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Publications and Contributions

Book Chapters

N.H. Ogden, S.O. Kotchi, S. Brazeau, C. Bouchard, J.C. White, M.A. Wulder, A.M. Davidson, A. Beaudoin, and D. Werle. 2022. Tick-borne Diseases. In: S. Brazeau and N.H. Ogden (ed.), Earth Observation, Public Health and One Health: Activities, Challenges, and Opportunities, Public Health Agency of Canada and Canadian Space Agency. doi: 10.1079/9781800621183.0000 [Full Text]

J. Shang, J. Liu, Z. Chen, H. McNairn and A.M. Davidson. 2022. Recent Advancement of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Systems and Their Applications to Crop Growth Monitoring. In: M. Marghany (ed.), Remote Sensing. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.102917 [Full Text]

A.M. Davidson, T. Fisette, H. McNairn and B. Daneshfar. 2017. Detailed crop mapping using remote sensing data (Crop Data Layers). In: J. Delince (ed.), Handbook on Remote Sensing for Agricultural Statistics (Chapter 4). Handbook of the Global Strategy to improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics (GSARS): Rome. [Full Text]

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

D. Pouliot, N. Alavi, S. Wilson, J. Duffe, J. Pasher, A.M. Davidson, B. Daneshfar, and E. Lindsay. 2021. Assessment of Landsat Based Deep-Learning Membership Analysis for Development of from-to Change Time Series in the Prairie Region of Canada from 1984 to 2018. Remote Sensing. Vol 13(4), pp634. doi: 10.3390/rs13040634 [Full Text]

M. Hosseini, H. McNairn, S. Mitchell, L.D. Robertson, A.M. Davidson, N. Ahmadian, A. Bhattacharya, E. Borg, C. Conrad, K. Dabrowska-Zielinska et al. 2021. A Comparison between Support Vector Machine and Water Cloud Model for Estimating Crop Leaf Area Index. Remote Sensing. Vol 13, pp1348. doi: doi.org/10.3390/rs13071348 [Full Text]

S. Kraatz, N. Torbick, X. Jiao, X. Huang, L. Dingle Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H. McNairn, M.H. Cosh, and P. Siqueira. 2021. Comparison between Dense L-Band and C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Time Series for Crop Area Mapping over a NISAR Calibration-Validation Site. Agronomy. Vol 11(2), pp273. doi: 10.3390/agronomy11020273. [Full Text]

Z. Li, J.C. White, M.A. Wulder, T. Hermosilla, A.M. Davidson, and A.J. Comber. 2021. Land cover harmonization using Latent Dirichlet Allocation. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. Vol 35(2), pp348-374. doi: 10.1080/13658816.2020.1796131. [Full Text]

L. Dingle Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H. McNairn, M.Hosseini, S. Mitchell, D. De Abelleyra, S. Veron, G. Le Maire, M. Plannells, S. Valero, N. Ahmadian, A. Coffin, D. Bosch, M.H. Cosh, B. Basso, and N. Saliendra 2020. C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery for the classification of diverse cropping systems. International Journal of Remote Sensing. Vol 41(24), pp9628-9649. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2020.1805136. [Full Text]

M. Amani, M. Kakooei, A. Moghimi, A. Ghorbanian, B. Ranjgar, S. Mahdavi, A.M. Davidson, T. Fisette, P. Rollin, B. Brisco, and A. Mohammadzadeh. 2020. Application of Google Earth Engine Cloud Computing Platform, Sentinel Imagery, and Neural Networks for Crop Mapping in Canada. Remote Sensing. Vol 12(21), pp3561-3579. doi: 10.3390/rs12213561. [Full Text]

L. Dingle Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H. McNairn, M.Hosseini, S. Mitchell, D. De Abelleyra and S. Veron. 2020. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image processing for operational space-based agriculture mapping. International Journal of Remote Sensing. Vol 41(18), pp7112-7144. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2020.1754494. [Full Text]

J. Liu, T. Huffman, B. Qian, J. Shang, Q. Li, T. Dong, A.M. Davidson and Q. Jing. 2020. Crop yield estimation in the Canadian Prairies using Terra/MODIS-derived crop metrics. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. Vol 13, pp2685. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2020.2984158. [Full Text]

M. Hosseini, H. McNairn, S. Mitchell, L. Dingle Robertson, A.M. Davidson and S. Homayouni. 2020. Integration of Synthetic Aperture Radar and optical satellite data for corn biomass estimation. MethodsX. Vol 7 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2020.100857. [Full Text]

M. Hosseini, H. McNairn, S. Mitchell, L. Dingle Robertson, A.M. Davidson and S. Homayouni. 2019. Synthetic aperture radar and optical satellite data for estimating the biomass of corn. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. Vol 83, 101933. doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2019.101933. [Full Text]

T. Dong, J. Shang, B. Qian, J. Liu, J.M. Chen, Q. Jing, B. McConkey, T. Huffman, B. Daneshfar, C. Champagne, A.M. Davidson and D. MacDonald. 2019. Field-Scale Crop Seeding Date Estimation from MODIS Data and Growing Degree Days in Manitoba, Canada. Remote Sensing. Vol 11(15), pp92-102. doi: 10.3390/rs11151760. [Full Text]

