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**Feng Gao, Ph.D.*****Research Physical Scientist*****USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory****Bldg. 007, Rm. 101, BARC-West****Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA****Voice: (301) 504-6576****Fax: (301) 504-8931****Feng.Gao@usda.gov** **Research Interests:**(click here to see a list of current research projects) Crop phenology and yield mapping at field scales
Crop condition monitoring using remote sensing imagery
Spatial and temporal multi-sensor data fusion for vegetation condition and water use monitoring
Surface biophysical parameters retrieval for land surface modeling
Land cover and land use change detection using time-series remote sensing data  **Education:** 1989 B.S. (Geology) Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
1992 M.E. (Remote Sensing) Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
1998 Ph.D. (Geography) Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
2003 M.S. (Computer Science) Boston University, Boston, MA.  **Professional Experience:** 1992 - 1998: Research Associate Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China.
1996 - 1997: Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Science and Mathematics, Department of Geography, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA.
1998 - 2004: Research Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography and Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, Boston, MA.
2004 - 2011: Research Scientist, Earth Resources Technology Inc. and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
2011 - present: Research Physical Scientist, USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD.  **Honors and Awards:** Arthur S. Flemming Award for Outstanding Government Service (Applied Science and Engineering), Arthur S. Flemming Awards Commission and the George Washington University, 2018.
Group Pecora Award to the Landsat 8 Team, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2014.
Group Achievement Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 2012.
Year 2010 Entrepreneurial Spirit Award, Earth Resources Technology (ERT) Inc., 2010.
Year 2009 Peer Award for Outstanding Research Associate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, 2009.
Year 2007 Exceptional Employee Performance/Contribution, Earth Resources Technology (ERT) Inc., 2007.
The First-class Science and Technology Advancement Award, Chinese Ministry of Education, 2000.
Outstanding Young Scientist Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nanjing Branch), 1998.
The Second-class Science and Technology Advancement Award, Chinese Ministry of Forestry, 1996.
1995-1996 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, Beijing Normal University, 1996.
1992 Presidential Award for the Distinguished Graduate Student, Zhejiang University, 1992.
The First-Class Award in the Second National Challenge Cup for the Best Science and Technology Innovations for University Students, Chinese Ministry of Education, 1991.  **Publication Databases:** ARIS
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ResearchGate  **Selected Publications:** Xue, J., Anderson, M.C., **Gao, F.** et al. Improving the spatiotemporal resolution of remotely sensed ET information for water management through Landsat, Sentinel-2, ECOSTRESS and VIIRS data fusion. Irrig Sci. doi:10.1007/s00271-022-00799-7. 2022. Bhattarai, N., D’Urso, G., Kustas, W.P., Bambach-Ortiz, N., Anderson, M., McElrone, A.J., Knipper, K.R., **Gao, F.**, Alsina, M.M., Aboutalebi, M., Mckee, L., Alfieri, J.G., Prueger J.H., Belfiore, O.R. Influence of modeling domain and meteorological forcing data on daily evapotranspiration estimates from a Shuttleworth–Wallace model using Sentinel-2 surface reflectance data. Irrig Sci. doi:10.1007/s00271-022-00768-0. 2022. Yang Y., Anderson M., **Gao F.