Leland E. Pierce

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 1992-2021
Publications (10 Years): 21

Top Topics

Synthetic Aperture Radar

Metadata Standards

Top Venues

IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens.

Publications

Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi
Quantifying the Effect of the Wind on Trees Observed by Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems. IGARSS (2021)
Shiyu Luo, Kamal Sarabandi, Ling Tong, Leland E. Pierce
Probability Assessment of Rainfall-Induced Landslides Based on Safety Factors Using Soil Moisture Estimation From SAR Images. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 59 (7) (2021)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kathleen M. Bergen, Kamal Sarabandi
Model-Based Estimation of Forest Canopy Height and Biomass in the Canadian Boreal Forest Using Radar, LiDAR, and Optical Remote Sensing. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 59 (6) (2021)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi
Quantifying the Effect of the Wind on Forest Canopy Height Estimation Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems. IGARSS (2020)
Leland E. Pierce
Sar Metadata Standards: Single-Look Complex Data. IGARSS (2020)
Shiyu Luo, Kamal Sarabandi, Ling Tong, Leland E. Pierce
A SAR Image Classification Algorithm Based on Multi-Feature Polarimetric Parameters Using FOA and LS-SVM. IEEE Access 7 (2019)
Leland E. Pierce
Progress in SAR Metadata Standards. IGARSS (2019)
Kamal Sarabandi, Mani Kashanianfard, Adib Y. Nashashibi, Leland E. Pierce, Ryan Hampton
A Polarimetric Active Transponder With Extremely Large RCS for Absolute Radiometric Calibration of SMAP Radar. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 56 (3) (2018)
Leland E. Pierce, Betty Evans, Siri Jodha Khalsa
A Comprehensive Information Model for SAR Data. IGARSS (2018)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi
A Simulation Based Approach to Estimating the Three Dimensional Structure of the Harvard Forest with Multi-Modal Remote Sensing. IGARSS (2018)
Leland E. Pierce
Efficiently dealing with the variety of sar data formats. IGARSS (2017)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi
Estimating the three dimensional structure of the harvard forest using a database driven multi-modal remote sensing technique. IGARSS (2017)
Fabio Dell'Acqua, Gianni Cristian Iannelli, John P. Kerekes, Gabriele Moser, Leland E. Pierce, Emanuele Goldoni
The IEEE GRSS data and algorithm standard evaluation (DASE) website: Incrementally building a standardized assessment for algorithm performance. IGARSS (2017)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi
Model-based estimation of large area forest canopy height and biomass using radar and optical remote sensing with limited lidar data. IGARSS (2017)
Cindy Ong, Andreas Müller, Kurtis J. Thome, Martin Bachmann, Jeffrey Czapla-Myers, Stefanie Holzwarth, Siri Jodha Khalsa, Christopher J. MacLellan, Timothy J. Malthus, Joanne M. Nightingale, Leland E. Pierce, Hirokazu Yamamoto
Report on International Spaceborne Imaging Spectroscopy Technical Committee calibration and validation workshop, national environment research council field spectroscopy facility, University of Edinburgh. IGARSS (2016)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi
Exploring the Canadian boreal forest using airsar, LandSAT5, and virtual lidar. IGARSS (2016)
Shiyu Luo, Kamal Sarabandi, Ling Tong, Leland E. Pierce
A LS-SVM-based classifier with Fruit Fly Optimization Algorithm for polarimetric SAR images. IGARSS (2016)
Shiyu Luo, Kamal Sarabandi, Ling Tong, Leland E. Pierce
Landslide prediction using soil moisture estimation derived from polarimetric Radarsat-2 data and SRTM. IGARSS (2016)
Leland E. Pierce
Big Data issues for remote sensing: Variety. IGARSS (2016)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi
Estimating the three dimensional structure of heterogeneous forests using multi-modal remote sensing and sensor extrapolation techniques. IGARSS (2016)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi
