Current Role
Assistant Professor - Geography and Environmental Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow - McMaster University
Supervisor: Prof. Alemu Gonsamo
PhD. Physical Geography - University of Toronto
MSc. Natural Resource Sciences (Micrometeorology) - McGill University
Supervisor: Prof. Ian B. Strachan
Thesis: Remote sensing of light use efficiency in a boreal forest and peatland in James Bay, Quebec
Awarded "Best Master's Thesis" by the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (2011)
BSc. Environment (Atmospheric Environment and Air Quality with Minor in GIS) - McGill University
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
2024 - Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (Toronto Metropolitan University)
2020 - Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Teaching Assistantships
2019 - Advanced remote sensing (University of Toronto)
2016-2019 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (University of Toronto)
2017 - Hydrology (University of Toronto)
2017 - Introduction to Climatology (University of Toronto)
2011 - Climatic Environments (McGill University)
2009 - Meteorology (McGill University)
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.
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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
Peer Review
Academic Journals
Nature Communications
Hortscience
Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences
Journal of Mountain Science
Science of the Total Environment
Austral Ecology
Journal of Environmental Management
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Frontiers in Plant Science
International Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Research Grants
Mitacs Accelerate
Use of space infrastructure for Earth observation and planetary research - Dutch Research Council (NWO) and Netherlands Space Office (NSO)