Whenever possible, I have included a link to an electronic copy of the publication. Some, however, may not be available online or cannot be posted do to copyright restrictions. If you would like a copy of any of the following publications please email me at klein@geog.tamu.edu and a PDV version of my updated curriculum vitae is also available.
Klein, A.G. Kincaid, J.L. and Merritt, K.E. in revision.
Assessing the accuracy of mapping
small tropical glaciers: a comparison of glacier mapping techniques applied
to the glaciers on Mt. Jaya, Irian Jaya. Remote Sensing of Environment
Klein, A.G., Kennicutt, M.C. II, Wolff, G.A., Sweet, S.T., Gielstra,
D.A. and Bloxom, T. in review. Disruption
of sand-wedge polygons at McMurdo Station, Antarctica: an indication of the
areal extent of physical disturbance. Geografiska Annaler.
Klein, A.G., Kennicutt, M.C. II, Wolff, G.A., Sweet, S.T., Bloxom, T.,
Gielstra, D.A. and Cleckley, M. accepted. The
historical development of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, an environmental perspective.
Polar Geography.
Klein, A.G. and Kincaid, J.L. 2006. Retreat
of glaciers on Mt. Jaya, Irian Jaya determined from 2000 and 2002 IKONOS satellite
images. Journal of Glaciology 52: 65-79.
Aly, M., Giardino J.R. and Klein A.G. 2005. A
GIS approach to model geohazrds for suitability assessment of New Minia City,
Egypt. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience XI: 259-269.
Smith, J.A., Seltzer, G.O., Rodbell, D.T. and Klein, A.G., 2005. Regional
synthesis of last glacial maximum snowlines in tropical circum-Pacific South
America. Quaternary International 138-139: 145-167.
Lee, S. Klein, A.G. and Over T. 2005. An
assessment of the suitability of MODIS snow products for simulating streamflow
in the Upper Rio Grande River Basin using the snowmelt runoff model. Hydrological
Processes 19: 2951-2972.
Lee, S., Klein, A.G. and Over, T., 2004. Effects
of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation on temperature, precipitation, snow
water equivalent and resulting streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande River Basin.
Hydrological Processes 18: 1053-1071.
Klein, A.G. and Barnett, A.C., 2003. Validation
of daily MODIS snow cover maps of the Upper Rio Grande River Basin for the 2000-2001
snow year. Remote Sensing of Environment, 86: 162-176.
Klein, A.G. and Stroeve, J., 2002. Development
and validation of a snow albedo algorithm for the MODIS instrument. Annals
of Glaciology, 34: 45-52.
Hall, D. K., Foster, J. L., Salomonson, V. V., Klein, A.G.,
and Chien, J. Y. L., 2001. Development
of a technique to assess snow-cover mapping accuracy from space. IEEE
Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39: 432-438.
Klein, A.G. and Isacks, B.L., 1999. Spectral
mixture analysis of Landsat thematic mapper images applied to the detection
of the transient snowline on tropical Andean glaciers. Global and Planetary
Change, 22: 139-154.
Tait, A.B., Hall, D.K., Foster, J., Chang, A. and Klein, A.,
1999. Detection
of snow cover using millimeter-wave imaging radiometer (MIR) Data. Remote
Sensing of Environment, 68: 53-60.
Klein, A.G., Seltzer, G.O. and Isacks, B.L., 1999. Modern
and last local glacial maximum snowlines in the Central Andes of Peru, Bolivia,
and Northern Chile. Quaternary Science Reviews, 18: 63-84.
Hall, D.K., Foster, J.L., Verbyla, D.L., Klein, A.G. and
Bensen, C.S., 1998. Assessment
of snow-cover mapping accuracy in a variety of vegetation-cover densities in
central Alaska. Remote Sensing of Environment, 66: 129-137.
Klein, A.G., Hall, D.K. and Riggs, G.A., 1998. Improving
snow-cover mapping in forests through the use of a canopy reflectance model.
Hydrological Processes, 12: 1723-1744.
Klein, A.G. and Isacks, B.L., 1998. Alpine glacial geomorphological
studies in the central Andes using Landsat thematic mapper images. Glacial
Geology and Geomorphology, rp01/1998. available at http://ggg.qub.ac.uk/papers/full/1998/rp011998/rp01.htm.
Duncan, C.C., Klein, A.G., Masek, J.G. and Isacks, B.L.,
1998. Late
Pleistocene and modern glaciations in central Nepal from digital elevation data
and satellite imagery. Quaternary Research, 49: 241-254.
