About
Dr. Campbell is an experienced scientist, forest engineer and ecologist by training.
Her research focus is on Remote Sensing for Natural Resources, specifically spectral analyses for assessment of vegetation condition, ecosystem monitoring and forest damage detection using reflectance and fluorescence measurements.
She has conducted numerous field campaigns, in US and abroad, collecting: vegetation traits, spectral and biophysical data for the analysis of satellite and airborne acquisitions.
Dr. Campbell is teaching undergraduate and graduate course on remote sensing for environmental applications. She has mentored undergraduate and graduate students and served on graduate student committees.
Research interests
Dr. Campbell’s research focus is on spectral analysis for the assessment of vegetation function and damage detection.
Dr. Campbell has experience collecting and analyzing vegetation reflectance and fluorescence measurements, ecosystem gas exchange parameters, as well as measuring other associated biophysical characteristics. She works with spectroscopy data collected in the laboratory, on the field, from aircraft, and from satellite for a variety of vegetation canopies (forests and crops, C3 and C4 vegetation).
Teaching interests
Dr. Campbell has the ability to teach courses in the following disciplines:
• Remote Sensing for natural resources management
• Ecosystem Health, Monitoring and Management -- Plant Physiological Ecology
• Forest Sylviculture; Forest Stand Dynamics
• Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Monitoring and Natural Resources Management.
At UMBC she has thought GES 481 undergraduate and GES 681 graduate class, Class title: Remote sensing for environmental applications
Education
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Ph D, Forest Analysis/Remote Sensing
— University of New Hampshire (2000)
REMOTE SENSING OF FOREST DAMAGE USING HYPERSPECTRAL METHODS IN THE KRUSNE HORY, CZECH REPUBLIC
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MS, Forest Sylviculture & Ecology
— University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1994)
Characterized the growth patterns of suppressed white pine in the development of Northern Hardwood forests, Quabbin Water Reservoir, MA.
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BS, Forest Engineering
— University of Forest Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria (1988)
Vegetative reproduction of Metasequoia gliptostroboides, application of bio-stimulators and the method in vitro
Publications
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Diurnal and Seasonal Variations in Chlorophyll Fluorescence Associated with Photosynthesis at Leaf and Canopy Scales
2019
Remote Sensing · 11 (5) · pp. 488
Petya K Campbell, Karl F Huemmrich, Elizabeth M Middleton, Lauren A Ward, Tommaso Julitta, Craig Daughtry, Andreas Burkart, Andrew Russ, William Kustas
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Diurnal and Seasonal Variations in Chlorophyll Fluorescence Associated with Photosynthesis at Leaf and Canopy Scales 2019
REMOTE SENSING · 11 (5)
Petya K. E Campbell,, Karl F Huemmrich, Elizabeth M Middleton, Lauren A Ward, Tommaso Julitta, Daughtry, Craig S. T., Andreas Burkart, Andrew L Russ, William P Kustas
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Photosynthetic Efficiency and Vegetation Stress
2018
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation, Second Edition · CRC Press
Petya K Campbell, Karl F Huemmrich, Qingyuan Zhang, Petya K Campbell, David Landis
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Describing prairie C4 plant species area coverage using hyperspectral reflectance
2018
International Journal of Remote Sensing
Karl F Huemmrich, Petya K Campbell, Sarah K Voorhies, David R Landis, Elizabeth M Middleton
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Comparison of Global and Continental Land Cover Products for Selected Study Areas in South Central and Eastern European Region 2018
REMOTE SENSING · 10 (12)
Ioannis Manakos, Monika Tomaszewska, Ioannis Gkinis, Olga Brovkina, Lachezar Filchev, Levent Genc, Ioannis Z Gitas, Andrej Halabuk, Melis Inalpulat, Anisoara Irimescu, Georgi Jelev, Konstantinos Karantzalos, Thomas Katagis, Lucie Kupkova, Mykola Lavreniuk, Minucer Mesaros, Denis Mihailescu, Mihai Nita, Tomas Rusnak, Premysl Stych, Frantisek Zemek, Jana Albrechtova, Petya K Campbell
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Variability of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence according to stand age-related processes in a managed loblolly pine forest 2018
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY · 24 (7) · pp. 2980-2996
