Brief Bio

Dr. Douglas Morton is the Chief of the Biospheric Sciences Laboratory (Code 618) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland. He leads an interdisciplinary Earth system science lab at NASA to conduct large-scale ecological research using data from NASA’s satellites and airborne platforms, ecosystem models, and fieldwork. Dr. Morton’s work focuses on tropical forests, fires, and food production. He has worked in Brazil for the past 18 years, with an emphasis on agricultural frontiers in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes and dynamics of deforestation, forest degradation, and agricultural management following forest conversion. Dr. Morton contributes to the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED, www.globalfiredata.org), a collaborative effort to characterize the impact of global burned area and carbon emissions from fire activity on the Earth system. Dr. Morton is also actively engaged in international efforts to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+), and serves as a technical advisor to SilvaCarbon, a US-Government initiative to build capacity in tropical forest countries to monitor and manage their forest resources.

Selected Publications

Refereed

Andela, N., D. C. Morton, W. Schroeder, et al. Y. Chen, P. M. Brando, and J. T. Randerson. 2022. "Tracking and classifying Amazon fire events in near real time." Science Advances 8 (30): [10.1126/sciadv.abd2713]

Martinuzzi, S., B. D. Cook, E. H. Helmer, et al. M. Keller, D. H. Locke, H. Marcano‐Vega, M. Uriarte, and D. C. Morton. 2022. "Patterns and controls on island‐wide aboveground biomass accumulation in second‐growth forests of Puerto Rico." Biotropica 54 (5): 1146-1159 [10.1111/btp.13122]

Chen, Y., S. Hantson, N. Andela, et al. S. R. Coffield, C. A. Graff, D. C. Morton, L. E. Ott, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, P. Smyth, M. L. Goulden, and J. T. Randerson. 2022. "California wildfire spread derived using VIIRS satellite observations and an object-based tracking system." Scientific Data 9 (1): 249 [10.1038/s41597-022-01343-0]

Jennings, D. E., M. D. Jhabvala, C. J. Tucker, et al. A. W. Lunsford, A. T. La, T. P. Flatley, K. K. Choi, D. L. Wu, D. C. Morton, T. R. Holmes, Y. Fitts, P. G. Cappelaere, A. N. Cillis, K. A. Turck, and T. Hewagama. 2022. "Compact thermal imager: a flight demonstration of infrared technology for Earth observations." Applied Optics 61 (14): 4215 [10.1364/ao.450442]

Rappaport, D. I., A. Swain, W. F. Fagan, R. Dubayah, and D. C. Morton. 2022. "Animal soundscapes reveal key markers of Amazon forest degradation from fire and logging." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (18): [10.1073/pnas.2102878119]

Li, Y., P. M. Brando, D. C. Morton, et al. D. M. Lawrence, H. Yang, and J. T. Randerson. 2022. "Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests." Nature Communications 13 (1): 1964 [10.1038/s41467-022-29601-0]

Yin, T., B. D. Cook, and D. C. Morton. 2022. "Three-dimensional estimation of deciduous forest canopy structure and leaf area using multi-directional, leaf-on and leaf-off airborne lidar data." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 314 108781 [10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108781]

Choi, K.-K., M. Jhabvala, D. Jennings, et al. K. Turck, A. La, D. Wu, T. Hewagama, T. Holmes, T. Flatley, A. Cillis, Y. Fitts, and D. Morton. 2021. "Remote temperature sensing by the compact thermal imager from the International Space Station." Applied Optics 60 (33): 10390 [10.1364/ao.440611]

Wu, D. L., D. E. Jennings, K.-K. Choi, et al. M. D. Jhabvala, J. A. Limbacher, T. Flatley, K.-M. Kim, A. T. La, R. J. Salawitch, L. D. Oman, J. Gong, T. R. Holmes, D. C. Morton, T. Hewagama, and R. J. Swap. 2021. "Compact Thermal Imager (CTI) for Atmospheric Remote Sensing." Remote Sensing 13 (22): 4578 [10.3390/rs13224578]

Regaieg, O., T. Yin, Z. Malenovský, et al. B. D. Cook, D. C. Morton, and J.-P. Gastellu-Etchegorry. 2021. "Assessing impacts of canopy 3D structure on chlorophyll fluorescence radiance and radiative budget of deciduous forest stands using DART." Remote Sensing of Environment 265 112673 [10.1016/j.rse.2021.112673]