Estimating boreal forest canopy height and above ground biomass using multi-modal remote sensing; a database driven approach. IGARSS (2016)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi
Estimating the ground heightwith L-band IfSAR in a wind-blown forest environment. IGARSS (2013)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kathleen M. Bergen, Kamal Sarabandi
Classifying the Canadian Boreal forest's structure using multi-modal remote sensing. IGARSS (2012)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kathleen M. Bergen, Kamal Sarabandi, Kailai Zhang, Caitlin E. Ryan
Forest structure estimation using SAR, LiDAR, and optical data in the Canadian Boreal forest. IGARSS (2011)
Charles G. Brown, Kamal Sarabandi, Leland E. Pierce
Model-Based Estimation of Forest Canopy Height in Red and Austrian Pine Stands Using Shuttle Radar Topography Mission and Ancillary Data: A Proof-of-Concept Study. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 48 (3-1) (2010)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi
Quantifying the results of wind and rain on ifsar tree height estimation. IGARSS (2010)
Leland E. Pierce, Oton Barros
A dual-frequency SAR mosaic of the Amazon. IGARSS (2010)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kathleen M. Bergen, Kamal Sarabandi, Kailai Zhang, Caitlin E. Ryan
Extrapolation of LiDAR for forest structure estimation using SAR, InSAR, and optical data. IGARSS (2010)
Michael L. Benson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi
Variable Wind Influence on InSAR Imagery of Forests. IGARSS (4) (2009)
Mahta Moghaddam, Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Ernesto Rodríguez, Dara Entekhabi, James Hoffman, Delwyn Moller, Leland E. Pierce, Sassan Saatchi, Mark Thomson
Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface (MOSS): A Mission Concept for Global Deep Soil Moisture Observations. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 45 (8) (2007)
Leland E. Pierce, Mahta Moghaddam
The MOSS VHF/UHF spaceborne SAR system testbed. IGARSS (2005)
Pan Liang, Mahta Moghaddam, Leland E. Pierce, Richard M. Lucas
Radar backscattering model for multilayer mixed-species forests. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 43 (11) (2005)
Pan Liang, Leland E. Pierce, Mahta Moghaddam
Radiative transfer model for microwave bistatic scattering from forest canopies. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 43 (11) (2005)
Charles G. Brown, Kamal Sarabandi, Leland E. Pierce
Validation of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission height data. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 43 (8) (2005)
Wayne S. Walker, Leland E. Pierce, Josef Kellndorfer, M. Craig Dobson, Carolyn T. Hunsaker, Jo Ann Fites
A comparison of forest canopy height estimates derived from SRTM and TOPSAR in the Sierra Nevada of California. IGARSS (2004)
Pan Liang, Leland E. Pierce
Application of bistatic MIMICS to forest canopies. IGARSS (2004)
Yanni Kouskoulas, Leland E. Pierce, Fawwaz T. Ulaby
A computationally efficient multivariate maximum-entropy density estimation (MEDE) technique. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 42 (2) (2004)
Yanni Kouskoulas, Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Leland E. Pierce
The Bayesian hierarchical classifier (BHC) and its application to short vegetation using multifrequency polarimetric SAR. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 42 (2) (2004)
Pan Liang, Mahta Moghaddam, Leland E. Pierce
Backscattering simulation for nonuniform forest canopies using multilayer MIMICS. IGARSS (2004)
Leland E. Pierce, Pan Liang, Myron Craig Dobson, Josef Kellndorfer, Oton Barros, João Roberto dos Santos, João Vianei Soares
Regrowth biomass estimation in the amazon using JERS-1/RADARSAT SAR composites. IGARSS (2003)
Leland E. Pierce, Pan Liang, M. Craig Dobson
Texture estimation in SAR images of forests. IGARSS (2003)
Hua Xie, Leland E. Pierce, Fawwaz T. Ulaby
