, 7.
- Potter, C., S. Klooster, and C. Krauter (2003), Regional modeling of ammonia emissions from native soil sources in California, Earth Interactions, 7, 11.
- Potter, C., et al. (2003), Continental scale comparisons of terrestrial carbon sinks estimated from satellite data and ecosystem modeling 1982-98, Global and Planetary Change, 39, 201-213.
- Potter, C., et al. (2003), Global teleconnections of climate to terrestrial carbon flux, J. Geophys. Res., 108, D17, doi:10.1029/2002JD002979.
- Potter, C., et al. (2003), Variability in terrestrial carbon sinks over two decades, Part 1 - North America. Earth Interactions, 7, 12.
- Potter, C., et al. (2003), Major disturbance events in terrestrial ecosystems detected using global satellite data sets, Global Change Biology, 9, 1005-1021.
- Potter, C., et al. (2002), Biomass burning emissions of reactive gases estimated from satellite data analysis and ecosystem modeling for the Brazilian Amazon region, J. Geophys. Res., 107, doi:10.1029/2000JD000250.
- Potter, C., et al. (2001), Modeling biogenic emissions of isoprene: Exploration of model drivers, climate control algorithms, and use of global satellite observations, Atmos. Environ., 35, 6151-6165.
- Potter, C., et al. (2001), Comparison of boreal ecosystem model sensitivity to variablity in climate and forest site parameters, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 33,671-.
- Potter, C., et al. (2001), Ecosystem modeling and dynamic effects of deforestation on trace gas fluxes in Amazon tropical forests, Forest Ecology and Management., 152, 97-117.
- Potter, C., et al. (2001), Modeling seasonal and interannual variability in ecosystem carbon cycling for the Brazilian Amazon region, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 10,423-10.
- Potter, C., et al. (2001), Biomass burning losses of carbon estimated from ecosystem modeling and satellite data analysis for the Brazilian Amazon region, Atmos. Environ., 35, 1773-1781.
- Potter, C., et al. (2001), Ecosystem modeling of methane and carbon dioxide fluxes for boreal forest sites, Canadian J. Forest Res., 31, 208-223.
- Potter, C., and S. A. Klooster (1999), Dynamic global vegetation modeling (DGVM) for prediction of plant functional types and biogenic trace gas fluxes, Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters., 8, 473-488.
- Potter, C., and S. A. Klooster (1999), Detecting a terrestrial biosphere sink for carbon dioxide: Interannual ecosystem modeling for the mid-1980s, Climatic Change, 42, 489-503.
- Potter, C., S. A. Klooster, and V. Brooks (1999), Interannual variability in terrestrial net primary production: Exploration of trends and controls on regional to global scales, Ecosystems, 2, 36-48.
- Potter, C., J. C. Coughlan, and V. Brooks (1999), Investigations of BOREAS spatial data in support of regional ecosystem modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 27,771-27.
- Potter, C. (1999), Terrestrial biomass and the effects of deforestation on the global carbon cycle, BioScience., 49, 769-778.
- Potter, C., and S. A. Klooster (1997), Global model estimates of carbon and nitrogen storage in litter and soil pools: Response to change in vegetation quality and biomass allocation, Tellus, 49B, 1-17.
- Potter, C., R. H. Riley, and S. A. Klooster (1997), Simulation modeling of nitrogen trace gas emissions along an age gradient of tropical forest soils, Ecological Modelling., 97, 179-196.
- Potter, C. (1997), An ecosystem simulation model for methane production and emission from wetlands, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 11, 495-506.
- Potter, C. (1996), Estimation of the seasonal cycle of greenhouse gas fluxes from the terrestrial biosphere: Status and challenges for more mechanistic understanding, World Resource Review, 8.1, 36-60.
- Potter, C., E. A. Davidson, and L. Verchot (1996), Estimation of global biogeochemical controls and seasonality in soil methane consumption, Chemosphere, 32.11, 2219-2246.
- Potter, C., et al. (1996), Process modeling of controls on nitrogen trace gas emissions from soils world-wide, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 1361-1377.
- Potter, C., S. A. Klooster, and R. Chatfield (1996), Production and consumption of carbon monoxide in soils: A global model analysis of spatial and seasonal variation, Chemosphere, 33.6, 1175-1193.
- Potter, C., et al. (1993), Terrestrial Ecosystem Production: A Process Model Based On Global Satellite and Surface Data, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, . In press.
