David.J.Harding
			David.J.Harding@nasa.gov	301-614-6503

CURRENT POSITION
	Geophysicist, Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

RESEARCH AREAS 
	Neotectonics, Topography & Surface Change, Forest Canopy Structure, Laser Altimetry

EDUCATION  [chronological first to last; provide thesis title if appropriate]
1980 	BS (Geological Sciences), Cornell University
      1988	PhD (Geological Sciences), Cornell University
		Thesis: Josephine Peridotite Tectonites: A Record of Upper-Mantle Plastic Flow

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
1988-1990 	NRC Research Associate, Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics, Goddard Space Flight Center
1990-1991 	Assistant Research Faculty, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS  
2005	Harding, D.J., and C.C. Carabajal,  ICESat Waveform Measurements of Within-footprint Topographic Relief and Vegetation Vertical Structure, Gephys. Res. Lett., 32, L21S10, 10.1029/2005GL023471.
2004	Parker, G.G., D.J. Harding and M.L. Berger, A portable lidar system for rapid determination of forest canopy structure, Journal of Applied Ecology, 41: 755-767.
2003	Haugerud, R., D.J. Harding, S.Y. Johnson, J.L. Harless, C.S. Weaver, and B.L. Sherrod, High-resolution topography of the Puget Lowland, Washington - A bonanza for earth science, GSA Today, 13(6): 4 - 10.
2002	Lefsky, M.A., W.B. Cohen, D.J. Harding, G.G. Parker, S.A. Acker, and S.T. Gower, Lidar remote sensing of aboveground biomass in three biomes, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 11(5): 393-399.
2002	Zwally, H.J., R. Schutz, W. Abdalati, J. Abshire, C. Bentley, J. Bufton, D. Harding, T. Herring, B. Minster, J. Spinhirne and R. Thomas, ICESat's laser measurements of polar ice, atmosphere, ocean, and land, Journal of Geodynamics, 34(3-4), 405-445.
2001	Harding, D.J., M.A. Lefsky, G.G. Parker, J.B. Blair,  Laser altimeter canopy height profiles: Methods and validation for deciduous, broadleaf forests, Rem. Sens. Environ., 76(3): 283-297.
2001	Parker, G.G., M.A. Lefsky, D.J. Harding, Light transmittance in forest canopies determined using airborne laser altimetry and in-canopy quantum measurements, Rem. Sens. Environ. , 76(3): 298-309.
1999	Lefsky, M.A., D.J. Harding, G.G. Parker, and H.H. Shugart, Surface lidar remote sensing of basal area and biomass in deciduous forests of Eastern Maryland, USA, Rem. Sensing of Environ., 67: 83-98.
1998	Garvin, J., J. Bufton, J. Blair, D. Harding, S. Luthcke, J. Frawley, and D. Rowlands, Observations of the Earth's topography from the Shuttle Laser Altimeter (SLA): laser-pulse echo-recovery measurements of terrestrial surfaces, Phys. Chem. of the Earth, 23: 1053-1068.
1994	Harding, D.J., J.L. Bufton, and J.J. Frawley, Laser Altimetry of Terrestrial Topography: Vertical Accuracy as a Function of Surface Slope, Roughness, and Cloud Cover, IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 32: 329-339. 


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