Mutual information based registration of SAR images. IGARSS (2003)
Kamal Sarabandi, Josef Kellndorfer, Leland E. Pierce
GLORIA: Geostationary/Low-Earth Orbiting Radar Image Acquisition System: a multi-static GEO/LEO synthetic aperture radar satellite constellation for Earth observation. IGARSS (2003)
Hua Xie, Leland E. Pierce, Fawwaz T. Ulaby
Statistical properties of logarithmically transformed speckle. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 40 (3) (2002)
Hua Xie, Leland E. Pierce, Fawwaz T. Ulaby
SAR speckle reduction using wavelet denoising and Markov random field modeling. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 40 (10) (2002)
Leland E. Pierce, Wayne S. Walker, Myron Craig Dobson, Carolyn T. Hunsaker, Jo Ann Fites, Ralph Dubayah
Fusion of optical and SAR data for forestry applications in the Sierra Nevada of California. IGARSS (2002)
Leland E. Pierce, Pan Liang, Myron Craig Dobson
Regrowth biomass estimation in the amazon using JERS-1/RADARSAT SAR composites. IGARSS (2002)
Hua Xie, Leland E. Pierce, Fawwaz T. Ulaby
Despeckling SAR images using a low-complexity wavelet denoising process. IGARSS (2002)
Kamal Sarabandi, Charles G. Brown, Leland E. Pierce, D. Zahn, R. Azadegan, K. Buell, M. Casciato, I. Koh, Daniel E. Lawrence, M. Park
Calibration and validation of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission height data for southeastern Michigan. IGARSS (2002)
Leland E. Pierce, Oton Barros, Myron Craig Dobson
Detection of selective logging and regrowth with CBERS CCD imagery. IGARSS (2002)
Yutaka Kobayashi, Kamal Sarabandi, Leland E. Pierce, M. Craig Dobson
An evaluation of the JPL TOPSAR for extracting tree heights. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 38 (6) (2000)
Bassel Solaiman, Leland E. Pierce, Fawwaz T. Ulaby
Multisensor data fusion using fuzzy concepts: application to land-cover classification using ERS-1/JERS-1 SAR composites. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 37 (3) (1999)
Josef Kellndorfer, Leland E. Pierce, M. Craig Dobson, Fawwaz T. Ulaby
Toward consistent regional-to-global-scale vegetation characterization using orbital SAR systems. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 36 (5) (1998)
M. Craig Dobson, Leland E. Pierce, Fawwaz T. Ulaby
Knowledge-based land-cover classification using ERS-1/JERS-1 SAR composites. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 34 (1) (1996)
Kamal Sarabandi, Leland E. Pierce, M. Craig Dobson, Fawwaz T. Ulaby, James M. Stiles, Tsenchieh Chiu, Roger D. De Roo, Ron Hartikka, Andrew Zambetti, Anthony Freeman
Polarimetric calibration of SIR-C using point and distributed targets. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 33 (4) (1995)
M. Craig Dobson, Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Leland E. Pierce, Terry L. Sharik, Kathleen M. Bergen, Josef Kellndorfer, John R. Kendra, Eric S. Li, Yi-Cheng Lin, Adib Y. Nashashibi, Kamal Sarabandi, Paul Siqueira
Estimation of forest biophysical characteristics in Northern Michigan with SIR-C/X-SAR. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 33 (4) (1995)
Leland E. Pierce, Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Kamal Sarabandi, Myron Craig Dobson
Knowledge-based classification of polarimetric SAR images. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 32 (5) (1994)
Kamal Sarabandi, Leland E. Pierce, Yisok Oh, Myron Craig Dobson, Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Anthony Freeman, Pascale Dubois
Cross-calibration experiment of JPL AIRSAR and truck-mounted polarimetric scatterometer. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 32 (5) (1994)
Myron Craig Dobson, Leland E. Pierce, Kamal Sarabandi, Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Terry L. Sharik
Preliminary analysis of ERS-1 SAR for forest ecosystem studies. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 30 (2) (1992)
Kamal Sarabandi, Leland E. Pierce, Fawwaz T. Ulaby
Calibration of a polarimetric imaging SAR. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote. Sens. 30 (3) (1992)