**, Xue J., Knipper K., Hain C. Improved Daily Evapotranspiration Estimation Using Remotely Sensed Data in a Data Fusion System. Remote Sensing. 14(8):1772. doi:10.3390/rs14081772. 2022. Chen, F., Lei, F., Knipper, K., **Gao, F.** et al. Application of the vineyard data assimilation (VIDA) system to vineyard root-zone soil moisture monitoring in the California Central Valley. Irrig Sci. doi:10.1007/s00271-022-00789-9. 2022. Burchard-Levine, V., Nieto, H., Kustas, W.P., **Gao, F.** et al. Application of a remote-sensing three-source energy balance model to improve evapotranspiration partitioning in vineyards. Irrig Sci. doi:10.1007/s00271-022-00787-x. 2022. Kustas, W.P., Nieto, H., Garcia-Tejera, Bambach, O.N., McElrone, A.J., **Gao, F.** et al. Impact of advection on two-source energy balance (TSEB) canopy transpiration parameterization for vineyards in the California Central Valley. Irrig Sci. doi:10.1007/s00271-022-00778-y. 2022. Nieto, H., Alsina, M.M., Kustas, W.P., García-Tejera, O., Chen, F., Bambach N., **Gao, F.** et al. Evaluating different metrics from the thermal-based two-source energy balance model for monitoring grapevine water stress. Irrig Sci. doi:10.1007/s00271-022-00790-2. 2022. Gao, R., Torres-Rua, A.F., Aboutalebi, M., White, W.A., Anderson, M., Kustas, W.P., Agam, N., Alsina, M.M., Alfieri, J., Hipps, L., Dokoozlian, N., Nieto, H., **Gao, F.**, McKee, L.G., Prueger, J.H., Sanchez, L., Mcelrone, A.J., Bambach-Ortiz, N., Coopmans, C., Gowing, I.. LAI estimation across California vineyards using sUAS multi-seasonal multi-spectral, thermal, and elevation information and machine learning. Irrig Sci. doi:10.1007/s00271-022-00776-0. 2022. **Gao F.**, Anderson M.C., Johnson D.M., Seffrin R., Wardlow B., Suyker A., Diao C., Browning D.M. Towards Routine Mapping of Crop Emergence within the Season Using the Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Dataset. Remote Sensing. 13(24):5074. doi:10.3390/rs13245074. 2021. Kearney, S.P., Porensky, L.M., Augustine, D.J., Derner, J.D., **Gao, F.** 2021. Predicting spatial-temporal patterns of diet quality and large herbivore performance using satellite time series. Ecological Applications. doi:10.1002/eap.2503. 2021. Yang, Y., Anderson, M.C., **Gao, F.**, Wood, J.D., Gu, L., Hain, C. Studying drought-induced forest mortality using high spatiotemporal resolution evapotranspiration data from thermal satellite imaging. Remote Sensing of Environment. 265/112640. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2021.112640. 2021. Xue, J., Anderson, M.C., **Gao, F.**, Hain, C., Yang, Y., Knipper, K.R., Kustas, W.P., Yang, Y. Mapping daily evapotranspiration at field scale using the Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 dataset, with sharpened VIIRS as a Sentinel-2 thermal proxy. Remote Sensing. 13:3420. doi:10.3390/rs13173420. 2021. Kang, Y., Ozdogan, M., **Gao, F.**, Anderson, M.C., White, W.A., Yang, Yun, Yang, Yang, Erickson, T.A. A data-driven approach to estimate leaf area index for Landsat images over the contiguous US. Remote Sens. Environ. 258, 112383. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112383. 2021. Yang, Y., Anderson, M.C., **Gao, F.**, Johnson, D.M., Yang, Y., Sun, L., Dulaney, W., Hain, C., Otkin, J.A., Prueger, J., Meyers, T., Bernacchi, C.J., Moore, C.E. Phenological corrections to a field-scale, ET-based crop stress indicator: an application to yield forecasting across the U.S. Corn Belt. Remote Sensing of Environment. 257, 112337.doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112337. 2021. Diao, C., Yang, Z., **Gao, F.**, Zhang, X., Yang, Z. Hybrid phenology matching model for robust crop phenological retrieval. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 181, 308–326. doi: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2021.09.011. 2021. Zhang, X., **Gao. F.**, Wang, J., Ye, Y. Evaluating a spatiotemporal shape-matching model for the generation of synthetic high spatiotemporal resolution time series of multiple satellite data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation. 