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Christiana Ade

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4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

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Water & Ecosystems

Postdoctoral Researcher

Biography

Christiana is a post-doc working on projects related to SBG, including Space-based Imaging Spectroscopy and Thermal pathfindER (SISTER) and SBG High Frequency Time Series (SHIFT). Her work incorporates data from various sensors to uncover patterns at terrestrial aquatic interfaces.

Education

  • PhD Environmental Systems, University of California Merced, 2022
  • MS Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2017
  • GIS graduate student certificate, North Carolina State University, 2015
  • BS Environmental Science, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2014

Professional Experience

  • 2022: JPL Postdoc
  • 2017 – 2022: Graduate Student Research Assistant UC Merced
  • 2015 – 2017: Graduate Student Research and Teaching Assistant at NC State

Community Service

  • UC Merced Valle De Exploracion Google Earth Engine Tutorial instructor and graduate student panelist

Research Interests

Aquatic remote sensing, invasive aquatic vegetation, landscape phenology metrics, carbon fluxes, water quality

Selected Awards

  • Environmental Systems Dissertation Fellowship 2021
  • Delta Stewardship Council Grant (2019)

Selected Publications

  1. C. Ade, S. Khanna, M. Lay, S.H. Ustin E.L. Hestir. (2022) Genus-level Mapping of Invasive Floating Aquatic Vegetation Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing. 14(13), 3013. doi: 10.3390/RS14133013
  2. Q. Xu, A.L. Westerling, A. Notohamiprodjo, C. Wiedinmyer, J. J Picotte, S.A. Parks, M.D. Hurteau, M. E. Marlier, C.A. Kolden, J.A. Sam, W.J. Baldwin, C. Ade. (2022). Wildfire burn severity and emissions inventory: an example implementation over California. Environmental Research Letters. 17:8. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac80d0
  3. C. Ade, E.L. Hestir, C.M. Lee. (2021). Assessing Fish Habitat and the Effects of an Emergency Drought Barrier on Estuarine Turbidity Using Satellite Remote Sensing. Journal of American Water Resources Association (JAWRA). 1– 19. doi:10.1111/1752-1688.12925
  4. E.A. Bolch, M.J. Santos, C. Ade, et al. (2019). Remote Detection of Invasive Species. In: Cavender-Bares, J (Ed) Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity: Using spectral signals of plants to understand the biology and biodiversity of plants, plant communities, ecosystems and the tree of life, Springer, New York.
  5. F. Muller-Karger, E.L. Hestir, C. Ade et al. (2018). Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring essential biodiversity variables of coastal ecosystems. Ecological Applications 28: 749-760. doi: 10.1002/eap.1682

Projects

SBG (Surface Biology and Geology) Designated Observable