Roberto Colombo, Marco Celesti, Remo Bianchi, Campbell, Petya K. E., Sergio Cogliati, Bruce D Cook, Lawrence A Corp, Alexander Damm, Jean-Christophe Domec, Luis Guanter, Tommaso Julitta, Elizabeth M Middleton, Asko Noormets, Cinzia Panigada, Francisco Pinto, Uwe Rascher, Micol Rossini, Anke Schickling
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ISS as a Platform for Optical Remote Sensing of Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes: A Case Study Using HICO
2017
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · 10 (10) · pp. 4360 - 4375
Karl F Huemmrich, Petya K Campbell, Bo-Cai Gao, Larry B Flanagan, Michael Goulden
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EO-1 Data Quality and Sensor Stability with Changing Orbital Precession at the End of a 16 Year Mission
2017
Remote Sensing · 9 (5) · pp. 19 pages
Shannon Franks, Christopher S.R Neigh, Petya K Campbell, Sun Guoqing, Tian Yao, Qingyuan Zhang, Karl F Huemmrich, Elizabeth Middleton, Stephen Ungar, Stuart Frye
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The 2013 FLEX—US Airborne Campaign at the Parker Tract Loblolly Pine Plantation in North Carolina, USA 2017
Remote Sensing · 9 (6) · pp. 612
E. Middleton, U Rascher, Petya K Campbell
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Detection of spatio-temporal changes of norway spruce forest stands in ore mountains using landsat time series and airborne hyperspectral imagery 2016
J Mišurec, V Kopačková, Z Lhotáková, Petya K Campbell, J Albrechtova
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Monitoring Orbital Precession of EO-1 Hyperion With Three Atmospheric Correction Models in the Libya-4 PICS
2016
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters · 13 (12) · pp. 1797-1801
C SR Neigh, J McCorkel, Petya K Campbell, L Ong, D Landis, E Middleton
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Steady state leaf chlorophyll fluorescence yield is related to the rate and the relative light saturation of photosynthesis.
2014
AGU Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, DOI: 0.1002/2014JG002713 · 119
Christiaan van der Tol, Joseph A Berry, Petya K Campbell, Uwe Rascher
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Arctic Tundra Vegetation Functional Types Based on Photosynthetic Physiology and Optical Properties 2013
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (J-STARS) · 6 (2) · pp. 265-275
Karl F Huemmrich, John Gamon, Craig Tweedie, Petya K Campbell, David Landis, Elizabeth Middleton
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Integrating Solar Induced Fluorescence and the Photochemical Reflectance Index for Estimating Gross Primary Production in a Cornfield 2013
Remote Sensing · 5 (12) · pp. 6857-6879
Yen-Ben Cheng, Elizabeth M Middleton, Qingyuan Zhang, Karl F Huemmrich, Petya K Campbell, Lawrence A Corp, Bruce D Cook, William P Kustas, Craig S Daughtry
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The Earth Observing One (EO-1) Satellite Mission: Over a Decade in Space 2013
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · 6(2):243 (2) · pp. 243
Elizabeth M Middleton, Petya K Campbell
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EO-1 Hyperion Reflectance Time Series at Calibration and Validation Sites: Stability and Sensitivity to Seasonal Dynamics. 2013
Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · 6 (2) (Special issue on EO-1) · pp. 276-290
Petya K Campbell, Elizabeth Middleton, Kurt Thome, Karl F Huemmrich, David Lagomasino, K. Novick, N. Brunsell
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Filling-in of near-infrared solar lines by terrestrial fluorescence and other geophysical effects: simulations and space-based observations from SCIAMACHY and GOSAT 2012
Atmos. Meas. Tech. · (5) · pp. 809-829
J. Joiner, Y. Yoshida, A. Vasilkov, E. Middleton, Petya K Campbell, A. Kuze, L. Corp
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Utilization of hyperspectral image optical indices to assess the Norway spruce forest health status
2012
Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · 6 (063545) · pp. 1-25
J. Mišurec, V Kopačková, L. Lhotáková, Petya K Campbell, J Albrechtová, J. Weyermann
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Spectral indices to monitor nitrogen-driven carbon uptake in field corn 2010
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing · 11/2010 (4)
Lawrence A Corp, Elizabeth M Middleton, Petya K Campbell
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Comparison of measurements and FluorMOD simulations for solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence and reflectance of a corn crop under nitrogen treatments 2009
