Angela Kross

Assistant Professor,
Concordia University

Department of Geography, Planning and Environment
E-mail: angela.kross@concordia.ca
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Education

PhD, Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2012 MSc, Geo-Information Science and Remote sensing, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands, 2005 MA in Rural Administration and Communication, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, 2002 BSc degree, Agronomic Engineering, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, 1999


QCBS students

Michael Ekwe

Ph.D.
(Start: 2022)
Monitoring Corn and Soybeans Leaf Area Index and Aboveground Biomass from Multisensor data

Jennifer Donnini

M.Sc.
(Start: 2023, End: 2025)
Spectral Diversity as a Predictor of Tree Diversity: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities Across Forest Ecosystems



Publications

19- Monitoring forest cover and land use change in the Congo Basin under IPCC climate change scenarios
Journal Article
Yuh Y G , N’Goran K P , Kross A , Heurich M , Matthews H D , Turner S E ,
2024 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2024-12-08)

18- Spectral Diversity as a Predictor of Tree Diversity: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities Across Forest Ecosystems
Journal Article
Donnini J , Kross A , Alejo C ,
2024 Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (Date Added: 2024-12-03)

17- Land conversion and lack of protection significantly reduce suitable wolf habitat amount and functional connectivity in the Adirondack-to-Laurentians (A2L) transboundary wildlife linkage
Journal Article
Cole, JR, Cheveau, M, Gallo, JA, Kross, A, St-Laurent, M-H, Jaeger, JAG
2024 Regional Environmental Change (Date Added: 2024-08-23)

16- Assessing the impact of gold mining on forest cover in the Surinamese Amazon from 1997 to 2019: A semi-automated satellite-based approach
Journal Article
Quash, Y, Kross, A, Jaeger, JAG
2024 Ecological Informatics (Date Added: 2024-01-27)

13- A geospatial framework for the assessment and monitoring of environmental impacts of agriculture
Journal Article
Kross, A, Kaur, G, Jaeger, JAG
2022 Environmental Impact Assessment Review (Date Added: 2022-08-23)

12- Urban sprawl in Canada: Values in all 33 Census Metropolitan Areas and corresponding 469 Census Subdivisions between 1991 and 2011
Journal Article
Pourali, M, Townsend, C, Kross, A, Guindon, A, Jaeger, JAG
2022 Data in Brief (Date Added: 2022-02-27)

11- Estimating rainfed groundnut’s leaf area index using Sentinel-2 based on Machine Learning Regression Algorithms and Empirical Models
Journal Article
Ekwe, MC, Adeluyi, O, Verrelst, J, Kross, A, Odiji, CA
Precision Agriculture (Date Added: 2024-12-03)

10- Identifying Suitable Habitats for the Reintroduction of Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) in Northeastern Brazil’s Caatinga Biome
Journal Article
Donnini, J, Kross, A, Ferreira, R, Turner, S
International Journal of Primatology (Date Added: 2024-12-03)

9- Spectral Diversity as a Predictor of Tree Diversity: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities Across Forest Ecosystems
Journal Article
Donnini, J, Kross, A, Alejo, C
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (Date Added: 2024-12-03)

8- Using artificial neural networks and remotely sensed data to evaluate the relative importance of variables for prediction of within-field corn and soybean yields
Journal Article
Kross, A, Znoj, E, Callegari, D, Kaur, G, Sunohara, M, Lapen, DR, McNairn, H
Remote Sensing (Date Added: 2024-12-03)

7- Light use efficiency of peatlands: Variability and suitability for modeling ecosystem production
Journal Article
Kross, A, Seaquist, JW, Roulet, NT
Remote Sensing of Environment (Date Added: 2024-12-03)

6- Satellite and in situ derived corn and soybean biomass and leaf area index: Response to controlled tile drainage under varying weather conditions
Journal Article
Kross, A, Lapen, DR, McNairn, H, Sunohara, M, Champagne, C, Wilkes, G
Agricultural Water Management (Date Added: 2024-12-03)

5- Assessment of RapidEye vegetation indices for estimation of leaf area index and biomass in corn and soybean crops
Journal Article
Kross, A, McNairn, H, Lapen, D, Sunohara, M, Champagne, C
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (Date Added: 2024-12-03)

4- Phenology and its role in carbon dioxide exchange processes in northern peatlands
Journal Article
Kross, ASE, Roulet, NT, Moore, TR, Lafleur, PM, Humphreys, ER, Seaquist, JW, Flanagan, LB, Aurela, M
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (Date Added: 2024-12-03)

3- Early season monitoring of corn and soybeans with TerraSAR-X and RADARSAT-2
Journal Article
McNairn, H, Kross, A, Lapen, D, Caves, R, Shang, J
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (Date Added: 2024-12-03)

2- Estimating carbon dioxide exchange rates at contrasting northern peatlands using MODIS satellite data
Journal Article
Kross, A, Seaquist, JW, Roulet, NT, Fernandes, R, Sonnentag, O
Remote Sensing of Environment (Date Added: 2024-12-03)

1- The effect of the temporal resolution of NDVI data on season onset dates and trends across Canadian broadleaf forests
Journal Article
Kross, A, Fernandes, R, Seaquist, J, Beaubien, E
Remote Sensing of Environment (Date Added: 2024-12-03)