Cheryl A. Rogers, PhD
Biography:
My research focuses on linking measurements from earth observation platforms to photosynthesis on the ground in order to better understand, map, and monitor carbon exchange between ecosystems and the atmosphere. I hold an M.Sc. in Natural Resource Science from McGill University, and a Ph.D. in Physical Geography from the University of Toronto. I also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the School of Earth, Environment & Society at McMaster University. My work involves characterizing spatial and temporal variability in vegetation structure, function, and physiology across scales ranging from individual leaves and ecosystems, to the global Earth system. My research is motivated by a desire to contribute to solving the challenges posed by climate change, in hopes that we can better monitor, predict, and mitigate the impact of this global threat.
Recent Work:
Leng, J., Chen, J.M., Li, W., Luo, X., Xu, M., Liu, J., Wang, R., Rogers, C., Li, B., Yan, Y.. Global datasets of hourly carbon and water fluxes simulated using a satellite-based process model with dynamic parameterizations. Earth System Science Data. Accepted.
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Kalamandeen, M., Gulamhussein, I., Bermudez Castro, J., Sothe, C., Rogers, C., Snider, J., Gonsamo, A.. Climate Change and Human Footprint Increase Insect defoliation across central boreal forests of Canada. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11.
Zhang, J., Gonsamo, A., Tong, X., Xiao, J., Rogers, C.A., Liu, P., Yu, P., Ma, P.. (2023). Solar-induced fluorescence captures photosynthetic phenology better than traditional vegetation indices. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 203.
Weiland, L., Rogers, C.A. (corresponding author), Sothe, C., Arain, M.A., Gonsamo, A.. (2023). Satellite-based land surface temperature and soil moisture observations accurately predict soil respiration in temperate deciduous and coniferous forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 340, 109618.
Liu, Y., Chen, J.M., He, L., Wang, R., Smith, N.G., Keenan, T., Rogers, C.A., Li, W., Leng, J.. (2023). Global photosynthetic capacity of C3 biomes retrieved from solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and leaf chlorophyll content. Remote Sensing of Environment. 287, 113457.
Rogers, C.A., Chen, J.M., Land cover and latitude affect vegetation phenology determined from solar induced fluorescence across Ontario Canada. (2022). International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geomatics. 114, 103036.
Liu, Y., Chen, J.M., He, L., Zhang, Z., Wang, R., Rogers, C., Fan, W., d鈥橭liviera, G., Xie, X. (2022). Non-linearity between gross primary productivity and far-red solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence emitted from major biomes. Remote Sensing of Environment. 271, 112896.
Li, Y., Ma, Q., Chen, J.M., Croft, H., Luo, X., Zheng, T., Rogers, C., Liu, J., (2021). Fine-scale leaf chlorophyll distribution across a deciduous forest through two-step model inversion from Sentinel-2 data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 264, 112618.
Rogers, C., Chen, J.M., Croft, H., Gonsamo, A., Luo, X., Bartlett, P., Staebler, R.M. (2021). Daily leaf area index from photosynthetically active radiation for long term records of canopy structure and leaf phenology. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 304-305.
Rogers, C., Chen, J. M., Zheng, T., Croft, H., Gonsamo, A., Luo, X., et al. (2020). The response of spectral vegetation indices and solar鈥恑nduced fluorescence to changes in illumination intensity and geometry in the days surrounding the 2017 North American solar eclipse. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125.
Croft, H., Rogers, C., Maseyk, K., 2020. 1.4: Remotely sensing Arctic plant productivity, in: Callaghan, T.V., Savela, H., Johansson, M. (Eds.), INTERACT 2020. Stories of Arctic Science II. Aarhus University, Denmark, pp. 24鈥�25.
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He, L., Chen, J. M., Liu, J., Zheng, T., Wang, R., Joiner, J. Chou, S., Chen, B., Liu, Y., Liu, R., Rogers, C. (2019). Diverse photosynthetic capacity of global ecosystems mapped by satellite chlorophyll fluorescence measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 232.
Gonsamo, A., Chen, J. M., He, L., Sun, Y., Rogers, C., & Liu, J. (2019). Exploring SMAP and OCO-2 observations to monitor soil moisture control on photosynthetic activity of global drylands and croplands. Remote Sensing of Environment, 232.