International J. Remote Sensing · 29 (17-18) · pp. 5193-5213
Elizabeth M Middleton, Petya K Campbell
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Chlorophyll fluorescence contribution to the apparent red/near-infrared reflectance of vegetation 2008
Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier · 404 (2-3) · pp. 433-439
Petya K Campbell, Elizabeth M Middleton, L. A Corp, M. S Kim, E. W Chappelle
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Comparison of foliar fluorescence and reflectance measurements for the detection of vegetation stress 2007
Journal of Environmental Quality · 36 (2-3) · pp. 832-845
Petya K Campbell, Elizabeth M Middleton, L. A Corp
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Shoot growth processes, assessed by bud development types, reflect Norway spruce vitality and sink prioritization 2006
Forest Ecology and Management · 225 · pp. 337–348
T. Polak, B. N Rock, Petya K Campbell, J. Soukupova, B. Solcova, K. Zva´ra, J. Albrechtova
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Detection of initial damage in Norway spruce canopies using high spectral resolution airborne data. 2004
International Journal of Remote Sensing · 25 (24) · pp. 5557–5583
Petya K Campbell, B. N Rock, M. Martin, C. Neefus, J. Irons, E. M Middleton, J. Albrechtova
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Systematic Orbital Geometry-Dependent Variations in Satellite Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) Retrievals
no · Remote Sensing/MDPI · 12 (5) (2346)
Joanna Joiner, Yasuko Yoshida, Philipp Koeler, Petya K Campbell, Christian Frankenberg, Christaan van der Tol, Peiqi Yang, Nicholas Parazoo, Luis Guanter, Ying Sun
Creative Publications
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Diurnal and Seasonal Variations in Chlorophyll Fluorescence Associated with Photosynthesis at Leaf and Canopy Scales
2019
Remote Sensing · 11 (5) · pp. 488
Petya Campbell, Karl F Huemmrich, Elizabeth M Middleton, Lauren A Ward, Tommaso Julitta, Craig Daughtry, Andreas Burkart, Andrew Russ, William Kustas
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Photosynthetic Efficiency and Vegetation Stress
2018
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation, Second Edition · CRC Press
Elizabeth M Middleton, Karl F Huemmrich, Qingyuan Zhang, Petya K Campbell, David Landis
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ISS as a Platform for Optical Remote Sensing of Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes: A Case Study Using HICO
2017
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · 10 (10) · pp. 4360 - 4375
Karl F Huemmrich, Petya Campbell, Bo-Cai Gao, Larry B Flanagan, Michael Goulden
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EO-1 Data Quality and Sensor Stability with Changing Orbital Precession at the End of a 16 Year Mission
2017
Remote Sensing · 9 (5) · pp. 19 pages
Shannon Franks, Christopher S.R Neigh, Petya Campbell, Sun Guoqing, Tian Yao, Qingyuan Zhang, Karl F Huemmrich, Elizabeth Middleton, Stephen Ungar, Stuart Frye
Presentations
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A53R-2366 A multi-scale remote sensing approach to connect land-surface properties and boundary layer dynamics across heterogeneous landscapes. 2024
AGU Fall 2024 · Oral Presentation
Shawn Serbin (Author & Presenter), Alexander Kotsakis (Author), Antonia Gambacorta (Author), R Piepmeier (Author), Joseph A Santanello Jr (Author), Nathaniel W Chaney (Author), Andrew Feldman (Author), Gregory Elsaesser (Author), Ran Wang (Author), John A Gamon (Author), Karl F Huemmrich (Author), Petya K Campbell (Author), Karl F Huemmrich (Author)
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B21B-08Solar Induced Fluorescence and Reflectance Metrics for Improved Assessment of Photosynthesis of High Latitude Ecosystems – Satellite Product Prototypes from Leaf- and Tower-mounted Sensors. 2024
AGU Fall 2024 · Oral Presentation
Petya K Campbell (Author & Presenter), Karl F Huemmrich (Author), Christiaan van der Tol (Author), Shawn Serbin (Author), Benjamin Poulter (Author), Christopher Neigh (Author)
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GC24K-02PACE Terrestrial Products – a New View of Ecosystem Distributions, Phenology, and Function. 2024
AGU Fall 2024 · Oral Presentation
Karl F Huemmrich (Author & Presenter), Petya K Campbell (Author), Skyelar Caplan (Author), John A Gamon (Author), Ran Wang Wang (Author), Shawn Serbin (Author)
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Mapping Arctic Tundra Landscapes Using Multiscale Hyperspectral Data 2021
WHISPERS2021 Spectro Expo · Oral Presentation