104, 102545. doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2021.102545. 2021. **Gao, F**., Zhang, X.Y. Mapping crop phenology in near real-time using satellite remote sensing: challenges and opportunities. Journal of Remote Sensing. doi: 10.34133/2021/8379391. 2021. Wong, A., Jin, Y., Medellin-Azuara, J., Paw, K., Kent, E., Clay, J., **Gao, F.**, Fisher, J., Rivera, G., Lee, C., Hemes, K., Echelmann, E., Baldocchi, D., Hook, S. Multiscale assessment of agricultural consumptive water use in California's central valley. Water Resources Research. 5. doi: 10.1029/2020WR028876. 2021. D’Urso G., Bolognesi S.F., Kustas W.P., Knipper K.R., Anderson M.C., Alsina M.M., Hain C.R., Alfieri J.G., Prueger J.H., **Gao F.**, McKee L.G., De Michele C., McElrone A.J., Bambach N., Sanchez L., Belfiore O.R. Determining evapotranspiration by using combination equation models with Sentinel-2 data and comparison with thermal-based energy balance in a California irrigated vineyard. Remote Sensing. 13(18), 3720. doi: 10.3390/rs13183720. 2021. Taylor, S.D., Browning, D.M., Baca, R.A., **Gao, F**. Constraints and Opportunities for Detecting Land Surface Phenology in Drylands. Journal of Remote Sensing. doi: 10.34133/2021/9859103. 2021. Carpintero, E., Anderson, M.C., Andreu, A., Hain, C., **Gao, F.**, Kustas, W.P., González-Dugo, M.P. Estimating evapotranspiration of mediterranean oak savanna at multiple temporal and spatial resolutions. Implications for water resources management. Remote Sensing. 13(18), 3701. doi: 10.3390/rs13183701. 2021. **Gao, F.**, Anderson, M.C., Daughtry, C.S., Karnieli, A., Hively, W.D., Kustas, W.P. A within-season approach for detecting early growth stages in corn and soybean using high temporal and spatial resolution imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment. 242, 11752. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.111752. 2020. Cao, Z., Chen, S., **Gao, F.**, Li, X. Improving phenological monitoring of winter wheat by considering sensor spectral response in spatiotemporal image fusion. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. doi: 10.1016/j.pce.2020.102859. 2020. Shuai, Y., Tuerhanjiang, L., Shao, C., **Gao, F.**, Zhou, Y., Xie, D., Liu, T., Liang, J., Chu, N. Re-understanding of land surface albedo and related terms in satellite-based retrievals. Big Earth Data. doi: 10.1080/20964471.2020.1716561. 2020. Zhang, X., Wang, J. , Henebry, G., **Gao, F.** Development and evaluation of a new algorithm for detecting 30m land surface phenology from VIIRS and HLS time series. Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. doi: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.01.012. 2020. Lei, F., Crow, W.T., Kustas, W.P., Dong, J., Yang, Y., Knipper, K., Anderson, M.C., **Gao, F.**, Notarnicola, C., Greifeneder, F., McKee, L.G., Alfieri, J.G., Hain, C., Dokoozlian, N. Data assimilation of high-resolution thermal and radar remote sensing retrievals for soil moisture monitoring in a drip-irrigated vineyard. Remote Sensing of Environment. 239, 111622. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111622. 2020. **Gao, F.**, Anderson, M.C., Hively, W.D. Detecting cover crop end-of-season using VENμS and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. Remote Sensing. 12, 3524. doi: 10.3390/rs12213524. 2020. Sun, L., **Gao, F.**, Xie, D., Anderson, M., Chen, R., Yang, Y., Yang, Y., Chen, Z. Reconstructing daily 30 m NDVI over complex agricultural landscapes using a crop reference curve approach. Remote Sensing of Environment. 112156. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112156. 2020. Xue, J., Anderson, M.C., **Gao, F.**, Hain, C., Sun, L., Yang, Y., Knipper, K., Kustas, W.P.,  Torres-Rua, A., Schull, M. Sharpening ECOSTRESS and VIIRS land surface temperature using harmonized Landsat-Sentinel surface reflectances. Remote Sensing of Environment. 