M. Mahdianpari, F. Mohammadimanesh, H. McNairn, A.M. Davidson, M. Rezaee, B. Salehi and S. Homayouni. 2019. Mid-season Crop Classification Using Dual-, Compact-, and Full-polarization in Preparation for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM). Remote Sensing. Vol 11(13). doi: 10.3390/rs11131582. [Full Text]

D. Mandal, M. Hosseini, H. McNairn, V. Kumar, A. Bhattacharya, Y.S. Rao, S. Mitchell, L. Dingle-Robertson. A.M. Davidson and K. Dabrowska-Zielinska. 2019. An investigation of inversion methodologies to retrieve the leaf area index of corn from C-band SAR data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. Vol 82. doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2019.06.003. [Full Text]

E. Lindsay, D.J. King, A.M. Davidson and B. Daneshfar. 2019. Canadian Prairie Rangeland and Seeded Forage Classification Using Multiseason Landsat-8 and Summer RADARSAT-2. Rangeland Ecology & Management. Vol 72(1), pp92-102. doi: 10.1016/j.rama.2018.07.005. [Full Text]

Y. Zhang, A. Chipanshi, B. Daneshfar, L. Koiter, C. Champagne, A.M. Davidson, G. Reichert and F. Bédard. 2019. Effect of using crop specific masks on earth observation based crop yield forecasting across Canada. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. Vol 13(XX), pp121-137. doi:10.1016/j.rsase.2018.10.002. [Full Text]

C.K. Minns, B.J. Shuter, A.M. Davidson and S. Wang. 2017. Factors influencing peak summer surface water temperature in Canada's large lakes (Area >= 100 km2) . Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Vol 75(7), pp1005-1018. doi:10.1139/cjfas-2017-0061. [Full Text]

C. Qiao, B. Daneshfar and A.M. Davidson. 2017. The application of discriminant analysis for mapping cereals and pasture using object-based features. International Journal of Remote Sensing. Vol 38(20), pp5546-5568. doi:10.1080/01431161.2017.1325530. [Full Text]

B. Salehi, B. Daneshfar and A.M. Davidson. 2017. Accurate crop-type classification using multi-temporal optical and multi-polarization SAR data in an object-based image analysis framework. International Journal of Remote Sensing. Vol 38(14), pp4130-4155. doi:10.1080/01431161.2017.1317933. [Full Text]

T. Tadesse, C. Champagne, B.D. Wardlow, T.A Hadwen, J.F. Brown, G.B. Demisse, Y.A. Bayissa and A.M. Davidson. 2017. Building the vegetation drought response index for Canada (VegDRI-Canada to monitor agricultural drought: first results. GIScience & Remote Sensing. Vol 54(2), pp230-257. doi:10.1080/ 15481603.2017.1286728. [Full Text]

M.D. Johnson, W.H. Hsieh, A.J. Cannon, A.M. Davidson and F. Bédard. 2016. Crop yield forecasting on the Canadian prairies by remotely sensed vegetation indices and machine learning methods. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vol 218-219, pp74-84. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.11.003. [Full Text]

A. Chipanshi, Y. Zhang, L. Kouadio, N. Newlands, A.M. Davidson, H. Hill, R. Warren, B. Qian, B. Daneshfar, F. Bédard and G. Reichert. 2015. Evaluation of the Integrated Canadian Crop Yield Forecaster (ICCYF) model for in-season prediction of crop yield across the Canadian agricultural landscape. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vol 206, pp137-150. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.03.007. [Full Text]

C. Champagne, A.M. Davidson, P. Cherneski, J. L'Heureux and T. Hadwen. 2014. Monitoring agricultural risk in Canada using L-Band passive microwave soil moisture from SMOS. Journal of Hydrometeorology. Vol 16(1), pp5-18. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0039.1 [Full Text]

L. Kouadio, N.K. Newlands, A.M. Davidson, Y. Zhang and A. Chipanshi. 2014. Assessing the performance of MODIS NDVI and EVI for seasonal crop yield forecasting at the ecodistrict scale. Remote Sensing. Vol 2014(6), pp10193-10214. doi:10.3390/rs61010193 [Full Text]

G. Prud'homme, N.A. Dobbin, L. Sun, R.T. Burnett, R. Martin, A.M. Davidson, S. Cakmak, P.J. Villeneuve, L.N. Lamsal, A. van Donkelaar, P.A. Peters and M. Johnson. 2013. Comparison of remote sensing and fixed-site monitoring approaches for examining air pollution and health in a national study population. Atmospheric Environment. Vol 80, pp161-171. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.07.020 [Full Text]

L. Sun, S.W. Mitchell and A. Davidson. 2012. Multiple drought indices for agricultural drought risk assessment on the Canadian prairies. International Journal of Climatology. Vol 32, pp1628-1639. doi: 10.1002/joc.2385 [Full Text]

