Hydrologist
Martha Carol Anderson is research scientist with the United States Department of Agriculture . She is known for her work in using satellite imagery to track droughts and their impact on crops. In 2022, she was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union . In 2024, she was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Engineering.
Education and career [ edit ] Anderson has a B.A. from Carleton College (1987), and she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1993. Following her Ph.D., she moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she worked first as a postdoctoral researcher and then as an associate researcher and assistant scientist. In 2005, she moved to the Agricultural Research Service as a research physical scientist.[ 1]
Anderson conducted her Ph.D. research in the field of observational astrophysics, focusing on the investigation of supernovae.[ 2] [ 3] She then changed her research focus to the interactions between soils, plants, and the atmosphere[ 4] and how this is detected using remote sensing . She uses data from satellites to develop models[ 5] [ 6] that are used to predict droughts and soil moisture stress,[ 7] and the subsequent impacts on crops.[ 8]
Selected publications [ edit ] Anderson, M. C.; Norman, J. M.; Diak, G. R.; Kustas, W. P.; Mecikalski, J. R. (1997-05-01). "A two-source time-integrated model for estimating surface fluxes using thermal infrared remote sensing" . Remote Sensing of Environment . 60 (2): 195–216. Bibcode :1997RSEnv..60..195A . doi :10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00215-5 . ISSN 0034-4257 .
Anderson, Martha C.; Norman, John M.; Mecikalski, John R.; Otkin, Jason A.; Kustas, William P. (2007-05-27). "A climatological study of evapotranspiration and moisture stress across the continental United States based on thermal remote sensing: 1. Model formulation: EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND MOISTURE STRESS" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres . 112 (D10). doi :10.1029/2006JD007506 .
Anderson, M. C.; Kustas, W. P.; Norman, J. M.; Hain, C. R.; Mecikalski, J. R.; Schultz, L.; González-Dugo, M. P.; Cammalleri, C.; d'Urso, G.; Pimstein, A.; Gao, F. (2011-01-21). "Mapping daily evapotranspiration at field to continental scales using geostationary and polar orbiting satellite imagery" . Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 15 (1): 223–239. Bibcode :2011HESS...15..223A . doi :10.5194/hess-15-223-2011 . hdl :10447/53094 . ISSN 1607-7938 .
Roy, D. P.; Wulder, M. A.; Loveland, T. R.; C.e., Woodcock; Allen, R. G.; Anderson, M. C.; Helder, D.; Irons, J. R.; Johnson, D. M.; Kennedy, R.; Scambos, T. A.; Schaaf, C. B.; Schott, J. R.; Sheng, Y.; Vermote, E. F. (2014-04-05). "Landsat-8: Science and product vision for terrestrial global change research" . Remote Sensing of Environment . 145 : 154–172. Bibcode :2014RSEnv.145..154R . doi :10.1016/j.rse.2014.02.001 . ISSN 0034-4257 . S2CID 109926873 . In 2022, Anderson was elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union.[ 9] In 2022, she also received the John Dalton medal from the European Geosciences Union in recognition of her work on "multi-scale thermal remote sensing to evapotranspiration and drought impact assessments."[ 10]
^ "Martha Anderson : USDA ARS" . www.ars.usda.gov . Retrieved 2022-12-28 .
^ Anderson, M.; Rudnick, L.; Leppik, P.; Perley, R.; Braun, R. (1991-05-01). "Relativistic Electron Populations in Cassiopeia A" . The Astrophysical Journal . 373 : 146. Bibcode :1991ApJ...373..146A . doi :10.1086/170033 . ISSN 0004-637X .
^ Anderson, M. C.; Keohane, J. W.; Rudnick, L. (1995-03-01). "The Polarization and Depolarization of Radio Emission from Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A" . The Astrophysical Journal . 441 : 300. Bibcode :1995ApJ...441..300A . doi :10.1086/175356 . ISSN 0004-637X .
^ Anderson, M. C.; Norman, J. M.; Diak, G. R.; Kustas, W. P.; Mecikalski, J. R. (1997-05-01). "A two-source time-integrated model for estimating surface fluxes using thermal infrared remote sensing" . Remote Sensing of Environment . 60 (2): 195–216. Bibcode :1997RSEnv..60..195A . doi :10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00215-5 . ISSN 0034-4257 .
^ Anderson, Martha C.; Norman, John M.; Mecikalski, John R.; Otkin, Jason A.; Kustas, William P. (2007-05-27). "A climatological study of evapotranspiration and moisture stress across the continental United States based on thermal remote sensing: 1. Model formulation: EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND MOISTURE STRESS" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres . 112 (D10). doi :10.1029/2006JD007506 .
^ Anderson, Martha C.; Norman, J. M.; Mecikalski, John R.; Torn, Ryan D.; Kustas, William P.; Basara, Jeffrey B. (2004-04-01). "A Multiscale Remote Sensing Model for Disaggregating Regional Fluxes to Micrometeorological Scales" . Journal of Hydrometeorology . 5 (2): 343–363. Bibcode :2004JHyMe...5..343A . doi :10.1175/1525-7541(2004)005<0343:AMRSMF>2.0.CO;2 . ISSN 1525-7541 .
^ Anderson, M. C.; Kustas, W. P.; Norman, J. M.; Hain, C. R.; Mecikalski, J. R.; Schultz, L.; González-Dugo, M. P.; Cammalleri, C.; d'Urso, G.; Pimstein, A.; Gao, F. (2011-01-21). "Mapping daily evapotranspiration at field to continental scales using geostationary and polar orbiting satellite imagery" . Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 15 (1): 223–239. Bibcode :2011HESS...15..223A . doi :10.5194/hess-15-223-2011 . hdl :10447/53094 . ISSN 1607-7938 .
^ Anderson, Martha C.; Norman, J. M.; Kustas, William P.; Li, Fuqin; Prueger, John H.; Mecikalski, John R. (2005-12-01). "Effects of Vegetation Clumping on Two–Source Model Estimates of Surface Energy Fluxes from an Agricultural Landscape during SMACEX" . Journal of Hydrometeorology . 6 (6): 892–909. Bibcode :2005JHyMe...6..892A . doi :10.1175/JHM465.1 . ISSN 1525-7541 .
^ Lozier, Susan; Myles, LaToya (2022-09-19). "AGU Announces the 2022 Class of Fellows" . Eos . Retrieved 2022-12-28 .
^ "Martha C. Anderson" . European Geosciences Union (EGU) . Retrieved 2022-12-28 .
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