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Jeffrey Luvall
Senior Research Scientist
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Degree Area
Tropical Forest Ecology and Microclimatology (Ph.D.)
Areas of Expertise
Climate, Ecosystems, Remote Sensing & Data Systems, Water Cycle
Expertise
Modeling of forest canopy thermal response using the airborne thermal scanners on a landscape scale; investigating the relationships of forest canopy temperatures and the evapotranspiration process; used remotely sensed surface temperatures to develop evapotranspiration estimates for eastern deciduous and tropical rain forests; quantification of the urban heat island effect; alternate mitigation strategies to reduce ozone production through the use of high albedo surfaces for roofs and pavements and increasing tree cover in urban areas to cool cities
Current Research
Studying the urban heat island of San Juan Puerto Rico using aircradft based remote sensing
Current NASA-funded Responsibilities
Managing the new NASA public project “Integration of NASA Research Results to Enhance Decision Support Tool for Asthma Surveillance, Prediction and Intervention (MRC)” in collaboration with University of Mississippi Medical Center
Background Information
Work on urban heat islands has been the focus of several CNN, CBN, CBS Evening News, NBC and ABC Discovery News programs during 1998 and featured in Weather Channel "Atmospheres"; work featured in 1998 Newsweek article "Blue Skies Ahead: Hot Ways to Cool Down Our Cities"
Significant Publications
"A Multi-scale Approach to Urban Thermal Analysis," Gluch, R; Quattrochi, D. A.; Luvall, J. C., Remote Sensing of Environment, 2006
"Using Remote Sensing Data to Evaluate Surface Soil Properties in Alabama Ultisols," Sullivan, D.G.; Shaw, J. N.; Mask, P.; Rickman, D.; Luvall, J.; Wersinger, J.M., Soil Science, 2006
"Thermal Remote Sensing in Earth Science Research," Quattrochi, D. A.; Luvall, J. C., Handbook of Remote Sensing, Sage Publications
Contact Information
| E-mail: | jluvall@nasa.gov | | Office phone: | 256-961-7886 | | Fax: | 256-961-7386 | | Address: | 320 Sparkman Dr.
Huntsville, AL 35805 United States |
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