N.K. Newlands, A. Davidson, A. Howard and H. Hill. 2010. Validation and inter-comparison of three methodologies for interpolating daily precipitation and temperature across Canada. Environmetrics. Vol 22(2), pp205-223. doi: 10.1002/env.1044 [Full Text]

J.A. Lee-Yaw, A. Davidson, B.H. McRae and D.M. Green. 2009. Are landscape processes linked to phylogeographic patterns in the Wood Frog? Molecular Ecology. Vol 18(9), pp1863-1874. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04152.x [Full Text]

A. Davidson, F. Csillag and J. Wilmshurst. 2007. Diversity-productivity relations at a northern prairie site: An investigation using spectral data. Community Ecology. Vol 8(1), pp87-102. doi: 10.1556/ComEc8.2007.1.11 [Full Text]

S. Wang and A. Davidson. 2007. Impact of climate variations on surface albedo of a temperate grassland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Vol 142(2-4), pp133-142. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.03.027. [Special issue on the Contribution of Agriculture to the State of Climate]. [Full Text]

A. Davidson, S. Wang and J. Wilmshurst. 2006. Remote sensing of grassland-shrubland vegetation water content in the shortwave domain. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and GeoInformation. Vol 31(5), pp377-390. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2005.10.002 [Full Text]

S. Wang, A.P. Trishchenko, K.V. Khlopenkov and A. Davidson. 2006. Comparison of International Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report climate model simulations of surface albedo with satellite products over northern latitudes. Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol 111, D21108. doi: 10.1029/2005JD006728 [Full Text]

A. Davidson and S. Wang. 2005. Spatio-temporal variations in land surface albedo across Canada from MODIS observations. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. Vol 31(5), pp377-390. [Full Text]

R. Latifovic, A.P. Trishchenko, J. Chen, W.B. Park, K.V. Khlopenkov, ... A. Davidson and J. Cihlar (12 authors). 2005.Generating historical AVHRR 1-km baseline satellite data records over Canada suitable for climate change studies. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. Vol 31(5), pp324-346. [Full Text]

A. Davidson and S. Wang. 2004. The effects of sampling resolution on the albedos of dominant land cover types in the North American boreal region. Remote Sensing of Environment.Vol 93(1-2), pp211-224. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.07.005 [Full Text]

A. Davidson and F. Csillag. 2003. A comparison of three approaches for predicting C4 species cover of northern mixed grass prairie. Remote Sensing of Environment. Vol 86(1), pp70-82. doi: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00069-5 [Full Text]

A. Davidson and F. Csillag. 2003. A comparison of nested analysis of variance (ANOVA) and variograms for characterizing grassland spatial structure under a limited sampling budget. Can. Journal of Rem. Sensing. Vol 29(1), pp43-57. [Full Text]

F. Csillag, M. Kertész, A. Davidson and S.W. Mitchell. 2001. On the measurement of diversity-productivity relationships in a northern mixed grass prairie. Community Ecology. Vol 2(2), pp145-159. [Full Text]

A. Davidson and F. Csillag. 2001. The influence of vegetation index and spatial resolution on a two-date remote sensing derived relation to C4 species coverage. Remote Sensing of Environment. Vol 75(1), pp138-151. doi: 10.1016/S0034- 4257(00)00162-0 [Full Text]

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Reports

A. Davidson. 2015. An Operational Canadian Ag-Land Monitoring System (CALMS): Near-real-time agricultural assessment from space. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 60 pp.

A. Davidson, A. Howard, K. Sun, and M. Pregitzer. 2009. A National Crop Monitoring System prototype (NCMS-P) using MODIS data: Near-Real-Time Agricultural Assessment from Space. A report submitted to the National Land and Water Information Service, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 41 pp.

L. Sun and A. Davidson. 2009. An error assessment of climate interpolations derived from Environment Canada climate station observations for the period 2004-2008.A report submitted to the National Land and Water Information Service, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 48 pp.

L. Sun, A. Davidson, N.K. Newlands and S.W. Mitchell. 2008. Temporal aggregation of interpolated daily climate grids: An error assessment. A report submitted to the National Land and Water Information Service, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 35 pp.

A. Davidson, A.P. Trishchenko., S. Wang, and D. Pouliot, (Eds). 2005. Synthesis in Contribution to the National Assessment of Landscape Response to Climate Change. Final Report for the Reducing Canada's Vulnerability to Climate Change Program Project J28. Government of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. 185 pp.

D. Pouliot, S. Wang, A.P. Trishchenko, and A. Davidson, (Eds). 2005. Synthesis in Contribution to the National Assessment of Forest Ecosystem Response to Climate Change. Final Report for the Reducing Canada's Vulnerability to Climate Change Program Project J28. Government of Canada, Ottawa, Canada. 85 pp.

A. Davidson and S. Wang. 2005. Identifying critical forb habitat of Greater Sage Grouse in southern Saskatchewan using field and remote sensing data. Final Report for Interdepartmental Recovery Fund Project #379. Government of Canada. Ottawa, Canada.