Klein, A.G., Isacks, B.L. and Bloom, A.L., 1995. Modern
and last glacial maximum snowline in Peru and Bolivia: implications for regional
climatic change. Bull. Inst fr. études andines, 24: 607-617.
Klein, A., Kennicutt M.C. II, Sweet, S., Montanga, P. and S. Applebaum, 2004. Long-Term Environmental Monitoring at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Supported With GIS. ArcNews 26(3). pp. 34-35.
Klein, A.G., 2000. The Earth's
changing glaciers. American Alpine Journal, 42: 139-150.
Klein, A.G. and Isacks, B.L., 1996. Tracking
change in the Central Andes Mountains. GISWORLD, 9: 48-52.
Kennicutt, M.C.I., Wolff, G.A., Klein, A. and Montagna,
P., 2003. Spatial and temporal scales of human disturbance
- McMurdo Station, Antarctic - preliminary findings. In: A.H.L. Huiskes
et al. (Editors), Antarctic Biology in a Global Context. Backhuys Publishers,
Lieden, Netherlands, pp. 271-277.
Klein, A.G. and Isacks, B.L., 1996. Mapping
glaciers with SPOT imagery and GIS. In: S. Morain and S.L. Baros (Editors),
Raster Imagery in Geographical Information Systems. OnWord Press, Santa
Fe, New Mexico pp. 219-225.
Morris, J.N., Poole, A.J. and Klein, A.G. in press.
Retreat of Tropical Glaciers in Colombia and Venezuela from 1984 to 2004 as
measured from ASTER and Landsat images. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Eastern
Snow Conference, Newark, Delaware, June7-9th, 2006.
Klein, A.G., Kennicutt M.C. II, Wolff, G.A., Sweet, S.T. Gielstra, D.A.
and T. Bloxom 2004. Disruption
of Sand-Wedge Polygons at McMurdo Station, Antarctica: An Indication of Physical
Disturbance. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Eastern Snow Conference,
Portland Maine, June 9-11, 2004, pp. 159-172.
Kincaid, J.L. and Klein, A.G. 2004. Retreat
of the Irian Jaya Glaciers from 2000 to 2002 as Measured from IKONOS Satellite
Images. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Portland
Maine, June 9-11, 2004. pp. 147-157.
Klein, A.G. 2003. Determination
of broadband albedos of partially snow-covered sites for validation of MODIS
snow albedo retrievals. Proceedings of the 60th Annual Eastern Snow Conference,
Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 9-11, 2003. pp. 23-35.
Hall, D.K., Salomonson, V.V., Riggs, G.A. and Klein, A.G.,
2003. Snow and ice products
from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Proceedings of
the 69th Annual American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS
2003) Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, May 5-9, 2003.
Lee, S., Klein, A. and Over, T., 2001. Effects
of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation on temperature, precipitation, snow covered
area, and resulting streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande River Basin, 58th
Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, May 17-19, 2001, pp. 49-59.
Klein, A.G., Hall, D.K. and Nolin, A.W., 2000. Development
of a prototype snow albedo algorithm for MODIS, Proceedings of the 57th
Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Syracuse, New York, May 17-19, 2000, pp.
143-157.
Klein, A.G. and Hall, D.K., 1999. Snow
albedo determination using the NASA MODIS instrument, Proceedings of
the 56th Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, June
2-4, 1999, pp. 77-85.
Klein, A.G., Hall, D.K. and Siedel, K., 1998. Algorithm
intercomparison for accuracy assessment of the MODIS snow--mapping algorithm,
Proceedings of the 55th Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Jackson, New
Hampshire, June 2-3, 1998, pp. 37-45.
Hall, D.K., Foster, J.L., Salomonson, V.V., Klein, A.G.
and Chien, J.Y.L., 1998. Error
analysis for global snow-cover mapping in the Earth Observing System (EOS) era,
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS'98), Seattle, Washington,
July 6-10, 1998, pp. 1524-1526.
Klein, A.G. and Hall, D.K., 1998. Global
Snow Cover Monitoring using MODIS, Proceedings of the 27th International
Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Tromsø, Norway, June
8-12, 1998, pp. 363-366.
Klein, A.G., Hall, D.K. and Riggs, G., 1997. Improving
the MODIS global snow-mapping algorithm, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Symposium (IGARSS'97), Singapore, August 3-8, 1997, pp. 619-621.
Klein, A.G., Masek, J.G. and Isacks, B.L., 1996. Shortwave
radiation geometry and glacier distribution in the Cordillera Real, Bolivia.
