Current Role

Education

Awards

2019            Student Research Award – University of Toronto

2019            School of Graduate Studies Conference Grant – University of Toronto

2019-2020   Oscar J. Marshall Graduate Fellowship – University of Toronto

2018-2019   Ontario Graduate Scholarship – Province of Ontario

2018            Geography & Planning Research Fellowship – University of Toronto

2017            Oscar J. Marshall Graduate Fellowship – University of Toronto

2016 Entrance Award - University of Toronto

2011            Best Master’s Thesis Award - Canadian Remote Sensing Society

2010            Graduate Research Enhancement & Travel award, McGill University

2010-2011   Provost’s Graduate Fellowship - McGill University

2009-2010   Provost’s Graduate Fellowship - McGill University

Teaching

Teaching Assistantships

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

Leng, J., Chen, J. M., Li, W., Luo, X., Xu, M., Liu, J., Wang, R., Rogers, C., Li, B., and Yan, Y. (2023). Global datasets of hourly carbon and water fluxes simulated using a satellite-based process model with dynamic parameterizations. Earth System Science Data Discussion. [accepted]. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-328 

Zhang, J., Gonsamo, A., Tong, X., Xiao, J., Rogers, C. A., Qin, S., Liu, P., Yu, P., & Ma, P. (2023). Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence captures photosynthetic phenology better than traditional vegetation indices. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 203, 183-198. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2023.07.021  

Weiland, L., Rogers, C. A., Sothe, C., Arain, M. A., & Gonsamo, A. (2023). Satellite-based land surface temperature and soil moisture observations accurately predict soil respiration in temperate deciduous and coniferous forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 340, 109618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109618 

Liu, Y., Chen, J.M., He, L., Wang, R., Smith, N.G., Keenan, T.F., Rogers, C., Li, W., Leng, J.. (2023) Global photosynthetic capacity of C3 biomes retrieved from solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and leaf chlorophyll content. Remote Sensing of Environment, 287, 113457.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113457

Rogers, C. A., Chen, J. M.. (2022). Land cover and latitude affect vegetation phenology determined from solar induced fluorescence across Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 114, 103036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.103036 [Open Access]

Liu, Y., Chen, J. M., He, L., Zhang, Z., Wang, R., Rogers, C., Fan, W., de Oliveira, G., & Xie, X. (2022). Non-linearity between gross primary productivity and far-red solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence emitted from canopies of major biomes. Remote Sensing of Environment, 271, 112896. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RSE.2022.112896 

Li, Y., Ma, Q., Chen, J.M., Croft, H., Luo, X., Zheng, T., Rogers, C., Liu, J., 2021. Fine-scale leaf chlorophyll distribution across a deciduous forest through two-step model inversion from Sentinel-2 data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 264, 112618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112618 

Rogers, C., Chen, J.M., Croft, H., Gonsamo, A., Luo, X., Bartlett, P., Staebler, R.M. (2021). Daily leaf area index from photosynthetically active radiation for long term records of canopy structure and leaf phenology. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 304-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108407 

Rogers, C. A., Chen, J. M., Zheng, T., Croft, H., Gonsamo, A., Luo, X., Staebler, R.M. (2020). The response of spectral vegetation indices and solar‐induced fluorescence to changes in illumination intensity and geometry in the days surrounding the 2017 North American solar eclipse. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125, e2020JG005774. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005774

He, L., Chen, J. M., Liu, J., Zheng, T., Wang, R., Joiner, J. Chou, S., Chen, B., Liu, Y., Liu, R., Rogers, C. (2019). Diverse photosynthetic capacity of global ecosystems mapped by satellite chlorophyll fluorescence measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111344

Gonsamo, A., Chen, J. M., He, L., Sun, Y., Rogers, C., & Liu, J. (2019). Exploring SMAP and OCO-2 observations to monitor soil moisture control on photosynthetic activity of global drylands and croplands. Remote Sensing of Environment, 232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111314

Conference Presentations

Rogers, C., Spence, J., Bermudez, J., Qin, S., Sothe, C., Chen, J., Ter-Mikaelian, M., Kurz, W., Gonsamo, A.. Mapping change in aboveground biomass for assessment of forest growth and yield for the Province of Ontario. CSRS 2023. [pdf]

Rogers, C., Chen, J., Croft, H., Liu, Y., Staebler, R., Bartlett, P. 2019. Seasonal variability in leaf reflectance, the photochemical reflectance index, and their response to light stress in a mixed temperate deciduous forest in Ontario, Canada. AGU Fall Meeting 2019.  