Leitold, V., D. C. Morton, S. Martinuzzi, et al. I. Paynter, M. Uriarte, M. Keller, A. Ferraz, B. D. Cook, L. A. Corp, and G. González. 2021. "Tracking the Rates and Mechanisms of Canopy Damage and Recovery Following Hurricane Maria Using Multitemporal Lidar Data." Ecosystems 113 (2): E249- [10.1007/s10021-021-00688-8]

Malenovský, Z., O. Regaieg, T. Yin, et al. N. Lauret, J. Guilleux, E. Chavanon, N. Duran, R. Janoutová, A. Delavois, J. Meynier, G. Medjdoub, P. Yang, C. van der Tol, D. Morton, B. D. Cook, and J.-P. Gastellu-Etchegorry. 2021. "Discrete anisotropic radiative transfer modelling of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence: Structural impacts in geometrically explicit vegetation canopies." Remote Sensing of Environment 263 112564 [10.1016/j.rse.2021.112564]

Lagomasino, D., T. Fatoyinbo, E. Castañeda-Moya, et al. B. D. Cook, P. M. Montesano, C. S. Neigh, L. A. Corp, L. E. Ott, S. Chavez, and D. C. Morton. 2021. "Storm surge and ponding explain mangrove dieback in southwest Florida following Hurricane Irma." Nature Communications 12 (1): 4003 [10.1038/s41467-021-24253-y]

Shoot, C., H.-E. Andersen, L. M. Moskal, et al. C. Babcock, B. D. Cook, and D. C. Morton. 2021. "Classifying Forest Type in the National Forest Inventory Context with Airborne Hyperspectral and Lidar Data." Remote Sensing 13 (10): 1863 [10.3390/rs13101863]

Wees, D., G. R. Werf, J. T. Randerson, et al. N. Andela, Y. Chen, and D. C. Morton. 2021. "The role of fire in global forest loss dynamics." Global Change Biology 27 (11): 2377-2391 [10.1111/gcb.15591]

Tang, C., M. Uriarte, H. Jin, D. Morton, and T. Zheng. 2021. "Large‐scale, image‐based tree species mapping in a tropical forest using artificial perceptual learning." Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12 (4): 608-618 [10.1111/2041-210x.13549]

Chen, Y., J. T. Randerson, S. R. Coffield, et al. E. Foufoula‐Georgiou, P. Smyth, C. A. Graff, D. C. Morton, N. Andela, G. R. Werf, L. Giglio, and L. E. Ott. 2020. "Forecasting Global Fire Emissions on Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Time Scales." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 12 (9): [10.1029/2019ms001955]

Alonzo, M., R. J. Dial, B. K. Schulz, et al. H.-E. Andersen, E. Lewis-Clark, B. D. Cook, and D. C. Morton. 2020. "Mapping tall shrub biomass in Alaska at landscape scale using structure-from-motion photogrammetry and lidar." Remote Sensing of Environment 245 111841 [10.1016/j.rse.2020.111841]

Longo, M., S. Saatchi, M. Keller, et al. K. Bowman, A. Ferraz, P. R. Moorcroft, D. C. Morton, D. Bonal, P. Brando, B. Burban, G. Derroire, M. N. dos‐Santos, V. Meyer, S. Saleska, S. Trumbore, and G. Vincent. 2020. "Impacts of Degradation on Water, Energy, and Carbon Cycling of the Amazon Tropical Forests." Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 125 (8): [10.1029/2020jg005677]

Rappaport, D. I., J. A. Royle, and D. C. Morton. 2020. "Acoustic space occupancy: Combining ecoacoustics and lidar to model biodiversity variation and detection bias across heterogeneous landscapes." Ecological Indicators 113 106172 [10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106172]

Nunes, S., L. Oliveira, J. Siqueira, D. C. Morton, and C. M. Souza. 2020. "Unmasking secondary vegetation dynamics in the Brazilian Amazon." Environmental Research Letters 15 (3): 034057 [10.1088/1748-9326/ab76db]

Brando, P. M., B. Soares-Filho, L. Rodrigues, et al. A. Assunção, D. Morton, D. Tuchschneider, E. C. Fernandes, M. N. Macedo, U. Oliveira, and M. T. Coe. 2020. "The gathering firestorm in southern Amazonia." Science Advances 6 (2): eaay1632 [10.1126/sciadv.aay1632]