251, 112055. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112055. 2020. Anderson, M.C., Yang, Y., Xue, J., Knipper, K.R., Yang, Y., **Gao**, **F. ,**Hain, C., Kustas, W.P., Cawse-Nicholson, K., Hulley, G., Fisher, J.B., Alfieri, J.G., Meyers, T., Prueger, J., Baldocchi, D., Rey-Sanchez, C. Interoperability of ECOSTRESS and Landsat for mapping evapotranspiration time series at sub-field scale. Remote Sensing of Environment. 252, 112189. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112189. 2020. Mourad, R., Jaafar, H., Anderson, M., **Gao, F.** Assessment of leaf area index models using harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 surface reflectance data over a semi-arid irrigated landscape. Remote Sensing. 12(19), 3121. doi: 10.3390/rs12193121. 2020. Ohana-Levi, N., Knipper, K., Kustas, W.P., Anderson, M.C., Netzer, Y., **Gao, F.**, Alsina, M.M., Sanchez, L.A., Karnieli, A. Using satellite thermal-based evapotranspiration time series for defining management zones and spatial association to local attributes in a vineyard. Remote Sensing. 12(15), 2436. doi: 10.3390/rs12152436. 2020. Wilson, T.G., Kustas, W.P., Alfieri, J.G., Anderson, M.C., **Gao, F.**, Prueger, J.H., McKee, L.G., Alsina, M.M., Sanchez, L.A., Alstad, K.P. Relationships between soil water content, evapotranspiration, and irrigation measurements in a California drip-irrigated Pinot noir vineyard. Agricultural Water Management. 237, 106186. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106186. 2020. Anderson, M., Diak, G., **Gao, F.**, Knipper, K., Hain, C., Eichelmann, E., Hemes, K., Baldocchi, D., Kustas, W., Yang, Y. Impact of insolation data source on remote sensing retrievals of evapotranspiration over the California Delta. Remote Sensing. 11(3), 216. doi: 10.3390/rs11030216. 2019. Wulder, M., Loveland, T., Roy, D., Crawford, C., Masek, J., Woodcock, C., Allen, R., Anderson, M.C., Belward, A., Cohen, W., Dwyer, J., Erd, A., **Gao, F.**, Griffiths, P., Helder, D., Hermosilla, T., Hipple, J., Hostert, P., Hughes, M., Huntington, J., Johnson, D., Kennedy, R., Kilic, A., Li, Z., Lymburner, L. Current status of Landsat program, science, and applications. Remote Sensing of Environment. 225, 127-147. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.02.015. 2019. Tao, H., **Gao, F.**, Liang, S., Peng, Y. Mapping climatological bare soil albedos over the contiguous United States using MODIS data. Remote Sensing. 11, 666. doi: 10.3390/rs11060666. 2019. Knipper K., Kustas, W., Anderson, M., Alfieri, J., Prueger, J., **Gao, F.**, McKee, L., Alisina, M., Hain, C., and Sanchex, L. Using high-spatiotemporal thermal satellite ET retrievals for near-real time water use and stress monitoring in a California vineyard. Remote Sensing. 11(18), 2124. doi: 10.3390/rs11182124. 2019. Qian, Y., Yang, Z., Di, L., Rahman, M., Xue, L., Tan, Z., **Gao, F.**, Yu, E., Zhang, X. Crop Growth Condition Assessment at County Scale Based on Heat-Aligned Growth Stages.  Remote Sensing. 11, 2439. doi:10.3390/rs11202439. 2019. He, T., Liang, S., Wang, D., Cao, Y., **Gao, F.**, Yu, Y and Feng, M. Evaluating land surface albedo estimation from Landsat MSS, TM, ETM+, and OLI data based on the unified direct estimation approach. Remote Sensing of Environment. 204, 181-196. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2017.10.031. 2018. Yang, Y., Anderson, M.C., **Gao, F.**, Wardlow, B., Hain, C., Otkin, J., Alfieri, J.G., Yang, Yun, Sun, L., Dulaney, W.P. Field-scale mapping of evaporative stress indicators of crop yield: an application over Mead, Nebraska Remote Sensing of Environment. 210, 387-402. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.020. 2018. Kwan, C., Budavari, B., **Gao, F.** and Zhu, X. A hybrid color mapping approach to fusing MODIS and Landsat images for forward prediction. Remote Sensing. 10(4), 520. doi:10.3390/rs10040520. 