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dr. M. Huesca Martinez (Margarita)

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About Me

I received a PhD in Forestry and Agriculture from the Technical University of Madrid. During my dissertation I developed a framework to assess the spatial and temporal variability of different environmental processes, such as forest fires, drought, vegetation dynamics, across different ecoregions, using statistical time series analysis applied to multispectral time series data. After my Ph.D., I received a postdoctoral scholar position at the University of California, Davis (USA), in the centre for spatial technologies and remote sensing (CSTARS), where I began working with imaging spectroscopy and LiDAR data. During this time, I was focused on combining several types of remote sensing data, such as multispectral, hyperspectral, LiDAR and UAV data, with in situ measurements to develop models for assessing biodiversity, drought effects, evapotranspiration, vegetation structure, functional traits, and tree mortality among others in very different ecosystems such as Mediterranean savannas, mix broadleaf-conifer forest, alpine forest, wetland o tropical forest.


Expertise

Earth & Environmental Sciences
# Forest Fire
# Index
# Modis
# Ndvi
# Time Series
# Time Series Analysis
Agriculture & Biology
# Forest Fires
# Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

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Research

For my future research plans, I am interested in:

(1) understanding the spatial and temporal variability in ecosystem functioning under global climate change scenarios and its relationship with biodiversity loss and the effect in natural resources;

(2) developing robust spatial and temporal models for monitoring and forecasting forest dynamics under the influence of several disturbance factors, such as forest fires, insect attacks, invasive species, and drought, among others; 

(3) determining how we can apply each type of remote sensing data to improve our knowledge of ecosystem processes and develop a monitoring system that allows for upscaling and downscaling from local to global level. 

 

Publications

Recent
Huesca, M., & Ustin, S. L. (2021). Baseline invasive species community mapping at Lower Klamath Wetland, Oregon-California (USA). In IGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings (pp. 5907-5909). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553787
Huesca, M., Ustin, S. L., Shapiro, K. D., Boynton, R., & Thorne, J. H. (2021). Detection of drought‐induced blue oak mortality in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Ecosphere, 12(6), 1-20. [e03558]. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3558
Miraglio, T. , Huesca, M., Gastellu-Etchegorry, J. P., Schaaf, C., Adeline, K. R. M., Ustin, S. L., & Briottet, X. (2021). Impact of modeling abstractions when estimating leaf mass per area and equivalent water thickness over sparse forests using a hybrid method. Remote sensing, 13(16), 1-22. [3235]. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13163235
Cicuendez, V., Rodriguez-Rastrero, M., Recuero, L. , Huesca Martinez, M., Schmid, T., Inclan, R., Litago, J., Sanchez-Giron, V., & Palacios-Orueta, A. (2020). First insights on soil respiration prediction across the growth stages of rainfed barley based on simulated MODIS and Sentinel-2 spectral indices. Remote sensing, 12(17), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12172724
Huesca Martinez, M., Riano, D., & Ustin, S. (2019). Spectral mapping methods applied to LiDAR data: application to fuel type mapping. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 74, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2018.08.020
Recuero, L., Litago, J., Pinzon, J. , Huesca Martinez, M., Moyano, M. C., & Palacios-Orueta, A. (2019). Mapping periodic patterns of global vegetation based on spectral analysis of NDVI time series. Remote sensing, 11(21), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11212497
Recuero, L., Wiese, K. , Huesca Martinez, M., Cicuendez, V., Litago, J., Tarquis Alfonso, A. M., & Palacios-Orueta, A. (2019). Fallowing temporal patterns assessment in rainfed agricultural areas based on NDVI time series autocorrelation values. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 82, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2019.05.023

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University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
ITC (building no. 75), room 4-106
Hengelosestraat 99
7514AE  Enschede
The Netherlands

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Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
ITC  4-106
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7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

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