Yin, T., J. Qi, B. D. Cook, et al. D. C. Morton, S. Wei, and J.-P. Gastellu-Etchegorry. 2019. "Modeling Small-Footprint Airborne Lidar-Derived Estimates of Gap Probability and Leaf Area Index." Remote Sensing 12 (1): 4 [10.3390/rs12010004]

Staver, A. C., P. M. Brando, J. Barlow, et al. D. C. Morton, C. T. Paine, Y. Malhi, A. Araujo Murakami, and J. Pasquel. 2019. "Thinner bark increases sensitivity of wetter Amazonian tropical forests to fire." Ecology Letters 23 (1): 99-106 [10.1111/ele.13409]

Scaranello, M. A., M. Keller, M. Longo, et al. M. N. dos-Santos, V. Leitold, D. C. Morton, E. R. Pinagé, and F. D. Espírito-Santo. 2019. "Estimation of coarse dead wood stocks in intact and degraded forests in the Brazilian Amazon using airborne lidar." Biogeosciences 16 (17): 3457-3474 [10.5194/bg-16-3457-2019]

Rausch, L. L., H. K. Gibbs, I. Schelly, et al. A. Brandão, D. C. Morton, A. C. Filho, B. Strassburg, N. Walker, P. Noojipady, P. Barreto, and D. Meyer. 2019. "Soy expansion in Brazil's Cerrado." Conservation Letters [10.1111/conl.12671]

Muscarella, R., S. Kolyaie, D. C. Morton, J. K. Zimmerman, and M. Uriarte. 2019. "Effects of topography on tropical forest structure depend on climate context." Journal of Ecology 1365-2745.13261 [10.1111/1365-2745.13261]

Andela, N., D. C. Morton, L. Giglio, et al. R. Paugam, Y. Chen, S. Hantson, G. R. van der Werf, and J. T. Randerson. 2019. "The Global Fire Atlas of individual fire size, duration, speed and direction." Earth System Science Data 11 (2): 529-552 [10.5194/essd-11-529-2019]

Rangel Pinagé, E., M. Keller, P. Duffy, et al. M. Longo, M. dos-Santos, and D. Morton. 2019. "Long-Term Impacts of Selective Logging on Amazon Forest Dynamics from Multi-Temporal Airborne LiDAR." Remote Sensing 11 (6): 709 [10.3390/rs11060709]

Finley, A. O., A. Datta, B. D. Cook, et al. D. C. Morton, H. E. Andersen, and S. Banerjee. 2018. "Efficient Algorithms for Bayesian Nearest Neighbor Gaussian Processes." Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 1-14 [10.1080/10618600.2018.1537924]

Fagan, M., D. Morton, B. Cook, et al. J. Masek, F. Zhao, R. Nelson, and C. Huang. 2018. "Mapping pine plantations in the southeastern U.S. using structural, spectral, and temporal remote sensing data." Remote Sensing of Environment 216 415-426 [10.1016/j.rse.2018.07.007]

Rappaport, D. I., D. C. Morton, M. Longo, et al. M. Keller, R. Dubayah, and M. N. dos-Santos. 2018. "Quantifying long-term changes in carbon stocks and forest structure from Amazon forest degradation." Environmental Research Letters 13 (6): 065013 [10.1088/1748-9326/aac331]

Babcock, C., A. O. Finley, H.-E. Andersen, et al. R. Pattison, B. D. Cook, D. C. Morton, M. Alonzo, R. Nelson, T. Gregoire, L. Ene, T. Gobakken, and E. Næsset. 2018. "Geostatistical estimation of forest biomass in interior Alaska combining Landsat-derived tree cover, sampled airborne lidar and field observations." Remote Sensing of Environment 212 212-230 [10.1016/j.rse.2018.04.044]

Leitold, V., D. C. Morton, M. Longo, et al. M. N. dos-Santos, M. Keller, and M. Scaranello. 2018. "El Niño drought increased canopy turnover in Amazon forests." New Phytologist [10.1111/nph.15110]

Alonzo, M., H.-E. Andersen, D. Morton, and B. Cook. 2018. "Quantifying Boreal Forest Structure and Composition Using UAV Structure from Motion." Forests 9 (3): 119 [10.3390/f9030119]

Ene, L. T., T. Gobakken, H.-E. Andersen, et al. E. Næsset, B. D. Cook, D. C. Morton, C. Babcock, and R. Nelson. 2018. "Large-area hybrid estimation of aboveground biomass in interior Alaska using airborne laser scanning data." Remote Sensing of Environment 204 741-755 [10.1016/j.rse.2017.09.027]