2018. Kwan, C., Zhu, X., **Gao, F.**, Chou1, B., Perez, D., Li, J., Shen, Y., Koperski, K. and  Marchisio, G. Assessment of spatiotemporal fusion algorithms for Planet and Worldview images. Sensors. 18(4), 1051. doi:10.3390/s18041051. 2018. Kustas, W., Anderson, M.C., Alfieri, J.G., Knipper, K., Torres-Rua, A., Parry, C.K., Nieto, H., Agam, N., White, A., **Gao, F.**, McKee, L., Prueger, J.H., Hipps, L.E., Los, S., Alsina, M., Sanchez, L., Sams, B., Dokoozlian, N., Jones, S., McKee, M., McElrone, A., Heitman, J.L., Howard, A., Post, K., Melton, F.S. and Hain, C. The Grape Remote sensing Atmospheric Profile and Evapotranspiration eXperiment (GRAPEX). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0244.1. 2018. Guan, K., Li, Z., Rao, N., **Gao, F.**, Xie, D., Hien, N. and Zeng, Z. Mapping Paddy Rice Area and yields over Thai Binh province in Viet Nam from MODIS, Landsat and ALOS-2/PALSAR-2. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2834383. 2018. Alfieri, J.G., Kustas, W.P., Nieto, H., Prueger, J.H., Hipps, L.E., McKee, L.G. and **Gao, F.**  A multi-year intercomparison of micrometeorological observations at adjacent vineyards in California’s Central Valley during GRAPEX. Irrigation Science. doi: 10.1007/s00271-018-0599-3. 2018. Knipper, K. R., Kustas, W. P., Anderson, M. C., Alfieri J. G., Prueger, J. H., Hain, C., **Gao, F.**, Yang, Y., McKee, L. G., Nieto, H., Hipps, L. E., Alsina, M. and Sanchez, L. Evapotranspiration estimates derived using thermal-based satellite remote sensing and data fusion for irrigation management in California vineyards. Irrigation Science. doi: 10.1007/s00271-018-0591-y. 2018. Kustas, W.P., Alfieri, J.G., Nieto, H., Wilson, T.G.,**Gao, F.**, Anderson, M.C. Utility of the two-source energy balance (TSEB) model in vine and inter-row flux partitioning over the growing season. Irrigation Science. doi: 10.1007/s00271-018-0586-8. 2018. Nieto, H., Kustas, W. P., Torres, A., Alfieri J. G.,**Gao, F.**, Anderson, M. C., White, W. A., Song, L., Alsina M., Prueger, J. H. and McKee, L. G. Evaluation of TSEB turbulent fluxes using different methods for the retrieval of soil and canopy component temperatures from UAV thermal and multispectral imagery. Irrigation Science. doi: 10.1007/s00271-018-0585-9. 2018. Nieto, H., Kustas, W. P., Alfieri, J. G., **Gao, F.**, Hipps, L. E., Los, S., Prueger, J. H., McKee, L. G. and Anderson, M. C. Impact of different within‐canopy wind attenuation formulations on modelling sensible heat flux using TSEB. Irrigation Science. doi: 10.1007/s00271-018-0611-y. 2018. Prueger, J.H., Parry, C.K., Kustas, W.P., Alfieri, J.G., Alsina, M.M., Nieto, H., Wilson, T.G.,   Hipps, L.E., Anderson, M.C., Hatfield, J.L., **Gao, F.**, McKee, L.G., McElrone, A.J., Agam, N. and Los, S.A. Crop water stress index of an irrigated vineyard in the Central Valley of California. Irrigation Science. doi: 10.1007/s00271-018-0598-4. 2018. White, W.A., Alsina, M.M., Nieto, H., McKee, L.G., **Gao, F.**, Kustas, W.P. Determining a robust indirect measurement of leaf area index in California vineyards for validating remote sensing-based retrievals. Irrigation Science. doi: 10.1007/s00271-018-0614-8. 2018. Anderson, M.C., **Gao, F.**, Knipper, K., Hain, C., Dulaney, W.P., Baldocchi, D., Eichelmann, E., Hemes, K., Yang, Yun, Medellin-Azuara, J., Kustas, W.P. Field-scale assessment of land and water use change over the California Delta using remote sensing. Remote Sensing.  10(6):889. doi: 10.3390/rs10060889. 2018. Gaffney, R., Porensky, L.M., **Gao, F.**, Irisarri, J.G., Durante, M., Derner, J.D., Augustine, D.J. Using APAR to predict aboveground plant productivity in semi-arid rangelands: spatial and temporal relationships differ. Remote Sensing. 10, 1474. doi: 10.3390/rs10091474. 2018. **Gao, F.**, Anderson, M., Daughtry, C. and Johnson, D. Assessing variability of corn and soybean yields in central Iowa using high spatiotemporal resolution multi-satellite imagery. Remote Sensing. 