S. Wang, A.P. Trishchenko., and A. Davidson (Eds.,). 2004. Surface albedo simulation and validation for climate modeling: Improvements through remote sensing products. Final Report for Climate Change Action Fund Project S02-13-07. Government of Canada. Ottawa, Canada. 116 pp.

Theses ( Denotes supervised thesis)

E.J. Lindsay. 2016. Mapping Canada's Rangeland and Forage Resources using Earth Observation. A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science, Graduate Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada.

G.J. Smith. 2012. Deriving phenological metrics from satellite NDVI time series: A comparison of AVHRR and MODIS data at multiple spatial scales. A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science in partial fullfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science, Institute of Environmental Science, Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada.

Y. An. 2011. Evaluation of Evapotranspiration Estimation Methods and Their Impacts on Crop Yield Simulations. A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science, Graduate Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada.

B. Deschamps. 2010. Evaluation of three semi-empirical soil moisture estimation models with RADARSAT-2 imagery. A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science, Graduate Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada.

L. Sun. 2009. Blended Drought Indices for Agricultural Drought Risk Assessment on the Canadian Prairies. A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science, Graduate Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada.

A. Davidson. 2002. Integrating field sampling and remotely sensed data for monitoring the function and composition of northern Mixed Grass prairie. A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate Department of Geography, University of Toronto. National Library of Canada. Ottawa, Canada. [Full Text]

A. Davidson. 1995. Integrating field sampling and remotely sensed data for the quantitative prediction of soil characteristics across a salt-affected Grassland. A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science, Graduate Department of Geography, University of Toronto. National Library of Canada. Ottawa, Canada.

Conference Presentations, Posters and Invited Talks

L. Dingle Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H. McNairn, M. Hosseini and S. Mitchell. 2019. Multi-Frequency SAR for Crop Type Classification and Mapping - Utilizing RADARSAT-2, ALOS-2/ PALSAR-2 and TERRASAR-X for Agricultural Monitoring. ASAR 2019 - Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar Workshop, Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert, Quebec October 1 -3, 2019. [Presentation]

M. Hosseini, H. McNairn, S. Mitchell, L. Dingle Robertson, A.M. Davidson, D. de Abelleyra, S. Veron, N. Ahmadian, C. Conrad, V. Kumar, D. Mandal, A. Bhattacharya, Y. S. Rao, K. Dabrowska-Zielinska, A. Shelestov, N. Kussul, N. Saliendra. 2019. Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms and Water Cloud Model for Leaf Area Index Estimation over Agricultural Fields. ASAR 2019 - Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar Workshop, Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert, Quebec October 1 -3, 2019. [Presentation]

H. McNairn, M. Hosseini, L. Dingle Robertson, A.M. Davidson, S. Mitchell and K. Dabrowska-Zielinska. 2019. Retrieval of crop biophysical parameters using C-band: Preparing for the RADARSAT-Constellation. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2019, July 2019, Yokohama, Japan.[Presentation]

M. Hosseini, H. McNairn, S. Mitchell, A.M. Davidson and L. Dingle-Robertson. 2019. Comparison of machine learning algorithms and water cloud model for Leaf Area Index estimation over corn fields. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2019, July 2019, Yokohama, Japan.[Presentation]

L. Dingle-Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H. McNairn, M. Hosseini, and S. Mitchell. 2019. Assessment of multi-frequency SAR for crop type classification and mapping. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2019, July 2019, Yokohama, Japan.[Presentation]

L. Dingle-Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H. McNairn, M. Hosseini, and S. Mitchell. 2019. Compact polarimetry for agricultural mapping and inventory: Preparation for RADARSAT Constellation Mission. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2019, July 2019, Yokohama, Japan.[Presentation]

L. Dingle Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H. McNairn, M. Hosseini, S. Mitchell, D. de Abelleyra, S. Veron, P. Defourny, G. le Maire, M. Planells, S. Valero, N. Ahmadian, S. Coffin, D. Bosch, M.H. Cosh, P. Siqueira, B. Basso and N. Saliendra. 2019. Using dense times-series of C-band SAR imagery for classification of diverse, worldwide agricultural systems. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2019, July 2019, Yokohama, Japan.[Presentation]

M. Hosseini, H. McNairn, S. Mitchell, A. Davidson and L. Dingle Robertson. 2019. Crop Growth Monitoring Using Compact-Polarimetry SAR Data. PolIInSAR 2019. January 2019, Frascatti, Italy. [Presentation]

L. Dingle-Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H. McNairn, M. Hosseini, S. Mitchell, D. de Abelleyra, S. Veron, P. Defourny, G. le Maire, M. Planells, S. Valero, N. Ahmadian, V. Kumar, A. Coffin, D. Bosch, M.H. Cosh, P. Siqueira, B. Basso and N. Saliendra. 2018. JECAM SAR Inter-Comparison Experiment: Crop Type Identification and Mapping. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting. December 2018, Washington DC, USA. [Presentation]