Le Page, Y., D. Morton, C. Hartin, et al. B. Bond-Lamberty, J. M. Pereira, G. Hurtt, and G. Asrar. 2017. "Synergy between land use and climate change increases future fire risk in Amazon forests." Earth System Dynamics 8 (4): 1237-1246 [10.5194/esd-8-1237-2017]

Carlson, K. M., R. Heilmayr, H. K. Gibbs, et al. P. Noojipady, D. N. Burns, D. C. Morton, N. F. Walker, G. D. Paoli, and C. Kremen. 2017. "Effect of oil palm sustainability certification on deforestation and fire in Indonesia." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 201704728 [10.1073/pnas.1704728114]

Chen, Y., D. C. Morton, N. Andela, et al. G. R. van der Werf, L. Giglio, and J. T. Randerson. 2017. "A pan-tropical cascade of fire driven by El Niño/Southern Oscillation." Nature Climate Change 7 (12): 906-911 [10.1038/s41558-017-0014-8]

van der Werf, G. R., J. T. Randerson, L. Giglio, et al. T. T. van Leeuwen, Y. Chen, B. M. Rogers, M. Mu, M. J. van Marle, D. C. Morton, G. J. Collatz, R. J. Yokelson, and P. S. Kasibhatla. 2017. "Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016." Earth System Science Data 9 (2): 697-720 [10.5194/essd-9-697-2017]

Noojipady, P., D. C. Morton, W. Schroeder, et al. K. M. Carlson, C. Huang, H. K. Gibbs, D. Burns, N. F. Walker, and S. D. Prince. 2017. "Managing fire risk during drought: the influence of certification and El Niño on fire-driven forest conversion for oil palm in Southeast Asia." Earth System Dynamics 8 (3): 749-771 [10.5194/esd-8-749-2017]

Andela, N., D. C. Morton, L. Giglio, et al. Y. Chen, G. R. van der Werf, P. S. Kasibhatla, R. S. DeFries, G. J. Collatz, S. Hantson, S. Kloster, D. Bachelet, M. Forrest, G. Lasslop, F. Li, S. Mangeon, J. R. Melton, C. Yue, and J. T. Randerson. 2017. "A human-driven decline in global burned area." Science 356 (6345): 1356-1362 [10.1126/science.aal4108]

Alonzo, M., D. C. Morton, B. D. Cook, et al. H.-E. Andersen, C. Babcock, and R. Pattison. 2017. "Patterns of canopy and surface layer consumption in a boreal forest fire from repeat airborne lidar." Environmental Research Letters 12 (6): 065004 [10.1088/1748-9326/aa6ade]

Gastellu-Etchegorry, J.-P., N. Lauret, T. Yin, et al. L. Landier, A. Kallel, Z. Malenovsky, A. A. Bitar, J. Aval, S. Benhmida, J. Qi, G. Medjdoub, J. Guilleux, E. Chavanon, B. Cook, D. Morton, N. Chrysoulakis, and Z. Mitraka. 2017. "DART: Recent Advances in Remote Sensing Data Modeling With Atmosphere, Polarization, and Chlorophyll Fluorescence." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 1-10 [10.1109/jstars.2017.2685528]

Noojipady, P., D. C. Morton, M. N. Macedo, et al. D. C. Victoria, C. Huang, H. K. Gibbs, and E. L. Bolfe. 2017. "Forest carbon emissions from cropland expansion in the Brazilian Cerrado biome." Environmental Research Letters 12 (2): 025004 [10.1088/1748-9326/aa5986]

Eitel, J. U., B. Höfle, L. A. Vierling, et al. A. Abellán, G. P. Asner, J. S. Deems, C. L. Glennie, P. C. Joerg, A. L. LeWinter, T. S. Magney, G. Mandlburger, D. C. Morton, J. Müller, and K. T. Vierling. 2016. "Beyond 3-D: The new spectrum of lidar applications for earth and ecological sciences." Remote Sensing of Environment 186 372-392 [10.1016/j.rse.2016.08.018]

Longo, M., M. Keller, M. N. dos-Santos, et al. V. Leitold, E. R. Pinagé, A. Baccini, S. Saatchi, E. M. Nogueira, M. Batistella, and D. C. Morton. 2016. "Aboveground biomass variability across intact and degraded forests in the Brazilian Amazon." Global Biogeochemical Cycles 30 (11): 1639-1660 [10.1002/2016gb005465]