Sergio Vargas (Author & Presenter), Karl F Huemmrich (Author), Petya K Campbell (Author), Craig Tweedie (Author), Robert Hollister (Author), Mark Carroll (Author), Elizabeth Middleton (Author), John Gamon (Author), Steven Oberbauer (Author)
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Linking Canopy Reflectance, SIF with Physiological Function For High Latitude Vegetation 2021
WHISPERS2021 Spectro Expo · Oral Presentation
Petya K Campbell (Author & Presenter), Karl F Huemmrich (Author), Peiqi Yang (Author), Sergio Vargas (Author), Joanna Joiner (Author), Yasuko Yoshida (Author), Craig Tweedie (Author), Christaan van der Tol (Author), Elizabeth Middleton (Author)
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Comparing the Seasonal Dynamics in Vegetation Function, Biophysical and Spectral Properties, Using Orbital Observations at Globally Distributed Flux Sites 2020
AGU 2020 · AGU · Oral Presentation
Petya K Campbell, Karl F Huemmrich, Petr Lukes, Christopher Neigh, Jana Albrechtova, Elizabeth Middleton
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MuSLI canopy chlorophyll content prototypes for assessment of vegetation function and productivity 2020
2020 NASA LCLUC Annual Virtual Science Team Meeting, October 19-21, 2020 · NASA · Oral Presentation
Petya K Campbell, Karl F Huemmrich, Christopher Neigh, Elizabeth Middleton, Jana Albrechtova, Petr Lukes, Zuzana Lhotakova, Lucie Kupkova
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Autonomous Spectral Systems for Monitoring Eco-physiological Dynamics -- leaf and canopy scales 2019
11th EARSeL, February 2019 · EARSeL · Oral Presentation
Petya KE Campbell (Author & Presenter), Philip Townsend, K. Fred Huemmrich, Elizabeth M Middleton, Dan Mandl, James McKinnon, Craig Daughtry
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Diurnal and Seasonal Dynamics in Chlorophyll Fluorescence, Xanthophyll Cycle and Photosynthetic Function at the OPE3 Cornfield, Greenbelt, MD 2018
AGU Fall Meeting · AGU · Lecture
Petya KE Campbell (Author & Presenter), K. Fred Huemmrich, Elizabeth M Middleton, Lauren Ward, Tomaso Julitta, Andreas Burkart
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Prototyping Multi-Source Land Imaging (MuSLI) Canopy Chlorophyll for the Assessment of Vegetation Function and Productivity 2018
AGU Fall Meeting · AGU · Poster
Petya KE Campbell (Author & Presenter), K. Fred Huemmrich, Cristopher Neigh, Elizabeth M Middleton, Jana Albrechtova, Petr Lukes
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Next Generation UAS Based Spectral Systems for Assessment of Vegetation Function 2017
AMERIFLUX/North American Carbon Program Annual Meeting · NASA/DoE · Poster
Petya K Campbell (Author & Presenter), Elizabeth Middleton (Author), Phillip Townsend (Author), Karl F Huemmrich (Author), Lawrence Corp (Author), Bruce Cook (Author), David Landis (Author), Qingyuan Zhang (Author), Andrew Russ (Author)
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EO-1 Spectral Time Series for Ecosystem Function/Production 2016
6th Annual HyspIRI Data Product Symposium and Aquatic Forum · NASA/GSFC · Oral Presentation
Petya K Campbell (Author & Presenter), Karl F Huemmrich (Author), Elizabeth Middleton (Author), Bruce Cook (Author), David Landis (Author), Andrew Russ (Author)
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Seasonal changes in vegetation spectral properties and biophysical properties associated with vegetation function 2016
AGU Fall Meeting · AGU · Oral Presentation
Petya K Campbell (Author & Presenter), Elizabeth Middleton (Author), Karl F Huemmrich (Author), Bruce Cook (Author), David Landis (Author), Andrew Russ (Author)
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Next Generation UAS Based Spectral Systems for Environmental Monitoring 2016
2016 HyspIRI Science and Applications Workshop · California Institute of Technology · Poster
Petya K Campbell (Author), Daniel Mandl (Author & Presenter), Phillip Townsend (Author), C. Kingdon (Author), V. Ly (Author), P. Cappelaere (Author), Robert Sohlberg (Author), Lawrence Corp (Author), Lawrence Ong (Author)
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NG Spectral UAS for Ecosystem Monitoring 2016
6th Annual HyspIRI Data Product Symposium and Aquatic Forum · NASA/GSFC · Oral Presentation
Petya K Campbell (Author), Daniel Mandl (Author & Presenter), Phillip Townsend (Author), C. Kingdon (Author), V. Ly (Author), P. Cappelaere (Author), Robert Sohlberg (Author), Lawrence Corp (Author), Lawrence Ong (Author)
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EO-1 Hyperion Reflectance Time Series: Satellite Remote Sensing of Vegetation Carbon Flux Dynamics 2015
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting & AmeriFlux Principal Investigators Meeting · NACP and AmeriFlux · Poster
