Nancy French

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Title
Senior Scientist
Department
Michigan Tech Research Institute
Institution
Michigan Technological University

Education

  • PhD Natural Resources

Research Interests

Remote Sensing   Global Change Bio   North America  

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Biography

Dr. French has been working on applications of remote sensing to ecology and vegetation studies for 25 years. Dr. French's primary interests are in the study of forest ecosystems and the application of remote sensing and geospatial analysis techniques to ecosystem studies. Her research has focused on wildfires and their effect on the structure and function of the forest ecosystem and the implications of fire to carbon cycling. In particular, Dr. French is developing approaches to use satellite data to monitor the spatial and temporal patterns of fire and fire emissions with integrated remote sensing and GIS tools and models. Among other projects, Dr. French is leading a project investigating the impact of wildfire on respiratory health. Dr. French serves on the Editorial Board and as an Assistant Editor for the International Journal of Wildland Fire. She is a member of the North American Carbon Program Science Steering Group. She has authored or co-authored more than 25 journal articles and more than 10 book chapters.

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List of Publications (14)
In 2013
14

Huang, Y., S. Wu, M. K. Dubey, and N. H. F. French (2013), Impact of aging mechanism on model simulated carbonaceous aerosols, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13(13), 6329-6343, doi:10.5194/acp-13-6329-2013.

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Thelen, B., N. H. F. French, B. W. Koziol, M. Billmire, R. C. Owen, J. Johnson, M. Ginsberg, T. Loboda , and S. Wu (2013), Modeling acute respiratory illness during the 2007 San Diego wildland fires using a coupled emissions-transport system and general additive modeling, Environmental Health, 12(1), 94, doi:10.1186/1476-069X-12-94.

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Loboda , T. V., N. H. F. French, C. Hight-Harf, L. K. Jenkins, and M. E. Miller (2013), Mapping fire extent and burn severity in Alaskan tussock tundra: An analysis of the spectral response of tundra vegetation to wildland fire, Remote Sensing of Environment. in press.

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11

Brown, D. G., D. T. Robinson, N. H. F. French, and B. C. Reed (Eds.) (2013), Land Use and the Carbon Cycle: Advances in Integrated Science, Management, and Policy, 564 pp., Cambridge University Press, New York.

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In 2011
10

Kasischke, E. S., T. Loboda, L. Giglio, N. H. F. French, E. E. Hoy, B. de Jong, and D. Riano (2011), Quantifying burned area from fires in North American forests: Implications for direct reduction of carbon stocks, J. Geophys. Res., 116, doi:10.1029/2011JG001707.

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Moreno Ruiz, J.A., Riano, D.A., Arbelo, M., French, N.H.F., Ustin, S.L. & Whiting, M.L., (2011) Burned area mapping time series in Canada (1984-1999) from NOAA-AVHRR LTDR: A comparison with other remote sensing products and fire perimeters. Remote Sensing of Environment, 17, 407-414, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.10.017.

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Grosse, G., J. Harden, M. Turetsky, A. D. McGuire, P. Camill, C. Tarnocai, S. Frolking, E. A. G. Schuur, T. Jorgenson, S. Marchenko, V. Romanovsky, K. P. Wickland, N. French, M. Waldrop, L. Bourgeau-Chavez and R. G. Striegl (2011). Vulnerability of high latitude soil organic carbon in North America to disturbance. Journal of Geophysical Research 116: G00K06.

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7

McKenzie, D., N.H.F. French, and R.D. Ottmar. (2011). A national fuels database and decision-support system for calculating consumption and carbon emissions from wildfires. EOS Transactions, 93(6), 57-58.

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In 2007
6

Soja, A. J., N. M. Tchebakova, N. H. F. French, M. D. Flannigan, H. H. Shugart, B. J. Stocks, A. I. Sukhinin, E. I. Parenova, F. S. Chapin, III and P. W. Stackhouse, Jr. (2007). Climate-induced boreal forest change: Predictions versus current observations. Global and Planetary Change 56: 274-296.

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In 2005
5

Kasischke, E.S., E.J. Hyer, P.C. Novelli, L.P. Bruhwiler, N.H.F. French, A.I. Sukhinin, J.H. Hewson, and B.J. Stocks. (2005) Influences of boreal fire emissions on Northern Hemisphere atmospheric carbon and carbon monoxide. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19:GB1012. doi:10.1029/2004GB002300.

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In 2004
4

Sukhinin, A. I., N. H. F. French, et al. 2004. "AVHRR-based mapping of fires in Russia: New Products for fire Management and carbon cycle studies." Remote Sensing of Environment 93: 546-564.

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In 2003
3

Hicke, J. A., G. P. Asner, E. S. Kasischke, N. H. F. French, J. T. Randerson, G. J. Collatz, B. J. Stocks, C. J. Tucker, S. O. Los, and C. B. Field (2003), Postfire response of North American net primary productivity analyzed with satellite observations, Global Change Bio., 9, 1145-1157.

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In 2002
2

Isaev, A.S., G.N. Korovin, S.A. Bartalev, D.V. Ershov, A. Janetos, E.S. Kasischke, H.H. Shugart, N.H.F. French, B.E. Orlick, and T.L. Murphy. 2002. Using remote sensing to assess Russian forest fire carbon emissions. Climatic Change 55:235-249.

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In 2001
1

Shugart, H. H., N. H. F. French, E. S. Kasischke, J. J. Slawski, C. W. Dull, R. A. Shuchman, and J. Mwangis (2001), Detection of vegetation change using reconnaissance imagery, Global Change Bio., 7, 247-252.

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