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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada: Ottawa, ON, CA

2003 to present | Research Scientist (Science and Technology Branch)
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Heather McNairn

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Universite Laval Faculte des etudes superieures: Quebec, QC, CA

1993 to 1999 | Geography (Geography)
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Heather McNairn

University of Guelph: Guelph, ON, CA

1989 to 1991 | Masters of Science (Soil Science)
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Heather McNairn

University of Waterloo: Waterloo, ON, CA

1983 to 1987 | Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Environmental Studies)
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Works (27)

Reinforcing Our Commitment: Why DEI Matters for the IEEE GRSS [Technical Committees]

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/MGRS.2023.3303874
Contributors: Victoria Vanthof; Heather McNairn; Stephanie Tumampos; Mariko Burgin
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Monitoring autumn agriculture activities using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and coherence change detection

Heliyon
2023-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17322
Contributors: Laura Dingle Robertson; Heather McNairn; Marco van der Kooij; Xianfeng Jiao; Samuel Ihuoma; Pamela Joosse
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A Meta-Analysis of Remote Sensing Technologies and Methodologies for Crop Characterization

Remote Sensing
2022-11-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs14225633
Contributors: Hazhir Bahrami; Heather McNairn; Masoud Mahdianpari; Saeid Homayouni
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Monitoring Crops Using Compact Polarimetry and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
2022-11-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2022.2121271
Contributors: Laura Dingle Robertson; Heather McNairn; Xianfeng Jiao; Connor McNairn; Samuel O. Ihuoma
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Integrating Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 optical imagery with a crop structure dynamics model to track crop condition

International Journal of Remote Sensing
2022-09-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2022.2142077
Contributors: Xianfeng Jiao; Heather McNairn; Bahareh Yekkehkhany; Laura Dingle Robertson; Samuel Ihuoma
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Regional Crop Characterization Using Multi-Temporal Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Earth Observations Data

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
2022-03-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2021.2011180
Contributors: Hazhir Bahrami; Saeid Homayouni; Heather McNairn; Mehdi Hosseini; Masoud Mahdianpari
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Gaussian Process Regression Model for Crop Biophysical Parameter Retrieval from Multi-Polarized C-Band SAR Data

Remote Sensing
2022-02-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs14040934
Contributors: Swarnendu Sekhar Ghosh; Subhadip Dey; Narayanarao Bhogapurapu; Saeid Homayouni; Avik Bhattacharya; Heather McNairn
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A multi-year cross-validation experiment for estimating rice plant area index (PAI) over the JECAM-India test site from simulated RADARSAT constellation mission (RCM) compact polarimetric SAR data

International Journal of Remote Sensing
2021-12-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2021.1999528
Contributors: Dipankar Mandal; Vineet Kumar; Avik Bhattacharya; Heather McNairn; Yalamanchili S. Rao
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Unsupervised Classification of Crop Growth Stages with Scattering Parameters from Dual-Pol Sentinel-1 SAR Data

Remote Sensing
2021-11-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs13214412
Contributors: Subhadip Dey; Narayanarao Bhogapurapu; Saeid Homayouni; Avik Bhattacharya; Heather McNairn
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Monitoring crop growth using a canopy structure dynamic model and time series of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data

International Journal of Remote Sensing
2021-09-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2021.1938739
Contributors: Xianfeng Jiao; Heather McNairn; Laura Dingle Robertson
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Rice phenology mapping using novel target characterization parameters from polarimetric SAR data

International Journal of Remote Sensing
2021-07-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2021.1921876
Contributors: Subhadip Dey; Narayanarao Bhogapurapu; Avik Bhattacharya; Dipankar Mandal; Juan M. Lopez-Sanchez; Heather McNairn; Alejandro C. Frery
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A Comparison between Support Vector Machine and Water Cloud Model for Estimating Crop Leaf Area Index

Remote Sensing
2021-04-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs13071348
Contributors: Mehdi Hosseini; Heather McNairn; Scott Mitchell; Laura Dingle Robertson; Andrew Davidson; Nima Ahmadian; Avik Bhattacharya; Erik Borg; Christopher Conrad; Katarzyna Dabrowska-Zielinska et al.
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Crop Biomass Mapping Based on Ecosystem Modeling at Regional Scale Using High Resolution Sentinel-2 Data

Remote Sensing
2021-02-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs13040806
Contributors: Liming He; Rong Wang; Georgy Mostovoy; Jane Liu; Jing M. Chen; Jiali Shang; Jiangui Liu; Heather McNairn; Jarrett Powers
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Comparison between Dense L-Band and C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Time Series for Crop Area Mapping over a NISAR Calibration-Validation Site

