Robert Kennedy

Treesearch Publications

• Neha Hunka, Paul May, Chad Babcock, Jose Armando Alanis de la Rosa, Maria de los Angeles Soriano-Luna, Rafael Mayorga Saucedo, John Armston, Maurizio Santoro, Daniela Requena Suarez, Martin Herold, Natalia Malaga, Sean P. Healey, Robert Kennedy, Andrew T. Hudak, Laura Duncanson. 2025. A geostatistical approach to enhancing national forest biomass assessments with Earth Observation to aid climate policy needs
• Ate Poortinga, Biplov Bhandari, Nyein Soe Thwal, Nguyen Hanh Quyen, Jeff Silverman, Karis Tenneson, John Burns Kilbride, David M. Bell, Matthew Gregory, Robert Kennedy, David Saah. 2023. A near real-time mapping of tropical forest disturbance using SAR and semantic segmentation in Google Earth Engine
• Crystal Wespestad, Robert Kennedy, John Dilger, Karen Dyson, Eric Bullock, Nishanta Khanal, Raja Ram Aryal, Marija Kono, Ate Poortinga, David Saah, Karis Tenneson. 2021. Lessons learned while implementing a time-series approach to forest canopy disturbance detection in Nepal
• Ty C. Nietupski, Robert Kennedy, Hailemariam Temesgen, Becky K. Kerns. 2021. Spatiotemporal image fusion in Google Earth Engine for annual estimates of land surface phenology in a heterogenous landscape
• Andrew T. Hudak, Patrick A. Fekety, Van R. Kane, Robert Kennedy, Steven K. Filippelli, Michael J. Falkowski, Wade Tinkham, Alistair M. S. Smith, Nicholas L. Crookston, Grant M. Domke, Mark V Corrao, Benjamin C. Bright, Derek J. Churchill, Peter Gould, Robert McGaughey, Jonathan T. Kane, Jinwei Dong. 2020. A carbon monitoring system for mapping regional, annual aboveground biomass across the northwestern USA
• Benjamin C. Bright, Andrew T. Hudak, Robert Kennedy, Justin D. Braaten, Azad Henareh Khalyani. 2019. Examining post-fire vegetation recovery with Landsat time series analysis in three western North American forest types
• David M. Bell, Matthew J. Gregory, Van Kane, Jonathan Kane, Robert Kennedy, Heather M. Roberts, Zhiqiang Yang. 2018. Multiscale divergence between Landsat- and lidar-based biomass mapping is related to regional variation in canopy cover and composition
• Robert Kennedy, Janet Ohmann, Matt Gregory, Heather Roberts, Zhiqiang Yang, David M. Bell, Van Kane, M Joseph Hughes, Warren B. Cohen, Scott Powell, Neeti Neeti, Tara Larrue, Sam Hooper, Jonathan Kane, David Miller, James Perkins, Justin Braaten, Rupert Seidl. 2018. An empirical, integrated forest biomass monitoring system
• Benjamin C. Bright, Andrew T. Hudak, Arjan J. H. Meddens, Todd J. Hawbaker, Jennifer S. Briggs, Robert Kennedy. 2017. Prediction of forest canopy and surface fuels from lidar and satellite time series data in a bark beetle-affected forest
• Warren B. Cohen, Sean P. Healey, Zhiqiang Yang, Stephen V. Stehman, C. Kenneth Brewer, Evan B. Brooks, Noel Gorelick, Chengqaun Huang, M. Joseph Hughes, Robert Kennedy, Thomas R. Loveland, Gretchen Moisen, Todd A. Schroeder, James E. Vogelmann, Curtis E. Woodcock, Limin Yang, Zhe Zhu. 2017. How similar are forest disturbance maps derived from different Landsat time series algorithms?