10, 1489. doi:10.3390/rs10091489. 2018. Li, Z., Huang, C., Zhu, Z., **Gao, F.**, Tang, H., Xin, X., Ding, L., Shen, B., Liu, J., Chen, B., Wang, X. and Yan, R. Mapping daily leaf area index at 30m resolution over a meadow steppe area by fusing Landsat, Sentinel-2A and MODIS data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 39(23), 9025-9053. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2018.1504342. 2018. Zhou, J., Zhang, S., Yang, H., Xiao, Z., **Gao, F.** The retrieval of 30-m resolution LAI from Landsat data by combining MODIS products. Remote Sensing. 10, 1187, doi: 10.3390/rs10081187. 2018. Qi, J., Zhang, X., McCarty, G., Sadeghi, A., Cosh, M., Zeng, X., **Gao, F.**, Daughtry, C., Huang, C., Lang, M., Arnold, J. Assessing the performance of a physically-based soil moisture module integrated within the Soil and Water Assessment Tool. Environmental Modelling & Software. 109, 329-341. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.08.024. 2018. Liu, L., Zhang, X., Yu, Y., **Gao, F.**, Yang,Z. Real-time monitoring of crop phenology in the midwestern United States using VIIRS observations. Remote Sensing. 10, 1640. doi: 10.3390/rs10101540. 2018. Yang, Y., Anderson, M., **Gao, F.**, Hain, C., Noormets, A., Sun, G., Wynne, R., Thomas, V., Liang, S. Investigating impacts of drought and disturbance on evapotranspiration over a forested landscape in North Carolina, USA using high spatiotemporal resolution remotely sensed data. Remote Sensing of Environment. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.12.017. 2018. Xie, D., **Gao, F.**, Sun, L., Anderson, M. Improving spatial-temporal data fusion by choosing optical input image pairs. Remote Sensing. 10:1142. doi:10.3390/rs10071142. 2018. Moller, M., Gerstmann, H., **Gao, F.**, Dahms, T. and Forster, M. Coupling of phenological information and simulated vegetation index time series: Limitations and potentials for the assessment and monitoring of soil erosion risk. Catena.150:192-205. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.11.016. 2017. Jiao, T., Williams, C., Ghimire, B., Masek, J., **Gao, F.**, Schaaf, C. Global climate forcing from albedo change caused by large-scale deforestation and reforestation: quantification and attribution of geographic variation. Climatic Change. doi:10.1007/s10584-017-1962-8. 2017. Sun, L., Chen, Z., **Gao, F.**, Anderson, M., Song, L., Wang, L., Hu, B. and Yang, Y. Reconstructing daily clear-sky land surface temperature for cloudy regions from MODIS data. Computers & Geosciences. 105:10-20. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2017.04.007. 2017. Yang, Y., Anderson, M, **Gao, F.**, Hain, C. R., Semmens, K. A., Kustas, W. P., Noormets, A., Wynne, R. H., Thomas, V. A. and Sun, G. Daily Landsat-scale evapotranspiration estimation over a forested landscape in North Carolina, USA, using multi-satellite data fusion. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 21:1017-1037. doi:10.5194/hess-21-1017-2017. 2017. Yang, Y., Anderson, M., **Gao, F.**, Hain, C., Kustas, W., Meyers, T., Crow, W., Finocchiaro, R.,  Otkin, J., Sun, L. and Yang Y. Impact of tile drainage on evapotranspiration in South Dakota, USA, based on high spatiotemporal resolution evapotranspiration time series from a multisatellite data fusion system. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. PP(99):1-15. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2680411. 2017. Sun, L., **Gao, F.**, Anderson, M., Kustas, W.P., Alsina, M., Sanchez, L., Sams, Brent, McKee, L.G., Dulaney, W.P., White, A., Alfieri, J.G., Prueger, J.H., Melton, F. and Post, K. Daily mapping of 30m LAI and NDVI for grape yield prediction in California vineyards. Remote Sensing. 9, 317. doi:10.3390/rs9040317. 2017. 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Global albedo change and radiative cooling from anthropogenic land-cover change, 1700 to 2005 based on MODIS, land-use harmonization and radiative kernels. Geophysical Research Letters. 