Rogers, C., Chen, J., Croft, H., Luo, X., Staebler, R., Zheng, T. 2018. The response of canopy reflectance, vegetation indices and solar induced fluorescence to the 2017 solar eclipse in a mixed temperate deciduous forest. AGU Fall Meeting 2018.

Rogers, C., Croft, H., Luo, X., Zheng, T., Staebler, R., Bartlett, P., Chen, J.. 2017. The Photochemical reflectance index tracks temperature and water stress at a mixed temperate broadleaf forest in Borden, Ontario. Canadian Association of Geographers – Ontario Division 2017

Rogers, C., Strachan, I.B.. 2010. Remote estimation of net CO2 emission from boreal ecosystems. AGU Fall Meeting 2010.

AGU2019 Poster-FINAL.pdf
AGU2018 Poster-greyfiguresFINAL.pdf
CAGONT2017-FINAL.pdf

Co-authored Conference Presentations

Liu, Y., Chen, J., He, L., Wang, R., Smith, N.G., Keenan, T.F., Rogers, C., Li, W., Leng, J.. Global photosynthetic capacity of C3 biomes retrieved from solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and leaf chlorophyll content. IGARSS 2023.

Leng, J., Chen, J.M., Li, W., Luo, X., Rogers, C., Croft, H., Xie, X., Staebler, R.M.. Improving the modelling of carbon and water fluxes at a mixed forest site in Canada through the Bayesian parameter optimization. CGU 2023.

Thum, T., Seppälä, O., Croft, H., Caldararu, S., Ojasalo, A., Rogers, C., Staebler, R., Zaehle, S.. Using leaf chlorophyll observations to improve carbon cycle modelling at a temperate mixed forest, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-2202, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2202, 2023.

So, K., Rogers, C. A., Sharma, T., Badzioch, R., and Gonsamo, A.: Role of forest thinning techniques towards nature-based climate solutions, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-10106, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-10106, 2023. 

Qin, S., Bermúdez, J., A. Rogers, C., So, K., Gonsamo, A., and Wang, H.: Direct upscaling of national forest inventory aboveground biomass of Canada with Sentinel and ALOS PALSAR observations, EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-9996, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-9996, 2023.

Madsen S., Wunch, D., Arain, M.A., Frankenberg, C., Koehler, P., Rogers, C., Staebler, R.M., Vogel, F.R., Wu, D., (Upcoming: Dec 14, 2021). Investigation of Urban Vegetative Fluxes of Carbon Dioxide over the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (Poster). AGU Fall Meeting 2021. https://www.essoar.org/doi/pdf/10.1002/essoar.10510330.1 

Maseyk K., et al. Photosynthesis - Solar Induced Fluorescence relationships in polar ecosystems. Session BG3.33 – Emerging constraints of photosynthesis (including chlorophyll fluorescence), respiration, and transpiration at ecosystem to global scales. European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2020 .  

Maseyk, K., Croft, H., Rogers, C., Zenone, T., Oechel, W., Zona, D.. 2019. Investigating change in polar terrestrial ecosystems using Solar Induced Fluorescence. British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2019.

Croft, H., Rogers, C., Maseyk, K.. 2019. Remote Sensing of Plant Physiological Traits in Arctic Vegetation. AGU Fall Meeting 2019.

Croft, H., Chen, J., Luo, X., Zheng, T., Wang, R., He, L., Rogers, C., Rogers, A., Serbin, S., Ju, W., Chen, B., Jing, L.. 2018. Mapping global photosynthetic capacity from optical remote sensing data. AGU Fall Meeting 2018.

Knowledge Mobilization

Croft, H., Rogers, C., Maseyk, K., 2020. 1.4: Remotely sensing Arctic plant productivity, in: Callaghan, T.V., Savela, H., Johansson, M. (Eds.), INTERACT 2020. Stories of Arctic Science II. Aarhus University, Denmark, pp. 24–25.

·       PDF: https://eu-interact.org/app/uploads/2021/05/SS2_web_12feb.pdf

·       Interactive e-book: https://browserclient.twixlmedia.com/0275b2135d2c06935d4e4526b940bfb7





Carbon Sampling in the Hudson Bay Lowlands – a partnership of the Mushgegowuk Council, McMaster University and WWF Canada. ArcGIS Story Map. https://arcg.is/0r881X



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Academic Journals

Research Grants