• Sean P. Healey, Warren B. Cohen, Yang Zhiqiang, Ken Brewer, Evan Brooks, Noel Gorelick, Mathew Gregory, Alexander Hernandez, Chengquan Huang, Joseph Hughes, Robert Kennedy, Thomas Loveland, Kevin Megown, Gretchen Moisen, Todd A. Schroeder, Brian Schwind, Stephen Stehman, Daniel Steinwand, James Vogelmann, Curtis Woodcock, Limin Yang, Zhe Zhu. 2015. Next-generation forest change mapping across the United States: the landscape change monitoring system (LCMS)
• Raymond J. Davis, Janet Ohmann, Robert Kennedy, Warren B. Cohen, Matthew J. Gregory, Zhiqiang Yang, Heather M. Roberts, Andrew Gray, Thomas Spies. 2015. Northwest Forest Plan–the first 20 years (1994-2013): status and trends of late-successional and old-growth forests
• David Turner, William D Ritts, Robert Kennedy, Andrew Gray, Zhiqiang Yang. 2015. Effects of harvest, fire, and pest/pathogen disturbances on the West Cascades ecoregion carbon balance
• Garrett W. Meigs, Robert Kennedy, Andrew Gray, Matthew J. Gregory. 2015. Spatiotemporal dynamics of recent mountain pine beetle and western spruce budworm outbreaks across the Pacific Northwest Region, USA
• Benjamin C. Bright, Andrew T. Hudak, Robert Kennedy, Arjan J. H. Meddens. 2014. Landsat time series and lidar as predictors of live and dead basal area across five bark beetle-affected forests
• Robert Kennedy, Serge Andrefouet, Warren B. Cohen, Cristina Gomez, Patrick Griffiths, Martin Hais, Sean P. Healey, Eileen Helmer, Patrick Hostert, Mitchell B. Lyons, Garrett W. Meigs, Dirk Pflugmacher, Stuart R. Phinn, Scott Powell, Peter Scarth, Susmita Sen, Todd A. Schroeder, Annemarie Schneider, Ruth Sonnenschein, James E. Vogelmann, Michael A. Wulder, Zhe Zhu. 2014. Bringing an ecological view of change to Landsat-based remote sensing
• Todd A. Schroeder, Sean P. Healey, Gretchen Moisen, Tracey Frescino, Warren B. Cohen, Chengquan Huang, Robert Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang. 2014. Improving estimates of forest disturbance by combining observations from Landsat time series with U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis data
• Magdalena Main-Knorn, Warren B. Cohen, Robert Kennedy, Wojciech Grodzki, Dirk Pflugmacher, Patrick Griffiths, Patrick Hostert. 2013. Monitoring coniferous forest biomass change using a Landsat trajectory-based approach
• Karen G. Schleeweis, Samuel N. Goward, Chengquan Huang, Jeffrey G. Masek, Gretchen Moisen, Robert Kennedy, Nancy E. Thomas. 2013. Regional dynamics of forest canopy change and underlying causal processes in the contiguous US
• Scott Powell, Warren B. Cohen, Robert Kennedy, Sean P. Healey, Chengquan Huang. 2013. Observation of trends in biomass loss as a result of disturbance in the conterminous U.S.: 1986-2004
• Jeffrey G. Masek, Samuel N. Goward, Robert Kennedy, Warren B. Cohen, Gretchen Moisen, Karen Schleweiss, Chengquan Huang. 2013. United States forest disturbance trends observed with landsat time series
• Robert Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang, Warren B. Cohen, Eric Pfaff, Justin Braaten, Peder Nelson. 2012. Spatial and temporal patterns of forest disturbance and regrowth within the area of the Northwest Forest Plan
• Dirk Pflugmacher, Warren B. Cohen, Robert Kennedy. 2012. Using Landsat-derived disturbance history (1972-2010) to predict current forest structure
• Janet Ohmann, Matthew J. Gregory, Heather M. Roberts, Warren B. Cohen, Robert Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang. 2012. Mapping change of older forest with nearest-neighbor imputation and Landsat time-series
