Faculty
Yuri Knyazikhin
Research Professor, Geography and Environment
PhD, Muskhelishvilli Institute of Computing Mathematics
Areas of interest: Theory of radiative transfer in atmospheres and plant canopies; cloud-vegetation interaction; ground based radiation measurements and their interpretation; remote sensing of vegetation, cloud and atmosphere.
Phone: 617-353-8843
Fax: 617-353-8399
E-mail: jknjazi@crsa.bu.edu
Website: http://cybele.bu.edu/people/jknjazi.html
Office: STO Rm 334E, Geography and Environment Department
675 Commonwealth Ave., 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02215
Current Research
Remote Sensing
Developing algorithm for the estimation of leaf area index (LAI) and fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fAPAR) for operational use with MODIS (moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer) and MISR (multiangle imaging spectroradiometer) data during the Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra and Aqua missions (NASA).
Cloud Physics
- Understanding and coping with the effect of 3D cloud structure on ARM Data. (US Department of Energy ARM Program).
- Development of a new "cloud mode" for the AERONET (a ground-based network for monitoring aerosol optical properties) which, in addition to aerosol, is expected to monitor cloud optical properties. This mode will use AERONET "time" inappropriate for aerosol studies to make basic new measurements related to cloud physics. (NASA)
- Influence of small scale drop size variability on estimation of cloud radiative properties (NASA).