L. Dingle-Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H. McNairn, M.Hosseini, S.W. Mitchell, D. de Abelleyra, S. Veron and M.H. Cosh. 2018. SAR speckle filtering and agriculture field size: Development of SAR data processing best practices for the JECAM SAR Inter-comparison experiment. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2018, Valencia, Spain.[Presentation]

M.Hosseini, H. McNairn, S.W. Mitchell, A.M. Davidson and L. Dingle-Robertson. 2018. Combination of Optical and SAR Sensors for Monitoring Biomass over Corn Fields. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2018, Valencia, Spain. [Presentation]

H. McNairn, M.Hosseini, S. Veron, D de Abelleyra, L. Dingle-Robertson, A.M. Davidson, S.W. Mitchell and M. Cosh. 2018. SAR Speckle Filtering and Agriculture Field Size: Development of SAR Data Processing Best Practices for the JECAM SAR Inter-comparison Experiment. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2018, Valencia, Spain. [Presentation]

M. Green, T. Huffman, B. Daneshfar, A.M. Davidson and T. Martin. 2018. Mapping urban form and ecological infrastructure by combining global datasets. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [Poster]

A.M. Davidson. 2018. Earth Observation at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: User Needs, Research and Operations. Emerging Technologies and Methods in Earth Observation for Agricultural Monitoring. 12-16 February, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD, USA. [Presentation]

A.M. Davidson. 2018. Earth Observation at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: Challenges in Transitioning from Research to Operations. Emerging Technologies and Methods in Earth Observation for Agricultural Monitoring. 12-16 February, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD, USA. [Presentation]

L. Dingle-Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H. McNairn, M. Hosseini and S. Mitchell. 2018. JECAM SAR Inter-Comparison Experiment: Crop Type Identification and Mapping. Emerging Technologies and Methods in Earth Observation for Agricultural Monitoring. 12-16 February, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD, USA. [Presentation]

M. Hosseini, H.McNairn, S. Mitchell, A.M. Davidson and L. Dingle-Robertson. 2018. JECAM SAR Inter-Comparison Experiment: LAI & Biomass. Emerging Technologies and Methods in Earth Observation for Agricultural Monitoring. 12-16 February, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD, USA. [Presentation]

S. Cahill, B. Daneshfar, A.M. Davidson, C. Poff, B. Qian and Y. Zhang. 2017. Aggregation of weather data for agricultural policy analysis. Agricultural Economics Society Annual Meeting, June 20, 2017, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Presentation]

B. Houston, E. Lindsay and A.M. Davidson. 2017. Mapping Canada's Rangeland and Forage Resources using Earth Observation. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Jan 29 - Feb 2, 2017, St George, Utah, USA. [Presentation]

L. Dingle-Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H.McNairn, M. Hosseini and S. Mitchell. 2017. The Joint Experiment for Crop Assessment and Monitoring (JECAM): Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Inter-Comparison Experimen. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, December 2017, New Orleans, USA. [Presentation]

M. Hosseini, H.McNairn, A.M. Davidson and L. Dingle-Robertson. 2017. Monitoring Crop Leaf Area Index and Biomass Using A Combination of Synthetic Aperture Radar and Optical Sensors. SPIE Annual Meeting, September 2017, Warsaw, Poland. [Presentation]

L. Dingle-Robertson, A.M. Davidson, H.McNairn, M. Hosseini and S. Mitchell. 2017. JECAM Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Inter-Comparison Experiment, Emerging Technologies And Methods In Earth Observation For Agricultural Monitoring. JECAM Annual Meeting, June 2017, Rome, Italy. [Presentation]

M. Hosseini, H.McNairn, S. Mitchell, L. Dingle-Robertson and A.M. Davidson. 2017. Monitoring Crop Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Biomass Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). JECAM Annual Meeting, June 2017, Rome, Italy. [Presentation]

A.K. Whitcraft, C. Champagne, B. Daneshfar and A.M. Davidson. 2016. Reducing the Impact of Cloud Cover on Operational Crop Inventories. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2016, December, San Francisco, CA, USA. [Poster]

E. Lindsay, A.M. Davidson and D. King. 2016. Mapping Canada's Rangeland and Forage Resources using Earth Observation. 10th International Rangeland Congress, June 16-22, 2016. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Presentation]

A.M. Davidson. 2016. Take-Up of Innovative Applications by the Government of Canada in the Agricultural World. Invited Speaker, OECD Space Forum Workshop: Innovation Drivers in Downstream Space Activities, June 9-10, 2016. European Space Agency, Harwell, UK. [Presentation]

C. Champagne, A.M. Davidson, A. Chipanshi, Y. Zhang and B. Daneshfar. 2016. Developing a National Crop Metrics Monitoring System: Validation Needs and Strategies for Earth Observation Information. The role of site-based measurements in agricultural monitoring: A workshop to promote collaborations between the USDA (NASS and LTAR) and GEOGLAM (JECAM, RAPP). USDA ARS, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment (NLAE) Ames, IA, USA; 24-26 May 2016.[Presentation]