• John L. Campbell, Robert Kennedy, Warren B. Cohen, Richard F. Miller. 2012. Assessing the carbon consequences of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) encroachment across Oregon, USA
• David Turner, William D. Ritts, Zhiqiang Yang, Robert Kennedy, Warren B. Cohen, Maureen V. Duane, Peter E. Thornton, Beverly E. Law. 2011. Decadal trends in net ecosystem production and net ecosystem carbon balance for a regional socioecological system
• Dirk Pflugmacher, Olga N. Krankina, Warren B. Cohen, Mark A. Friedl, Damien Sulla-Menashe, Robert Kennedy, Peder Nelson, Tatiana V. Loboda, Tobias Kuemmerle, Egor Dyukarev, Vladimir Elsadov, Viacheslav I. Kharuk. 2011. Comparison and assessment of coarse resolution land cover maps for Northern Eurasia
• Melinda Moeur, Janet Ohmann, Robert Kennedy, Warren B. Cohen, Matthew J. Gregory, Zhiqiang Yang, Heather M. Roberts, Thomas Spies, Maria Fiorella. 2011. Northwest Forest Plan–the first 15 years (1994–2008): status and trends of late-successional and old-growth forests
• Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, Robert Kennedy. 2010. Detecting trends in forest disturbance and recovery using yearly Landsat time series: 2. TimeSync — Tools for calibration and validation
• Robert Kennedy, Zhiqiang Yang, Warren B. Cohen. 2010. Detecting trends in forest disturbance and recovery using yearly Landsat time series: 1. LandTrendr — Temporal segmentation algorithms
• Scott Powell, Warren B. Cohen, Sean P. Healey, Robert Kennedy, Gretchen Moisen, Ken Pierce, Janet Ohmann. 2010. Quantification of live aboveground forest biomass dynamics with Landsat time-series and field inventory data: A comparison of empirical modeling approaches
• Robert Kennedy, Philip A. Townsend, John E. Gross, Warren B. Cohen, Paul Bolstad, Y.Q. Wang, Phyllis Adams. 2009. Remote sensing change detection tools for natural resource managers: understanding concepts and tradeoffs in the design of landscape monitoring projects
• Robert Kennedy, Philip A. Townsend, John E. Gross, Warren B. Cohen, Paul Bolstad, Wang Y. Q., Phyllis Adams. 2009. Remote sensing change detection tools for natural resource managers: Understanding concepts and tradeoffs in the design of landscape monitoring projects
• Dirk Pflugmacher, Warren B. Cohen, Robert Kennedy, Michael Lefsky. 2008. Regional applicability of forest height and aboveground biomass models for the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
• Robert Kennedy, Warren B. Cohen, Todd A. Schroeder. 2007. Trajectory-based change detection for automated characterization of forest disturbance dynamics
• Warren B. Cohen, Sean P. Healey, Samuel Goward, Gretchen Moisen, Jeffrey G. Masek, Robert Kennedy, Scott Powell, Chengquan Huang, Nancy Thomas, Karen Schleeweis, Michael A. Wulder. 2007. Use of Landsat-based monitoring of forest change to sample and assess the role of disturbance and regrowth in the carbon cycle at continental scales
• Robert Kennedy, David Turner, Warren B. Cohen, Michael Guzy. 2006. A method to efficiently apply a biogeochemical model to a landscape.
• Warren B. Cohen, Thomas K. Maiersperger, David Turner, William D. Ritts, Dirk Pflugmacher, Robert Kennedy, Alan Kirschbaum, Steven W. Running, Marcos Costa, Stith T. Gower. 2006. MODIS land cover and LAI collection 4 product quality across nine states in the western hemisphere.
• Jeffrey T. Morisette, Jaime E. Nickeson, Paul Davis, Yujie Wang, Yuhong Tian, Curtis E. Woodcock, Nikolay Shabanov, Matthew Hansen, Warren B. Cohen, Doug R. Oetter, Robert Kennedy. 2003. High spatial resolution satellite observations for validation of MODIS land products: IKONOS observations acquired under the NASA scientific data purchase.