Gastellu-Etchegorry, J.-P., T. Yin, N. Lauret, et al. E. Grau, J. Rubio, B. D. Cook, D. C. Morton, and G. Sun. 2016. "Simulation of satellite, airborne and terrestrial LiDAR with DART (I): Waveform simulation with quasi-Monte Carlo ray tracing." Remote Sensing of Environment 184 418-435 [10.1016/j.rse.2016.07.010]

Morton, D. C., J. Rubio, B. D. Cook, et al. J.-P. Gastellu-Etchegorry, M. Longo, H. Choi, M. Hunter, and M. Keller. 2016. "Amazon forest structure generates diurnal and seasonal variability in light utilization." Biogeosciences 13 (7): 2195-2206 [10.5194/bg-13-2195-2016]

Morton, D. C. 2016. "Forest carbon fluxes: A satellite perspective." Nature Climate change 6 (4): 346-348 [10.1038/nclimate2978]

Chen, Y., D. C. Morton, N. Andela, L. Giglio, and J. T. Randerson. 2016. "How much global burned area can be forecast on seasonal time scales using sea surface temperatures?" Environmental Research Letters 11 (4): 045001 [10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/045001]

Morton, D. C., J. Nagol, C. C. Carabajal, et al. J. Rosette, M. Palace, B. D. Cook, E. F. Vermote, D. J. Harding, and P. R. North. 2016. "Dry-season greening of Amazon forests Reply." Nature 531 (7594): E6-E6 [10.1038/nature16458]

Morton, D. C., P. Noojipady, M. M. Macedo, et al. H. Gibbs, D. C. Victoria, and E. L. Bolfe. 2016. "Reevaluating suitability estimates based on dynamics of cropland expansion in the Brazilian Amazon." Global Environmental Change 37 92-101 [10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.02.001]

Bustamante, M. M., I. Roitman, T. M. Aide, et al. A. Alencar, L. Anderson, L. Aragão, G. P. Asner, J. Barlow, E. Berenguer, J. Chambers, M. H. Costa, T. Fanin, L. G. Ferreira, J. N. Ferreira, M. Keller, W. E. Magnusson, L. Morales, D. C. Morton, J. P. Ometto, M. Palace, C. Peres, D. Silvério, S. Trumbore, and I. C. Vieira. 2016. "Toward an integrated monitoring framework to assess the effects of tropical forest degradation and recovery on carbon stocks and biodiversity." Global Change Biology 22 (1): 92–109 [10.1111/gcb.13087]

Chen, Y., J. T. Randerson, and D. C. Morton. 2015. "Tropical North Atlantic ocean-atmosphere interactions synchronize forest carbon losses from hurricanes and Amazon fires." Geophysical Research Letters 42 (15): 6462-6470 [10.1002/2015gl064505]

Hunter, M. O., M. M. Keller, D. C. Morton, et al. B. D. Cook, M. Lefsky, M. Ducey, S. Saleska, R. C. de Oliveira, and J. Schietti. 2015. "Structural Dynamics of Tropical Moist Forest Gaps." PLoS ONE 10 (7): e0132144 [10.1371/journal.pone.0132144]

Nagol, J. R., J. O. Sexton, D. H. Kim, et al. A. Anand, E. F. Vermote, D. C. Morton, and J. R. Townshend. 2015. "Bidirectional effects in Landsat reflectance estimates: Is there a problem to solve?" ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 103 129-135 [10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2014.09.006]

Le Page, Y., D. Morton, B. Bond-Lamberty, J. M. Pereira, and G. Hurtt. 2015. "HESFIRE: a global fire model to explore the role of anthropogenic and weather drivers." Biogeosciences 12 (3): 887-903 [10.5194/bg-12-887-2015]

Gastellu-Etchegorry, J.-P., T. Yin, N. Lauret, et al. T. Cajgfinger, T. Gregoire, E. Grau, J.-B. Feret, M. Lopes, J. Guilleux, G. Dedieu, Z. Malenovský, B. D. Cook, D. C. Morton, J. Rubio, S. Durrieu, G. Cazanave, E. Martin, and T. Ristorcelli. 2015. "Discrete Anisotropic Radiative Transfer (DART 5) for Modeling Airborne and Satellite Spectroradiometer and LIDAR Acquisitions of Natural and Urban Landscapes." Remote Sensing 7 (2): 1667-1701 [10.3390/rs70201667]

