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Nicola Falco
Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Dr. Nicola Falco is a Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Dr. Falco’s research focuses on the development and application of novel remote sensing, geophysical, and machine learning techniques for ecological characterization.
Professional Experience
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Research Scientist
2016 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2015
Publications
The Importance of Accounting for Landscape Position When Investigating Grasslands: A Multidisciplina...
Grasslands are one of the most common land‐cover types, providing important ecosystem services globally, yet few studies have examined grassl...
June 21, 2024
Variations in Bedrock and Vegetation Cover Modulate Subsurfa...
February 11, 2024
Three‐Dimensional Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation Cle...
February 14, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Imaging solar-induced fluorescence across leaves and canopies
SUN-INDUCED CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE: MEASUREMENTS, MODELING, AND APPLICATIONS FROM FIELD, AIRBORNE, AND SATELLITE PLATFORMS I POSTER
biogeosciences | 15 december 2023
Sophie Ruehr, Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi, Nicola Falco,...
Solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) is a proxy of ecosystem photosynthesis that often scales linearly with gross primary productivity at the canopy scale...
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Scaling microbial traits from genomes to watersheds through combined airborne hyperspectral imaging, soil biogeochemistry, and metagenome assembled genomes
FROM TRAITS TO PREDICTIONS: NOVEL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTAND AND DISTILL THE COMPLEXITY OF EARTH'S MICROBIOMES III POSTER
biogeosciences | 15 december 2023
Ulas Karaoz, Patrick Sorensen, Nicola Falco, Giann...
Genome-centric microbial trait analysis should illuminate the ecological roles of microbial taxa in high-altitude environments. Yet long standing rese...
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Investigating drivers and impacts of shifts in vegetation health and functional traits across the East River and Taylor watersheds
ADVANCES IN FOREST DYNAMICS POSTDISTURBANCE: OBSERVATIONS AND MODELS ACROSS SCALES AND TECHNOLOGIES II ORAL
biogeosciences | 15 december 2023
Nicola Falco, Nicholas Bouskill, Brian J. Enquist,...
Forest decline due to pulse and press disturbances has been observed in mountainous ecosystems, affecting species diversity, composition, associated f...
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Volunteer Experience
2018 - 2018
Member
Remote Sensing Technical Committee
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