In: S. Colbeck (Editor), Glaciers, Ice Sheets and Volcanoes: a tribute to
Mark F. Meier. CRREL Special Report 96-27, pp. 57-61.
Klein, A.G., Isacks, B.L. and Bloom, A.L., 1995. Modern
and last glacial maximum snowline in Peru and Bolivia: implications for regional
climatic change. In: P. Ribstein and B. Francou (Editors), Aguas Glaciares
y Cambios Climaticos en los Andes Tropicales. ORSTOM-UMSA-SENAMHI-CONAPHI,
La Paz, Bolivia, June 13-16, 1995. pp. 173-182.
Forster, R.R., Klein, A.G., Blodgett, T. and Isacks, B.L.,
1993. Glaciological studies
in the central Andes using AIRSAR/TOPSAR. In: J.v. Zyl (Editor), Summaries
of the Forth Annual JPL Airborne Geoscience Workshop. JPL Publication 93-26
Vol. 3: 13-15.
Kennicutt, M.C. et al. 2006. Variability in Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances at McMurdo Station, Antarctica - Phase 1. Texas A&M University and the Marine Science Institute at the University of Texas, 111 pp.
Kennicutt, M.C. et al. 2003. Spatial
and Temporal Scales of Human Disturbance, McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Final Report, 2003. Geochemical and Environmental Research Group and Department
of Geography Texas A&M University and Marine Science Institute, University
of Texas, College Station, Texas. 184 pp.
Hall, D.K., Riggs, G.A., Salomonson, V.V. with contributions from
Barton, J.S., Casey, K., Chien, J. Y. L., DiGirolamo, N.E., Klein, A.G.,
Powell, H.W. and Tait, A.B., 2001. Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)
for the MODIS snow and sea ice-mapping algorithms, Goddard Space Flight
Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. September 2001. available online at
http://modis-snow-ice.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd.html
Kennicutt, M., Wolff, G.A., Alsup, D. and Klein, A.G.,
1999. Long-term monitoring, McMurdo Station, Antarctica: pilot project design.
A report to the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation-Office
of Polar Programs., Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. 37 pp.
available online at http://www.gerg.tamu.edu/menu_fieldProgram/ant_res/report/report_4.pdf
Hall, D.K., Tait, A.B., Riggs, G.A., Salomonson, V.V. with contributions
from Chien, J.Y.L., and Klein, A.G., 1998. Algorithm Theoretical Basis
Document (ATBD) for the MODIS snow-, lake ice- and sea ice-mapping algorithms.
Version 4, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. 50 pp.
Klein, A.G., in press. Remote
Sensing in Geomorphology. In: A.S. Goudie (Editor), IAG Encyclopedia
of Geomorphology. Routledge, London.
Hardy, J.P., Pomeroy, J.W., Elder, K. and Klein, A.G.,
2002. Preface
[to the Special Eastern/Western Snow Conference issue]. Hydrological Processes,
16: 3527.
Klein, A.G., Seltzer, G.O. and Isacks, B.L., 2000. Correspondence
on: Modern and Last Local Glacial Maximum snowlines in the Central Andes of
Peru, Bolivia, and Northern Chile. Reply to correspondence by Uwe Dornbusch.
Quaternary Science Reviews, 20: 1155-1158.
All chapters of my dissertation along their descriptions are available from this page.
Abstracts may not be quite up to date...
Aly, M.H., Klein, A.G. and Giardino, J.R., in press. Discrimination
of rock glaciers on Nevado Samaja, Bolivia, using remote sensing, 2003 Meeting
of the Geological Society of America, Seattle, Washington, November 2-5,
2003.
Klein, A.G., 2003. Determination
of broadband albedos of partially snow-covered sites for validation of MODIS
snow albedo retrievals, 60th Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Sherbrooke,
Quebec, June 4-6, 2003.
Klein, A., Barnett, A. and Lee, S., 2003. Evaluation
of MODIS snow cover products in the Upper Rio Grand River Basin, Geophysical
Research Abstracts 5: 12420. presented at the EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly.
Nice, France, April 6-11, 2003. Abstract appears in.
Bednarz, R., Bednarz, S. and Klein, A., 2002. Factors influencing
the introduction of IT into K-12 Classrooms, 2002 ESRI Education User Conference,
San Diego, California, July 5-7, 2002.
http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/educ02/abstracts/a5204.html
Klein, A.G., 2002. Continued
development and validation of a MODIS snow albedo algorithm through comparisons
with in situ observations during the 2000-2001 snow season, Third International
Workshop on Multiangular Measurements and Models (IWMMM-3), Steamboat Springs,
Colorado, June 10-12, 2002.