Leitold, V., M. Keller, D. C. Morton, B. D. Cook, and Y. E. Shimabukuro. 2015. "Airborne lidar-based estimates of tropical forest structure in complex terrain: opportunities and trade-offs for REDD+ ." Carbon Balance and Management 10 (1): [10.1186/s13021-015-0013-x]

Gibbs, H. K., L. Rausch, J. Munger, et al. I. Schelly, D. C. Morton, P. Noojipady, B. Soares-Filho, P. Barreto, L. Micol, and N. F. Walker. 2015. "Brazil’s Soy Moratorium." Science 347 (6220): 377-378 [10.1126/science.aaa0181 ]

Keppel-Aleks, G., A. S. Wolf, M. Mu, et al. S. C. Doney, D. C. Morton, P. S. Kasibhatla, J. B. Miller, E. J. Dlugokencky, and J. T. Randerson. 2014. "Separating the influence of temperature, drought, and fire on interannual variability in atmospheric CO 2." Global Biogeochemical Cycles 28 (11): 1295-1310 [10.1002/2014gb004890]

Meyfroidt, P., K. M. Carlson, M. E. Fagan, et al. V. H. Gutiérrez-Vélez, M. N. Macedo, L. M. Curran, R. S. DeFries, G. A. Dyer, H. K. Gibbs, E. F. Lambin, D. C. Morton, and V. Robiglio. 2014. "Multiple pathways of commodity crop expansion in tropical forest landscapes ." Environ. Res. Lett. 9 (7): 074012 (13pp) [10.1088/1748-9326/9/7/074012]

Lin, H.-W., J. L. McCarty, D. Wang, et al. B. M. Rogers, D. C. Morton, G. J. Collatz, Y. Jin, and J. T. Randerson. 2014. "Management and climate contributions to satellite-derived active fire trends in the contiguous United States." J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci. 119 (4): 645–660 [10.1002/2013JG002382]

Morton, D. C., J. Nagol, C. C. Carabajal, et al. J. Rosette, M. Palace, D. Cook, E. F. Vermote, D. Harding, and P. North. 2014. "Amazon forests maintain consistent canopy structure and greenness during the dry season." Nature 506 (7487): 221-224 [10.1038/nature13006]

Brando, P. M., J. K. Balch, D. C. Nepstad, et al. D. C. Morton, F. E. Putz, M. T. Coe, D. Silvério, M. N. Macedo, E. A. Davidson, C. C. Nóbrega, A. Alencar, and B. S. Soares-Filho. 2014. "Abrupt increases in Amazonian tree mortality due to drought-fire interactions." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (17): 6347-6352 [10.1073/pnas.1305499111]

Chen, Y., D. C. Morton, Y. Jin, et al. G. J. Collatz, P. S. Kasibatla, G. R. van der Werf, R. S. DeFries, and J. T. Randerson. 2014. "Long-term trends and inter annual variability of forest, savanna and agricultural fires in South America." Carbon Management 5 (1): 617-338

Hunter, M. O., M. Keller, D. Victoria, and D. C. Morton. 2013. "Tree height and tropical forest biomass estimation." Biogeosciences 10 (12): 8385-8399 [10.5194/bg-10-8385-2013]

Lambin, E., H. Gibbs, L. Ferreira, et al. R. Grau, P. Mayaux, P. Meyfroidt, D. Morton, T. Rudel, I. Gasparri, and J. Munger. 2013. "Estimating the world's potentially available cropland using a bottom-up approach." Global Environmental Change 23 (5): 892-901 [10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.05.005]

Cook, B. D., L. A. Corp, R. F. Nelson, et al. E. M. Middleton, D. C. Morton, J. T. Mccorkel, J. Masek, and P. M. Montesano. 2013. "NASA Goddard’s LiDAR, Hyperspectral and Thermal (G-LiHT) Airborne Imager." Remote Sensing 5 (8): 4045-4066 [10.3390/rs5084045]

Morton, D. C., Y. Le Page, R. DeFries, G. J. Collatz, and G. C. Hurtt. 2013. "Understorey fire frequency and the fate of burned forests in southern Amazonia." Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 368 (1619): 20120163 [10.1098/rstb.2012.0163]

Morton, D. C., G. J. Collatz, D. Wang, et al. J. T. Randerson, L. Giglio, and Y. Chen. 2013. "Satellite-based assessment of climate controls on US burned area." Biogeosciences 10 (1): 247-260