Co-Authored Publications:
- Philip, S., et al. (2019), Prior biosphere model impact on global terrestrial CO2 fluxes estimated from OCO-2 retrievals, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 13267-13287, doi:10.5194/acp-19-13267-2019.
- Weigand, J., and C. Potter (2018), Imaging analysis of biological soil crusts to understand surface heating properties in the Mojave Desert of California, ScienceDirect, doi:10.1016/j.catena.2018.05.033.
- Fairweather, S., et al. (2012), A comparison of multispectral ASTER and Hyperspectral AVIRIS Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis for sagebrush and herbaceous cover in Yellowstone, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 78, 23-33.
- Huntzinger, D. N., et al. (2012), North American Carbon Program (NACP) regional interim synthesis: Terrestrial biospheric model intercomparison, Ecological Modelling, 232, 144-157, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.02.004.
- Karpatne, A., et al. (2012), New algorithms for detecting forest fires on a global scale from MODIS time series analysis, Remote Sens. Environ. (submitted).
- Li, S., C. Potter, and C. Hiatt (2012), Monitoring of Net Primary Production in California Rangelands Using Landsat and MODIS Satellite Remote Sensing, Natural Resources, 3, 56-65.
- Li, S., and C. Potter (2012), Patterns of aboveground biomass regeneration in post-fire coastal scrub communities, GIScience & Remote Sensing, 49, 182-201.
- Li, S., et al. (2012), Fusion of hyperspectral and L-band SAR data to estimate fractional vegetation cover in a coastal California scrub community, Journal of Geophysics & Remote Sensing, 1, 104, doi:10.4172/jgrs.1000104.
- Shupe, J., and C. Potter (2012), Modeling Discharge Rates for the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (submitted).
- Geremia, C., et al. (2011), Predicting Bison Migration out of Yellowstone National Park using Bayesian Models, PLoS ONE, 6, e16848, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016848.
- Clinton, N. E., et al. (2010), Remote Sensing Based Time-Series Analysis of Cheatgrass (L.) Phenology, Journal of Environmental Quality, 955-963, doi:10.2134/jeq2009.0158.
- Crabtree, R., et al. (2009), A modeling and spatio-temporal analysis framework for monitoring environmental change using NPP as an ecosystem indicator, Remote Sensing of Environment, 113, 1486-1496, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.12.014.
- Huang, S., et al. (2009), Estimating the quantity and quality of coarse woody debris in Yellowstone post-fire forest ecosystem from fusion of SAR and optical data, Remote Sensing of Environment, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2009.05.001.
- Huang, S., et al. (2009), Fusing optical and radar data to estimate sagebrush, herbaceous, and bare ground cover in Yellowstone, Remote Sensing of Environment, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2009.09.013.
- Ichii, K., et al. (2007), Constraining rooting depths in tropical rainforests using satellite data and ecosystem modeling for accurate simulation of GPP seasonality, Global Change Biology, 13, 67-77.
- Decker, K. L. M., et al. (2005), Mathematical simulation of the diel O, S, and C biogeochemistry of a hypersaline microbial mat, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 52, 377-395.
- Buermann, W., et al. (2003), Interannual covariability in Northern Hemisphere air temperatures and greenness associated with El Niño-southern oscillation and the Arctic oscillation, J. Geophys. Res., 108, D13, doi:10.1029/2002JD002630.
- Buermann, W., et al. (2003), Analysis of a multiyear global vegetation leaf area index data set, J. Geophys. Res., 107, D22, doi:10.1029/2001JD000975.
- Kramer, M., et al. (2003), New Insight: A Martian waterway of ancient lakes and discontinuous rivers, Eos, 84, 1-6.
- Raich, J. W., C. Potter, and D. Bhagawati (2002), Interannual variability in global soil respiration, 1980-1994.Global Change Biology, 8, 800-812.
- Amthor, J. S., et al. (2001), Boreal forest CO2 exchange and evapotranspiration predicted by nine ecosystem process models: Inter-model comparisons and relations to field measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 33,623-.
- Del Grosso, S. J., et al. (2000), General CH4 oxidation model and comparisons of CH4 oxidation in natural and managed systems, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 14, 999-1020.
- Nepstad, D. C., et al. (1999), Large-scale impoverishment of Amazonian forests by logging and fire, Nature, 398, 505-508.
- Raich, J. W., and C. Potter (1995), Global patterns of carbon dioxide emissions from soils, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 9.1, 23-26.
- Raich, J. W., and C. Potter (1994), Seasonal Resolution of Global Patterns in Soil Carbon Dioxide Fluxes, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, . In press.
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