Journal
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Peer
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Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:
Zhao, F., A. H. Strahler, C. L. Schaaf, T. Yao, X. Yang, Z. Wang, M. A. Schull,
M. O. Román, C. E. Woodcock, P. Olofsson,
W.
Ni-Meister, D. L.B. Jupp, J. L. Lovell, D. S.
Culvenor, G. J. Newnham,
2012: Measuring gap fraction, element clumping
index and LAI in Sierra Forest stands using a full-waveform ground-based lidar. Remote Sensing
of Environment, 135:73-79.
Ni-Meister,
W. 2012: Soil Moisture Data Assimilation
for State Initialization of Seasonal Climate Prediction, Land Surface Observation, Modeling and Data Assimilation (Editors: S.
Liang, X. Li, X. Xie, & J. Shi)
Ni-Meister,
W. and H. Gao, 2011: Assessing the impacts of vegetation heterogeneity
on energy fluxes and snowmelt in boreal forests, Journal of Plant Ecology. 4: 37-47.
Widlowski, J.-L., B. Pinty,
M. Clerici, Y. Dai, M. De. Kauwe, K. de Ridder,
A. Kallel, H. Kobayashi, T. Lavergne,
W.
Ni-Meister, A. Olchev, T. Quaife,
S. Wang, W. Yang, Y. Yang, and H. Yuan, RAMI4PILPS: An intercomparison of formulations for the partitioning of
solar radiation in land surface models, Journal
of Geophysical Research, 116:G02019, doi:
10.1029/2010JG001511.
Dong, J. and W. Ni-Meister, 2011: Analysis of diurnal boundary layer
development in boreal forests: measurements and simulations, Journal of Plant Ecology. Doi:10.1093/jpe/rtr001:1-15.
Yang, W., W. Ni-Meister, and S. Lee, 2011: Assessment of the impacts of
surface topography, off-nadir pointing and vegetation structure on vegetation lidar waveforms using an extended geometric optical and radiative transfer model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 15(11):2810-2822.
Lee, S., W. Ni-Meister, W. Yang, 2011: Physically based vertical vegetation
structure retrieval from ICESat data: Validation
using airborne data in White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Remote Sensing of Environment, 15(11):2810-2822.
Zhao, F., M. Schull, M. Roman-Colon, T.
Yao, X. Yang, Z. Wang, Q. Zhang, D. Jupp, D. Culvenor, G. Newnham, W.
Ni-Meister, C. Schaaf, C. Woodcock, and A. Strahler, 2011: Comparison of leaf area index and foliage
profile retrievals from the Echidna® ground-based lidar,
digital hemispherical photography, and LAI-2000 for New England forest sites. Remote
Sensing of Environment, 115(11):2954-2964.
Yao, T., X. Yang, F. Gao,
Z. Wang, Q. Zhang, D. Jupp, D. Culvenor,
G. Newnham, W. Ni-Meister, C. Schaaf, C. Woodcock, and A. Strahler,
2011: Estimation of forest structure
parameters using the Echidna® ground-based lidar at
New England forest sites. Remote
Sensing of Environment, 115(11):2965-2974.
Ni-Meister, W., W. Yang, and N. Kiang, 2010: A clumped-foliage canopy radiative transfer model for a global dynamic terrestrial
ecosystem model I: Theory, Agriculture
and Forest Meteorology, 150(7-8):881-894, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.02.009.
Yang, W., W. Ni-Meister, N. Kiang, P. R.
Moorcroft, A. H. Strahler and A. Oliphant, 2010: A clumped-foliage canopy radiative
transfer model for a global dynamic terrestrial ecosystem model I: Validation,
Agriculture and Forest Meteorology,
150(7-8):895-907, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.02.008.
Ni-Meister,
W., S. Lee, A. H. Strahler,
C. E. Woodcock,C. Schaaf, J. Ranson, G.Sun, and J. B. Blair, 2010: Assessing general relationships
between above-ground biomass and vegetation structure parameters for improved
carbon estimate from vegetation lidar, Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL. 115,
G00E11, doi:10.1029/2009JG000936.