Macedo, M. N., R. S. DeFries, D. C. Morton, et al. C. M. Stickler, G. L. Galford, and Y. E. Shimabukuro. 2012. "Decoupling of deforestation and soy production in the southern Amazon during the late 2000s." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (4): 1341-1346 [10.1073/pnas.1111374109]

Wang, D., D. Morton, J. Masek, et al. A. Wu, J. Nagol, J. Xiong, R. Levy, E. Vermote, and R. Wolfe. 2012. "Impact of sensor degradation on the MODIS NDVI time series." Remote Sensing of Environment 119 55-61 [10.1016/j.rse.2011.12.001]

McManus, K. M., D. Morton, J. Masek, et al. D. Wang, J. Sexton, J. Nagol, B. Ropars, B. Ropars, and B. Ropars. 2012. "Satellite-based evidence for shrub and graminoid tundra expansion in northern Quebec from 1986 to 2010." Global Change Biology 18 (7): 2313-2323 [10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02708.x]

Randerson, J. T., Y. Chen, G. R. van derWerf, B. M. Rogers, and D. Morton. 2012. "Global burned area and biomass burning emissions from small fires." Journal of Geophysical Research 117 G04012 [Full Text (Link)]

Morton, D. C., R. S. DeFries, J. Nagol, et al. C. M. Souza, E. S. Kasischke, G. C. Hurtt, and R. Dubayah. 2011. "Mapping canopy damage from understory fires in Amazon forests using annual time series of Landsat and MODIS data." Remote Sensing of Environment 115 (7): 1706-1720 [10.1016/j.rse.2011.03.002]

Mu, M., J. T. Randerson, G. R. van der Werf, et al. L. Giglio, P. Kasibhatla, D. C. Morton, G. J. Collatz, and A. Et. 2011. "Daily and 3-hourly variability in global fire emissions and consequences for atmospheric model predictions of carbon monoxide." J. Geophys. Res. 116 (D24): D24303 [10.1029/2011JD016245]

Morton, D. C., M. H. Sales, C. M. Souza, and B. Griscom. 2011. "Historic emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in Mato Grosso, Brazil: 1) source data uncertainties." Carbon Balance and Management 6 (1): 18 [10.1186/1750-0680-6-18]

Chen, Y., J. T. Randerson, D. C. Morton, et al. R. S. DeFries, G. J. Collatz, and A. Et. 2011. "Forecasting fire season severity in South America using sea surface temperature anomalies." Science 334 (6057): 787-791

Le Page, Y., G. R. van der Werf, D. C. Morton, and J. M. Pereira. 2010. "Modeling fire-driven deforestation potential in Amazonia under current and projected climate conditions." Journal of Geophysical Research 115 (G3): G03012 [10.1029/2009jg001190]

Chen, Y., J. T. Randerson, G. R. Van Der Werf, et al. D. C. Morton, M. Mu, and P. S. Kasibhatla. 2010. "Nitrogen deposition in tropical forests from savanna and deforestation fires." Global Change Biology 16 (7): 2024-2038 [10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02156.x]

van der Werf, G. R., J. T. Randerson, L. Giglio, et al. G. J. Collatz, M. Mu, P. S. Kasibhatla, D. C. Morton, and A. Et. 2010. "Global fire emissions and the contribution of deforestation, savanna, forest, agricultural, and peat fires (1997-2009)." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 10 (2): 11707-11735

Giglio, L., J. T. Randerson, G. R. van der Werf, et al. P. S. Kasibhatla, G. J. Collatz, D. C. Morton, and R. S. DeFries. 2010. "Assessing variability and long-term trends in burned area by merging multiple satellite fire products." Biogeosciences 7 (3): 1171-1186 [10.5194/bg-7-1171-2010]

van der Werf, G. R., D. C. Morton, R. S. DeFries, et al. J. G. Olivier, P. S. Kasibhatla, R. B. Jackson, G. J. Collatz, and J. T. Randerson. 2009. "CO2 emissions from forest loss." Nature Geoscience 2 (11): 737-738 [10.1038/ngeo671]

van der Werf, G. R., D. C. Morton, R. DeFries, et al. L. Gilgio, J. Randerson, G. J. Collatz, and P. Kasibhatla. 2009. "Estimates of fire emissions from an active deforestation region in the southern Amazon based on satellite data and biogeochemical modelling." Biogeosciences 6 (2): 239-245 [10.5194/bg-6-235-2009]