B. Daneshfar, A.M. Davidson and Ian Jarvis. 2016. Estimating the Required Minimum Spatial Density of Field Level Yield Data to Create Provincial and National Interpolated Crop Yield Maps.. The role of site-based measurements in agricultural monitoring: A workshop to promote collaborations between the USDA (NASS and LTAR) and GEOGLAM (JECAM, RAPP). USDA ARS, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment (NLAE) Ames, IA, USA; 24-26 May 2016.[Presentation]

A.M. Davidson. 2016. Space for Agriculture: Challenges & Opportunities to supporting a Competitive Agricultural sector in Canada. Invited Speaker, Workshop on innovations in food and agriculture system: Policies to foster productive and sustainable solutions. February 25-26, 2016. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France. [Presentation]

Y. Zhang, B. Daneshfar, A. Chipanshi, C. Champagne, A.M. Davidson and A. McVittie. 2015. Earth Observation Based Canadian Crop Yield Forecasting -- Impact of Spatial Modeling Scale . American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015. 14-18 December, San Francisco, CA, USA. [Presentation]

C. Champagne, J. Brown, T. Tadesse, T. Hadwen, A.M. Davidson and R. Warren. 2015. Monitoring Agricultural Drought in Canada using the Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI). American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015. 14-18 December, San Francisco, CA, USA. [Presentation]

C. Champagne, P. Cherneski, T. Hadwen and A.M. Davidson. 2014. A Multi-Sensor Approach to Satellite Soil Moisture Monitoring for Agricultural Climate Risk Assessment. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014. 15-19 December, San Francisco, CA, USA.

I. Jarvis, A.M. Davidson, C. Champagne and P. Defourney. 2014. The Joint Experiment for Crop Assessment and Monitoring (JECAM) Initiative: Developing methods and best practices for global agricultural monitoring . American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014. 15-19 December, San Francisco, CA, USA.

A.M. Davidson, S. Javorek, B. Daneshfar and I. Jarvis. 2014. EO-Based Habitat Suitability Analysis. Canadian Round Table On Sustainable Crops. 26-27 November, Ottawa, ON, Canada. [Presentation]

A.M. Davidson. 2014. Space for Agriculture: Supporting a Competitive and Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Sector Through Earth Observation. Keynote Address: Integrated Workshop On Geospatial Computing. 20-21 November, Kitchener, ON, Canada. [Presentation]

C. Qiao, B. Daneshfar, A.M. Davidson, I. Jarvis, T. Liu and T. Fisette. 2014. Integration of optical and polarimetric SAR imagery for locally accurate crop classification. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) / 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote sensing. 13-18 July 2014, Québec, PQ, Canada. [Presentation]

Y. Zhang, A. Chipanshi, N.N. newlands, L. Kouadio, A.M. Davidson, F. Bedard and G. Reichert. 2014. Forecasting the yield of three grain crops across Canada with the Integrated Canadian Crop Yield Forecaster (ICCYF). 31st Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference. Portland, OR, USA.

T. Fisette, P. Rollin, Z. Aly, L. Campbell, B. Daneshfar, P. Filyer, A. Smith, A.M. Davidson, J. Shang and I. Jarvis. 2013. AAFC Annual Crop Inventory: Status and Challenges. The Second International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics. Fairfax, VA, USA. [Poster]

J. Van Dusen, Y. Zhang, and A.M. Davidson. 2012. Spatial and temporal variations in the relationships between AVHRR- and MODIS-based vegetation indices in Canadian agricultural landscapes. A presentation to Statistics Canada, October 11th, Ottawa, Canada.

T. Fisette, P. Rollin, Aly Z, L. Campbell, A. Davidson, and B. Daneshfar. 2012. The AAFC Crop Inventory: Status and Challenges. 33rd Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, 11-14 Ottawa, Canada. [Poster]

N.A. Dobbin, A. Davidson, S. Cakmak, L. Sun, R. Martin, A. van Donkelaar, L. Lamsal and M. Johnson. 2011. Use of remote sensing estimates of NO2 and PM2.5 exposure in a study of hospital and emergency room visits in Ontario, Canada. ISEE 23rd Annual Conference, 13-16 September, Barcelona, Spain.

M. Johnson, N.A. Clark, R. Martin, A. van Donkelaar, L. Lamsal, A. Grgicak-Mannion, H. Chen, A. Davidson, and P. Villeneuve. 2010. Comparison of Remote Sensing, Land-use Regression, and Fixed-site Monitoring Approaches for Estimating Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution Within a Canadian Population-based Study of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Health. ISEE 22nd Annual Conference, 28 August - 1 September, Seoul, Korea. doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000392096.89890.3b [Abstract]

G. Mallach, A. Davidson, D. Ripley, E. Nethery, K. van Ryswyk, H. You, M. Fisher, W. Foster, E. Moore, T. Arbuckle and A. Wheeler. 2010. Assessing the Value of Including Global Position Systems in Personal Exposure Monitoring Studies. ISEE 22nd Annual Conference, 28 August - 1 September, Seoul, Korea. doi: 10.1097/ 01.ede.0000391944.55339.c8 [Abstract]

