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Harvard Forest Logo 		Mary Martin

Mary E. Martin

Complex Systems Research Center
University of New Hampshire

Durham, NH 03824
603-862-4508 (voice)
603-862-0188 (fax)
mary.martin@unh.edu

Further Information: http://www.eos.sr.unh.edu/Fac/People?FAC_ID=34


Professional Preparation

PhD - Natural Resources. 1994. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
BS - Botany. 1988. University of New Hampshire Durham, NH
AAS - Horticulture. 1977. Thompson School of Applied Science, University of New Hampshire,
Durham, NH

Appointments

1998 - present. Research Assistant Professor. Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire.
1994-1997. Post-Doctoral Research Scientist. Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire.
1988-1994. Graduate Research Assistant. Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire.
  Thesis topic: Measurements of Foliar Chemistry Using Laboratory and Airborne High Spectral Resolution Visible and Infrared Data.

Publications

Aber, J.D., CL. Goodale, S.V. Ollinger, M.-L. Smith, A.H. Magill, M.E. Martin, R.A. Hallett, J.L. Stoddard, and Northeastern Ecosystem Research Cooperative Participants. Is nitrogen deposition altering the nitrogen status of northeastern forests? Bioscience (in press).

Smith, M.-L., M.E. Martin, L. Plourde, and S.V. Ollinger. Analysis of Hyperspectral Data for Estimation of Temperate Forest Canopy Nitrogen Concentration: Comparison Between an Airborne (AVIRIS) and a Spaceborne (HYPERION) Sensor. IEEE. Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. (in press). 2003.

Smith, M.L., S.V. Ollinger, M.E. Martin, J.D Aber, and R.A. Hallett. Direct estimation of aboveground forest productivity by remote sensing of canopy nitrogen. Ecological Applications. 12:1286-1302. 2002.

Pontius, J.H., R.A. Hallett, and M.E. Martin. 2002. Examining the role of foliar chemistry in hemlock woolly adelgid infestation and hemlock decline. 2002. in B. Onken, R. Reardon, and J. Lashomb, editors. Proceedings: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Eastern United States Symposium. East Brunswick, NJ.

Coops, N., S. Dury, M.L. Smith, M. Martin, and S. Ollinger. Comparison of green leaf eucalypt spectra using spectral decomposition. Australian Journal of Botany. 50:567-576. 2002.

Ollinger, S.V., M.L Smith, M.E Martin, R.A. Hallett, J.D. Aber, and C.L. Goodale. Patterns of nitrogen cycling and nitrate production in relation to foliar chemistry, disturbance history and species composition across a temperate forest landscape. Ecology. 83:339-355. 2002.

Smith, M.L., and M.E. Martin. A plot-based method for rapid estimation of forest canopy chemistry. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31:549-555. 2000.

Martin, M.E., S.D. Newman, J.D. Aber, and R.G. Congalton. Determining forest species composition using high spectral resolution remote sensing data.Remote Sensing of the Environment. 65:249-254. 1998.

Martin, M.E., and J.D Aber. Estimation of forest canopy lignin and nitrogen concentration and ecosystem processes. Ecological Applications. 7:441-443. 1997.

Martin, M.E., and J.D. Aber. Estimating canopy characteristics as inputs for models of forest carbon exchange by high spectral resolution remote sensing. in The Use of Remote Sensing in the Modeling of Forest Productivity. eds. Gholz, HG, K Nakane and H Shimoda. Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp 61-72. 1996.

Bolster, K.L., M.E. Martin, and J.D. Aber. Interactions between precision and generality in the development of calibrations for the determination of carbon fraction and nitrogen concentration in foliage by near infrared reflectance. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 26:590-600. 1996.

Martin, M.E., and J.D. Aber. Analyses of forest foliage III: Determining nitrogen, lignin, and cellulose in fresh leaves using near infrared reflectance data. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy. 2:25-32. 1995.

Aber, J.D., K.L. Bolster, S.D. Newman, M. Soulia, and M.E. Martin. Analyses of forest foliage II. Testing the utility of end-member analysis in the measurement of carbon fraction and nitrogen content of forest foliage. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, 2:15-24. 1995.

McLellan, T., J.D. Aber, M.E. Martin, J.M. Melillo, and K.J. Nadelhoffer. Determination of nitrogen, lignin, cellulose content of decomposing leaf material by near infrared reflectance spectroscopy. Canadian Journal of Forestry, 21:1684-1688. 1991.

Martin, M.E., and J.D. Aber. High spectral resolution remote sensing of canopy chemistry. Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing, Val D'Isere, France, 1994.

McLellan, T., M.E. Martin, J.D. Aber, J.M. Melillo, K.J. Nadelhoffer and B. Dewey. Comparison of wet chemical and near infrared reflectance measurements of carbon fraction chemistry and nitrogen concentration of forest foliage. Canadian Journal of Forestry, 21:1689-1693. 1991.

Martin, M.E., and J.D. Aber. The effect of water content and leaf structure on the estimation of nitrogen, lignin and cellulose content of forest foliage samples. Remote Sensing for the Nineties. IGARSS, May 20-24, 1990.

Synergistic activities

  • Development of an on-line web interface for a foliar chemistry database of northeastern US species
    http://www.folchem.sr.unh.edu 4000+ records
  • Instructor - EOS 895 Advanced Remote Sensing, Spring 1998
  • NASA's New Millenium Program/EO-1, Science advisory board member 1996-1999, current Science Validation Team member 2000-2003
  • Organized database contributions to 1) the ORNL-DAAC from the NASA Accelerated Canopy Chemistry Program (ACCP), and 2) the Global Land Cover Test Site database for Harvard Forest
  • Member, White Mountain MAPBGC Project - Mapping Analysis of Productivity and Biogeochemical Cycling: 1996-present