Research:
My research interests include climate and the carbon cycle. My Master's thesis combines ecosystem characterization using remote sensing and field data, and estimation of anthropogenic influences including ozone pollution and climate change. This work is related to my current position as a post-graduate research assistant on the project Measurement of ecosystem metabolism across climatic and vegetation gradients in California for the 2013-2014 NASA AVIRIS/MASTER airborne campaign.
The data collected for this project includes leaf level spectral measurements, airborne spectral measurements, and flux tower data. Previous work conducted by a member of the project team has demonstrated the ability to estimate photosynthetic parameters from leaf level spectral measurements. In addition to field work, my role in the project involves inverse modeling to estimate these parameters flux tower data, providing an estimate of ecosystem photosynthesis. These measurements allow us to scale these estimates up to the ecosystem level, and therefore calibrate the airborne measurements. This work assists in generating a body of methods to support the launch of a satellite carrying an imaging spectrometer.
M.S. Thesis:
Assessing ecosystem photosynthetic potential along two California climate gradients. University of Wisconsin- Madison
Publications:
Serbin, S., Singh, A., Desai, A., DuBois, S., Jablonski, A., Kingdon, C., Kruger, E., Townsend, P. (2015). Remotely estimating photosynthetic capacity, and its response to temperature, in vegetation canopies using imaging spectroscopy, Remote Sensing of Environment, submitted.
DuBois, S. (2014). Assessment of ecosystem photosynthetic parameters along two California climate gradients, Proceedings of the Wisconsin Space Conference, doi: 10.17307/wsc.v1i1.103.
Scholarly Presentations:
DuBois, S. (2014). Assessing Ecosystem Photosynthetic Potential along Two California Climate Gradients with Imaging Spectroscopy, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department Seminar, Madison, WI.
DuBois, S. (2014). Assessment of Ecosystem Photosynthetic Parameters in California and its Implications for the Northwoods, Science in the Northwoods, Boulder Junction, WI.
DuBois, S. (2014). Assessment of Ecosystem Photosynthetic Parameters Along Two California Climate Gradients, Wisconsin Space Conference, Fitchburg, WI.
DuBois, S., Desai, A., Serbin, S., Townsend, P., Kruger, E., Kingdon, C. (2014). The use of hyperspectral imagery to assess the sensitivity of ecosystem photosynthetic parameters along two California climate gradients, Global Land Project Open Science Meeting, Berlin, Germany. (Poster, also presented at Earth Day Conference, Madison, WI, May 2014)
DuBois, S., Serbin, S., Desai, A., Kruger, E., Kingdon, C., Goulden, M., Townsend, P. (2013). Measurement of ecosystem metabolism across climatic and vegetation gradients in California, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (Poster presented Shawn Serbin)
Please send me an email if you are interested in discussing my research.
My research interests include climate and the carbon cycle. My Master's thesis combines ecosystem characterization using remote sensing and field data, and estimation of anthropogenic influences including ozone pollution and climate change. This work is related to my current position as a post-graduate research assistant on the project Measurement of ecosystem metabolism across climatic and vegetation gradients in California for the 2013-2014 NASA AVIRIS/MASTER airborne campaign.
The data collected for this project includes leaf level spectral measurements, airborne spectral measurements, and flux tower data. Previous work conducted by a member of the project team has demonstrated the ability to estimate photosynthetic parameters from leaf level spectral measurements. In addition to field work, my role in the project involves inverse modeling to estimate these parameters flux tower data, providing an estimate of ecosystem photosynthesis. These measurements allow us to scale these estimates up to the ecosystem level, and therefore calibrate the airborne measurements. This work assists in generating a body of methods to support the launch of a satellite carrying an imaging spectrometer.
M.S. Thesis:
Assessing ecosystem photosynthetic potential along two California climate gradients. University of Wisconsin- Madison
Publications:
Serbin, S., Singh, A., Desai, A., DuBois, S., Jablonski, A., Kingdon, C., Kruger, E., Townsend, P. (2015). Remotely estimating photosynthetic capacity, and its response to temperature, in vegetation canopies using imaging spectroscopy, Remote Sensing of Environment, submitted.
DuBois, S. (2014). Assessment of ecosystem photosynthetic parameters along two California climate gradients, Proceedings of the Wisconsin Space Conference, doi: 10.17307/wsc.v1i1.103.
Scholarly Presentations:
DuBois, S. (2014). Assessing Ecosystem Photosynthetic Potential along Two California Climate Gradients with Imaging Spectroscopy, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department Seminar, Madison, WI.
DuBois, S. (2014). Assessment of Ecosystem Photosynthetic Parameters in California and its Implications for the Northwoods, Science in the Northwoods, Boulder Junction, WI.
DuBois, S. (2014). Assessment of Ecosystem Photosynthetic Parameters Along Two California Climate Gradients, Wisconsin Space Conference, Fitchburg, WI.
DuBois, S., Desai, A., Serbin, S., Townsend, P., Kruger, E., Kingdon, C. (2014). The use of hyperspectral imagery to assess the sensitivity of ecosystem photosynthetic parameters along two California climate gradients, Global Land Project Open Science Meeting, Berlin, Germany. (Poster, also presented at Earth Day Conference, Madison, WI, May 2014)
DuBois, S., Serbin, S., Desai, A., Kruger, E., Kingdon, C., Goulden, M., Townsend, P. (2013). Measurement of ecosystem metabolism across climatic and vegetation gradients in California, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (Poster presented Shawn Serbin)
Please send me an email if you are interested in discussing my research.