Atticus Stovall earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia in 2017. A unifying theme of his work is using new technology to understand how environmental factors influence plant structure and function. During his Ph.D., he developed new approaches to carbon monitoring in forests using high-resolution laser scanning through 3D modeling, algorithm development, extensive field work, building allometric equations, and airborne LiDAR and radar biomass calibration. In his first postdoc position he focused on plant stress monitoring - [i] capturing the structural components of the solar induced fluorescence signal with high temporal resolution leaf angle and area measurements and [ii] using LiDAR for monitoring ~2 million California trees over 8 years of drought. Now, he is working directly with the GEDI science team to improve forest structure calibration with a global database of laser scanning acquisitions and developing high-resolution global canopy height products.
Atticus Eythan LeMay Stovall
(Research Professor)
| Email: | atticus.stovall@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.6677 |
| Org Code: | 618 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 618 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UNIV OF MARYLAND |
Brief Bio
Publications
Refereed
2023. "Two decades of land cover change and forest fragmentation in Liberia: Consequences for the contribution of nature to people." Conservation Science and Practice [10.1111/csp2.12933] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Trees outside forests are an underestimated resource in a country with low forest cover." Scientific Reports 11 (1): 7919 [10.1038/s41598-021-86944-2] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Terrestrial laser scanning in forest ecology: Expanding the horizon." Remote Sensing of Environment 251 112102 [10.1016/j.rse.2020.112102] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Mapping Temperate Forest Phenology Using Tower, UAV, and Ground-Based Sensors." Drones 4 (3): 56 [10.3390/drones4030056] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Microtopography is a fundamental organizing structure of vegetation and soil chemistry in black ash wetlands." Biogeosciences 17 (4): 901--915 [10.5194/bg-17-901-2020] [Journal Article/Letter]