B. Deschamps, S.W. Mitchell, R. Virk, and A. Davidson. 2008. Mapping Dead Biomass in Upland Grasslands Using Ground-based Radiometry and Landsat Imagery. Canadian Association of Geographers Ontario (CAGONT), 17-19 October, Brock University, Canada. [Poster]

A. Davidson, A. Howard, K. Sun, M. Pregitzer and X. Geng. 2008. AAFC Medium-Resolution EO Data Activities for Agricultural Risk Assessment. North American Drought Monitor (NADM), 15-17 October, Ottawa, Canada. [Presentation]

J.A. Lee-Yaw, A. Davidson and D.M. Green. 2008. Linking Landscape Processes to Phylogeographic Patterns in the Wood Frog. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (JMIH), 23-28 July, Montréal, Canada. [Abstract]

A. Davidson, A. Howard, K. Sun, M. Pregitzer and V. Torontow. 2008. Using MODIS medium resolution remote sensing data to monitor hydroclimatic variability. Past and Future Climatic Variability: Applications to Water Resources Management in the Prairie Provinces, 17-18 March, Canmore, Canada. [Presentation]

A. Davidson, A. Howard, K. Sun, M. Pregitzer and V. Torontow. 2008. Monitoring drought conditions across Canada’s agricultural landscapes using MODIS weekly NDVI data.The North American Drought Monitor Canadian Workshop, 5-6 March, Guelph, Canada.

A. Howard, A. Davidson, K. Sun, M. Pregitzer and V. Torontow. 2008. Using MODIS daily L-2G reflectance data for monitoring crop and rangeland conditions across Canada's agricultural regions. Government of Canada Community of Practice Meeting, Near Real Time Information from Moderate Resolution Optical Imaging Sensors (NRT), 21-22 February, Ottawa, Canada.

A. Davidson. 2007. Diversity-productivity relations at a northern prairie site: An investigation using spectral data. Founders Seminar Series, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, 23 November, Ottawa, Canada. [Presentation]

N.K. Newlands and A. Davidson. 2007. Comparison of three methods for spatially interpolating daily precipitation and temperature across Canada. Invited talk to Statistics Department, Dalhousie University, 18 October, Halifax, Canada. [Abstract]

N.K. Newlands and A. Davidson. 2007. Comparison of three methods for spatially interpolating daily precipitation and temperature across Canada (ANUSPLIN, HYBRID, DAYMET). The International Environmetrics Society (TIES) Regional Meeting : Climate change and its environmental effects: monitoring, measuring, and predicting, 19 June - 21 June, Seattle, USA. [Presentation]

A. Davidson, K. Sun, M. Pregitzer, A. Howard and X. Geng. 2007. A sub-system for creating and distributing weekly NDVI composites from MODIS daily L-2G reflectance data. A presentation to the National Land and Water Information Service, 17 January, Ottawa, Canada.

A. Davidson, A. Howard, H. McNairn and M. Rahman. 2006. Towards a MODIS NDVI product for monitoring vegetation condition over Canada’s agricultural landscapes. A presentation to the National Land and Water Information Service, 11 October, Ottawa, Canada.

A. Davidson, S. Wang and R. Latifovic. 2006. Extracting features of lake ice phenology over Canada from daily AVHRR observations. Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Meeting, 29 May - 1 June, Toronto, Canada. [Poster]

A.P. Trishchenko, R. Latifovic, K.V. Khlopenkov, W.B. Park, J. Chen, Y. Luo, R. Fernandes, D. Pouliot, C. Ungureanu, S. Wang, A. Davidson and J. Cihlar.2005. Baseline 1-km AVHRR Data Set for 1981-2004 Period Derived at CCRS Over Canada and Northern US for Climate Change Research: Processing Methodology and First Results. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2005. [Presentation]

S. Wang, Y. Zhang, A.P. Trishchenko, R. Fernandes, A. Davidson and R. Latifovic. 2005. Impact of climate change on a boreal forest ecosystem: Projections by the EALCO model. Earth Sciences Sector, Reducing Canada's Vulnerability to Climate Change Program Workshop, 13-15 September, Ottawa, Canada. [Poster]

A. Davidson and S. Wang. 2005. A comparison of modelled and MODIS lake surface temperature observations across Canada. Earth Sciences Sector, Reducing Canada's Vulnerability to Climate Change Program Workshop, 13-15 September, Ottawa, Canada. [Poster]

A.P. Trishchenko., R. Latifovic, J. Chen, K.V. Khlopenkov, ...A. Davidson and J. Cihlar (12 authors). 2005. Satellite Earth Observation (EO) data archive of baseline 1-km products over Canada for 1981-2004 period: Data availability and first results.Earth Sciences Sector, Reducing Canada's Vulnerability to Climate Change Program Workshop, 13-15 September, Ottawa, Canada.