Petya K Campbell (Author & Presenter), elizabeth Middleton (Author), Karl Fred Huemmrich (Author)
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Application of Airborne Remote Sensing to Define Terrestrial Ecosystem Form & Function 2015
5th NACP Principal Investigators Meeting & AmeriFlux Principal Investigators Meeting · NACP and AmeriFlux · Poster
Lawrence A Corp (Author & Presenter), Bruce Cook (Author), Elizabeth M Middleton (Author), Petya KE Campbell (Author), Karl F Huemmrich (Author)
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Diurnal and phenological changes in vegetation fluorescence and reflectance, indicative of vegetation photosynthetic properties and function. 2014
5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing of Vegetation Fluorescence · ESA · Poster
Petya K Campbell (Author), Elizabeth M Middleton
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Daily light use efficiency in a corn field can be related to the canopy red/far-red fluorescence ratio and leaf light use efficiency across a growing season. In proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing of Vegetation Fluorescence 2014
5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing of Vegetation Fluorescence · ESA/NASA · Oral Presentation
Elizabeth M Middleton (Author), Cheng, Petya K Campbell
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Daily light use efficiency in a corn field can be related to the canopy red/far-red fluorescence ratio and leaf light use efficiency across a growing season. In proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing of Vegetation Fluorescence 2014
5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing of Vegetation Fluorescence · ESA/NASA · Oral Presentation
Elizabeth M Middleton (Author), Cheng, Petya K Campbell
Grants and Contracts
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GOFC-GOLD, South Central and Eastern European Regional Information Network (SCERIN) 2024
NASA/Task 122; UMBC Project GESTAR II · Grant · Funded
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NASA Surface Biology and Geology (SBG), Scientific support for SBG mission planning 2024
NASA/Task 122, GESTAR II · Grant
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Next Generation UAV Based Spectral Systems for Environmental Monitoring 2015
NASA/ROSES Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST) research opportunity · Grant · Funded
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Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes (HRS TECF) 2015
CASIS · Grant · Funded
Karl F Huemmrich (Principal), Petya K Campbell (Co-Principal)
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NASA Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) Mission, Scientific support for Hyperion data analysis and product development 2010
NASA/Task 306 Funds · Grant · Funded
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Assessing ecosystem sustainability and urban boundaries 2010
NASA, Nat'l Aero & Space Admin 43.001 · Grant · Funded
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Spectral Bio-Indicators of Ecosystem Photosynthetic Efficiency II: Synthesis and Integration 2010
NASA/Task 306 Funds · Grant · Funded
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SGER: Applications of Solar Induced Fluorescence 2005
National Science Foundation (NSF), Biological Sciences · Grant · Funded
Petya K Campbell (Principal), Petya K Campbell
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GOFC-GOLD, South Central and Eastern European Regional Information Network (SCERIN)
NASA/Task 178; UMBC Project JCET0178 · Grant · Funded
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NASA Surface Biology and Geology (SBG), Scientific support for SBG mission planning
NASA/Task 178 Funds · Grant
Courses Taught
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Remote Sensing for Environmental Applications and Digital Image Processing
GES 481 · Spring 2024
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Remote Sensing for Environmental Applications and Digital Image Processing
GES 481 · Spring 2022
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Remote Sensing for Envirnmental Applications
GES 681 · Spring 2020
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Digital Image Processing
GES 481 · Spring 2020
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Remote Sensing for Envirnmental Applications
GES 681 · Spring 2018
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Remote Sensing for Envirnmental Applications
GES 681 · Spring 2016
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Digital Image Processing
GES 481 · Spring 2016