Lee, S., W. Ni-Meister, D. Toll, J. Nigro, A. L. Gutierrez-Magness
and T. Engman,2010: Assessing the
hydrologic performance of the EPA’s nonpoint source water quality assessment
decision support tool using North American Land Data Assimilation System
(NLDAS) products, Journal of
Hydrology, 387(3-4):212-220, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.04.009.
Nigro, J., D.
Toll, E. Partington, W. Ni-Meister, S. Lee, A.
Gutierrez-Magnesse, T. Engman,
and K. Arsenault, 2010: NASA-modified precipitation products to
improve EPA nonpoint source water quality modeling for the Chesapeake Bay, Journal of Environmental Quality, 39: 4: 1388-1401,
doi:10.2134/jeq2009.0161.
Ni-Meister,
W., A. H. Strahler,
C. E. Woodcock, C. Schaaf, D. L. B. Jupp, T. Yao, F. Zhao, and X. Yang, 2008: Modeling the hemispherical
scanning, below-canopy lidar and vegetation structure
characteristics with a geometric optical and radiative
transfer model, Canadian Journal of
Remote Sensing, 34(Suppl. 2): S385-S397。
Strahler, A. H, D. L. B. Jupp,
C. E. Woodcock, C. B. Schaaf, T. Yao, F. Zhao, X. Yang, J. Lovell, D. Culvenor, G. Newnham, W.
Ni-Meister, and W. Boykin-Morris, 2008:
Retrieval of forest structural parameters using a
ground-based lidar instrument (Echidna@) Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing,34(Suppl.
2):S426-S440.
Ni-Meister,
W.,2008: Recent
advances on soil moisture data assimilation, Physical Geography, 29(1):19-37.
Dong, J., W. Ni-Meister, and P. R. Houser, 2007:
Impacts of vegetation and cold season
processes on soil moisture -- climate relationships over Eurasia, Journal of
Geophysical Research, Vol.
112,D09106, doi:10.1029/2006JF007774.
Ni-Meister, W.,
P. Houser and, J. Walker, 2006: Soil
moisture initialization for climate prediction: Assimilation of SMMR soil
moisture data into a land surface model, Journal of Geophysical Research Vol. 111,
D20102, doi:10.1029/2006JD007190.
Ni-Meister, W., J. Walker, and P. Houser, 2005: Soil moisture initialization for
climate prediction: Characterization of
Model Observation Errors, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.110, D13111,doi:10.1029/2004JD005745.
Dong, J., W.
Ni-Meister and P. R. Houser, 2007: Impacts
of vegetation and cold season processes on soil moisture -- climate
relationships over Eurasia, Journal
of Geophysical Research, Vol.
112,D09106, doi:10.1029/2006JF007774.
Pereira,
J., B. Mota, J. L. Privette,
K. K. Caylor, J. M.N. Silva, A. C.L. Sá, and W. Ni-Meister, 2004: A simulation analysis of the detectability of understory burns in miombo
woodlands. Remote Sensing of Environment,
96(3): 296-310.
Pinty B., J. Widlowski, M. Taberner, N. Gobron, M. Verstraete, M. Disney,
F. Gascon, J. Gastellu, L.
Jiang, A. Kuusk, P. Lewis, X. Li, W.
Ni-Meister, T. Nilson, P. North, W. Qin, L. Su,
S. Tang, R. Thompson, W. Verhoef, H. Wang, G. Yan, H.
Zang, 2004: The Radiation transfer Model Intercomparison (RAMI) Exercise: Results from the second
phase. J. Geophys.
Res., Vol. 109, No. D6, D06210, 10.1029/2003JD004252
Ni-Meister, W., D.L.B. Jupp and, R. Dubayah, 2001: Modeling
Lidar Waveforms in Heterogeneous and Discrete
Canopies. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39(9):1943-1958.
Yang,
R., M.A. Friedl, and W. Ni, 2001: Parameterization of shortwave radiation
fluxes for nonuniform vegetation canopies in land
surface models. Journal of
Geophysical Research, 106(D13):14275-14286.