41(24):9087–9096. doi:10.1002/2014GL061671. 2014. Shuai, Y., Masek, J., **Gao, F.**, Schaaf, C. and Tao, H. An approach for the long-term 30-m land surface snow-free albedo retrieval from historic Landsat surface reflectance and MODIS-based a priori anisotropy knowledge. Remote Sensing of Environment. 152:467-479. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2014.07.009. 2014. Zhang, Q., Cheng, Y., Lyapustin, A., Wang, Y., **Gao, F.**, Suyker, A., Verman, S. and Middleton, E.M. Estimation of crop gross primary production (GPP): fAPAR_chl versus MOD15A2 FPAR. Remote Sensing of Environment. 153:1-6. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2014.07.012. 2014. 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A data fusion approach for mapping daily evapotranspiration at field scale. Water Resources Research. 49:4672-4686, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20349. 2013. Roman, M., Gatebe, C., Shuai, Y., Wang, Z., **Gao, F.**, Masek, J., He, T., Liang, S. and Schaaf, C. Use of in situ and airborne multiangle data to assess MODIS- and Landsat-based estimates of directional reflectance and albedo. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 51(3), 1393-1404, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2243457. 2013. Tan, B., Masek, J., Wolfe, R., **Gao, F.**, Huang, C., Vermote, E., Sexton, J. and Ederer, G. Improved forest change detection with terrain illumination corrected Landsat images. Remote Sensing of Environment. 136:469-483, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.05.013. 2013. Feng, M., Sexton, J., Huang, C., Masek, J., Vermote, E., **Gao, F.**, Narasimhan, R., Channan, S., Wolfe, R. and Townshend, J. Global surface reflectance products from Landsat: Assessment using coincident MODIS observations. 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A simple and effective method for filling gaps in Landsat ETM+ SLC-off images. Remote Sensing of Environment. 115(4): 1053-1064.  doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.12.010. 2011. Zhu, X., Chen, J., **Gao**, **F.,**Chen, X. and Masek, J. An enhanced spatial and temporal adaptive reflectance fusion model for complex heterogeneous regions, Remote Sensing of Environment. 114: 2610-2623. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.05.032. 2010. Tan, B., Morisette, J. T., Wolfe, R. E., **Gao**, **F.,**Ederer, G. A., Nightingale, J. and Pedelty, J. A. An Enhanced TIMESAT algorithm for estimating vegetation phenology metrics from MODIS data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2010.2075916. 2010. Anderson, M., Kustas, W. P., Norman, J. M., Hain, C. R., Mecikalski, J. R., Schultz, L., Gonzalez-Dugo, M. 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A new data fusion model for high spatial- and temporal- resolution mapping of forest disturbance based on Landsat and MODIS. Remote Sensing of Environment. 113:1613-1627. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2009.03.007. 2009. Nightingale, J., Morisette, J., Wolfe, R., Tan, B., **Gao**, **F.,**Ederer, G., Collatz, J. and Turner, D. Temporally smoothed and gap-filled MODIS land products for carbon modeling: application of the FPAR product. International Journal of Remote Sensing Research Letter. 30 (4):1083-1090. doi: 10.1080/01431160802398064. 2008. Roy D. P., Ju, J., Lewis, P., Choate, M. J., Schaaf, C., **Gao**, **F.,**Hansen, M. and Lindquist, E. Multi-temporal MODIS-Landsat data fusion for relative radiometric normalization, gap filling, and prediction of Landsat data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 112:3112-3130. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.03.009. 2008. **Gao, F.,**Morisette, J. T., Wolfe, R. E., Ederer, G., Pedelty, J., Masuoka, Ed., Myneni, R., Tan B. and Nightingale, J. 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