Agronomy
2021-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11020273
Contributors: Simon Kraatz; Nathan Torbick; Xianfeng Jiao; Xiaodong Huang; Laura Dingle Robertson; Andrew Davidson; Heather McNairn; Michael H. Cosh; Paul Siqueira
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Decomposition-Based Soil Moisture Estimation Using UAVSAR Fully Polarimetric Images

Agronomy
2021-01-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11010145
Contributors: Zeinab Akhavan; Mahdi Hasanlou; Mehdi Hosseini; Heather McNairn
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C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery for the classification of diverse cropping systems

International Journal of Remote Sensing
2020-12-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2020.1805136
Contributors: Laura Dingle Robertson; Andrew M. Davidson; Heather McNairn; Mehdi Hosseini; Scott Mitchell; Diego de Abelleyra; Santiago Verón; Guerric le Maire; Milena Plannells; Silvia Valero et al.
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A Radar Vegetation Index for Crop Monitoring Using Compact Polarimetric SAR Data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2020.2976661
Contributors: Dipankar Mandal; Debanshu Ratha; Avik Bhattacharya; Vineet Kumar; Heather McNairn; Yalamanchili S. Rao; Alejandro C. Frery
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Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image processing for operational space-based agriculture mapping

International Journal of Remote Sensing
2020-09-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2020.1754494
Contributors: Laura Dingle Robertson; Andrew Davidson; Heather McNairn; Mehdi Hosseini; Scott Mitchell; Diego De Abelleyra; Santiago Verón; Michael H. Cosh
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Crop biophysical parameter retrieval from Sentinel-1 SAR data with a multi-target inversion of Water Cloud Model

International Journal of Remote Sensing
2020-07-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2020.1734261
Contributors: Dipankar Mandal; Vineet Kumar; Juan M. Lopez-Sanchez; Avik Bhattacharya; Heather McNairn; Y. S. Rao
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Using Artificial Neural Networks and Remotely Sensed Data to Evaluate the Relative Importance of Variables for Prediction of Within-Field Corn and Soybean Yields

Remote Sensing
2020-07-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs12142230
Contributors: Angela Kross; Evelyn Znoj; Daihany Callegari; Gurpreet Kaur; Mark Sunohara; David R. Lapen; Heather McNairn
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Assessing Soil Cover Levels during the Non-Growing Season Using Multitemporal Satellite Imagery and Spectral Unmixing Techniques

Remote Sensing
2020-04-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs12091397
Contributors: Ahmed Laamrani; Pamela Joosse; Heather McNairn; Aaron Berg; Jennifer Hagerman; Kathryn Powell; Mark Berry
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Estimation of Crop Biomass and Leaf Area Index from Multitemporal and Multispectral Imagery Using Machine Learning Approaches

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
2020-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2020.1740584
Contributors: Omid Reisi Gahrouei; Heather McNairn; Mehdi Hosseini; Saeid Homayouni
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A Generalized Volume Scattering Model-Based Vegetation Index From Polarimetric SAR Data

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2019.2907703
Contributors: Debanshu Ratha; Dipankar Mandal; Vineet Kumar; Heather Mcnairn; Avik Bhattacharya; Alejandro C. Frery
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Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Compact Polarimetry for Soil Moisture Retrieval

Remote Sensing
2019-09-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs11192227
Contributors: Amine Merzouki; Heather McNairn; Jarrett Powers; Matthew Friesen
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Mid-season Crop Classification Using Dual-, Compact-, and Full-Polarization in Preparation for the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM)

Remote Sensing
2019-07-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs11131582
Contributors: Masoud Mahdianpari; Fariba Mohammadimanesh; Heather McNairn; Andrew Davidson; Mohammad Rezaee; Bahram Salehi; Saeid Homayouni
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Comparative Analysis of High-Resolution Soil Moisture Simulations from the Soil, Vegetation, and Snow (SVS) Land Surface Model Using SAR Imagery Over Bare Soil

Water
2019-03-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/w11030542
Contributors: Mohammed Dabboor; Leqiang Sun; Marco L. Carrera; Matthew Friesen; Amine Merzouki; Heather McNairn; Jarrett Powers; Stéphane Bélair
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Quad and compact multitemporal C-band PolSAR observations for crop characterization and monitoring

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
2019-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2018.09.009
Contributors: S. Homayouni; H. McNairn; M. Hosseini; X. Jiao; J. Powers
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