Gao, X., A.R. Huete, W. Ni
and, T. Miura, 2001: Optical-biophysical
relationships of pure vegetation spectral without background contamination.
Remote Sensing of Environment, 74:609-620.
Ni, W. and C.E. Woodcock, 2000: Effect of canopy structure and the presence
of snow on the albedo of boreal conifer forest. Journal of Geophysical Research,
105(D9): 11879-11888.
Ni, W., and D.L.B. Jupp, 2000: Spatial Variance
in directional remote sensing imagery – recent developments and future
perspectives. Remote Sensing Review,
18(2-4):441-479.
Ni, W. and X.Li, 2000: A coupled vegetation
– soil bidirectional reflectance model for a semi-arid landscape. Remote Sensing of Environment,
74:113-124.
Ni, W., X. Li, C.E. Woodcock, M. Caetano and A.H. Strahler, 2000: An analytical model of bidirectional
reflectance over discontinuous plant canopies. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote
Sensing, 37(2):987-999.
Ni, W., C.E. Woodcock, and D.L.B. Jupp,
1999: Variance in bidirectional reflectance
over discontinuous plant canopies. Remote
Sensing of Environment, 69(1): 1-15.
Hardy,
J.P., R.E. Davis, R. Jordan, W. Ni, and C.E. Woodcock, 1998: Snow
ablation modeling in conifer and deciduous stands of the boreal forest. Hydrological Processes, 12:1763-1778.
Ni, W., X., Li, C.E. Woodcock, J.L. Roujean,
and R. Davis, 1997: Transmission of solar
radiation in boreal conifer forests: measurements and models. Journal of Geophysical Research,
102(D24): 29555-29566.
Ni, W., 1997: A coupled transilient
model for turbulent air flow in plant canopy and planetary boundary layer. Agricultural and Forest
Meteorology, 86: 77-105.
Davis,
R.E., J. Hardy, W. Ni, C.E. Woodcock,
C. McKenzie, R. Jordan, and X. Li, 1997: Variation
of snow cover ablation in the boreal forest: a sensitivity
study on the effects of conifer canopy. Journal
of Geophysical Research, 102(D24): 29389-29396.
Hardy,
J.P., R. Davis, R. Jordan, X. Li, C. Woodcock, W. Ni, and J.
McKenzie, 1997: Snow ablation modeling
at the stand scale in a boreal jack pine forest, Journal of geophysical Research. 102(D24):29397-29406.
Li,
X., W.
Ni, B. Hu, C.E. Woodcock and A.H. Strahler, 1996: Decoupling path-scattering of light in a homogeneous
layer and multiple bouncing at its non-Lambertian
bottom. Science in China, (series E),
39(6): 656-669.
Li,
X., W.
Ni, B. Hu, A.H. Strahler,
and C.E. Woodcock, 1996: Path-scattering of light in a homogeneous layer and multiple
bouncing at its Non-Lambertian bottom. China Science, (seriesE)
(In Chinese), 26(5): 457-466.
Zhang,
X., D. Yang, and W. Ni, 1993, PE
(Potential Evaportranspiration ) index and
vegetation-climate classification-major methods and PEP programs. Acta Phytoecological
ET Geobotanica Sinica (in
Chinese), Vol. 17, Feb.
Geiger B. and W. Ni. 2003, Directional reflection properties of heterogeneous surfaces,
book chapter in Bidirectional Properties of Land Surfaces edited by M. Schoenermarck, publisher: Wissenschaft
& Technik Verlag.
Meister, G., K. Tornow, and W. Ni,
2003, Geometrical Optical BRDF Models, book chapter in Bidirectional
Properties of Land Surfaces edited by M. Schoenermarck,
publisher: Wissenschaft & Technik
Verlag.
1999 Ni, W., Atmospheric
correction over land for Visible/Infrared Image Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor
of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
(NPOESS), Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document, Raytheon ITSS Internal Report.