Klein, A.G., 2002. Comparison
of MODIS snow albedo retrievals and in situ observations during the 2000-2001
Snow Season, 59th Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Stowe, Vermont,
June 5-7, 2002.
Barnett, A. and Klein, A.G., 2002. Comparisons
of MODIS and NOHRSC snowcover products for the Upper Rio Grande River Basin
during the 2000-2001 Snow Season, 59th Annual Eastern Snow Conference,
Stowe, Vermont, June 5-7, 2002.
Lee, S., Klein, A. and Over, T., 2002. Effects
of the El Nino/Southern Oscillation on temperature, precipitation, snow covered
area, and resulting streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande River Basin, 59th
Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Stowe, Vermont, June 5-7, 2002.
Bednarz, S., Klein, A.G. and Bednarz, R., 2001. Spatial
Skills for Science Education: Integrating Spatial Skills and Information Technology:
ITS and Geoscience, 2001 ESRI Education User Conference, San Diego, California,
July 6-8, 2001. presentation available at http://campus.esri.com/campus/library/ConfProc/ESRIEducation/2001/bednarz.ppt
Klein, A.G., 2001. Development
and Validation of a Snow Albedo Algorithm for the MODIS Instrument, Fourth
International Symposium on Remote Sensing in Glaciology, College Park, Maryland,
June 3-8, 2001.
Klein, A.G., 2001. Validation
of a MODIS snow albedo algorithm, 58th Annual Eastern Snow Conference,
Ottawa, Ontario, May 17-19, 2001.
Klein, A.G., 2001. Historical
snow cover changes in the southern portion of Ross, Island Antarctica, 58thAnnual
Eastern Snow Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, May 17-19, 2001.
Lee, S., Klein, A. and Over, T., 2001. Effects
of the El Nino/Southern oscillation on temperature, precipitation, snow covered
area, and resulting streamflow in the Upper Rio Grande River Basin, 58th
Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, May 17-19, 2001
Klein, A.G., Gielstra, D.A., Kennicutt, M.I. and Wolff,
G.A., 2001. Developing an environmental
monitoring system for McMurdo Station, Antarctica, using GIS and remote sensing,
97th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York,
New York, February 27-March 3, 2001.
Mayfield, M.W., Perry, B. and Klein, A., 2001. Glacier
retreat in the northern Cordillera Real, Bolivia, 97th Annual Meeting
of the Association of American Geographers, New York, New York, February
27-March 3, 2001
Klein, A.G., 2000. Development
of a prototype snow albedo algorithm for the NASA MODIS instrument, 96th
Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 4-8, 2000.
Klein, A.G., 2000. Remote
Sensing of inundation area on the Bolivian Altiplano using SSM/I passive microwave
data, Annual Meeting of the Southwest Division of the Association of
American Geographers, College Station, Texas, November 2-4, 2000.
Klein, A.G., 2000. Development
of a prototype snow albedo algorithm for MODIS, 57th Annual Eastern Snow
Conference, Syracuse, New York, May 17-19, 2000.
Klein, A.G. and Hall, D.K., 1999. Snow
albedo determination using the NASA MODIS instrument, 56th Annual Eastern
Snow Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, June 2-4, 1999.
Klein, A.G., 1999. Development
of a prototype snow albedo algorithm for the NASA MODIS instrument, Annual
Meeting of the Southwest Division of the Association of American Geographers,
San Marcos, Texas, October 20-23, 1999.
Klein, A.G. and Hall, D.K., 1999. A
snow albedo algorithm for the NASA MODIS Instrument, 95th Annual Meeting
of the Association of American Geographers, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 23-27,
1999.
Klein, A.G. and Hall, D.K., 1998. Global
snow cover monitoring using MODIS, 27th International Symposium on Remote
Sensing of Environment, Tromsø, Norway, June 8-12, 2000.
Klein, A.G., Hall, D.K. and Siedel, K., 1998. Algorithm
intercomparison for accuracy assessment of the MODIS snow-mapping algorithm,
55th Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Jackson, New Hampshire, June 2-3,
1998.
Klein, A.G., Hall, D.K., Kaufman, Y.J. and Vermote, E.F.,
1997. A computationally-frugal
approach to detection and sub-pixel estimation of snow cover in forests.
EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union, 78, Fall Meeting
Supplement, Abstract H12B-13. presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall
1997 Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 8-12, 1997.
