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Katherine A. Melocik

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Katherine A. Melocik

  • Chief Research Scientist
  • 301.614.6534
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 618
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC

    • Research Interests

    Land Use/ Land Cover Change, Climate Change, Global Carbon Cycle, Big Data

    Brief Bio

    Work has included research and analysis in a wide range of projects studying terrestrial and climatic variations in the biosphere, cryosphere, and hydrosphere using remote sensing and geographic information system applications.

    Education

    2011, B.S., Environmental Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    2014, M.P.S., Geospatial Information Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park

    Publications

    Refereed

    Tucker, C. J., K. A. Melocik, A. Anyamba, et al. K. J. Linthicum, S. F. Fagbo, and J. L. Small. 2020. "Reanalysis of the 2000 Rift Valley fever outbreak in Southwestern Arabia." PLOS ONE, 15 (12): e0233279 [10.1371/journal.pone.0233279]

    Brandt, M., C. J. Tucker, A. Kariryaa, et al. K. Rasmussen, C. Abel, J. Small, J. Chave, L. V. Rasmussen, P. Hiernaux, A. A. Diouf, L. Kergoat, O. Mertz, C. Igel, F. Gieseke, J. Schöning, S. Li, K. Melocik, J. Meyer, S. Sinno, E. Romero, E. Glennie, A. Montagu, M. Dendoncker, and R. Fensholt. 2020. "An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel." Nature, 587 (7832): 78-82 [10.1038/s41586-020-2824-5]

    Brandt, M., K. Rasmussen, P. Hiernaux, et al. S. Herrmann, C. J. Tucker, X. Tong, F. Tian, O. Mertz, L. Kergoat, C. Mbow, J. L. David, K. A. Melocik, M. Dendoncker, C. Vincke, and R. Fensholt. 2018. "Reduction of tree cover in West African woodlands and promotion in semi-arid farmlands." Nature Geoscience, [10.1038/s41561-018-0092-x]

    Yavaşlı, D. D., C. J. Tucker, and K. A. Melocik. 2015. "Change in the glacier extent in Turkey during the Landsat Era." Remote Sensing of Environment, 163: 32–41 [10.1016/j.rse.2015.03.002]

    Brief Bio

    Work has included research and analysis in a wide range of projects studying terrestrial and climatic variations in the biosphere, cryosphere, and hydrosphere using remote sensing and geographic information system applications.

    Publications

    Refereed

    Tucker, C. J., K. A. Melocik, A. Anyamba, et al. K. J. Linthicum, S. F. Fagbo, and J. L. Small. 2020. "Reanalysis of the 2000 Rift Valley fever outbreak in Southwestern Arabia." PLOS ONE 15 (12): e0233279 [10.1371/journal.pone.0233279]

    Brandt, M., C. J. Tucker, A. Kariryaa, et al. K. Rasmussen, C. Abel, J. Small, J. Chave, L. V. Rasmussen, P. Hiernaux, A. A. Diouf, L. Kergoat, O. Mertz, C. Igel, F. Gieseke, J. Schöning, S. Li, K. Melocik, J. Meyer, S. Sinno, E. Romero, E. Glennie, A. Montagu, M. Dendoncker, and R. Fensholt. 2020. "An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel." Nature 587 (7832): 78-82 [10.1038/s41586-020-2824-5]

    Brandt, M., K. Rasmussen, P. Hiernaux, et al. S. Herrmann, C. J. Tucker, X. Tong, F. Tian, O. Mertz, L. Kergoat, C. Mbow, J. L. David, K. A. Melocik, M. Dendoncker, C. Vincke, and R. Fensholt. 2018. "Reduction of tree cover in West African woodlands and promotion in semi-arid farmlands." Nature Geoscience [10.1038/s41561-018-0092-x]

    Yavaşlı, D. D., C. J. Tucker, and K. A. Melocik. 2015. "Change in the glacier extent in Turkey during the Landsat Era." Remote Sensing of Environment 163 32–41 [10.1016/j.rse.2015.03.002]

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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