Christiana Ade
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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