S. Wang, A.P. Trishchenko., K.V. Khlopenkov, A. Davidson. 2005. Surface albedo over northern latitudes: Diagnosing climate models with satellite observations. Earth Sciences Sector, Reducing Canada's Vulnerability to Climate Change Program Workshop, 13-15 September, Ottawa, Canada.

A. Davidson and S. Wang. 2005. Lake surface temperatures across Canada from satellite observations and its modelling. Adapting to Climate Change in Canada: Understanding Risks and Building Capacity, 4-7 May, Montréal, Canada. [Poster]

A. Davidson, S. Wang, and J. Wilmshurst. 2004. Using ground radiometry to estimate the canopy water content of northern prairie plant communities. Earth Observation of Canada's Landmass: results and future needs. Natural Resources Canada Workshop, September 30 - October 1, 2004, Ottawa, Canada. [Poster]

A. Davidson and S. Wang. 2004. Using In Situ Observations to Characterize Regional-Scale Patterns of Surface Albedo Across the North American Boreal Region. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract. May 16-21 2004, Montréal, Canada. [Poster]

S. Wang., A. Davidson, R. Latifovic and A.P. Trishchenko . 2004. The impact of drought on land surface albedo. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract. May 16-21 2004, Montréal, Canada. [Abstract]

A. Davidson and S. Wang. 2004. The effects of sampling resolution on the surface albedos of land cover types in the Canadian boreal region. Natural Resources Canada Climate Change Program (CCP) Workshop, February 17-19 2004, Ottawa, Canada.

A. Davidson and F. Csillag. 2002. Does sampling resolution influence the relationship between plant community diversity and aboveground productivity at a northern prairie site? An investigation using ground-based radiometry. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) Volume 2, 2002, 24-28 June 2002, Toronto, ON, Canada. pp1073-1075 [Full Text]

A. Davidson and F. Csillag. 2001. A comparison of geostatistics and nested analysis of variance for characterizing the spatial structure of patchy grassland: a study using simulated landscapes. Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS) 23rd Symposium on Remote Sensing, Québec, Canada, pp543-553. [Full Text]

F. Csillag, A. Davidson, S.W. Mitchell and M. Kertész. 2001. Scaling measurements of productivity-diversity relationships in the northern mixed grass prairie (Grasslands National Park, Canada). International Statistical Ecology Conference (ABUDIV 2001). Aug. 28 - Sep. 2 2001, Balatonfüred, Hungary. [Abstract]

S.W. Mitchell and A. Davidson. 2001. Heterogeneous landscape pattern and its impact on sampling and mapping: a multiscale simulation approach. Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), June 2-7 2001, Montréal, Canada. [Abstract]

A. Davidson, F. Csillag and M. Kertész. 2000. The effects of spatial pattern on diversity- productivity relationships in a northern mixed grass prairie. The Ecological Society of America (ESA). 6-10 August 2000, Snowbird, Utah, USA. [Abstract]

S.W. Mitchell, A. Davidson, F. Csillag, P. Fargey and S. McCanny. 2000. Prediction and monitoring of grassland productivity patterns at various scales. The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network's (EMAN) 6th Science Meeting. 17-21 January 2000, Toronto, ON, Canada. [Abstract]

A. Davidson and F. Csillag. 1998. Scale dependence of fine resolution measurements of northern grassland productivity and diversity. Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), June 4-9 1998, Ottawa, Canada. [Abstract]

F. Csillag, A. Davidson and S.W. Mitchell. 1997. Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Productivity and Diversity in Grasslands National Park: Scaling Remotely Sensed Data. Ecological Monitoring and Assesment Network (EMAN) Third Science Meeting. 21-25 January 1997, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. [Abstract]

F. Csillag, A. Davidson, S.W. Mitchell, B.K. Wylie, D. Wedin, H. Peat and M. Kertész. 1996. Subpixel spatio-temporal pattern analysis of remote sensing observations for the estimation of grassland biophysical parameters. IGARSS '96, 27-31 May 1996, Lincoln, NE, USA. [Full Text]

F. Csillag, A. Davidson, H. Peat, D. Wedin and M. Kertèsz. 1996. Spatiotemporal variability: A component in estimating ecological parameters by remote sensing in Grasslands National Park. Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG), May 11- 16 1996, Saskatoon, Canada. [Abstract]

F. Csillag, D. Meyer, H. Peat, D. Wedin, A. Davidson, and S.W. Mitchell. 1996. Scaling remote sensing observations for estimation of grassland ecological parameters from subpixel to landscape levels. International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) 1996, Vienna, Austria. [Abstract]

T. Tòth, F. Csillag, A. Davidson and M. Kertész. 1995. Mapping vegetation types and soil properties of alkali grasslands by adjusting resolution to local variability. The Fifth International Rangeland Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 1995. [Abstract]

A. Davidson and F. Csillag. 1994. Integrating remotely sensed and field data in a GIS for mapping salinity status of natural grassland patches. Canadian GIS and ISPRS Comission II Conference, Ottawa, June 4-7 1994. pp.1708-1718.

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