Morton, D. C., R. DeFries, J. Randerson, et al. L. Giglio, W. Schroeder, and G. R. van der Werf. 2008. "Agricultural intensification increases deforestation fire activity in Amazonia." Global Change Biology 14 (10): 2262-2275 [10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01652.x]

Giglio, L., I. Csiszar, A. Restas, et al. J. Morisette, W. Schroeder, D. C. Morton, and C. Justice. 2008. "Active fire detection and characterization with the advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER)." Remote Sensing of Environment 112 (6): 3055-3063 [10.1016/j.rse.2008.03.003]

Schroeder, W., E. Prins, L. Giglio, et al. I. Csiszar, C. Schmidt, J. Morrisette, and D. C. Morton. 2008. "Validation of GOES and MODIS active fire detection products using ASTER and ETM+ data." Remote Sensing of Environment 112 (5): 2711-2726 [10.1016/j.rse.2008.01.005]

DeFries, R., D. C. Morton, G. R. van der Werf, et al. L. Giglio, G. J. Collatz, J. Randerson, R. Houghton, P. Kasibhatla, and Y. Shimabukuro. 2008. "Fire-related carbon emissions from land use transitions in southern Amazonia." Geophysical Research Letters 35 (22): L22705 [10.1029/2008GL035689]

van der Werf, G. R., J. Dempewolf, S. Trigg, et al. J. Randerson, P. Kasibhatla, L. Giglio, D. Murdiyarso, W. Peters, D. C. Morton, G. J. Collatz, A. Dolman, and R. DeFries. 2008. "Climate regulation of fire emissions and deforestation in equatorial Asia." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (51): 20,350-20,355 [10.1073/pnas.0803375105]

Morton, D. C., Y. Shimabukuro, B. F. Rudorff, et al. A. Lima, R. Freitas, and R. DeFries. 2007. "Conservation challenge at the agricultural frontier: deforestation, fire, and land use dynamics in Mato Grosso." Ambi-Agua 2 (1): 5-20 [10.4136/1980-993X]

Chambers, J., G. Anser, D. C. Morton, et al. L. Anderson, S. Saatchi, F. D. Espirito-Santo, C. M. Palace, C. M. Palace, and C. M. Palace. 2007. "Regional ecosystem structure and function: ecological insights from remote sensing of tropical forests." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 22 (8): 414-423

Morton, D. C., R. DeFries, Y. Shimabukuro, et al. L. Anderson, E. Arai, F. D. Espirito-Santo, R. Freitas, and J. Morisette. 2006. "Cropland expansion changes deforestation dynamics in the southern Brazilian Amazon." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (39): 14637-14641 [10.1073/pnas.0606377103]

Pongratz, J., L. Bounoua, R. DeFries, et al. D. C. Morton, L. Anderson, W. Mauser, and C. Klink. 2006. "The Impact of Land Cover Change on Surface Energy and Water Balance in Mato Grosso, Brazil." Earth Interactions 10 (19): 1-17

Jasinski, E., D. Morton, R. DeFries, et al. Y. Shimabukuro, L. Anderson, and M. Hansen. 2005. "Physical Landscape Correlates of the Expansion of Mechanized Agriculture in Mato Grosso, Brazil." Earth Interact. 9 (16): 1-18 [10.1175/ei143.1]

Anderson, L., Y. Shimabukuro, R. Defries, and D. Morton. 2005. "Assessment of Deforestation in Near Real Time Over the Brazilian Amazon Using Multitemporal Fraction Images Derived From Terra MODIS." IEEE Geosci. Remote Sensing Lett. 2 (3): 315-318 [10.1109/lgrs.2005.850364]

Schroeder, W., J. Morisette, I. Csiszar, et al. L. Giglio, D. C. Morton, and C. Justice. 2005. "Characterizing Vegetation Fire Dynamics in Brazil through Multisatellite Data: Common Trends and Practical Issues." Earth Interactions 9 (13): 1-26 [10.1175/EI120.1]

Morton, D. C., R. S. DeFries, Y. E. Shimabukuro, et al. L. O. Anderson, F. Del Bon Espírito-Santo, M. Hansen, and M. Carroll. 2005. "Rapid Assessment of Annual Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Using MODIS Data." Earth Interact. 9 (8): 1-22 [10.1175/ei139.1]

Morisette, J., L. Giglio, I. Csiszar, et al. A. Setzer, W. Schroeder, D. C. Morton, and C. Justice. 2005. "Validation of MODIS Active Fire Detection Products Derived from Two Algorithms." Earth Interactions 9 (9): 25 pp