Klein, A.G., 1997.
Satellite remote sensing of tropical glaciers in Peru and Bolivia, 1997
Joint Assemblies of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric
Sciences & International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans,
Melbourne, Australia, July 1-9, 1997: JMPH18-12.
Klein, A.G., 1996. Alpine
glacial geomorphic studies in the central Andes using Landsat Thematic Mapper
imagery, Inter American Institute for Global Change Workshop on Assessment
of Present, Past and Future Climate Variability in the Americas from Treeline
Environments, Jasper, Alberta, October 6-11, 1996
Klein, A.G., Isacks, B.L., Bloom, A.L. and Seltzer, G.O.,
1996. Application of satellite
remote sensing to modern and late Pleistocene glacial studies in the central
Andes, A Forum for Integrating Multidisciplinary Research to Advance
the Science of Global Change -A Graduate Fellowships for Global Change Conference.
DOE, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, October 26-31, 1996.
Klein, A.G., Isacks, B.L. and Seltzer, G.O., 1996. Modern
and Last Glacial Maximum Snowlines in the Peruvian-Bolivian Andes, International
Conference on Quaternary Glaciation and Paleoclimate in the Andes Mountains,
Mérida, Venezuela., June 17-20, 1996.
Forster, R.R., Isacks, B.L. and Klein, A.G., 1995. Spaceborne
Imaging Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) glaciological investigations of the Patagonian Andes,
EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union 76. Fall Meeting Supplement,
Abstract H12C-5. presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall 1995 Meeting,
San Francisco, California, December 5-11, 1995.
Klein, A.G., Masek, J.G. and Isacks, B.L., 1995. Shortwave
radiation geometry and glacier distribution in the Cordillera Real, Bolivia.
EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union, 76: Fall Meeting
Supplement, Abstract H12C-6. presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall
1995 Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 5-11, 1995.
Isacks, B.L., Duncan, C.C. and Klein, A.G., 1995. Modern
and LGM glacial extents from satellite images and digital topography: Implications
for LGM climate in the Bhutan Himalayas, International Himalyan/Tibetan
Plateau Paleoclimate Workshop, Kathmandu, Nepal, April 2-7, 1995.
Forster, R.R., Isacks, B.L. and Klein, A.G., 1995. Shuttle
Imaging Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) Observation of Patagonian Icefield response to weather
changes. EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union 76, Spring
Meeting Supplement, Abstract P51A-7. presented at the American Geophysical Union
Spring 1995 Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 30-June 2, 1995.
Klein, A.G. and Isacks, B. L., 1994. Glacial
extent in the central Andes 15°-22° S during the Last Glacial Maximum.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Seattle Washington,
October 24-27, 1994: A-446.
Forster, R.R., Isacks, B.L. and Klein, A.G., 1994. Modern
and LGM glaciation of the Bolivian and Patagonian Andes. Geological Society
of America Abstracts with Programs, Seattle Washington, October 24-27, 1994:
A-129.
Duncan, C.C., Isacks, B.L., Fielding, E.F., Masek, J.G. and Klein,
A.G., 1993. The topographic
signatures of erosional regimes in the Himalayas. EOS Transactions American
Geophysical Union, 74, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract U21A-21.
presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall 1993 Meeting, San Francisco,
California, December 6-10, 1993.
Isacks, B.L., Klein, A.., Blodgett, T. and Fox, A.., 1993.
Snow lines, climate change and
erosion along the Himalayan and Andean mountain fronts. EOS Transactions
American Geophyscial Union, 74, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract
U31A-29. presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall 1993 Meeting, San
Francisco, California, December 6-10, 1993.
Klein, A.G., Isacks, B.L. and Niemi, N., 1993. Transient
snowline elevation determine in the central Andes from Landsat Thematic Mapper
imagery. EOS Transactions American Geophysical Union, 74,
Spring Meeting Supplement, Abstract H12B-3. presented at the American Geophysical
Union, Spring 1993 Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 24-28, 1993.
Isacks, B. L., Fielding, E. F., Fox, A. N., Masek, J. G., Klein,
A.G., Bloom, A. L., and Jordan, T., 1991. Erosion,
tectonics, and climate history in mountain belts, Science Foundations
for the EOS Era, Physical Climate and Hydrology. Annual Workshop in Earth
System Science, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania.
July 22-26, 1991.
Klein, A.G., 1989. Remote
Sensing of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The PEW Midstates Science
and Mathematics Consortium Undergraduate Scholar Research Reports Fall 1989:
60-61.